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THE CHINESE "LORD OF THE RINGS" - NOW IN ENGLISH FOR THE FIRST
TIME. THE SERIES EVERY CHINESE READER HAS BEEN ENJOYING FOR DECADES
- 300 MILLION COPIES SOLD. "Jin Yong's work, in the
Chinese-speaking world, has a cultural currency roughly equal to
that of "Harry Potter" and "Star Wars" combined" Nick Frisch, New
Yorker "Like every fairy tale you're ever loved, imbued with jokes
and epic grandeur. Prepare to be swept along." Jamie Buxton, Daily
Mail Guo Jing and Lotus have escaped Qiu Qianren's mountain
stronghold on the condors' backs, but Lotus carries a wound that
will surely kill her. Their only hope lies in the healing powers of
Duan, the King of the South. Little do they know that to seek an
audience with this mysterious figure will place him in mortal
danger himself. Meanwhile, many li away on Peach Blossom Island, a
plan has been hatched that could tear the two lovers apart for
good. And, with Moon Festival approaching, Guo Jing is honour bound
to take part in a long-awaited martial contest at the Tower of Mist
and Rain in Jiaxing. Yet the greatest threat to their happiness
stems from Guo Jing's past. He is still betrothed to Genghis Khan's
daughter. Rejoining the Mongol army could help him to avenge his
father - but it may force him to take the field against the
soldiers of his true homeland, splitting his heart and soul in two.
Translated from the Chinese by Gigi Chang and Shelly Bryant
Jin Young Choi rereads discipleship in the Gospel of Mark from a
postcolonial feminist perspective, developing an Asian and Asian
American hermeneutics of phronesis. Colonized subjects perceive
Jesus' body as phantasmic. Discipleship means embodying the mystery
of this body while engaging with invisible, placeless and voiceless
others.
THE CHINESE "LORD OF THE RINGS" - NOW IN ENGLISH FOR THE FIRST
TIME. THE SERIES EVERY CHINESE READER HAS BEEN ENJOYING FOR DECADES
- 300 MILLION COPIES SOLD. "Jin Yong's work, in the
Chinese-speaking world, has a cultural currency roughly equal to
that of "Harry Potter" and "Star Wars" combined" New Yorker "If you
haven't read Jin Yong's work, you haven't yet fully experienced the
fantasy genre" FONDA LEE CHINA , 1237 A.D. Genghis Khan is dead.
The Mongolians, led by the conqueror's third son, Ogedai, have
vanquished the Jurchen Jin Empire, and now turn their armies on
their ally the Great Song Empire. A dozen years have passed since
the second Contest of Mount Hua. A new generation of martial
artists are vying for recognition in the jianghu, but as the fall
of their country looms closer, the making of a hero depends on more
than mere kung fu skills. A chance meeting with his father's sworn
brother Guo Jing lifts Penance Yang from a life of vagrancy and
initiates him into the martial world to which his parents Yang Kang
and Mercy Mu once belonged. Placed under the care of the Quanzhen
Sect at their base in the Zhongnan Mountains, Penance stumbles
across the mysterious history behind the founding of this most
respected martial school and embarks on a journey during that
forces him to come to terms with his family's past as well as
secrets of his own heart. Translated from the Chinese by Gigi Chang
This assemblage of feminist theologies represents a series of vital
entanglements. Chapters are written from different cultures,
geographies and discourses and brought together around themes as
specific and wide-ranging as immigration detention, hate crime,
discrimination, rites of marriage and partnership, and artistic and
religious imagination. The contributors variously echo, celebrate,
question and contradict each other. Despite the complexity and
allied as they are with liberation, decolonial, ecological, queer
and other theologies, these perspectives seek not only to confront
and resist the problems, oppressions, and omissions of hegemonic
theologies but also to realize better worlds.
Nonwhite women primarily appear as marginalized voices, if at all,
in volumes that address constructions of race/ethnicity and early
Christian texts. Employing an intersectional approach, the
contributors analyze historical, cultural, literary, and
ideological constructions of racial/ethnic identities, which
intersect with gender/sexuality class, religion, slavery, and/or
power. Given their small numbers in academic biblical studies, this
book represents a critical mass of nonwhite women scholars and
offers a critique of dominant knowledge production. Filling a
significant epistemological gap, this seminal text provides
provocative, innovative, and critical insights into constructions
of race/ethnicity in ancient and modern texts and contexts.
