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In everyone’s life, there are the most difficult times. Have you encountered yours? The Buddha was a human being, not a god. He knew the path to true wealth, spoke of love and affection, and was caring and righteous. Encountering him will help you navigate with fewer road blocks. In this book, may you find solace and overcome tough obstacles through vivid comics that weave stories relevant to today’s living.

In everyone’s life, there are the most difficult times. Have you encountered yours? The Buddha was a human being, not a god. He knew the path to true wealth, spoke of love and affection, and was caring and righteous. Encountering him will help you navigate with fewer road blocks. In this book, may you find solace and overcome tough obstacles through vivid comics that weave stories relevant to today’s living.

From humble beginnings in Hong Kong, Yuen Kwok-Yung rose to international prominence as an academic, physician, and microbiologist. As an advisor to governments, he and colleagues made discoveries that helped the world cope in often controversial ways with unprecedented threats to public health, including the COVID-19 pandemic. In this compelling memoir, Dr. Yuen weaves personal stories with those from his extraordinary medical careers to take readers on an inspiring journey about perseverance, courage, faith, and the ongoing peril of infectious diseases.

教師的SEL實踐： ★「我一開始認為SEL是怎麼在社會中有良好的情緒，後來我才意識到應由安定的自己來發揮影響力。」 ★「原來教師的心態也會影響學生的學習，教師保持成長心態，對於師生而言是雙贏。」 ★「去體察情緒起伏的真正原因，擁抱所有情緒，了解、調適後再做回應。」 ★「有意識地思考作為，將可以有效地讓自己更從容地面對壓力。」 ★「不需要一味拘泥於是否正向，關鍵在看見更多可能以及允許成長。」 ★「自我照顧要從生活的小地方做起。」 ★「自我照顧有很多面向，壓力也有正反兩面，端看我們自己的渴望與想要前進的方向為何，我們自己是有掌控能力與選擇的。」 社會情緒學習（Social Emotional Learning, SEL），是以學習社會及情緒能力為基礎，培養良好公民的全人教育過程。教師作為SEL的推動者，應首先成為一個開心、快樂和幸福的人，藉由身教及言教推動SEL，才能為學生、社會帶來深遠的影響。因此，本書在理論基礎上，提供與教師工作情境相關、便於日常實踐之SEL等活動，讓教師在繁重課務中，實際感受SEL為生活帶來正面的影響。本書期許讓教師擁有感受快樂及幸福的能力，為校園推展SEL課程增添助力，並朝向形塑身心健康、人際和諧、社會進步的幸福教育願景邁進。

In The New Politics of Beijing–Hong Kong Relations, Sonny Shiu-Hing Lo looks at the diverging changes to the ideologies from both Beijing and Hong Kong, and the ideological conflicts as taken in the form of factional political struggles between 2012 and the present. This book examines the paternalistic authoritarianism that can be seen in Beijing’s policy toward Hong Kong since the promulgation of the national security law in late June 2020. Lo analyzes the ideological shift from liberal nationalism to conservative nationalism in mainland China, which has taken place since late 2012. The increasingly radical localism in Hong Kong after 2014 transformed Beijing–Hong Kong relations into a conflict-ridden situation characterized by factional struggles. While the imposition of the national security law into Hong Kong since late June 2020 has stabilized the city politically, Beijing’s policy toward Hong Kong is now guided by the principles of protecting its national security and mainta

