Intimate Distance

“For this brief moment, the two sisters could be ‘together in heart and affection’, and through such letters bridge the distance of empire.” We often learn about the commerce, diplomacy, and military campaigns of the British empire without reference to the intimate side of life in these times—the development of self, the position of women, and the importance of family. In this book, the story of empire, so often told from a man’s perspective, is given a unique vantage point through Eliza Hillier’s letters to her younger sister, Martha. Written largely from Hong Kong, Shanghai, England, and Siam, the letters allow us to become a member of her family and follow the daily tribulations associated with the life of a young British woman in the port cities of Asia. We are thus able to share Eliza’s experiences as she leaves home to embark on married life, starts and raises a family, grieves at the abrupt and tragic loss of her husband, Charles Batten Hillier, and then sets about re-building

◎ In the night sky, those shining stars may be in the past tense. Those dark may no longer be nothingness, but the distance is too far, and the light is still galloping. ◎ The thermal process is a part of the space state. The order is from the hot in the past to the cold in the future, and the direction is from the inside to the outside. ◎ The time order is from tomorrow to today to yesterday, that is from future to past. Time and space are reverse loops. So the direction of time is from outside to inside.

In The Making of Chinese-Sinophone Literatures as World Literature, Kuei-fen Chiu and Yingjin Zhang aim to bridge the distance between the scholarship of world literature and that of Chinese and Sinophone literary studies. This edited volume advances research on world literature by bringing in new developments in Chinese/Sinophone literatures and adds a much-needed new global perspective on Chinese literary studies beyond the traditional national literature paradigm and its recent critique by Sinophone studies. In addition to a critical mapping of the domains of world literature, Sinophone literature, and world literature in Chinese to delineate the nuanced differences of these three disciplines, the book addresses the issues of translation, genre, and the impact of media and technology on our understanding of “literature” and “literary prestige.” It also provides critical studies of the complicated ways in which Chinese and Sinophone literatures are translated, received, and reinveste

故事的男女主角，居住在地鐵車站路線的兩端，中間相隔了整整二十五個站，卻因一個意外相識了，從此以後，兩人開始了另類Long D（Long Distance/遠距離戀愛），可是，價值觀和生活南轅北轍的兩人，必須克服重重難關，也要面對Long D常見的不信任和猜疑，兩人真可以能夠走到最後嗎？ 「最初的相識， 只是兩個注定要橫切入對方生命裏的人的最後相認。 只要確信這一點， 所謂的一見鍾情也將無法成立， 一切都變成重溫對方的過程而已。」

The Sublime Object of Orientalism proposes that globalised Asian physical cultural practices such as taiji, qigong, yoga, and meditation can be understood by examining the intimate connection between Western orientalism and the Romantic aesthetic notion of the sublime. The book recasts ‘orientalist physical culture’ as practices animated by the sublime and argues that this relationship is stronger than has hitherto been recognised by commentators. Bowman combines new readings of philosophers and cultural critics such as Slavoj Žižek and Jane Iwamura with analyses of film, media, and Asian physical practices and their entrepreneurial forms to shed light on the quest to articulate a philosophy of orientalist physical culture. He also explores ways to make sense of orientalist physical culture in the contemporary world and evaluate the often-problematic ideologies that circulate around these cultural practices without either uncritically accepting their value or rejecting them outright.

◎53首中英對照詩，一本主流外、雙語創作的詩集面世了！ ◎篇幅雖然薄、輕，但藝術性、獨創性、一貫性以及困難度的含金量極高。 ◎這是一場永世之旅，歲月的光輝裡有奮鬥的足跡，自身的美麗和不變的慈愛。 自由、世界、光明、大地、亙古、真與美、永世、偉大、愛、思想 Freedom、World、Light、Earth、Truth and Beauty、Eternity、Greatness、Love、Thought ¹自由也在時空裡，²似海洋與陸地來自於您那裡；³它們是深廣到毫無邊際。⁴ 我的言詞的遠展之翼的飛翔，⁵與閃電的怒吼一般，⁶永遠無法到達您的遠方。 ₁The freedom is also in time and space ₂like the ocean and land come from thy side; ₃they are so deep and wide that they are boundless. ₄The flight of the far-spreading wings of my words ₅will never reach thy distance ₆like the roar of lightning. ¹我尚且未能確切知曉，²自由來自何處， ³但您已給了我們那必要的自由，⁴以致腳能行走而翅能飛翔！ ₁I still do not know exactly ₂where the freedom comes from, ₃but thou hast given the necessary freedom to us ₄so that the feet can walk and wings fly!

