Author of such celebrated and acclaimed works as The Soong Sisters, China to Me, and Fractured Emerald: Ireland, Emily Hahn has been called by the New Yorker “a forgotten American literary treasure.” Now Hahn is reintroduced to a new generation of readers, bringing to light her richly textured voice and unique perspective on a world that continues to exist through both history ...(展开全部)

Le phénomène du thriller taiwanais : les amours interdites d'un futur chef de guerre chinois En 1936, Luk Pa-Choi, jeune paysan chinois, fuit la guerre civile comme des milliers de ses compatriotes et se réfugie à Hong Kong, alors colonie britannique. Il y retrouve son frère, immigré depuis plusieurs années, qui occupe un poste important au sein de la plus grande triade chinois...(展开全部)

She crossed from France to Hong Kong for her true love, stepped into an unknown world with……amazing wet markets, the pace of life, a funny title “lou-po”(wife). This is a journey of a French young woman turning into a Honghonger. From the bizarre wet market to colourful decorations for local festivities, Christine invites you to enjoy her daily adventures in a Chinese society which she calls home.

She crossed from France to Hong Kong for her true love, stepped into an unknown world with……amazing wet markets, the pace of life, a funny title “lou-po”(wife). This is a journey of a French young woman turning into a Honghonger. From the bizarre wet market to colourful decorations for local festivities, Christine invites you to enjoy her daily adventures in a Chinese society which she calls home.

Buddhism Under the Tang is a history of the Buddhist Church during the T'ang dynasty (618-907), when Buddhist thought reached the pinnacle of its development. The three centuries spanned by the T'ang saw the formation of such important philosophical schools as the Fa-hsiang and Hua-yen, the consolidation of the T'ien-t'ai school, the introduction of Esoteric Buddhism from India...(展开全部)

From James McBride, author of the National Book Award-winning The Good Lord Bird, comes a wise and witty novel about what happens to the witnesses of a shooting. In September 1969, a fumbling, cranky old church deacon known as Sportcoat shuffles into the courtyard of the Cause Houses housing project in south Brooklyn, pulls a .38 from his pocket, and in front of everybody shoot...(展开全部)

L’ispettore Hui Yau-Yat si sveglia in macchina e non ha idea di come sia finito in un parcheggio così lontano da casa sua. L’odore di alcol che pervade l’abitacolo proviene proprio dalla sua giacca. Per quanto si sforzi, non riesce a ricostruire cosa sia successo la sera prima. Ha bevuto troppo? È confuso. Tutto gli sembra familiare ma anche vagamente estraneo. L’unico ricordo ...(展开全部)

L’ispettore Hui Yau-Yat si sveglia in macchina e non ha idea di come sia finito in un parcheggio così lontano da casa sua. L’odore di alcol che pervade l’abitacolo proviene proprio dalla sua giacca. Per quanto si sforzi, non riesce a ricostruire cosa sia successo la sera prima. Ha bevuto troppo? È confuso. Tutto gli sembra familiare ma anche vagamente estraneo. L’unico ricordo ...(展开全部)