Understanding Nothing From Nothing: A Collection of Thoughts Which Lead To Something, Schell Morgan
Автор: Schell Orville, Delury John Название: Wealth and Power: China`s Long March to the Twenty-First Century ISBN: 0812976258 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780812976250 Издательство: Random House (USA) Цена: 11030.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: Through a series of lively and absorbing portraits of iconic modern Chinese leaders and thinkers, two of today's foremost specialists on China provide a panoramic narrative of this country's rise to preeminence that is at once analytical and personal. How did a nation, after a long and painful period of dynastic decline, intellectual upheaval, foreign occupation, civil war, and revolution, manage to burst forth onto the world stage with such an impressive run of hyperdevelopment and wealth creation--culminating in the extraordinary dynamism of China today? Wealth and Power answers this question by examining the lives of eleven influential officials, writers, activists, and leaders whose contributions helped create modern China. This fascinating survey begins in the lead-up to the first Opium War with Wei Yuan, the nineteenth-century scholar and reformer who was one of the first to urge China to borrow ideas from the West. It concludes in our time with human-rights advocate and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Liu Xiaobo, an outspoken opponent of single-party rule. Along the way, we meet such titans of Chinese history as the Empress Dowager Cixi, public intellectuals Feng Guifen, Liang Qichao, and Chen Duxiu, Nationalist stalwarts Sun Yat-sen and Chiang Kai-shek, and Communist Party leaders Mao Zedong, Deng Xiaoping, and Zhu Rongji. The common goal that unites all of these disparate figures is their determined pursuit of fuqiang, "wealth and power." This abiding quest for a restoration of national greatness in the face of a "century of humiliation" at the hands of the Great Powers came to define the modern Chinese character. It's what drove both Mao and Deng to embark on root-and-branch transformations of Chinese society, first by means of Marxism-Leninism, then by authoritarian capitalism. And this determined quest remains the key to understanding many of China's actions today. By unwrapping the intellectual antecedents of today's resurgent China, Orville Schell and John Delury supply much-needed insight into the country's tortured progression from nineteenth-century decline to twenty-first-century boom. By looking backward into the past to understand forces at work for hundreds of years, they help us understand China today and the future that this singular country is helping shape for all of us. NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH
"Superb . . . beautifully written and neatly structured."--Financial Times " An] engaging narrative of the intellectual and cultural origins of China's modern rise."--The New York Times Book Review "Informative and insightful . . . a must-read for anyone with an interest in the world's fastest-rising superpower."--Slate "It does a better job than most other books of answering a basic question the rest of the world naturally asks about China's recent rise: What does China want?"--The Atlantic "The portraits are beautifully written and bring to life not only their subjects but also the mood and intellectual debates of the times in which they lived."--Foreign Affairs "Excellent and erudite . . . The authors] combine scholarly learning with a reportorial appreciation of colorful, revealing details."--The National InterestFrom the Hardcover edition.
Автор: Zhang, Liang Nathan, Andrew J. Link, Perry Schell, Название: Thе Tiananmen papers ISBN: 1586481223 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781586481223 Издательство: Ingram Цена: 35850.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: The headline-making book that exposed the inner workings of the Chinese government and the crackdown on Tiananmen Square
Автор: Schell Morgan Название: ii ISBN: 2976655804 ISBN-13(EAN): 9782976655804 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 22070.00 T Наличие на складе: Невозможна поставка. Описание:
A book full of scribbles by only one.
Автор: , Schell Morgan Название: Academe Master Baiter: An Academic Book ISBN: 2234263417 ISBN-13(EAN): 9782234263413 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 8270.00 T Наличие на складе: Невозможна поставка. Описание:
The master of baiting a consumer to believe anything is the academic convinced of their own pragmatism, that the convincing of an idea is up to them rather than up to whom they are trying to convince. There is a point at which the wise man is defined for us and the academic is defined for us, the definitions of which grant us a hyperfact to base our reason to value on. Our valuation, the nature of subjects and situations, the understandable, are up for mastery. What does the metaphysical rambler ramble about that makes a valid ontology?This book is an attempt to make a sequence of unsequential musings and simultaneously an attempt to make a long joke which has no punchline. From anarchy and the perception of chaos, to valuation and superformality, to sexual desire and psychedelia, this very, very academic book is a manipulation of language to make a series of points that may consensually violate a set of "basic principles."
Автор: Matthews Miriam, Morral Andrew R., Schell Terry L. Название: Organizational Characteristics Associated with Risk of Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment in the U.S. Army ISBN: 1977406882 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781977406880 Издательство: World Scientific Publishing Цена: 50960.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: Researchers extended previous RAND analyses that produced estimates of sexual assault risk and sexual harassment risk across installations and commands. The results of these extended analyses showed considerable variation in the risk of sexual assault and sexual harassment across groups of soldiers, primarily among Army women--at installations, commands, and in career fields--and identified characteristics of groups in which risk level was higher.
Автор: Schell Brian Название: Going Chromebook: Learn to Master Google Sheets ISBN: 1654143928 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781654143923 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 11490.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: In the first book, "Going Chromebook: Living in the Cloud," we looked at Chromebooks and the various software options available for them, and we decided whether or not the cloud lifestyle was for you. If you've gotten this far, then the answer was a confident "Yes " Now it's time to look into specific apps and how to use them. In this book, we look at Google's spreadsheet system, Google Sheets. Sheets competes directly with Microsoft Excel, and it is constantly being added to and improved month after month. If you need to do any calculations, record-keeping, list-making, outlining, or anything else where a spreadsheet "grid" is your tool of choice, then you need to at least consider Google Sheets. This book begins by introducing you to the differences between Google Sheets and the competing online office suites. We'll also look into Google's free and paid tiers for Google Apps/G Suite, and which one works out best for your needs.Next, there's a short review chapter on how to manipulate, delete, copy, and do various file operations within the Google Drive file manager.After that, we'll go through every single command and menu, every toolbar, and all the hidden options of Google Sheets. This is the bulk of the material, and no stone (or menu) is left unturned. This includes pivot tables, conditional formatting, data validation, Slicers, embedding Google Docs and Slides, and all the other special things Sheets can do for you. Lastly, for the things that Google Sheets still just can't do natively, we will look at some of the very best third-party add-ons for Sheets, allowing you to do all sorts of wild tasks. You already know the benefits of working in the cloud-- Now it's time to learn how to get the most out of it Note: There is a section concerning keyboard commands which applies only to Chromebooks, but the majority of the content within the book applies to Windows, Mac, and most other computers as well. If you're considering switching to Sheets, but don't have a Chromebook, you'll still find plenty here to interest you.
