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  • Musings of a Chinese Gourmet

    by F. T. Cheng ...
    This book, written by a former Chinese ambassador to London, is a cultured and entertaining view of the gastronomic side of Chinese life. It was written in the early 1950s by F.T. Cheng to show Westerners that there was a lot more to Chinese food culture than chop suey, and is a wonderful reminder of the richness and depth of Chinese culture from a man who also completely understood the West. ... Read more

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  • Cosmic Philosophical Conjecture

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    by Cheng ...
    The 21st-Century Philosophical Conjecture on the Universe: A Groundbreaking Theory Challenging Existing Physics Frameworks and Pointing Directly to the Nature of TimeThis book bypasses the academic limitations of "measurability," revealing the fundamental laws governing the universe through pure logic and philosophical deduction.The following is a summary presenting the core ideas:<str... ... Read more

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  • Life and Death in Shanghai

    by Nien Cheng ...
    The national bestselling memoir of a woman's resistance and struggles in Communist China—"an absorbing story of resourcefulness and courage" ( The New York Times).A NEW YORK TIMES BEST BOOK OF THE YEARIn August 1966, a group of Red Guards ransacked the home of Nien Cheng. Her background made her an obvious target for the fanatics of the Cultural Revolution: educated in London, the widow of an ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Life and Death in Shanghai

    by Nien Cheng ...
    A first-hand account of China's cultural revolution.A first-hand account of China's cultural revolution. Nien Cheng, an anglophile and fluent English-speaker who worked for Shell in Shanghai under Mao, was put under house arrest by Red Guards in 1966 and subsequently jailed. All attempts to make her confess to the charges of being a British spy failed; all efforts to indoctrinate her were met by a ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • Journey to the West

    Adventures of the Monkey King

    by Wu Cheng'en ...
    Translated by M. T. Wu ...
    Embark on the adventure that has captivated readers for centuries. In this timeless Chinese classic, a clever and rebellious monkey rises from humble origins to become one of the most powerful creatures in existence-only to find that his greatest challenge lies in learning to serve rather than rule.Complete and unabridged, this new translation by M. T. Wu includes all 10 books of the Monkey King's ... Read more

    $14.39 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • New Frontiers in China's Foreign Relations

    Zhongguo Waijiao de Xin Bianjiang

    Series series Challenges Facing Chinese Political Development
    This book stands as a rebuke to any who would attempt to forward simplistic interpretations of China's rise. In place of parsimonious arguments, or an endorsement of any singular set of images (whether pacific or confrontational), it repeatedly calls attention to the remarkable complexity of China's emerging international profile. More specifically, the leading Chinese and American scholars ... Read more

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  • Balancing Change and Tradition in Global Education Reform

    In Balancing Change and Tradition in Global Education Reform, Rotberg brings together examples of current education reforms in sixteen countries, written by "insiders". This book goes beyond myths and stereotypes and describes the difficult trade-offs countries make as they attempt to implement reforms in the context of societal and global change. In some countries, reforms are a response to major ... Read more

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  • Steampunk! An Anthology of Fantastically Rich and Strange Stories

    In the first major YA steampunk anthology, fourteen top storytellers push the genre’s mix of sci-fi, fantasy, history, and adventure in fascinating new directions.Imagine an alternate universe where romance and technology reign. Where tinkerers and dreamers craft and re-craft a world of automatons, clockworks, calculating machines, and other marvels that never were. Here, fourteen masters of ... Read more

    $10.49 USD

  • Advances in Financial Planning and Forecasting (New Series) Vol.6

    This is the eighth volume of Advances in Financial Planning and Forecasting (New Series). The main purpose of this publication is to promote high-quality theoretical and empirical research in financial analysis, planning, and forecasting.This publication includes original articles that: (1) Present and develop finance theories that are innovative to financial analysis, planning, and forecasting. ... Read more

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  • Single-particle Cryo-EM of Biological Macromolecules

    Series series IOP ebooks
    This edited book is written for students, postdocs and established investigators who want to enter the field of single-particle cryo-EM. This is a recently developed method to determine high-resolution structures of biological macromolecules. A major strength is the fact that cryo-EM does not require prior crystallization of protein complexes. Furthermore, it is especially well suited for larger ... Read more

    $114.49 USD

  • Advances in Financial Planning and Forecasting (New Series) Vol.9

    This is the eighth volume of Advances in Financial Planning and Forecasting (New Series). The main purpose of this publication is to promote high-quality theoretical and empirical research in financial analysis, planning, and forecasting.This publication includes original articles that: (1) Present and develop finance theories that are innovative to financial analysis, planning, and forecasting. ... Read more

    $81.59 USD

  • A Professor and CEO

    True Story

    This is a true story of this man full of adventures and unusual encounters that are highly interesting to read.Richard T. Cheng was born in June 1934. Since the age of three, he had been suffering from the war between China and Japan and the Chinese civil war between the Nationalists and the Communists. He moved frequently to escape the war and suffered immensely from losing his close relatives. ... Read more

    $3.99 USD