Reap the benefits of centuries of wisdom and practical experience to deepen and refine your Tai Chi Chuan. Discover ways to reach the essence of your Form and take your Push Hands to higher levels. Dr. Yang has translated classics from the original Chinese and written commentaries to make them more [...]
This book contains four short Chinese folktales for children, re-told by Dr. Yang and illustrated with watercolors.The first called "The Mask of the King" is a tale about a king who removes the long-worn mask upon his face only to discover that his subjects can now see the 'real him'. The second sto[...]
Based on the author's extensive experience and scientific background, he has compiled the theory of Taijiquan in one complete book. This profound work, by a contemporary author, is guaranteed to 'raise the bar' and demand debate on this ancient art. In-depth discussion on the theory of regulating th[...]
Age-Period-Cohort Analysis: New Models, Methods, and Empirical Applications is based on a decade of the authors' collaborative work in age-period-cohort (APC) analysis. Within a single, consistent HAPC-GLMM statistical modeling framework, the authors synthesize APC models and methods for three resea[...]
Gold Winner - 2011 IP's Living Now AwardsGold Winner - 2011 eLit AwardFinalist - 2011 Eric Hoffer AwardFinalist - 2011 USA Best Book Award Taijiquan (Tai Chi Chuan) is a slow and relaxed moving meditation. It is also a sophisticated martial arts system. Through practicing Taijiquan, you are able to [...]
Reach for the Highest Level of Tai Chi Practice Youcan achieve the highest level of tai chi practice by including tai chi sword in your training regimen. Here's your change to take the next step in your tai chi journey. Once you have attained proficiency in the bare hand form and have gained listeni[...]
Since ancient times Tai Chi Chuan has been practiced as a holistic mind/body fitness system, bringing immense benefits for practitioners in health, longevity, relaxation, and concentration. But it was also practiced as an effective and deadly martial art. Because of this, the masters rarely disclose[...]
A "New York Times "Notable Children's Book (Young Adult) for 2011 Smackdown! Video Games vs. Medical School! Which will win the battle for our hero's attention in Gene Luen Yang's new graphic novel? Dennis Ouyang lives in the shadow of his parents' high expectations. "They "want him to go to med sch[...]
Team Avatar is in peril as a dangerously powerful ancient spirit awakens with vengeance and destruction on its mind. Bonds will be tested and new truths revealed as Aang must answer an important question: Can humans and spirits co-exist?
Written and drawn by the team behind the best-selling "Th[...]
Create success by understanding one of the world's oldest dynamic forcesExplores the ancient philosophy of balance in all areas of life to help develop an understanding of why we feel, behave and think the way we do. In The Yin Yang Complex you will be taken on a journey of discovery that will unear[...]
Chinese boys can be Horrid too! Join in the fun as Mo-Shen Ma and his mischievous father run riot through school and home. There's no trouble they can't get into - or out of...[...]
We've got a problem--our most talented and educated young people aren't building things. They're not starting or joining innovative companies that are addressing crises in education, energy, or transportation. Meanwhile, in recovering cities such as Detroit, New Orleans, and Baltimore, promising sta[...]
Discover All the Advantages of Using Design for Six Sigmato Develop and Build Customer Value-Based Products Voice of the Customer Capture and Analysis equips Six Sigma you with the skills needed to create and deploy surveys, capture real customers need with ethnographic methods, immediately analyze [...]
The Latest Tools and Guidance Needed to Implement Design for Six Sigma in New Product and Service Development! Hailed as a classic in its first edition, Design for Six Sigma has been fully revised and updated to equip you with everything you need to implement Design for Six Sigma (DFSS) in new produ[...]
Brings together the content from contributors in the field of renewable energy. This book explores a range of renewable energies including solar, wind, geothermal and bioenergy. It includes fundamentals, key techniques and engineering best practice. It is suitable for energy and environmental engine[...]
Offering a comprehensive framework to support the lifecycle of time-constrained workflow applications, this book enhances the overall performance and usability of scientific cloud workflow systems. It explains how to reduce the cost to detect and handle temporal violations while delivering high qual[...]
Presents the knowledge and the advances in intelligent systems. In this book, the topics include data management, data and text mining for Intelligence and Security Informatics applications, deception and intent detection, terrorist and criminal social network analysis, and public health and bio-sec[...]
Computation and Storage in the Cloud is the first comprehensive and systematic work investigating the issue of computation and storage trade-off in the cloud in order to reduce the overall application cost. Scientific applications are usually computation and data intensive, where complex computation[...]
Embodied theories claim that semantic representations are grounded in sensorimotor systems, but the contribution of sensorimotor brain areas in representing meaning is still controversial. This title reviews the findings about contextual modularity. It clarifies the invariant and flexible features o[...]
This book covers our current understanding of the role of mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) and other mesenchymal progenitors in skeletal regeneration, encompassing bone, cartilage and whole joint regeneration. The expansion reflects developments in the field to include data on the use of MSCs in drug d[...]
Provides a single source of foundational knowledge in reflection seismology principles and theory. Combined with seismic attribute analysis and other exploration geophysics tools, this title aids geologists and geo-engineers in creating geological models of areas of exploration and extraction intere[...]