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'An indefatigable explorer and raconteur, Aldrich has peeked into and poked around every nook and cranny of contemporary Beijing to reveal the city's rich and fascinating past. His book is a treasure box of curios lovingly recovered from a world now out of reach. It is an indispensable companion for all thoughtful visitors to China's capital. A brilliant achievement.' - Dr. Michael J. Moser, author of Foreigners Within the Gates: The Legations at Peking

1. Paul Kua: The Old and New Testaments in Chinese, translated by Joannes Lassar and Joshua Marshman, issued in 5 volumes, Serampore, 1815-1822. 2. Kenneth Fung and Daniel Fung: Theme: Old Maps - The Foot-prints of Human Civilization. 3. Dr Anthony Ferguson: Book: The Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith. 1776 Edition.

A city is struck by an epidemic of "white blindness." The first man to succumb sits in his car, waiting for the light to change. He is taken to an eye doctor, who does not know what to make of the phenomenon - and soon goes blind himself." "The blindness spreads, sparing no one. Authorities confine the blind to a vacant mental hospital secured by armed guards under instructions to shoot anyone trying to escape. Inside, the criminal element among the blind holds the rest captive: food rations are stolen, women are raped. The compound is set ablaze, and the blind escape into what is now a deserted city, strewn with litter and unburied corpses." "The only eyewitness to this nightmare is the doctor's wife, who faked blindness in order to join her husband in the camp. She guides seven strangers through the barren streets. The bonds within this oddly anonymous group - the doctor, the first blind man and his wife, the old man with the black eye patch, the girl with dark glasses, the boy with no mother, and the dog of tears - are as uncanny as the surrounding chaos is harrowing. Told with compassion, humor, and lyricism, Blindness is a stunning exploration of loss and disorientation in the modern world, of man's will to survive against all odds."--BOOK JACKET.

Readings by: Jam Ismail, Agnes Lam, David McKirdy, Madeleine Marie Slavick, Nicole Wong, Hark Yeung Wai Man, Xu Xi, Ya Se

Carl Crow arrived in Shanghai in 1911 and made the city his home for the next quarter of a century, working there as a journalist, newspaper proprietor, and groundbreaking adman. He also did stints as a hostage negotiator, emergency police sergeant, gentleman farmer, go-between for the American government, and propagandist. As his career progressed, so did the fortunes of Shanghai. The city transformed itself from a dull colonial backwater when Crow arrived, to the thriving and ruthless cosmopolitan metropolis of the 1930s when Crow wrote his pioneering book - 400 Million Customers - that encouraged a flood of businesses into the China market in an intriguing foreshadowing of today’s boom.

Based on the author's seminal article "The Clash of Civilizations?" in Foreign Affairs, Samuel P. Huntington's The Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of World Order is a provocative and prescient analysis of the state of world politics after the fall of communism.

This book is a sequel to the book, Love in a Fallen City, written by the acclaimed author, Zhang Ai-ling. Based on Fan Liuyuan's own love letters, the author, Lee Ou-fan has successfully created the most memorable character in this book.

《天使走過人間》是《論死亡與臨終》作者伊莉莎白。庫伯勒 ﹣羅斯醫生在晚年中風後，於生命餘燼中回顧自己一生的真情告白。本書敘述了許多她生命中經歷的甜蜜，痛苦，挫折與苦難。然而隨著歲月經過，對於生命與死亡不斷的思考，這一切有了不同的意義與面貌。在閱讀的過程中，我每每掩卷，被庫伯勒 ﹣羅斯醫生無私的奉獻，無法摧折的生命力與持續散發的光與熱撼動 ，無法自己。《天使走過人間》提醒了我們思考死亡之必要，因為那是關懷與愛的力量來源。

《新時代的歷史觀》是黃仁宇教授晚年的重要著作. 提綱擷領綜論近代中國, 指點中國的未來, 也是黃教授"通古今之變"的大視野歷史觀的代表作.

In Tales from No. 9 Ice House Street, Patrick Yu takes up his story as he returns to Hong Kong to become the first Chinese Crown Counsel. Thereafter he tells of the years in which he established himself as a most successful advocate in private practice. His story is enriched with anecdotes of his legal life and reminiscences of the many people with whom he came into contact.