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This engaging translation presents an authentic period document that reflects aspects of Chinese life and society as seen through contemporary eyes. Portraying a "phony" reformer who rode the tide of the Qing court's post-Boxer reform initiatives to career success and personal wealth, this...

Five from Pennsylvania, a diverse group themselves, join one of the most eclectic and talented group ever assembled that includes exU.S. Military fresh from victories in both the Cold War and Desert Storm; young PhDs from the United States, Asia, India, Europe, and Israel, the recent surge of technical...

Explore the connection between culinary inspiration and one of the world's oldest forms of rebel art! From James Beard Award winners, Top Chef competitors, and Food Network stars to prep cooks, interns, and sous chefs, few other people are more closely associated with tattoos than chefs. Professional...

Article 38 of the Statute of the International Court of Justice defines "international law" to include not only "custom" and "convention" between States but also "the general principles of law recognized by civilized nations" within their municipal legal systems. In 1953, Bin Cheng wrote his seminal...

Sammy Tsunami is no ordinary sixth grader. For one, his fiery sapphire blue hair is always standing up--no matter how hard he combs it. Also, his head could fall off at anytime, unless his neck is always wrapped tightly with a special red scarf. As if things couldn't get any worse, his shadow is far...

Celia Bridgeman erlebt den Albtraum jeder Mutter: Eines Morgens liegt ihr kleiner Sohn George nicht mehr in seinem Bett. Sean Corrigan und sein Team werden auf den Fall angesetzt. Noch bevor erste Ermittlungsergebnisse vorliegen, verschwindet ein weiteres Kind. Auf den ersten Blick gibt es keine Verbindung...

Ein einsamer Rächer entführt wohlhabende Londoner. Stunden nach ihrem Verschwinden tauchen Videos von ihnen im Internet auf, ihre Verbrechen aus Habgier werden offengelegt. Aus Opfern werden Täter. Und die Zuschauer zu einer Jury, die über Leben und Tod entscheidet. DI Sean Corrigan steht unter...

En la 501e année de l'âge de la Ruine, la frontière entre le Bien et le Mal semble avoir disparu. Voici venu le temps du chacun pour soi, des fossiles frêles et chancelants, héros et vilains appartiennent au passé. La Compagnie, éclatée, n'est plus, chacun marche désormais vers sa propre...

The much-awaited sequel to "Sammy Tsunami and the Shadow Arrow" is finally here! Sammy Tsunami Is tall, thin and twelve with a touch of the weird and the strange. His life near the end of the sixth grade has settled back into what passes for normal. That is, until a mysterious stranger blows...

Molloy had to leave home. He felt compelled to get a tattoo he feared may curse him forever. Were The People For a Better World really who they said they were? Could he survive on his own? Have a normal life? “I saw the bench that had been almost like a home, or at least a refuge, to me for...

Return to the mystifying land of Turbulus. The heroes of The Golden Sun continue on their quest to save the land from The Demon Lords. With Myst City left defenceless and an evil army on the horizon, how long will the city stand? New evils surface as Turbulus itself braces for an all-out war.

The collapse of the steel industry in the 1970s hit Western Pennsylvania hard. Hundreds of thousands lost their livelihoods, population sank, schools closed, and despair ruled many. In the midst of these trials, the destinies of three who came of age during that timePhilip Bennet, Liam Conti, and...

Once again a students class work has been rewarded with a graduation and earned them the right to leave the college. But what about the others? Theres no new task being offered to keep them enrolled this time. Finally it is time for them to discover what happens to those that leave the college without graduating.

Adapted Physical Education National Standards, Third Edition, thoroughly covers the latest Adapted Physical Education National Standards (APENS), offering current knowledge and best practices for teaching adapted physical education. This new edition solidifies the book’s reputation as an...