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  • Audiobook

    The Laundryman’s Boy

    A Novel

    Narrated by Richard Lam ...

    Unabridged

    8 hours 54 min

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  • Mobile Communications Engineering: Theory and Applications

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  • Public Policymaking in Hong Kong

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    Why and how has civic engagement emerged in the policy process of Hong Kong as an Asian semi-democratic state? This book attempts to answer this question through examining six cases that straddle diverse policy domains. It identifies three explanatory factors, namely, the profile of a policy domain, the structure of societal interest, and the strength of the civil society sector as important in ... Read more

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  • The String Matching Algorithms

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  • The Long List Anthology Volume 6

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  • The Cultural Context of Human Resource Development

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  • The Long List Anthology Volume 9

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    Series Book 9 - The Long List Anthology Series
    Every year, supporting members of WorldCon (one of the largest speculative fiction conventions on the planet) nominate their favorite stories first published during the previous year for the prestigious Hugo Awards, the top six most popular of which make the final ballot in each category. Those works that do not make the final ballot are colloquially referred to as "the long list." This anthology ... Read more

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