最愛說故事給孩子聽的創作雙人組　賴曉妍ｘ賴馬　聯手推出 創意圖像讀本「山雨小學」系列 打破制式學習框架，讓每個與眾不同的孩子，跟著經典繪本角色快樂上學去！ 歡迎小朋友和生氣王子一起大冒險，提升情緒力、知識力、圖文閱讀理解力！ 兒童文學作家　林世仁、顏志豪　歡樂推薦 ★☆★山雨小學招生中★☆★ 你是哪一種小朋友？特別愛哭的、特別愛生氣的、特別會噴火的、特別會游泳的、特別會讀書的、特別乖的，還是特別古怪的？這裡歡迎每一個「特別」的孩子，校長說了，有哪個孩子不是特別的呢？！ALL are welcome! 「山雨小學」系列特色： 1. 經典繪本角色攜手共創新故事--愛哭公主+生氣王子+噴火龍阿古力大集合！ 2. 不一樣的學校，擁抱多元價值--在這裡，什麼學生／老師都有！發生什麼事都不奇怪！ 3. 結合最新閱讀趨勢，不只讀文字，也讀圖像，全面提升閱讀理解力 4. 融合SEL（Social and Emotional Learning, 社會情緒學習）理念，跟角色一起培養各種情緒力 當生氣王子遇上瘋狂植物，究竟誰輸誰贏？！ 艾迪王子是個一板一眼的模範生，每天在固定的時間做固定的事，生活只要有一丁點不如意就會火冒三丈、氣得鼻子打結，沒想到他陰錯陽差跟著山雨小學的學生來到了瘋狂植物園，與大家一起探險、逃亡、解謎。他該如何逃離各種植物怪獸的追趕？王子的理性和感性，是否能在關鍵時刻發揮作用？ 關於內容=>結合社會情緒學習（SEL, Social and Emotional Learning） • 看生氣王子學會「自我管理」—當他不再是眾人的目光焦點時，生氣好像也沒有用？！ • 看生氣王子學會「社會覺察」—當植物發狂時，很難不注意到它們的「心情」 • 看生氣王子學著跟其他同學互動、表達內心感受，即「溝通技巧」—小珍珠手寫卡片表達感謝 關於形式=>結合最新閱讀趨勢，安排多重圖文敘事 ●多元類型的敘事：驚險懸疑動作片內容＋故事圖解＋分格漫畫 ＝＞培養圖文閱讀理解力 ●PLUS遊戲：跟著角色一起找找看 ＝＞練習觀察力 ●PLUS知識：艾迪王子小知識（認識火車、名人等） ＝＞提升知識力 「山雨小學」QA時間： Q1：要進入這所學校有什麼必要條件？ Ａ：山雨小學是古怪國國王特許的實驗學

Waiting on God is not waiting for God to come. God lives within us. Waiting on God is looking up to God and drawing close to Him. Waiting on God is not just a temporary emotion, and just spending a short period of time quietly before God. Waiting on God is a lifelong practice. Are you seeking spiritual renewal? Do you long for heavenly fulfillment that is far beyond your wildest imagination? Spend time waiting on God, forget about everything else, sink deeply into the ocean of the Lord’s love, and allow yourself to disappear into the glorious presence of God. 等候神不是等神來，神就住在我們裡面，等候神就是仰望神、親近神。 等候神不是一時興起的情緒，花一小段時間安靜在神面前而已；等候神是一生的操練。 您在尋求屬靈的更新嗎？您是否渴望獲得遠超過您最大想像的屬天滿足？本書將教導讀者如何花時間等候神，深深地沉入主愛的海洋，讓自己消失在神榮耀的同在中。

Pandemic MindsCOVID-19 and Mental Health in Hong KongKate WhiteheadThe COVID-19 pandemic was a global crisis that affected millions of lives and brought mental health challenges to the forefront. In Hong Kong, the situation was worsened by uniquely strict COVID-19 regulations, quarantine measures, and travel restrictions. The mental health issues associated with the pandemic did not end with the lifting of the mask mandate. On the contrary, the repercussions are only just beginning to surface and their impact will be felt for years to come.This eye-opening book tells the stories of ordinary Hongkongers who faced extraordinary challenges during the pandemic. Through a blend of first-person accounts, psychological insights, and hard data, it offers a compelling and accessible exploration of the toll that the COVID-19 pandemic has taken on mental health in Hong Kong.However, this book is not only a chronicle of suffering; it is also a guide to healing and hope. It offers practical advice

The author outlines a framework that evaluate different crypto assets consistently. Successful crypto investing requires a solid framework for value-based decisions rather than speculation. Hopefully, it can bring some clarity to the industry and help to understand the intrinsic value of crypto assets.