This book documents current knowledge on the mechanisms involved in
sports injuries to the shoulder and elbow, reviews essential
physical examinations, and explains the role of diagnostic imaging.
Above all, it describes in detail the treatment modalities that are
appropriate to the injuries encountered in throwing and overhead
athletes, including chronic repetitive and acute traumatic
injuries. Both conservative and surgical treatments are covered;
the author s own preferred operative techniques are identified and
explained, and helpful treatment algorithms offer guidance in
selecting an approach fitting to the circumstances. In addition,
the inclusion of instructive case reviews will assist readers in
achieving a full understanding of the implementation of treatment
protocols. Methods of rehabilitation are also described with the
aid of demonstration videos, and advice is provided on appropriate
timing. The book will be invaluable for all professionals who deal
with sports injuries of the shoulder and elbow, including surgeons,
physiotherapists, other medical practitioners, and trainers. "
For four decades now, Marc H. Ellis has sought to rethink Jewish
tradition in light of the prophetic imperative, especially with
regard to the need for geopolitical justice in the context of
Israel/Palestine. Here, twenty-two contributors offer intellectual,
theological, political, and journalistic insight intoEllis's work,
connecting his theological scholarship to the particularities of
their own contexts. Some contributors reflect specifically on
Israel/Palestine while others transfer Ellis's theopolitical
discussions to other geopolitical, cultural, or religious concerns.
Yet all of them rely on Ellis's work to understand the connections
of prophetic discourses, religious demands, social movements, and
projects of social justice. Paying particular attention to global
racism, sexism, ethnocentrism, white supremacy, and current
neocolonial practices, the contributors also address minoritized
liberation theologies, the role of memory, exile and forgiveness,
biblical hermeneutics, and political thought. In diverse and
powerful ways, the contributors ground their scholarship with the
activist drive to deepen, enrich, and strengthen intellectual work
in meaningful ways.
Inspired by the current political moment around the globe in which
uprisings, protests, revolutions, and movements are on the rise,
this book examines the intersections between the Bible and
activism. It does this by showcasing intersectional readings of the
Bible as an activist act and a tool for activism; historicizing the
uses of the Bible within activist/freedom movements around the
globe; and offering activist approaches to teaching the Bible. Each
chapter in this volume provides a critical and substantive response
from the discipline of Biblical Studies to global political trends.
International in scope, with contributors from Africa, Asia, the
Caribbean, Europe, Latin America, Oceania, South Africa, and the
United States, they address themes such as gender politics, racial
injustices, violence toward women, political resistance, and
activist hermeneutics and pedagogies. Together they harness the
intellectual energies of minoritized Biblical scholars in a
nonessentialist manner to reflect on the Bible as a tool for
liberating social and political change. Reflecting on the activist
potential of the Bible, this book will be of keen interest to
scholars in Biblical Studies, Political Theology, and Religious
Studies.
" Features of this text include " A cross-national analysis of
political party systems in 212 countries of the world. A
student-friendly introduction to political science methods
including regression analysis. Student research projects in the
text as well as additional Website materials."Party Systems and
Country Governance" focuses on party systems their variations
across the world and their effects on country governance. It is
also about the conceptualization and measurement of country
governance. In the language of research, party system traits are
the independent variables and country governance scores are the
dependent variables. According to the normative values of
democratic theory, the presence of competitive, aggregative, stable
systems of political parties contributes to better country
governance. International aid agencies have tended to accept the
normative theory, assuming its truth. As a result, they have spent
millions of dollars in efforts to develop competitive, aggregative,
stable party systems. This study translates the normative theory
into testable empirical theory. It provides evidence that largely,
but not completely, supports the assumptions of aid agencies. The
nature of a country s party system affects the quality of its
governance. To measure governance, the authors used the existing
World Bank Governance Indicators for 2007 on 212 countries. Using
Internet sources, they collected parliamentary party data for 189
countries after two elections: a stimulus election in the mid-2000s
and an adjacent referent election usually held prior to the
stimulus election. The authors identified fifteen additional
countries that did not hold elections for parliamentary parties and
eight countries that held nonpartisan elections, seating no
deputies by party. Together these 212 countries account for
virtually all the variations in party systems across the
world.Also, check out the website for "Party Systems" to see
student exercises and learn more about the book."
