Narrato attraverso una moltitudine di voci, sia vive che morte, muovendosi con una fluidità sorprendente tra passato e presente, 'Città fantasma' è una storia affascinante di segreti familiari, credenze popolari e ricerca di identità nel mezzo di uno scontro tra culture. Rifiutando il ruolo che i genitori taiwanesi conservatori hanno scelto per lui, il protagonista fugge nella cosmopolita Berlino sperando di essere accettato come giovane gay. Ambientato nell'arco di un solo giorno, durante la Festa degli Spiriti, il romanzo inizia un decennio dopo, quando Chen Tien-hung è appena uscito di prigione in Germania ed è tornato a casa. Con i genitori morti e i suoi sei fratelli sposati, impazziti o deceduti, sembra che per lui non ci sia più nulla lì. O almeno così pensa. Mentre la storia prende forma, Chen Tien-hung rivela maggiori dettagli sugli eventi che hanno segnato la vita della sua famiglia, i fantasmi che infestano il suo paese d'origine e la verità sul crimine che ha commesso in Germania. Il libro vincitore del Taiwan Literature Award.

Updating and building upon previous editions, Hematopoietic Stem Cell Protocols, Third Edition provides up-to-date protocols from leading stem cell researchers. This in-depth volume presents a clear view of the landscape of assays available to the stem cell researcher working in the growing hematopoietic stem cell (HSC) field. A robust and active field, it is supported by an abundance of innovative mouse models and molecular tools for analysis of phenotypes and functions in mouse and human cells. Understanding more about hematopoietic stem cell biology is integral if these versatile cells are to be applied effectively to treat and cure a wide range of blood diseases. An introductory chapter puts the major contributions of the book into the proper perspective. Written in the successful Methods in Molecular Biology series format, chapters include introductions to their respective topics, lists of the necessary materials and reagents, step-by-step, readily reproducible protocols, and notes on troubleshooting and avoiding known pitfalls.

Essential for the laboratory-based researcher, Hematopoietic Stem Cell Protocols, Third Edition is a much needed technical resource in the critically important field of hematopoietic stem cell investigation.

Crazy Rich Asians is the outrageously funny debut novel about three super-rich, pedigreed Chinese families and the gossip, backbiting, and scheming that occurs when the heir to one of the most massive fortunes in Asia brings home his ABC (American-born Chinese) girlfriend to the wedding of the season.
When Rachel Chu agrees to spend the summer in Singapore with her boyfriend, Nicholas Young, she envisions a humble family home, long drives to explore the island, and quality time with the man she might one day marry. What she doesn't know is that Nick's family home happens to look like a palace, that she'll ride in more private planes than cars, and that with one of Asia's most eligible bachelors on her arm, Rachel might as well have a target on her back. Initiated into a world of dynastic splendor beyond imagination, Rachel meets Astrid, the It Girl of Singapore society; Eddie, whose family practically lives in the pages of the Hong Kong socialite magazines; and Eleanor, Nick's formidable mother, a woman who has very strong feelings about who her son should--and should not--marry. Uproarious, addictive, and filled with jaw-dropping opulence, Crazy Rich Asians is an insider's look at the Asian JetSet; a perfect depiction of the clash between old money and new money; between Overseas Chinese and Mainland Chinese; and a fabulous novel about what it means to be young, in love, and gloriously, crazily rich.

American Studies is a vigorous, bold account of the changes in the field of American Studies over the last thirty-five years. Through this set of carefully selected key essays by an editorial board of expert scholars, the book demonstrates how changes in the field have produced new genealogies that tell different histories of both America and the study of America.

• Charts the evolution of American Studies from the end of World War II to the present day by showcasing the best scholarship in this field
  
• An introductory essay by the distinguished editorial board highlights developments in the field and places each essay in its historical and theoretical context
  
• Explores topics such as American politics, history, culture, race, gender and working life
  
• Shows how changing perspectives have enabled older concepts to emerge in a different context

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 9th Pacific Rim Conference on Multimedia, PCM 2008, held in Tainan, Taiwan, in December 2008.
The 79 revised full papers and 39 revised poster presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 210 submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections on next generation video coding techniques, audio processing and classification, interactive multimedia systems, advances in H.264/AVC, multimedia networking techniques, advanced image processing techniques, video analysis and its applications, image detection and classification, visual and spatial analyses, multimedia human computer interfaces, multimedia security and DRM, advanced image and video processing, multimedia database and retrieval, multimedia management and authoring, multimedia personalization, multimedia for e-learning, multimedia networking techniques, multimedia systems and applications, advanced multimedia techniques, as well as multimedia processing and analyses.

Looks at the history of Reggae music and traces its development in Jamaica