'Tongueless is a slow-burn social horror that deftly captures the way human cruelty always returns to destroy its originator.' Molly McGhee, author of Jonathan Abernathy You Are KindWai and Ling are secondary school Chinese language teachers in Hong Kong, both crumbling under the pressure of a forced transition from using Cantonese to Mandarin as a medium of Chinese-language instruction. Apolitical and focused only on surviving their professional environment, Wai and Ling approach the challenge differently: Wai, awkward and unpopular, becomes obsessed with Mandarin learning, only to fail the qualification exam, lose her job, become mentally ill, and kill herself by inserting a drill into her head. Ling is polished and cunning, she knows how to please her superiors and believes she can tactfully dodge the Mandarin challenge through her social savviness.Ling sees herself haunted and mirrored by Wai's tragedy: things around her slowly spiral out of control and her colleagues begin to shun
Confucius is the one thinker most influential and instrumental in informing the Chinese tradition. The Analects, which is a record of the words and teachings of Confucius, is considered the most relia
Home Is Where The Heart Is.心在那兒，家之所在。作者劉佩佩Janas Lau以細膩的水彩圖畫及故事文字，描繪一個生活在香港、現年八歲的孩子明仔，一次又一次（被迫）搬家的經歷；讓讀者深思「家」的定義，也檢視及反思香港當下的住屋議題；一起思考──何處是吾家？***八歲的明仔，與家人一同住在擠逼的劏房。這個面積狹小的地方，卻是明仔覺得最為重要的「家」。然而，一次火災，摧毀了明仔
Our Folktales: The All-time Favourite Folktales from Asia is a collection of eight beloved children's stories from China, India, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines and Singapore. In thes
