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  • Golden Age

    A Novel

    by Wang Xiaobo ...
    Translated by Yan Yan ...
    "Like a Chinese Kurt Vonnegut. By turns lyrical and satirical, Wang Xiaobo's sexual comedies set during the Chinese Cultural Revolution are as improbable as that genre sounds. His long overdue publication in English comes as a gift. Golden Age is funny and brave and profound."—Chris Kraus, author of I Love Dick"At the time Wang was writing, novels about the Cultural Revolution tended to be fairly ... Read more

    $15.99 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Pleasure of Thinking

    Essays

    by Wang Xiaobo ...
    Translated by Yan Yan ...
    A yet-untranslated essay collection on the importance of critical thought, from one of the foremost Chinese intellectuals of the 1990s.Wang Xiaobo’s Pleasure of Thinking is an essay collection as riotous as it is contemplative. Between rollicking anecdotes about living between the East and West and serious musings on the intellectual situations at home and abroad, Xiaobo examines modern life with ... Read more

    $15.99 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Audiobook

    Golden Age

    A Novel

    by Wang Xiaobo ...
    Narrated by Brian Nishii ...

    Unabridged

    8 hours 44 min

    Like Gary Shteyngart or Michel Houellebecq, Wang Xiaobo is a Chinese literary icon whose satire forces us to reconsider the ironies of history.Wang Er, a twenty-one-year-old ox herder, is shamed by the local authorities and forced to write a confession of his crimes, but he instead takes it upon himself to write a modernist literary tract. Later, as a lecturer at a chaotic, newly built university, ... Read more

    $19.95 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

  • Audiobook

    Pleasure of Thinking

    Essays

    by Wang Xiaobo ...
    Narrated by Brian Nishii ...

    Unabridged

    6 hours 3 min

    An essay collection on the importance of critical thought, from one of the foremost Chinese intellectuals of the 1990s.Wang Xiaobo's Pleasure of Thinking is an essay collection as riotous as it is contemplative. Between rollicking anecdotes about living between the East and West and serious musings on the intellectual situations at home and abroad, Xiaobo examines modern life with the levity ... Read more

    $19.99 USD

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

  • Dragons with Clay Feet?

    Transition, Sustainable Land Use, and Rural Environment in China and Vietnam

    by Connie Chan-Kang, Cheng Zhigang, Nguyen Huu Dung, Shenggen Fan, Stein Holden, Gideon Kruseman, Erno Kuiper, Marijke Kuiper, Xiubin Li, Yousheng Li, Changhe Lu, Hualiang Lu, Reimund Roetter, Ruerd Ruben, Xiaoping Shi, Minghong Tan, Shuhao Tan, Nguyen Do Anh Tuan, Marrit van den Berg, Herman van Keulen, Guanghuo Wang, Xiaobo Zhang, Funing Zhong, Jing Zhu, Peixin Zhu ...
    Series series Rural Economies in Transition
    Dragons with Clay Feet? presents state-of-the-art research on the impact of ongoing and anticipated economic policy and institutional reforms on agricultural development and sustainable rural resource in two East-Asian transition (and developing) economies-China and Vietnam. The contributions to this volume focus on the regional and sectoral impact of transformational policies, farm household ... Read more

    $60.79 USD

  • Metamaterial Design and Additive Manufacturing

    by Bo Song, Aiguo Zhao, Lei Zhang, Pengfei Wang, Xiaobo Wang, Yusheng Shi ...
    Series series 3D Printing Technology Series
    Metamaterial Design and Additive Manufacturing covers optimization design, manufacturing, microstructure, mechanical properties, acoustic properties, mass-transport properties and application examples of PMs fabricated by selective laser melting additive manufacturing technology. The book introduces the definition and concept of pentamode metamaterials and then describes their characterization, ... Read more

    $157.49 USD

  • Combat Simulation

    Intelligent Modeling Techniques and Applications

    by Zhi Zhu, Tao Wang, Xin Zhou, Xiaobo Li ...
    This book introduces a cutting-edge hybrid modeling framework that integrates both knowledge-based and data-driven techniques to tackle the challenges faced by the simulation of intelligent combat systems.Simulation has long been the primary method for evaluating the effectiveness of combat systems, often through the creation of virtual test environments. However, the increasing complexity and ... Read more

    $70.19 USD

  • Special Purpose Nozzles

    Design Methods and Applications

    by Jingwei Shi, Li Zhou, Xiaobo Zhang, Zhanxue Wang ...
    Series series Mechanical Engineering (R0)
    This book summarizes the basic achievements in the research field of serpentine nozzles, three-axis vectoring nozzles, and single expansion ramp nozzles, in order to provide theoretical basis and technical support for the application of special types of nozzles in aviation engines under different task requirements. It is based on the research results of the Jet Propulsion Theory and Engineering ... Read more

