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Digital Chinese: 数字化语境中学中文
by Feng Lan Tong ChenDigital Chinese integrates situational and communicative methods to provide practical language skills and a deep understanding of the digital world.Digital Chinese is a pioneering textbook designed to meet the dual needs of Chinese language proficiency and digital literacy. Each of the ten chapters focuses on a specific theme, from social media and online shopping to AI chatbots, reflecting the most engaging aspects of contemporary Chinese digital life. Each lesson features a narrative and a dialogue that simulate real-life interactions, accompanied by vocabulary lists covering specialized digital terms and everyday words. The textbook also includes audio recordings (www.routledge.com/9781032863818) to aid pronunciation and listening comprehension. Grammatical points are clearly explained with examples, and exercises in reading, speaking, writing, and translation reinforce language acquisition.Tailored for Chinese learners at the intermediate-high level and above, this textbook equips students with the tools to navigate and engage with China's vibrant online ecosystem. By combining traditional Chinese language education with insights into China's dynamic digital landscape, Digital Chinese is an essential resource for students and educators seeking to understand the intersection of language, technology, and society in contemporary China.
The Psychodynamics of Trauma and Modern Horror Cinema: I Am What Haunts Me
by Carlos Pitillas Ismael Martínez-BiurrunIn this illuminating volume, Carlos Pitillas and Ismael Martínez-Biurrun provide in-depth analysis of contemporary horror films from a psychoanalytic perspective.Drawing on Freudian psychoanalysis, object relations theory and relational psychoanalysis, the authors explore the ways in which horror films present different aspects of traumatic phenomenology and the re-emergence of unprocessed traumatic wounds. Covering films as diverse as Psycho, The Babadook, Black Swan, and A Nightmare on Elm Street, the authors dissect the use of symbolism and metaphors in popular horror cinema to show how the disruptive threats faced by characters in these films often function in the same way as post-traumatic stress disorder, and consider behaviours such as repetitive thoughts and actions, dissociation, and more through the lens of neuroscience and narrative theory.This book is an important and novel read for all psychoanalysts in practice and training looking for new ways to understand and work with clients who have experienced traumatic life events. The authors’ use of familiar and canonical horror films also equips students and researchers of film studies with the knowledge necessary to integrate psychoanalytic theories into their work.
National Symbols at the Olympic Games: An Olympics Without Flags? (Routledge Focus on Sport, Culture and Society)
by Jörg KriegerThis provocative book makes the case for the complete removal of national symbolism in the Olympic Games. Focusing on the case of national flags at the Olympic Games, it explores the history of national symbols at the Olympics and asks what this issue can tell us about the politicisation of sport in the twenty-first century.Drawing on multi-disciplinary research from history, political science and sociology, and exploring the link between historical processes and the experiences of individuals, the book attempts to deconstruct the global sport system and its traditions. It argues that the history of flags is essentially the history of nationalism itself, impacted by power interests, and by exploring the lesser-known Olympic histories of athletes such as American boxer Oscar De La Hoya or those from the Faroe Islands, the book explores the complex links between national symbolism and international sport. It concludes with a controversial set of proposals for breaking those links, including a new tradition that would symbolically ‘lock up’ national flags as part of the opening ceremony of Olympic Games.Thought-provoking and concise, this book is fascinating reading for anybody with an interest in the politics, sociology, history or governance of sport, or in nationalism, international organisations or the history of protest.
Lone Wolf 2100: Chase the Setting Sun (Lone Wolf 2100)
by Eric HeissererA violent reimagining of the classic assassin-and-child story by the writer of the acclaimed film Arrival! AD 2100: The world has been devastated by a manmade plague. Young Daisy Ogami is infected but unaffected--naturally immune. In her blood can be found a cure that will save humanity. But the remaining world powers are concerned less with preserving humanity and more with being the first nation to return to power. Unfortunately for them, Daisy has a protector . . . a loyal android named Itto.In a violent reimagining of the classic assassin-and-child story of Kazuo Koike and Goseki Kojima's Lone Wolf and Cub, Itto and Daisy set out across the Plague Lands, looking for a way to save the world while pursued by plague victims, ruthless mercenaries, and the armored soldiers of dying nations. Pity those who catch up with them . . .Collects Lone Wolf 2100: Chase the Setting Sun 1-4.
