Welcome to Fairy Tales from Tang Tang Tang Tang weaves traditional Chinese storytelling with Western fantasy elements, using vivid language to craft unique stories of wonder and magic. These beautiful, poignant fairy tales will leave an imprint on your heart with their universal themes of friendship, family, loyalty and loss. What happens when … a young boy is sent to rob a silly ghost? a young girl faces the Blue Hag feared by everyone in the village? a magical radish seed sets out to do great things? a primary school teacher reluctantly takes a class about fairy tales? This book is for children and for adults who never lost their sense of wonder. Translated from the original Chinese
Welcome to Fairy Tales from Tang Tang Tang Tang weaves traditional Chinese storytelling with Western fantasy elements, using vivid language to craft unique stories of wonder and magic. These beautiful, poignant fairy tales will leave an imprint on your heart with their universal themes of friendship, family, loyalty and loss. What happens when … two children promise to reunite in a year and two toy cats make the same pledge? a ghost carries an orphan girl away to his island to teach his plants to talk? an immortal phoenix falls in love with a mortal man? a young boy rides a mysterious train into the wilderness? a sleepless ghost decides to hang upside down in a girl’s chimney? This book is for children and for adults who never lost their sense of wonder. Translated from the original Chinese Edited by Rebecca Moesta and illustrated by Lü Qiumei. Translated by Li Xiaochun and Rebecca Moesta
A collection of enchanting fairytales by the acclaimed Chinese children’s author, now available in English. One of China’s most celebrated authors of children’s literature, Tang Tang, weaves traditional Chinese storytelling with Western fantasy elements. With vivid language and playful imagery, she crafts unique stories of wonder and magic. These poignant fairy tales will leave an imprint on your heart with their universal themes of friendship, family, loyalty, and loss. In this collection, Tang Tang explores what happens when a young boy makes a promise to a childhood friend; when generations of imps misunderstand a nursery rhyme; when a grandmother sneaks out of heaven to visit her granddaughter; and when a girl grows up and loses interest in a beloved pet.
A story that could only happen in America. A tale of riches, to rags, to... something more important. This is the memoir of Peggy Tang Strait, born Won Yuen Tang, the middle child of Doris and Paul Tang and the sister of Ruthie, Harry, Helen, and Andrew Tang. Follow their journey from the aristocracy of pre-War China to working class poverty in rural Arizona and, eventually, to the attainment of the American Dream. This is a story of perseverance that transcends cultures and generations. Please share the Tang family with your family.
Tang Xianzu (1550–1616) is acclaimed as the 'Shakespeare of the East' and widely regarded as China's greatest playwright, yet his work has not reached Western readers in its entirety. The Complete Dramatic Works of Tang Xianzu represents a literary landmark: this is the first English-language collection of the revered dramatist's most important works to be made available outside China. Translated over two decades, the collection showcases the playwright's major pieces, including The Purple Flute, The Purple Hairpins, The Nanke Dream, The Handan Dream – and The Peony Pavilion. The Peony Pavilion is the playwright's most celebrated work and has drawn comparisons to Homer's Odyssey, Virgil's Aeneid, Dante's Divine Comedy and John Milton's Paradise Lost. Known for his lyrical use of metaphor, Tang Xianzu weaves the beauty of nature with the tragedy of emotion. His plays offer an extensive exploration of love, and remain at the heart of Chinese culture. This important collection represents an opportunity for a wider audience to discover the profound and poetic works of this classic playwright.
From 1 to 10, these "lessons that count" are math magic for learning addition and subtraction. Greg Tang has built his career as an author and math missionary on the power of creative problem solving. Now, through winsome "fables" about concepts that are relevant to the very youngest math learners -- sharing, teamwork, etc. -- Greg encourages kids to see the basics of addition and subtraction in entirely new ways. Fresh, fun, and most of all, inspiring, MATH FABLES is perfect for launching young readers on the road to math success!
Greg Tang follows up the fun, innovative, New York Times bestseller GRAPES OF MATH with his second uproariously punny math book -- this time with a theme of seasons and a focus on groups of fives. Your challenge is to find the sumWithout counting one by oneWhy not count? It's much too slow --Adding is the way to go!Make clever groups before you start --Then add them in a way that's smart!MATH FOR ALL SEASONS will challenge every kid -- and every parent -- to open their minds and solve problems in new and unexpected ways. By looking for patterns, symmetries, and familiar number combinations within eye-catching pictures, math will become easier, quicker, and more fun than anyone could have imagined!
NEW YORK TIMES bestselling author Greg Tang takes on the times tables, teaching kids innovative ways to multiply numbers and derive answers WITHOUT memorization. Four is very fast to do when you multiply by 2.Here's a little good advice --please just always double twice!BEST OF TIMES gives kids an intuitive understanding of multiplication, encouraging them to arrive at answers on their own rather than memorizing the times tables. A child who can multiply by two, for instance, can multiply by four and even eight! Likewise, times six builds on times two and times three.With his common-sense approach, Greg Tang encourages kids to solve problems creatively, building both their skills and their confidence.
