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This series offers a range of plays specially written or adapted for 11- to 14-year-olds for easy acting or reading aloud in class. Many have large casts. This book contains six short, humorous plays, all drawing on different genres.
Written in the form of satire, this tragic story begins with a false report of two signal flares fired by a class enemy in a small town in South China during Mao Zedongs Cultural Revolution. From 1966 to 1976, a haze of persecution, confusion, and hate befell China. The so-called class enemies were paraded through the streets, and schools were closed. Domestic calamities went head to head with political rebellions while spies ran rampant and property was cruelly confiscated. There was an eventual fight for power as brothers mistreated brothers, wives were stolen, and families murdered. Now, decades later, these silenced voices are remembered in order to avoid the repetition of history. A Decade of Nightmares reminds us of what is true, good, and beautiful but also what is false, evil, and ugly. This book dissects the soul of a nation from a historical cross-section. It calls for the return of dignity and reveals the brutal persecution of the soul. From the vicissitudes of fate, we see clearly the extent and depth of the devastation caused by a decade of disaster.
Duan Hong, a man with a demonic personality, was sent to the temple to practice martial arts. The Violent Spirit hidden in his blood allowed him to burst forth with unparalleled strength. As the saying goes, "color is emptiness," "void is color." The Buddha sat inside, and the wine and sex passed through his intestines. When he returned to the city, he still found it difficult to change his devilish nature. Dual-faced beautiful mature woman, the beautiful mature woman, the beautiful Barbarian Queen Sister walked around him, and a pair of pure and innocent sisters were by his side as well. He, who was surrounded by red powder, how would he perform his devilish life ...
The Ben cao gang mu, compiled in the second half of the sixteenth century by a team led by the physician Li Shizhen (1518–1593) on the basis of previously published books and contemporary knowledge, is the largest encyclopedia of natural history in a long tradition of Chinese materia medica works. Its description of almost 1,900 pharmaceutically used natural and man-made substances marks the apex of the development of premodern Chinese pharmaceutical knowledge. The Ben cao gang mu dictionary offers access to this impressive work of 1,600,000 characters. This first book in a three-volume series analyzes the meaning of 4,500 historical illness terms.
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In China, both opium and alcohol were used for centuries in the pursuit of health and leisure while simultaneously linked to personal and social decline. The impact of these substances is undeniable, and the role they have played in Chinese social, cultural, and economic history is extremely complex. In Intoxicating Manchuria, Norman Smith reveals how warlord rule, Japanese occupation, and political conflict affected local intoxicant industries. These industries flourished throughout the early twentieth century, even as a vigorous anti-intoxicant movement raged. Through the lens of popular Chinese media depictions of alcohol and opium, Smith analyzes how intoxicants and addiction were understood in this society, the role the Japanese occupation of Manchuria played in their portrayal, and the efforts made to reduce opium and alcohol consumption. This is the first English-language book-length study to focus on alcohol use in modern China and the first dealing with intoxicant restrictions in the region.
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Proceedings of the 15th International Conference on Applied Human Factors and Ergonomics and the Affiliated Conferences, Nice, France, 24-27 July 2024.
“One of the best writers today.” (Johnny Olsen) / “A master storyteller.” (Betty Richard) *** FROM USA TODAY & MILLION COPY BESTSELLING AUTHOR J. ROBERT KENNEDY *** THEY THOUGHT SHE WAS NOBODY. THEY WERE WRONG. When four women witness a brutal murder, the fight for their lives begins. One loses that fight, another is wounded, one is scarred psychologically, and the fourth is taken hostage. By the Russian mob. Determined to eliminate witnesses, they brutally interrogate her, unaware of who she is engaged to. Command Sergeant Major Burt Dawson. Delta Force. Grieving their loss, and determined to save Dawson’s fiancée, Bravo Team goes on an off the books rampage as they relentlessly ...
This book presents the foundation theoretical theory for the two most popular methods of meditation, Small Circulation and Grand Circulation.