15 Stories. 15 Australian authors. One theme: Journeys.What games do the dead play?Can the ambassador negotiate peace with a hostile alien race?Why is Rae so terrified of a letter from the 'Next Chapter' Department of Lebensqualitat?Read about living mannequins, prison ships, pandemics and more in the second anthology from Aussie Speculative Fiction.

The Han Dynasty, which ruled from 202 BCE to 212 CE, is often taken as a reference point and model for Chinese identity and tradition. Covering a geographical expanse comparable to that of the People's Republic of China, it is foundational to understanding Chinese culture and politics, past and present. This volume offers an up-to-date overview of the archaeology of the Han Empire. Alice Yao and Wengcheong Lam study the period via an interdisciplinary approach that combines textual and arc...

Standard works on the employment systems of Japanese companies deal almost exclusively with men. Women, however, constitute the vast majority of the low wage, highly flexible "non-core" employees. This book breaks new ground in examining the role of Japanese women in industry. It assesses the extent to which growing pressure for equal opportunities between the sexes has caused Japanese companies to adapt their employment and personnel management practices in recent years. The author puts t...

Tunteisiin vetoava romaani menneisyyden kahleiden murtamisesta.Holly Ringlandin maailmanmenestysteos on Alice Hartin kasvutarina tytöstä aikuiseksi naiseksi. Kipeän kauniin kertomuksen kehyksenä hehkuu, tuoksuu ja lumoaa Australian upea luonto.Perhettään kohdanneen tragedian jälkeen yhdeksänvuotias Alice Hart jää yksin. Hänen on jätettävä kotinsa ja muutettava isoäitinsä Junen hoiviin. Alicen varttuessa isoäitinsä kukkafarmilla tämä opettaa tytölle kaiken A...

From one of the most acclaimed art biographers writing today comes the surprising life of Alice Baber, who produced exquisite abstract paintings of vibrantly colored shapes that created an illusion of floating light. Heralded as an "artist of lyrical abstractions," Baber's paintings had already entered the permanent collections of the Museum of Modern Art, the Metropolitan, the Guggenheim, and the Whitney at the time of her premature death at just fifty-four. How could such an accomplished...