Notes of a CrocodileSet in the post martial law era of late 1980s Taipei, Notes of a Crocodile depicts the coming of age of a group of queer misfits discovering love, friendship, and artistic affinity while hardly studying at Taiwan's most prestigious university. Told through the eyes of an anonymous lesbian narrator nicknamed Lazi, Qiu Miaojin's cult classic novel is a postmodern pastiche of diaries, vignettes, mash notes, aphorisms, exegesis, and satire by an incisive

are still very much in use today  — which means we still live in the long shadow of the 19th century

This polyphonic collection of twenty-five stories presents a multitude of Malaysian perspectives spanning age

its rampant individualism and general social chaos

but also of family love

producing ideas on architecture and the built environment aided by archaeology

The Idea of Israel considers the way Zionism operates outside of the government and military in areas such as the country’s education system

Melalui puisinya

Municipal socialist ideas have continued to inspire activists in their fight for the right of cities to govern themselves

Brian Sibley assembles a new chronicle of Middle-earth

the author of the historic open letter ‘A Common Word Between Us and You’ in 2007

A detailed disassembly manual for people who want to dismantle Big Tech

with sections on such specialized presentations as the sales talk