with compassion and love: voice from the head teacher’s study by Neil James A key text for parents, teachers and above all pupils on how schools work and the decisions that support them. A frank account by an experienced head teacher. Book Series: Hearing Others’ Voices ISBN: 978-1-911221-52-4 Publication date: 16 December 2019 Format: Paperback 210mm x 148mm, 118 pages…
by Horace Ho Daniel Fang’s mid-thirties are marked by the birth of his daughter and the death of a childhood friend. His daughter’s birth and infancy reminds him of his own boyhood, his friend’s death of the good times he had with back in their old neighbourhood. They were the kids from the wrong side of the temple, kids…
Collection of Short Stories by Huang Chun-Ming Translated from the Chinese by Howard Goldblatt From trains to classrooms to mountains, in this collection of short stories, Huang Chunming traverses across the Taiwan island to deliver his readers bewitching stories of love, loss, and family. Each story crafts a poignant snapshot depicting private minds in public spaces. A young man has…
by Randy Taguchi Riku Sato is in the fifth grade, when he moves from Utsunomiya to Fukushima to switch schools. Minamisoma, the town he arrives in, is virtually deserted--after the devastating earthquake and tsunami disaster of March 11, 2011, which struck the Tohoku region in Japan and triggered a nuclear meltdown, not a single soul is in sight; not in…
by Chang Ying-Tai WINNER OF THE 2015 LENNOX ROBINSON LITERARY AWARD Selected by BookTrust for the "Books we like: June 2015" (age 12+). A reclusive young boy stumbles upon his father’s diary. Filled with drawings, photos and anecdotes, the diary reveals an alpine world that his father once inhabited as a child: where tribes were fashioned by tree spirits; animals could be spoken to;…
by Ying-Tai Chang As Flowers Bloom and Wither tells a bold and stirring story with great sensitivity. The protagonist, whose true identity was enshrouded in an enormous plot, must brave the thorns of history in order to unravel the threads of this enigma. Will the twists and turns of fate obscure the ultimate truth? How many more “truths” are…
by Arthur Hawes What is dementia! Insanity? Mental illness? Thus compassionate and insightful account by one with long experience of working with ‘mental health’ sufferers sheds unexpected light on the subject. It’s realist and accessible approach is not to be missed by anyone who cares about the health of ourselves and of our human companions in this life. /p>…
In Search of Human Culture Series 8 Imprint: Balestier Academic ISBN: 978-1-911221-45-6 Publication date: 1 October 2019 Format: Paperback 234mm x 156mm
A selection of prose and poetry through the ages edited by Ruth Finnegan The central tenets here are most often, given my background, come from Christianity. Some however are drawn, as they must be, from the rich insights of other traditions. They are essential in throwing light on the parallelisms between the great faiths in their search for peace…
by Arthur Hawes This book contains 51 sermons on High Days and Holy Days in the Christian calendar. Though arising from the author’s own religious experience, many of the themes are universal and speak to people of all religious faiths and none and to all cultures. It is hoped they will appeal to the many people who are housebound and…
written by Wenhua Wang illustrated by Amann Wang Winner of the 2013 Taiwan Golden Tripod Award `Beautifully written, beautifully illustrated and once again a real wow from this talented team and brought to us by Balestier.' ---ReadItDaddy Mr Horton has fashioned a violin out of a magic tree. But just who is worthy of playing it? The…
