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The AIDS Pandemic

The Collision of Epidemiology with Political Correctness

by James Chin, Alan Gillies ...

This work includes a foreword by Jeffrey Koplan, Vice President, Academic Health Affairs, Emory University, Atlanta, Formerly Director, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). This groundbreaking new book blows apart the myths about who is at risk of getting AIDS and shows how these myths are driven by moral and political pressures. It provides an objective, logical, clear, ... Read more

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This work includes a foreword by Jeffrey Koplan, Vice President, Academic Health Affairs, Emory University, Atlanta, Formerly Director, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). This groundbreaking new book blows apart the myths about who is at risk of getting AIDS and shows how these myths are driven by moral and political pressures. It provides an objective, logical, clear,
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The Porcelain Moon

A Novel of France, the Great War, and Forbidden Love

by Janie Chang ...

Narrated by Katharine Chin, Saskia Maarleveld, James Chen ...

Unabridged

11 hours 1 min

France, 1918. In the final days of the First World War, Pauline Deng runs away from her uncle’s home in Paris to evade a marriage being arranged for her in Shanghai. To prevent the union, she needs the help of her cousin Theo, who is working in the French countryside as a translator for the Chinese Labour Corps.In the town of Noyelles-sur-Mer, Camille Roussel is planning her escape from an abusive ... Read more

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France, 1918. In the final days of the First World War, Pauline Deng runs away from her uncle’s home in Paris to evade a marriage being arranged for her in Shanghai. To prevent the union, she needs the help of her cousin Theo, who is working in the French countryside as a translator for the Chinese Labour Corps.In the town of Noyelles-sur-Mer, Camille Roussel is planning her escape from an abusive
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Home Remedies

Stories

by Xuan Juliana Wang ...

Narrated by Catherine Ho, Tim Chiou, Feodor Chin, James Chen, Lawrence Kao, Nancy Wu, David Shih, Cory Censoprano, Joel de la Fuente, Annie Q, Jennifer Lim, Elaine Kao ...

Unabridged

6 hours 34 min

**A FINALIST FOR THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY YOUNG LIONS FICTION AWARD • SHORTLISTED FOR THE PEN/ROBERT W. BINGHAM PRIZE FOR DEBUT SHORT STORY COLLECTION • WINNER OF THE CALIFORNIA BOOK AWARDS GOLD MEDAL IN FIRST FICTION • WINNER OF THE JOHN ZACHARIS FIRST BOOK AWARD • LONGLISTED FOR THE STORY PRIZE • NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY LIBRARY JOURNAL“An urgent and necessary literary voice ... Read more

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**A FINALIST FOR THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY YOUNG LIONS FICTION AWARD • SHORTLISTED FOR THE PEN/ROBERT W. BINGHAM PRIZE FOR DEBUT SHORT STORY COLLECTION • WINNER OF THE CALIFORNIA BOOK AWARDS GOLD MEDAL IN FIRST FICTION • WINNER OF THE JOHN ZACHARIS FIRST BOOK AWARD • LONGLISTED FOR THE STORY PRIZE • NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY LIBRARY JOURNAL“An urgent and necessary literary voice
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The Last Dangerous Visions

by J. Michael Straczynski, J. Michael Straczynski, Harlan Ellison, Harlan Ellison, Dan Simmons, Cecil Castellucci, Richard Peck, Max Brooks0, various authors1, Adrian Tchaikovsky2, Cory Doctorow3, James S. A. Corey0 ...

Narrated by J. Michael Straczynski, Jennifer Pickens4, Robin Miles5, Lisa Flanagan6, Mark Sanderlin7, Robert Fass8, Charlie Albers9, Bronson Pinchot0, Alison McKenna1, Natalie Naudus2, various narrators3, Tim Campbell4, Neil Hellegers5, Josh Innerst6, Dion Graham7, Emily Woo Zeller8, James Anderson Foster9, Feodor Chin0, Paul Bellantoni1, Marc Vietor2, John Pirhalla3, Scott Brick4, Steven Jay Cohen5, Jim Meskimen6, P. J. Ochlan7, Gary Bennett8, Noah Michael Levine9 ...