你是為了別人口中的意義而活，還是為了希望而活？ 想要誠實地活，為什麼必然荒謬？ 暢銷10年 名家楊照經典讀本 認識諾貝爾文學獎得主、存在主義大師卡繆 華文世界最重要的深度解析 為什麼要認識「勇敢到近乎自虐」的存在主義？ 為什麼到了今天，還需要讀卡繆？ 從《異鄉人》到「荒謬三部曲」， 卡繆如何打破既有框架，詮解「荒謬」與「存在」， 為現代人日復一日的荒謬日常樹立不朽的靈魂典範？ 存在主義是二十世紀最重要的哲學思潮之一，卡繆即為其中代表人物。相較於沙特的著作，卡繆以劇本、小說、論述等多重形式，開創別具一格的魅力，使他深深影響全世界一代又一代的讀者，風靡至今。 從卡繆知名作品《異鄉人》來看，他的思想體系最想要呈現的，就是「荒謬」。人的「存在」，常會尋找各種藉口，讓自己懷抱希望活下去──人因自由而活著，但關進監牢的囚犯還是繼續活著；人因財富而活著，但一貧如洗還是繼續活著──因此，在卡繆的觀點中，懷抱希望而活就是「荒謬」而非「誠實」的生活態度。那麼，人有沒有可能不荒謬地活著？沒有了藉口、沒有了希望，還能忠於自己的靈魂而活？ 本書為台灣重要作家楊照評析卡繆的權威讀本，推出以來暢銷至今，全書以「荒謬三部曲」的《薛西弗斯的神話》、《異鄉人》、《卡利古拉》為主軸，從卡繆與存在主義崛起的歷史背景，到卡繆的荒誕人生，引領讀者一同進入「存在主義」的真正本質，是華文世界理解卡繆與《異鄉人》內涵最重要的一部文本。 ◎「荒謬」的一個來源，就是人習慣性地依賴希望活著。希望就是我們最相信的謊言，有著最大的欺瞞、麻醉效果。 ◎卡繆對薛西弗斯神話的解釋是：他因為輕視神、因為痛恨死亡、因為熱愛生命，所以受罰。他就是個「荒謬英雄」，他的熱情與他所受的折磨都指向「荒謬」。 ◎「存在主義」是個人哲學，非得要落在個人生活裡才有意義。「存在主義」追求的，不是answer，而是solution，處理的不是question，而是problem。

Historical memory has a particular value in analyzing events and characters that give life to stories from the past. Jorge Edwards specifies that the story’s description is nothing more than the literary success of a writer who navigates the vicissitudes of life and history, as he rightly points out. History must be observed carefully and as a “conjecture” that points, in the first place, to an experience of “memory” and that keeps alive, despite time, the unique reality of a country and its people. Like Edwards, we attempt to wander through reminiscences and recollection. Our narrative experience is simple. However, it is an observation and representation of history with a testimonial value in its approach. As the novelist points out, the testimony of history is the most creative thing that the writer has. In the same way, our effort is neither more nor less the rescue, through these short stories and their language, of facts and characters that are part of realities, in which their p

How a professional understands “landscape” will determine the value he/she places on it and the actions he/she will take to intervene. In other words, the view of landscape influences fundamentally how and in what way the landscape profession involves itself in a landscape. The view of landscape gives direction to guide professional performance and also the impetus driving the use of knowledge and technical skills to provide solutions to landscape issues. Indeed, our limited knowledge and understanding of a landscape can limit the creative solutions we can offer. This book aims to clarify the concept of landscape using the most recent understandings to offer diverse and profound new meanings which can point towards novel creative landscape interventions. In order to build the links between landscape theories and everyday life experience, this book interprets landscape according to five interlayered dimensions. It was written in two languages, and uses notes, stories, drawings, and phot

Journalism EthicsThis concise and authoritative work offers the latest guidance on journalism ethics for students and media professionals and will help empower news consumers to make informed decisions about the trustworthiness of their sources of information. It offers advice on all aspects of journalism ethics including accuracy and seeking the truth, representation of women, LGBTQ coverage, climate change, mental health, use of images, conflict reporting, elections, and how to use artificial intelligence. The author brings a unique perspective and depth of knowledge to the complex challenges facing journalists and news consumers in this era of fake news, disinformation, and artificial intelligence.

Psychosis and Schizophrenia in Hong Kong covers some of the most serious mental health conditions that top the global disease burden and affect 3 per cent of the general population. However, most research on psychotic disorders is undertaken in the West, and few studies have been systematically carried out in Asia despite global interest in regional differences. This work offers a unique and coherent account of these disorders and their treatment in Hong Kong over the last thirty years. Chen and his research programme’s pioneering work has ranged from the impact of early intervention on outcomes and relapse prevention, to the renaming of psychosis to reduce stigma. The studies have contributed to wider international debates on the optimal management of the condition. Their investigations in semantics and cognition, as well as cognition-enhancing exercise interventions, have provided novel insights into deficits encountered in psychotic disorders and how they might be ameliorated. The

入圍波隆納插畫獎、金鼎獎得主陳又凌， 以絕美圖像談：「煩惱」，是什麼？ 帶領孩子用不同的角度認識煩惱！ 賽米希覺得，煩惱是壓在心上的一百顆石頭， 是一想到就會又氣又難過的事。 於是，她決定出門問問大家：「要怎麼解決煩惱呢？」 馬說：煩惱是只要奔跑就可以甩開的東西。 獅子說：煩惱是只要大吼就會消失的事情。 兔子說：只要說出來，煩惱就會不見喔。 但這些方法對賽米希都不管用， 到底要怎麼樣才能解決煩惱呢？ ──原來只要換個角度，煩惱就不再是煩惱！ SEL繪本系列特色 Little Minds, Great Worlds小心靈．大世界 生活中的大小事，什麼讓你煩心？什麼讓你歡喜？什麼讓你害怕？那是什麼感覺？背後可能是什麼原因所造成？請隨著SEL繪本的角色進入他們的內心世界，傾聽他們的聲音。透過溫柔的對話，可以更了解自己，並懂得如何善待自己與他人。 SEL繪本系列（social and emotional learning），希望藉由了解、滋養、強化每個小小個體的內在，讓形於外的連結更堅固健全，從個人到社會，都能有最好的發揮。 系列分類： 我的情緒．我知道【自我覺察篇】 我的情緒．我掌控【自我管理篇】 他人情緒．我同理【社會覺察篇】 人際溝通．我拿手【溝通技巧篇】 最佳決策．我做得到【責任決策篇】

