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Family stories
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Describes the rise of a Chinese peasant from poverty to the position of a rich landowner, helped by his patient wife. Pulitzer Prize, 1932. Vietnamese language. 1970
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Short stories
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Collection of eleven short stories by the contemporary Vietnamese author now living in California. Includes the stories "Feeble Happiness," "Something…
like a Desperate Feeling," and "The Last Memorial Sonnet." Vietnamese language. 1988
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Literature, Literature biography
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Autobiography of an educated young Chinese woman who lives through the Japanese bombing of Chunking. She chronicles the hardships of…
the Chinese people during their struggle against the Japanese. First published in 1942. Vietnamese language. 1971
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Family stories
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A passionate peasant woman, deserted by her husband, slaves to support her three children with a devotion that achieves its reward at last in a grandchild. Vietnamese language. 1972
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Poetry
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Nineteenth-century narrative poem of love and sacrifice recounts the story of a young girl forced by circumstances to become a…
prostitute. This classic work is an acknowledged masterpiece of Vietnamese literature. Vietnamese language
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History
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Introductory text on the history, geography, and customs of Vietnam. Includes a listing of biographical annotations on the great figures in the country's history. Vietnamese language
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Poetry
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Anthology of poetry of the two best known Vietnamese poets of the late nineteenth century. The poems exemplify the "Southern Writing" which contrasts with the Chinese-influenced "Northern Writing." Vietnamese language
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Humour
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Collection of favorite Vietnamese humor. Vietnamese language
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General non-fiction
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This highly successful program assists in the development of all the language skills (listening, speaking, reading, and writing) by presenting…
realistic settings, situations, and contexts. It consists of 12 chapters and can be used in an intermediate or advanced Russian course. V Puti offers conversational exercises, various readings (biographies, poems, literature and historical texts) and grammatical explanations and practice. All of these components reinforce Russian culture and history which enable the students to understand the Russian language in context.
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General non-fiction, Writing
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This highly successful program assists in the development of all the language skills (listening, speaking, reading and writing) by presenting…
realistic settings, situations and contexts. It consists of 12 chapters and can be used in an intermediate or advanced Russian course. V Puti offers conversational exercises, various readings (biographies, poems, literature and historical texts) and grammatical explanations and practice. All of these components reinforce Russian culture and history which enable the students to understand the Russian language in context. V Puti: Student Activities Manual is an integral part of the V Puti course. The structure matches the main textbook and provides a wealth of exercises and activities, either for class-use or homework.
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Radioactive Sources: Applications and Alternative Technologies assesses the status of medical, research, sterilization, and other commercial applications of radioactive sources…
and alternative (nonradioisotopic) technologies in the United States and internationally. Focusing on Category 1, 2, and 3 sources, this report reviews the current state of these sources by application and reviews the current state of existing technologies on the market or under development that are or could be used to replace radioisotopic technologies in those applications. Radioactive Sources will support existing and future activities under the National Nuclear Security Administration Office of Radiological Security program to reduce the use of high-risk radiological materials in commercial applications.
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Medicine, Psychology
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This study explores the inner world of a rare human phenomenon—a man who was endowed with virtually limitless powers of…
memory. From his intimate knowledge of S., the mnemonist, gained from conversations and testing over a period of almost thirty years, A. R. Luria is able to reveal in rich detail not only the obvious strengths of S.’s astonishing memory but also his surprising weaknesses: his crippling inability to forget, his pattern of reacting passively to life, and his uniquely handicapped personality.
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Asian history
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The first English-language history of Korea to appear in more than a decade, this translation offers Western readers a distillation…
of the latest and best scholarship on Korean history and culture from the earliest times to the student revolution of 1960. The most widely read and respected general history, A New History of Korea (Han’guksa sillon) was first published in 1961 and has undergone two major revisions and updatings. Translated twice into Japanese and currently being translated into Chinese as well, Ki-baik Lee’s work presents a new periodization of his country’s history, based on a fresh analysis of the changing composition of the leadership elite. The book is noteworthy, too, for its full and integrated discussion of major currents in Korea’s cultural history. The translation, three years in preparation, has been done by specialists in the field.
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Vietnamese edition. Vision Australia exists to support people who are blind or have low vision to live the life they…
choose. This document covers key information about client rights and responsibilities, privacy, services and how clients can provide feedback and make a complaint. It also includes a list of relevant contacts.
