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Building Network Capabilities in Turbulent Competitive Environments

Practices of Global Firms from Korea and Japan

By: Young Won Park,Paul Hong

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Building Network Capabilities in Turbulent Competitive Environments

Practices of Global Firms from Korea and Japan

By: Young Won Park,Paul Hong

Since the start of the recent financial crisis, as most global firms struggle to remain competitive, an increasing number of Korean and Japanese firms have experienced an amazing rate of growth and expansion. Although academic researchers and business leaders in the United States, China, Brazil, India, and Europe seek out the secrets to these busin

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146651440X

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Nan-Ching

The Classic of Difficult Issues

By: Paul U. Unschuld

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Nan-Ching

The Classic of Difficult Issues

By: Paul U. Unschuld

Although the study of traditional Chinese medicine has attracted unprecedented attention in recent years, Western knowledge of it has been limited because, until now, not a single Chinese classical medical text has been available in a serious philological translation. The present book offers, for the first time in any Western language, a complete translation of an ancient Chinese medical classic, the Nan-ching. The translation adheres to rigid sinological standards and applies philological and historiographic methods. The original text of the Nan-ching was compiled during the first century A.D. by an unknown author. From that time forward, this ancient text provoked an ongoing stream of commentaries. Following the Sung era, it was misidentified as merely an explanatory sequel to the classic of the Yellow Emperor, the Huang-ti nei-ching. This volume, however, demonstrates that the Nan-ching should once again be regarded as a significant and innovative text in itself. It marked the apex and the conclusion of the initial development phase of a conceptual system of health care based on the doctrines of the Five Phases and yinyang. As the classic of the medicine of systematic correspondence, the Nan-ching covers all aspects of theoretical and practical health care within these doctrines in an unusually systematic fashion. Most important is its innovative discussion of pulse diagnosis and needle treatment. Unschuld combines the translation of the text of the Nan-ching with selected commentaries by twenty Chinese and Japanese authors from the past seventeen centuries. These commentaries provide insights into the processes of reception and transmission of ancient Chinese concepts from the Han era to the present time, and shed light on the issue of progress in Chinese medicine. Central to the book, and contributing to a completely new understanding of traditional Chinese medical thought, is the identification of a “patterned knowledge” that characterizes—in contrast to the monoparadigmatic tendencies in Western science and medicine—the literature and practice of traditional Chinese health care. Unschuld’s translation of the Nan-ching is an accomplishment of monumental proportions. Anthropologists, historians, and sociologists as well as general readers interested in traditional Chinese medicine—but who lack Chinese language abilities—will at last have access to ancient Chinese concepts of health care and therapy. Filling an enormous gap in the literature, Nan-ching—The Classic of Difficult Issues is the kind of landmark work that will shape the study of Chinese medicine for years to come. This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1986.

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0520338758

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SCM Core Text: Christian Approaches to Other Faiths

By: Paul Hedges

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SCM Core Text: Christian Approaches to Other Faiths

By: Paul Hedges

The textbook begins with a chapter on exclusivism, inclusivism, particularity and pluralism, and one on interfaith. Each chapter explains the history, rationale and workings of the various approaches. Moreover, each is divided into sub-sections dealing with various forms of each approach, so that each may be appreciated in its individuality, i.e. the chapter on 'Inclusivism' will include sections on 'fulfilment theology' 'anonymous Christians', etc.The second part of this textbook deals with attitudes towards different faiths, considering the problems and relations that exist with Christian approaches to each. It will deal with the world's major faiths as well as primal religions and new religious movements. The introduction and conclusion will deal with some central themes that run throughout, in particular, the questions of the Trinity and concepts of salvation. In each section reference will be made to the key texts discussed in the Reader which accompanies this(9780334041155), however, the work may be read as a stand alone text.