親職溝通作家 羅怡君&旅法繪本創作者 Mori三木森 四手聯彈 譜出結合想像力與創造力的勇氣進行曲 小男孩有一個祕密，沒想到一說出口，就被同學們嘲笑：「螞蟻，有什麼好怕的？！」 ｢可是，螞蟻搬得動比自己重一千倍的東西、螞蟻可以殺死一頭大象，而且螞蟻無所不在，好像只要打個信號就能組成大軍！」小男孩越想越害怕、越想越累。他決定將螞蟻的故事改編成戲劇，演給大家看，而且故事裡的他化身為威猛的恐龍，狠狠的擊退螞蟻！結果，這齣螞蟻與男孩共演的戲碼落幕後，他們的關係會有所改變嗎？ 系列介紹： SEL（social and emotional learning，即「社會情緒學習」）繪本系列，希望藉由了解、滋養、強化每個小小個體的內在，讓形於外的連結更堅固健全，從個人到社會，都能有最好的發揮。SEL的核心價值包含以下五大類別： 1. 我的情緒．我知道［自我覺察篇］ 2. 我的情緒．我掌控［自我管理篇］ 3. 他人情緒．我同理［社會覺察篇］ 4. 人際溝通．我拿手［溝通技巧篇］ 5. 最佳決策．我做得到［責任決策篇］ 生活中的大小事，什麼讓你煩心？什麼讓你歡喜？什麼讓你害怕？那是什麼感覺？背後可能是什麼原因所造成？請隨著SEL繪本的角色進入他們的內心世界，傾聽他們的聲音。透過溫柔的對話，可以更了解自己，並懂得如何善待自己與他人。 各界好評 專家推薦（按姓氏筆畫排列） 周婉湘｜《一起讀、一起玩》作者及粉專主筆 陳志恆｜諮商心理師、作家 陳雪如｜諮商心理師、講師、作家 張嘉紋｜臨床心理師、兒童心理專家 葉嘉青 | 臺灣師範大學講師暨天鈺環境永續基金會顧問總監 楊俐容｜兒童青少年心理暨親職教育專家、耕心學院知識長 系列短文推薦： 楊俐容｜兒童青少年心理暨親職教育專家、耕心學院知識長 社會情緒學習（SEL, Social and Emotional Learning）是聯合國倡議、全球關注的教育焦點。其中「對自我情緒的覺察和管理」是最基礎也最核心的環節。生活中遇到的每件事情都會帶來情緒，有些人懂得讓正向情緒駐留心底、化負向情緒為成長助力，有些人卻難以體會正向情緒帶來的愉悅，而且深受負向情緒困擾。《有這麼可怕嗎？》、《賽米希的煩惱》和《三個橘色的點》等三書，

●●●解開標籤效應，別讓刻板印象框住／限制你的可能性●●● 三個橘色的點就像別人貼上的標籤， 不請自來的點，讓人好煩惱，好在意啊！ 與三個點同行的旅程充滿驚奇 讓讀者透過自我覺察，找回安定的自己 三個橘色的點緊跟著我，我想要擺脫它們。 我大口吃橘子，想嚇走它們； 我把自己藏起來，是不是就不會被發現了？ 我戴上一頂大帽子，假裝看不到它們， 這樣一來，三個橘色的點就會不見了嗎？ 系列介紹： SEL繪本（social and emotional learning，即「社會情緒學習」）系列，希望藉由了解、滋養、強化每個小小個體的內在，讓形於外的連結更堅固健全，從個人到社會，都能有最好的發揮。SEL的核心價值包含以下五大類別： 1. 我的情緒．我知道［自我覺察篇］ 2. 我的情緒．我掌控［自我管理篇］ 3. 他人情緒．我同理［社會覺察篇］ 4. 人際溝通．我拿手［溝通技巧篇］ 5. 最佳決策．我做得到［責任決策篇］ 生活中的大小事，什麼讓你煩心？什麼讓你歡喜？什麼讓你害怕？那是什麼感覺？背後可能是什麼原因所造成？請隨著SEL繪本的角色進入他們的內心世界，傾聽他們的聲音。透過溫柔的對話，可以更了解自己，並懂得如何善待自己與他人。

