Set in post-World War II Shanghai, The Song of Everlasting Sorrow follows the adventures of Wang Qiyao, a girl born of the longtong, the crowded, labyrinthine alleys of Shanghai's working-class neighborhoods. Infatuated with the glitz and glamour of 1940s Hollywood, Wang Qiyao seeks fame in the Mi[...]
How could the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) not only survive but even thrive, regaining the support of many Chinese citizens after the Tiananmen Square crackdown of 1989? Why has popular sentiment turned toward anti-Western nationalism despite the anti-dictatorship democratic movements of the 1980s?[...]
This pioneering study reconceptualizes the impact of social organizations, economic conditions, and human agency on human reproduction in preindustrial communities in Europe and Asia. Unlike previous studies, in which Asia is meeasured by European standards, Prudence and Pressure develops a Eurasian[...]
Newton/Descartes. Einstein/Godel. The seventeenth century had its scientific and philosophical geniuses. Why shouldn't ours have them as well? Kurt Godel was indisputably one of the greatest thinkers of our time, and in this first extended treatment of his life and work, Hao Wang, who was in close c[...]
This book is an expanded edition of the story "The Lady in the Painting", written in the style of a Chinese folktale by Fred Fang-Yu Wang. The story is told with vocabulary and structures familiar to students who have completed a basic course in Chinese. Using an inventory of only about 300 Chinese [...]
Everyone sleeps and everyone dreams. Yet we are almost entirely unconscious of what is happening to us when we sleep and we forget almost all of our dreams. This third edition of a classic introduction to the subject provides a fascinating insight into this most universal of subjects, critically ana[...]
Topic-based coursebook to help students prepare for the Edexcel examination in A2 Level Mandarin Chinese.[...]
Dora stars in this board book featuring over 30 flaps to lift With sturdy pages and surprises under every flap, girls ages 0 to 3 will love learning about colors, shapes, numbers, and more with Dora and her friends from the hit Nickelodeon TV series "Dora the Explorer."[...]
This book represents an integration of theory, methods, and examples using the S-PLUS statistical modeling language and the S+FinMetrics module to facilitate the practice of financial econometrics. It is the first book to show the power of S-PLUS for the analysis of time series data. It is written f[...]
Specially written by experienced teachers for self-study and class use, the course offers you a step-by-step approach to written and spoken Hebrew. No prior knowledge of the language is required.[...]
Specially written by experienced teachers for self-study and class use, the course offers you a step-by-step approach to written and spoken Hebrew. No prior knowledge of the language is required.[...]
Offers you a step-by-step approach to written and spoken Hebrew. This pack contains two 60-minute CDs which have been recorded by native speakers that help you perfect your pronunciation, listening and speaking skills.[...]
Major events-notably the Broadgate fire in London, New York's World Trade Center collapse, and the Windsor Tower fire in Madrid-as well as the enlightening studies at the Cardington fire research project have given international prominence to performance-based structural fire engineering. As a resul[...]
As part of China 's overall reform process, China 's civil service has also been reformed, beginning in the late 1970s, undergoing a major change in 1993 with the implementation of a new Civil Service System, with the reforms continuing to unfold thereafter. The creation of a modern, clean, competen[...]
This book explores the development of the rapidly evolving field of entrepreneurial learning by bringing together contributions from an international team of researchers, who offer new understanding of its emerging development and its potential scope for the future. Using the three domains of theory[...]
This new book looks at the unique career issues faced by those workers in their mid and late career stages, particularly with regard to the psychosocial dynamics of mid and late careers. With the growth in aging workers worldwide, we need a deeper understanding of the unique challenges and issues as[...]