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0334048273

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2,4,6-tribromophenol and Other Simple Brominated Phenols

By: Paul Howe,Stuart Dobson,Heath Malcolm,World Health Organization

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2,4,6-tribromophenol and Other Simple Brominated Phenols

By: Paul Howe,Stuart Dobson,Heath Malcolm,World Health Organization

Published under the joint sponsorship of the United Nations Environment Programme, the International Labour Organization and the World Health Organization, and produced within the framework of the Inter-organization Programme for the Sound Management of Chemicals (IOMC). On cover: IPCS International Programme on Chemical Safety

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The Origins and Character of the Ancient Chinese City

Volume 1, The City in Ancient China

By: Paul Wheatley

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The Origins and Character of the Ancient Chinese City

Volume 1, The City in Ancient China

By: Paul Wheatley

These two volumes elucidate the manner in which there emerged, on the North China plain, hierarchically structured, functionally specialized social institutions organized on a political and territorial basis during the second millennium b.c. They describe the way in which, during subsequent centuries, these institutes were diffused through much of the rest of North and Central China. Author Paul Wheatley equates the emergence of the ceremonial center, as evidenced in Shang China, with a functional and developmental stage in urban genesis, and substantiates his argument with comparative evidence from the Americas, Mesopotamia, Egypt, Southeast Asia, the Mediterranean, and the Yoruba territories. The Origins and Character of the Ancient Chinese City seeks in small measure to help redress the current imbalance between our knowledge of the contemporary, Western-style city on the one hand, and of the urbanism characteristic of the traditional world on the other. Those aspects of urban theory which have been derived predominantly from the investigation of Western urbanism, are tested against, rather than applied to ancient China. The Origins and Character of the Ancient Chinese City examines the cosmological symbolism of the Chinese city, constructed as a world unto itself. It suggests, with a wealth of argument and evidence, that this cosmo-magical role underpinned the functional unity of the city everywhere, until new bases for urban life began to develop in the Hellenistic world. Whereas the majority of previous investigations into the nature of the Chinese city have been undertaken from the standpoint of elites, The Origins and Character of the Ancient Chinese City has adopted a point of view closer to that of the social scientist than the geographer.

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Taylor & Francis

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1351477943

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Cumbria Murders

By: Paul Heslop

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Cumbria Murders

By: Paul Heslop

Cumbria Murders brings together numerous murderous tales that shocked not only the county but also made headlines throughout the country. They include the cases of Wai Sheung Siu Miao, strangled while on honeymoon in 1928; William Armstrong, shot by the Revd Joseph Smith in 1851; Ann Sewell, stabbed to death by farmhand George Cass in 1860; and the murder of Jack West at his home near Workington in 1964, whose killers were the last two men to be lawfully hanged in England. Paul Heslop was a policeman for over thirty years, mostly as a detective. His experience and understanding of the criminal justice system give authority to his unbiased assessment and analysis of the cases in this book. His carefully researched, well-illustrated and enthralling text will appeal to anyone interested in the shady side of Cumbria’s history, and should give much food for thought.

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The History Press

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0752484176

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Demon Hordes and Burning Boats

The Cult of Marshal Wen in Late Imperial Chekiang

By: Paul R. Katz

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Demon Hordes and Burning Boats

The Cult of Marshal Wen in Late Imperial Chekiang

By: Paul R. Katz

One of the few full-length regional studies of popular religion in late imperial China, this book presents the history of the cult of Marshal Wen, a plague-fighting deity whose cult flourished through Chekiang and its neighboring provinces. The author provides a lively account of the rise of Wen's cult during the tumultuous years of the Southern Sung dynasty, as well as its spread during subsequent dynasties. In exploring the roles played by scholar-officials, merchants, and Taoist priests in the growth of Wen's cult, the author pays special attention to the various representations of this deity held by different social groups, and shows that these were constantly interacting in a process he calls "reverberation." His analysis of plague expulsion festivals featuring Marshal Wen reveals that they functioned as rites of affliction designed to both achieve communal purification and resolve social crises. This book draws on a wide variety of sources, including Taoist scriptures and liturgical texts, stele inscriptions, literati writings (including poetry), manuscripts from local archives, as well as popular novels and folktales. The author also supplements his historical research with data gathered during fieldwork in Chekiang and Taiwan

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State University of New York Press

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143840848X

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The Secret History of the Mongols

The Origin of Chinghis Khan (expanded Edition) : an Adaptation of the Yüan Chʼao Pi Shih, Based Primarily on the English Translation by Francis Woodman Cleaves

By: Paul Kahn

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The Secret History of the Mongols

The Origin of Chinghis Khan (expanded Edition) : an Adaptation of the Yüan Chʼao Pi Shih, Based Primarily on the English Translation by Francis Woodman Cleaves