The Tragedy of 228: Historical Truth and Transitional Justice in Taiwan is published by Memorial Foundation of 228. The book mainly explores eight different aspects of the 228 Incident, as shown in each of its chapter title: “What Caused the Incident: A Comparison of Government and Citizen Accounts from 1947,” “International Perspectives on the Legal Status of Taiwan during and after the Incident,” “Military Deployment and Suppression during the Incident,” “Taiwan's News Media under the Impact of the Incident,” “The Roles of Local Government Heads during the Incident,” “The Roles of Intelligence Agencies during the Incident,” “Historical Explorations of the Campaign to Redress Injustices of the Incident (1987-1997),” and “Presidential Attitudes towards the Movement for Transitional Justice (1988-2019).” Through the publication of the book, the Memorial Foundation of 228 attempts to set a new milestone in the study of 228 Incident by pursuing the transitional justice in international a

Originally published in 1853, this book describes American Eliza J. Gillett Bridgman’s life as an educational missionary in China, both in Canton and Shanghai.

Part memoir and part geographical and historical account, this book from 1914 is a window into China through the eyes of Mary Gaunt, an Australian author best known for travel books and fiction writing.

Originally published in 1918, this fictional account of life as a medical missionary in China is based on American Gulielma Fell Alsop’s personal experiences as a missionary and physician in Shanghai.

In Rosie Young: A Lifetime of Selfless Service, Moira Chan-Yeung presents a brief history of Professor Young’s remarkable career in medical education and administration at the University of Hong Kong (HKU) and her wide-ranging public service to the community over many decades. As the first female dean of HKU’s Faculty of Medicine, her career was deeply intertwined with the socio-economic development of Hong Kong. After her retirement from HKU, she continued to serve HKU and the community up to the present. This book illustrates her many contributions to the development of medical education in Hong Kong and to the university administration at HKU. Professor Young’s extensive public service in the field of medicine also helped improve primary care, hospital care, and public health in Hong Kong. In short, this book provides a valuable record of a female giant in Hong Kong’s medical history and documents her selfless and enduring service to the HKU community and Hong Kong society.

Making National Heroes is an ethnography of the making of national heroes in the commemoration of the Second World War in contemporary China. Foregrounding the lived experience of men and women who participate in commemorative activities, it theorises how masculinity and nationalism entangle in recollecting war memories. Taking the feminist line of inquiry, this anthropological study develops an approach to capture the centrality of making exemplars in the realisation of hegemonic masculinities. It adds a gender perspective to studies on exemplarist moral theory and theorises exemplary men’s cross-cultural significance in defining masculinities. Researchers in the fields of critical masculinity studies, anthropology, feminist methodology, China studies, and memory studies will be interested in this book.

★榮獲第62屆小學館漫畫獎、第20屆日本文化廳媒體藝術祭漫畫部門大獎、2016漫畫大獎第三名殊榮的爵士音樂神作★ ☆劇場版動畫全臺熱血獻映☆ ★各界樂手、音樂家、教育家激推盛讚「最能激勵新手愛上音樂的漫畫」★ ☆專業音樂媒體「爵式WiJazz」監修☆ 身為音樂人，《BLUE GIANT》是你絕對不可錯過的爵士音樂神作， 不是音樂人，《BLUE GIANT》會讓你想踏入音樂的世界── 大的四重奏樂團一直輾轉於小規模的爵士俱樂部演出，他們為了替自己宣傳，盯上了法蘭克福機場的「街頭鋼琴」。 當鋼琴手‧布魯諾要去彈琴時，發現他過往參加鋼琴錦標賽的競爭對手，同時也是古典界的新星就坐在上頭。 殊不知布魯諾在這時，竟然提出要跟他來一段古典與爵士的四手聯彈──!? 隨後，大一行人將飛往荷蘭，參加爵士音樂節的選拔。 ─┤各界音樂家、教育家熱情推薦├─ 吳俊良｜彰化愛樂室內樂團團長 林義凱｜大村國小合唱團指揮 魏相英｜倫敦大學音樂教育碩士 莊凱圍｜單簧管演奏家 葉庭均｜樂壇新生代爵士鼓手 Go Go Machine Orchestra ｜金音獎最佳現場演出獎入圍樂團

