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Worlds Apart
Worlds Apart was first published in 1991. It is Chan Joon Yee’s first novel which tells the tortuous love story between a Singaporean medical student and a factory girl. But love is not the only theme here. The novel also takes us through the lanes and alleys of meritocratic Singapore in 1990. In a society where great opportunities await the talented and industrious, medical student Patrick Lee would discover that his academic success and immense potential would ultimately stand in his way if he happens to fall in love with someone worlds apart.
Understanding Canton
By studying six different aspects of culture in Canton in the period between the two World Wars, this book helps broaden our limited knowledge of the social and cultural lives of the common people in this largest city of South China. The author examines how the Cantonese in this periodindulged in their imagined cultural superiority as "modern" citizens, ushering in a cult of the modern city. During this period, Cantonese opera was also emerging and evolving into a widely accepted form of commercialised mass entertainment. The process of social and cultural change and its impacton the development of this city and its people are revealed throughout the book. This book also aims to redress some...
CEO's Forceful Marriage Pursuit
Twenty-one years old. In order to save her mother from fire and water, she had to marry on a blind date. "I can fulfill all your demands, but..." He squinted lazily. She nodded in horror, oblivious to the fact that he was the attention paid to the president of the empire. He said, "I'm an employee of Ling Tian Group's Sales Department!" But why did everyone avoid him every time she went to the company to look for him? He said, "I don't have a rich and powerful father, so I'm living a short life!" But, why did he buy a limited edition ring for her? "Wife, you're the only woman I have!" But why was it that when she was bleeding so much in the delivery room, his divorce papers were waiting for her?
Dandy Monk
I am just a monk. How can I get married? What? Such a beautiful female CEO, that poor monk could only reluctantly obey you. School belle, police flower, young lady, loli, don't come over. If it wasn't for the fact that you were beautiful, I would have already called the police!
Imagined Civilizations
Roger Hart debunks the long-held belief that linear algebra developed independently in the West. Accounts of the seventeenth-century Jesuit Mission to China have often celebrated it as the great encounter of two civilizations. The Jesuits portrayed themselves as wise men from the West who used mathematics and science in service of their mission. Chinese literati-official Xu Guangqi (1562–1633), who collaborated with the Italian Jesuit Matteo Ricci (1552–1610) to translate Euclid’s Elements into Chinese, reportedly recognized the superiority of Western mathematics and science and converted to Christianity. Most narratives relegate Xu and the Chinese to subsidiary roles as the Jesuits' t...
The Plants of China
A unique addition to the botanical literature, this book presents the flora of China in its astonishing diversity.
Mr.Lu, Release Your Love to Me
Li Zhixia originally thought that this was just a transaction to clear all the money and goods. Who would have thought that he was actually the young master of the Lu Family, who held the economic lifeline of C City. With a fake engagement, she became the envied Mrs. Lu. But who would have thought that the detestable man before marriage would actually transform into a black man after their marriage? Li Zhixia sulked, "Mr Lu, didn't we agree on a fake wedding and leave of absence ...