By: Paul Kahn

This adaptation of what is recognized today as the oldest Mongolian text (written two decades after Chingis Khan's death) tells the Mongols' own version of the origin of their nation, the life of C

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Cheng & Tsui

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0887272991

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The Origins and Character of the Ancient Chinese City, Volume 1

The City in Ancient China

By: Paul Wheatley

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The Origins and Character of the Ancient Chinese City, Volume 1

The City in Ancient China

By: Paul Wheatley

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Transaction Publishers

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0202367681

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Discovering History in China

American Historical Writing on the Recent Chinese Past

By: Paul A. Cohen

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Discovering History in China

American Historical Writing on the Recent Chinese Past

By: Paul A. Cohen

Originally published: New York: Columbia University Press, 1984.

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0231151926

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The Korean Warlord and the Irish Yank

By: Paul Luchessa

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The Korean Warlord and the Irish Yank

By: Paul Luchessa

It is October 1979, Seoul, Korea. President Pak is trying to stifle democratic rumblings from the opposition. The students are on a rampage, the tycoons are anxious and the Americans are getting very nervous. Lee Pil-soo, former KCIA chief, is about to launch a conspiracy that will ignite the brewing turmoil. Into this cauldron will be thrown one Patrick Casey, boozer, brawler, ex-Peace Corps Volunteer. Caseys linguistic gifts will place him squarely in the middle of a tug-of-war between the CIA and the KCIA in the murderous season of autumn.

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Xlibris Corporation

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1453582835

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Medicine in China

A History of Pharmaceutics

By: Paul Ulrich Unschuld

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Medicine in China

A History of Pharmaceutics

By: Paul Ulrich Unschuld

Unschuld provides a description and analysis of the contents and structure of traditional Chinese pharmaceutical literature. Unschuld has selected some one hundred titles in this far-reaching study.

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Univ of California Press

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0520050258

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Between Tradition and Modernity

Wang T’ao and Reform in Late Ching China

By: Paul A. Cohen

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Between Tradition and Modernity

Wang T’ao and Reform in Late Ching China

By: Paul A. Cohen

A study and critical analysis of the late nineteenth century journalist and reformer, Wang T’ao, and the process of reform in Late Ching China .

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BRILL

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1684172713

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The Culture of Sex in Ancient China

By: Paul R. Goldin

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The Culture of Sex in Ancient China

By: Paul R. Goldin

The subject of sex was central to early Chinese thought. Discussed openly and seriously as a fundamental topic of human speculation, it was an important source of imagery and terminology that informed the classical Chinese conception of social and political relationships. This sophisticated and long-standing tradition, however, has been all but neglected by modern historians. In The Culture of Sex in Ancient China, Paul Rakita Goldin addresses central issues in the history of Chinese attitudes toward sex and gender from 500 B.C. to A.D. 400. A survey of major pre-imperial sources, including some of the most revered and influential texts in the Chinese tradition, reveals the use of the image of copulation as a metaphor for various human relations, such as those between a worshiper and his or her deity or a ruler and his subjects. In his examination of early Confucian views of women, Goldin notes that, while contradictions and ambiguities existed in the articulation of these views, women were nevertheless regarded as full participants in the Confucian project of self-transformation. He goes on to show how assumptions concerning the relationship of sexual behavior to political activity (assumptions reinforced by the habitual use of various literary tropes discussed earlier in the book) led to increasing attempts to regulate sexual behavior throughout the Han dynasty. Following the fall of the Han, this ideology was rejected by the aristocracy, who continually resisted claims of sovereignty made by impotent emperors in a succession of short-lived dynasties. Erudite and immensely entertaining, this study of intellectual conceptions of sex and sexuality in China will be welcomed by students and scholars of early China and by those with an interest in the comparative development of ancient cultures.

