"In memories that rise like wisps of ghosts, LuLing Young searches for the name of her mother, the daughter of the Famous Bonesetter from the Mouth of the Mountain. Trying to hold on to the evaporating past, she begins to write all that she can remember of her life as a girl in China. Meanwhile, her[...]

This book explains to those living and working in another country how to identify and develop their Cultural Intelligence, or CQ. Cultural intelligence is an outsider's natural ability to interpret and respond to unfamiliar cultural signals in an appropriate manner. A manager with a high CQ can ente[...]

Motion pictures were first introduced to China in 1896 and today China has become a major player in the film industry. However, the story of how Chinese cinema became what it is today is an exceptionally turbulent one. It encompasses incursions by foreign powers, warfare among contending rulers, the[...]

From a beloved master of crime fiction, "A Tan and Sandy Silence" is one of many classic novels featuring Travis McGee, the hard-boiled detective who lives on a houseboat.
Travis McGee is unnerved when he receives an unexpected guest--real estate developer Harry Broll, who is convinced that McG[...]

All societies face a key question: how to empower governments to perform essential governmental functions while constraining the arbitrary exercise of power. This balance, always in flux, and is particularly fluid in today's China. This insightful book examines the changing relationship between that[...]

A View from the Bottom offers a major critical reassessment of male effeminacy and its racialization in visual culture. Examining portrayals of Asian and Asian American men in Hollywood cinema, European art film, gay pornography, and experimental documentary, Nguyen Tan Hoang explores the cultural m[...]

Educates by application and real-world examples. This book offers a supplement package, and delivers matchless flexibility to both traditional and modern practitioners. It abounds with helpful exercises, including Diagnostic Tests, which assure students of a firm grasp on textbook information before[...]

Addresses service providers' challenges by demonstrating solutions offered by Multi-Protocol Label Switching (MPLS) features such as traffic engineering (TE), fast reroute, and virtual private LAN services. This text shows how mission-critical applications can be deployed within Metropolitan Area Ne[...]

The 37 lessons contained in Baltimore Catechism No. 2 present the fundamentals of the Catholic Faith in a manner suitable for sixth through ninth graders and those preparing for Confirmation.
Since its 1885 debut, the Catechism commissioned by the Third Council of Bishops in Baltimore has instr[...]

Everyone, unfortunately, will see his or herself described in the pages of this booklet. As all our sins are traceable to these seven roots: Pride, Covetousness (Avarice), Lust, Anger, Gluttony, Envy and Sloth. The Seven Capital Sins explains the true nature, degrees, acts and family relationships b[...]

Analysing the regulation of vessel-source pollution from the perspective of the political interests of key players in the ship transportation industry, this 2005 book by Alan Khee-Jin Tan offers a comprehensive and convincing account of how pollution of the marine environment by ships may be better [...]