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Virtue Hoarders

The Case against the Professional Managerial Class

by Catherine Liu ...

Series series Forerunners: Ideas First
A denunciation of the credentialed elite class that serves capitalism while insisting on its own progressive heroismProfessional Managerial Class (PMC) elite workers labor in a world of performative identity and virtue signaling, publicizing an ability to do ordinary things in fundamentally superior ways. Author Catherine Liu shows how the PMC stands in the way of social justice and economic ... Read more

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A denunciation of the credentialed elite class that serves capitalism while insisting on its own progressive heroismProfessional Managerial Class (PMC) elite workers labor in a world of performative identity and virtue signaling, publicizing an ability to do ordinary things in fundamentally superior ways. Author Catherine Liu shows how the PMC stands in the way of social justice and economic
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Oriental Girls Desire Romance

by Catherine Liu ...

It's 1980s New York, and though the coke flows freely, money and glamour are the more powerful intoxicants. While fortunes are being made in SoHo galleries and on Wall Street, an underclass of transient drag queens and dandies, club kids and strippers, artists and actors, models and waitstaff wander the streets, providing the city's background color, cheap labor and even cheaper entertainment. The ... Read more

$8.69 USD

It's 1980s New York, and though the coke flows freely, money and glamour are the more powerful intoxicants. While fortunes are being made in SoHo galleries and on Wall Street, an underclass of transient drag queens and dandies, club kids and strippers, artists and actors, models and waitstaff wander the streets, providing the city's background color, cheap labor and even cheaper entertainment. The
... Read more
Traumatized

The New Politics of Public Suffering

by Catherine Liu ...

How trauma became a weapon in the culture wars, by the acclaimed author of Virtue HoardersWhat happens when an idea born of genuine suffering is weaponized as a tool of social control? Traumatized is the story of how shell shock became PTSD, how Oprah turned pain into profit, and how “authenticity” became the ultimate brand. It is a history of surveillance capitalism’s greatest coup: convincing us ... Read more

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How trauma became a weapon in the culture wars, by the acclaimed author of Virtue HoardersWhat happens when an idea born of genuine suffering is weaponized as a tool of social control? Traumatized is the story of how shell shock became PTSD, how Oprah turned pain into profit, and how “authenticity” became the ultimate brand. It is a history of surveillance capitalism’s greatest coup: convincing us
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Traumatized

The New Politics of Public Suffering

by Catherine Liu ...

Narrated by Jennifer Aquino ...

Unabridged

7 hours

How trauma became a weapon, by highly-acclaimed author of Virtue HoardersTraumatized traces the emergence and triumph of the concept of trauma in public life. From shell-shock and PTSD to the power of Oprah Winfrey and the authentic personal brand, Liu weaves together the history of this now ubiquitous idea and explains what it all means for our society. Trauma culture speaks to our current moment ... Read more

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How trauma became a weapon, by highly-acclaimed author of Virtue HoardersTraumatized traces the emergence and triumph of the concept of trauma in public life. From shell-shock and PTSD to the power of Oprah Winfrey and the authentic personal brand, Liu weaves together the history of this now ubiquitous idea and explains what it all means for our society. Trauma culture speaks to our current moment
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The Hunchback of Notre-Dame

by Victor Hugo ...

Translated by Catherine Liu ...

Series series Modern Library Classics
The story and characters in Victor Hugo's The Hunchback of Notre-Dame have resonated with succeeding generations since its publication in 1831. It has tempted filmmakers, and most recently animators, who have exploited its dramatic content to good effect but have inevitably lost some of the grays that make the original text so compelling.From Victor Hugo's flamboyant imagination came Quasimodo, ... Read more

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The story and characters in Victor Hugo's The Hunchback of Notre-Dame have resonated with succeeding generations since its publication in 1831. It has tempted filmmakers, and most recently animators, who have exploited its dramatic content to good effect but have inevitably lost some of the grays that make the original text so compelling.From Victor Hugo's flamboyant imagination came Quasimodo,
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The Tangleroot Palace

by Marjorie Liu ...

Narrated by Catherine Ho ...

Unabridged

9 hours 25 min

New York Times bestselling author Marjorie Liu (Monstress) leads you deep into the heart of the tangled woods. In her dark, romantic, and spellbinding short fiction you will find dangerous magic and even more dangerous women: a bodystealing sorceress, a bone-collecting apprentice-witch, a princess-turned-actress, and a warrior protecting China from her jealous ex. Concluding with a gorgeous full ... Read more

$19.99 USD

New York Times bestselling author Marjorie Liu (Monstress) leads you deep into the heart of the tangled woods. In her dark, romantic, and spellbinding short fiction you will find dangerous magic and even more dangerous women: a bodystealing sorceress, a bone-collecting apprentice-witch, a princess-turned-actress, and a warrior protecting China from her jealous ex. Concluding with a gorgeous full
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The Philosophy of No-Mind

Experience Without Self

by Nishihira Tadashi ...