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University of Hawaii Press

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0824864654

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Acupuncture Meridians and Acupuncture Points

By: Dr. Paul H. Rhyu

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Acupuncture Meridians and Acupuncture Points

By: Dr. Paul H. Rhyu

During the recent times, there occured a tremendous phenomenon in the field of Science. It is the growing awareness of the importance of Oriental Medicine, notably the so called acupuncture, in America, Europe and countries all over the world. Acupunture, as a field of medicine, poses a fundametal problem. It embraces a lot of complexities which must first have a through knowledge of meridians and acupuncutre points. Moreover, there is a need for them to have a complete understanding of all the acupunture parts in the human body. These can not bo acquired, however, in just a day's time. Like any other field of specialization, it demands a continuous practice of learning and relearing. In this connection, I am publing a book which will serve as a guide for medical students and doctors pursuing further studies in acupunture. The entitle "Acupunture Meridiana and Acupuncture Points" possesses distinct characteristies for easy reading and understanding. "Acupunture Meridians and Acupunture Points" indicates the exact position of these points. They are located in various parts of the human body; namely, bone surfaces, muscles, blood vessels and nerves. To aid readers in understanding better these points, the authors intentionally uses meridian classification, point's names and symptoms Korean and Chinese characters are also used for more depth. The findings presented in this study, however, should not be deemed by readers as conclusive and absolute. Liky and study, it assumes fallibility. In consonance to this, the author seek your advice by writing to them so that a revision may be undertaken. The author, I present any contribution it can be given to the people of today will be my honer and pressure. I like to express my thanks to wife JiHye, daughter Sandy, son Alex, and all family folks for helps and support.

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1452021376

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The Chinese Laundryman

A Study of Social Isolation

By: Paul C.P. Siu

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The Chinese Laundryman

A Study of Social Isolation

By: Paul C.P. Siu

The definitive scholarly study of Chinese laundries and those who worked in them in the U.S. Considered a classic piece by students of overseas Chinese and Asian American studies, "The Chinese Laundryman" is also a landmark in the study of ethnic occupations and in the social and cultural history of the immigrant in America. *Lightning Print On Demand Title

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NYU Press

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0814778747

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Saltwater City

Story of Vancouver's Chinese Community

By: Paul Yee

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Saltwater City

Story of Vancouver's Chinese Community

By: Paul Yee

Saltwater City pays tribute to those who went through the hard times, to those who swallowed their pride, to those who were powerless and humiliated, but who still carried on. They all had faith that things would be better for future generations. They have been proven correct. Canada’s first Chinese arrived in British Columbia in 1858 from California. Almost all mee—merchants, peasants, and laborers — and almost all from eight rural counties in the Pearl River delta in what is now Guangdong province — they came in search of gold and better fortune, escaping the rebellions, flood and drought of their homeland. By 1863 over 4,000 Chinese lived in B.C., filling jobs shunned by whites: miners, road builders, teamsters, laundry men, restaurateurs, domestic servants and cannery workers. Between 1881 and 1885, thousands more arrived, most imported to build the transcontinental railway. They were to create, in Vancouver, Canada’s largest and most dynamic Chinese Community, known to its original inhabitants as Saltwater City.

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D & M Publishers

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1926706250

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Chinese Kinship

By: Paul Chao

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Chinese Kinship

By: Paul Chao

First published in 1983. Professor Paul Chao writes Chinese Kinship in the line of the Chinese tradition; it is in this tradition that cultural complexes, such as family structure and kinship in relation to religious, political and economic organizations, are expounded by analysis of concepts and supported by historical documents. For the anthropological study of kinship is indispensable as a supplement to important historical work on basis of written documents. Professor Chao has made, in the main, a study of kinship in China of all known periods. He has taken the points of view of social anthropology and has also given a history of his topic.

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Routledge

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1136135626

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Fluid Transport

Pipes

By: Jean-Paul Duroudier

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Fluid Transport

Pipes

By: Jean-Paul Duroudier

Fluid Transport: Pipes, part of the Industrial Equipment for Chemical Engineering set, provides a description and calculation of the essential equipment used for fluid transport. Gas-liquid flows are studied with regard to the nature of this type of flow, along with the pressure drop that they may trigger. Many numerical examples are offered, and the calculation of a fluid transport line is detailed. The vacuum technique and the behavior of non-Newtonian liquids is thoroughly presented, and the author also provides the methods needed for understanding the equipment used in applied thermodynamics to encourage students and engineers to self build the programs they need. Chapters are complemented with appendices that provide additional information and associated references. - Contains practical applications of ejectors and thermo-compressors - Establishes pipe diameter thickness - Includes studies in general and other types of valves - Presents process parameters and the calculation of a control - Provides a theoretical study of control valves and gas pipelines

