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Discover the magical court of Anwyn...The young prince Pwyll knows he's in trouble when he accidentally insults Arawn, king of the Otherworld. To save his honour and his neck, he needs to take Arawn's shape and journey's to the magical court of Anwyn to defeat the dangerous Hafgan. Pretending to be an ancient, immortal king is no easy task...The immortal Rhiannon only wants one thing: to escape her fiancé. That's why she makes an agreement wit...

Tao Te Ching, by 6th-century Chinese sage Laozi, is a fundamental read for philosophical Taoism. It is a highly influential book, having inspired generations of writers, poets, painters, calligraphers and even gardeners across China, East Asia and the rest of the world. Although Tao Te Ching is one of the most translated works in literature, many have misunderstood the book due to its highly condensed and complex writing style. As Holmes Welch...

When 12-year-old John Quinn discovers he possesses strange powers, he learns his mother is an alien, part of a band of refugees, marooned on earth twenty years earlier. Ostracized by this alien community for being a "half-breed" and hunted by the CIA, John embarks on a harrowing space adventure to rescue his mother from a pair of brutish, alien bounty hunters.

Understanding the Analects of Confucius is a courageous attempt to answer all the long-standing questions about this ancient Chinese book -- The Analects of Confucius -- which consists of a large collection of sayings and ideas attributed to the Chinese philosopher Confucius and his contemporaries. The book is believed to have been compiled and written by Confucius's followers during the Warring States period (475-221 BC). Throughout the past ...

Translated for the first time for Chinese readers worldwide, Bellydance Basics: Pure and Simple is a comprehensive yet concise book introducing the fundamentals of bellydancing with easy-to-understand text and video instruction, Quick Study Guides, photos, and music samples. Learn the dance steps and techniques that are the foundation of all traditional and modern bellydance styles.Bellydance Basics: Pure and Simple is a well-rounded overview ...

BY THE AUTHOR OF A MAVERICK NEW ZEALAND WAY, FINALIST IN TRAVEL AT THE INTERNATIONAL BOOK AWARDS, 2018.At twenty, Mary Jane left New Zealand for five years. A Maverick Traveller begins with an epic voyage on a Chinese junk named La Dame de Canton, and then goes on to describe her later adventures worldwide.Mary Jane travels with no real plans and decides where to go and what to see next when she gets there. She likes to explore the culture and...

BY THE AUTHOR OF A MAVERICK NEW ZEALAND WAY, FINALIST IN TRAVEL AT THE INTERNATIONAL BOOK AWARDS, 2018.At twenty, Mary Jane left New Zealand for five years. A Maverick Traveller begins with an epic voyage on a Chinese junk named La Dame de Canton, and then goes on to describe her later adventures worldwide.Mary Jane travels with no real plans and decides where to go and what to see next when she gets there. She likes to explore the culture and...

The Gospel of Thomas and The Acts of Thomas are two classic Christian texts. First discovered in Egypt in 1945, The Gospel of Thomas is a record of Jesus' original words, according to his disciple Thomas. Their various translations are now complied and presented in Chinese for the first time. A series of comments are also supplied to help readers better understand the similarities between Jesus' teachings and various Oriental and Western philo...

This is Part One of The Gift, an award-winning epic story reaching across both sides of the Taiwan Strait and three generations of a Taiwanese family. Born and raised in the digital age, teenager Jiahui cannot comprehend the war-inflicted trauma that her grandfather feels even today. A former soldier and witness of cruelty and death during the Chinese Civil War, all the old man can do is to avoid conflict with his beloved granddaughter. Both s...

Born and raised as an orphan, Kaden Chalson never dreamed that he would one day become part of anything prestigious. But it happens now: he is told, right outside of his house, that he is soon to enter the great Halpest School of Witchcraft.Kaden soon learns that his parents, whom he never knew, belonged to an aristocratic family in the ancient world of magic. But how did they die? What were their lives like? He very much wants to find out.And...

This is Part Two of The Gift, an award-winning epic story reaching across both sides of the Taiwan Strait and three generations of a Taiwanese Family. For decades, former soldier Jiahe has been trying to locate the man who helped him escape the war in China and retreat to safety in Taiwan. As his mind and body continue to weaken due to old age, he fears the loss of hope. He is further troubled by his estranged granddaughter, until the appearan...

Taiwanese author Yongxin Zhou's The Wasteland is a collection of nine short stories. Exploring such issues as aged care and LGBT relationships, some of these stories are written in a reflective mood and probe deeply into the hearts and souls of those involved. Other stories depict the unique sense of confusion and indulgence that young people feel as they transition into adulthood. Still other stories observe life's various changes and how the...

Set in the end of humanity, The Road of the Great Language Rune features Yar, a mysterious girl in a red dress, who helps 66 children survive in a series of underground tunnels. As Yar tells her story, it is revealed that for hundreds of years, she has been serving as the warden of the ultimate demon, who is sealed on a small island on the edge of human civilization. It is her duty to ensure that the demon is never to be released, so that the ...

Grassroots Commentary: Mao Zedong and the Chinese Cultural Revolution is the first attempt at the grassroots level to analyse Mao's role in shaping contemporary China. A former engineer working with fundamental materials such as bricks, rocks, sand and cement, Chinese author Yu Songran examines the political and social trauma experienced by his beloved country from a perspective that is considerably different from that of the "experts" approve...

Witness: A Testimony of Conscience during the Chinese Cultural Revolution is author Kuang Xiaolin's recollection of the Chinese Cultural Revolution as a worker at the Ninth Textile Factory in the city of Jiujiang, capital of China's Jiangxi Province. The book is praised by readers as China's answer to Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn's The Gulag Archipelago. It is a personal account of the madness and chaos experienced by ordinary Chinese citizens durin...

Since his childhood, Han Goshit has wanted to be a hero, but his only talent is to produce waste. A rare opportunity leads him to the Zombie Employment Agency, where zombies are hired, as cheap labor, to clean houses, to care for the sick and elderly, and to participate in mahjong and other games whenever extra players are needed. Even more surprisingly, Goshit discovers that his feces can dissolve the zombies!As Crooked, former disciple of th...

The true story about a Chinese man born during the dying days of the Qing Empire and his travel to the West. In 1937, when the Great War started, he had already been a decade abroad already. While abroad, the situation in his country had continued from bad to worse. Impatiently, he waited for the situation to improve to return to his family, but his father told him to find another wife abroad.The Color of Skin is a story about the difficulties...

The true story about a Chinese man born during the dying days of the Qing Empire and his travel to the West. In 1937, when the Great War started, he had already been a decade abroad. While abroad, the situation in his country had continued from bad to worse. Impatiently, he waited for the situation to improve to return to his family, but his father told him to find another wife abroad.The Color of Skin is a story about the difficulties and the...

Cowboy, an autobiographical novel by Chinese author Zsiying Lam, tells the adventures of a Chinese merchant throughout the second half of the 20th century. Having left China from Hong Kong to pursue studying opportunities and a better life, he ended up migrating to Canada but returning to Southeast Asia to launch various business ventures. His eventful life is a testimony of the constant struggles and unexpected twists and turns faced by Chine...

Getting together with a partner may be easy, but staying together is anything but. So how do you keep a loving relationship alive, and your sexual intensity fully charged? How do you grow as a partnership, rather than grow apart?How Two Love sets out with a bold ambition, to offer the tools and guidance you need to solve these problems, turning the practice of love into an art. How Two Love is a celebration of our relationships, not as a formu...