Willey Liew Yun Hsien Knihy

Focusing on environmentally friendly lubrication solutions, this book explores various alternatives such as gaseous and vapor lubricants, refrigerated compressed gases, solid lubricants, and minimum quantity lubrication (MQL). It emphasizes the benefits of vegetable oils as non-toxic, biodegradable options that effectively reduce wear and friction in industrial machining applications. Engineers and scientists in lubrication and machining will find valuable insights and practical information on using these sustainable resources.

When Lily was eleven years old, her mother, Swee Hua, walked away from the family, never to be seen or heard from again. Now, as a new mother herself, Lily becomes obsessed with finding out what happened to Swee Hua. She recalls the spring of 1987, growing up in a small British Columbia mining town where there were only a handful of Asian families; Lily's previously stateless father wanted them to blend seamlessly into Canadian life, while her mother, alienated and isolated, longed to return to Brunei. Years later, still affected by Swee Hua's disappearance, Lily's family is nonetheless stubbornly silent to her questioning. But eventually, an old family friend provides a clue that sends Lily to Southeast Asia to find out the truth.Winner of the Jim Wong-Chu Emerging Writers Award from the Asian Canadian Writers' Workshop, Dandelion is a beautifully written and affecting novel about motherhood, family secrets, migration, isolation, and mental illness. With clarity and care, it delves into the many ways we define home, identity, and above all, belonging.