The People's Dynasty: Culture and Society in Modern China
The state-directed opening of the Chinese economy in 1979 led to a number of radical transformations within Chinese society, but Western understanding of these changes is often limited by erroneous assumptions. Offering a clear picture of the vast economic and social forces of modern-day China, Professor Robert J. Shepherd addresses U.S. investment in China, China's startling economic growth, state vs. society issues in the vast republic, and the effect of social and cultural change on the Chinese people.
Career Paths English: Police is a new educational resource for people who are serving or intending to serve as professionals in law enforcement, and who want to improve their English communication skills in a profession-oriented environment.
Incorporating career-specific vocabulary and contexts, each unit offers step-by-step instruction that immerses students in the key language components. Career Paths English: Police addresses topics including: description of people, vehicles and possessions, specific police operations, types of crime, police equipment, administration, organization and command, and many more.
People Skills: How to Assert Yourself, Listen to Others, and Resolve Conflicts
A wall of silent resentment shuts you off from someone you love....You listen to an argument in which neither party seems to hear the other....Your mind drifts to other matters when people talk to you....
People Skills is a communication-skills handbook that can help you eliminate these and other communication problems. Author Robert Bolton describes the twelve most common communication barriers, showing how these "roadblocks" damage relationships by increasing defensiveness, aggressiveness, or dependency. He explains how to acquire the ability to listen, assert yourself, resolve conflicts, and work out problems with others.
Explores the roots of modern Christmas celebrations and explains why people keep such odd customs year after year as the 25th of December approaches. Why do people eat turkey on Christmas day? Why do they pull crackers? Why do they dream of a white Christmas? It is all a matter of tradition.
Powers and Prospects: Reflections on Human Nature and the Social Order
by Noam Chomsky
'Powers and Prospects - Reflections on Human Nature and the Social Order adds another controversial volume to Chomsky's already tottering pile on language and politics ... This political chapters, by contrast, boil with barely restrained moral outrage and passion ... A powerful section covers the British and Us role is organizing and supporting Suharto's murderous military coup of 1965, which resulted in the slaughter of some 600 000 people..