Translated by Catherine Sevilla-Liu, Anton Sevilla-Liu ...

Series series Bloomsbury Introductions to World Philosophies
Nishihira Tadashi, one of Japan's leading philosophers, introduces the deeply experiential philosophy of no-mind (mushin). In everyday Japanese, mushin is when one loses oneself in the reality of the present and becomes one with it, resulting in one's best performance. However, behind this everyday use is a concept that touches the core of Japanese spirituality.This book explores no-mind in its ... Read more

$26.49 USD

Nishihira Tadashi, one of Japan's leading philosophers, introduces the deeply experiential philosophy of no-mind (mushin). In everyday Japanese, mushin is when one loses oneself in the reality of the present and becomes one with it, resulting in one's best performance. However, behind this everyday use is a concept that touches the core of Japanese spirituality.This book explores no-mind in its
... Read more
Women's Neurology

Edited by Lena G. Liu, Christina R. Catherine ...

Series series What Do I Do Now
Women's Neurology, Second Edition, utilizes a case-based methodology and updated literature review on current best practices to present the most up-to-date information on the diagnosis, treatment, and management of neurological conditions when a patient is pregnant, postpartum/breastfeeding, trying to conceive, and in women in general across the lifespan. Disorders that may affect both men and ... Read more

$62.99 USD

Women's Neurology, Second Edition, utilizes a case-based methodology and updated literature review on current best practices to present the most up-to-date information on the diagnosis, treatment, and management of neurological conditions when a patient is pregnant, postpartum/breastfeeding, trying to conceive, and in women in general across the lifespan. Disorders that may affect both men and
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The Death I Gave Him

by Em X. Liu ...

Narrated by Catherine Ho ...

Unabridged

10 hours 12 min

A Twenty-First Century Hamlet.Hayden Lichfield’s life is ripped apart when he finds his father murdered in their lab, and the camera logs erased. The killer can only have been after one thing: the Sisyphus Formula the two of them developed together, which might one day reverse death itself.Hoping to lure the killer into the open, Hayden steals the research. In the process, he uncovers a recording ... Read more

$25.99 USD

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A Twenty-First Century Hamlet.Hayden Lichfield’s life is ripped apart when he finds his father murdered in their lab, and the camera logs erased. The killer can only have been after one thing: the Sisyphus Formula the two of them developed together, which might one day reverse death itself.Hoping to lure the killer into the open, Hayden steals the research. In the process, he uncovers a recording
... Read more

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Every Witch and Granny

by Catherine Waltan ...

Narrated by Allison Liu ...

Series Audiobook 2 - The Hill Cozy Mystery
Unabridged

3 hours 25 min

Nothing disrupts a lazy weekend afternoon like a line of cop cars infiltrating a serene neighborhood, with lights and sirens. When a body is found in a quaint town in an exclusive neighborhood, every neighbor in the Town of Green has their nose in the investigation.But only one citizen interests the lead cop, Dooly Morris. The lovely Gwendolyn Paris. Gwen lives with her white magic practicing ... Read more

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Nothing disrupts a lazy weekend afternoon like a line of cop cars infiltrating a serene neighborhood, with lights and sirens. When a body is found in a quaint town in an exclusive neighborhood, every neighbor in the Town of Green has their nose in the investigation.But only one citizen interests the lead cop, Dooly Morris. The lovely Gwendolyn Paris. Gwen lives with her white magic practicing
... Read more
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Like Spilled Water

by Jennie Liu ...

Narrated by Catherine Ho ...

Unabridged

6 hours 3 min

A suspenseful and poignant exploration of family dynamics and gender roles in today’s China.Nineteen-year-old Na has always lived in the shadow of her younger brother, Bao-bao, her parents’ cherished son. Years ago, Na’s parents left her in the countryside and went to work in the city, bringing Bao-bao along and committing everything, including all their savings, to his education.But when Bao-bao ... Read more

$19.99 USD

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A suspenseful and poignant exploration of family dynamics and gender roles in today’s China.Nineteen-year-old Na has always lived in the shadow of her younger brother, Bao-bao, her parents’ cherished son. Years ago, Na’s parents left her in the countryside and went to work in the city, bringing Bao-bao along and committing everything, including all their savings, to his education.But when Bao-bao
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Jumpnauts

by Hao Jingfang ...

Narrated by Catherine Ho ...

Unabridged

15 hours 7 min

From the Hugo Award–winning author of Folding Beijing comes a gripping science fiction thriller in which three unlikely allies attempt a desperate mission of first contact with a mysterious alien race before more militaristic minds can take matters into their own hands.In a future where the world is roughly divided into two factions, the Pacific League of Nations and the Atlantic Division of ... Read more

$29.99 USD

From the Hugo Award–winning author of Folding Beijing comes a gripping science fiction thriller in which three unlikely allies attempt a desperate mission of first contact with a mysterious alien race before more militaristic minds can take matters into their own hands.In a future where the world is roughly divided into two factions, the Pacific League of Nations and the Atlantic Division of
... Read more

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