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The twenty-four contributions in Look at the Coins! reflect the vast scope of Joe Cribb's interests, including Asian numismatics, museology, poetry and art. The papers are arranged geographically, then chronologically or thematically. The first seven papers look at coins, charms and silver currencies in or from China: Chinese coin-shaped charms, Han dynasty gold unearthed in the Tomb of the Marquis of Haihun, Jiangxi, silver in the history of Chinese currency, a metallurgical and historical study of Song dynasty coins, the Department of Iron Coins at Dongtangzi Hutong in Beijing and the only known annotated plan of a Chinese mint, the six million dollars in silver of the Canton Ransom, and a hoard of Chinese coins found in Turkey. One paper focuses on the coins and medals of the two Pahlavi Shahs of Iran. Nine papers look at finds from ancient Central Asia and Afghanistan: coins of South Soghd in the first two centuries AD, the identity of the rider on Indo-Greek coins, the phonology of Greek names in Kharoṣṭhī script, questions of identity and interpretation in Gandharan reliefs, first-century AD coins in stūpa deposits and the beginning of the Buddhist relic cult in Afghanistan, a hoard of Kushan gold coins from Swabi, Gandhāran Jātakas, Avadānas and Pūrvayogas, Indian imitations of Kushan coins, and a new gold coin of Vasudeva I. Four papers relate to India: Roman coins found in India, ‘Heraṇika'in the inscriptions of the Western Deccan (c. 200 BC–300), the peck and shroff marks of sixteenth-century North India, and Henry Ernest Stapleton and the coin collection in the Heberden Coin Room, Ashmolean Museum, Oxford. Two papers relate to South East Asia: one revisits the Stamford Raffles'Collections, and the other discusses a hybrid pendant found in Thailand. The last contribution celebrates some of Joe's less well-known interests: poetry, art medals and art photography.

An ordinary woman gave the birth to a very thin baby, just like paper. Weird things happened again and again and that woman was murdered too. The police started to investigate. The suspect caught by the police admitted to the crime. However, on the trial day, the murderer disappeared under the close watch of court's guards...... Everything happened was so weird. At the same time, a frozen infant body was found in Korea. After the examination by forensic doctor He Xi, it was found that the frozen infant had very strong muscles. The most important thing was that the frozen infant had a rare blood type, just the same as the murdered lady......What kind of terrible power in the back manipulated this? This book would be the most unbelievable book!

This book contains the complete text, in Chinese, pinyin and English, of all 31 books in the best-selling Journey to the West series of graded readers by Jeff Pepper and Xiao Hui Wang. If printed in standard paperback format this book would run over 3,500 pages. It is written for people who are learning to read Simplified Chinese and want to enjoy a fascinating story while gaining a better understanding of Chinese history and culture. Journey to the West is probably the most famous and best-loved novel in China and is considered one of the four great classical novels of Chinese literature. Its place in Chinese literature is roughly comparable to Homer's epic poem The Odyssey in Western literature. Wikipedia sums up the book's role perfectly, saying,'Enduringly popular, the tale is at once a comic adventure story, a humorous satire of Chinese bureaucracy, a spring of spiritual insight, and an extended allegory in which the group of pilgrims journeys towards enlightenment by the power and virtue of cooperation.'This book is NOT a literal translation of the original novel, which was written in the 16th century and is difficult for modern readers. It is a graded reader, which means that it uses a restricted vocabulary of Chinese words and a simple sentence structure. It starts off relatively easy and gradually increases in complexity. For example the first story, Rise of the Monkey King, covers the events in the first two chapters of the novel and uses a vocabulary of just 507 words. The second story, Trouble in Heaven, covers the next two chapters and uses only 431 words. Each chapter adds, on the average, about 30 new words, and so by the time you finish the final story, called The Last Trial, you will have seen over two thousand different Chinese words. Each paragraph of Chinese is followed by the same paragraph written in pinyin, which is a phonetic method of writing Chinese. The pinyin lets you sound out the word if you don't recognize the characters. We recommend that when you read this on an e-reader, you scroll the text or cover the pinyin with a piece of paper, so that the pinyin is not visible on the screen. Try to read the Chinese characters, and only refer to the pinyin if you are completely stumped by some characters. If you still don't recognize the word, look it up in the glossary at the end of the book. Every time a Chinese word is used for the first time, it is highlighted and followed by a footnote link. Follow that link to see a definition of the new word. There are also footnote links without highlights, and you can read those to see useful and interesting bits of information about the story and the characters that you encounter. At the end of the book is a complete English translation of each chapter. This English translation does not necessarily match the Chinese word for word, but you can refer to it to get a general understanding of the meaning of a paragraph. Finally, there are audiobook versions of all 31 books available. You can use these to listen to a native Chinese speaker tell the story while you follow along with the text. The audiobooks are available on YouTube on the Imagin8 Press channel. You can also download them from the Imagin8 Press website. The 31 stories in this book are also available as standalone books, in paperback and ebook formats.

Bachelor Thesis from the year 2021 in the subject Business economics - Trade and Distribution, grade: 4.0,, language: Mandarin, abstract: The aim of this study is to examine the relationship between export, import and economic growth between China and Bangladesh. The study is mainly based on secondary sources of data which was collected from various books, journals, research works, publications etc. In this study, an attempt has been made to review the recently available literature related to export, import and economic growth with China-Bangladesh. Bilateral trades between Bangladesh and China have stretched significantly in recent years. Export, import and economic growth are very potential weapons in the economy of Bangladesh. The trade relationship between these two countries is increasing with time again the connection of Silk Road will give more boost to the economy of both the countries. Bangladesh is a developing country; its economy is inflicted by trade deficit from her very inception. In this paper, our objective is to examine and compare the international trade between the two countries, especially, the changes in the bilateral trade and identifying major trends of trade. Every year Bangladesh imports from China were US$10.35 Billion during 2015, according to the United Nations COMTRADE database on international trade. Our findings have been using to locate the strong sectors of future cooperation between these two countries to make the economy stronger and also policy implications for future trade and economic progress.

The proposed SDN discusses the specific macro-critical aspects of women's participation in the labor market and the constraints that prevent women from developing their full economic potential. Building on earlier Fund analysis, work undertaken by other organizations and academic research, the SDN presents possible policies to overcome these obstacles in different types of countries.