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Historical fiction, Multi-cultural fiction
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Shortlisted for the 2021 International Booker Prize Winner of the 2018 Bolshaya Kniga Award Winner of the 2019 NOS Literature…
PrizeAn exciting contemporary Russian writer explores terra incognita: the still-living margins of history.With the death of her aunt, the narrator is left to sift through an apartment full of faded photographs, old postcards, letters, diaries, and heaps of souvenirs: a withered repository of a century of life in Russia. Carefully reassembled with calm, steady hands, these shards tell the story of how a seemingly ordinary Jewish family somehow managed to survive the myriad persecutions and repressions of the last century.In dialogue with writers like Roland Barthes, W. G. Sebald, Susan Sontag, and Osip Mandelstam, In Memory of Memory is imbued with rare intellectual curiosity and a wonderfully soft-spoken, poetic voice. Dipping into various forms—essay, fiction, memoir, travelogue, and historical documents—Stepanova assembles a vast panorama of ideas and personalities, offering an entirely new and bold exploration of cultural and personal memory.Praise for In Memory of Memory:"A luminous, rigorous, and mesmerizing interrogation of the relationship between personal history, family history, and capital-H History. I couldn't put it down; it felt sort of like watching a hypnotic YouTube unboxing-video of the gift-and-burden that is the twentieth century. In Memory of Memory has that trick of feeling both completely original and already classic, and I confidently expect this translation to bring Maria Stepanova a rabid American fan base on the order of the one she already enjoys in Russia." —Elif Batuman, author of The Idiot, finalist for the Pulizter Prize for Fiction"There is simply no book in contemporary Russian literature like In Memory of Memory. A microcosm all its own, it is an inimitable journey through a family history which, as the reader quickly realizes, becomes a much larger quest than yet another captivating family narrative. Why? Because it asks us if history can be examined at all, yes, but does so with incredible lyricism and fearlessness. Because Stepanova teaches us to find beauty where no one else sees it. Because Stepanova teaches us to show tenderness towards the tiny, awkward, missed details of our beautiful private lives. Because she shows us that in the end our hidden strangeness is what makes us human. This, I think, is what makes her a truly major European writer. I am especially grateful to Sasha Dugdale for her precise and flawless translation which makes this book such a joy to read in English. This is a voice to live with." —Ilya Kaminsky, author of Deaf Republic"Dazzling erudition and deep empathy come together in Maria Stepanova's profound engagement with the power and potential of memory, the mother of all muses. An exploration of the vast field between reminiscence and remembrance, In Memory of Memory is a poetic appraisal of the ways the stories of others are the fabric of our history." —Esther Kinsky, author of Grove"A book to plunge into. 'Everyone else's ancestors had taken part in history' writes Stepanova; building itself via accumulation, these chapters become an important testimony to the cultural and political lives of the people held beneath the surface of the tides of history" —Andrew McMillan, author of Playtime
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Romance, Science fiction
먼 미래, 인간은 외계 행성 카에올레이아(Caeorleia)와 전쟁을 계속하며, 카에올레이아의 자원을 손에 넣기 위해 수단과 방법을 가리지 않는다. 정부를 돕는다는 단순한…
생각에 간단한 실험에 자발적으로 동참한 주인공 라이커. 하지만 가학적인 의사들은 라이커를 마루타로 삼아, 인질로 잡힌 카에올레이아인, 세랄 이오플라스의 피를 라이커의 몸에 주입하고, 그를 카에올레이아 행성으로 보낸다. 인간을 발견하는 즉시 사살하는 카에올레이아 사람들이지만, 라이커의 몸에 주입된 카에올레이아 동족의 피 덕붙에 라이커는 순수한 인간도 아닌, 그렇다고 카에오레이아인도 아닌 존재로 인식하게 된다. 라이커는 그렇게 즉시 사살을 간신히 면하지만, 실험을 통해 의도치 않게 형성된 세랄 이오플라스와의 피의 결합(본딩) 때문에 라이커는 인간의로써의 정체성에 혼동을 느낀다. 설상가상으로 세랄를 향한 알 수 없는 욕망과 감정을 주체할 수 없는데...
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Contemporary romance
스물다섯 살이 될 때까지 자신이 게이라는 걸 모를 수도 있을까? 고등학교를 중퇴하고, 겨우 난독증을 극복한 빌리 밸류. 건설회사 노동자로 일하는…
빌리의 삶은 부모님을 돌보고, 누이들을 대학에 보내고, 어린이 야구팀 코치를 하는 게 전부다. 이전 여자친구들과 세 번이나 약혼까지 갔지만, 결국 결혼에는 성공하지 못한 빌리는 슬슬 연애에도 회의가 든다. 이런 빌리에게도 목표가 있다면, 그건 바로 건설 도급업자 면허를 따는 것. 하지만 면허를 따기 위해서는 자격시험을 봐야하는데, 빌리는 시험에 대한 심각한 공포증이 있는데... 결국 차일피일 시험을 미루고, 빌리의 꿈도 그렇게 현실과 점점 멀어져 간다. 누이의 결혼을 앞두고, 빌리는 결혼식에 앞서 신랑신부와 가족들의 의상을 책임진 유명 스타일리스트 체이스 필립스, 일명 샤즈를 만난다. 한 눈에 봐도 게이임이 분명한 샤즈. 샤즈에게 빌리는 정직하고, 용감하고, 건장하기까지 한 완벽한 이상형이지만, 빌리가 스트레이트라는 사실에 마음을 접을 수밖에 없다. 설사 빌리가 게이라고 하더라도, 그처럼 마초 같은 남자가 샤즈 같은 화려하고 노골적인 게이를 좋아할 리는 없으리라 믿어 의심치 않는데... 공통점이라곤 눈 씻고 찾아봐도 없는 샤즈와 빌리. 하지만 둘 사이에 흐르는 이 묘한 전류는 뭘까?
