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An eye-opening exploration of the Chinese internet that reveals the intricate dance between freedom and control in contemporary China “The Wall Dancers is history told in a gripping, novelistic style. It is at once a crash course in contemporary Chinese politics and culture and an epic story...

Shi Heng Yi gehört zu den bekanntesten Meistern des 21. Jahrhunderts. Er nimmt uns mit seinen autobiografisch geprägten Einsichten mit auf eine innere Reise und schildert einschneidende Phasen und Erfahrungen seines Lebens. Mit all seiner Begeisterung und Überzeugung hat er sich seiner Lebensaufgabe gewidmet. Doch wer oder was bin ich jenseits der Rollen und Pflichten? Wie finde ich Ruhe inmitten der Bewegung? Was bedeutet es, ein wahrhaft freier Mensch zu sein? Aus der Tiefe des Zen-Buddhismus werden Fragen aufgeworfen, Spiegel gereicht und Einsichten geboten.

È il 1917 e nel piccolo villaggio coreano di Ojin, ai piedi del monte Maebongsan, la miseria e le difficoltà non danno tregua ai suoi abitanti. Bodeul, unica figlia femmina di una madre rimasta vedova, è stata costretta ad abbandonare gli studi e a lavorare per contribuire all'economia familiare. Quando una vicina suggerisce alla madre di darla in sposa a uno sconosciuto proprietario terriero che ha fatto fortuna alle Hawaii, Bodeul accetta.

Shi Heng Yi eröffnet mit diesem Hörbuch Einsichten in einer bisher unveröffentlichten Form der Shaolin-Tradition – anwendbare Praktiken für das alltägliche Leben, untermauert mit Sichtweisen, um Bekanntes neu zu erkennen. "Shaolin Spirit – Meistere dein Leben!" Wünschst du dir mehr Disziplin, Willensstärke, Mut, Ausdauer und tief empfundene Loyalität? Shi Heng Yi bietet dir auf Basis seines eigenen Lebensweges Werkzeuge, die dein Leben leichter machen – indem du stärker wirst. Das Geheimnis der inneren Stärke basiert auf den Tugenden der Shaolin.

Literary Theory for Robots reveals the hidden history of modern machine intelligence, taking listeners on a spellbinding journey from medieval Arabic philosophy to visions of a universal language, past Hollywood fiction factories, and missile defense systems trained on Russian folktales. In this provocative reflection on the shared pasts of literature and computer science, former Microsoft engineer and professor of comparative literature Dennis Yi Tenen provides crucial context for recent developments in AI, which holds important lessons for the future of humans living with smart technology.

A chilling collection of supernatural horror stories from the winners of the Storytel Epigram Horror Prize. 11 fantastically written stories designed to enthral and scare!...

Drew needed some clothes. His mom gave him all of his brother's old clothes. Will Drew get any new clothes?

After planting flowers in the yard, Tanya and her dog Rudy both need a bath.

"Il sole emerge lentamente dal mare e, quando spunta dalla nebbia, tutti esultano, ma io rimango deluso. È una pallina da ping pong arancione che si ingrandisce e si scalda via via che sale, fino a venirci incontro correndo a braccia aperte. Sentirmi così sotto esame mi terrorizza, ma non ho modo di sfuggire alle grinfie malefiche dell'astro". "E adesso?", un romanzo breve dello scrittore cinese A Yi, un autore molto promettente che già da un decennio narra nelle sue opere i lati più oscuri della società cinese contemporanea.

The blue jays and cardinals of Stone-Run Forest have always lived harmoniously side by side. But the fate of the forest—and all its inhabitants—is in jeopardy when the sinister hawk, Turnatt, turns the two bird tribes against each other. According to legend, only Swordbird, Son of the Great...

In 1908, at the age of two, Henry Pu Yi ascended to become the last emperor of the centuries-old Manchu dynasty. After revolutionaries forced Pu Yi to abdicate in 1911, the young emperor lived for 13 years in Peking’s Forbidden City, but with none of the power his birth afforded him. The remainder of Pu Yi’s life was lived out in a topsy-turvy fashion: fleeing from a Chinese warlord, becoming head of a Japanese puppet state, being confined to a Russian prison in Siberia, and enduring taxing labor.

Wind-voice the half-dove, formerly enslaved, is now free, and Maldeor, the one-winged archaeopteryx, hungers for supreme power. Can Wind-voice and his valiant companions—Ewingerale, the wood-pecker scribe; Stormac, the myna warrior; and Fleydur, the musician eagle—save the future of their...

Singapore, 1972: Newly independent and grappling for power in a fast-modernizing world. Loner schoolgirl Adeline Siow has never needed more company than the flames she can summon at her fingertips. Ang Tian is a Red Butterfly: one of a gang of girls who came from nothing, sworn to a fire goddess and empowered to wreak vengeance on the men that abuse and underestimate them.

In this interview, author Nancy Yi Fan, and HarperCollins Worldwide president and CEO Jane Friedman, discuss the extraordinary story behind the book. Fan also speaks about her inspiration and writing process.

“Little Things, Big Feelings” is a story told in gentle, poetic language, it captures the small everyday moments that stir big emotions—moments that shape who we are and stay with us forever. Simple yet profound, this book is a joyful listen for both children and adults alike.

From Gillian Flynn Books, a lyrical young adult horror by debut author Wen-yi Lee that's perfect for fans of She Is a Haunting, Stephen King's IT, and The Haunting of Hill House. "Wen-yi Lee has crafted a dark and compelling supernatural mystery buoyed by earnestly written, queer-centric...

The Dragon Princess Chronicles has it all! Princesses, dragons, fairies, and magic! In The Frozen Prince, just as Princess Angelina is about to receive the potion that will turn her back into a human, King Hunter of Ironhelm invades Eldoria! And this time he has a magic weapon called the Frostbite Wand that freezes everything with its magic. Can Princess Angelina and Prince Harris save Eldoria, or will Princess Angelina remain a dragon forever?

Embark on an extraordinary voyage through six captivating worlds of folklore and myth. Across more than one hundred and ten hours of immersive storytelling, you’ll witness common threads of wonder that unite us all—no matter how far apart our cultures may be.

Palmo, a young yeti, dreams of being an inventor. However, when she shows her father her creations, her father insists she destroy them all. Heartbroken, Palmo takes a final ride in her largest creation, the Glacial Gearmonster and rescues Princess Angelina and Prince Harris trapped in ice. They have come seeking the petals of the Arctic Lily.

Reader's Choice Award Winner. Throughout China's rapidly growing cities, a new wave of unregistered house churches is growing. They are developing rich theological perspectives that are both uniquely Chinese and rooted in the historical doctrines of the faith. To understand how they have endured despite government pressure and cultural marginalization, we must understand both their history and their theology. In this volume, key writings from the house church have been compiled, translated, and made accessible to English speakers.