無聲的草木 綻放最好的香港 「胡秀英植物標本館」四代植物學家 翻山越嶺、精剖細描 為香港原生植物留下永恆的傳記 20個珍貴而稀有的名字，在遺憾失去它們前 認識它們越深，越能與它們共生 這些原生植物得以在香港這片土地上繁衍下去，不致滅絕 本書為《香港原生植物圖鑑》的第二冊。延續第一冊結合科學繪圖和植物藝術墨線圖的方式，詳細介紹了香港20種稀有及瀕危的原生植物。這些植物受到法例和名錄的保護，並在香港生態系統中扮演著重要角色。 標本館運用多種研究方法，包括文獻回顧、野外觀察、花果解剖結構研究和墨線圖等，去記錄每個珍貴的植物品種，豐富香港稀有及瀕危植物的基礎科學資訊，促進植物保育工作的進展。本冊更新增「掃描電子顯微鏡圖像」單元，把猶如萬花筒般的花粉和孢子的微物之美，清晰地呈現在讀者眼前。 This appealingly illustrated book is the second volume of Botanical Illustrated Guide to Hong Kong Native Plants. It presents a meticulously curated collection of 20 rare and endangered native plant species found in Hong Kong, featuring scientific, detailed pen-and-ink illustrations and morphological descriptions. This volume introduces a new section showcasing ‘Scanning Electron Microscope Images’ that reveals the intricate beauty of pollen and spores. This guide provides essential reference materials for species authentication and is of particular significance for plant preservation efforts in Hong Kong. -----------------------------------

Having made documentary films screened at the most prestigious film festivals in the West, Chinese documentary filmmaker Wang Bing presents a unique case of independent filmmaking. In The Cinema of Wang Bing, Bruno Lessard examines the documentarian’s most important films, focusing on the two obsessions at the heart of his oeuvre—the legacy of Maoist China in the present and the transformation of labor since China’s entry into the market economy—and how the crucial figures of survivor and worker are represented on screen. Bruno Lessard argues that Wang Bing is a minjian (grassroots) intellectual whose films document the impact of Mao’s Great Leap Forward on Chinese collective memory and register the repercussions of China’s turn to neoliberalism on workers in the post-Reform era. Bringing together Chinese documentary studies and China studies, the author shows how Wang Bing’s practice reflects the minjian ethos when documenting the survivors of the Great Famine and those who have not b

Sinoglossia places the terms of embodiment, mediality, and translation at the center of analytical inquiry into Chinese and Sinophone cultures. Converging in the rubric of Sinoglossia, the chapters in this volume introduce a theory defined by cultural formations not overdetermined by Sinitic linguistic ties. The concept of Sinoglossia combines a heteroglossic and a heterotopian approach to the critical study of mediated discourses of China and Chineseness. From the history of physical examinations and queer subalternity to the cinematic inscription of Chineseness-as-landscape, and from Sinopop to the translational writings of Eileen Chang and Syaman Rapongan, this book argues for a flexible conceptualization of cultural objects, conditions, and contexts that draws attention to an array of polyphonic, multi-discursive, and multilingual articulations. In this new horizon of understanding, place or topos necessarily constitutes the possibility of friction and source of innovation.

Women We Love: Femininities and the Korean Wave is an edited volume exploring femininities in and around the Korean Wave since 2000. While studies on the Korean Wave are abundant, there is a dearth of thought put toward the female-identifying stars, characters, and fans who shape and lead this crucial cultural movement. This collection of essays is one of the first works to focus on gender and the key female actors of this global phenomenon. Using “women” as an inclusive term extending to all those who self-define as women, this volume examines the role of women in K-pop and K-drama industries and fandom spaces, encompassing crucial intersectional topics such as queering of gender, dissemination of media, and fan culture. In addition to the communities engaged with visual culture of the Korean Wave, the audience for Women We Love will reflect the contributors to this text. They are K-pop and K-drama fans, queer, international; they are also academics of Asian histories, sociology, gen

