As a broad category of identity, “transgender” has given life to a vibrant field of academic research since the 1990s. Yet the Western origins of the field have tended to limit its cross-cultural scope. Howard Chiang proposes a new paradigm for doing transgender history in which geopolitics assumes central importance. Defined as the antidote to transphobia, transtopia challenge...(展开全部)

As a broad category of identity, “transgender” has given life to a vibrant field of academic research since the 1990s. Yet the Western origins of the field have tended to limit its cross-cultural scope. Howard Chiang proposes a new paradigm for doing transgender history in which geopolitics assumes central importance. Defined as the antidote to transphobia, transtopia challenge...(展开全部)

In this fascinating and exciting overview, Donald B. Freeman explores the role of the Pacific Ocean in human history. Covering over one third of the globe, the Pacific Ocean plays a vital role in the lives and fortunes of more than two billion people who live on its rim-lands and islands. It has played a crucial part in shaping the histories of the different Pacific cultures, ...(展开全部)

In this fascinating and exciting overview, Donald B. Freeman explores the role of the Pacific Ocean in human history. Covering over one third of the globe, the Pacific Ocean plays a vital role in the lives and fortunes of more than two billion people who live on its rim-lands and islands. It has played a crucial part in shaping the histories of the different Pacific cultures, ...(展开全部)

When his grandfather dies, a boy named Jay travels south with his family to the property he left them, a once flourishing farm that has fallen into disrepair. The trees are diseased, the fields parched from months of drought. Still, Jay’s father, Jack, sends him out to work the land, or whatever land is left. Over the course of these hot, dense days, Jay finds himself drawn to ...(展开全部)

Long-listed for the Booker Prize Named one of The New York Times’s Notable Books of the Year One of The Washington Post’s Best Fiction Books of the Year A radiant, intimate novel of the longing that blooms between two boys over the course of one summer―about family, desire, and what we inherit. When his grandfather dies, Jay travels south with his family to the property they’ve...(展开全部)

Longlisted for the Booker Prize A radiant, intimate novel of the longing that blooms between two boys over the course of one summer―about family, desire, and what we inherit. When his grandfather dies, Jay travels south with his family to the property they’ve inherited, a once flourishing farm that has fallen into disrepair. The trees are diseased, the fields parched from month...(展开全部)

Fashionable and upbeat high schooler Aya falls head over heels for an employee at a local CD shop. He’s got an air of mystery about him, always dressed well, and has impeccable taste in music. Little does she know―this supposedly male employee is actually her female classmate Mitsuki! Mitsuki generally keeps to herself, but since her seat is right next to Aya’s, she can't help ...(展开全部)

Fashionable and upbeat high schooler Aya falls head over heels for an employee at a local CD shop. He’s got an air of mystery about him, always dressed well, and has impeccable taste in music. Little does she know―this supposedly male employee is actually her female classmate Mitsuki! Mitsuki generally keeps to herself, but since her seat is right next to Aya’s, she can't help ...(展开全部)

Aya Osawa ist Stammkundin eines kleinen, alternativen Plattenladens. Obwohl sie das beliebteste Mädchen in ihrer Klasse ist, stimmt es sie traurig, dass niemand ihre Liebe zur alternativen Musik teilt. Doch in ihrem Plattenladen arbeitet seit Neustem ein hübscher E-Boy mit fantastischem Musikgeschmack, und Aya ist sofort Feuer und Flamme. Was sie nicht ahnt: Der hübsche E-Boy i...(展开全部)