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Elsevier

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0081017790

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Protest Dialectics

State Repression and South Korea's Democracy Movement, 1970-1979

By: Paul Chang

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Protest Dialectics

State Repression and South Korea's Democracy Movement, 1970-1979

By: Paul Chang

1970s South Korea is characterized by many as the "dark age for democracy." Most scholarship on South Korea's democracy movement and civil society has focused on the "student revolution" in 1960 and the large protest cycles in the 1980s which were followed by Korea's transition to democracy in 1987. But in his groundbreaking work of political and social history of 1970s South Korea, Paul Chang highlights the importance of understanding the emergence and evolution of the democracy movement in this oft-ignored decade. Protest Dialectics journeys back to 1970s South Korea and provides readers with an in-depth understanding of the numerous events in the 1970s that laid the groundwork for the 1980s democracy movement and the formation of civil society today. Chang shows how the narrative of the 1970s as democracy's "dark age" obfuscates the important material and discursive developments that became the foundations for the movement in the 1980s which, in turn, paved the way for the institutionalization of civil society after transition in 1987. To correct for these oversights in the literature and to better understand the origins of South Korea's vibrant social movement sector this book presents a comprehensive analysis of the emergence and evolution of the democracy movement in the 1970s.

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Stanford University Press

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0804794308

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Trigrams

Book Three of the Dragon's Wake Trilogy

By: Paul E. Selinger

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Trigrams

Book Three of the Dragon's Wake Trilogy

By: Paul E. Selinger

The National League of American Pen Women 2001 Soul-Making Literary Prize Winner, Honorable Mention for the work "Trigrams" Sisterly rivalries, jealousy, envy, love, and the competition for parental approval are crosscurrents that operate below the surface among four talented teen-aged sisters of the Lee family, wealthy Koreans living in 1940's Shanghai. Their family's dynamics become subsumed and greatly complicated when the communists take over China in 1949, and the Lees are forced to abandon their home. They flee to Korea, a land they have never seen. Within months the Korean War breaks out and they are swept into its maelstrom. Three days later their home is overrun. They endure forced labor at the hands of a hostile North Korean army, with the threat of violent death at any time. Again they must flee, abandoning their new home and every possession. There is no choice but to accept their loss and join the hoards of homeless refugees moving south, away from the battleground. Ultimately, they have to separate in the dead of winter to find refuge at the mercy of not always welcoming distant relatives whom they have never met. Ai-li Lee, seventeen when the book opens, is the narrator. In a simple girl's voice she relates how she, her parents and siblings struggle to survive and keep the family intact. To prevail, they faced bitter passions within and beyond their family of violent rape, betrayal, infidelity, revenge, political intrigue and murder. Desperate for guidance during their crises, Ai-li and her closest brother, Eddie, turn to the I Ching, the ancient Chinese oracle their revered grandfather had relied on in Shanghai. They hope the secrets of its trigrams will reveal their wisdom to them, too.

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1413455247

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Soup For The Qan

By: Paul D. Buell,Eugene N. Anderson

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Soup For The Qan

By: Paul D. Buell,Eugene N. Anderson

First published in 2000. In the early 14th century, a court nutritionist called Hu Sihui wrote his Yinshan Zhengyao, a dietary and nutritional manual for the Chinese Mongol Empire. Hu Sihui, a man apparently with a Turkic linguistic background, included recipes, descriptions of food items, and dietary medical lore including selections from ancient texts, and thus reveals to us the full extent of an amazing cross-cultural dietary; here recipes can be found from as far as Arabia, Iran, India and elsewhere, next to those of course from Mongolia and China. Although the medical theories are largely Chinese, they clearly show Near Eastern and Central Asian influence. This long-awaited expanded and revised edition of the much-acclaimed A Soup for the Qan sheds (yet) new light on our knowledge of west Asian influence on China during the medieval period, and on the Mongol Empire in general.