With clear instruction and expert guidance, this fully illustrated guide to Bagua Zhang teaches all you need to know about this subtle, powerful martial art. There is no other martial art system or style, internal or external, which combines so many fighting techniques in one practice - and expert Master C S Tang provides lucid, detailed descriptions of the entire training system. Bagua is divided into several sets of exercises, and this guide begins by covering the history behind these, and explaining the basic exercises. It goes on to detail the training in more complex practices - including circle walking, single palm change, the eight palm changes, the special weapons of Bagua, and more. Tying into higher spiritual practices of Daoism, this guide not only covers the practical applications of Bagua Zhang, but explores the reasons why it calms the mind, coordinates the body, and develops health.
When her little brother was gravely ill, he had placed a marriage contract in front of him. In order to repay the kindness of her adoptive parents, she had taken the place of the young master of the Tang clan, who had lost his memories.
Zhuo Xiao Bing, perempuan yang bekerja di sebuah majalah. Perjalanan kariernya sebagai pemburu berita hiburan diam-diam membawanya masuk lebih dalam di industri yang gemerlap itu. Awalnya dia hanya membantu seseorang dari masa lalunya memenangi kontes pencarian bakat. Namun, kemudian dia malah terjerumus ke pusaran asmara yang melibatkan dirinya dengan Ji Si Nan, artis tampan dan tersohor di China, serta Tang Zeng Heng, anak terbuang yang menjadi ahli waris perusahaan media dan hiburan terbesar di China. Mereka bertiga terjerat dalam persaingan dunia hiburan yang kejam dan penuh persekongkolan besar, seperti lalat yang terperangkap di jaring laba-laba. " Tidak ada kebenaran dalam dunia hiburan, Yang ada hanya saling memanfaatkan dan saling menipu. Benarkah?. Sebuah novel yang menceritakan tentang cinta sejati yang tak terlupakan. Diterbitkan oleh penerbit Serambi Ilmu Semesta" (Serambi Group)
Readers who have graduated from THE GRAPES OF MATH will find new, more advanced math challenges. Greg Tang is back with his bestselling approach to addition and subtraction: problem solving. By solving challenges that encourage kids to "group" numbers rather than memorize formulas, even the most reluctant math learners are inspired to see math in a whole new way! Math Potatoes is full of Tang and Briggs' trademark humor, wit, and extraordinary creativity. Tang has proven over and over that math can be fun, and this new addition to his acclaimed series of mind-stretching math riddles is sure to be another hit.
In Kat Tang’s exciting and resonant debut, a “Rental Stranger”—a companion hired under various guises—walks the line between personal and professional in surprising new ways. Would you hire someone to be the best man at your wedding? Your stand-in brother? Your husband? In an age where online ratings are all-powerful, Five-Star Stranger follows the adventures of a top-rated man on the Rental Stranger app—a place where users can hire a pretend fiancé, a wingman, or an extra mourner for a funeral. Referred to only as Stranger, the narrator navigates New York City under the guise of characters he plays, always maintaining a professional distance from his clients. But, when a nosy patron threatens to upend his long-term role as father to a young girl, Stranger begins to reckon with his attachment to his pretend daughter, her mother, and his own fraught past. Now, he must confront the boundaries he has drawn and explore the legacy of abandonment that shaped his life. Five-Star Stranger is a strikingly vivid novel about the commodification of relationships in a gig economy, isolation in a hyperconnected world, and the risk of asking for what we want from those who cannot give. This is the story of a man who finds out who he is by being anyone but himself.
NEW YORK TIMES bestselling author Greg Tang challenges kids to solve problems creatively while introducing art history. In his most ground-breaking book since THE BEST OF TIMES (Fall 2002), Greg Tang underscores the importance of four basic rules in problem-solving. Keeping an open mind, looking for unusual number combinations, using multiple skills (like subtracting to add) and looking for patterns, will guarantee any child success in math. In MATH-TERPIECES, Tang continues to challenge kids with his innovative approach to math, and uses art history to expand his vision for creative problem-solving.
Asian Trauma and Recovery addresses the double-bind Asian diaspora in the West commonly find themselves in—that of having to cope with high rates of maltreatment within the family, as well as racism and other forms of discrimination from without.
During the months of Lent, many make sacrifices of food, drink, social media and even ways of thinking in order to draw closer to God in prayer and faith. Professional chef Kimmy Tang knows firsthand the sacrifices for Christians during this time, herself a born-again Christian of the Eastern Orthodox Church. She uses her longtime cooking background to craft Asian-fusion recipes for Lent in Kimmy Tang's Asian-Fusion Lenten Cuisine. Within the pages of her cookbook are delicious breakfast, lunch and dinner recipes: ranging from salad recipes to quinoa recipes to tofu recipes and dessert recipes. Kimmy also discusses being a Vietnam War refugee and her early beginnings into cooking, along with including an inspirational story about Saint Euphrosynus and his cooking journey to Paradise. These healthy living recipes are easy recipes to make, while remaining centered in God's truths with prayers during meals and scripture references to recall and embrace.