今日的中國，何以會是如此？到底是誰打贏了關鍵的戰爭？ 隔海高唱的歷史，哪個才是真的？ 第二次世界大戰是型塑現代世界的關鍵，中國在其中的角色尤其難解。這段近代中國進程，由連串的錯誤、分裂、敗亡、注定受難的傷痛寫就。 《戰火中國》以全新視角，重新梳理這段令人慨歎，凝縮重要轉捩點與變化的歷史，且在大脈絡下特別穿插陳克文與齊邦媛的個人史，補足了大歷史角度忽略的老百姓生命軌跡。 過去西方學者認為中國在二戰無足輕重，但《戰火中國》作者方德萬指出，當眾人目光集中在歐洲戰場時，1937年至1952年中國正在打一場複雜的全面戰爭，不但要面對同時並存、相互拉扯的多股的外敵，還有同樣分裂並進的內憂。 新中國，就在這麼飄搖動蕩的土地上誕生。 要探究新中國真正的本質，必須盡力拋開抵抗外侮的英雄式主觀論述色彩，同時並論各派系在抗戰時期的作為、決策、成功與失敗，以及日本、蘇聯、美國、英國等勢力的政治考量與行動。《戰火中國》全書分為四部份：第一部「立國大業」論析蔣介石掌權至1937年中日開戰期間，圍繞其與國民黨的連串事件；第二部「歷史轉捩點」講述對日抗戰的時代精神轉變，分論日本、國民黨如何試圖取勝，以及中國共產黨的擴張；第三部「試煉」和第四部「新中國」，則檢視成為世界大戰一部分的抗日戰爭、日本戰敗後的中國內戰，以及在韓戰中逐漸浮現的冷戰面貌。

新加坡是一座“文化荒岛”? 长久以来，研究新加坡文史受限于资料不全、查询不易等原因，形成了一些谬误。随着近年来新加坡史料的整理公开和数码化，作者衣若芬从浩瀚的史料中发现前人罕知的新加坡面貌。 从19世纪末到2019年，历经新加坡开埠、独立建国，到迎来庆祝金禧、响应中国五四运动一百周年，衣若芬以“文图学”的观点，带你去阅览新加坡国家图书馆最早的汉字书籍、鸦片贸易和拒毒倡导、海外第一份中医刊物；去会见中国五四运动中的新加坡人；去探析新加坡的珍贵藏画；去欣赏新加坡电影。七篇故事展示在七个虚拟展厅，导览读者徜徉充满创意的星洲风景，品尝新加坡的原汁原味。 原来新加坡，如此精彩！只待你去深度挖掘。

Based on published guest articles by the author Dr. Timo Schöber, the book deals with an immense variety of topics on e-sports. These range from popular sport and voluntary commitment, legal issues and political topics to economic presentations and definitional questions. The author's guest articles have appeared on leading platforms such as t3n, pro, MSN, My MMO, Gaming-Grounds and spielen.de. The book is especially interesting for all those people who are looking for sound information and sources on e-sports.

追随初心 让梦想翱翔 写作人、剧场工作者林海燕自1987年开始参与舞台剧演出，过去35年在剧场里，不懈地奋斗与坚持，至今创作、编导约40部舞台剧。 领导“海燕等人”剧团的她，坚持呈献原创。剧团没有排练场、没有全职的工作人员，只有信念，继续留恋剧场这个游乐场，游戏人生，解读人生。 书中收录近20年来海燕在报章与杂志发表的60多篇文章，分为四幕章节呈现：海燕等人、阔论高谈、天马行空、空谷足音，开启一片海阔天空。引导青少年在创作及演出舞台剧方面克服障碍、发挥所长，演绎精彩人生；分享了创作旅程中，一直培养着海燕的导师们对她的关怀和指导，这些前辈的精神和勇气激励着剧场追梦人，引领他们迈向更高的高度！ 文字清新、动人，鼓励大家勇敢做梦，一起圆梦。

特朗普执政的四年，开启了美国内政外交的剧烈调整，甚至在特朗普离任之后，其在思潮、政党政治、族裔关系以及对外战略与政策上的深刻影响仍然存在，甚至左右着美国的国家前景。 本书分八个章节。先从2016年大选中特朗普的崛起切入、分析“特朗普现象”，讨论特朗普政府对外政策的基本逻辑，梳理了终结特朗普四年执政的2020年大选。最后，集中展望性探讨特朗普执政四年对美国政治整体上的深刻塑造，以及近年来特别是特朗普政府影响下美国对外政策极化的总体趋势。 观察、记录、研究、理解特朗普执政的这特殊的四年，对理解当前美国重大变动及其未来走向具有独一无二的关键指标意义。 这本关于美国特朗普政府期间内政与外交的书稿集中了作者近年来相关研究与主要观点的精华，展现了中国美国研究界青年学者的最高水平。 ——清华大学战略与安全研究中心主任 达巍教授 本书是作者过去数年来对于特朗普政府期间美国国内政治特别是政党政治以及对外政策等相关议题研究的集大成者，对理解当前美国国内政治与对外政策的现实与走向颇具理论与现实价值。 ——北京外国语大学国际关系学院院长 谢韬教授

費德歷‧史釗域生於蘇格蘭鴨巴甸郡的北辰區，同時代的人許他為「香港官辦教育之父」。他既是香港政府教育司署的首任署長，也是皇仁書院（前稱中央學校）在1862年創校時的校長。直至香港大學於1911年成立前，該校一直是香港的頂尖學府。史釗域及後除了出任總登記官兼撫華道，更成為首位獲擢升實任輔政司的香港公務員，並不時署任總督職務。臨終前，他仍是「政府在教育事務上的首席顧問」。從史釗域的生平，足可一窺香港社會的昔日全貌，因為他曾任職教師、裁判司及官員，會跟來自中國、葡萄牙、印度、日本及跨文化家庭的人交往。其時正值東西文化交匯的歷史時刻，史釗域深明自己的角色，也知道自己正在促成中國人思想的現代化。他向學生灌輸西方知識時，不單維持他們對中華文化的認同，也堅持相等的中文及英文學習時間。他雖然為人靦腆、低調和拘謹，但深受華人、外國人及葡萄牙人歡迎。史釗域也是一位香港通。當他物故時，就被目為當時在港外籍人士之中，對香港認識最為深入的一人。1997年不但是本書初版之年，更適值香港迎來巨變。重新評價中西持續交流的目的，以及評說各種促進合作時用上的教育及文化方法，正是其時。

Tangseng and his disciples have been traveling for two or three years. They arrive at a secluded mountain monastery which turns out to be the home of a powerful master named Zhenyuan and an ancient and magical ginseng tree. As usual, the travelers'search for a nice hot meal and a place to sleep quickly turns into a disaster. Although Zhenyuan has gone away for a few days, he has left his two youngest disciples in charge. They welcome the travelers, but soon there are misunderstandings, arguments, battles in the sky, and before long the travelers are facing a powerful and extremely angry adversary as well as mysterious magic fruits and a large frying pan full of hot oil. This is the 10th book in the best-selling Journey to the West series of stories for students learning to read Chinese. It is based on the events in Chapters 24 through 26 of the epic 16th century novel of the same name by Wu Chen'en. That novel was inspired by an actual journey by the Buddhist monk Tangseng, who traveled from Chang'an westward to India in 629 A.D. and returned seventeen years later with priceless knowledge and spiritual texts. Over the course of the book Tangseng and his companions face the 81 tribulations that Tangseng had to endure to attain Buddhahood. The first 10 books in the Journey to the West series have used a total of about 1200 different Chinese words, but only 629 are used in this book. All new words are defined on the page where they are first used. The book uses Simplified Chinese characters and includes pinyin, an English translation, and a full glossary. A free audiobook is available on YouTube's Imagin8 Press channel and on www.imagin8press.com.

The young monk Xuanzang sets out on his westward journey. His journey is difficult and filled with dangers. He runs into trouble immediately when he is captured and nearly killed by the Monster King and his ogres. He escapes with the help of a mysterious old man, only to be attacked on the road later by tigers, snakes and more monsters. Eventually he meets the Monkey King, Sun Wukong. Together they face bandits and wild animals, and Sun Wukong must make a difficult decision. This is the 6th book in the best-selling Journey to the West series of stories for students learning to read Chinese. It is based on the events in Chapters 12 through 14 of the epic 16th century novel of the same name by Wu Chen'en. That novel was inspired by an actual journey by the Buddhist monk Xuanzang, who traveled from Chang'an westward to India in 629 A.D. and returned seventeen years later with priceless knowledge and spiritual texts. Over the course of the book Tangseng and his companions face the 81 tribulations that Tangseng had to endure to attain Buddhahood. The first 6 books in the Journey to the West series are written using an HSK vocabulary level of about 600 different Chinese words, but 669 are used in this book. Fifty two new words are introduced and are defined on the pages where they are first used. The book uses Simplified Chinese characters and includes pinyin, an English translation, and a full glossary. A free audiobook is available on YouTube's Imagin8 Press channel and on www.imagin8press.com.

