Asia Ink

Universally known as the winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2000 for his novel Soul Mountain, Gao Xingjian is also an artist whose paintings are exhibited worldwide. Born in China in 1940, the multitalented Gao also excels as a critic, playwright and filmmaker. After his avant-garde plays were banned, he left China in 1987 and settled in France. Today he lives in Paris where he continues to paint and make films. This stunning book showcases for the first time over two decades of Gao Xingjian’s oeuvre. Inspired by a dream-like inner-world, Daoism, the Chinese literati painting tradition and Western Modernism inform Gao Xingjian’s masterful ink-wash paintings. His groundbreaking technique allows him to work with ink, the traditional Chinese medium, on large canvases. A champion of a return to painting, he remains as free from the diktats of the contemporary art market as he did fr

Marks the 50th anniversary of the battle against the French. The battle brought abour the end of French colonial Indochina, the independence of Vietnam and the split of the country in tow, so setting

The pre-eminent Vietnamese artist Tran Trung Tin painted in Hanoi during the American bombing of the 1960s and 1970s, thereby helping Vietnam to regain a place in the world as a culture not just a war

Clouds of Ink, Pools of Colour: Paintings by Hou Beiren explores the splashed ink landscape painting tradition through the work of its foremost contemporary exponent. The California-based Hou Beiren h

Frontiers of Memory in the Asia-Pacific explores the making and consumption of conflict-related heritage throughout the Asia-Pacific region. Contributing to a growing literature on ‘difficult heritage’, this collection advances our understanding of how places of pain, shame, oppression, and trauma have been appropriated and refashioned as ‘heritage’ in a number of societies in contemporary East and Southeast Asia and Oceania. The authors analyse how the repackaging of difficult pasts as heritage can serve either to reinforce borders, transcend them, or even achieve both simultaneously, depending on the political agendas that inform the heritage-making process. They also examine the ways in which these processes respond to colonialism, decolonization, and nationalism. The volume shows how efforts to preserve various sites of ‘difficult heritage’ can involve the construction of new borders in the mind between what is commemorated and what is often deliberately obscured or forgotten. Take

Our Folktales: The All-time Favourite Folktales from Asia is a collection of eight beloved children's stories from China, India, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines and Singapore. In thes

Our Folktales: The All-time Favourite Folktales from Asia is a collection of eight beloved children's stories from China, India, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines and Singapore. In thes

An exciting activity book designed especially for little fingers. Children can press their fingers into the ink pad and fingerprint away!

Observing that the division between theory and empiricism remains inextricably linked to imperial modernity, manifest at the most basic level in the binary between “the West” and “Asia,” the authors o

Children won't get bored over Christmas with this compact pad of exciting interactive games - the perfect antidote to the tablet. Each book in this popular series come with an erasable ink pen, so the

The present volume is a collection of selected papers of the international conference on “Translation and Modernization in East Asia in the 19th and Early 20th Centuries,” organized by the Research Ce

What's Under the Bed, Ted? is a sweet, rhyming bedtime story with hidden ink surprises. Use your silicone torch to reveal hidden artwork and see what's hiding under Ted's bed on every page! This delig

This groundbreaking volume captures and analyzes the exhilarating and at times disorienting experience when scientists, government officials, educators, and the general public in East Asia tried to co

This edited volume seeks to highlight the development of play therapy in various countries and cities in Asia. The editors discuss how mostly Western play therapy approaches are adapted for use in Asi

U.S.-China Relations and the Changing Security Dynamics in East Asia collects 9 papers which were presented at the annual conference of the Graduate Institute of International Affairs and Strategic St

Relax, and let the creativity flow through you. Whether a skilled artist or an everyday dabbler of drawings and doodles, fans of all ages will enjoy these stunning pen-and-ink illustrations of beautif

The Magical City is a brand new colouring book by talented young illustrator Lizzie Mary Cullen. Lizzie has gained a cult following for her distinctive swirling pen-and-ink drawings of beautiful citie

First book-length reference collection of research examining the unique opportunities and challenges presented by task-based language learning and teaching in Asia.

