pAround the turn of the twentieth century, and for decades thereafter, Oregon had the second largest Chinese population in the United States. In terms of geographical coverage, Portland\'s two Chinatowns one an urban area of brick commercial structures, one a vegetable-gardening community of shanty dwellings were the largest in all of North America.ppMarie Rose Wong chronicles the history of Portland\'s

biKirkus Reviewsi, 11 Debuts You Need to Pay Attention TobrHelloGiggles, Books you don\'t want to missbrBustle, Books you need to know pAn ambitious debut, at once timely and timeless, that captures the complexity and joys of modern womanhood. This novel is gem like--in its precision, its many facets, and its containing multitudes. Following in the footsteps of Virginia Woolf, Rona Jaffe, Maggie Shipstead,

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,

pGracie Finds a Family is the story of a blue-front Amazon parrot named Gracie. Gracie has been taken from her birth family and is searching for her forever family. She tells her story and invites the reader to join her on the journey. She makes new friends along the way who also have a story to share. Gracie Finds a Family is a delightful, upbeat tale that seeks to entertain you and touch your heart.

Set Theory for Improvisation Ensemble Method is a series of books exploring the relationships of post tonal theory to contemporary improvisation. The series includes a theory book and several ensemble books. The theory book gives the underlying information on how each pitch class set can be applied to contemporary improvisation while the ensemble method gives examples of applying this information in

This book by the Russian novelist Vsevolod Sergeyevich Solovyov 1849 1903, translated and abridged by Walter Leaf 1852 1927 and published in 1895, reflects on the life of Madame Helena Blavatsky 1831 1891, co-founder of the theosophy movement in the United States. Originally published over eight months in literary magazine Russy Vyestnik \'Russian Messenger\', the book considers the controversy that

pstrongA wiggling tooth, a fire fiasco and a trap for the tooth fairy!strongppbrppTyson King has a loose tooth and he\'s prepared. When this tooth comes out he\'s going to catch the tooth fairy. When it comes out unexpectedly at school he excitedly shows everyone. During an unexpected fire drill the tooth goes missing! Will he find the tooth and catch the tooth fairy Or will he miss out on his chance

pTintoo was the best sport player, and had taken part in many events and that when he fainted. He wants to continue his events, but his team captain told him to rest. His life is more important that the game. ppTintoo bon te teeinimwaane ae te tia takaakaro n te kiba are e anaanau. A mwaiti ana takakaaroo ngaia ae e a tong bwa e a bon rangi ni kua. E kan reitaanako ana takaakaro ma e tuangaki iroun

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,

pDie beiden Autoren berichten in diesem Buch von ihrer Reise nach Brasilien im 19. Jahrhundert und beschreiben die Natur, Kultur und Geschichte des Landes ausfhrlich.ppThis 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

pAs fast-evolving education technology EdTech revolutionizes learning, this report examines the evidence for effective digital learning, the key interventions and innovations in education technology, and how best to implement effective digital transformation initiatives in the education sector.ppbrppOutlining how rapid technological advances are disrupting the employment landscape and creating a skills

Imagine an illegally built mini-city formed of multiple 12-storey blocks, taking up only the area of a sports stadium but home to 60,000 people. What was it like living in the most densely populated place on Earth Intrepid 22-year-old artist Fiona Hawthorne spent three months inside the notorious Walled City of Kowloon, an apparent no-go area right in the heart of bustling Hong Kong. This book reveals

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Multiple Sclerosis MS is a form of demyelinating disease that affects the central nervous system CNS. A patient with this disease can experience neurological symptoms such as autonomic, visual, motor and sensory problems. Some common symptoms associated with MS are ataxia, nystagmus, muscle spasms, problems with speech or swallowing, optic neuritis, pain and Uhthoff\'s phenomenon. The three prominent

In wild nature, is a fortress of jewels. Some grow, some go, some grey. Aiyeko-ooto walks path of forest, finds that to squeeze out best juices of nature, you will encounter different stories in vegetation. All shaped by the influence of rivers, winds and other celestials. The deep river may run on, there may be spots in the forest, wilderness of clouds, hubris of the green garden flower but the best

pJokes are a perfect format for learning vocabulary, idiomatic expressions, and grammar. Jokes are also designed to be retold. If you learn a joke by heart and tell it to other people, then by doing so you will also learn the grammar and vocabulary involved. p pThe book also contains exercises designed to reveal whether you have understood the joke or not p ppulliA joke is presented to you but with

The great fourteenth-century Persian poet Hafiz is noted for his mystical love poems. The poetry of Hafiz has reached new heights of popularity in the West, yet his poems have been translatred into European languages for over two hundred years. Hafiz is not a poet to be captured in a single translation. This modernised edition of McCarthy\'s elegant prose translation gives us a direct Hafiz, full of

see attached for complete text MAPLE is used in the type of modeling that is common in ORmanagement science and its related disciplines of operations management, industrial and systems engineering. This work fills an important gap in the literature by providing an important link between MAPLE and its successful use in solving problems in Operations Research. The symbolic, numerical, and graphical aspects

p strong\'BEAUTIFUL AND BRUTAL...A BREATHTAKING DEBUT\' JOANNA CANNONstrong pp strong\'AN ATMOSPHERIC SLOW BURN...WITH A SENSE OF FOREBODING THAT GROWS WITH EACH PAGE\' emGOOD HOUSEKEEPINGemstrong pp strong\'ATMOSPHERIC AND COMPELLING\' KATE SAWYER, author of the Costa-shortlisted emThe Strandingemstrong pp strongA beautifully written atmospheric story of trauma, grief and redemption, emStill Waterem

A city on the brink of disaster. A system on the edge of collapse. pOnly one man can stop it. pIn the Corporate City of Gralex, there are no arrests, no jails, no judges, and no juries. Only executioners. Gregory Hunt is a Resolver, a cybernetic security officer. Backed by an array of surveillance technology and armed with the cutting edge of weaponry, Hunt patrols the city\'s lower levels and enforces