    $179.09 USD

  • The Making of a Smart City in Korea

    The Quest for E-Seoul

    by KwangJong Ahn, Monica Bernardi, Jesse W. Campbell, Lorenzo Chelleri, June-Suh Cho, Sungtaek Choi, Sangho Choo, Seok-Jin Eom, Sunyoung Hlee, Hanchan Hwang, Yu-Min Joo0, Jun Houng Kim1, Kijung Kim2, Sujae Kim3, Hyangsook Lee4, Hyunae Lee5, Jong Youl Lee6, Keumsook Lee7, Sang Do Park8, Sohyun Park9, Thorsten Schuetze0, Junmin Song1, Xiaobo Wang2, Changhyo Yi3, Yejin Yoo4, Joong-Hwan Oh5, Dr. Jaehyeon Jeong7, Dr. Hojeong Lee9 ...
    Series series Korean Communities across the World
    This book illustrates how Seoul's transition into a digitally networked city has reshaped governance structures, economic systems, and cultural life.Central to this transformation is the proactive role of the Seoul Metropolitan Government, which has guided the city through multiple stages of smart urbanization with strategic planning and policy innovation.Organized into three parts, the ... Read more

    $105.29 USD

  • Achieving sustainable cultivation of soybeans Volume 1

    Breeding and cultivation techniques

    by Prof. Henry T. Nguyen, E. Beche, D. Mutoni, Dr A. Scaboo, Xiaobo Wang, Prof. Li-Juan Qiu, Dr Tri Vuong, Dr David R. Walker, Dr Wensheng Hou, Dr Heng Ye0, Dr Babu Valliyodan1, M.B. Zhang2, Dr Li Song3, Dr J. Grover Shannon4, Dr Pengyin Chen5, Dr Ailin Liu6, Dr Wai-Lun Cheung7, Dr Wai-Shing Yung8, Dr Carol Lee9, Dr Fuk-Ling Wong0, Dr Kit-Wah Siu1, X. T. Chu2, Prof. Hon-Ming Lam3, Dr Chengjun Wu4, Dr L. Mozzoni5, Dr W. Hummer6, Dr G. Kaur7, Dr J. Orlowski8, Dr T. Carter9, Dr B. Buckley0, Dr Haishun Yang1, Prof. Dan Reynolds2, H. N. Su3, Roger W. Elmore4, Dr Rodrigo Werle5, Prof. Charles Wortmann6, Dr Phinehas Tukamuhabwa7, Dr Nathan Mueller8, Dr Byron Zamasiya9, Dr Kefasi Nyikahadzoi0, A. H. Hastwell1, P. M. Gresshoff2, Dr B. J. Ferguson3, Prof. Randall Nelson4, E. E. Large5 ...
    Series Book 29 - Burleigh Dodds Series in Agricultural Science
    Reviews latest research on crop physiology and genetic diversityDetailed coverage of key advances in breeding and their application to produce more resilient drought, salt and cold-tolerant varieties of soybeanSummarises good agricultural practices to optimise crop cultivation and make it more sustainable ... Read more

    $161.99 USD

  • Environmental Public Interest Litigation in China

    Edited by Xi Wang, Xiaobo Zhao, Noeleen McNamara ...
    Series series Law and Criminology (R0)
    This book offers readers an accessible and broad-ranging guide to Environmental Public Interest Litigation (EPIL), which has burgeoned in China over the past decade. The aim of this book is to provide a systematic review of Chinese experiences with EPIL in environmental matters, both with a view to gauging its success to date and well as discussing some more critical aspects. To this end, the book ... Read more

    $170.09 USD

  • Energy Technology 2019

    Carbon Dioxide Management and Other Technologies

    Edited by Tao Wang, Xiaobo Chen, Donna Post Guillen, Lei Zhang, Ziqi Sun, Cong Wang, Nawshad Haque, John A. Howarter, Neale R Neelameggham, Shadia Ikhmayies, York R. Smith, Amit Pandey, L Tafaghodi ...
    Series series Springer Nature Proceedings excluding Computer Science
    This collection addresses the need for sustainable technologies with reduced energy consumption and pollutants and the development and application of alternative sustainable energy to maintain a green environment and energy supply. Contributions focus on energy-efficient technologies including innovative ore beneficiation, smelting technologies, and recycling and waste heat recovery, as well as ... Read more

    $143.09 USD