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This book is the first comprehensive and well-researched overview of the many examples of the art that still survive. This volume focuses on early Christian and medieval mosaics in Italy.

Personal records of the Xinhai Revolution

Fu Guoyong, a scholar of modern Chinese history, recently published a two-volume record of the human side of the Xinhai Revolution.

Dialogue with a dead writer

Taiwanese writer Qiu Miao-jin committed suicide in Paris in 1995: her final book, Dying Testament in Montmartre, was released one year later.

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Working in the golden age of modernism in Vienna, photographer Trude Fleischmann (1895-1990) was famed in her lifetime for her portraits of intellectuals, artists, composers and musicians such as Karl Kraus, Alban Berg, Adolf Loos, Arturo Toscanini and Max Reinhardt.

Landscapes seen in black and white

Last Sunday afternoon, Michael Kenna, together with his new photographic collection Michael Kenna: Images of the Seventh Day, 1974-2009, shared his understanding of photography and experiences in taking pictures.

Stepping out of a parent’s shadow

As their first and most important teachers, parents shape a child’s personality. Therapist Susan Forward studies cases of parenting deficiencies that cripple children emotionally in her new book Toxic Parents: Overcoming Their Hurtful Legacy and Reclaiming Your Life.

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In 1981, two Mexican-American brothers Gilbert and Jaime Hernandez self-published their first comic book, Love and Rockets, which changed American cartooning with its appealing characters and skilled storytelling.

Republic-era textbooks back in print

Last Saturday afternoon, poet Chen Guoping and educator Wang Ling met to talk about Chinese Textbooks in the Republic of China (Minguo Yuwen), a new collection of reading materials selected from old textbooks.

Power of the literary orphan

Yan Lianke’s new book Discovering Novels, written based on his experiences in and thoughts about novel writing, compares world literature of the 19th and 20th centuries with current Chinese literature.

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Consumption has been for many years the fuel that drives the engine of global capitalism. The recent financial crisis has seen leading economists and policymakers urging Asia to make a conscious effort to consume more and save the global economy. In the book, the author argues that the conventional view needs to be replaced – Asians consuming at these desired levels could decimate the environment.