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Hong Kong Poems is the first-ever collection of poems about Hong Kong in parallel English and Chinese texts. Appearing in the year when Hong Kong returns to Chinese sovereignty, this collection offers insights into what Hong Kong was and is on the edge of becoming. Parkin and Wong speak of the dynamism of Hong Kong, of a city where the present meets the future. As well, they depict the \"astronauts\" with their families in Canada and their bus...

Bruno's Secret involves Paris Control and the UK's Solihull whose secret agents Kim and Miranda must discover whether Bruno is a double agent. Tracking Bruno leads the reader into the perils of lethal fanaticism among terrorists in France and Britain. Can the terrorists be caught or eliminated before they can destroy the lives of innocents and reduce to ruins ancient monuments in Europe?...

Bruno's Secret involves Paris Control and the UK's Solihull whose secret agents Kim and Miranda must discover whether Bruno is a double agent. Tracking Bruno leads the reader into the perils of lethal fanaticism among terrorists in France and Britain. Can the terrorists be caught or eliminated before they can destroy the lives of innocents and reduce to ruins ancient monuments in Europe?...

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A fully updated version of the successful second edition, this book provides an accessible introduction to child mental health, covering the nature, prevalence, treatment and management of mental health problems in children and young people.

Contains the plays, television plays and screenplays of the writer Peter Nichols, as well as his non-dramatic writing. The book also has a chapter in which Nichols discusses his work.

This stunning novel of international mystery and intrigue presents a prime whodunit, as it takes readers on a danger-filled journey around the world. The four main characters are Paris-based freelance journalist Paul Wills, his friend Graham Curtis, girlfriend Mary Rao, and the beautiful mystery woman Kalitza, whom he meets on trips to Hong Kong and in Europe. Who is this woman and why does trouble seem to follow her wherever she goes? Bomb...

Journalist Paul Wills tells his friends Graham Curtis and Mary Rao about his strange experiences with the beautiful Kalitza, a mystery woman he encountered in Hong Kong and Europe. When Graham's wife is murdered, he gradually overcomes his grief with the help of his friends. Who is the mysterious Kalitza? Will Paul find her again and make love to her? Will secret agent Kim survive a grenade attack in a London hotel? Is her colleague, the gr...

An incredible novel, detailing both a simple love story, and the impact of the arrival of the white man, on the Australian Aboriginals, told from the viewpoint of a native Australian, about to be married. ..."a powerful piece, written with passion and compassion. The reader can only be deeply touched...by the story, but the images it evokes, and by the impact they have on his/her perceptions of Aboriginal people and their lives....great writin...

This book is a follow-up to the author's previous Peter Lang book, The Rendez-Vous: Poems of Multicultural Experience (2003). The new book contains recent poetry and prose by Andrew Parkin, together with the prefaces to two new longer poems. The Gourds is based on a collection of small Chinese gourds etched to depict scenes from literature and legend. Star of a Hundred Years is a dramatic ode dedicated to the father of Hong Kong cinema, Sir Ru...

This book contains an introduction centred on migration, exile, «the other», and the experience of multicultural communities in the modern world, followed by three sections of original poetry. In Part I, poems deal with Britain, Canada, and China (mainly Hong Kong). In Part II the focus shifts to Australia and then Europe again (mainly France). Part III, entitled «Shards» presents fragmentary lyric voices suggesting the processes of cultural f...

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From a winner of the Commonwealth Writers Prize for Best First Book.Death brings a Canadian farm woman and a Brazilian plant collector together on the Amazon for an unlikely journey.