Wong: 713 books
Red China Blues
My Long March From Mao to Now
Language: English
Release Date: December 14, 2011
Jan Wong, a Canadian of Chinese descent, went to China as a starry-eyed Maoist in 1972 at the height of the Cultural Revolution. A true believer--and one of only two Westerners permitted to enroll at Beijing University--her education included wielding a pneumatic drill at the Number One Machine Tool...
Internal Affairs
How the Structure of NGOs Transforms Human Rights
Language: English
Release Date: July 12, 2012
Why are some international nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) more politically salient than others, and why are some NGOs better able to influence the norms of human rights? Internal Affairs shows how the organizational structures of human rights NGOs and their campaigns determine their influence...
Van Gogh on Demand
China and the Readymade
Language: English
Release Date: March 24, 2014
In a manufacturing metropolis in south China lies Dafen, an urban village that famously houses thousands of workers who paint van Goghs, Da Vincis, Warhols, and other Western masterpieces for the world market, producing an astonishing five million paintings a year. To write about work and life in...
by Stanford Wong
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2011
Wong on Dice explains how to do something extremely difficult: beat the casino game of craps through skillful shooting.
by Tommy S. W. Wong
Language: English
Release Date: December 7, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: December 7, 2011
Since Sai Baba left his physical body on 24 April 2011, so how can we keep in contact with him? Well, how about spiritual connection? See Baba beyond his physical body and establish spiritual connection with him. Dr. Wong, who never had direct contact with Baba, became a devout Sai devotee in the...
by Katrine K. Wong
Language: English
Release Date: May 2, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: May 2, 2013
This book offers a survey of how female and male characters in English Renaissance theatre participated and interacted in musical activities, both inside and outside the contemporary societal decorum. Wong’s analysis broadens our understanding of the general theatrical representation of music, or...
by Alesia Christina Wong
Language: English
Release Date: November 10, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: November 10, 2016
This book of Poetry has been written because of some of the most unfortunate circumstances that occur in the life of the writer. In this book of poetry you will experience encouragement, restoration and a push to keep dreaming no matter what the circumstances offer in life. Alesia Christina Wong is no...
The Eight Essential People Skills for Project Management
Solving the Most Common People Problems for Team Leaders
Language: English
Release Date: December 11, 2018
Zachary Wong offers practical strategies, skills, and tools to help project managers diagnose and solve their toughest people problems. Based on decades in the trenches, the book shows how to confront and correct bad behavior, increase team performance and inclusion, turn around difficult people and...
Transpacific Attachments
Sex Work, Media Networks, and Affective Histories of Chineseness
Language: English
Release Date: February 6, 2018
The figure of the Chinese sex worker—who provokes both disdain and desire—has become a trope for both Asian American sexuality and Asian modernity. Lingering in the cultural imagination, sex workers link sexual and cultural marginality, and their tales clarify the boundaries of citizenship, nationalism,...
by Jesse Wong
Language: English
Release Date: June 13, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: June 13, 2017
Self-expression in its purest form can be depicted through one’s writing. Jesse Wong is a rising senior at Monta Vista High School. Fool’s Prerogative consists of works of writings meticulously crafted by Jesse Wong from his freshman year through his junior year. These compositions include informative...
by Wei Yan Ng, Li Lian Foo, Tien Yin Wong
Language: English
Release Date: December 11, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: December 11, 2017
Practical Guide to VIVA and OSCE in Ophthalmology Examinations is an essential study guide presented in a direct, exam-style question-and-answer format. It combines detailed explanations with high quality clinical photographs tailor-made to help readers ace specialist oral examinations (MMed, MRCS,...
by Daniel W. Wong, Kimberly R. Hall, Cheryl A. Justice
Language: English
Release Date: December 24, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: December 24, 2014
Organized around the latest CACREP Standards, Counseling Individuals Through the Lifespan by Daniel W. Wong, Kimberly R. Hall, Cheryl A. Justice, and Lucy Wong Hernández introduces readers to the fundamentals of the counseling process during each stage of human development. Topics such as the client-counselor...
The Boy Who Became an Early-Childhood Educator
Reflections, Memories, and Future Thoughts About Our Field
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2013
A male educator explores the joys of working with children in this inspirational account.
Manuel Kichi Wong shares his personal journal entries that consider the challenges and obstacles of being a male educator in a field dominated by women. Whether its cooking, cleaning, changing diapers,...
Investing in the Age of Sovereign Defaults
How to Preserve your Wealth in the Coming Crisis
Language: English
Release Date: December 31, 2012
Acclaimed investment experts Peter Treadway and Michael Wong explain how to protect your investments—and even profit—from the coming sovereign default crises
A major sovereign default crisis is looming for the so-called developed economies of the world. The result will be a major redistribution...