A hand-drawn path to inner peace!Your Illustrated Guide to Becoming One with the Universe will set you free on a visual journey of self-discovery. Set against a surreal backdrop of intricate ink illus

Proceedings of the sixth Asia-Europe Symposium on Processing and Properties of Reinforced Polymers collects 185 papers 

"Readers will find this book useful as a guide to understanding Asian business from both the macroscopic and microscopic standpoints.... Any company that wishes to win in Asia must properly develop an

Vivid ink and cutpaper illustrations accompany the bedtime story in rhyme of one mother's efforts to keep all the animalsfrom the mosquito to the elephantquiet when their noise threatens to wake up he

《 101 Best Cocktails in Asia》是全球首本專注於亞洲跨區域的國際雞尾酒專書。這是一本改寫全球雞尾酒版圖的雞尾酒專書，向更多人介紹亞洲地區的調酒師以及他們最標誌性的作品。由六位深耕亞洲各區域酒吧文化的專家：高永霈（Pedison Kao）、洪偉傑（Jay Hong）、許芸禎（Reina Hsu）、舒宓（Shu Mi）、Tariq Widarso，以及劉奎麟（Tonic Liu），歷時兩年共同策劃，首次將亞洲跨國界的酒譜精華，完整收錄於一本專屬於亞洲的雞尾酒書籍中。本書收錄 101 位亞洲地區代表性調酒師的代表作品，涵蓋杜拜、蒙古、台灣、香港、澳門、斯里蘭卡、中國、尼泊爾、日本、南韓、新加坡、印尼、菲律賓、越南、馬來西亞等地，呈現出亞洲前所未有的雞尾酒文化廣度與深度。《 101 Best Cocktails in Asia》這個數字，正是向已故雞尾酒大師Gary Regan致敬，他曾出版過Gaz Regan's 101 Best New Cocktails系列雞尾酒書籍，介紹全球各地最新的雞尾酒創作，在21世紀當代雞尾酒爆發的階段，Gary Regan的持續書寫，對產業有著舉足輕重的影響力。所有酒譜皆以全英文紀錄，搭配台灣新銳插畫家黃心慈手繪的調酒，不僅是酒譜，也是藝術品，《 101 Best Cocktails in Asia》不只是一本酒譜，更是一部亞洲雞尾酒文化的縮影。

Revitalization in Asia: Adaptive Reuse in Macao, Mumbai, and Penang offers a clear understanding of the value of sustainable adaptive reuse within an Asian context. Three highly urbanized places (Macao, Mumbai, and Penang) are considered in detail from conservation and planning perspectives (with essays and timelines for each). For each place, five case studies offer a comparative framework for understanding similarities and differences in adaptive reuse projects. Six essays examine adaptive reuse in terms of its connection to the three dimensions of sustainability, with reference to the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals. This book is envisioned as a continuation of Asian Revitalization: Adaptive Reuse in Hong Kong, Shanghai, and Singapore.

This rich and enjoyable book recounts the tangled, dynamic encounters through which Asia has influenced Europe and North America over centuries'A rich history… Harding writes with energy and insight, wearing a tremendous amount of learning lightly' - Rana Mitter, Financial TimesThis rich and enjoyable book by the acclaimed author of Japan Story explores the many ways in which Asia has influenced Europe and North America over centuries of tangled, dynamic encountersFrom the time of the ancient Greeks onwards the West's relationship with Asia consisted for the most part of outrageous tales of strange beasts and monsters, of silk and spices shipped over vast distances and an uneasy sense of unknowable empires fantastically far away. By the twentieth century much of Asia might have come under Western rule after centuries of warfare, but its intellectual, artistic and spiritual influence was fighting back.The Light of Asia is a wonderfully varied and entertaining history of the many ways in

Create magical fingerprinted festive scenes featuring Santa and busy elves.This activity book with seven coloured ink pads is full of pictures to complete with fingerprints, including Santa's elves busily making toys, gingerbread men and lots of wintry snow scenes. Simple instructions show how to use different fingers to make different shapes to print reindeer, elves, snowmen and lots, lots more.

Kaho Yu’s China’s Energy Security in the Twenty-First Century: The Role of Global Governance and Climate Change explores the evolution of China’s energy security from its bilateral going-out strategy to its more multilateral Belt and Road Initiative. By analysing the topic from a multidisciplinary perspective, this book examines China’s evolving role in global energy governance through four empirical case studies: China’s energy cooperation with Russia and Central Asia, Africa, the European Union, and the Asia Infrastructure Investment Bank.

Princes and prisoners, sailors and criminals, showgirls and soldiers – all have submitted to the tattooist's art. Vintage Tattoos features over 500 retro designs of every style and subject matter, including nautical, patriotic, hearts and banners, circus, girls, animals, roses, daggers and symbols. Legendary rock journalist Carol Clerk's curation of the most iconic traditional ink designs also includes profiles of history's illustrious tattoo artists, as well as interviews with contemporary practitioners.

The book features retro style pen and ink illustrations by Joan Escandell (illustrator of "Captain Thunder," "He-Man," and Disney's "Cinderella "and "The Lion King"), who molded the image many youngsters in Europe have of literary figures like Robin Hood. The book gives free access to a library of downloadable high-resolution animal images.

Through personal narratives from twelve survivors, Chinese Comfort Women reveals the unfathomable atrocities committed against women during the Asia-Pacific War and correlates the proliferation of “co