*超值提供Hahow好學校「SQL的五十道練習」課程11個單元免費試看，以及專屬的課程折扣碼! *採用SQLite，搭配生活化的資料庫內容與題目設計，迅速掌握SQL與資料庫基本知識。 我們可以將 SQL 在資料分析工具中定位為比較基礎、不是那麼絢麗的一個角色，它樸實地將資料分析專案與資料存儲之間的橋樑搭起來，甚至在資料庫管理員與資料工程師的手中，SQL 更是建構資料存儲的主角。 想要有效確實地將 SQL 學起來（適用於任何技能、包含且不限於程式語言），需要在每個知識點運用 LPAA 循環（Learn、Practice、Apply、Assess），首先透過本書的文字敘述理解觀念接著在自己電腦中所建立的學習環境跟著本書的範例操作，觀察是否得到相似的查詢結果，然後是寫作練習題進而驗證所學。 「SQL 的五十道練習」核心精神，採用了 EBL (Exercise Based Learning) 的學習理念，可以確保讀者在每個章節都會走一遍 LPAA 循環，五十九道練習都是明確給定預期輸入和預期輸出的題目設計，直觀而有效。 本書採用 SQLite 關聯式資料庫管理系統，能夠以檔案的形式提供給讀者離線使用，對初學者來說其精簡的架構與完整的功能性，是最合適也最友善的選擇。 本書是初學者友善的，只需要有基本的電腦操作能力與高中程度以上的英文就能入門 SQL，不需要任何程式或者資料庫的背景知識基礎，所有入門知識都會慢慢在書本內容講授。

《Betwixt and Between: Life, Death, and Rebirth》is a record of Master Nan’s talks in which he answered questions about the process of death and rebirth. Master Nan weaves together personal anecdotes, scientific knowledge, Buddhist teachings from the Pali Canon, Mahayana sutras, Yogacara, Vijnanavada, and Chan in such an intricate way that those who are curious about the Buddhist perspective on life and death, those familiar with Buddhist teachings, and those who are deep into cultivation will all gain new insights and answers. For its depth, this book is very engaging and hard to put down. Any reader will find it to be a treasure trove and will want to come back to it again and again.

Taking the “tidal wave” of memory in the late twentieth and early twenty-first century as its starting point, this monograph explores collective memory of World War II in East Asia (1937–1945) through film. Weiss argues that Chinese, Japanese, and American remembrance of World War II is intertwined in what she terms a “memory loop,” the transnational mediation and remediation of war narratives. Gender is central to this process, as the changing representation of male soldiers, political leaders, and patriarchal father figures within these narratives reveals Japanese and Chinese challenges to each other and to the perceived “foundational” American narrative of the war. This process continues to intensify due to the globally visible nature of the memory loop, which drives this cycle of transmission, translation, and reassessment. This volume is the first to bring together a collection of Chinese and Japanese war films that have received little attention in English-language literature. I

★榮獲第62屆小學館漫畫獎、第20屆日本文化廳媒體藝術祭漫畫部門大獎、2016漫畫大獎第三名殊榮的爵士音樂神作★ ☆劇場版動畫全臺熱血獻映☆ ★各界樂手、音樂家、教育家激推盛讚「最能激勵新手愛上音樂的漫畫」★ ☆專業音樂媒體「爵式WiJazz」監修☆ 身為音樂人，《BLUE GIANT》是你絕對不可錯過的爵士音樂神作， 不是音樂人，《BLUE GIANT》會讓你想踏入音樂的世界── 舞臺移動至德國漢堡。大與漢娜約好一起組團後，雙方一直在磨合彼此的音樂性。 但他們不僅遲遲抓不到默契，兩人對音樂的思維也是南轅北轍。 就在這時，大向樂器行老闆波利斯提出了想舉辦二重奏演出的請求。 響應波利斯號召前來的觀眾，全都是德國爵士樂界有頭有臉的大人物。 在沒有容錯空間的狀況下，大與漢娜會如何演奏── 隨後故事舞臺又將移至柏林，大將出發找尋其他成員。 ─┤各界音樂家、教育家熱情推薦├─ 吳俊良｜彰化愛樂室內樂團團長 林義凱｜大村國小合唱團指揮 魏相英｜倫敦大學音樂教育碩士 莊凱圍｜單簧管演奏家 葉庭均｜樂壇新生代爵士鼓手 Go Go Machine Orchestra ｜金音獎最佳現場演出獎入圍樂團

What do you know about getting healthy and staying healthy? Eat better, exercise, and sleep more... But what should we eat and why? Do our daily food choices really impact our heart, lungs, and brain? Is getting sick an inevitable occurrence or one we have control over? Much of our medical knowledge is gated behind complicated concepts that are too hard to understand. As a result, we have a heavy dependence on doctors and a blind reliance on prescriptions and medical technology. For us to lead healthy and productive lives, we need the knowledge to prevent sickness and disease. This knowledge should not be hidden behind incomprehensible gibberish. It should be easily accessible and easy to apply to our own lives on a daily basis. Good health comes down to the little things, like what foods we serve to our families and what we buy at the grocery store. Educate Act Thrive: EAT for the Immune System does its best to distill the complex topics of health and diet into easily digestible fra

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Shao Xunmei, poet, essayist, publisher, and printer, played a signifcant role in the publication and dissemination of journals and pictorial magazines in Shanghai during the 1920s and 1930s, but this is the first collection of his prose writings to be published in English. The essays in this book, some of which were selected by the writer's daughter, Shao Xiaohong, include long essays such as “One Man Talking” and “A Year in Shanghai” as well as several shorter essays on subjects as diverse as the caricatures of Miguel Covarrubias, woodblock printing, and pictorial magazines—all of which were published in Shao’s own magazines.

