En 2212, une immense barrière électromagnétique divise le monde.À force de croisades contre la science à l’Est, la technologie s’est effondrée et la pègre règne. Le confort moderne et la nourriture sont rares, l’hygiène et la médecine, un souvenir.À l’Ouest, la science domine : fermes d’organes et contrôle climatique sont des réalités. Les religions sont interdites, les contacts physiques rétrogrades, l’amour désormais virtuel.Wang, un jeune Chinois ...

En l'an 2212, le monde est divisé en deux par le REM : une immense barrière électromagnétique. D'un côté, on trouve les pays occidentaux, à l'origine de la séparation et de l'autre, le reste du monde. À l'Est, les croisades successives, religieuses ou idéologiques, contre la science ont fait retomber ces pays dans un quasi Moyen Âge. Confort et nourriture sont des denrées rares. Hygiène et médecine sont inexistantes. C'est le règne de la terreur orchestrée par la pègre. À l'Ouest, la scien...

Discover the gripping dark academia fantasy about the limits of truth and power from the author of The Sword of Kaigen, perfect for fans of Babel by R. F. Kuang, Leigh Bardugo's Ninth House, and V. E. Schwab."The best fantasy novel of the year" The Guardian“The easiest 5 star I have ever given” ***** Reader Review-------------------------------------------...

It is the 23rd century. An impassable screen protects Occident from its neighbouring empires. Wang, a young seventeen-year-old Chinese boy, lives with his grandmother in a poor district of Grand-Wroclaw in Silesia, one of the sub-provinces of Sino-Russia governed by the Neo-triads.Because he has transgressed the law of Assöl the Mongol, a godfather of the clan, Wang has no other choice but to follow the path of exile. For a gateway sometimes opens in the screen at Most in Bohemia. ...

Wang Wei was one of the most celebrated poets of China's Tang Dynasty (618-907). An influential painter and practitioner of Chan (Zen) Buddhism, many of his poems contain concise and evocative descriptions of nature whose elegant minimalism offers subtle expression of a transcendence from everyday life. While this purity of poetic expression is what Wang Wei's reputation is built upon, he lived a courtly life of highs and lows in a tumultuous era, suffering demotions and exile, imprisonmen...

A fairy tale for any age, Jen Wang's The Prince and the Dressmaker will steal your heart.Winner of the Eisner Award for Best Publication for TeensWinner of the Harvey Award for Best Children or Young Adult BookParis, at the dawn of the modern age:Prince Sebastian is looking for a bride—or rather, his parents are looking for one for him. Sebastian is too busy hiding his secret life from everyone. At n...

「你瘋了嗎？哥大畢業來端盤子幹嘛？」【這不是一本教你如何成功的書，而是「如何在成功崩塌後，繼續選擇成為自己」的故事】安吉是一個在臺中菜市場長大的女孩，一生都在努力證明自己「值得」。為了擺脫那個「我不夠好」的感受，她不斷追求世人眼中的成功。然而⋯⋯她拿到哥倫比亞大學碩士，卻在紐約的火鍋店刷地板。她成為光鮮亮麗的科技業新女性，內心卻只剩一個空洞的軀殼。為什麼每一次「成功」的抵達，都只是另一次空虛的開始？安吉決定踏上一條無路之路。她逃離辦公室，成為健身教練，開始網路創作，在西班牙小島過著數位游牧生活。這本書沒有說教，只有赤裸的自我剖析。最終她發現：出走，都是為了回到內心最真切的渴望--成為我們本該成為的那個人。每次自我放逐，都是成為自己的開始。【獻給所有】為「不夠好」聲音所苦的你渴望掙脫社會期待枷鎖的你在家庭牽絆與自我渴望之間掙扎的你在世界漂泊，尋找歸屬感的你...

This book examines some aspects of homogeneous Banach algebras and related topics to illustrate various methods used in several classes of group algebras. It guides the reader toward some of the problems in harmonic analysis such as the problems of factorizations and closed subalgebras.

NEW YORK TIMES EDITORS’ CHOICE • A witty, moving, piercingly insightful new novel about a marvelously complicated woman who can’t be anyone but herself, from the award-winning author of ChemistryLONGLISTED FOR THE ANDREW CARNEGIE MEDAL • “A deeply felt portrait . . . With gimlet-eyed observation laced with darkly biting wit, Weike Wang masterfully probes the existential uncertainty of being other in America.”—Celeste Ng, author of Litt...

“A globe-trotting, whirlwind, tragi-comic family saga that wrings tears from absurdity and laughter from loss. A joy to read from start to finish.”— Andrew Sean Greer, author of Less, winner of the 2018 Pulitzer PrizeThe Nest meets Crazy Rich Asians in this sharp comedic novel about a Chinese-American family's attempts (or not) to fulfill its dying patriarch's final bequest.Some of us are more e...

The New York Times bestseller, Financial Times and Sunday Times Book of the YearShortlisted for the Financial Times and Schroders Business Book of the YearThe book we need to understand China today: a riveting, first-hand account of its seismic progress from an indispensable expert voiceFor close to a decade, Dan Wang has been observing China’s tumultuous and astounding gr...

Een maf mini moord mysterie met een flinke dosis humor.Wanneer een directeur van een kaasmerk wordt vermoord lijkt er geen enkel aanknopingspunt te zijn om de moordenaar te vinden. En waarom zijn alle kazen eigenlijk neergeschoten?Kan inspecteur Wang de moord oplossen en de dader vinden?