Two short novels by a popular Taiwanese TV personality: MY KID SISTER, about the rebellious daughter in a very conventional family, and WILD CHILD, about a troubled teenager on the streets.
Young Song-ho is not allowed to go to school in Korea a century ago because his family is poor. One day he discovers a beautiful school sheltered among golden rain trees. Then he does something that changes his life forever. His courage and determination open new doors literally and figuratively, for himself and his offspring.
The combat techniques of Tai Ji, Ba Gua, and Xing Yi were forbidden during China's Cultural Revolution, but the teachings of grandmaster Wang Pei Shing have survived. This comprehensive guide, written by one of his students, selects core movements from each practice and gives the student powerful tools to recognize the unique strategies and skills ...
Sams Teach Yourself C in 24 Hours, Second Edition, shows you how to program in C in an easy-to-understand format. C is a powerful and flexible language used for a wide range of projects. You begin with learning the basics to write a first program and then move on to arrays, pointers, disk input/output, and functions. This book will allow you to ...
This spirited memoir--by a former Chinese factory worker who grew up in Nanjing, participated in the Tiananmen Square protest, and ended up an international journalist--is a testament to Zhang's personal triumph over the controlled existence that was to be her destiny.
Chinese Link: Zhongwen Tiandi Traditional Character Version is a dynamic, learner-centered textbook for beginning students of modern Chinese. Its communicative focus helps students develop their competencies in the four basic skills of listening, speaking, reading and writing the Chinese language and allows for practice through an abundance of in ...
A guide to all three forms of T'ai Chi Ch'uan: Short Form, Long Form, and Push Hands. Includes more than 600 illustrations, plus charts showing foot position and body orientation.
Written by one of the leading authors in the field, this text provides a student-friendly approach to graph theory for undergraduates. Much care has been given to present the material at the most effective level for students taking a first course in graph theory. Gary Chartrand and Ping Zhang's lively and engaging style, historical emphasis, ...
Through the harmonious balancing of opposites, the ancient Chinese philosophy of yin yang is applied beautifully to the art of painting in an illuminating, results-oriented instructional for artists of all levels. Dividing the lessons into two sections, this book examines the traditional elements of painting and demonstrates major genres of ...
Chinese Link: Zhongwen Tiandi Simplified Character Version is a dynamic, learner-centered textbook for beginning students of modern Chinese. Its communicative focus helps students develop their competencies in the four basic skills of listening, speaking, reading and writing the Chinese language and allows for practice through an abundance of in ...
Mathematical Proofs: A Transition to Advanced Mathematics, Second Edition, prepares students for the more abstract mathematics courses that follow calculus. This text introduces students to proof techniques and writing proofs of their own. As such, it is an introduction to the mathematics enterprise, providing solid introductions to relations, ...
Coming to America to make a better life has long been a dream of many from around the world. In the past, immigration was easier, but not so any longer. Now, many foreign nationals must be smuggled into the U.S. in order to gain entry. In addition, various criminal groups from around the world traffic people against their will to the U.S. for the ...
For courses in Criminology, Comparative Criminology, Crime and Society and Comparative Criminal Justice. Because of recent changes in communication, transportation, and commerce, crime has become a global phenomenon. Criminology: A Global Perspective was developed to address this new reality and broadens the discussion of crime and social control ...
Chinese Link: Zhongwen Tiandi, level 2, is a best-seller in the field of Chinese language learning,and includes both traditional and simplified characters in order to accommodate different users' needs and preferences. This program provides a practical, learner-centered, and enjoyable language and culture learning experience for students studying ...
On the night of June 3-4, 1989, Chinese troops violently crushed the largest pro-democracy demonstrations in the history of the communist regime. In this extraordinary collection of hundreds of internal government and Communist Party documents, secretly smuggled out of China, we learn how these events came to pass from behind the scenes. The ...
Zhang Boli's memoir recounts his experiences after being declared a criminal on China's Most Wanted List after the Tiananmen Square demonstrations in 1989, of which he was one of the organizers. Forced into hiding, he stayed on the run for two years, during which he sought refuge in parts of the Soviet Union and the furthest reaches of China ...
The ideal workbook for students to practice learning to read, recognise, and write the 100 most common Chinese medical Chinese characters! This work forms an integral part of the "Chinese Medicine Language Series" for students and practitioners who are engaged in the study of Chinese medical language. It presents the first 100 characters based ...
This magnificent atlas of human microanatomy was designed to help histology students understand the complex structures they encounter when viewing microscopic sections of tissues. It is designed to bridge the gap between textbook diagrams and the complex reality of histological preparations. Instead of simply depicting an individual section, each ...
In this suspenseful tale of seduction and deception, a wealthy banker is smitten by an alluring young woman while traveling aboard the express train from Beijing to Shanghai. A consummate storyteller and one of the most popular novelists of his day, Zhang Henshui sweeps us on board with them and takes us through train stations and back and forth ...
This book provides an up-to-date, panoramic picture of the field of intellectual styles through describing, analyzing, and integrating the major theoretical and research works on the topic. Readers will gain a broad understanding of the field - its nature, origins, historical development, theories, research, and applications, as well as the ...
Intrigued with the possibility of integrating texture in his work, American landscape photographer Robert Glenn Ketchum has a long-standing collaboration with the Suzhou Embroidery Research Institute (SERI) in China. This volume describes the history of SERI with illustrations of its traditional embroidery and then proceeds to pair Ketchum's ...
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