Series series The Dangerous Visions Series
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14 hours 32 min

An anthology more than half a century in the making, The Last Dangerous Visions is the third and final installment of the legendary science fiction anthology series.In 1973 celebrated writer and editor Harlan Ellison announced the third and final volume of his unprecedented anthology series, which began with Dangerous Visions and continued with Again, Dangerous Visions. But for reasons undisclosed ... Read more

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An anthology more than half a century in the making, The Last Dangerous Visions is the third and final installment of the legendary science fiction anthology series.In 1973 celebrated writer and editor Harlan Ellison announced the third and final volume of his unprecedented anthology series, which began with Dangerous Visions and continued with Again, Dangerous Visions. But for reasons undisclosed
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New Media in the Margins

Lived Realities and Experiences from the Malaysian Peripheries

Edited by Benjamin YH Loh, James Chin ...

Series series Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
This book consists of nine chapters, each an in-depth case study into a specific non-mainstream or marginalized online community in Malaysia. The authors come from diverse backgrounds to talk about how new media can both assist and hinder maligned minorities, ignored ethnicities or the often attacked migrants in their day to day lives. The book makes a strong contribution to Malaysian studies ... Read more

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This book consists of nine chapters, each an in-depth case study into a specific non-mainstream or marginalized online community in Malaysia. The authors come from diverse backgrounds to talk about how new media can both assist and hinder maligned minorities, ignored ethnicities or the often attacked migrants in their day to day lives. The book makes a strong contribution to Malaysian studies
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Raspberry Pi with Java: Programming the Internet of Things (IoT) (Oracle Press)

by Stephen Chin, James Weaver ...

Use Raspberry Pi with Java to create innovative devices that power the internet of things!Raspberry Pi with Java: Programming the Internet of Things (IoT) fills an important gap in knowledge between seasoned Java developers and embedded-hardware gurus, taking a project-based approach to skills development from which both hobbyists and professionals can learn. By starting with simple projects based ... Read more

$45.09 CAD

Use Raspberry Pi with Java to create innovative devices that power the internet of things!Raspberry Pi with Java: Programming the Internet of Things (IoT) fills an important gap in knowledge between seasoned Java developers and embedded-hardware gurus, taking a project-based approach to skills development from which both hobbyists and professionals can learn. By starting with simple projects based
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A Corpse in the Koryo

by James Church ...

Narrated by Feodor Chin ...

Series Audiobook 1 - The Inspector O Novels
Unabridged

9 hours 4 min

Sit on a quiet hillside at dawn among the wildflowers; take a picture of a car coming up a deserted highway from the south.These seen simple orders for Inspector O, until he realizes they have led him far, far off his department's turf and into a maelstrom of betrayal and death. North Korea's leaders are desperate to hunt down and eliminate anyone who knows too much about a series of decades-old ... Read more

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Sit on a quiet hillside at dawn among the wildflowers; take a picture of a car coming up a deserted highway from the south.These seen simple orders for Inspector O, until he realizes they have led him far, far off his department's turf and into a maelstrom of betrayal and death. North Korea's leaders are desperate to hunt down and eliminate anyone who knows too much about a series of decades-old
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The Man with the Baltic Stare

by James Church ...

Narrated by Feodor Chin ...

