Islands and Continents Dr Jian Jin

Islands and Continents Dr Jian JinIn this kaleidoscope of stories, translated from the Chinese, P. K. Leung, one of Hong Kong's most celebrated literary figures, presents his personal vision of the city, evoking in his inimitable voice the local and international dimensions of this extraordinary place, capturing its poignant ambivalence as a postcolonial territory on the fringe of China. Writing in his uniquely unpretentious and honest style, he brings to life for the reader an

kinship and gender

light is shed on the various ways in which the important guru figures in this movement came to be linked to the saint of Shirdi

and their heavenly interpretations in the Han dynasty (206 BCE–220)

Sir Robert has amassed a tremendous fortune and seems either unwilling or unable to reveal the truth behind his sudden rise to wealth

Katherine Meizel

unencumbered by methodological jargon

Some were educators

If you knew when and where you would die

The objects selected-from African to American to Asian

Princess Irene’s great-great grandmother instructs Curdie to visit Gwyntystorm

the focus in urban policy turns to America's cities

Erkert's statement that Kim's life history has been so closely intertwined with some of the deepest currents of modern Korean history itself