Author: Alastair Macleod
Publisher: BookRix
ISBN: 3736883706
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 29
Book Description
This story, set in modern day Hong Kong, is the sixth in a series based round the life of a young woman making her way in that busy city of 7 million inhabitants. Many of the characters from the earlier stories continue. Xiulan Ling, the young woman of our story, again using her skills in computational linguistics, finds herself fighting crime, this time Piracy on the South China Sea. But during the seventh lunar month she also encounters the world of Ghosts, and meets a challenge to her own karma.
Xiulan and The Ghosts of Ma
Author: Alastair Macleod
Publisher: BookRix
ISBN: 3736883706
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 29
Book Description
This story, set in modern day Hong Kong, is the sixth in a series based round the life of a young woman making her way in that busy city of 7 million inhabitants. Many of the characters from the earlier stories continue. Xiulan Ling, the young woman of our story, again using her skills in computational linguistics, finds herself fighting crime, this time Piracy on the South China Sea. But during the seventh lunar month she also encounters the world of Ghosts, and meets a challenge to her own karma.
Publisher: BookRix
ISBN: 3736883706
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 29
Book Description
This story, set in modern day Hong Kong, is the sixth in a series based round the life of a young woman making her way in that busy city of 7 million inhabitants. Many of the characters from the earlier stories continue. Xiulan Ling, the young woman of our story, again using her skills in computational linguistics, finds herself fighting crime, this time Piracy on the South China Sea. But during the seventh lunar month she also encounters the world of Ghosts, and meets a challenge to her own karma.
Elephant Ghosts
Author: Alastair Macleod
Publisher: BookRix
ISBN: 3739616768
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 42
Book Description
A sequel to the story Rhino. This modern day story, Elephant Ghosts, is set in East Africa where rhino and elephant populations are under extreme threat from poachers. In the last few years hundreds of rhino and elephant have been killed and their horns and trunks sold at very high prices to China, Vietnam and Yemen. Just as major politicians in the countries concerned are beginning to take action, a new player is moving into poaching to fund itself; terrorism. This story, takes place in Kenya 2015, and it brings you right into the heart of the crime fighting battle for the lives of the rhino and the elephant.
Publisher: BookRix
ISBN: 3739616768
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 42
Book Description
A sequel to the story Rhino. This modern day story, Elephant Ghosts, is set in East Africa where rhino and elephant populations are under extreme threat from poachers. In the last few years hundreds of rhino and elephant have been killed and their horns and trunks sold at very high prices to China, Vietnam and Yemen. Just as major politicians in the countries concerned are beginning to take action, a new player is moving into poaching to fund itself; terrorism. This story, takes place in Kenya 2015, and it brings you right into the heart of the crime fighting battle for the lives of the rhino and the elephant.
Thief of Souls
Author: Brian Klingborg
Publisher: Minotaur Books
ISBN: 1250779065
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 288
Book Description
In Brian Klingborg's Thief of Souls, the brutal murder of a young woman in a rural village in Northern China sends shockwaves all the way to Beijing—but seemingly only Inspector Lu Fei, living in exile in the small town, is interested in justice for the victim. Lu Fei is a graduate of China’s top police college but he’s been assigned to a sleepy backwater town in northern China, where almost nothing happens and the theft of a few chickens represents a major crime wave. That is until a young woman is found dead, her organs removed, and joss paper stuffed in her mouth. The CID in Beijing—headed by a rising political star—is on the case but in an increasingly authoritarian China, prosperity and political stability are far more important than solving the murder of an insignificant village girl. As such, the CID head is interested in pinning the crime on the first available suspect rather than wading into uncomfortable truths, leaving Lu Fei on his own. As Lu digs deeper into the gruesome murder, he finds himself facing old enemies and creating new ones in the form of local Communist Party bosses and corrupt business interests. Despite these rising obstacles, Lu remains determined to find the real killer, especially after he links the murder to other unsolved homicides. But the closer he gets to the heart of the mystery, the more he puts himself and his loved ones in danger.
