1. Goodbye, Kiulu (
by Kengo Ishiguro (
This is the story of a guide dog for the blind, embellished with beautiful black-and-white photos. The book has sold close to a million copies in Japan.
2. A Girl Called Feeling (
by Hiyawu (
The story began six years ago when the boy accidentally met the cute girl at a cram school. He painstakingly courted her, but he found himself loved by another girl. How should he decide?
3. Pleasure Takes All (
by Chang Man-chuan (
Discussions about life and love between the author and her friends.
4. Big-Mouthed A-Kuei (
by A-Kuei (
With colorful illustrations, the book unravels the humorous mystery surrounding the popular cartoon figure A-Kuei and his family.
5. Temperature d'Amour (
by Wu Tan-ju (
A collection of six short love stories from the famous storytelling author and TV host.
6. Faith Conquers All (
by Tai Cheng-chih (
This is a collection of inspirational essays depicting how successful people in different professions pursue their dreams.
7. Death of a Writer (
by Su Yu-chen (
Half of this erotic novel is pulled from the author's real life, while the other half comes from her rich imagination of how a man lives a two-faced life among his wife and mistresses.
8. Don't Wear Out Your Love (
by Liu Yung (
Love someone wholeheartedly, but do not turn your love into heavy burdens, the author advises.
9. This is My Answer (這是我的答案)
by Hiyawu (藤井樹)
A romance about a young man falling in love with a young girl who asks him to do a questionaire in front of a certain Eslite bookstore.
10. The Bible of Reincarnation: Part I (
by Carmelita Chao (
A mystical novel from the Hong Kong-born teacher of meditation who spent much of her life in Taiwan and is now based in the San Francisco area.
11. Write for the Times -- Yu Chi-chung (
by Chang Hui-ying (
An autobiography of the 93-year-old Yu Chi-chung, the founder of the China Times and a legendary figure in the nation's media industry.
12. A Bag of Jimmy's Works (
by Jimmy (
Five books of Jimmy's popular series of cartoon sketches and literary musings.
13. To Love Someone Secretly (
by Hiyawu and others (
A collection of love stories from ten Internet writers.
14. Let's Take Ship (
by Huang Li-sui (
The author provides readers with a way to travel around the world that recalls an earlier era -- namely, sailing the high seas.
15. Say it to Your Heart II (
by Liu Yung (
A sequel to the successful inspirational book from the New York-based essayist Liu Yung.
16. A Love Story in Maokung (
by Hiyawu (
A missent message on Hiyawu's mobile phone causes him to meet a sweet college girl. This is Hiyawu's second novel on love.
17. A Professor Flying Under the Stars (
by Chang Wen-liang (
The author wrote down prayers for his good friend, Weng Ching-min, a famous professor at National Taiwan University who was diagnosed with cancer in September last year, during the last 197 days of Weng's life.
18. Dream Catcher (
by Liu Yung (
A collection of 54 very short essays and stories from the maestro of inspirational writings. This one covers inspiration you can find in religion, plants, animals, love, among other things.
19. Murder on the Orient Express (
by Agatha Christie, Translated by Chen Yao-kuang (
A remarkable set of characters are brought together for a journey on the Orient Express train as it travels from Istanbul to Paris. But who murdered the American passenger? How will Hercule Poirot, the dapper Belgian detective, unravel the mystery?
20. Incontinence of Love (
by Jen Erh Hsiung (
Another comic essay book about life and falling in love.
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“Why does Taiwan identity decline?”a group of researchers lead by University of Nevada political scientist Austin Wang (王宏恩) asked in a recent paper. After all, it is not difficult to explain the rise in Taiwanese identity after the early 1990s. But no model predicted its decline during the 2016-2018 period, they say. After testing various alternative explanations, Wang et al argue that the fall-off in Taiwanese identity during that period is related to voter hedging based on the performance of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP). Since the DPP is perceived as the guardian of Taiwan identity, when it performs well,
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