Usagi Yojimbo Volume 13: Grey Shadows (Usagi Yojimbo)
by Stan SakaiFresh from winning the Best Serialized Story 1999 Eisner Award for Grasscutter, Stan Sakai returns with a new Usagi Yojimbo collection featuring six tales of the ronin rabbit's journeys and adventures in feudal Japan. "My Father's Swords" retells an encounter with a young samurai who follows in-and is followed by-the footsteps of his father's warrior heritage. In "The Demon Flute," a village is plagued by a music-playing supernatural killer. Usagi recounts a classic Japanese folk tale in "Momo-Usagi-Taro." Two Tokugawa-era whodunits play out in "The Hair Pin Murders" and Taméshigiri," a pair of Inspector Ishida mysteries. Usagi becomes entangled in a conspiracy to overthrow a lord's throne in "The Courtesan." Memory, mystery, and treachery intermingle to form Grey Shadows.
Lone Wolf and Cub Volume 2: The Gateless Barrier (Lone Wolf and Cub #Vol. 2)
by Kazuo KoikeThe epic continues! Among the five stories in this issue: Cub has been captured while Lone Wolf lies unconscious! All of Cub's captors are cruel, all but the osue (the lowest maid). But her help may be her undoing. The household waits for the feared Lone Wolf to come looking for his son...and when he does...pick up Volume Two to find out what happens — plus four other great stories, as this classic epic continues!This volume includes the following stories:Red CatThe Coming of the ColdTragic O-SueThe Gateless BarrierWinter Flower
Lone Wolf and Cub Volume 24: In These Small Hands (Lone Wolf and Cub)
by Kazuo KoikeHoly hand grenades! Edo is flooded, and by flooded, we mean crazy-flooded. Bridges are crumbling, rivers are washing past retaining walls, and everything in Edo is floating away, including our vengeful ronin, his foe, and his little boy. In an ironic show of samurai respect, little Cub Daigoro gets saved by the conniving Retsudo Yagyu. And proving he can lend a hand, too, Lone Wolf Ogami pulls someone to safety as well — but maybe he should have let him drown. Eventually, the two opposing master swordsmen dry off and go head to head in a sword fight of a thousand stances and couple of days length. This seems like it could be the deciding bout between the two, unless that nasty, Abeno Kaii gets in the way, and he seems to do that a lot lately.The true meaning of Bushido, the warrior code, oozes from every page of this volume. A little boy desperately attempts to drag his ronin father to safely, even if it costs him his own life; that same wandering samurai and his mortal enemy work together to save the frostbitten fingers of the same little boy, knowing they will eventually match swords again in a battle to the death; another samurai bites his own tongue, killing himself and locking a dark secret in his grave. The code of the samurai is complex and rich with irony, which is why so few carry this code through life. But as we draw closer to the conclusion of this epic struggle, the true bushi are stepping forth and showing their colors. It will truly be a fight to the finish. So, in these final days, a ronin and his young boy will visit the grave of their murdered wife and mother. It just might be the last Spring the two will share, like the many petals falling from branches.This volume contains the following stories: Child of the Fields In These Samll Hands Kaii Triumph The Last Cherry Blossoms Stone Upon Stone
Samurai Executioner Volume 9: Facing LIfe and Death (Samurai Executioner)
by Kazuo KoikeFor a stoic ronin such as Kubikiri Asa, a samurai assigned to test the Shogun’s sword and behead prisoners, the moment before death is of great importance. Because of this, Asa will often listen to the stories of those about to be executed and pay respect to the lives of these often unfortunately maligned prisoners. Sometimes scary, often quirky, and occasionally very sweet; it goes to show how people of different walks of life can meet the same brutal, yet graceful end, at the hand of one of the finest masters of bushido and swordsmanship. Samurai Executioner tells the stories of these people, from the perspective of Asa, an honorable, highly skilled ronin.
Samurai Executioner Volume 7: The Bamboo Splitter (Samurai Executioner)
by Kazuo KoikeAs Samurai Executioner continues moving into its own world of crime and punishment, honor and bushido, we are beginning to learn more about the characters and situations involved in Edo-era justice. We're learning about Kubikiri Asa, the Shögun's decapitator, and his stoic life. This man's joyless existence is backed by stories of his past as a child, and how they reflect on his current day. But we also learn more about the peace officers of the era. In particular, there's the character "Catcher Kasajirö," the charming young man who uses a hooked rope and chained cudgel with such great skill. With these two characters, one with the guilt of many generations, and one bearing the naïveté of a young buck, bring an odd sort of tenderness to a world of pain, death, and quirky kink.