The river-dwelling monster Sha Wujing was once the Curtain Raising Captain, but was banished from heaven by the Yellow Emperor for breaking an extremely valuable cup during a drunken visit to the Peach Festival. Later, the Buddhist monk Tangseng and his disciples arrive at a beautiful home seeking a simple vegetarian meal and a place to stay for the night. What they encounter instead is a lovely and wealthy widow and her three even more lovely daughters. This meeting is, of course, much more than it appears to be, and it turns into a test of commitment and virtue for all of the pilgrims, especially for the lazy and lustful Zhu Bajie. This is the 9th book in the best-selling Journey to the West series of stories for students learning to read Chinese. It is based on the events in Chapters 22 and 23 of the epic 16th century novel of the same name by Wu Chen'en. That novel was inspired by an actual journey by the Buddhist monk Tangseng, who traveled from Chang'an westward to India in 629 A.D. and returned seventeen years later with priceless knowledge and spiritual texts. Over the course of the book Tangseng and his companions face the 81 tribulations that Tangseng had to endure to attain Buddhahood. The first 9 books in the Journey to the West series have used a total of about 1200 different Chinese words, but only 630 are used in this book. All new words are defined on the page where they are first used. The book uses Simplified Chinese characters and includes pinyin, an English translation, and a full glossary. A free audiobook is available on YouTube's Imagin8 Press channel and on www.imagin8press.com.

Once again the Monkey King's unlimited ambitions and uncontrolled appetites land him in deep trouble. He is given a job in heaven taking care of the Emperor's Garden of Immortal Peaches, but he can't stop himself from eating all the peaches. He impersonates a great Immortal and crashes a party in Heaven, stealing the guests'food and drink and barely escaping to his loyal troop of monkeys back on Earth. And in the end, he battles an entire army of Immortals and men, and discovers that even calling himself the Great Sage Equal to Heaven does not make him equal to everyone in Heaven. This is the 3rd book in the best-selling Journey to the West series of stories for students learning to read Chinese. It is based on the events in Chapters 5 through 7 of the epic 16th century novel of the same name by Wu Chen'en. That novel was inspired by an actual journey by the Buddhist monk Tangseng (formerly called Xuanzang), who traveled from Chang'an westward to India in 629 A.D. and returned seventeen years later with priceless knowledge and spiritual texts. Over the course of the book Tangseng and his companions face the 81 tribulations that Tangseng had to endure to attain Buddhahood. The first 3 books in the Journey to the West series have used a total of about 600 different Chinese words, but only 517 are used in this book. All new words are defined on the page where they are first used. The book uses Simplified Chinese characters and includes pinyin, an English translation, and a full glossary. A free audiobook is available on YouTube's Imagin8 Press channel and on www.imagin8press.com.

Things begin to unravel for Sun Wukong as he sees the consequences of his outrageous actions. While trying to defend his troop of monkeys, he manages to offend the underwater Dragon King, the Dragon Kong's mother, all ten Kings of the Underworld, and the great Jade Emperor himself. Finally, goaded by a couple of troublemaking demons, he goes too far, calling himself the Great Sage Equal to Heaven and setting events in motion that cause him some serious trouble. This is the second book in the best-selling Journey to the West series of stories for students learning to read Chinese. It is based on the events in Chapters 3 and 4 of the epic 16th century novel of the same name by Wu Chen'en. That novel was inspired by an actual journey by the Buddhist monk Tangseng (formerly called Xuanzang), who traveled from Chang'an westward to India in 629 A.D. and returned seventeen years later with priceless knowledge and spiritual texts. Over the course of the book Tangseng and his companions face the 81 tribulations that Tangseng had to endure to attain Buddhahood. The first two books in the Journey to the West series have used a total of about 600 different Chinese words, but only 432 are used in this book. There are 46 new words introduced in this book, and each one is defined on the page where it is first used. The book uses Simplified Chinese characters and includes pinyin, an English translation, and a full glossary. A free audiobook is available on YouTube's Imagin8 Press channel and on www.imagin8press.com.

本书收录论文五篇，内容均是考察19世纪前半期基督新教传教士中文著译中的词语。 第一篇探讨的是一个今天常见于书刊、报章上，我们习以为常的汉译专名“大英（国）”。通过历史、清廷外交文书制度、思想史、词汇学等视角，著者细致深入追溯鲜为人知有关它的诞生历史背景、早期书写实践、在鸦片战争前后英国为取得与中国“敌体平行”坚持使用它，引发与清廷冲突，以及最终它白纸黑字出现在《江宁条约》后对中国外交所产生的深远影响，等等。 在进行近现代汉语新词追根溯源时，有些学者由于甚少使用明清古籍，特别19世纪上半叶新教传教士中文著译语料，导致所得结论或有偏差，新教传教士在汉语词汇学史上的地位变得极不显著。本书后四篇即对新教传教士马礼逊、米怜、郭实猎及麦嘉缔著译中一些汉译地名、宗教、天文、地理、政治、动物等词语求源溯本，厘清它们的“词籍”与诞生年份，确定其中有些是袭用明末清初耶稣会士中文译著、中国古籍里，以及18世纪末19世纪初在澳门、广州以及东南亚一带流行的一些新词新语，有些则为马礼逊等人所创译，从而奠定新教传教士在汉语词汇史上承前启后的地位。 本书由八方文化创作室与新跃社科大学（SUSS）新跃中华学术中心联合出版，是'新跃人文'系列丛书的第十二册。

陈笃生是新加坡华人社会极具影响力的领袖，亦是新加坡最杰出的开拓者之一。1820年代初期，陈笃生响应莱佛士爵士打造新加坡自由港的号召，遂成为日后的优秀企业头家，更崛起为华人社会的领袖翘楚。同时，他也是大慈善家，领导福建社群修筑天福宫，使其成为福建人的中心；亦创建陈笃生医院，为新加坡人提供医疗照护。 本书对陈笃生的一生作了全面的记述，追溯他的生平事迹乃至其所遗留下来的宝贵资产，亦论述陈笃生及其家族所做出的贡献。陈氏家族人才辈出，本书也涵括陈金钟、陈德源、陈武烈、陈齐贤、陈温祥等人的生平足迹，他们功名显赫，建树颇丰，对新加坡乃至区域周边国家社会，产生了巨大的影响。 通过对陈氏家族成员生平及贡献的书写，我们得以一窥殖民时期海外华人移民的社会、政治及商业运作各层面。他们的财富资产甚至跨越了新加坡地界，凸显出南洋华人的分布形态及其区域经商网络。在新加坡历史进程的大框架和各种事件、里程碑之外，这些故事亦带来了多元性和差异性，能让公众更好地去理解和审视新加坡。