" Features of this text include " A cross-national analysis of
political party systems in 212 countries of the world. A
student-friendly introduction to political science methods
including regression analysis. Student research projects in the
text as well as additional Website materials."Party Systems and
Country Governance" focuses on party systems their variations
across the world and their effects on country governance. It is
also about the conceptualization and measurement of country
governance. In the language of research, party system traits are
the independent variables and country governance scores are the
dependent variables. According to the normative values of
democratic theory, the presence of competitive, aggregative, stable
systems of political parties contributes to better country
governance. International aid agencies have tended to accept the
normative theory, assuming its truth. As a result, they have spent
millions of dollars in efforts to develop competitive, aggregative,
stable party systems. This study translates the normative theory
into testable empirical theory. It provides evidence that largely,
but not completely, supports the assumptions of aid agencies. The
nature of a country s party system affects the quality of its
governance. To measure governance, the authors used the existing
World Bank Governance Indicators for 2007 on 212 countries. Using
Internet sources, they collected parliamentary party data for 189
countries after two elections: a stimulus election in the mid-2000s
and an adjacent referent election usually held prior to the
stimulus election. The authors identified fifteen additional
countries that did not hold elections for parliamentary parties and
eight countries that held nonpartisan elections, seating no
deputies by party. Together these 212 countries account for
virtually all the variations in party systems across the
world.Also, check out the website for "Party Systems" to see
student exercises and learn more about the book."
THE CHINESE "LORD OF THE RINGS" - NOW IN ENGLISH FOR THE FIRST
TIME. THE SERIES EVERY CHINESE READER HAS BEEN ENJOYING FOR DECADES
- 300 MILLION COPIES SOLD. "Western fantasy has JRR Tolkien, but we
Asian fantasy authors have Jin Yong's stories in our DNA. The debt
we owe him is immeasurable" SHELLEY-PARKER CHAN "If you haven't
read Jin Yong's work, you haven't yet fully experienced the fantasy
genre" FONDA LEE CHINA , 1237 A.D. Genghis Khan is dead. The
Mongolians, led by the conqueror's third son, Ogedai, have
vanquished the Jurchen Jin Empire, and now turn their armies on
their ally the Great Song Empire. A dozen years have passed since
the second Contest of Mount Hua. A new generation of martial
artists are vying for recognition in the jianghu, but as the fall
of their country looms closer, the making of a hero depends on more
than mere kung fu skills. A chance meeting with his father's sworn
brother Guo Jing lifts Penance Yang from a life of vagrancy and
initiates him into the martial world to which his parents Yang Kang
and Mercy Mu once belonged. Placed under the care of the Quanzhen
Sect at their base in the Zhongnan Mountains, Penance stumbles
across the mysterious history behind the founding of this most
respected martial school and embarks on a journey that forces him
to come to terms with his family's past as well as the secrets of
his own heart. Translated from the Chinese by Gigi Chang
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Scripture and Resistance (Hardcover)
Jione Havea; Foreword by Collin Cowan; Contributions by Graham J Adams, Rogelio Dario Barolin, Nancy Cardoso Pereira, …
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Resistance against unjust (wicked) cultures and imperial powers is
at the heart of scripture. In many cases, the resistance is waged
against external systems or the misappropriation of scriptural
texts and traditions. In some cases, however, scripture resists
oppressive cultures and powers that it also requires, certifies and
protects. At other times, and in different settings, the minders of
scripture speak against the abusive cultures and power systems that
they inherited and whose benefits they milk. Scripture and
Resistance contains reflections by authors from East and West,
South and North, on resistance and the Christian scriptures around
a rainbow of concerns: the colonial legacies of the Bible; the
people (esp. native and indigenous people) who were subjugated and
minoritized for the sake of the Bible; the courage for resistance
among ordinary and normal people, and the opportunities that arise
from their realities and struggles; the imperializing tendencies
that lurk behind so-called traditional biblical scholarship; the
strategies of and energies in post- and de-colonial criticisms; the
Bible as a profitable product, and a site of struggle; and the
multiple views or perspectives in the Bible about empire and
resistance. In other words, the contributors, as a collective,
affirm that the Bible contains (pun intended) resistance.
