Fiction. Asian American Studies. MEMORY SICKNESS by Phong Nguyen is the winner of the 2010 Elixir Press Fiction Award. It is a loosely related series of short stories, set in Rhode Island, that illumi
A stunning novel of ancient Vietnam based on the true story of two warrior sisters who raised an army of women to overthrow the Han Chinese and rule as kings over a united people, for readers of Circe and The Night Tiger.Gather around, children of Chu Dien, and be brave.For even to listen to the story of the Trung Sisters is,in these troubled times, a dangerous act.In 40 CE, in the Au Lac region of ancient Vietnam, two daughters of a Vietnamese Lord fill their days training, studying, and trying to stay true to Vietnamese traditions. While Trung Trac is disciplined and wise, always excelling in her duty, Trung Nhi is fierce and free spirited, more concerned with spending time in the gardens and with lovers.But these sister's lives―and the lives of their people―are shadowed by the oppressive rule of the Han Chinese. They are forced to adopt Confucian teachings, secure marriages, and pay ever‑increasing taxes. As the peoples' frustration boils over, the country comes ever closer to the e
This book constitutes the proceedings of the 32nd Annual International Conference on the Theory and Applications of Cryptographic Techniques, EUROCRYPT 2013, held in Athens, Greece, in May 2013. The 4
This book constitutes the proceedings of the 33rd Annual International Conference on the Theory and Applications of Cryptographic Techniques, EUROCRYPT 2014, held in Copenhagen, Denmark, in May 2014.
The LLL algorithm is a polynomial-time lattice reduction algorithm, named after its inventors, Arjen Lenstra, Hendrik Lenstra and Laszlo Lovasz. The algorithm has revolutionized computational aspects
Fiction. Literary History & Criticism. Edited by Dan Chaon, Norah Hardin Lind, and Phong Nguyen. This third volume in the Pleiades Unsung Masters Series focuses on 1930s and 40s fiction writer Nan
