This is a memoir by anthropologist Nancy Sullivan about working and living in Papua New Guinea for 24 years, where she is also married and raising children. Prompted by personal memories, the essays are episodic but also invoke some basic anthropological theory in a way that makes it accessible and applicable to the general reader. She writes about neurophilosophy, gender studies, pop psychology, behaviorism and a raft of other pop science fields that have begun to encroach on the space Ma...

This text presents a selection of articles from the Chinese and Hong Kong press. The 109 documents record the deepening social and political changes that have emerged in China since Tiananmen Square. The articles offer contrasting views in politics, economics, society and culture, and science and technology. They include revelations of profound social changes in Chinese society involving crime, AIDS and the profusion of new media. The book also features a historical chronology from June 19...

Take a journey with us to 'The Magical Town Of Freezyville! Freezyville is a wonderful place near Santa's workshop up by the North Pole. Where all the people are made of snow, brought to life by the magic that is in the frosty air!Our first book in the 'Secret Adventures of the North Pole' series, we meet Sammy The Snowboy. He must join his best friend Sonny The Snowshoe Hare on a rescue mission to save Sonny's brother, Stephen. Stephen wandered into Keepsake Forest. Those who ente...

It's June 6,1951. Eighteen-year-old Diana D' Angelostands at the Holly Hills train station amidst theteardrops of angels and the angered thunder ofHeaven, as billows of smoke belch from the belly ofthe big Baldwin locomotive.Michael asks,"Will you wait for me, my love?""I will wait for you,

A Wish For A Christmas Fish is the exciting, new second book in 'The Secret Adventures Of The North Pole' series.One day, while exploring the surface of Reindeer Lake. Frankie The Fish saw a bright, orange ice cream truck flying through the sky! Ever since then, he has been dreaming of getting a orange ice cream truck of his very own, and has made it his special Christmas wish! Frankie has a heart of gold. He always puts the needs of others before his own. When one of Frankie's fri...

Within a framework of analysis and background by the four editors, this book presents a view from the grassroots of the 1989 student and mass movement in China and its tragic consequences. Here are the core eyewitness and participant accounts expressed through wall posters, students speeches, movement declarations, handbills, and other documents. In their introductions to the material, the editors address the political economy of the democracy movement, the evolving concept of democracy du...

This dazzling anthology includes epic interstellar adventures, tales of space and wonder, from some of the brightest names in science fiction. Authors includeKage BakerStephen BaxterGregory BenfordTony DanielGreg EganPeter F. HamiltonGwyneth JonesJames Patrick KellyNancy KressKen MacleodPaul J. McAuleyIan McDonaldRobert ReedAlastair ReynoldsMary RosenblumRobert SilverbergDan SimmonsWalter Jon Williams

Monday mornings are hell.That's what Carolyn Sullivan is thinking as she arrives at her office at the Ventura County Probation Department. One of her probationers has just been arrested for rape.Just when Carolyn should be lying low, instead she's assigned a sensitive case that's sure to have everyone breathing down her neck-supervising convicted killer and paranoid schizophrenic Daniel Metroix.Twenty-three years ago, the son of the police chief was...

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is described as the basis of a “fourth industrial revolution” with profound effects to science, industry, and various aspects of society. Rooted in philosophical and technological developments dating back to ancient times in both the West and China, AI has emerged as a powerful force transforming basic relations between humankind and machines.Historical Dictionary of Artificial Intelligence in China gives special attention to t...

Easy to follow and medical jargon friendly, the book by Dr. Liu-Sullivan (with Foreword by Dr. Garippa of Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, MSKCC) guides readers through a journey on cancer basics, why it is tough to treat, and how cancer immunotherapy that unleashes patient inner cancer-combatting immune power has bestowed an inspirational ray of hope for cancer patients and their loved ones. A collection of 101 storied essays accompanied by context-rich images,

Danger has a way of dancing into Blanche Murninghan's life.Part-time sleuth Blanche Murninghan and her love, Emilio Del Sierra, are enjoying a reunion on Santa Maria Island when Emilio gets news that his long-lost aunt and cousin need his help— in Argentina. Posing as tourists, Emilio and Blanche head out to the luxurious pink estancia, La Palma, on the pampa to unravel the plot endangering Emilio's family.Escapees from World War II are managing La Palma, and...

Sixteen original stories of science fiction and wonder from sixteen talented authors, written to commemorate the first ten years of NewCon PressContents:Introduction by Ian WhatesThe Final Path – Genevieve CogmanWomen’s Christmas – Ian McDonaldPyramid – Nancy KressLiberty Bird – Jaine FennZanzara Island – Rachel ArmstrongTen Sisters – Eric BrownLicorice – Jack SkillingsteadThe Time Travell...