We visit Earth in current life and maybe head to others in next. It is our instinct to carry over DNA in reincarnation, to taste unknown desires, and to experience seven emotions with six sensory pleasures; however, everything in action shall be as nature as possible. Nobody really knows who dominate on life-stage, it can be actor/actress themselves, or drama writer, else screen director, or else audience instead. Metropolitan exits with multiple values; usually, cause of event is unclear to define from individual’s irrationally protection of interest or selfishly defending portion of pie. People usually capture one section of story and miss the other part of puzzle. Living chaos is daily usual. no matter you are wealthy, majestic, poor, or underclass, once doom day arrives, bell on stage rings off, curtain pulls down, light shuts off, everything is buried under dirt of history. No matter how successfully achieved in history, or how remarkably accomplished in professional field; it

Taking The 70’s Biweekly—an independent youth publication in the 1970s Hong Kong—as the main thread, this edited volume investigates an unexplored trajectory of Hong Kong’s cultural and art production in the 1970s that represents the making of a dissent space by independent press and activist groups in the city. The 70’s Biweekly stands out from many other independent magazines with its unique blending of radical political theories, social activism, avant-garde art, and local art and literature creations. By taking the magazine as a nodal point of social and cultural activism from and around which actions, debates, community, and artistic practices are formed and generated, this book fills gaps in studies on how young Hong Kong cultural producers carved out an alternative creative and political space to speak against established authorities. Split into three parts, this book provides readers with a panoramic view of the political and cultural activisms in Hong Kong during the 1970s,

In Modern Chinese Counter-Enlightenment: Affect, Reason, and the Transcultural Lexicon, Peng Hsiao-yen argues that a trend of Counter-Enlightenment had grown from the late Qing to the May Fourth era in the 1910s to the 1920s and continued to the 1940s. She demonstrates how Counter-Enlightenment was manifested with case studies such as Lu Xun’s writings in the late 1900s, the Aesthetic Education movement from the 1910s to 1920s, and the Science and Lifeview debate in the 1920s. During the period, the life philosophy movement, highlighting the epistemic debate on affect and reason, was connected with its counterparts in Germany, France, and Japan. The movement had widespread and long-term impact on Chinese philosophy and literature. Using the transcultural lexicon as methodology, this book traces how the German term Lebensanschauung (lifeview), a key concept in Rudolf Eucken’s life philosophy, constituted a global tide of Counter-Enlightenment that inspired the thought of leading Chinese

Proverbs 4:22 from Scripture says, “For they are life to those who find them and health to one’s whole body.” God's way of life is the best medicine. Pastor Daniel Tsao has compiled “42 Doses” based on Bible verses, supplemented by vivid testimonies and teachings of miraculous healing. Readers can take it three times a day, just like taking medicine. Read a scripture, chew it, meditate on it, pray, and then eat it! This is the prescription for divine healing and divine health. We pray and hope readers will be brought before God through this book, enter into His flow of life and healing waters, and get better or even be healed of their illnesses. 聖經箴言4:22提到神的話，說：「因為得著祂的，就得了生命，又得了醫全體的良藥。」 神生命之道是最好的藥方，曹力中牧師以聖經經文編寫出〈42帖藥〉，輔以生動的神醫見證與教導。讀者可以每天按三餐服用，像吃藥一樣，讀一處經文，咀嚼、默想、禱告、吃下去！這是屬天醫治與神聖健康之藥方。 期待讀者藉這本書被帶到神的面前，進入祂生命與醫治的水流中，病情好轉甚至得醫痊。

In Hong Kong Public and Squatter Housing: Geopolitics and Informality, 1963–1985, Alan Smart and Fung Chi Keung Charles trace two decades of development of squatting in Hong Kong. The authors reconstruct the government policy on squatting through both ethnographic and archival research. The book sheds new light on the consequences of various attempts to control encroachment on scarce urban space. It argues that intersecting policy agendas resulted in decisions that were often not desired, but which emerged as practical solutions from prior failures. The authors address the challenges of explaining confidential policy decisions and offer new approaches applicable in other contexts. Overall, Smart and Fung make an important contribution to the understanding of how public housing and squatting interacted in influential ways that have been poorly understood and offer new perspectives on the challenges of urban governance and housing problems.