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Forensics in Telecommunications, Information and Multimedia - Third International ICST Conference, e-Forensics 2010, Shanghai, China, November 11-12, 2010, Revised Selected Papers (Paperback, 2011 ed.)
Xuejia Lai, Dawu Gu, Bo Jin, Yong Wang, Hui Li
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This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed post-conference
proceedings of the Third International ICST Conference on Forensic
Applications and Techniques in Telecommunications, Information and
Multimedia, E-Forensics 2010, held in Shanghai, China, in November
2010. The 32 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed
and selected from 42 submissions in total. These, along with 5
papers from a collocated workshop of E-Forensics Law, cover a wide
range of topics including digital evidence handling, data carving,
records tracing, device forensics, data tamper identification, and
mobile device locating.
Nonwhite women primarily appear as marginalized voices, if at all,
in volumes that address constructions of race/ethnicity and early
Christian texts and contexts. The contributors, who identify as
African American, Asian American, and Asian, analyze the
historical, literary, ideological construction of racial/ethnic
identities. In reading how identity is constructed in early
Christian texts, the contributors employ an intersectional
approach. Thus, they read how race/ethnicity overlaps or intersects
with gender/sexuality, class, religion, slavery, and/or power in
early Christian texts and contexts and in U.S. and global contexts,
historically and currently. Identity construction occurs in public
and private spaces and institutions including households, religious
assemblies/churches, and empire. While some studies discuss the
topic of race/ethnicity and employ intersectional approaches, this
book is the first volume that nonwhite women New Testament Bible
scholars have written. Given their small numbers in the academic
study of the Bible, this book gives voice to a critical mass of
nonwhite women scholars and offers a critique of dominant forms of
knowledge and knowledge production. The contributors provide
provocative, innovative, and critical cultural and ideological
insights into constructions of race/ethnicity in early Christianity
and contemporary contexts.
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Automated Technology for Verification and Analysis - 6th International Symposium, ATVA 2008, Seoul, Korea, October 20-23, 2008, Proceedings (Paperback, 2008 ed.)
Sungdeok Cha, Jin-young Choi, Moonzoo Kim, Mahesh Viswanathan
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This volume contains the papers presented at the 6th International
Symposium on Automated Technology for Veri?cation and Analysis held
during October 20-23 in Seoul, Korea. The primary objective of the
ATVA conferences remains the same: to exchange and promote the
latest advances of state-of-the-art - search on theoretical and
practical aspects of automated analysis, veri?cation, and
synthesis. Among 66 research papers and 16 tool papers submitted to
ATVA 2008, the Program Committee accepted 21 as regular papers, 7
as tool papers, and 5 as short papers. In all, 33 experts from 27
countries worked hard to make sure that every submission received
as rigorous and fair an evaluation as possible. In addition, the
program also included three excellent tutorials and keynote talksby
DavidDill (StanfordUniversity), SriramRajamani(MicrosoftResearch
India), and Natarajan Shankar (SRI International). The conference
organizers were truly excited to have such distinguished
researchers as keynote speakers. Many worked hard and o?ered their
valuable time so generously to make ATVA 2008 successful. First of
all, the conference organizers thank all 218 - searchers who worked
hard to complete and submit papers to the conference. ThePCmembers,
reviewers, andSteeringCommitteemembersalsodeserves- cial
recognition. Without them, a competitive and peer-reviewed
international symposium simply cannot take place.