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Routledge

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1136172734

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9781136172731

The Unofficial Tourists' Guide to Second Life

The Essential Guide to An Amazing Virtual World

By: Paul Carr,Graham Pond

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The Unofficial Tourists' Guide to Second Life

The Essential Guide to An Amazing Virtual World

By: Paul Carr,Graham Pond

Imagine an enormous, breathtaking virtual world to explore, where land can be bought for less than a dollar and new construction is limited only by your imagination. An online tourist destination where you can shop for virtual designer clothes in a shopping mall atop a live volcano, teleport to an underwater gig by U2, before taking a new friend back to your personal spaceship for virtual coffee or...well, you get the idea. The Unofficial Tourists' Guide to Second Life is a fast, fun guidebook that introduces first-time visitors to the endless wonders offered by this exciting and rapidly developing online world. All of Second Life is here, including: - The Essentials. What to wear and how to behave. - The People. Finding likeminded souls-or soulmates. - The Major Destinations. Must-see tourist hotspots, shops, and shows. - Shopping and Nightlife

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St. Martin's Griffin

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1429941979

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9781429941976

Tibetan Literature

Studies in Genre

By: Leonard van der Kuijp,James Burnell Robinson,Paul Harrison

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Tibetan Literature

Studies in Genre

By: Leonard van der Kuijp,James Burnell Robinson,Paul Harrison

Tibetan Literature addresses the immense variety of Tibet's literary heritage. An introductory essay by the editors attempts to assess the overall nature of 'literature' in Tibet and to understand some of the ways in which it may be analyzed into genres. The remainder of the book contains articles by nearly thirty scholars from America, Europe, and Asia—each of whom addresses an important genre of Tibetan literature. These articles are distributed among eight major rubrics: two on history and biography, six on canonical and quasi-canonical texts, four on philosophical literature, four on literature on the paths, four on ritual, four on literary arts, four on non-literary arts and sciences, and two on guidebooks and reference works.

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Shambhala Publications

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1559390441

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9781559390446

Screenwriting

The Sequence Approach

By: Paul Joseph Gulino

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Screenwriting

The Sequence Approach

By: Paul Joseph Gulino

A substantial update of the previous edition, Screenwriting: The Sequence Approach deconstructs recent feature films and offers a new section analysing popular television series. A proven screenwriting method in emotionally engaging an audience, the sequence approach emphasises the underlying motives of each story plot to better convey its relation to the work as a whole. In this expanded second edition, Paul Gulino includes analyses of recent noteworthy films and serial dramas, such as Parasite, Barry and Breaking Bad, with an eye to how they manage audience attention, convey vital information and deliver their emotional payloads. The aim of the book is to help writers move readily from the feature film to the serial form, mastering both. It is perfect for both beginning writers and those with experience in the feature screenplay form.

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Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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Chinese Legal Tradition Under the Mongols

The Code of 1291 as Reconstructed

By: Paul Heng-chao Ch'en

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Chinese Legal Tradition Under the Mongols

The Code of 1291 as Reconstructed

By: Paul Heng-chao Ch'en

The evolution of China's legal tradition was one of the most striking aspects of the transformation of Chinese civilization under Mongolian domination. Paul Ch'en's exploration of the legal system of the Yuan dynasty (1271-1368) and its first substantial legal code (the Chih-yuan hsin-ko, or Chih-yiian New Code) provides a key to our understanding of the impact of the Mongols on traditional Chinese law and society. Originally published in 1979. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

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140086772X

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Medical Ethics in Imperial China

A Study in Historical Anthropology

By: Paul Ulrich Unschuld

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Medical Ethics in Imperial China

A Study in Historical Anthropology

By: Paul Ulrich Unschuld

The ethics of Chinese physicians were formulated during the Confucian era and advocated the interests of the general public. Medical resources in China were distributed to shamans (up to this century), Buddhist monks, Taoist hermits, Confucian scholars, itinerant and established physicians, laymen, midwives, and many others. Conflict over distribution of those resources affected everyone. Independently practicing physicians acquired more and more control. Ethical debates were used to centralize resources among physicians. Prognosis has become increasingly significant as a means of protection and reputation. A formulated ethics from the elite group of physicians must not only subject itself to the values dominating society but create values in the advanced medical regions; e.g., allocation of resources to preserve life.

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Univ of California Press

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0520035437

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Race Relations in the United States

A Chronology, 1896-2005

By: Paul D. Buchanan

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Race Relations in the United States

A Chronology, 1896-2005

By: Paul D. Buchanan

This chronology of significant events affecting race relations in the United States begins with the Plessy v. Ferguson decision on May 18, 1896, which approved the concept of "separate but equal" provisions for blacks and whites and thus set back the cause of real equality for decades, and continues through 2005. More than 200 entries recount decisions and events that had a national impact. Entries include such topics as the American white imperialism of the early 20th century, milestones of the civil rights movement and the implications of the 2000 census. The chronology traces a trail through the most important characters, incidents, and ideas that shaped how Americans of varying racial backgrounds have interacted with each other.

