River Space in Contemporary Chinese Cinema examines how filmmakers use river imagery to explore themes of home, displacement, and belonging in an era of rapid modernization.Using the term “river space” to describe geographical areas created by rivers or existing alongside them, the author shows how these areas figure in films as alternative, oppositional, or contradictory sites. The book is divided into four parts, discussing waterscape in Chinese cinema, homesickness and ...

What if the things that keep us apart end up being the things that keep us together?All memories erased, held down by a heavy drug, Marin is thrown into a place that seems too dangerous to be real. She finds herself in a loose group of others that help her overcome challenges while raising her strengths. As she struggles to lead the group over tests that could mean the difference between life and death, she becomes more and more aware that in this world, you can never know who to t...

Discover a soft, deeply heartwarming slice-of-life yuri romance in Afternoon Tea for Two."If I were to die, who would you drink tea with?"Mitsuruko, a refined yet endearingly absent-minded young lady, opens her home to Ritsu, a practical vocational student newly arrived in Tokyo. What begins as a matter of convenience soon grows into a quiet companionship, shaped by shared laughter, small mishaps, ...

A sexy horror rom-com exploring what takes root in the space between superstition and rationality.The Hungry Ghost is the debut play from Mei Leng Yew. It is premiered at the Bush Theatre, London, in 2026, directed by New Earth Theatre Artistic Director Ailin Conant.

This book explores the evolution and impact of deliberative democracy in East Asia, focusing on Taiwan, South Korea, and Japan through a deliberative systems framework.Democratization and democratic development in the region are intertwined with social movements, public participation, institutional reform, and deliberative innovation. The book highlights how deliberative democracy can transform politics, inform policymaking, and strengthen democratic governance, while also explorin...

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After waking up from her transmigration, she had actually become the lower half of the locked up for many years? Furthermore, it was the person who sneaked out of the palace with the ball? Raising a child by herself wasn't easy, and it wouldn't be easy for her to raise two children, right? Being both a father and a mother is very unfortunate? He wanted to find a father for his child, but … On an accidental encounter that day, she said to the handsome man with a fake smile, "I'm sorry, youn...

Ten years ago, he and she met in an elaborate car accident. At that time, she was an orphan who had just lost her parents. At that time, he was a little Young Cute Boy that she had rescued from the carriage. The two youths experienced a life and death experience together.She was willing to be ravaged for him. He would rather give up his life for her. At that time, they all thought that they would forever be together.However, Fate had once again played a joke on them. When she woke up again...

He was both talented and good-looking — destined to be a woman's disaster, but already had someone he loved at his side. She was a princess — in his eyes, she was just a bitch who used her power to force others to marry her.

After the death of her grandfather, Aiden Fitzgerald-Sharp, inherited more money than she knew what to do with. With her vast fortune and a fiancée, she believes her world is finally looking up. That is until her beloved fiancée turns into the devil. When Aiden finally has enough, she takes off to Japan, all she wants to do is hide from the world and maybe find herself in the process.What she finds, however, is the last thing she expects.Eiji Makoto, architect and Taiko dru...

Navigate death and grieving with greater openness, honesty, and preparation thanks to the supportive expertise of Singapore's leading "life celebrant." Growing up with a hardworking undertaker father known as the Coffin King, death was the family business for Angjolie Mei—but that didn't make it any easier to understand, or grief any easier to feel. When her father died unexpectedly, leaving debts but no end of life instructions, Mei found herself taking up his funeral director business, n...

"Tell the story of the marriage and love of the nurse Zhuang Ya."The nurse Zhuang Yaju was a modest but elegant son of the Girl. Her husband, Zhu Shifei, was a divorced man, but that didn't stop them from loving each other.However, after the wedding, Zhuang Yaju was faced with her mother-in-law's picky eyes, as well as the cold treatment left behind by her husband's ex-wife, Shuang Er. However, she endured all of this. She was waiting, waiting for the day where she could use her heart and ...