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  • Japanese War Crimes

    by Peter Li ...
    The question of national responsibility for crimes against humanity became an urgent topic due to the charge of ethnic cleansing against the previous Yugoslav government. But that was not the first such urging of legal and moral responsibility for war crimes. While the Nazi German regime has been prototypical, the actions of the Japanese military regime have been receiving increasing prominence ... Read more

    $94.81 CAD

  • Animal Welfare in China

    Culture, Politics and Crisis

    by Peter J. Li ...
    Series series Animal Publics
    The plight of animals in China has attracted intense interest in recent times. Speculation about the origins of COVID-19 has sparked curiosity about how animals are treated, traded and consumed in China today.In Animal Welfare in China, Peter Li explores the key animal welfare challenges facing China now, including animal agriculture, bear farming, and the trade and consumption of exotic wildlife, ... Read more

    $15.99 CAD

  • The Father of Non-Han Chinese Linguistics Li Fang-Kuei

    A Pioneer in the Study of Minority Languages in China

    by Peter Li ...
    What is linguistics? What does a linguist do? . . . He studies the way people speak. . . . What! Thats ridiculous? Who does not know how to speak except a deaf-mute? What is there to study? Li Fang-Kuei, one of the foremost Chinese linguists in the world, encountered the skepticism of his prospective mother-in-law in the 1920s when he returned to China and wished to ask her daughters hand in ... Read more

    $5.99 CAD

  • The Equity Myth

    Racialization and Indigeneity at Canadian Universities

    by Frances Henry, Enakshi Dua, Carl E. James, Audrey Kobayashi, Peter Li, Howard Ramos, Malinda S. Smith ...
    The university is often regarded as a bastion of liberal democracy where equity and diversity are promoted and racism doesn’t exist. In reality, the university still excludes many people and is a site of racialization that is subtle, complex, and sophisticated. While some studies do point to the persistence of systemic barriers to equity in higher education, in-depth analyses of racism, ... Read more

    $27.99 CAD

  • Ecologies of Translation in East and South East Asia, 1600-1900

    Edited by Li Guo, Patricia Sieber, Peter Kornicki ...
    This ground-breaking volume on early modern inter-Asian translation examines how translation from plain Chinese was situated at the nexus between, on the one hand, the traditional standard of biliteracy characteristic of literary practices in the Sinographic sphere, and on the other, practices of translational multilingualism (competence in multiple spoken languages to produce a fully localized ... Read more

    $89.31 CAD

  • Prayers and Devotions

    365 Daily Meditations

    by John Paul II ...
    Unlock the power of prayer and discover a transformative journey of faith with Prayers and Devotions by Pope John Paul II.This treasury of selected passages from the writings and addresses of perhaps the most impressive leader of the Catholic Church the world has ever known offers, as its editor suggests, "a harvest from the mind and heart of Pope Wojtyla." And so here is a chance for the modern ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD

  • Culture and Politics in China

    An Anatomy of Tiananmen Square

    Edited by Peter Li, Majorie H. Li, Steven Mark ...
    As the world watched the crumbling away of communist regimes in Eastern Europe, the pro-democracy movement in China was dealt a severe blow in June of 1989. Also referred to as the June 4th Incident, the Tiananmen Square protest included students, intellectuals, and workers demanding democratic reforms and social change. To break up the escalating protest armed soldiers stormed the square killing ... Read more

    $97.55 CAD

  • Smart Polymer Catalysts and Tunable Catalysis

    Edited by Songjun Li, Peter A. Lieberzeit, Sergey A. Piletsky, Anthony P.F. Turner ...
    Smart Polymer Catalysts and Tunable Catalysis describes the latest advances in smart polymer catalysts and tunable catalysis. This book will serve as an ideal reference for scientists, students and researchers working in the fields of catalysis, chemical engineering, chemistry, materials science, biotechnology and nanotechnology. Users will find this to be a distinct, systematic and comprehensive ... Read more

    $176.99 CAD

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    Eat to Beat Your Diet

    Burn Fat, Heal Your Metabolism, and Live Longer

    by William W Li, MD ...
    Narrated by Peter Ganim ...

    Unabridged

    14 hours 8 min

    The pioneering physician scientist behind the New York Times bestseller Eat to Beat Disease reveals the science of eating your way to healthy weight loss.In his first groundbreaking book, Dr. William Li explored the world of food as medicine. By eating foods that you already enjoy, like tomatoes, blueberries, sourdough bread, and dark chocolate, your body activates its five health defense systems ... Read more

    $41.99 CAD

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

  • Cyberbullying in the Global Playground

    Research from International Perspectives

    Edited by Qing Li, Donna Cross, Peter K. Smith ...
    Cyberbullying in the Global Playground provides the first global, in-depth analysis of the emerging phenomenon of cyberbullying.Offers the first thorough comparative account of recent research into the emerging global phenomenon of cyberbullyingProvides an international perspective on the prevalence and nature of cyberbullyingPresents recent authoritative research within a critical perspective, ... Read more

    $146.99 CAD

  • The Behavioral Ecology of the Tibetan Macaque

    Edited by Jin-Hua Li, Lixing Sun, Peter M. Kappeler ...
    Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
    This open access book summarizes the multi-disciplinary results of one of China’s main primatological research projects on the endemic Tibetan macaque (Macaca thibetana), which had continued for over 30 years, but which had never been reported on systematically. Dedicated to this exceptional Old World monkey, this book makes the work of Chinese primatologists on the social behavior, cooperation, ... Read more

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  • International Students' Multilingual Literacy Practices

    An Asset-based Approach to Understanding Academic Discourse Socialization

    Edited by Peter I. De Costa, Wendy Li, Jongbong Lee ...
    Series Book 109 - New Perspectives on Language and Education
    This book presents the results of research that focused on international students receiving writing instruction on a US university campus. It explores how the students developed their foreign-student identities and their own ways of grappling with the unique issues they encountered as they worked to improve their academic literacy skills. The book extends the theoretical horizons of language ... Read more

    $27.99 CAD