Publisher: Minotaur Books
ISBN: 1250779065
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 288
Book Description
In Brian Klingborg's Thief of Souls, the brutal murder of a young woman in a rural village in Northern China sends shockwaves all the way to Beijing—but seemingly only Inspector Lu Fei, living in exile in the small town, is interested in justice for the victim. Lu Fei is a graduate of China’s top police college but he’s been assigned to a sleepy backwater town in northern China, where almost nothing happens and the theft of a few chickens represents a major crime wave. That is until a young woman is found dead, her organs removed, and joss paper stuffed in her mouth. The CID in Beijing—headed by a rising political star—is on the case but in an increasingly authoritarian China, prosperity and political stability are far more important than solving the murder of an insignificant village girl. As such, the CID head is interested in pinning the crime on the first available suspect rather than wading into uncomfortable truths, leaving Lu Fei on his own. As Lu digs deeper into the gruesome murder, he finds himself facing old enemies and creating new ones in the form of local Communist Party bosses and corrupt business interests. Despite these rising obstacles, Lu remains determined to find the real killer, especially after he links the murder to other unsolved homicides. But the closer he gets to the heart of the mystery, the more he puts himself and his loved ones in danger.
Animal Agriculture in China
Author: CSCPRC Animal Sciences Delegation
Publisher: National Academies
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 216
Book Description
A bried introduction to China and its animal industry; Some economics of animal production; Swine production; Cattle and buffalo production; Sheep and goat production; Utilization of animal products; Animal breeding and genetics; Nutrition research; Animal health; A look to the future: China's animal industry.
Publisher: National Academies
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 216
Book Description
A bried introduction to China and its animal industry; Some economics of animal production; Swine production; Cattle and buffalo production; Sheep and goat production; Utilization of animal products; Animal breeding and genetics; Nutrition research; Animal health; A look to the future: China's animal industry.
Dangerous Minds
Author: Robin Munro
Publisher: Human Rights Watch
ISBN: 9781564322784
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 332
Book Description
V. The Legal Context
Publisher: Human Rights Watch
ISBN: 9781564322784
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 332
Book Description
V. The Legal Context
Queer Politics and Sexual Modernity in Taiwan
Author: Hans Tao-Ming Huang
Publisher: Hong Kong University Press
ISBN: 9888083074
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 285
Book Description
This book analyses the critical reception of Pai Hsien-yung'sCrystal Boys, one of Taiwan's first recognized gay novels and one which has played an important role in redefining sexual modernity and linking this to ongoing cultural dialogues on state-building. It examines the deployment of sexuality over the past five decades in Taiwan by paying particular attention to male homosexuality and prostitution. In addition to literary and film material, the study engages a number of relevant legal cases and media reports. Through Hans Huang's primary research and historical investigations, the book not only illuminates the construction of gendered sexual identities in Taiwanese culture but also, in a reflexive fashion, critiques the culture that produces them. Hans Tao-Ming Huangis assistant professor in the English Department, National Central University, Taiwan.
Publisher: Hong Kong University Press
ISBN: 9888083074
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 285
Book Description
This book analyses the critical reception of Pai Hsien-yung'sCrystal Boys, one of Taiwan's first recognized gay novels and one which has played an important role in redefining sexual modernity and linking this to ongoing cultural dialogues on state-building. It examines the deployment of sexuality over the past five decades in Taiwan by paying particular attention to male homosexuality and prostitution. In addition to literary and film material, the study engages a number of relevant legal cases and media reports. Through Hans Huang's primary research and historical investigations, the book not only illuminates the construction of gendered sexual identities in Taiwanese culture but also, in a reflexive fashion, critiques the culture that produces them. Hans Tao-Ming Huangis assistant professor in the English Department, National Central University, Taiwan.
HANDBOOKS AND ANTHOLOGIES FOR OFFICIALS IN IMPERIAL CHINA : A DESCRIPTIVE AND CRITICAL BIBLIOGRAPHY.
Author: Pierre-Étienne Will
Publisher:
ISBN: 9789004416116
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9789004416116
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
China Alive in the Bitter Sea
Early Film Culture in Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Republican China
Author: Emilie Yueh-yu Yeh
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
ISBN: 0472053728
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 365
Book Description
A pathbreaking collection of essays on early Chinese-language cinema
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
ISBN: 0472053728
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 365
Book Description
A pathbreaking collection of essays on early Chinese-language cinema
Routledge International Encyclopedia of Queer Culture
Author: David A. Gerstner
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1136761810
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 786
Book Description
The Routledge International Encyclopedia of Queer Culture covers gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender and queer (GLBTQ) life and culture post-1945, with a strong international approach to the subject.The scope of the work is extremely comprehensive, with entries falling into the broad categories of Dance, Education, Film, Health, Homophobia, the Int
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1136761810
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 786
Book Description
The Routledge International Encyclopedia of Queer Culture covers gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender and queer (GLBTQ) life and culture post-1945, with a strong international approach to the subject.The scope of the work is extremely comprehensive, with entries falling into the broad categories of Dance, Education, Film, Health, Homophobia, the Int