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  • Mourning a Breast

    by Xi Xi ...
    Translated by Jennifer Feeley ...
    By Xi Xi, part of the first generation of writers raised in Hong Kong, a wise and amiably written book of autobiographical fiction on the author’s experience with breast cancer—from diagnosis to treatment to recovery—and her passage from a life lived through the mind into a life lived through the body.In 1989, the acclaimed Hong Kong writer Xi Xi was diagnosed with breast cancer. Her semi ... Read more

    $19.99 CAD

  • Lineage and Community in China, 1100–1500

    Genealogical Innovation in Jiangxi

    by Xi He ...
    Series series The Historical Anthropology of Chinese Society Series
    Tracing descent from common ancestors was extremely important in imperial China. Members of such lineage communities sacrificed to ancestors in periodic ceremonies, maintained written genealogies to demonstrate their descent, and held some properties in common. This book, based on extensive original research, provides evidence that the practice originated much earlier than previously understood. ... Read more

    $86.56 CAD

  • Beauty and Beast

    Volume 1

    Series series Volume 1
    Beautiful aunt has lived in my home, since then my waist has never relaxed... ... Read more

    $1.36 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Teddy Bear Chronicles

    by Xi Xi ...
    This is a most unusual book. For several decades Xi Xi has been widely known for her award-winning poetry and fiction. This time, she has chosen to write about the teddy bears she began making in 2005, after treatment for cancer, in order to improve the mobility of her right hand. She made the bears herself from scratch, choosing some of her favourite characters from history and legend such as the ... Read more

    $51.79 CAD

  • The Teddy Bear Chronicles

    by Xi Xi ...
    Translated by Christina Sanderson ...
    Series Book 4 - Hong Kong Literature Series
    **HONG KONG LITERATURE SERIESSeries Editor: John Minford**This is a most unusual book. For several decades Xi Xi has been widely known for her award-winning poetry and fiction. This time, she has chosen to write about the teddy bears she began making in 2005, after treatment for cancer, in order to improve the mobility of her right hand. She made the bears herself from scratch, choosing some of ... Read more

    $35.10 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Hong Kong Noir

    Series series Akashic Noir
    "Showcases the extremes of one of the world's capitals. From ghost stories, to historical thrills, to underworld brutality . . . endlessly fascinating."— CrimeReadsAkashic Books continues its award-winning series of original noir anthologies, launched in 2004 with Brooklyn Noir. Each book comprises all new stories, each one set in a distinct neighborhood or location within the respective city. In ... Read more

    $17.59 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Reading in a Second Language

    Cognitive and Psycholinguistic Issues

    Reading in a Second Language offers a comprehensive survey of the phenomenon and process of reading in a second language, with graduate and upper-level undergraduate students in second language acquisition, psycholinguistics, and applied psychology as its primary audience. The book explores reading processes from a number of complementary standpoints, integrating perspectives from fields such as ... Read more

    $101.68 CAD

  • Destined: Sweet Wife Comes

    Volume 1

    by Xi Xi, Lemon Novel ...
    Series series Volume 1
    Six years ago, after a frame-up, she had left her hometown, and six years later, after she had ascended to the peak, she had returned with her son.She vowed to take back everything she had lost, but. Her family treasure seemed to have damaged her image as a goddess of abstinence.Baby, don't run after a man and force him to marry your mommy!"Mr. Ley, I heard that you're my father. Please marry ... Read more

    $1.38 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Destined: Sweet Wife Comes

    Volume 4

    by Xi Xi, Lemon Novel ...
    Series series Volume 4
    Six years ago, after a frame-up, she had left her hometown, and six years later, after she had ascended to the peak, she had returned with her son.She vowed to take back everything she had lost, but. Her family treasure seemed to have damaged her image as a goddess of abstinence.Baby, don't run after a man and force him to marry your mommy!"Mr. Ley, I heard that you're my father. Please marry ... Read more

    $2.79 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Destined: Sweet Wife Comes

    Volume 3

    by Xi Xi, Lemon Novel ...
    Series series Volume 3
    Six years ago, after a frame-up, she had left her hometown, and six years later, after she had ascended to the peak, she had returned with her son.She vowed to take back everything she had lost, but. Her family treasure seemed to have damaged her image as a goddess of abstinence.Baby, don't run after a man and force him to marry your mommy!"Mr. Ley, I heard that you're my father. Please marry ... Read more

    $1.38 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Destined: Sweet Wife Comes

    Volume 2

    by Xi Xi, Lemon Novel ...
    Series series Volume 2
    Six years ago, after a frame-up, she had left her hometown, and six years later, after she had ascended to the peak, she had returned with her son.She vowed to take back everything she had lost, but. Her family treasure seemed to have damaged her image as a goddess of abstinence.Baby, don't run after a man and force him to marry your mommy!"Mr. Ley, I heard that you're my father. Please marry ... Read more

    $1.38 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Fisher Folk of Late Imperial and Modern China

    An Historical Anthropology of Boat-and-Shed Living

    Edited by Xi He, David Faure ...
    Series series The Historical Anthropology of Chinese Society Series
    Although most studies of rural society in China deal with land villages, in fact very substantial numbers of Chinese people lived by the sea, on the rivers and the lakes. In land villages, mostly given to farming, people lived in permanent houses, whereas on the margins of the waterways many people lived in boats and sheds, and developed their own marked features, often being viewed as pariahs by ... Read more

    $105.80 CAD