本书借助历届人口普查数据以及大量史实资料，从社会语言学视角出发，全面观察新加坡自独立以来国家语言规划、双语教育政策的实施与发展，探讨四大族群的语言现状，分析各族群的语言态度、家庭用语选择以及与之相关的文化、教育、经济因素等，进而讨论国家意识、族群意识、身份认同等重要社会学课题。 该书可供读者全面了解新加坡百年来（特别是独立建国以来）的语言政策、各族语言的社会地位、华族方言的发展变迁以及各族语言未来的发展趋势。两位作者长期研究社会语言学、汉语语言学，并有较多论著出版、发表。在两年的写作过程，查阅了大量的原始资料，参考了中英文领域的研究成果，力求论述全面精当，观点公允新颖，数据丰赡可靠，以便为读者了解新加坡的语言生活提供宏观和微观的全面分析。可以说，本书是近年研究新加坡社会语言学的一部力作。 本书由八方文化创作室与新跃社科大学（SUSS）新跃中华学术中心联合出版，是'新跃人文'系列丛书的第十一册。

战略稳定性理论源于冷战期间，用于分析美国和苏联两个超级大国之间的核武器相互威慑关系，但是经典战略稳定性理论无法适用于不对称核力量结构，如中国与美国之间。 本书研究的是：如何构建一种适用于不对称核力量结构的战略稳定性理论？以中美核战略关系为案例，重点关注中国与美国之间的战略稳定性。 书中的核心概念是“第一次打击不确定性”，即令潜在进攻方领导人不确定能否实现百分百成功的第一次打击。中美战略稳定性可以定义为中美双方都没有动机首先使用核武器，稳定的条件是中国能够维持足够高的第一次打击不确定性。 研究内容包括中国核力量发展的历史、中外领导人对中国核报复能力的认知、中国和主要潜在对手核交战数学模型、中国核力量生存能力技术分析、中美非有意核升级、中美战略稳定性评估和维持中美战略稳定性的建议。书中结合自然科学技术和政治学研究方法，修正和扩展了经典战略稳定性理论，可以为中美战略对话和未来的军控谈判提供理论基础和技术框架。

Effective feedback, whether it's meant for your boss, your peers, or your direct reports, is built around three ideas. One, focus on the situation. Two, describe the other person's behavior you observed in that situation. And third, describe the impact that behavior had on you. The result is a message that is clear and that can inspire action and productive change

This book will show you how to diagnose problems in your team by focusing on the three outcomes of effective leadership: direction, alignment, and commitment. By assessing where your group stands in each of these outcomes, you can plan and implement the changes necessary to get better results.

A wealthy girl runs away with her cousin, a poor stonecarver. A scholar finds true love inside a book. Two lovers defy death to be together. And a young man finds love with two ghosts. Believe it or not, it's possible for you to read and understand the four wonderful love stories in this book even if you start off not knowing a single word of Chinese! We won't lie to you and say it will be easy, but with time and patience you can certainly do it. Each page of Chinese faces a page of pinyin (phonetic spelling), so if you don't recognize a word, you can check the pinyin to see how it's pronounced. You can then look up the word's meaning in the glossary in the back of the book. A full English translation is also included. You can also listen to a complete audiobook of all the stories, available free on YouTube and downloadable from our website. These stories are written by the best-selling writing team of Jeff Pepper and Xiao Hui Wang, authors of the Journey to the West series of graded readers, translations of Chinese classics including the Dao De Jing, the Art of War, and the San Zi Jing, and lots of other great books. To learn more, visit www.imagin8press.com.

Sang is a young scholar living alone in a small village in 18th century China. One night a strange and beautiful woman arrives at his house, and he soon falls deeply in love with her. But later, a second even more beautiful woman arrives, and things become extremely complicated. This is a story about fox spirits and ghosts, love and lust, and the unpredictable nature of the human and the not-quite-human heart. This book is a retelling of a Chinese short story called “Lotus Fragrance,” from the book Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio written by Pu Songling and published in 1740. It's written using only 654 words, most of which are in the 1200-word HSK4 vocabulary. This makes it accessible to advanced beginner or intermediate students of Chinese. A glossary of all words is included, along with an English translation. A free audiobook is available on YouTube on the Imagin8 Press channel. The authors are the best-selling writing team of Jeff Pepper and Xiao Hui Wang, co-authors of the Journey to the West series of graded readers, and translations of Chinese classics including the Dao De Jing, the San Zi Jing, and the Art of War.

The story of Cinderella is possibly the world's most popular folk tale. The earliest known version is from Greece around two thousand years ago, and over the next thousand years, it traveled to France, Italy and Germany, and eventually to the Walt Disney studio in America. But as the Cinderella story traveled from Greece to Western Europe, it was also carried eastward to Asia along the Silk Road and other ancient trade routes. The story of Ye Xian in this book is the oldest known Asian version, first appearing in a book of folk tales by Duan Chengshi in 860 AD. That story was told in just 750 Chinese words. The Ye Xian story matches the modern Cinderella story more closely than later European versions. But unlike the Disney movie, it does not simply end with the heroine marrying and living happily ever after. The story is more complex and more interesting, showing Zhuang, Hindu, Buddhist, and Chinese influences. In this book, the best-selling writing team of Pepper and Wang retell this wonderful story using just 417 different Chinese words, most of which are in the standard 1200-word HSK4 vocabulary. This limited vocabulary makes the story easily accessible to beginning and intermediate students of Chinese. A glossary of all words is in the back of the book, along with an English translation. A free audiobook version is available on the Imagin8 Press channel of YouTube, and also at www.imagin8press.com.

Welcome to 三字经, San Zi Jing, known in English as the Three Character Classic. Originally written by Wang Yinglin during the Song Dynasty in the 13th century, modified many times since then and memorized by generations of Chinese students, the San Zi Jing is a box of treasures, a puzzle within a puzzle, with layers of meaning waiting for you to discover. At the simplest level, San Zi Jing is just a workbook, a way for you to learn how to read, speak and write Chinese. But it's more than a workbook, it's a grand tour of Chinese history. It starts off with brief stories about Confucian values and principles, then shifts gears and takes us on a dizzying historical journey, starting with the legendary Yellow Emperor back in the misty beginnings of Chinese culture, and leading up to the end of the last dynasty in 1912. San Zi Jing is also a window into the soul of China. Many of the verses provide bits of Confucian philosophy, or hint at stories told centuries ago. Even the historical verses in the middle of the book show us what life in China was like in the past, and give you a glimpse of how Chinese people see the world today. Read the San Zi Jing carefully, and you'll get a glimpse of what it's like to be Chinese.

The monk Tangseng and his three disciples are nearing the end of their epic journey. They approach Thunderclap Monastery in India, the home of Tathagata Buddha. But Tangseng's ordeals are not over yet. First, the travelers are mistaken for murderers and thieves and must talk their way out of jail with some help from Sun Wukong's body-changing magic. When they finally arrive at the home of the Buddha, Tangseng asks for the holy scriptures which he plans to bring back to China. But it turns out that he has only endured eighty trials, one fewer than the 81 that are required of him. And bringing back the Buddhist scriptures turns out to be much more difficult than the pilgrims expected. This is the 31st and final book in the best-selling Journey to the West series of stories for students learning to read Simplified Chinese. It is based on the events in Chapters 96 through 100 of the epic 16th century novel of the same name by Wu Chen'en. That novel was inspired by an actual journey by the Buddhist monk Tangseng, who traveled from Chang'an (today's Xi'an) westward to India in 629 A.D. and returned seventeen years later with priceless knowledge and spiritual texts. Over the course of the book the four travelers face the 81 trials that Tangseng had to endure to attain Buddhahood. The entire Journey to the West story has been told using a total of about 2,000 different Chinese words, but only 1,112 are used in this book. We introduce 25 new words for the first time, and each one is defined on the page where it is first used. The book includes pinyin, an English translation, and a full glossary. A free audiobook is available at www.imagin8press.com, and on YouTube's Imagin8 Press channel.

