All Under Heaven: A Complete History of China
The history of China has been one in which beauty and cruelty, sexual and political power have been inexorably intertwined. This ancient and highly sophisticated civilization developed largely in isolation from the West for many thousands of years. It is a civilization that: developed the compass 1000 years before Europe invented paper 1500 years before Europe invented printing 600 years before Europe developed a calendar 1000 years before the Ancient Greeks
to name just a few of its many achievements. It valued, poetry, scholarship and art, yet produced some of the most notorious tyrants, cruellest warriors and dangerous "femmes fatales" in history.
In this single volume narrative history of China, Rayne Kruger provides an insight into the compelling history, mythology and culture of China from the first humans to the twentieth century.
Inflation and Investment Controls in China: The Political Economy of Central-Local Relations During the Reform Era by Yasheng Huang, ISBN 0521665736
This book analyzes why local officials in China comply with investment-reduction and inflation-control policies of the central government against their own economic interests. The book shows the importance of political institutions, and provides a political story as to why China has been able to control inflation and to deepen reforms, in contrast to the former Soviet Union. While most other studies focus on the economic or political aspects, Inflation and Investment Controls in China integrates political and economic analysis.
Inflation and Investment Controls in China: The Political Economy of Central-Local Relations During the Reform Era by Yasheng Huang, ISBN 0521665736 
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Grace: An American Woman in China, 1934-1974 by Eleanor McCallie Cooper, ISBN 1569473501
"The extraordinary life of a courageous, outspoken American woman who survived forty years of upheaval in twentieth-century China . . . A unique perspective on a period of -critical transformations in China."-"Kirkus Reviews"
"Reads like a riveting and complex novel. Set against the fascinating backdrop of China during the Cultural Revolution, it is the story of a strong woman who followed her heart against the odds."-Lee Smith, "The Last Girls"
Eleanor McCallie Cooper lives in Chattanooga, Tennessee.
William Liu, Grace's only surviving child, teaches at Simon Frasier University in Vancouver.
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Murder by Mascot
Dave DeVoster, star player of the University of Iowa men's basketball team and under investigatiton for the rape of a member of Iowa's women's baseketball team is found dead at the feet of the Hawkeye mascot statue in the Herky Parade, his blood dripping from the curved beak of the famous icon. Mary Vermillion's amateur sleuth from Murder by Discount is back in fine form in this new adventure set in the exciting world of university athletics.
Mary Vermillion is a graduate of the University of Iowa and is an associate professor of English at Mount Mercy College in Cedar Rapids. She is the author of the Mara Gilgannon mystery Murder by Discount and is a rabid fan of women's basketball.
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The Armed Forces of China by You Ji, ISBN 1860644872
At present, perceptions of China's military power owe as much to the Korean war as they do to cool analysis of force structure and offensive capacity. Yet as the emerging economic superpower in Asia, China must play an ever-growing part in the future of that region and the world. "The Armed Forces of China presents a straightforward description of China's military resources and the impact of new programs of investment in technology and manpower management.
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Advanced Business Chinese: Economy and Commerce in a Changing China and the Changing World by Fangyuan Yuan, ISBN 0300100507
This is the first business-Chinese textbook for advanced learners of Chinese in which current economic issues in China are addressed in depth. The goal of each lesson is to help students develop their language skills in a dynamic and communicative context, understand economic trends and situations in modern China, and expand their critical-thinking abilities. Advanced Business Chinese is organized into five thematic units: international trade, management and marketing, finance, the stock market, and economic law. Each unit presents authentic reading materials--including case studies--along with pre-reading questions, glossaries with pinyin transliterations and English explanations, and varieties of exercises and activities. For the serious student with an interest in business and other professional spheres, the book offers diverse perspectives on economic issues in China today, ranging from how China fits into the global economy to how economic matters affect the businesses and citizens...
Advanced Business Chinese: Economy and Commerce in a Changing China and the Changing World by Fangyuan Yuan, ISBN 0300100507
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Mighty Opposites: From Dichotomies to Differences in the Comparative Study of China by Zhang Longxi, ISBN 0804734712
This book transcends the boundaries of Chinese studies and scholarship on Western literature and critical theory, bringing together the two fields in a way that questions both the application of Western theory to Chinese materials and the resistance to theory in sinological scholarship. Recognizing that social and historical reality is external to discourse and that knowledge has an inevitable ethical import, the author argues for the importance of reality and lived experience in understanding a culture as well as the moral responsibility of such understanding.
The book examines the discrepancies between various Western representations of China and the reality of China; inquires into the cultural, historical, and political contexts within which such discrepancies arise; and points out the distortion of reality in the tendency toward cultural dichotomies, the tendency to view China as the conceptual opposite of the West.
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Mighty Opposites: From Dichotomies to Differences in the Comparative Study of China by Zhang Longxi, ISBN 0804734712
This book transcends the boundaries of Chinese studies and scholarship on Western literature and critical theory, bringing together the two fields in a way that questions both the application of Western theory to Chinese materials and the resistance to theory in sinological scholarship. Recognizing that social and historical reality is external to discourse and that knowledge has an inevitable ethical import, the author argues for the importance of reality and lived experience in understanding a culture as well as the moral responsibility of such understanding.
The book examines the discrepancies between various Western representations of China and the reality of China; inquires into the cultural, historical, and political contexts within which such discrepancies arise; and points out the distortion of reality in the tendency toward cultural dichotomies, the tendency to view China as the conceptual opposite of the West.
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E-Investing: How to Choose and Use a Discount Broker by Rob Carrick, ISBN 0471645206
More and more Canadians are turning to discount brokers as a low-cost alternative to having professionals manage their money, making the discount brokerage industry one of the fastest-growing segments of the investment world.
On-line investing is cheap and easy, an dyou can set up an account with most discount brokers with just a few dollars. But thousands of Canadians with accounts at discounters have no idea on how to make them work effectively. "E-Investing How to Choose and Use a Discount Broker is your manual for on-line investing.
- Rates the strengths and weaknesses of all the discount brokers in Canada, including cost and service comparisons, and ease of use of discounters' websites.
- Features a questionnaire to help you decide if a discounter is right for you.
- Explains how to do business with a discounter, whether it's face-to-face, on the telephone, or via the Internet.
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