Lone Wolf and Cub Volume 25: Perhaps in Death (Lone Wolf and Cub #Vol. 25)
by Kazuo KoikeThe mortal enemy of our ronin hero, Retsudo Yagyu has been imprisoned in Edo castle by the shogun. It seems the conniving poisoner, Abeno Kaii, has exposed the Yagyu letter! And Yagyu's jailer is none other than the poisoner himself, determined to feed Retsudo the dose that will end his life in a pit of dishonor. But Yagu has spies even in Edo caslte, and a message is sent to his "grass," members of the clan hiding in secret, living as normal townspeople throughout Japan. It is up to them to give their lives in this final hour of desperate need. Meanwhile, Itto Ogami is living in a shack and training his little boy for the day when he must protect the battlefield with his own little hands. Still, two swords remain in this field of death, awaiting the two hands that will draw them from the soil and bring us closer to the end of our tale.
Blade of the Immortal Volume 5 (Blade of the Immortal)
by Hiroaki SamuraIn her quest across feudal Japan to avenge the murder of her parents, Rin has seen too much death and agony. When she befriends a young boy, she is horrified to discover that his father is one of the band of assassins. Weary of blood, Rin now wishes only an apology from the killer, a mask maker whose only desire is to keep his evil past from his son and who will take up the sword again to protect his secret. Collecting issues #3-8 of On Silent Wings.
Usagi Yojimbo Volume 10: The Brink of Life and Death, 2nd edition (Usagi Yojimbo)
by Stan SakaiWhile journeying over mountains, into valleys, through towns and farmlands, and along rugged coasts, searching for harmony, Usagi faces a unique cast of characters: a village of seaweed farmers, an innocent noodle peddler, a demon-possessed woman, a relentless clan of bat ninja, an assassins' guild, a mysterious medicine peddler, and Inazuma, a secretive female samurai. More than once Usagi finds himself in great danger — but it's all in a day's work when you walk the thin line on the brink of life and death.* Usagi Yojimbo: The Brink of Life and Death 2nd edition features completely remastered art and a look inside Stan Sakai's research and influences with new story notes! Includes an introduction by writer Kurt Busiek.
Usagi Yojimbo Volume 11: Seasons (Usagi Yojimbo)
by Stan SakaiSpring breezes stirring the memories of lost battles. Summer fields burning with fires of treachery. Chill autumn nights echoing with demonic screams. Winter snows stained red with the blood of honor. Follow Stan Sakai's Eisner award-winning Usagi Yojimbo through a cycle of short stories continuing the ronin rabbit's journeys through feudal Japan. Ten tales in all, an essential collection for all seasons!
Lone Wolf and Cub Volume 7: Cloud Dragon, Wind Tiger (Lone Wolf and Cub #Vol. 7)
by Kazuo KoikeThere is more than just blood between parent and child. Itto Ogami and his son Daigoro have seen more blood flowing from more bodies than anyone in Edo, but what connects them is their spirit and path. In this collection of classic stories, Itto must protect a young girl after her family is destroyed by a cunning courtesan. Meanwhile, Itto's arch-enemy, Yagyu Retsudo, has sent the civilian police force to round up the Lone Wolf as a common criminal, and before long, Daigoro is coincidentally tangled in a messy pair of crimes. And, most dramatically, Itto returns to the scene of one of his past executions to enter a tender and honorable sword fight against an executed lord's former retainer.This volume contains the following stories:DragnetNight StalkerCloud Dragon, Wind TigerInn of the Last ChrysanthemumPenal Code Article Seventy-Nine
Usagi Yojimbo Volume 14: Demon Mask (Usagi Yojimbo)
by Stan SakaiThe close of 16th century Japan was a violent age, as rival feudal lords fought for land and power. Miyamoto Usagi braved many a battle only to lose his lord and find himself a masterless samurai, or ronin. While many ronin became bandits or mercenaries, Usagi chose the warrior pilgrimage: wandering the land, fighting injustice, seeking enlightenment. Eisner Award winner Stan Sakai has crafted a truly original and delightful work, an all-ages adventure epic that creates a world of excitement, mystery, and imagination, while building each story on painstaking research of Japan's history, culture, and mythology. Demon Mask is a collection of diverse Usagi stories, featuring a graveyard encounter with creatures from Japanese folktales, a whodunit clash with a mysterious masked assassin, a young adventure-lover insistent on receiving Usagi's sword training, a peasant village terrorized by a ravaging Spider Woman, and more. Few works of graphic fiction offer -- or deliver -- as much action, depth, and sheer fun as Stan Sakai's Usagi Yojimbo.