Ignoring a warning from the Bodhisattva Guanyin, Tangseng and his three disciples enter a city whose king has vowed to kill 10,000 Buddhist monks and has already finished off 9,996. The travelers must avoid being killed and figure out how to show the king the error of his ways. Later, the Monkey King Sun Wukong flies over a mountain and sees a large demon with 30 little demons, all blowing fog from their mouths. This leads to a great battle where the demons use the “Dividing the Petals of the Plum Flower” trick to confuse the disciples and kidnap Tangseng. This is the 28th book in the best-selling Journey to the West series of stories for students learning to read Simplified Chinese. It is based on the events in Chapters 84 through 86 of the epic 16th century novel of the same name by Wu Chen'en. That novel was inspired by an actual journey by the Buddhist monk Tangseng, who traveled from Chang'an westward to India in 629 A.D. and returned seventeen years later with priceless knowledge and spiritual texts. Over the course of the book the four travelers face the 81 tribulations that Tangseng had to endure to attain Buddhahood. Books 1 through 28 in the Journey to the West series have used a total of about 2,000 different Chinese words, but only 912 words are used in this book. We introduce 29 new words for the first time in this book, and each one is defined on the page where it is first used. The book includes pinyin, an English translation, and a full glossary. A free audiobook is available on YouTube's Imagin8 Press channel and on www.imagin8press.com.

In a dark forest the monk Tangseng comes upon a beautiful young woman tied to a tree and half-buried in the ground. The monk frees her, not realizing she is a deadly mouse demon. Later they arrive at a nearby monastery where she devours some monks and tries to force Tangseng to marry her. Sun Wukong learns the truth about her, lodges a complaint with the great Jade Emperor in heaven, and battles the mouse demon to save his master. This is the 27th book in the best-selling Journey to the West series of stories for students learning to read Simplified Chinese. It is based on the events in Chapters 80 through 83 of the epic 16th century novel of the same name by Wu Chen'en. That novel was inspired by an actual journey by the Buddhist monk Tangseng, who traveled from Chang'an westward to India in 629 A.D. and returned seventeen years later with priceless knowledge and spiritual texts. Over the course of the book the four travelers face the 81 tribulations that Tangseng had to endure to attain Buddhahood. All 27 books in the Journey to the West series have used a total of about 2000 different Chinese words, but only 904 words are used in this book. We introduce 23 words for the first time in this book, and each one is defined on the page where it is first used. The book includes pinyin, an English translation, and a full glossary. A free audiobook is available on YouTube's Imagin8 Press channel and on www.imagin8press.com.

The Buddhist monk Tangseng goes alone to beg some food at the home of some beautiful and seemingly gentle young women. He soon finds out that they are far from gentle. Trapped in their web, he waits to be cooked and eaten while his three disciples attempt to rescue him by confronting the spider demons, a horde of biting insects, and a mysterious Daoist alchemist. This is the 24th book in the best-selling Journey to the West series of stories for students learning to read Chinese. It is based on the events in Chapters 72 and 73 of the epic 16th century novel of the same name by Wu Chen'en. That novel was inspired by an actual journey by the Buddhist monk Tangseng, who traveled from Chang'an westward to India in 629 A.D. and returned seventeen years later with priceless knowledge and spiritual texts. Over the course of the book the four travelers face the 81 tribulations that Tangseng had to endure to attain Buddhahood. The first 24 books in the Journey to the West series have used a total of about 2000 different Chinese words, but only 791 words are used in this book. All new words are defined on the page where they are first used. The book uses Simplified Chinese characters and includes pinyin, an English translation, and a full glossary. A free audiobook is available on YouTube's Imagin8 Press channel and on www.imagin8press.com.

The monk Tangseng has harsh words for his eldest disciple, the monkey king Sun Wukong. His pride hurt, Sun Wukong complains to the Bodhisattva Guanyin and asks to be released from his service to the monk. She refuses his request. This leads to a case of mistaken identity and an earthshaking battle that begins in the sky over the monkey's home on Flower Fruit Mountain, moves through the palaces of heaven and the depths of the underworld, and ends in front of the Buddha himself. This is the 19th book in the best-selling Journey to the West series of stories for students learning to read Chinese. It is based on the events in Chapters 56 through 58 of the epic 16th century novel of the same name by Wu Chen'en. That novel was inspired by an actual journey by the Buddhist monk Tangseng, who traveled from Chang'an westward to India in 629 A.D. and returned seventeen years later with priceless knowledge and spiritual texts. Over the course of the book Tangseng and his companions face the 81 tribulations that Tangseng had to endure to attain Buddhahood. The first 19 books in the Journey to the West series have used a total of about 1800 different Chinese words, but only 749 are used in this book. All new words are defined on the page where they are first used. The book uses Simplified Chinese characters and includes pinyin, an English translation, and a full glossary. A free audiobook is available on YouTube's Imagin8 Press channel and on www.imagin8press.com.

Tangseng and his three disciples have traveled to the wild country west of China. They arrive at a strange city where Daoism is revered and Buddhism is forbidden. The few remaining Buddhist monks are enslaved, but every night they receive a dream message that the Great Sage Equal to Heaven will come to save them. This of course is the Monkey King Sun Wukong, Tangseng's eldest disciple. Sun Wukong gleefully causes trouble in the city, and finds himself in a series of deadly competitions with three Daoist Immortals. This is the 15th book in the best-selling Journey to the West series of stories for students learning to read Chinese. It is based on the events in Chapters 44 through 46 of the epic 16th century novel of the same name by Wu Chen'en. That novel was inspired by an actual journey by the Buddhist monk Tangseng, who traveled from Chang'an westward to India in 629 A.D. and returned seventeen years later with priceless knowledge and spiritual texts. Over the course of the book Tangseng and his companions face the 81 tribulations that Tangseng had to endure to attain Buddhahood. The first 15 books in the Journey to the West series have used a total of about 1500 different Chinese words, but only 815 are used in this book. All new words are defined on the page where they are first used. The book uses Simplified Chinese characters and includes pinyin, an English translation, and a full glossary. A free audiobook is available on YouTube's Imagin8 Press channel and on www.imagin8press.com.

The Monkey King Sun Wukong leads the Tang monk and his two fellow disciples westward until their path is blocked by a river eight hundred miles wide. On the riverbank is a village where the people live in fear of the Great Demon King, who demands two human sacrifices each year. Sun Wukong and the pig-man Zhu Bajie come up with a clever plan to trick the Demon King and save the people of the village, but they soon discover that the Demon King has clever plans of his own. This is the 16th book in the best-selling Journey to the West series of stories for students learning to read Chinese. It is based on the events in Chapters 47 through 49 of the epic 16th century novel of the same name by Wu Chen'en. That novel was inspired by an actual journey by the Buddhist monk Tangseng, who traveled from Chang'an westward to India in 629 A.D. and returned seventeen years later with priceless knowledge and spiritual texts. Over the course of the book Tangseng and his companions face the 81 tribulations that Tangseng had to endure to attain Buddhahood. The first 16 books in the Journey to the West series have used a total of about 1800 different Chinese words, but only 839 are used in this book. All new words are defined on the page where they are first used. The book uses Simplified Chinese characters and includes pinyin, an English translation, and a full glossary. A free audiobook is available on YouTube's Imagin8 Press channel and on www.imagin8press.com.

