Su: 452 books
The Defence Capabilities of Small States
Singapore and Taiwan’s Responses to Strategic Desperation
Language: English
Release Date: November 24, 2016
A comparison of Singapore and Taiwan presents an interesting case study for those wishing to understand how small states struggle to overcome their strategic disadvantage. Since their independence, Singapore and Taiwan have faced numerous challenges resulting from their relative strategic disadvantage....
by Chengzhi Wang, Su Chen
Language: English
Release Date: December 8, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: December 8, 2015
North America maintains the largest collection of archival materials relating to the Chinese Republican era (1911–1949) outside of China. Most of the archival materials are also unique, and the collections contain special materials supplementing historical records in China and Taiwan. In many cases,...
On New Shores
Understanding Immigrant Fathers in North America
Language: English
Release Date: September 26, 2008
Over the past several decades, researchers as well as social policymakers and educators have acknowledged the importance that fathers play in their children's lives. A good deal of research on fathering has been conducted among Euro-American families in North America. However, our understanding of...
Higher Education and China’s Global Rise
A Neo-tributary Perspective
Language: English
Release Date: May 23, 2018
This book examines the rise of China’s global profile in the international higher education community, as indicated by its rise of human capital, visibility in academic publications, world university ranking, expanding international cultural influence, and becoming a study-abroad destination of...
by Su Tong
Language: English
Release Date: November 17, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: November 17, 2011
In 'Goddess Peak', Miaoyue and Li Yong were almost the last two passengers aboard the steamboat to Goddess Peak - them and Li Yong's friend Mr Cui. Miaoyue found Mr Cui taller and better built than she'd imagined, and also a little younger and more handsome. For some reason, this irritated her.
In...
Rebordering the Mediterranean
Boundaries and Citizenship in Southern Europe
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2004
Offering a rich ethnographic account, this book traces the historical processes by which Andalusians experienced the shift from being poor emigrants to northern Europe to becoming privileged citizens of the southern borderland of the European Union, a region where thousands of African immigrants have...
Living Quarters
Poems
Language: English
Release Date: July 8, 2015
Living Quarters uses both the structure of a domestic space and the rhythms of the seasons to seek, but not reliably find, order and consolation in life's seeming disorder. Relationships dissolve; deaths come too soon; the past vanishes; the earth that gives beautiful and nourishing foods swallows...
by Guillermo López-Campos, Joaquín V. Martínez-Suárez, Mónica Aguado-Urda
Language: English
Release Date: March 10, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: March 10, 2012
This is a review of recent advances on the use of DNA microarray for diagnosing foodborne pathogens. Rapid detection and characterization of foodborne pathogens is critical for food safety. Many relevant technologies have been intensively developed to date. DNA microarray technology offers a new way...
Printed Electronics
Materials, Technologies and Applications
Language: English
Release Date: April 13, 2016
This book provides an overview of the newly emerged and highly interdisciplinary field of printed electronics
• Provides an overview of the latest developments and research results in the field of printed electronics
• Topics addressed include: organic printable electronic materials, inorganic...
Trump Tweets, the World Reacts
Understanding What Is Relevant and Why
Language: English
Release Date: May 25, 2018
Trump Tweets, the World Reacts: Understanding What Is Relevant and Why illustrates and articulates the intimate connection between theories presented in communication and the mediums through which President Trump communicates. Drawing on a range of theoretical and empirical perspectives, this collection...
Rheological and Seismic Properties of Solid-Melt Systems
A Mechanical Spectroscopy Study
Language: English
Release Date: November 25, 2013
Our understanding of the rheological and seismic properties of the Earth’s interior relies on interpreting geophysical observations using mineral physics data. The complexity of natural materials complicates these interpretations, but here the key features of such materials in controlling the attenuation...
The Korepin Festschrift: From Statistical Mechanics to Quantum Information Science
A Collection of Articles Written in Honor of the 60th Birthday of Vladimir Korepin
Language: English
Release Date: June 11, 2013
This volume mainly summarizes the invited talks presented at the 5th Asia-Pacific Workshop on Quantum Information Science (APWQIS) in conjunction with a Festschrift in honor of Professor Vladimir Korepin's 60th birthday. In this Festschrift, we have assembled a medley of interesting articles from...
by Su Tong
Language: English
Release Date: November 17, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: November 17, 2011
The train was late, and the wind was blowing Meng's coat open in the snow. With no sign of his cousin, he needed somewhere to stay the night. An old man enticed him to a second-rate hostel, and despite his annoyance, Meng couldn't shake the feeling that he'd seen this place, and the old man, before.
Part...
by Su Tong
Language: English
Release Date: March 6, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: March 6, 2008
“A wonderful read—with all of a fairy tale’s leaps and turns and queer, vivid images” by the author of the international bestseller Raise the Red Lantern (The Observer).
In Peach village, crying was forbidden. But as a child, Binu never learned to hide her tears. Shunned by the villagers,...