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Winner of the Joseph Levenson Post-1900 Book PrizeThis cultural study of public space examines the cityscape of Taipei, Taiwan, in rich descriptive prose. Contemplating a series of seemingly banal subjects―maps, public art, parks―Joseph Allen peels back layers of obscured history to reveal forces that caused cultural objects to be celebrated, despised, destroyed, or transformed as Taipei experienced successive regime changes and waves of displacement. In this thoughtful stroll through the city, we learn to look beyond surface ephemera, moving from the general to the particular to see sociocultural phenomena in their historical and contemporary contexts.Watch the book trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xBdGIoox7zM

Color/finish: dark grey color; brass gold finish; white shade Design details: Body material: ceramic and metal; Base material: metal; Shade material: linen; Requires 1 (12W LED 100W TYPE "A" 23W CFL) bulb (included); Hand-crafted; Hand-finished Measures 15in x 15in x 29in Shade measures 15in x 15in x 10in Hardwire Installation hardware included UL approved Imported

Commanding and architectural, this table lamp offers a calculated vision of contemporary design. A glazed ceramic column in a high-shine finish is segmented into gently curving ridges, finished with gold hardware and an attractive linen drum shade. Style extends all the way to the plug, with a 60 in. silk-wrapped cord.

Commanding and architectural, this table lamp offers a calculated vision of contemporary design. A glazed ceramic column in a high-shine finish is segmented into gently curving ridges, finished with gold hardware and an attractive linen drum shade. Style extends all the way to the plug, with a 60 in. silk-wrapped cord.

Color/finish: white color; brass gold finish; white shade Design details: Body material: ceramic and metal; Base material: metal; Shade material: linen; Requires 1 (12W LED 100W TYPE "A" 23W CFL) bulb (included); Hand-crafted; Hand-finished Measures 15in x 15in x 29in Shade measures 15in x 15in x 10in Hardwire Installation hardware included UL approved Imported

A competition so big, it's spanning the globe. Take your collection from wonderful to world-class and show off your national pride with this Chinese Taipei 2023 World Baseball Classic Bobbles on Parade Bobblehead. Features Portrays figure wearing a gameday uniform, holding a bat, and sitting on a globe, because he's on top of the world Team logo displays on figure’s uniform, in case there were any doubts where your allegiances lie 2023 World Baseball Classic logo displays on figure’s uniform and bat to immortalize the global showcase of the stars National flag display on back of figure’s uniform so your national pride is on display from all angles Team-colored accents on globe to take your fandom to a world-class level World Baseball Classic logo display on top of base that will look great in your collection 2023 World Baseball Classic logo display on front of base so everyone knows you're ready for the WBC Team name and national flag display on front of base for a little extra team spirit Handcrafted Hand painted Measurements Height: Approximately 7 in., base included Details NOTE: In order to get our bobbles to as many fans as possible, we have a strict limit of two (2) of these items per person while on pre-order. If we find this limit is being abused, we reserve the right to cancel and refund your order. Thank you for your cooperation! Due to its limited nature, sales and discounts are not applicable to this item while on pre-order. We apologize for any inconvenience. The product(s) you receive might vary slightly in appearance from the product’s image on our website due to the nature of your product(s) being handmade. Please understand that all handmade items, by nature, may have imperfections. Although we are thorough, there can be inconsistencies based on the creative nature, and it is possible that one item may look a little different from the next. Our items may have natural and unique imperfections. Any item you purchase is one of a kind. There are no two items that are exactly the same. Not a toy Edition Size: 223 Individually numbered Officially licensed Imported

Join the author, Andrew, as he takes the reader on a trip through 1969 Taipei to participate in an orgy with Overseas Chinese businessmen, meets the US Senator from Formosa, drinks with Vietnam G.I.s on Zhongshan North Road in the Suzie Wong, attends a lesbian party with New York socialite Miss Harkness, visits a “girlie restaurant” to participate in a raunchy orgy at Nanjing Circle, watches the making of a “blue movie” in a Yangmingshan mansion, meets the “boy soldiers” of British Army Major Sommes in Wan Hua, meets the legendary Madam Chen of the Stella Beauty Parlor where only the political elite like South Vietnam’s Premier Ky are customers, and takes you to a Peitou hot spring to be bathed by an angel. Andrew concludes that Taipei is the number one sex capital in Asia.