While traveling the Silk Road, Tangseng and his three disciples encounter a young boy hanging upside down from a tree. They rescue him only to discover that he is really Red Boy, a powerful and malevolent demon and, it turns out, Sun Wukong's nephew. Ignoring this family relationship, the demon kidnaps Tangseng and plans to eat him. The three disciples battle the demon but soon discover that he can produce deadly fire and smoke which nearly kills Sun Wukong. The two remaining disciples struggle to save Sun Wukong and Tangseng, enlisting the aid of several supernatural beings including Guanyin, the Goddess of Mercy. At the end, they learn Red Boy's true nature. This is the 14th book in the best-selling Journey to the West series of stories for students learning to read Chinese. It is based on the events in Chapters 40 through 43 of epic 16th century novel of the same name by Wu Chen'en. That novel was inspired by an actual journey by the Buddhist monk Tangseng, who traveled from Chang'an westward to India in 629 A.D. and returned seventeen years later with priceless knowledge and spiritual texts. Over the course of the book Tangseng and his companions face the 81 tribulations that Tangseng had to endure to attain Buddhahood. The first 14 books in the Journey to the West series have used a total of about 1500 different Chinese words, but only 762 are used in this book. All new words are defined on the page where they are first used. The book uses Simplified Chinese characters and includes pinyin, an English translation, and a full glossary. A free audiobook is available on YouTube's Imagin8 Press channel and on www.imagin8press.com.

The Buddhist monk Tangseng arrives with his disciples at a mountain monastery, and he is visited in a dream by someone claiming to be the ghost of a murdered king. The ghost claims that the king sitting on the throne is really an evil demon. Is he telling the truth or is he actually a demon in disguise? Tangseng's chief disciple, the monkey king Sun Wukong, offers to go to the king's palace and sort things out with his iron rod. But things do not go as planned... This is the 13th book in the best-selling Journey to the West series of stories for students learning to read Chinese. It is based on the events in Chapters 36 through 39 of the epic 16th century novel of the same name by Wu Chen'en. That novel was inspired by an actual journey by the Buddhist monk Tangseng, who traveled from Chang'an westward to India in 629 A.D. and returned seventeen years later with priceless knowledge and spiritual texts. Over the course of the book Tangseng and his companions face the 81 tribulations that Tangseng had to endure to attain Buddhahood. The first 13 books in the Journey to the West series have used a total of about 1500 different Chinese words, but only 691 are used in this book. All new words are defined on the page where they are first used. The book uses Simplified Chinese characters and includes pinyin, an English translation, and a full glossary. A free audiobook is available on YouTube's Imagin8 Press channel and on www.imagin8press.com.

创新究竟发生在何处？根据成百上千万份专利 和科学出版记录，《2022年世界知识产权报 告》记录了创新格局在过去几十年中的发展 变化。报

Über dieses Buch: Dieses Buch diskutiert Funktionen und Potenziale des Hànyǔ Pīnyīn im Unterricht des Chinesischen als Fremdsprache (ChaF) – mit Beiträgen von Expertinnen und Experten aus Deutschland, Österreich, der Schweiz und den USA, die sich mit diesem Thema in Theorie und Praxis intensiv beschäftigt und umfangreiche Erfahrungen mit dem Hànyǔ-Pīnyīn-Einsatz im ChaF-Unterricht gesammelt haben. Thematisiert werden neben üblichen Anwendungen (Ausspracheunterricht und Angabe der Lautung von Schriftzeichen) vor allem Fragen der Förderung vielfältiger mündlicher und schriftlicher Kompetenzen – einschließlich des Leseverständnisses für Schriftzeichentexte – im Unterricht für diverse Zielgruppen und Niveaustufen. Dabei wird auf entsprechende Didaktik-Konzepte, Unterrichtsorganisation, Gestaltung von Curricula und Lehrwerken in der gymnasialen wie universitären ChaF-Ausbildung eingegangen. Auch die wichtige Rolle des Hànyǔ Pīnyīn bei der digitalen Verarbeitung des Chinesischen sowie bei der Nutzung digitaler Hilfsmittel zum Erwerb der chinesischen Sprache und Schrift wird einbezogen. Alle Beitragenden eint die Überzeugung, dass der fokussierte Einsatz von Hànyǔ Pīnyīn für bestimmte Lernziele und Lerngruppen und in bestimmten Phasen des Chinesischerwerbs die Entwicklung vieler sprachlicher Kompetenzen fördert, wenn auch in manchen Aspekten und Details unterschiedliche Herangehensweisen und Standpunkte deutlich werden. Insgesamt bietet der Band Anregungen für die vertiefte Diskussion und Erforschung der Potenziale des Hànyǔ-Pīnyīn-Einsatzes im Unterricht der chinesischen Sprache und Zeichenschrift. About this book: This book discusses the functions and potential of Hànyǔ Pīnyīn for teaching Chinese as a foreign language (TCFL). It contains contributions from experts from Germany, Austria, Switzerland and the USA, who have looked at this topic both from a theoretical and practical perspective, and have gained extensive experience on how to use Hànyǔ Pīnyīn in TCFL. In addition to common applications (pronunciation instruction and indication of character pronunciation), the main focus is on the promotion of diverse oral and written skills – including reading comprehension of character texts – when teaching various target groups and at different levels. The corresponding didactic concepts, organization of teaching units, design of curricula and textbooks in high school and university Chinese language education are also discussed. Furthermore, the book addresses the important role of Hànyǔ Pīnyīn in digital processing of Chinese as well as in the use of digital tools supporting Chinese language and script acquisition. All contributors share the conviction that the targeted use of Hànyǔ Pīnyīn for specific teaching goals and learner groups and in specific phases of Chinese language acquisition promotes the development of various language skills, even if they sometimes employ different approaches and perspectives. Overall, the book provides suggestions on how to further discuss and explore the potentials of Hànyǔ Pīnyīn in teaching the Chinese language and its character script.

The Yearbook contains the official records of the International Law Commission and is an indispensable tool for the preservation of the legislative history of the documents emanating from the Commission, as well as for the teaching, study, dissemination and wider appreciation of the efforts undertaken by the Commission in the progressive development of international law and its codification. Volume II (Part Two) reproduces the edited version of the annual report of the Commission to the General Assembly.

This report analyses the state of the world economy, a year and half after the Covid-19 outbreak was declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization. The first part of the Report outlines key macro-financial aspects of the global economy, focusing, in particular, on the prospects for a growth recovery while analyzing possible threats from public and private debt, from inflationary spikes as well as from a return to the policies of the past. It pays particular attention to the situation of developing countries in the system of global finance, and discusses issues of debt sustainability. As this year marks its 40th anniversary, the Report also revisits the analyses provided in previous editions in response to shocks, setbacks, and crises that have hampered development during the era of hyperglobalization and underscores its abiding call for an inclusive global economic governance. The second part focuses on climate adaptation. It calls for a transformative approach to climate adaptation, with large-scale public investment programmes to adapt to future as well as current threats, and green industrial policies to drive growth and job creation. It also details reforms of the international financial system needed to get more climate adaptation funds flowing to developing countries.

