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Making a Scene
Constance Wu
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R240
Discovery Miles 2 400
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From influential and iconic star Constance Wu, a powerful and
poignant memoir-in-essays full of funny and intimate observations
that will resonate with readers everywhere. Growing up in the
friendly suburbs of Richmond, Virginia, Constance Wu thought that
girls were supposed to be reserved, graceful, and polite.
 Everyone around her praised ladylike behaviour while seeming
to disapprove of the louder, rougher girls – the kind of girls
who made scenes. And while she spent most of her childhood
suppressing her bold, emotional nature, Constance found an early
outlet in local community theatre. The stage was the one
place where big feelings were okay – were good, even. As
she continued to reconcile her personality with the expectations of
daily life, acting became more than a hobby. It was her refuge, her
touchstone, and eventually her vocation. She went to New
York to study classical theatre and pursue an acting career while
waiting tables, dating, despairing, and embracing city life.
 In 2015, she was cast in the ground-breaking TV sitcom Fresh
Off the Boat, a touching, funny story about an Asian American
family in the ’90s. Another historic role followed when she
starred in the smash hit film Crazy Rich Asians, which featured an
entirely Asian cast. These two pivotal moments in Hollywood history
opened up a new chapter for Constance, who continues to explore the
complexities of Asian American representation. Through raw,
hilarious, and relatable stories, Constance fearlessly shares her
experiences of growing up in suburban Virginia, scraping by as a
struggling actress, falling in love again and again, confronting
her identity and influence, and navigating the pressures and
pleasures of existing in today’s world.
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Monkey King
Anita Sheih; Contributions by Cheng'en Wu
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R165
Discovery Miles 1 650
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Ships in 12 - 17 working days
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This timely and comprehensive Handbook addresses how Chinese cities
govern the environmental changes generated by fast economic growth
and urbanisation. Outlining the relationship between the state,
market, and society, this Handbook provides a systematic
understanding of urban environmental governance in China. Exploring
the context of changing urban environmental policies in China,
leading international scholars highlight the arts of governance and
governmentality through experimentation and discourse. Chapters
investigate the political ecologies of eco-cities and conservation,
urban waste management and governance and sustainability
transitions, as well as focusing on low-carbon innovations and
green buildings. With a territorial perspective grounded in Chinese
cities, contributors interrogate changing and complex
state-market-society dynamics in urbanisation and urban
environmental governance. With a thorough and systematic analysis
of new environmental initiatives, practices, and impacts, this
Handbook provides scholars, students, and policy researchers of
environmental studies, politics, and East Asian studies with an
exemplary selection of contemporary research on China’s urban
environmental governance.
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Blade of Kings (DVD)
Ying Qu, Jaycee Chan, Bo-Lin Chen, Charlene Choi, Gillian Chung, …
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R31
Discovery Miles 310
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Ships in 10 - 20 working days
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Fast-paced Hong Kong action adventure. Set in a land ruled by a
vengeful queen (Ying Qu), who insists that all men will be slaves
to women, the film follows the journey of two young brothers,
Charcoal Head (Jaycee Chan) and Blockhead (Bo-Lin Chen), who come
into the possession of a mysterious map. Presuming that the map
will lead them to treasure, the boys set out on an adventure in the
hope of finding wealth and happiness. They are pursued by Spring
(Charlene Choi) and Blue Bird (Gillian Chung), two beautiful female
warriors with secret intentions, and quickly discover that the map
has led them into danger. Will the boys be able to fight their way
to the bottom of the riddle - and past rivals as formidable as the
Lord of Armour (Jackie Chan) - to fulfil their destiny?
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Busy Trucks (Board book)
Campbell Books; Illustrated by Yi-Hsuan Wu
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R195
R153
Discovery Miles 1 530
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Ships in 5 - 10 working days
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Push, pull and slide the tabs to help the Busy Trucks with their
important jobs! Collect the recycling, dump the rubble and tow the
broken-down car to the garage. Young children will love playing
with this bright and colourful board book with gentle rhyming text,
lots to spot and talk about, and wonderful illustrations by
Yi-hsuan Wu. Busy Trucks has been endorsed and recommended by Dr
Amanda Gummer's Good Toy Guide. Discover more vehicles in the Busy
Book series: Busy Diggers, Busy Trains and Busy Cars.
