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In a small village in Paraguay, Diego dreams of giving music lessons to the children he sees each day. The only problem: there aren't enough instruments to go around. But when he and Nicolas, a carpenter, look to a nearby landfill, they see instruments in the making. Soon, a paint can, a wooden plank, and a faucet knob become the start of a violin—and their recycled instruments give the kids in town new ways to express themselves. Inspired by the true story of La Orquesta de Instrumentos Reciclados de Cateura, Hua Lin Xie's first graphic novel is a big-hearted ode to the power of music.

Swimming instructional, which includes a chapter on how swimming instruction has failed hitherto, chapters on different swimming stokes, such as crawl arm-stroke, crawl leg-dive, breast stroke, etc, and other chapters on subjects including respiration problems, racing, psychology and health.

Heel Print is a biographic novel based on the story of the life of an ordinary rural Chinese woman, Yi-qing Dong. Yi-qing was betrothed to a village boy at the age of seven. Her parents bound her feet to please her future husband, just as he was beginning to discover the modern values developing beyond the countryside. Against great odds, this blind marriage turned out to be a fortuitous match of kindred spirits. Unfortunately, Yi-qing’s husband, a patriotic military officer, was killed at the age of thirty-one, leaving her alone to raise five children on a barren land where she faced various physical, financial, political, and social challenges. Yi-qing’s personal experience during these turbulent times in China provides a glimpse into the mystery and complexities of human nature.