本出版物帮助非知识产权专家了解知识产权、旅游和文化之间的联系。通过多个案例研究，它说明了现有和潜在的知识产权工具，特别是品牌和版权，如何为旅游服务和产品增加价值。它解释了如何将知识产权纳入旅游政策、产品开发和目的地品牌建设，并展示了如何利用不同的知识产权来实现筹资目的。

许多人创建了领英档案，但实际上并不知道如何使用它们。其他人则不知道将领英用于什么用途，或者如何从专业地使用领英中受益。如果您以正确的方式使用领英，您的档案就会被全世界看到。请记住，开始学习如何使用领英实现您的个人目标永远不会太早也不会太晚。从您最喜欢的技巧开始使用领英。 需要的不仅仅是领英吗？ 是的，还有更重要的事情需要考虑。做出决定并尝试在国外找到工作、缩小您想要的工作范围并确定您的个人营销目标比拥有良好的线上形象更为重要。在本书最后部分的访谈中，您可以了解到一些中国人在国外找到工作时的表现以及他们的工作经历。您可以从中获得实用的技巧和想法。 这本书有中文版和英文版。 Many people set up LinkedIn profiles but then don't really know what to do with them. Others have no idea what to use LinkedIn for or how they can professionally benefit from using it. If you use LinkedIn the right way your profile will be out there for the world to see. Remember that it's never too soon nor too late to start learning how to use LinkedIn for your own personal goals. Start with the tip that you like the most in order to get going. Is there more to it than just LinkedIn? Yes, there are more important things to think about. Taking the decision to go for it and try to find a job abroad, narrowing down what kind of jobs you want and to setting your personal sales pitch is more important than having a good digital profile. In the interviews in the last part of the book you can read about how some Chinese persons managed when they found their job abroad and find out what their job journey was like. You can get practical tips and ideas. This book is both in Mandarin and English.

探索花花純素世界！ 社會似乎刮起了一陣純素主義的風潮，各種純素餐廳、純素產品信息琳瑯滿目。不管你是純素小白、純素入門者，還是資深純素主義者，都建議你讀一讀Jennifer的這本新書《探索花花純素世界》！ 想知道花花怎麼會轉為純素主義者嗎？ 新書作者花花Jennifer在香港出生，外貌甜美可愛，16歲那年到了澳洲留學，因那時是佛教徒，所以開始了吃素的旅程。剛開始她對於吃素也是懵懵懂懂，慢慢地積累到許多純素的知識，亦獲得了更健康的身心，遂明白：吃素要食用新鮮的食物原型才是最健康。 花花帶您純素遊香港、台灣、日本、馬來西亞、泰國、澳洲及紐西蘭。 作者花花是個喜歡全世界尋覓美食的人，在新書《探索花花純素世界》中，她精挑細選了世界各地非常不錯的純素餐廳，給同樣熱愛旅行、熱愛美食的讀者做參考，亦非常貼心地給出了餐廳信息與花花推薦菜式，非常值得一讀！ 花花教您做各式純素、無蛋、無奶、無麩質、無糖及生機的私房甜品。 尋覓美食一定不是美食愛好者的終點，親自動手製作美食才是！新書《探索花花純素世界》中，花花獨樹一幟地給出了將一般菜式轉為純素菜式的巧妙方法，以及各種純素中菜、純素甜品的食譜。簡單易明，絕對值得美食家們動手一試！ 花花致力於推廣純素理念，親身踐行友善地球、友善動物的行動。 支撐花花堅持純素主義的背後，是友善地球、友善動物的理念。花花不僅提倡純素飲食，更提倡使用純素產品以及一系列環保行動。新書亦提供了完整的純素產品信息與環保資訊，能夠加深社會大眾對純素生活的認知。 本書特色 內容豐富，本書提供了純素生活方方面面的資訊，為讀者了解純素生活提供了便利的途徑。 餐廳推介與純素食譜是本書的重點，此書是純素飲食愛好者的不二選擇。 中英文結合，圖文並茂，內容也跨越了地域的限制，能夠引起各種語言讀者的興趣。

個人崇拜，是暴政的核心 二十世紀的獨裁者，如何精心打造受人民景仰的虛偽形象 同樣的招數，是否也正在當今社會上演？ 《經濟學人》2019年度最佳選書 《解放的悲劇》、《文化大革命》作者 揭露當代中國真相的歷史學家 馮客 全新力作 二十世紀八大獨裁者： 義大利——墨索里尼 德國——希特勒 蘇聯——史達林 中國——毛澤東 北韓——金日成 海地——杜瓦利埃 羅馬尼亞——希奧塞古 衣索比亞——門格斯圖 整個二十世紀，無數的人民在為自己的獨裁領袖喝采， 即使他們因此淪落成了奴隸…… 獨裁政權無法光靠恐懼和暴力來統治國家，赤裸裸的權力可以暫時奪過來握在手中，但長遠來看永遠都嫌不夠。有辦法讓人民讚揚自己，才有辦法在位子上待久一點。現代獨裁者的弔詭之處在於，他必須製造出民眾支持的假象。 在《獨裁者養成之路》一書中，馮客回顧了二十世紀八個最有影響力的獨裁元首。從精心編排的遊行到嚴格的審查制度，這些刻意打造而成的神祕面紗，讓獨裁者可以不斷地粉飾自己的形象，並且鼓勵廣大人民來歌頌他們。 馮客以絲絲入扣的敘事，檢視了人格的神化如何生根、茁壯、鞏固，證明個人崇拜就是暴政的核心！ 書評 跳脫既有的成見，延續馮客之前的毛澤東研究，提醒我們，握有權力的意識形態在目前的「自由主義危機」中是如何控制大量人民的心。他嘗試從各種方面去剖析集權主義，從毛澤東到「爸爸醫生」杜瓦利埃，辛辣地簡述了每一個獨裁者的生平。馮客獨具隻眼地指出，反文明的罪行就是反人類的罪行。 ——《紐約客》（New Yorker） 馮客以嚴謹學術態度書寫這本書，他意識到，在政治動盪的時代，這些狂妄自大的傢伙可以一直把人民迷得神魂顛倒。 ——《柯克斯書評》（Kirkus Reviews） 碑文會傾頹、雕像會倒塌，但這本書讓我們看到，「話術統治」為何歷久不衰。 ——美國大眾文化雜誌Paste Magazine 兼具科普和學術的特色，讀者一定可以從本書獲益甚多，又能享受其中的樂趣。馮客這本書的政治意識是反共且反獨裁的，但更重要的是，他從歷史角度詳述獨裁者如何讓整個社會圍繞著他們的自我頌揚和權力打轉。馮客用全新的方式闡述自己的觀點，並仔細地帶出新穎的細節。書中寫到不太有名的獨裁政權，例如門格斯圖統治的衣索比亞，亦秉持一貫的詳實筆觸，絲毫不馬虎。 ——美國文化雜誌Tablet Magazine

