Perry Link: 6 books
Liu Xiaobo's Empty Chair
Chronicling the Reform Movement Beijing Fears Most; Includes the full text of Charter 08 and other primary documents
Language: English
Release Date: May 10, 2011
When the Norwegian Nobel Committee announced it was awarding the 2010 Nobel Peace Prize to the Chinese literary critic and human rights activist Liu Xiaobo, it made special note of his role in writing a remarkable political manifesto called Charter 08. In China, that same document has caused officials...
An Anatomy of Chinese
Rhythm, Metaphor, Politics
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2013
Rhythms, conceptual metaphors, and political language convey meanings of which Chinese speakers themselves may not be aware. Link’s Anatomy of Chinese contributes to the debate over whether language shapes thought or vice versa, and its comparison of English with Chinese lends support to theories that locate the origins of language in the brain.
Tiananmen Exiles
Voices of the Struggle for Democracy in China
Language: English
Release Date: April 9, 2014
In the spring of 1989, millions of citizens across China took to the streets in a nationwide uprising against government corruption and authoritarian rule. What began with widespread hope for political reform ended with the People's Liberation Army firing on unarmed citizens in the capital city of...
by Xiaobo Liu, E. Perry Link, Tienchi Martin-Liao
Language: English
Release Date: January 16, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: January 16, 2012
When the Nobel Peace Prize was awarded on December 10, 2010, its recipient, Liu Xiaobo, was in Jinzhou Prison, serving an eleven-year sentence for what Beijing called “incitement to subvert state power.” In Oslo, actress Liv Ullmann read a long statement the activist had prepared for his 2009...
Ans Messer geliefert
...und zwölf andere Krimis für Bücherliebhaber von Jeffery Deaver, Anne Perry, Loren D. Estleman, Laura Lippman, Reed Farrel Coleman, Peter Blauner, David Bell, Thomas H. Cook, William Link
Language: German
Release Date: August 3, 2015
Nicht nur für Buchliebhaber: 13 spannende Bücher-Krimis von amerikanischen Top-Autoren! "Ans Messer geliefert" von Jeffery Deaver! Alonso María Carillo, genannt Cuchillo, das Messer, ist der Chef eines mexikanischen Drogenkartells. Und obwohl er sonst nicht gerade zimperlich ist, hat...
The Rabbit Hole
Weird Stories, #1
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2018
How do you like your weirdness? A subtle nudge towards the untoward? A quick zap of zany? Or a full-on assault of aberration? Whatever your taste, you'll find it here, and many more strains of strange that you didn't suspect existed. From magic rain to a talking (severed) head, extraordinary eggs...