A Macao Narrative

A Macao NarrativeMacao, 40 miles west of Hong Kong, became a place of Portuguese residence between 1555 57. In this short, lively and affectionate book, Austin Coates explains how and why the Portuguese came to the Far East, and how they peacefully settled in Macao with tacit Chinese goodwill. Macao's golden age, from 1557 to the disastrous collapse of 1641, is vividly reconstructed. There follows the cuckoo in the nest situation of the late eighteenth century when

”-Edward Gibbon

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The addition of a third author--a practicing nurse anesthetist--enhances the clinical relevance of the scientific information

an increase in women's unemployment and underemployment

This collection reviews current research into the more sustainable use of agricultural grassland

through their time as rulers of Egypt

More than 4x the number of cases than any other review book on the market

the book focuses on the technical and interpretive skills unique to treating the pediatric population

This anthology has been significantly expanded for this edition to include a wider range of contemporary issues

The Channings: A Story is a powerful novel by an author with a deep understanding of English society

This book presents a critical framework within which iconic communication systems can be developed to truly bridge linguistic and cultural gaps and to provide effective computer-based systems for conveying information on a global scale

the traces of scribal voices and the aural soundscape of the uttered text – and how they mediate embodied life and material presence