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  • The Welsh Girl

    A Novel

    by Peter Ho Davies ...
    A WWII-era Welsh barmaid begins a secret relationship with a German POW in this "beautiful" novel by the author of A Lie Someone Told You About Yourself (Ann Patchett).Longlisted for the Man Booker PrizeSet in the stunning landscape of North Wales just after D-Day, this critically acclaimed debut novel traces the intersection of disparate lives in wartime. When a prisoner-of-war camp is ... Read more

    $11.59 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Fortunes

    A Novel

    by Peter Ho Davies ...
    An NPR Best Book of the Year: "The most honest, unflinching, cathartically biting novel I've read about the Chinese American experience." —Celeste Ng, #1 New York Times–bestselling author of Our Missing HeartsWinner, Anisfield-Wolf Book Award * Winner, Chautauqua Prize *Finalist, Dayton Literary Peace Prize * A New York Times Notable Book * A Publishers Weekly Best Book of the YearSly, funny, ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Unmaking China's Development

    The Function and Credibility of Institutions

    by Peter Ho ...
    Why would the removal of authoritarian institutions in some developing countries lead to sustained socio-economic crisis, while others experience explosive growth despite 'persisting' informal, insecure and rent-seeking institutional arrangements? A key to solving this enigma lies in understanding China, a country where the paradoxes of development are highly visible. Peter Ho argues that ... Read more

    $109.09 USD

  • The Art of Revision

    The Last Word

    by Peter Ho Davies ...
    Series series Art of...
    The fifteenth volume in the Art of series takes an expansive view of revision—on the page and in lifeIn The Art of Revision: The Last Word, Peter Ho Davies takes up an often discussed yet frequently misunderstood subject. He begins by addressing the invisibility of revision—even though it’s an essential part of the writing process, readers typically only see a final draft, leaving the practice ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • A Lie Someone Told You About Yourself

    by Peter Ho Davies ...
    From an award-winning author, this novel about the choice to start a family is an "achingly honest, searingly comic portrait of fatherhood."*A People ten Best Books of the Year • A New York Times Notable Book of the Year • An Independent (UK) twenty Best Books of the Year"Wise, bracingly honest . . .... ... Read more

    $14.39 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

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  • Equal Love

    by Peter Ho Davies ...
    "Touching and funny" short fiction about family, estrangement, and dislocation from the award-winning author of A Lie Someone Told You About Yourself (Elizabeth McCracken, author of Bowlaway).Featuring "stories about the touchy relationships between parents and children and the necessary pain of letting go—both for parents with children who are becoming adults and for adults whose parents are ... Read more

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  • Challenges Of Governance In A Complex World, The

    by Peter Ho ...
    Peter Ho, former Head of the Singapore Civil Service, was the Institute of Policy Studies' 2016/17 S R Nathan Fellow for the Study of Singapore.This book collects the four IPS-Nathan Lectures that he delivered between April and May 2017, and gathers highlights of his dialogues with the audience.Ho surveys the increasingly complex world, and suggests what governments can do to prepare for the ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • The Ugliest House in the World

    Stories

    by Peter Ho Davies ...
    Short stories from the author of A Lie Someone Told You About Yourself—"a writer to behold with real pleasure" (Gish Jen).In tales that travel from Coventry to Kuala Lumpur, from the past to the present, and from hilarity to tragedy, American bandits herd ostriches in Patagonia, British soldiers confront Zulus in Natal, and John Wayne leads the way for local revolutionaries in Southeast Asia.These ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Religion and Identity in the Indian Ocean World

    by Dr. Gregory Cameron, Dr. Him Chung, Namloyak Dhungser, Joshua Esler, Mark Fielding, Dr. Kathleen Gregory, Peter Ho, Ms. Angelica Jacob, Dr. Jonathan D. James0, Ms. Lovenein Kaur1, Dr. John J. Kinder2, Dr. Phillip Lieberman3, Ms. Anita Nadeem4, Dr. Matthew Ogilvie5, Dr. Nonja Peters6, John Powers7, Dr. Stephane Pradines8, Dr. Jennifer Skerritt9, Mr. Alexander Baky Tran0, Mr. Daniel Trihandarkha1, Dr. Tine Vekemans2, Dr. Leei Wong3, Mr. Yifan Zhang4, Augusto Zimmermann5 ...
    This is a ground-breaking volume on the role of religion as a major force of cohesion across the Indian Ocean region.A diverse range of experts present a case for conceptualizing religion as an enabler of not only shared religious identities throughout the Indian Ocean world, but multiple shared identities mediated through religion, particularly as religion intersects with other manifestations of ... Read more

    $105.29 USD

  • Machine Learning and Deep Learning Techniques in Wireless and Mobile Networking Systems

    Edited by K. Suganthi, R. Karthik, G. Rajesh, Peter Ho Chiung Ching ...
    Series series Big Data for Industry 4.0
    This book offers the latest advances and results in the fields of Machine Learning and Deep Learning for Wireless Communication and provides positive and critical discussions on the challenges and prospects. It provides a broad spectrum in understanding the improvements in Machine Learning and Deep Learning that are motivating by the specific constraints posed by wireless networking systems.The ... Read more

    $65.99 USD

  • Cognitive Radio

    Computing Techniques, Network Security and Challenges

    Edited by Budati Anil Kumar, Peter Ho Chiung Ching, Shuichi Torii ...
    The scarcity of radio spectrum is one of the most urgent issues at the forefront of future network research that is yet to be addressed. To address the problem of spectrum usage efficiency, the cognitive radio (CR) concept was proposed. The challenges of employing CRs include ensuring secure device operations and data transmission with advanced computing techniques. Successful development of CR ... Read more

    $62.99 USD

  • An Endogenous Theory of Property Rights

    Edited by Peter Ho ...
    Series series Critical Agrarian Studies
    From a neo-liberal, neo-classical paradigm, secure, formal and private property rights are crucial to fostering sustained development. Institutions that fail to respond to shifting socio-economic opportunities are thus forced to make new arrangements. The enigma is posed by developments on the ground. Why would the removal of authoritarian institutions during the Arab Spring or Iraq War not ... Read more

    $62.99 USD