…. to imagine a language means to imagine a form of life. ––Ludwig Wittgenstein (Philosophical Investigation, 1953) Whatever specific goal motivated people who study Chinese at first eventually dissolves into the larger Chinese world, and that world—its loves and joys, its stings and frustrations, in any case its incapability of being boring—takes over. This is a fascinating, insightful collection of essays by some of the world’s most renowned China experts, who share personal recollections of their time in China—often beginning in the 1970s, when foreigners were just beginning to navigate the linguistic and cultural terrain of that country—and reflect on what learning Chinese has meant to them in their careers and lives. These ten native English speakers share rare and, at times, humorous and intimate moments, of how learning and speaking Chinese has removed barriers, built rapport, opened doors and sometimes led them down entirely unexpected roads that have changed the course of th

Sam, working as a trainee waiter in a small Italian restaurant near the West End of London, was one day fooled by a bohemian sort of man with a bad sort of logic that led to his dismissal by the head waitress. Feeling lost and trotting along Regent Street he bumped into his girl friend Amy who had just been through a similar scenario, and that made them both laugh away their ‘misfortune’ to start afresh. Sam decided to take a critical thinking course run by a certain Professor Panggloss, a name that rang a bell for him, recalling Voltaire’s famous novel Candide, and the course turned out to be very useful, albeit puzzling at times, which therefore troubled Sam quite a lot, so much so that he had to share his critical thinking problems with Amy, even when she was already away from the UK, holidaying at her aunt’s invitation in Hong Kong. The lovers, separated by at least six thousand miles, carried on their intimate communication using state-of-the-art IT, frequently disturbing each o

This authoritative collection contains writings by some thirty of the most significant Chinese writers of the period between 1919 and 1949. The three decades from which these pieces are drawn encompass most of the Republican period, a tumultuous era in Chinese history in which modernization and republicanism coexisted with classical culture. Thematically, these xiaopin wen, or modern Chinese essays, differ significantly from the more social and political fiction of the May Fourth movement. Their scope varies, from ruminations on broader existential issues to more personal contemplations on everyday life, often delving into issues of morality and interpersonal relations. Although described as "essays," they are not restrained by the formal, expository connotations of this English term; rather, their tone is more intimate, reflective, and at times witty or tinged with melancholy.

This combination of translated Chinese documents, newspaper excerpts, and essays from other authors is a travelogue, memoir, and political commentary from 1899 by Mrs Archibald Little, a well-known British novelist and social campaigner.

我真的能跑那麼遠嗎？要怎麼開始訓練呢？ 會不會受傷？如果失敗了怎麼辦？ 透過正確的訓練法，任何人都能第一次跑馬拉松就完賽！ 漢森訓練法（Hanson Method）源自1992年，由漢森兄弟（Kevin & Keith Hanson，凱斯和凱文．漢森）所規畫的馬拉松訓練計畫。他們擁有改變美國人長跑課程的願景，並在美國跑步運動品牌布魯克斯（Brooks Sports）協助下，展開漢森－布魯克斯長跑專案（Hansons-Brooks Distance Project）。這項計畫培養出許多入圍奧運和世界盃半馬和全馬長跑的跑者，並獲得許多跑者的參考和採用。 在《漢森馬拉松訓練法：跑出你的最佳成績》(Hansons Marathon Method (2nd Edition): Run Your Fastest Marathon)和《漢森半程馬拉松訓練法：跑出個人最佳半馬紀錄》(Hansons Half-Marathon Method, 2014 Copyright Edition)相繼出版後，盧克．漢弗萊(Luke Humphrey)和凱斯和凱文．漢森兄弟（Kevin & Keith Hanson）轉而為第一次跑馬拉松的跑者寫下《漢森初馬訓練法:第一次跑馬拉松就完賽》(Hansons First Marathon, 2018 Copyright Edition) ，指導跑者如何運用漢森訓練法來規畫和執行馬拉松初挑戰的訓練和參賽計畫。 作者想讓讀者瞭解，無論有沒有經驗，跑完馬拉松是每個人都能辦到的事情，除了撐過第一場馬拉松，把它從人生清單上劃掉以外，讀完這本書可以學到，如何透過最好的訓練和瞭解過程中會發生的事情以從中成長，在詳細解說增長跑步距離的原因和方法，以及建構訓練計畫。他們同時在書中破解常見的迷思和錯誤觀念，並提供能讓你成功完賽的課表。書中也訪問資深運動員，請教他們最希望在跑初次馬拉松前知道什麼，讓讀者能從別人的失敗和成功之中受益。 《漢森初馬訓練法：第一次跑馬拉松就完賽》包含跑者所需要了解的一切內容： ➣找到適合自己的起點，選擇正確的訓練計畫 ➣訓練哲學與馬拉松生理學 ➣各項訓練的準則與配速 ➣聰明地設定比賽目標，選擇相應的訓練計畫 ➣因應突發狀況適當調整訓練計畫 ➣選對自己的賽場 ➣伸展訓練與肌力訓練 ➣日常跑步和比賽之後的恢復方法 ➣基於科學的訓練期和比賽日