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Spanning the centuries and crossing the globe, this engaging introduction covers everything Daoist, from the religion of the ancients to 21st century T’ai Chi and meditation. Complete with a timeline of Daoist history and a full glossary, Daoism will prove invaluable not only to students, but also to general listeners who wish to learn more about the origins and nature of a profound tradition, and about its role and relevance in our fast-moving 21st-century existence.

An award-winning novel from an international rising star – spanning ancient and modern China – in the dazzlingly inventive style of Haruki Murakami and Kaliane Bradley 'Lu has a brilliant mind for style, language, pace and ideas, and this is a funny and fascinating book that I can’t wait...

Seventeen-year-old Aisha hasn't seen her sister June for two years. And now that a calamity is about to end the world in nine months' time, she and her mother decide that it's time to track her down and mend the hurts of the past. Along with Aisha's boyfriend, Walter and his parents (and Fleabag the stray cat), the group take a roadtrip through Malaysia in a wildly decorated campervan – to put the past to rest, to come to terms with the present, and to hope for the future.

WINNER OF THE ABIA AUDIOBOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD. Winner of the QLA Glendower Emerging Writer Award Shortlisted for the NSW Premier's Literary Award A Booktopia Best Book of the Year Multi-cast narration and enhanced audio features. Siang Lu's searing debut is a black comedy about the whitewashing...

As dramatic, graceful and deeply felt as a pas de deux, Shanghai Tango is a deeply personal and inspiring account of growing up in a body that feels alien and of braving pioneering surgery in communist China.

2017 ABIA Book of the Year for Older Children Winner, Readings Young Adult Book Prize 2017 CBCA Honour Book 2017 - Older Readers Shortlisted for the 2017 Prime Minister's Literary Awards Shortlisted for the 2017 Queensland Literary Awards Shortlisted for the 2017 Victorian Premier's Literary...

WINNER OF THE MILES FRANKLIN AWARD SHORTLISTED FOR THE AGE BOOK OF THE YEAR Perfect for fans of Haruki Murakami, Ghost Cities is a profound and highly imaginative novel that cleverly draws on Chinese history to explore the absurdity of modern life and work. Ghost Cities - inspired by the vacant...

An award-winning novel from an international rising star—spanning ancient and modern China—in the dazzlingly inventive style of Susanna Clarke, David Mitchell, and Charles Yu. Inspired by the vacant, uninhabited megacities of China, Ghost Cities follows multiple narratives, including one in...