How did ordinary people live through the extraordinary changes that have swept across modern China How did peasants transform themselves into urbanites How did the citizens of Shanghai cope with the epic upheavals-revolution, war, and again revolution-that shook their lives Even after decades of scholarship devoted to modern Chinese history, our understanding of the daily lives of the common people

Writing with warmth and humor, Connie Schultz reveals the rigors, joys, and absolute madness of a new marriage at midlife and campaigning with her husband, Sherrod Brown, now the junior senator from Ohio. She describes the chain of events leading up to Sherrod\'s decision to run for the Senate he would not enter the fray without his wife\'s unequivocal support, and her own decision to step down from

pMinimalism in its simplistic beauty evokes elegance and timelessness in every work of art. Muses with modern lines infuse every piece of art with transcendence giving artworks perpetual time. The Artist portrays minimalism with an air of modernism to its muses in its paintings.ppEvery Muse applies a simplistic pose in a modern era that portrays them embodying profound movement, where time and place

pUncle Max is coming to celebrate Rosh Hashanah, the birthday of the world, with the people he loves. They watch the sun go down, eat their holiday meal, dip challah and apples into honey for a sweet year, and listen to the sound of the shofar.p

From the bestselling author whose memoirs bUnder the Sunb and bBella Tuscanyb have captured the voluptuousness of Italian life comes a lavishly illustrated ode to the joys of Tuscany\'s people, food, landscapes, and art.bIn Tuscanyb celebrates the abundant pleasures of life in Italy as it is lived at home, at festivals, feasts, restaurants and markets, in the kitchen and on the piazza, in the vineyards,

With emFolk Songs for Trauma Surgeonsem, award-winning author Keith Rosson once again delves into notions of family, identity, indebtedness, loss, and hope, with the surefooted merging of literary fiction and magical realism he\'s explored in previous novels. In Dunsmuir, a newly sober husband buys a hearse to help his wife spread her sister\'s ashes, while The Lesser Horsemen illustrates what happens

Build a super robot while encouraging hand-eye coordination and following directions. Color-coded flaps and easy-to-follow directions help kids create their own super robot by using the punch-out pages provided and a detailed diagram. They will learn to follow step-by-step instructions, pay attention to small details, and develop visual-spatial skills while practicing their counting and colors as

The Salt Lake City Cemetery was established in September 1847 when George Wallace, who arrived with the first company of Mormon pioneers two months prior, buried his young daughter on a picturesque hillside above the Salt Lake Valley. It has since grown to become the largest municipal cemetery in the United States, containing approximately 130,000 gravesites. To walk through the Salt Lake City Cemetery\'s

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pHere comes the bride . . . there goes the groom.ppPenny Bracket waited two years to marry dream man Bram Shiraz. Then on the morning of the Big Day, while she\'s trying on her veil, Penny receives the worst two-line letter of her life emPenny, I can\'t go through with it. Sorry, Bram.em ppPenny\'s hurt and upset. But Esther, Penny\'s divorced mom, wants Bram\'s head on a platter. So Mom ambushes the

pIn emLaw Desireem, the second book in the acclaimed Bobby Delery crime fiction series, Michael Allen Zell continues to peel back the mean streets of New Orleans. The parallel stories of recently-returned Bobby Delery\'s quest to find out what happened to his family and a city councilman\'s unorthodox way of fundraising end up meeting sharply in a climax that touches on race, history, and corruption.

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pThis work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.ppThis work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity individual or corporate has a copyright on the body of the work.ppScholars believe,

pThird collection of the magical cross-cultural fantasy comedy.ppbrppThorn has been on Embassy guard duty for a year now, and it\'s going great. His team of knights has expanded! Their magical-girl-in-training is about to level up! He has a boyfriend, sort of! He\'s won free tickets to the opera! What could go wrongppbrpp. . . except for backstage smugglers, rival secret agents, a magical boy suppressing

pThis work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.ppThis work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity individual or corporate has a copyright on the body of the work.ppScholars believe,

Knots And How To Tie Them is a comprehensive guide to the art of knot tying, written by the Boy Scouts of America. This book is an essential resource for anyone who wants to learn how to tie knots for a variety of purposes, including camping, boating, climbing, and more.The book covers over 70 different knots, including basic knots like the square knot and bowline, as well as more advanced knots like

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pThis book guides you through designing and implementing an online experiment in social science research in a clear and straightforward manner. p pAt an approachable pace, it covers foundational principles of good experimental design before setting out best practice for how to design and conduct web experiments, taking into account the specific methodological challenges of working online with digital

When Susan Hendrickson set out to explore the rocky terrain of South Dakota, she had no idea of the awesome discovery that awaited her. Susan had never found more than a few dinosaur teeth and small bones. But on a routine archaelogical dig one hot day in 1990, she came upon something that would astound the world a 90 complete Tyrannosaurus rex skeleton -- the most complete T. rex ever discovered The

Includes picturesbrIncludes excerpts of contemporary accountsbrIncludes a bibliography for further readingbrThe war power is of necessity an inherent power in every sovereign nation. It is the power of self-reservation and that power has no limits other than the extent of the emergency. - Attorney General A. Mitchell Palmer, December 1918brWhile the period from 1945-1955 was the longest and most extensive