Mr Ma and Son
A deliciously funny and moving comedy-of-manners about a Chinese father and son's experiences at the height of London's Jazz Age 'He was in London - why be bothered looking at it? Wasn't it bad enough just being there?' Newly arrived from China, Mr Ma and his son Ma Wei run an antiques shop nestled by St Paul's Cathedral, where they try to make a living amid the smog and bustle of 1920s London. As they struggle with money, misunderstandings and the ways of the English - from the overbearing patronage of missionary Reverend Ely to their well-meaning landlady Mrs Weddeburn and her carefree daughter - can understanding, even love, blossom? Both a moving story of the Chinese immigrant experience and a bitingly funny satire on the English, Mr Ma and Son delicately portrays the dreams and disappointments of those seeking a new life in a distant land. Translated by William Dolby, with an introduction by Julia Lovell
Rickshaw Boy
'Lao She's great novel.' --The New York Times A beautiful new translation of the classic Chinese novel from Lao She, one of the most acclaimed and popular Chinese writers of the twentieth century, Rickshaw Boy chronicles the trials and misadventures of a poor Beijing rickshaw driver. Originally published in 1937, Rickshaw Boy--and the power and artistry of Lao She--can now be appreciated by a contemporary American audience.
Rickshaw Boy (Kinesiska)
Rickshaw Boy (Kinesiska)
Engineering Optimization
An accessible introduction to metaheuristics and optimization, featuring powerful and modern algorithms for application across engineering and the sciences From engineering and computer science to economics and management science, optimization is ...
Nature-Inspired Computation and Swarm Intelligence
Nature-inspired computation and swarm intelligence have become popular and effective tools for solving problems in optimization, computational intelligence, soft computing and data science. Recently, the literature in the field has expanded ...
Optimization Techniques and Applications with Examples
A guide to modern optimization applications and techniques in newly emerging areas spanning optimization, data science, machine intelligence, engineering, and computer sciences¿ Optimization Techniques and Applications with Examples introduces the...
Made New
Experience life change as you're drawn into relationship with a loving God who is committed to your flourishing, advocates for you, and delights when you come to Him. How would your life change if you were certain of your identity? If you could kn...
Loving God, Loving Others
Your longing for meaningful connection is a good and holy desire. God made us to love one another, and we love because He first loved us. In Loving God, Loving Others, the ladies of the Catholic community Blessed is She pour their hearts onto the ...
Social Capital
Social capital is a principal concept across the social sciences and has readily entered into mainstream discourse. In short, it is popular. However, this popularity has taken its toll. Social capital suffers from a lack of consensus because of th...
Thief Of The Heights
Enter the world of Muqadas, where the climb to the top of this vertically stacked city-away from disease-ridden waters of the lower levels-is paved with betrayal, secrets, and rebellion in this debut graphic novel from author Son M. and artist Robin Yao.Lifelong friends Basem, Mustafa, and Aarfah have carved out a place for themselves in their corner of Muqadas, where they dream of climbing from their place in the city's lowest level, above the limb-snatching, disease-infested waters, to the very top of their vertical city. Young inventors who've seen firsthand the havoc the Habar infection causes set out to dazzle the masses with their innovative prosthetics and escape the dangers of Lake Saha.When their inventions catch the eye of a scout who is on the hunt for new talent to bring to the higher tiers, their dreams are suddenly within reach. But as the wonders of the upper tiers enchant, Basem, Mustafa, and Aarfah begin to question why the bounty of Muqadas falls short of reaching Lake Saha's inhabitants.Behind the beauty of the city's upper tiers lie dark and dangerous secrets-ones that threaten not only everything they've worked for but everyone they love. And when Mustafa and Aarfah are cast away for their allegiance to Lake Saha, Basem is faced with the difficult choice: Fight to bring justice to all of Muqadas? Or abandon his friends and fall in line to achieve everything he's ever dreamed of?
Glimpses of sweeper life in Tan Dan's Rajasthan around 1980
Anecdotes about sweeper families in a few villages of western Rajasthan, India. Based on Tan Dan's experience of the relations in his region. He was a farmer with keen interest in the living conditions of low-ranked castes in his village around 19...
Carl&Son Face Scrub 75 ml
Carl&Son Face Scrub är en dubbelverkande ansiktspeeling som hjälper till att bibehålla hudens spänst och lyster. Den stärker hudbarriären och lämnar en behagligt ren, mjuk och fräsch känsla. Finmalda jojobakorn och mikrokristaller tar bort döda hudceller. Medan BHA-syra rengör porerna på djupet och stimulerar cellförnyelse.Produktens ingredienser är noggrant utvalda för att vara skonsamma för huden och naturen. Produkten är tillverkad i Sverige, är dermatologiskt testad, passar alla hudtyper och är 100% vegansk. 75 ml.
Tajna neznakomtsa v kletchatoj shljape
Menja zovut Ida Kha, i ja ljublju zagadki. Mne nuzhno stat nastojaschim detektivom, chtoby rasputat eto slozhnoe delo! Najti shkolnogo vorishku, razoblachit khuligana v mestnom kafe i vyjasnit, kto otravil prodavtsa bulochek, - i vsjo eto za odin den! Dlja Idy Kha net nichego nevozmozhnogo! Ved ona obladaet talantom supersyschika! No nad odnoj tajnoj ej pridjotsja polomat golovu: kto etot podozritelnyj neznakomets v kletchatoj shljape, kotoryj to i delo popadaetsja ej na puti? I pochemu on pojavilsja v tot moment, kogda vokrug stalo proiskhodit tak mnogo zagadochnykh prestuplenij?
Noblesse Volume One
But his peaceful days with other human students are soon interrupted by mysterious attackers known as the 'Unions.'
