A picture book kids won’t put down. Suitable for 4 to 8-year-olds, this colourful book is a sweet and heartwarming tale of two little girls and a parrot named Tweety. The story captures the essence of our intricately connected lives and the future of our beautiful planet Earth!
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A Fine Piece of Jade is a fictionalized account of the experiences of the author’s mother growing up with French nuns in Wuhan during the Japanese occupation of China and the rise of Communist China.
The story follows Wāng Qí and Yuányuán, two girls sent from their privileged homes to a missionary school in Wuhan’s French Concession during World War II. Through war, revolution and […]
Being a “GOOD” person might sound like a good thing: we are people pleasers, striving for recognition and perfection. However, this also means we are driven by external approval, lying to ourselves (and others) and ignoring our authentic selves.
In this book, Lisa Glasgow explains what exactly this GOOD programme is that many of us are subconsciously running. She presents the science behind how and why […]
What will it take to fix the climate crisis? Fairhaven – A Novel of Climate Optimism (Habitat Press UK), a winner in the Green Stories contest, written under the name Jan Lee, follows the path of Grace Chan, born in Malaysia. She has experienced the consequences of climate change personally and is taking action. Her story explores the implications, both at the […]
Winner of the 2022 International Proverse Prize, Battle of the Artisans, Irene Bennett’s well-researched historical novel for teens and young adults, tells the first, and quite plausible, creative fiction story of the Bells of Marquis Yi, a Chinese national treasure. Artistic Tangtun in 5th century BCE China crosses wits with powerful men to discover new abilities that rock his Bronze-Age world. What will matter […]
Hong Kong possesses an impressively diverse tree flora with 390 native species. This book celebrates the incredible diversity, beauty and biology of the territory’s trees, highlighting over 100 important species that are individually illustrated in exquisitely detailed watercolour paintings. Sally Grace Bunker is an acclaimed botanical artist and Fellow of the Society of Botanical Artists. The illustrations are accompanied by text that teases out interesting […]
As a former republic of the Soviet Union, Central Asia’s Kazakhstan is an unusual backdrop for English language fiction. But, interestingly, that is where Elsie Sze has set her fourth and latest novel, Sea Fever, a mystery thriller.
After 15 years of travelling to what is the ninth largest country in the world and getting to know and love the land and its people, […]
When she left Australia in 2010 to wander the world as a freelance editor, it wasn’t the first time Robyn Flemming had shed an old skin for a new one. Now nearing sixty, she packed her laptop, clothes for different climates, a favourite pair of orange knickers and a well-used corkscrew. Was her decision to risk everything yet again an act of faith or […]
Meet Nita McPhee, the spitfire heroine of this earth-shaking, genre-defying funny life skills storybook, especially for women.
Nita leaves a corporate lifestyle and takes the plunge, beginning an entire series of worldwide adventures. Queen of the Pawpaws will inspire teenage girls and adult women to get comfortable with challenges and fear, “to investigate the big, big world of unknown proportions and lovely distortions and wild, […]
Ray Cordeiro rose from humble beginnings to become a giant in the music industry. His passion for popular music, especially of the 1930s to 1960s, brought enormous pleasure to millions over the airwaves for more than 50 years. His daily late-night show had almost a cult following among Hong Kong people, here and overseas.
More than a story of one man, this book documents the history […]