1985年榮獲金鼎獎，作者許倬雲院士再增補篇幅完成最新增訂版！ 以「華夏國家」的形成為中心議題， 透過西周史的發展， 觀察中華民族及中華文化逐漸成形的過程， 並對西周史上聚訟紛紜的議題， 提出信而有徵的合理解說。 西周介於殷商和春秋之間，早先由於史料闕略，是中國古史研究中比較冷落的園地。近數十年來，考古遺址和遺物的大量出土，為西周史增添了不少新素材，累積的考古報告及專題研究的專書與論文，不下數百種，卻都略顯零散。《西周史（增訂新版）》總結過去累積的原始資料及研究成果，以許倬雲院士的創見加以整合，是一部綜合性的西周文化史，對西周社會性質、封建的本質、商周文化嬗替的關係等，根據現有史料，廓清三十年代猜謎式論戰留下的疑竇。在寫作格式上，本書另闢蹊徑，避免作枯燥繁瑣的史料考證及細節討論。全書不加附注，不僅具有學術專著的深度，也是適合一般讀者的通論性讀物。

世代鴻溝常見於職場上── 老闆仍然用舊式腦風暴形式去開會，下屬覺得意見總是不被接納； 新一代經常轉工，上一代的管理層看到這種「貨如輪轉」的情況大動肝火，覺得下一代沒耐性、急功近利； 老闆不能忍受90後一代，認為他們總是不聽從指示； 「老海鮮」愛卸膊，一成不變，難以合作，處處針對新一代同事…… 作者馬文藻博士有「職場醫生」之稱，13年來專門解決在職場中有關人事的奇難雜症，尤其是在跨代管理文化中的差異，例如Gen X經理和新世代員工合作上經常出現磨擦的各種問題。 透過新書《識腦就識撈》，作者希望幫助大家在面對職場不同的壓力時運用不同的領導能力，能夠把你的腦部執行系統（Brain OS）升級到最新版本，下載更好的App，以及提供足夠的腦肌肉訓練練習，能夠在職場如戰場的環境中運用自如去領導下屬，與同事合作，取得客戶歡心，甚至能夠有足夠的CPU + RAM，去影響你的上司。無論你是小職員或是管理層，都能從書中獲益良多！ 作者根據他十多年在企業培訓及教練中親自見證大大小小職場兩代恩怨情仇，透過典型的千禧一代的主要人物Michelle和Ken及他們的老細Madam Sally及Alan sir，將他們在辦公室有血有汗的故事呈獻給讀者。書裡收錄的提議，大多也是作者累積多年的教材包括他自身的經驗，最新的領導力，積極心理學 （Positive Psychology) 和神經科學 （Neuroscience)研究。他更嘗試為員工和經理提供一些實用技巧，去解決工作場所典型文化中可能發生的衝突。 本書最後也刊載了四個附錄：附錄1描述簡單的腦部構造，幫助讀者加深認識在不同章節中提到不同的腦結構。在書中也常常提到靜觀練習，在這方面有興趣的讀者，可參考附錄2去明白靜觀的背景及練習方法。附錄3和附錄4是作者近年在不同雜誌上刊登的文章：他從信仰的角度，嘗試探討現今的香港社會動盪需要什麼樣的領袖素質，也幫助在動盪下很迷惘的年青人，如何闖出豐盛生涯方向。

COVID-19疫情暴露了农业粮食体系在遭受冲击和压力时的不堪一击，同时还加剧了全球粮食不安全和营养不良。全世界亟需采取行动，提高农业粮食体系的韧性、效率、可持续性和包容性。 《2021年粮食及农业状况》提出了国家层面的农业粮食体系韧性指标。这些指标旨在衡量初级生产和粮食供应的稳健程度，以及在物质上和经济上获取粮食的机会；因此，有助于评估国家农业粮食体系消化冲击和压力的能力 — 这也是评估韧性的关键方面。

2021国际果蔬年（IYFV）旨在提高人们对食用果蔬的营养和健康益处的认识。本文件概述了将在国际果蔬年期间采取的相关行动。

陈关荣教授学术访问及旅游到过近50个国家，收集并整理了大量的科技、自然、文化、历史和人物资料。在过去20多年间，他以丰富阅历、开阔视野写下了多篇科普文章，现集结其中的50多篇分成上册和下册两本书。 上册写的是名人轶事，以科普形式介绍了一些音乐家、科学家和文学家的小传及其贡献，他们有莫扎特、欧拉、布鲁内尔、法拉弟、狄拉克、特斯拉、维纳、香农、麦克斯韦、德布罗意、托马斯·杨、墨子、沈括、张衡、顾毓琇、饶宗颐等等。 下册作者以游记故事、诗文漫话、科普趣谈、读书教学四辑，分享他的文史心得和旅游散记。 这些故事表达了作者满腔热“情”，流淌着的浓浓厚“意”包含了深邃的思想和哲理。书中内容丰富多彩、形式生动活泼，适合于具有各种文化背景、不同教育程度和年龄阶段的读者欣赏阅读。

作者从政治伦理、人文伦理、社会伦理、科技伦理的角度，探析新加坡和马来西亚华文诗文中的生态书写，冀望人类能够从多元视角来探讨生态环境。 全书共分六章。书中结合创作文本和时代背景，运用自然学科的知识，深入思考文学创作中的人与人、人与环境之间的相互关系。尝试以这种新的视角，探索现代化和全球化情境下人类与大自然的共存关系，交织成人与自然界最终的环境伦理，也构成了本书的论述核心，即“朝向环境伦理”。 本书由八方文化创作室与新跃社科大学（SUSS）新跃中华学术中心联合出版，是'新跃人文'系列丛书的第十册。

English version available: Standing Tall: The Goh Chok Tong Story Vol. 2 有人说，他在总理之位不会撑太久；也没有多少人料到，他会在李光耀之后取得成功。当吴作栋在1990年接棒出任新加坡第二任总理，好多人——无论国内国外——都毫不掩饰地公然表示怀疑：新加坡这个年轻的新兴国家没了李光耀，是否还能继续生存。 然而，吴作栋却让一众质疑者大感意外；他的主政岁月持续了整整14年，一路引领着新加坡渡过经济风暴、抵御恐怖袭击、扛住大选重挫，甚至发动全民与神秘致命病毒宣战。《登高望远》捕捉了一位政治领导人锤炼转型的过程，展现了他如何从青涩稚嫩的新总理，蜕变为一位顽强务实的战略专家。他既一手推动了这个国家最具争议性的几项政策，包括外来人才政策和部长薪金方程式；却也同时通过保健基金和教育储蓄等温情政策，推进他心目中的愿景：实现一个更宽容、更温和的新加坡。 吴作栋一步跨入后冷战时代，世界秩序紊乱、处处充满未知，给这位新进领导人带来了严峻挑战；但他不止巩固了新加坡在全球格局中的生存空间与声望价值，还使之进一步拓展、晋升。过程中，他跨越障碍叩开了克林顿的白宫大门，与曼德拉友好调侃，甚至还可能在李鹏心脏病猝发前，救了他一命。 吴作栋传续集《登高望远》，由记者出身的作家白胜晖执笔，他也是《高难任务：吴作栋传（第一辑）》的作者。这部授权传记透过作者与编采团队对人物主角的深入采访，人民行动党的档案资料，以及吴作栋私藏笔记，让读者得以从罕见深刻的视角一窥新加坡政治。《登高望远》所叙述的，是吴作栋主政时代的故事，是他在继续推动新加坡蜕变为环球都市的进程中，鲜为人知的内情与真相，情绪与情感。