Widely acclaimed as a classic of contemporary fiction in Chinese, Taipei People has been frequently compared to James Joyce's Dubliners. Patrick Hanan praises the volume as "the highest achievement in the contemporary Chinese story." Henry Miller considers Pai Hsien-yung "a master of portraiture." Stories from this collection have already been translated into French, German, Italian, Dutch, Hebrew, Japanese and Korean.

Winner of the Joseph Levenson Post-1900 Book PrizeThis cultural study of public space examines the cityscape of Taipei, Taiwan, in rich descriptive prose. Contemplating a series of seemingly banal subjects―maps, public art, parks―Joseph Allen peels back layers of obscured history to reveal forces that caused cultural objects to be celebrated, despised, destroyed, or transformed as Taipei experienced successive regime changes and waves of displacement. In this thoughtful stroll through the city, we learn to look beyond surface ephemera, moving from the general to the particular to see sociocultural phenomena in their historical and contemporary contexts.Watch the book trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xBdGIoox7zM

Widely acclaimed as a classic of contemporary fiction in Chinese, Taipei People has been frequently compared to James Joyce's Dubliners. Patrick Hanan praises the volume as "the highest achievement in the contemporary Chinese story." Henry Miller considers Pai Hsien-yung "a master of portraiture." Stories from this collection have already been translated into French, German, Italian, Dutch, Hebrew, Japanese and Korean.

Pai Hsien-yung is among the most important writers in contemporary Chinese and world literature. His masterpiece Taipei People is a classic of Taiwanese modernism; with an intensity of vision comparable to James Joyce’s Dubliners, it follows the individual struggles of the people of Taipei, with a mix of compassion, nostalgia, mourning, and tenacious clarity.Fifty years after its publication, the collection continues to move readers around the world. Stories from this collection have been translated into French, German, Italian, Dutch, Hebrew, Japanese, and Korean.

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There is a compelling story behind Taiwan’s recent emergence as a food destination of international significance. A Culinary History of Taipei is the first comprehensive English-language examination of what Taiwan’s people eat and why they eat those foods, as well as the role and perception of particular foods.Distinctive culinary traditions have not merely survived the travails of recent centuries, but grown more complex and enticing. Taipei is a city where people still buy fresh produce almost every morning of the year; where weddings are celebrated with streetside bando banquets; and where baristas craft cups of world-class coffee. Wherever there are chopsticks, there is curiosity and adventurousness regarding food. Like every great city, Taipei is the sum of its people: Hard-working and talented, for sure, but also eager to enjoy every bite they take.Drawing on in-depth interviews with the leading lights of Taiwan’s food scene, meticulously sifted English- and Chinese-language materials published in the 19th, 20th and 21st centuries, and rich personal experience, the authors have assembled a unique book about a place that has added all kinds of outside influences to its own robust, if little understood, foundations.

There is a compelling story behind Taiwan’s recent emergence as a food destination of international significance. A Culinary History of Taipei is the first comprehensive English-language examination of what Taiwan’s people eat and why they eat those foods, as well as the role and perception of particular foods.Distinctive culinary traditions have not merely survived the travails of recent centuries, but grown more complex and enticing. Taipei is a city where people still buy fresh produce almost every morning of the year; where weddings are celebrated with streetside bando banquets; and where baristas craft cups of world-class coffee. Wherever there are chopsticks, there is curiosity and adventurousness regarding food. Like every great city, Taipei is the sum of its people: Hard-working and talented, for sure, but also eager to enjoy every bite they take.Drawing on in-depth interviews with the leading lights of Taiwan’s food scene, meticulously sifted English- and Chinese-language materials published in the 19th, 20th and 21st centuries, and rich personal experience, the authors have assembled a unique book about a place that has added all kinds of outside influences to its own robust, if little understood, foundations.

