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Coming to Chinese readers for the first time: An unlikely hero goes from being an ordinary boy to having super human powers in a world that has changed as much as he has! Dust: Before and After is a high-class, fast-paced action adventure suspense story with heart that will leave you cheering for the misfit of survivors. This new Dystopian series by New York Times (Twin Dragons and Dagger's Hope) and 14 time USA Today bestselling author is an ...

Read for Yourself is Taiwanese Australian writer Sunflower's fourth collection of blog articles. Written during June 2010 and June 2019 and published on the "Voices under the Sun" blog (Taiwan), these are her comments on all aspects of Chinese and Western literature and arts. Most of these articles celebrate reading as an art and an essential part of modern life. Others explore the triumphs and challenges faced by those writers, translators, r...

For Chinese readers, IVF Success is the first independent, evidence-based book with no conflicts of interest that addresses major issues surrounding IVF success and failure.Successful IVF can bring you immeasurable happiness, but it can also be responsible for profound disappointment when it does not go as planned.The emotional and financial costs of undergoing IVF are considerable, especially when you have to undergo multiple cycles. This can...

IVF Success (Simplified Chinese Edition), written by Dr Raphael Kuhn and translated by Yvonne Yiwen Xu, is the first independent, evidence-based book with no conflicts of interest that addresses major issues surrounding IVF success and failure.Successful IVF can bring you immeasureable happiness, but it can also be responsible for profound disappointment when it does not go as planned.The emotional and financial costs of undergoing IVF are con...

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 for 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 Chines...

The Itchy Translator is Taiwanese blogger Sunflower's third collection of literary essays. Written during June 2010 and December 2012, these are her comments on all aspects of Chinese and Western literature and arts. These writings stand the test of time because their subjects do.Compared to her two previous books, The Secret of Time and Blog Therapy, the 40 essays collected in The Itchy Translator are far more ambitious in their scope of rese...

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Blog Therapy is Taiwanese blogger Sunflower's second collection of literary essays. Written during February and December 2010, these are her comments on all aspects of Chinese and Western literature and arts. These writings stand the test of time because their subjects do.Compared to Sunflower's first book, The Secret of Time, the writing style in Blog Therapy is more objective, based more on professional research and analysis and less on pers...

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My Country, My People: Reflections on the Implementation of the "One China" Principle is a collection of 32 essays. The author, Chen Wu Chu, was a public servant doing secretarial work for the President of the Executive Yuan, Taiwan, Republic of China. Chu frequently composed investigative reports and analytical essays on economic, financial and social affairs for Cabinet members as decision-making references. Currently residing overseas, Chu ...

On Security, Peace and Equal Distribution of Wealth is a collection of 30 essays on economics and management. The author, Chen Wu Chu, was a public servant doing secretarial work for the President of the Executive Yuan. He frequently composed investigative reports and analytical essays on economic, financial and social affairs for Cabinet members as decision-making references. Now these essays are collected in a single volume for those who car...

Wanted: A coach for my wife. Only those who are between the ages of 30 and 40, who are healthy, strong and capable, who have considerable sexual experiences, should apply..."In this book of erotic fiction, the nameless protagonist accepts a job and entangles himself in the complex circumstances of cross-cultural marriages. While he is fairly capable of training other people's wives, life is not as simple and perfect as he has previously though...

Working as a flight attendant in Japan, Shanshan Wu falls in love with Sato, a pilot and the heir of a rich, powerful Japanese family. However, their romance is ruined after Sato's family discovers the dark past of Shanshan's mother. Undaunted, Shanshan's mother begins pushing her daughter towards all sorts of men that she considers as "prizes".Still, Shanshan's heart lingers on Sato, in spite of his lust and merciless manipulation. Meanwhile,...

In the "Blazing Age of Red" during the 1970s, a time much praised by Chinese poets and writers, the sky was as grim as the walled land. Where all shared the same gaunt expressions and social mannerisms. Where all wore the same blue-grey uniforms. Yet, when four young women walk out of Shanghai's narrow lanes and alleys, their aspiration for excellence and fierce pursuit of love casts a colourful light against this gloomy background, making lif...

The prevalence of email has become a global phenomenon since 1994. That year happened to mark one of the golden periods of economic prosperity in Taiwan, with the lower USD/New Taiwan Dollars exchange rate making both tuition and boarding less expensive for studying in the United States. A group of Taiwanese students in their 20s took the opportunity to start an adventure, and met each other for the first time in the State University of New Yo...

Dream of Flying Flowers is a beautifully written coming-of-age novel. It tells the story ot 15-year-old Lin Sen (Lin being the surname), a high school student from rural China. Bitterly disappointed about his life, family and the whole society, Lin decides to drown himself in a river. However, Lin's suicide is turned into a murder case, and the truth about his death is known only to a mentally ill beggar.Nostalgic and heart-wrenching, Dream of...

The Dandelion Sailor is "housewife author" Su Ya's first book of short stories. The original edition, published in 2012, contains nine short stories written in Taiwan and Australia. This edition, published in 2018, includes 10 new stories written in Australia.

The 30 tiny little poems collected in this book were written in April 2015, initially for the National Poetry Writing Month (NaPoWriMo) challenge. Poetry is not a genre this author truly understands. However, thanks to the kind support from a wide range of friends online, I dared to give it a go. Your comments on how these poems may be improved will be gratefully appreciated.These poems were first published on Twitter, which requires each Twee...

On Life, Love, Literature & Letter Writing is a collection of letters composed in February 2015, initially for the International Correspondence Writing Month, known as InCoWriMo. Written from Melbourne, Australia, to people all over the world, these personal letters celebrate the power of words and the art of letter writing, which has never been lost and continues to be cherished by all.

In the "Blazing Age of Red" during the 1970s, a time much praised by Chinese poets and writers, the sky was as grim as the walled land. Where all shared the same gaunt expressions and social mannerisms. Where all wore the same blue-grey uniforms. Yet, when four young women walk out of Shanghai's narrow lanes and alleys, their aspiration for excellence and fierce pursuit of love casts a colourful light against this gloomy background, making lif...