In the early twentieth century, a young Chinese boy joins his father in San Francisco and helps him realize his dream of making a flying machine.

After years of studying Freud in Paris, Mr. Muo returns home to bring the benefits of psychoanalysis to twenty-first-century China and to somehow free his college sweetheart, now a political prisoner, a quest that leads him to the sadistic local magistrate, Judge Di, who demands a virgin maiden in exchange for clemency. 100,000 first printing.

An actor writes of a true journey with his longtime partner and the surrogate mother who prematurely gave birth to their twins, describing his sojourn in the neonatal intensive care unit and the heartfelt emotions of sadness and inspiration as they evolve into parenthood through three months of extensive medical problems that are overcome by true joy.

A source of inspiration and solace for every day of the year collects words of wisdom, guidance, and responsibility from a revered religious leader and winner of the 1989 Nobel Peace Prize, treating such issues as loneliness, anger, and ignorance.

American military lawyer Jackson Kan journeys to Korea to search for a missing Army colleague whose disappearance is linked to a mysterious senior officer known as the Wizard and embarks on a perilous quest that leads him into a chilling confrontation.

Product Description: These haunting stories of war will leave the listener struck by the talent ofthis powerful author.

In a play inspired by an actual espionage scandal, a French diplomat discovers the startling truth about his Chinese mistress. Winner of Tony, Drama Desk, and Outer Critics Circle Awards. Performed by John Lithgow and B. D. Wong.

As one of only two Asians at the U.S. Military Academy in the 1960s, Kai Ting must endure prejudice and preconceptions of his fellow cadets as the specter of Vietnam hangs over West Point. By the author of China Boy. Simultaneous.

Product Description: x system Ib-TEX. I wish to thank her for the beautiful work and the numerous discussions on the contents of this book. I am indebted to Peter Fassler, Neu-Technikum Buchs, Switzerland, for drafting the figures, to my students Kurt Rothermann and Stefan Strahl for computer enhancing and labeling the graphics, to Pascal Felder and Markus Wittwer for a simulation program that generated the figures in the stochastics sections...read more