Asian Literary Voices: From Marginal to Mainstream
The essays in this collection give voice to a wide range of artists and writers from China, Japan, Korea, and India who to this day remain largely unknown or poorly understood in literary circles around the world. Contributors from Asia, Europe, and the United States cover a wide range of topics from a vast expanse of time, from Sanskrit poetry dating back over a thousand years to Chinese fiction of the twenty-first century.
Throw away that take-out menu and turn to one of the recipes in this wonderful new cookbook. Using readily available ingredients and a few simple techniques Quick & Easy Chinese brings the delicious flavors of Asia into anyone's kitchen. Included are many familiar restaurant classics like Cashew Chicken Hot and Sour Soup and even Fortune Cookies—all simplified for easy home cooking. With a wide range of appetizers soups entrees drinks and desserts Quick & Easy Chinese will bring everyone good fortune and good eating.
Foreign-Language Learning with Digital Technology,: critical and central issue for this series is to explore the ways in which digital technologies can be said to enhance teaching and learning. In this second book in the series, we investigate this question with a particular focus on the role of technologies in bringing about frameworks for innovation; and from a range of perspectives, which explore classroom approaches for a wide range of language learners.
How to Design a Boat is a very practical guide that will enable even first-time designers to produce a worthwhile boat design. John Teale, a naval architect whose designs range from fast powerboats & motor cruisers to passenger ferries, fishing boats & cruising yachts, takes you step-by-step through the stages of designing both power & sailing boats, while also explaining the reasoning behind the process. Line diagrams & working drawings are used throughout to explain lines plans from a wide range of vessels. The standard calculations employed in all boat design work are set out.
This entertaining and highly useful book presents hundreds of easy-to-remember mnemonics as a means of learning and then recalling the differential diagnosis possibilities for a wide range of medical conditions. The text is organized by body system, and each set of mnemonics is accompanied by notes for fine tuning the diagnostic process. The mnemonics included range in length from short to very long depending on the clinical entity. Sometimes more than one has been added for brevity or organizational reasons.