Lone Wolf and Cub Volume 10: Hostage Child (Lone Wolf and Cub)
by Kazuo KoikeThe six paths and four lives are split asunder, as Itto Ogami and Daigoro become separated in one of this series' most powerful stories to date! The Lone Wolf's arch-enemy, Yagyu Retsudo, pursues Ogami to retrieve the secret letter stolen from him, only to watch dozens of his men fall victim to the Lone Wolf's hungry sword! But Yagyu drives father and son apart as they tumble down a cliff and must survive on their own! Little Daigoro must begin his honorable search for his father. But with Yagyu's henchmen hunting high and low for the Lone Wolf and his cub, the net drags closer and the danger wraps tighter, but the blood flows ever freely...This volume contains the following stories:The Yagyu LetterThe Tears of DaigoroThe Fisherwoman's LoveDrifting ShadowsStraw Boy
Mop Rides the Waves of Courage: A Mop Rides Story (Emotional Regulation for Kids) (Mop Rides #3)
by Jaimal YogisThe third in the Mop Rides series! Surfer Mop is back, this time with a case of the jitters that his dad and friends help him tackleMop, his friends, and his dad are back, except this time, Mop is dealing with a case of the jitters. He's nervous to talk in class, and waves that he would usually have no problem riding are feeling too big. Luckily, Mop's dad shows him how to work with his fear. He takes a step back, feels his feelings in his body, and lets the fear pass through without judging it—it's not bad, just different! Before too long, he's back out on his board, and presenting in class again. Celebrated San Francisco surfer-journalist-dad Jaimal Yogis teaches 4-8 year-olds timeless beach wisdom with the continuing story of Mop, a sensitive and fun-loving kid who just wants to be in the ocean.With stylish full-color beachy illustrations from cover to cover by SoCal surfer Matt Allen.
Mobile Communication Systems for Private Networks
by Srinivasan BalasubramanianUnderstand the role of network communications in the private sector with this timely guide 4G and 5G wireless communication technologies have come to dominate network communications in recent years, and their expansion is only continuing. Most existing treatments of this key subject, however, deal with large-scale public networks, not the private networks whose deployment constitutes one of the major current growth areas in wireless technology. There is an urgent need for a guide to network communication deployment specifically for private enterprises. Mobile Communication Systems for Private Networks meets this need with a cutting-edge but accessible overview of the subject. Alerting to the specific needs of the private enterprise network and the disruption potential of cellular network operations, it surveys the early lessons of the global private network rollout for the benefit of future operations. With an eye towards future challenges and developments, this essential text is suitable for professionals in the network communications industry and its partners. Readers will also find: The background required to design, deploy, and manage enterprise private networks driven by 4G and 5G technologiesDetailed discussion of topics including fundamentals of 4G & 5G, standards bodies and their role in defining specifications for private networks, layer 3 concepts, IP connectivity, and many moreSolutions to the urgent need for ubiquitous 5-bar connectivity both indoor and outdoor Mobile Communication Systems for Private Networks is an ideal reference for end user devices, network operators, chip manufacturers, researchers, and all other professionals and stakeholders with roles in the information and operational technology industries.
The Art of Fallout 4
by VariousBethesda Game Studios, the award-winning creators of Fallout® 3 and The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim®, welcome you to the world of Fallout® 4 - their most ambitious game ever, and the next generation of open-world gaming. The Art of Fallout 4 is a must-have collectible for fans and a trusty companion for every Wasteland wanderer. Featuring never-before-seen designs and concept art from the game's dynamic environments, iconic characters, detailed weapons, and more -- along with commentary from the developers themselves.