Series Audiobook 4 - The Inspector O Novels
Unabridged

9 hours 5 min

From the author of the critically acclaimed Inspector O series comes another riveting novel set in the mysterious world of North Korea.Autumn brings unwelcome news to Inspector O: he has been wrenched from retirement and ordered back to Pyongyang for a final assignment. The two Koreas, he learns, are now cooperating—very quietly—to maintain stability in the North. Stability requires that Inspector ... Read more

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From the author of the critically acclaimed Inspector O series comes another riveting novel set in the mysterious world of North Korea.Autumn brings unwelcome news to Inspector O: he has been wrenched from retirement and ordered back to Pyongyang for a final assignment. The two Koreas, he learns, are now cooperating—very quietly—to maintain stability in the North. Stability requires that Inspector
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China and Southeast Asia

Historical Interactions

Edited by Geoff Wade, James K. Chin ...

Series series Routledge Studies in the Modern History of Asia
Spanning over a millennium of history, this book seeks to describe and define the evolution of the China–Southeast Asia nexus and the interactions which have shaped their shared pasts.Examining the relationships which have proven integral to connecting Northeast and Southeast Asia with other parts of the world, the contributors of the volume provide a wide-ranging historical context to changing ... Read more

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Spanning over a millennium of history, this book seeks to describe and define the evolution of the China–Southeast Asia nexus and the interactions which have shaped their shared pasts.Examining the relationships which have proven integral to connecting Northeast and Southeast Asia with other parts of the world, the contributors of the volume provide a wide-ranging historical context to changing
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Hidden Moon

An Inspector O Novel

by James Church ...

Narrated by Feodor Chin ...

Series Audiobook 2 - The Inspector O Novels
Unabridged

9 hours 56 min

In A Corpse in the Koryo, James Church introduced readers to one of the most unique detectives to appear in print in years—the elusive Inspector O. The stunning mystery was named one of the best mystery/thrillers of 2006 by the Chicago Tribune for its beautifully spare prose and layered descriptions of a terrain Church knows by heart.And now the Inspector is back.In Hidden Moon, Inspector O ... Read more

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In A Corpse in the Koryo, James Church introduced readers to one of the most unique detectives to appear in print in years—the elusive Inspector O. The stunning mystery was named one of the best mystery/thrillers of 2006 by the Chicago Tribune for its beautifully spare prose and layered descriptions of a terrain Church knows by heart.And now the Inspector is back.In Hidden Moon, Inspector O
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The Gentleman from Japan

by James Church ...

Narrated by Feodor Chin ...

Series Audiobook 6 - The Inspector O Novels
Unabridged

9 hours 18 min

Under the guise of machinery for making dumplings, a Spanish factory near Barcelona is secretly producing a key component in the production of nuclear weapons. When information finds its way to the inboxes of Western intelligence agencies that this “dumpling maker” is meant for North Korea, orders go out that the shipment must be stopped. Either the machine must be disabled while still in the ... Read more

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Under the guise of machinery for making dumplings, a Spanish factory near Barcelona is secretly producing a key component in the production of nuclear weapons. When information finds its way to the inboxes of Western intelligence agencies that this “dumpling maker” is meant for North Korea, orders go out that the shipment must be stopped. Either the machine must be disabled while still in the
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The Definitive Guide to Modern Java Clients with JavaFX

Cross-Platform Mobile and Cloud Development Updated for JavaFX 21 and 23

by Stephen Chin, Johan Vos, James Weaver, Gail Anderson, Paul Anderson, Bruno Borges, Anton Epple, Weiqi Gao, Jonathan Giles, José Pereda, Sven Reimers, Eugene Ryzhikov, William Antônio Siqueira ...

Series series Professional and Applied Computing (R0)
Build enhanced visual experiences and design and deploy modern, easy-to-maintain, client applications across a variety of platforms. This book will show you how these applications can take advantage of JavaFX’s latest user interface components, 3D technology, and cloud services to create immersive visualizations and allow high-value data manipulation. This book is a professional reference for ... Read more

$89.79 CAD

Build enhanced visual experiences and design and deploy modern, easy-to-maintain, client applications across a variety of platforms. This book will show you how these applications can take advantage of JavaFX’s latest user interface components, 3D technology, and cloud services to create immersive visualizations and allow high-value data manipulation. This book is a professional reference for
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