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The act of reproduction and all of its variants have been practiced in roughly the same ways since the beginning but our ideas about the meaning and consequences of sex are in constant flux At any given point in time some forms of sex have been encouraged while others have been punished without mercy Jump forward or backward a century or cross a border and the harmless fun of one society becomes the gravest crime in another Beginning at the point when courts guarded the sanctity of the family home by permitting men to rape their wives continuing on through the sexual revolution a period that transformed traditional notions of childhood and marriage and extending into the present day where debates surrounding gay marriage sex trafficking and sex on the internet are part of our daily lives Berkowitz explores the ways nearly every aspect of Western sexual morality has been turned on its head with the law always one or two steps behind By focusing on the experiences of real people who played central roles in the formation of our sexual rights Berkowitz adds a compelling human element to what might otherwise be faceless legal battles-ultimately arguing that compassion for others is always preferable to sanctimonious condemnation and that questions about morals and sexual laws are too complicated and volatile to resolve through simple catch-all solutions -

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Chu T'ien-hsin's The Old Capital is a brilliant evocation of Taiwan's literature of nostalgia and remembrance. The novel is centered on the question, "Is it possible that none of your memories count?" and explores the reliability of remembrances and the thin line that separates fact from fantasy.Comprised of four thematically linked stories and a novella, The Old Capital focuses on the cultural and psychological realities of contemporary Taiwan. The stories are narrated by individuals who share an aching nostalgia for a time long past. Strolling through modern Taipei, they return to the lost, imperfect memories called forth by the smells and sensations of their city, and try to reconcile themselves to their rapidly changing world. The novella is built on the memories and recollections of a woman trying to make sense of herself and her homeland. After a trip to Kyoto to meet with a friend, she returns to Taipei, where, having been mistaken for a Japanese tourist, she revisits the sites of her youth using a Japanese colonial map of the city. Seeing Taipei anew, the narrator confronts the complex nature of her identity, embodied in the contrast between a serene and preserved Kyoto and a thoroughly modernized and chaotic Taipei. The growing angst of these narrators reflects a deeper anxiety over the legacy of Japan and America in Taiwan. The titles of the stories themselves-"Death in Venice," "Man of La Mancha," "Breakfast at Tiffany's," "Hungarian Water"-reveal the strong currents of influence that run throughout the collection and shape the content and texture of the writing. In his meticulous translation, Howard Goldblatt captures the casual, intimate feel of Chu T'ien-hsin's writing while also maintaining its multiple layers of meaning. An intertextual masterpiece, The Old Capital is a moving and highly sensual meditation on the elasticity of memory and its power to shape personal identity.

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Chu T'ien-hsin's The Old Capital is a brilliant evocation of Taiwan's literature of nostalgia and remembrance. The novel is centered on the question, "Is it possible that none of your memories count?" and explores the reliability of remembrances and the thin line that separates fact from fantasy.Comprised of four thematically linked stories and a novella, The Old Capital focuses on the cultural and psychological realities of contemporary Taiwan. The stories are narrated by individuals who share an aching nostalgia for a time long past. Strolling through modern Taipei, they return to the lost, imperfect memories called forth by the smells and sensations of their city, and try to reconcile themselves to their rapidly changing world. The novella is built on the memories and recollections of a woman trying to make sense of herself and her homeland. After a trip to Kyoto to meet with a friend, she returns to Taipei, where, having been mistaken for a Japanese tourist, she revisits the sites of her youth using a Japanese colonial map of the city. Seeing Taipei anew, the narrator confronts the complex nature of her identity, embodied in the contrast between a serene and preserved Kyoto and a thoroughly modernized and chaotic Taipei. The growing angst of these narrators reflects a deeper anxiety over the legacy of Japan and America in Taiwan. The titles of the stories themselves-"Death in Venice," "Man of La Mancha," "Breakfast at Tiffany's," "Hungarian Water"-reveal the strong currents of influence that run throughout the collection and shape the content and texture of the writing. In his meticulous translation, Howard Goldblatt captures the casual, intimate feel of Chu T'ien-hsin's writing while also maintaining its multiple layers of meaning. An intertextual masterpiece, The Old Capital is a moving and highly sensual meditation on the elasticity of memory and its power to shape personal identity.