The Witcher Volume 3: Curse of Crows
by Paul TobinExplore the dark and gritty world of the hit video game series, as Geralt and Ciri become embroiled in a brutal story of revenge. In this ruthless world, the past always comes back to haunt you, and nothing is as it seems.Collects issues #1-#5 of the Dark Horse Digital series The Witcher: Curse of Crows.
Lone Wolf and Cub Volume 28: The Lotus Throne (Lone Wolf and Cub)
by Kazuo KoikeWhat exactly needs to be said in solicitation copy for the VERY LAST VOLUME OF LONE WOLF AND CUB? It's the moment you've all been waiting years and years to read. It's the end of the long path the ronin father and son have been on since the boy's birth. Through unimaginable violence and bad weather, across hundreds of miles of blood-soaked roadbeds, over years of tragedy and anguish, to this final still-epic story, Itto and Daigoro have kept us holding on to what little hope exists in a world where honor is all but forgotten and warriors are obsolete. It's a bloody battle all the way to the finish, with dramatic twists and turns right up to the final page. Stay with us as we conclude the translation of what will always be considered one of the finest examples of comic-book mastery ever created, Lone Wolf and Cub.This volume contains the following stories: Corpse Tree Flute and Wave The Lotus Throne Empty Stirrups Arms
Blade of the Immortal Volume 6 (Blade of the Immortal)
by Hiroaki SamuraAnotsu Kagehisa has turned his Ittö-ryü into the most famous sword school in Japan, a dojo of outcasts and eccentrics who've slaughtered their way to the top of Japan's world of the blade. But as the old Japanese saying goes, "The nail that sticks up gets hammered down," and now Anotsu must relearn that ancient lesson when he discovers the existence of the Akagi, a mysterious organization formed from the survivors of the many rival sword schools destroyed by the ruthless Ittö-ryü. The Akagi are sworn to vengeance against Anotsu's dojo, but what Anotsu doesn't know is that the Akagi are wooing the immortal samurai, Manji, to join them in their war to exterminate the Ittö-ryü!
Lone Wolf and Cub Volume 4: The Bell Warden (Lone Wolf and Cub)
by Kazuo KoikeDark Horse continues its presentation of the entirety of Japan's Lone Wolf and Cub, one of the unquestioned landmarks of graphic fiction, packaged in the digest format preferred by creator Goseki Kojima. The fourth volume of this ambitious monthly program collects four classic Lone Wolf tales, including one never before seen in America, where little Daigoro searches for his lost father while amazing a well-known samurai with his warrior's eyes and cool demeanor. Also, the Lone Wolf takes on the sons of the war-bell warden, legions of organized crime bosses, and a mysterious tattooed lady with a dark story and impeccable killing skills. It's bloody and romantic...and among the best the comics medium has to offer.This volume contains the following stories:The Bell WardenUnfaithful RetainersParting FrostPerformer
Lone Wolf and Cub Volume 6: Lanterns for the Dead (Lone Wolf and Cub)
by Kazuo KoikeThe legend of Lone Wolf and Cub continues to grow in this latest chapter of Koike and Kojima's epic samurai masterpiece chronicling the wanderings of Japan's deadliest assassin, Itto Ogami, and his infant son, Daigoro. In this volume, Ogami takes on the most dangerous killer of the countryside, foils the plans of a deceptive gambling troupe, tricks an evil lord into exposing his weak underbelly, and pits himself against the Shogun's dangerous and deadly Kurokawa ninja! Drawing extensively from Sun Tzu's The Art of War, and featuring the saddest puppy-dog story ever published, this must-have volume is packed with action and emotion.This volume contains the following stories:Lanterns for the DeadDeer ChaserHunger TownThe Soldier is the CastleOne Stone Bridge
The Art of Dishonored 2
by VariousThe Empire of the Isles is home to fabulous wonders beyond count, and dangers to match. Now, walk in the same steps as heroes Corvo Attano and Emily Kaldwin as you examine the complexly beautiful concept and design of Dishonored 2! Arcane Studios and Dark Horse Books are proud to present this gorgeous collection featuring hundreds of pieces of art chronicling the development of the blockbuster stealth-action title. The Art of Dishonored 2 is a must-have item for art fans and gamers alike! * Exclusive, never-before-seen concept art from the making of Dishonored 2! * The comprehensive companion to the wildly anticipated Dishonored 2!