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A practical and compassionate guide to repairing your relationship with sleep For the twenty-five million Americans who struggle with insomnia, each night feels like a battle with their racing minds instead of a blissful surrender into sleep. Hello Sleep is a guide for the tired but wired people who just want sleep to be easy. Dr. Jade Wu, an internationally recognized behavioral sleep medicine specialist, walks you through the science of how the brain sleeps (or doesn’t); shares stories from the clinic of real people’s journeys to better sleep; and lays out a step-by-step program for overcoming insomnia and letting go of sleeping pills. Using her years of clinical expertise, she problem...
Long before the Europeans reached the East, the ancient Chinese had elaborate and meaningful perspectives of the West. In this groundbreaking book, Wang explores their view of the West as other by locating it in the classical and imperial China, leading the reader through the history of Chinese geocosmologies and worldscapes. Wang also delves into the historical records of Chinese "world activities", journeys that began from the Central Kingdom and reached towards the "outer regions". Such analysis helps distinguish illusory geographies from realistic ones, while drawing attention to their interconnected natures. Wang challenges an extensive number of critical studies of Orientalist narratives (including Edward Said’s Orientalism), and reframes such studies from the directionological perspectives of an "iental" civilization. Most significantly, the author offers a fundamental reimagining of the standard concept of the other, with critical implications not only for anthropology, but for philosophy, literature, history, and other interrelated disciplines as well.
The Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution occurred in the second decade after Mao Zedong and his comrades came to power in 1949. A comprehensive narrative account of this colossal event, written by Yan Jiaqi, one of the principal leaders of China's pro-democracy movement, and his wife, Gao Gao, a noted sociologist, appeared in Hong Kong in 1986 and was quickly banned by the Communist government. Not surprisingly, censorship and restricted circulation in China resulted in underground reproduction and serialization. The work was thus widely read, coveted, and appreciated by a populace who had just freed itself from the cultural drought and political dread of the event. Yan and Gao later spent ...
In this volume, Amnon Kabatchnik provides an overview of more than 150 important and memorable theatrical works of crime and detection between 1925 and 1950. Each entry includes a plot synopsis, production data, and the opinions of well known and respected critics and scholars.
It was the year 1858 and three young “run-aways” Jason Brandt, son of a Hong Kong missionary, his friend Wu Sek-chong and the beautiful and defiant Black Jade set off to find the capital of the rebel Taiping Tienkuo, The Heavenly Kingdom of Great Peace. Established in 1851 by a failed civil service candidate who claimed to be the little brother of Christ, the semi-Christian Taiping Kingdom, had made a dramatic and bloody bid to overthrow the Confucian rule of the Ch’ing Dynasty. The three young people’s search for the Heavenly Kingdom and what they eventually found among the Taipings is the central plot of this historical novel of journey and self-discovery in 19th century China.
Overcome the burden of “too much” and drill down to what really matters using biblical frameworks, clear overviews, step-by-step applications, and much more in Overwhelmed: How to Stop Trying to Do It All. Do you have too many tasks on your to-do list but not enough bandwidth to complete them? When we are stressed-out and running on empty, we are driven by what’s urgent instead of what’s really important. Life robs us of joy and keeps us from the good works that God prepared in advance for us (Ephesians 2:10). Are you ready to discover your true purpose and trade overwhelm for peace? In Overwhelmed, author Debbie Barr empathizes with readers who are suffering from an overload of info...
A compelling, intimate account of how US foreign assistance in war zones and developing countries does not achieve its intended goals. From the hot savannah of Malawi to the cold, damp gray of Kosovo and into the volatile war zones of Iraq and Afghanistan, the United States and other donors have invested enormous financial and human resources in major peacekeeping and development efforts. Why then is the world no closer to being a better and safer place? Both a salient critique of US foreign assistance and a thought-provoking memoir, Flash Points describes the issues with personnel, language, and gender dynamics, as well as the cross-cultural challenges that often undermine and betray th...
THE ROAD TO HEAVEN 09 The Immortal World is twice as big as the Primordial World, with a total of several thousand star systems, among which the most important are 108 star systems. The star system that the Azure Emperor stays in is the Azure Wood Star System, in addition, there are still the Seven Great Heavenly Lords occupying the star systems, the teleportation divine formation's destination is the Azure Wood Star System. Qin Xiaotian followed the teleportation divine formation out, and asked: Senior Brother, what is the structure of this divine formation? Li Qiang said: It took a lot of effort...... We first set up the teleportation divine formation in the Purple Sea, and set up the targ...
Young and reborn, looking for a father? Corroboration? Five years out. In the Tong Tian Continent, the martial arts massacred the world. The spirit energy would transform into profound energy, the mystical Qi would enter the sea of consciousness, the soul of the living in the sea of consciousness would awaken, and the martial practitioner would succeed. Bloodline Ignition, Berserk Level 9. Who could possibly stop it? The Blue Dragon, the Sky Profound Jade, and their good friends had traversed the seven realms ... [Previous Chapter] [Table of Contents] [Next Chapter] Close]