Assembling scholarship on the subject of nationalism from around
the world, this Research Handbook brings to the attention of the
reader research showcasing the unprecedented expansion of the
scholarly field in general and offers a diversity of perspectives
on the topic. It highlights the disarray in Western social sciences
and the rise in the relative importance of previously independent
scholarly traditions of China and post-Soviet societies.
Nationalism is the field of study where the mutual relevance of
these traditions is both most clearly evident and particularly
consequential. Chapters explore specific cases (some of them
previously underexplored) across a range of topics, including: the
construction of a national identity, the institutionalization of
nationalism, democracy and self-determination, the roles of class,
ethnicity, religion and race in nationalism, and the connection
between nationalism and the economy. Offering a comparative
perspective on nationalism across different regions and
civilizations, this Handbook also allows the reader to compare and
evaluate different approaches across the social sciences,
re-examining their utility. Political science, sociology and
international relations scholars will find this to be an essential
read in exploring the wide-ranging differences in nationalism
across different countries, and its effects both historically and
in modern times. This will also be a valuable book for
policy-makers looking for different perspectives on the topic.
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Busy Puppies (Board book)
Yi-Hsuan Wu; Campbell Books
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R195
R153
Discovery Miles 1 530
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Push, pull and slide the scenes to race around the dog park in Busy
Puppies! Teach all sorts of puppies how to play fetch, learn new
tricks and even make new waggy-tailed friends in this adorable
book. Young children will love playing with this bright and
colourful board book with gentle rhyming text and wonderful
illustrations by Yi-Hsuan Wu. Part of the popular Busy Book series,
this book is perfect for sharing with little dog-lovers. Introduce
your toddler to the Busy world around them with Busy Zoo, Busy Pets
and Busy Baby Animals.
Lucky Cat is a heartwarming story about an immigrant family in
America, and a new friend their daughter June makes as they prepare
to open their restaurant. June's family have a new home in America.
There's plenty to do before their restaurant opens, but Mama is
excited when she finds the previous owners have left a Lucky Cat!
It's meant to bring good luck to their ventures, and June is even
more excited the next evening when she finds that the statue can
come to life. But unfortunately, Lucky Cat doesn't seem that lucky.
She has the best intentions but she knocks over the vinegar bottle
and rips holes in people's clothing. Will she ever get anything
right? Luckily, June learns that real luck is earned through hard
work and perseverance as the family embark on a new venture, close
to their hearts. This beautiful book, authored by the hosts of the
hugely popular AsianBossGirl podcast and packed with lively,
characterful illustrations from the exceptionally talented Eunice
Chen tells a funny and uplifting tale of family love and fitting in
in a new country.
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Tracers (DVD)
Johnny M. Wu, Christian Steel, Taylor Lautner, Rafi Gavron, Marie Avgeropoulos, …
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R35
Discovery Miles 350
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Taylor Lautner stars as a daring New York City bike messenger in
this action-packed crime drama. In desperate need of cash to clear
his mounting debts to the Chinese mafia, Cam (Lautner) has a
fateful encounter when he crashes his bike into parkour enthusiast
Nikki (Marie Avgeropoulos). After teaching himself the art of the
sport, Nikki invites the athletic Cam to join her crew that uses
their free running skills to pull off heists set up by their boss
Miller (Adam Rayner). In search of bigger pay-offs, the team
continues to raise the stakes and take on increasingly risky
ventures that attract the unwanted attention of violent criminal
gangs and their dangerous enforcers.
Both the Edo period (1603–1868) in Japan and the late nineteenth
century in France witnessed a multitude of challenges to the status
quo from the rising middle class. In Edo (present-day Tokyo),
townspeople pursued hedonistic lifestyles as a way of defying the
state-sanctioned social hierarchy that positioned them at the
bottom. Their new pastimes supplied subject matter for ukiyo-e
(pictures of the floating world). Many such pictures arrived in
France in the 1860s, a time when French art and society were
undergoing substantial changes. Fin-de-siècle Paris, like Edo
before it, saw the rise of antiestablishment attitudes and a
Bohemian subculture. As artists searched for fresh and more
expressive forms, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (1864–1901) and his
contemporaries were drawn to novel Japanese prints. While ukiyo-e's
formal influences on Toulouse-Lautrec and his peers have been well
studied, the shared subversive hedonism that underlies these
artworks has been less examined. Through a wide selection of
Japanese prints and Toulouse-Lautrec works, this book offers a
critical look at the renegade spirit inhabiting the graphic arts in
both Edo and Paris, highlighting the social impulses behind a
burgeoning art production. Exhibition dates: Seattle Art Museum,
July 21–December 3, 2023
Colin might just live in the weirdest town ever. When he and his
friends accidentally stumble upon a strange book, they begin to
unravel the mystery behind the weirdness overrunning their town.
