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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.

It sounded like a good idea at the time—A Hollywood spy thriller, starring, for the first time in history, an Asian male lead. With an estimated $350 million production budget and up-and-coming Hong Kong actor JK Jr, who, let's be honest, is not the sharpest tool in the shed, but probably the hottest, Brood Empire was basically a sure thing. Until it wasn't. So how did it all fall apart?

Breaker Morant was executed at Pietersburg on 27 February 1902. His crime was the wilful murder of civilians, yet to this day his guilt remains in doubt. Full of action and set in three continents, The Breaker covers the entire range of Morant's activities. We see him as a champion horseman, a likeable larrikin, a popular balladist. We see him in love and in war. We see him face the firing squad that will end his life. Was he a cold-blooded killer or a scapegoat?

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.