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  • The Dark Road

    by Ma Jian ...
    Translated by Flora Drew ...
    Meili, a young peasant woman born in the remote heart of China, is married to Kongzi, a village school teacher, and a distant descendant of Confucius. They have a daughter, but desperate for a son to carry on his illustrious family line, Kongzi gets Meili pregnant again without waiting for official permission. When family planning officers storm the village to arrest violators of the population ... Read more

    $10.99 CAD

  • Red Dust

    by Ma Jian ...
    In 1983, Ma Jian turned 30 and was overwhelmed by the desire to escape the confines of his life in Beijing. Deng Xiaoping was introducing economic reform but clamping down on 'Spiritual Pollution'; young people were rebelling. With his long hair, jeans and artistic friends, Ma Jian was under surveillance from his work unit and the police. His ex-wife was seeking custody of their daughter; his ... Read more

    $12.99 CAD

  • China Dream

    by Ma Jian ...
    Translated by Flora Drew ...
    ‘One of China’s greatest living novelists’ GuardianBlending fact with fiction, China Dream is an unflinching satire of totalitarianism. After decades of loyal service, Ma Daode, a corrupt and lecherous party official, has been appointed director of the China Dream Bureau, charged with promoting President Xi Jinping’s China Dream of national rejuvenation. But just as he is about to present his plan ... Read more

    $10.99 CAD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Stick Out Your Tongue

    by Ma Jian ...
    A Chinese writer whose marriage has fallen apart travels to Tibet. As he wanders through the countryside, he witnesses a sky burial, shares a tent with a nomad on a pilgrimage to atone for sleeping with his daughter, meets a silversmith who has hung the wind-dried corpse of his lover on the walls of his cave, and hears the story of a young female incarnate lama who died during a Buddhist ... Read more

    $10.99 CAD

  • The Noodle Maker

    by Ma Jian ...
    Translated by Flora Drew ...
    Every week, a writer of political propaganda and a professional blood donor meet for dinner. They are unlikely friends - one of them tortured by his 'art', the other fat and wealthy from the earthy business of providing spare blood for the citizens of China.Over the course of one especially gastronomic evening, the writer starts to complain about his latest Party commission: the story of an ... Read more

    $10.99 CAD

  • Social Robotics

    16th International Conference, ICSR + InnoBiz 2024, Shenzhen, China, September 25–28, 2024, Proceedings

    Edited by Haizhou Li, Tanja Schultz, Yalei Bi, Jian Zhu, Hongsheng He, Jun Ma, Siqi Cai, Wanyue Jiang, Shuzhi Sam Ge ...
    Series series Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
    This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 16th International Conference on Social Robotics, ICSR + InnoBiz 2024, held in Shenzhen, China, during September 25–28, 2024.The 36 full papers included in this book were carefully reviewed and selected from 82 submissions. The theme of this year’s conference was “Social Robotics: Embracing Innovation for Business”, focusing on recent ... Read more

    $96.99 CAD

  • International Symposium for Intelligent Transportation and Smart City (ITASC) 2025 Proceedings

    Branch of ISADS (The International Symposium on Autonomous Decentralized Systems)

    Edited by Xiaoqing Zeng, Xiongyao Xie, Jian Sun, Limin Ma, Yinong Chen ...
    Series series Springer Nature Proceedings excluding Computer Science
    This book presents selected papers of the 6th International Symposium for Intelligent Transportation and Smart City (ITASC) held at Tongji University, Shanghai, on May 16 - 17, 2025. It investigates in detail aspects of intelligent transportation and smart city, mainly focusing on the green traffic and urban utility tunnels. Due to rapid development in the domain of intelligent transportation and ... Read more

    $267.99 CAD

  • Audiobook

    China Dream

    by Ma Jian ...
    Narrated by David Shih ...

    Unabridged

    4 hours 30 min

    A Financial Times Best Book of the YearBlending fact and fiction, China Dream is an unflinching satire of totalitarianism. Ma Daode, a corrupt and lecherous party official, is feeling pleased with himself. He has an impressive office, three properties, and multiple mistresses who text him day and night. After decades of loyal service, he has been appointed director of the China Dream Bureau, ... Read more

    $27.99 CAD

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

  • Ontogenetic development of pompano Trachinotus ovatus

    Edited by Zhenhua Ma, Gang Yu, Jian Guang Qin ...
    Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
    This book highlights the ontogenetic development of larval T. ovatus, provides a comprehensive overview of larval rearing of this species. It focuses on the physiological and molecular changes during the early ontogeny of T. ovatus and hatchery and nursery practices. The first seven chapters update the recent development in the hatchery technology in T. ovatus, including feed and feeding, ... Read more

    $115.99 CAD

  • Fault Diagnosis and Prognostics Based on Cognitive Computing and Geometric Space Transformation

    by Chen Lu, Laifa Tao, Jian Ma, Yujie Cheng, Yu Ding ...
    Series series Intelligent Technologies and Robotics (R0)
    This monograph introduces readers to new theories and methods applying cognitive computing and geometric space transformation to the field of fault diagnosis and prognostics. It summarizes the basic concepts and technical aspects of fault diagnosis and prognostics technology. Existing bottleneck problems are examined, and the advantages of applying cognitive computing and geometric space ... Read more

    $267.99 CAD

  • Digital Forensics and Watermarking

    22nd International Workshop, IWDW 2023, Jinan, China, November 25–26, 2023, Revised Selected Papers

    Edited by Bin Ma, Jian Li, Qi Li ...
    Series series Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
    This book constitutes the refereed post proceedings of the 22nd International Workshop on Digital Forensics and Watermarking, IWDW 2023, held in Jinan, China,during November 25–26, 2023.The 22 full papers included in this book were carefully reviewed and selected from 48 submissions. The workshop focuses on subjects such as novel research, development and application of digital watermarking, data ... Read more

    $128.99 CAD

  • Soil, Fertilizer, and Plant Silicon Research in Japan

    by Jian Feng Ma, Eiichi Takahashi ...
    Silicon (Si) plays a significant role in the resistance of plants to multiple stresses including biotic and abiotic stresses. Silicon is also the only element that does not damage plants when accumulated in excess. However, the contribution of Si to plant growth has been largely ignored due to its universal existence in the earth's crust. From numerous intensive studies on Si, initiated in Japan ... Read more

    $159.99 CAD