A Christian Romantic Suspense novella Book #4.2 in the Sonoma series Doctor Geoffrey Whelan was in Japan when the tsunami hit, killing his cousin and grandmother. He has worked in medical missions for years to assuage his survivor’s guilt, and now that he’s back in Sonoma to help his family, he can’t figure out why he still feels so wounded and God feels so far away. Then a mysterious young woman warns him that he and nurse Maylin Kinley are in mortal danger. Maylin notices that Geoffrey is not the same arrogant doctor she met years ago in Los Angeles. Now that they are working together again in a clinic in Sonoma, she fights her attraction towards him because his confident, forceful personality reminds her too much of her abusive ex-boyfriend, who called himself a Christian. She has been steering clear of her handsome coworker—until Asian hitmen attack the clinic and they are forced to run for their lives. Now they must race to figure out how the threat is connected to a young teenager whose life they saved—before everyone they love is caught in the crossfire. Camy's Sonoma series: 1. Deadly Intent 2. Formula for Danger 3. Stalker in the Shadows 4. Narrow Escape 4.1. Necessary Proof (novella) 4.2 Unshakeable Pursuit (novella) 5. Treacherous Intent 6. Gone Missing "Tang creates suspense that will hold your attention.” —4.5 stars from RT Book Reviews (Susan Mobley) for Stalker in the Shadows “Tang creates suspense that is palpable from page one and maintained throughout, and her characters are engaging and realistic.” —4.5 stars from RT Book Reviews (Leslie McKee) for Narrow Escape "Tang maintains her usual blend of wit, suspense, and romance as she launches a new series.” —Booklist (Carolyn Richard) for Protection for Hire “Protection for Hire is suspenseful, and it also makes good use of author Camy Tang’s sense of humor, clever dialogue, and insight into relationships. Readers should find this story thoroughly entertaining.” —CBA Retailers + Resources (Joseph Bentz) "If you enjoy romance, suspense, and inspiration, this book has it all in a well-balanced mix." —Susan Sleeman from Suspense Zone for Deadly Intent
Do gentlemen wear shorts? What are the rules regarding interior decor in a high-security prison? Is it ever acceptable to send Valentine's cards to one's pets? The twenty-first century is an age of innumerable social conundrums. Around every corner lies a potential faux pas waiting to happen. But if you've ever struggled for the right response to an unwelcome gift or floundered for conversation at the dinner party from hell, fear not: help is at hand. In Rules for Modern Life, Sir David Tang, resident agony uncle at the Financial Times, delivers a satirical masterclass in navigating the social niceties of modern life. Whether you're unsure of the etiquette of doggy bags or wondering whether a massage room in your second home would be de trop, Sir David has the answer to all your social anxieties - and much more besides.
This book presents the latest neuroscience research on mindfulness meditation and provides guidance on how to apply these findings to our work, relationships, health, education and daily lives. Presenting cutting-edge research on the neurological and cognitive changes associated with its practice Tang aims to explain how it reaps positive effects and subsequently, how best to undertake and implement mindfulness practice. Mindfulness neuroscience research integrates theory and methods from eastern contemplative traditions, western psychology and neuroscience, and is based on neuroimaging techniques, physiological measures and behavioural tests. The Neuroscience of Mindfulness Meditation begins by explaining these foundations and then moves on to themes such as the impact of personality and how mindfulness can shape behaviour change, attention and self-control. Finally, the book discusses common misconceptions about mindfulness and challenges in future research endeavours. Written by an expert in the neuroscience of mindfulness this book will be valuable for scholars, researchers and practitioners in psychotherapy and the health sciences working with mindfulness, as well as those studying and working in the fields of neuroscience and neuropsychology.
In the classic tradition of Sun Tzu’s The Art of War, here for the first time in English is the timeless wisdom of China’s greatest emperor Tang Taizong (598–649 AD), which is still being studied more than 1,300 years later as an invaluable guide to leading and managing. Tang Taizong is arguably the greatest Emperor in Chinese history. In Asia, many historians rank him with such rulers as Augustus, Genghis Khan, and Napoleon. When he founded the Tang dynasty, Taizong was only twenty-eight years old, and his chief accomplishments were on the battlefield, where he personally slew 1,000 of the enemy. Ultimately, he would defeat the descendants of Attila the Hun, open up the Silk Road trading route, create a golden age of prosperity and cosmopolitan culture, preside over a society in which women enjoyed higher status, and allow Christianity and Islam into China for the first time as well as introduce Buddhism into Tibet. His dynasty would last 300 years. Here, author Chinghua Tang presents conversations between Taizong and his gifted advisers that reveal core aspects of leadership, among them: how to appraise oneself and assess others, how to enhance organizational effectiveness, how to compete with rivals, how to grow power and influence without losing the respect of others, how to learn from the rise and fall of predecessors, and how to craft one’s legacy. An indispensable guide that is as relevant for a middle-manager, military commander, or athletic coach as for a school principal, political leader, or over-stressed parent, The Ruler’s Guide doesn’t just reveal the insights that have kept Taizong’s legacy alive, it spells out how that wisdom is a match for today’s fast-paced, ever changing world.
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