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McFarland

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1476618429

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9781476618425

The Origins and Character of the Ancient Chinese City, Volume 2

The Chinese City in Comparative Perspective

By: Paul Wheatley

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The Origins and Character of the Ancient Chinese City, Volume 2

The Chinese City in Comparative Perspective

By: Paul Wheatley

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Transaction Publishers

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020236769X

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9780202367699

North Korea

The Paranoid Peninsula: A Modern History

By: Paul French

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North Korea

The Paranoid Peninsula: A Modern History

By: Paul French

North Korea remains one of the least understood nations on earth; a nuclear enabled "Hermit Kingdom" ravaged by economic mismanagement and reliant on illegal weapons sales, smuggling and counterfeiting for most of its foreign reserves while undergoing a prolonged famine and propped up by aid donations. Not a normal country in any sense of the word, its nuclear weapons program makes it a country whose actions could have global ramifications. This book demystifies North Korea through revealing the daily life of its citizens; the political and economic history of the nation; the reasoning behind the country's combative way of engaging the world and the tentative economic reform process now being undertaken. The prospect of a nuclear North Korea preferring brinksmanship to engagement and negotiation, makes understanding Pyongyang's guiding principles, motives and possible future increasingly important.

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Zed Books

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1842774735

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400 Billion Stars

By: Paul McAuley

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400 Billion Stars

By: Paul McAuley

Dorothy Yoshida is a telepath, and a really rather good one at that. She's also a scientist, and when a small planet begins to manifest some unusual signs she is sent to investigate. The planet is more than it seems, and on further investigation the scientists begin to suspect it has been artificially altered. But despite their suspicions the only life they can detect is on the surface, none of which has advanced far above the level of animals. And despite the hopes of mankind to find something which will help them in a burgeoning war against other species, there seems to be nothing there to aid them. With Dorothy's arrival, however, they are in for some surprising discoveries.

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0575088362

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The Future Without a Past

The Humanities in a Technological Society

By: John Paul Russo

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The Future Without a Past

The Humanities in a Technological Society

By: John Paul Russo

Argues that technological imperatives like rationalization, universalism, monism, and autonomy have transformed the humanities and altered the relation between humans and nature. Examines technology and its impact on education, historical memory, and technological and literary values in criticism and theory, concluding with an analysis of the fiction of Don DeLillo"--Provided by publisher.

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University of Missouri Press

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0826264735

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X-Treme Possibilities

A Paranoid Rummage Through The X-Files

By: Paul Cornell,Martin Day,Keith Topping

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X-Treme Possibilities

A Paranoid Rummage Through The X-Files

By: Paul Cornell,Martin Day,Keith Topping

Open your mind to extreme possibilities' Scully's desire to be recognised as 'a medical doctor', ooze, mouthfuls of difficult dialogue and the tendency for characters not to make it through the pre-titles sequence were just a few of the tragically underexamined elements of THE X-FILES phenomenon - until the first edition of this book. Now the authors take their study of televisions weirdest show through to the end of series five, and THE X-FILES movie. X-TREME POSSIBILITIES presents a unique analysis of the programme that transformed US television. While sometimes witty and light-hearted, this volume is also a serious study of the elements that made the show such a success. As well as a detailed episode guide of the first five seasons, the book pieces together the nature of the series' Conspiracy - and attempts to discover just what the truth is. Never before has THE X-FILES been put under such focused, affectionate and bizarre scrutiny. Please note this new release of the second edition has not been updated.

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057513335X

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Good Versus Evil in the Films of Christopher Lee

By: Paul Leggett

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Good Versus Evil in the Films of Christopher Lee

By: Paul Leggett

Sir Christopher Lee (1922-2015) was one of the most beloved actors of the past sixty years. He appeared in more than 200 feature films--from Hammer Horror and James Bond thrillers to Star Wars and Lord of the Rings--and more than 100 made-for-televison movies. A versatile performer, he played a menacing figure in Dracula and The Wicker Man, a tragic one in The Curse of Frankenstein and The Mummy, and a spiritual hero in The Devil Rides Out. This study explores his legacy as a film actor and his diverse interpretations of the theme of good vs. evil.

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1476669635

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9781476669632

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