Manyorganizationssponsoredthesymposium.Theyinclude: TheKorean-
stituteofInformationScientistsandEngineers(SIGPLandSoftwareEngineering
Society), KoreaUniversity, KoreaAdvanced Institute ofScience and
Technology (KAIST), the Software Process Improvement Center and the
Defense Software Research Center at KAIST. The conference
organizers also thank the BK p-
gramatKoreaUniversityandtheDepartmentofComputerScienceatKAISTfor
?nancialsupport. We sincerely hope that the readers ?nd the
proceedings of ATVA 2008 informative and reward
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The Book and the Sword (Paperback)
Louis Cha (Jin Yong); Translated by Graham Earnshaw; Edited by Rachel May, John Minford
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A lost city in the desert, wolf packs, a book, and, of course, a
sword... The Book and the Sword was Louis Cha's first novel,
published in 1955, and quickly established him as one of the new
masters of the wuxia genre. The novel is panoramic in scope and
includes the fantastical elements for which Cha is well-known:
secret societies, kung fu masters, a lost desert city guarded by
wolf packs, and the mysterious Fragrant Princess, an embellishment
of an actual historical figure - although whether she actually
smelled of flowers, we will never know. Further to that Cha revives
the legend about the great eighteenth-century Manchu Emperor Qian
Long which claims that he was in fact not a Manchu but a Han
Chinese as a result of a baby swap. The Book and the Sword is a
rip-roaring tale of Chinese kung fu masters battling it out for the
future of the Chinese empire and control of central Asia.
Written in 1967-72,The Deer and the Cauldron was Louis Cha's last,
and by many considered his best, Martial Arts novel. It is a
sprawling work covering twenty odd years of the early reign of the
Emperor Kangxi. In historical terms, the novel begins sometime
after the death of Koxinga in 1662 and the Ming History purge of
1682/3, and before the death of Oboi in 1669. It covers the period
of the rebellion of the "Three Feudatories" , and the surrender of
Formosa to the Manchus in 1683, before ending shortly after the
signing of the Treaty of Nertchinsk in 1689. The plot moves from
the pleasure-houses of Yangzhou to Peking and the Imperial Court
and the sacred mountain of Wu-tai-shan to a desolate island off the
north-east coast of China, base for the fanatical drug-taking Sect
of the Mystic Dragon, through the frozen north-east to Fort Albazin
to Moscow and the boudoir of Princess Sophia; before finally
returning to the birthplace of the protagonist, Yangzhou. The Deer
and the Cauldron introduces a vast array of underworld characters,
all of them members of the so-called Brotherhood of River and Lake
- material arts practitioners of every school and shape and size,
outlaw secret society members (especially the Triads), singsong
girls, innkeepers, gamblers, beggars, salt-smugglers, itinerant
(and often fighting) monks and Taoists, herbalists, butchers, and
boatmen. We also encounter dissident literati (Gu Yanwu, Huang
Zongxi, Lu Liuliang), corrupt magistrates, ruthless petty Yamen
officers, members of the fallen Imperial family of the Ming
dynasty, the Paladins of Prince Mu, the descendants of Koxinga,
eunuchs (including one aged and wheezing eunuch who practices a
particularly lethal form of kungfu), Tibetans, Mongols, Cossacks,
the Emperor Kangxi himself, the Dowagers Empress and a host of
pretty girls of various origins. The novel's protagonist, a young
rogue called Trinket, was born in a Yangzhou whorehouse. His nom de
guerre is Little White Dragon but he has many guises and is also
known as Grand Master of the Greenwood Lodge of the Triad Society,
the eunuch Brightie, the Bannerman Captain Huachahuacha, the Zen
Brother Claritas, Duke of Albazin, Grand Patriarch of the Sect of
the Mystic Dragon, among others. Trinket is one of the truly
unforgettable characters in Chinese fiction; he is the prankster,
the larrikin, the trickster who breaks every known convention (of
both worlds he inhabits, the high and low), the singsong girls's
son whose ultimate dream is to run his own bordello, the perfect
anti-hero, the subversive antithesis of the true xia, the
apotheosis of the liumang. And yet he has a highly developed sense
of friendship, loyalty and honour. His ambivalent, and touching,
relationship with the emperor Kangxi is one of the recurring themes
of The Deer and the Cauldron.
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