Something strange is a-hoof... Can these friends get to the bottom
of it?
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Ian the Bar-BEAR-Ian
Robin Twiddy; Illustrated by Wanqing Wu
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R251
R205
Discovery Miles 2 050
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Ships in 9 - 15 working days
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To celebrate Data Sketches' 1-year anniversary, Nadieh Bremer and
Shirley Wu have created an exclusive set of high-quality prints and
postcards based on their bestselling dataviz book. The high-quality
prints and postcards pack is also available in a discounted set
including the book Data Sketches. The set ISBN is: 9781032303895.
Written by highly renowned and experienced authors, this is the
only reference on the application of solvents as reagents. Clearly
structured, the text describes various methods for the activation
and reaction of these small molecules, highlighting the synthetic
opportunities as well as process-oriented advantages. To this end,
all relevant types of solvents are covered separately and
emphasized with numerous synthetic examples, while taking care to
explain applications so as to avoid undesired side reactions. The
result is a unique resource for every synthetic chemist and
reaction engineer in industry and academia working on the
methodical optimization of synthetic transformations.
This book examines the major economic and political factors
influencing China's exchange rate policies from the foundation of
the People's Republic to the present. It considers how national
economic and political priorities, international influences,
domestic institutional interests and the new constraints imposed by
China's rapidly globalising post-Mao economy determine exchange
rate policy. The authors argue that China's exchange rate decisions
were not made simply in response to external pressures, rather that
they were formed on the basis of domestic assessments of domestic
circumstances to serve domestic interests. They go on to illustrate
that such decisions are made on the basis of what policymakers
perceive are the nation's best interests, and thus constitute
dynamic interplay between national priorities and the interests of
institutional and non-institutional actors in the policy arena.
Fulfilling the demand for further research on how China formulates
exchange rate policy, this book will strongly appeal to a
wide-ranging audience including: students, academics and
researchers with an interest in political economy, Asian studies,
international relations, comparative politics, international
business and international economics and finance. Policymakers and
bankers will also find much to interest them in this book.
This book addresses a number of important topics and issues
associated with China's economic transition, growth and global
integration. The chapters, by a distinguished group of scholars,
provide a timely assessment of recent developments in the Chinese
economy. The authors employ contemporary economic theory and the
latest statistics to analyze the sources and spillover effects of
China's growth, to investigate the relationship between growth and
business cycle, and to shed light on China's growth prospects in
the coming decade. In the context of growth, transition and
globalization, the chapters also cover issues such as labour
economics, urban efficiency, banking and macroeconomic
management.Economic Growth, Transition and Globalization in China
is a highly focused and unique work of direct policy relevance and
is aimed at an international audience. It is an invaluable
combination of rigorous theoretical work and empirical material.
This timely book should be an important reference for researchers
and students of Asian studies, and the Chinese economy, in
particular. It will also appeal to business analysts.
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You Instead (DVD)
Luke Treadaway, Natalia Tena, Mathew Baynton, Alastair MacKenzie, Gavin Mitchell, …
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R34
Discovery Miles 340
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Ships in 10 - 20 working days
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Comedy in which two rival musicians are handcuffed together at a
music festival. Adam (Luke Treadway) and Morello (Natalia Tena)
appear to be as far apart from each other as performers at the same
festival can be. Adam is a member of a famous US boy band called
'The Make' and is in a relationship with a bland model, Lake (Ruta
Gedmintas). Morello, in contrast, fronts the 'Dirty Pinks', an
up-and-coming female indie band. When the two are handcuffed
together by an eccentric festival-goer, who proceeds to make off
with the key, the pair can only hope the unifying power of music
will work its magic. Not least as they both have to take to the
stage that day...
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R398
R330
Discovery Miles 3 300
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