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Romance
절친 샬롯의 결혼식에 들러리를 서러 한 여름에 서부 텍사스로 가야 하는 스테판 조스. 설상가상으로 그곳에서 수백만 달러가 걸린 계약을 따내는…
임무까지 맡는다. 하지만 이것보다 더 나쁜 소식이 있었으니, 그건 바로 샬롯의 결혼식에서 그녀의 오빠인 랜드 할로웨이를 만나야 한다는 것! 스테판과 랜드는 첫만남부터 삐끗한 사이. 샬롯은 결혼식에 오빠가 참석하지 않을 거라고 맹세했지만, 정작 텍사스에 도착하자마자 랜드를 만나게 된 스테판은 마음이 편치 않다. 게다가 지금까지의 태도와는 다르게 스테판에게 이상한 관심을 보이기 시작하는 랜드. 스테판은 랜드의 이런 갑작스러운 변화가 혼란스럽지만, 오래전부터 몰래 랜드를 좋아하던 그였기에 랜드에게 기회를 주자고 마음 먹는다. 짧은 결혼식 기간 동안 스테판과 랜드의 관계는 놀라울 만큼 발전하지만 그때 스테판이 맡은 계약 건에 큰 문제가 생긴다. 바로 스테판의 회사에서 매입을 원했던 땅의 주인이 살해된 것. 이와 더불어 누군가가 스테판을 죽이려 하는데... 과연 스테판은 이 위기를 무사히 벗어날 수 있을까?
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Contemporary romance
년 레인보우 어워드 수상작. 아니 땐 굴뚝에 연기나랴…뉴욕 브루클린의 소방관인 그리프 뮤어는 언제부터인지, 자신의 가장 친한 친구이자 소방국 파트너인 단테…
아나스타지오를 향한 이상한 감정을 통제하기 힘들다. 하지만 불행히도 단테는 유명한 레이디 킬러. 뉴욕소방국도 게이 소방관들을 반기는 분위기는 아니라 결국 그리프는 단테에 대한 감정을 숨기고 친구로 남기 위해 고군분투한다. 신중한 그리핀에 비해 대책없으리만큼 자신만만한 단테는 환상의 팀으로 명성이 자자하다. 자신의 파트너를 위해서라면 못할 것이 없는 그리핀. 어느 날, 경제적으로 궁지에 몰린 단테는 그리핀에게 정말 말도 안되는 제안을 한다. 바로 제복을 입은 건장한 남자들이 등장하는 것으로 유명한 핫헤드닷컴(HotHead.com)이라는 게이 야동 사이트에 함께 출연하자는 것. 그리핀은 단테를 돕기 위해 이 제안을 수락하지만, 카메라 앞에서의 스킨십이 깊어질 수록, 단테를 향한 그리핀의 감정도 점점 더 깊어만 지는데… 과연 그리핀은 커리어, 가족, 그리고 우정을 잃지 않고 단테를 구해낼 수 있을까?
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Fantasy
알파 늑대인간의 아들인 콜 하커는 다른 어떤 늑대인간보다 크고 파워풀하지만 동성을 좋아하는 게이. 게다가 여러 사람들 앞에만 서면 말을 더듬는다.…
24년 동안 가족과 부족의 행복을 위해 자신의 개인적인 행복을 애써 무시하고 살아온 콜. 그것도 모자라 다른 부족과의 정략적인 합병을 위해 그 부족의 알파의 딸인 아날리즈와 정략결혼을 하기로 결심한다. 하지만 아날리즈의 이복 오빠인 표범인간 패리스 마케토를 만나게 된 콜은 생전 처음으로 자신만을 위해 패리스를 갖고 싶다는 욕심이 생긴다. 결혼식을 앞두고, 정략결혼을 원하지 않은 아날리즈가 도망을 가고, 콜의 부모와 아날리즈의 부모는 결혼을 유지하기 위해 아날리즈의 오빠인 패리스를 콜과 결혼시키려고 한다. 내심 마음 속으로 패리스를 원했던 콜은 기뻐하지만, 천성이 혼자 독립적으로 사는 것을 좋아하는 패리스는 강력히 결혼을 거부한다. 콜은 결국 패리스를 놓아주기로 결심하지만, 패리스가 갱단 늑대 부족과 얽혀 있음을 알게 되는데...