Explores contemporary discussions concerning education & culture in China. This book discusses changes that have taken place in Chinese intellectual life, the self-reflection that these changes have provoked among Chinese intellectuals, & the ways in which these changes have been received in the United States. ...

Details: A fascinating collection of 101 stories from Welsh history collected from Phil Carradice's popular BBC Wales
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When Nesta Davies comes to Hollyhill from Oxford in 1533 to care for her son's ailing wife she learns that an old woman has died there in mysterious circumstances. As a midwife who delivers babies & lays out the dead, Nesta has access to every household in the district. Can what she learns there help her to solve the hamlet's crime wave? ...

Snark: biting wit, smartass remark, slyly disparaging comment, bastardization of snide remark snarky
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For the millions of zodiac fans & daily-horoscope readers, this is one book that tells the whole truth-and the truth is surprisingly sharp & witty. Here is the whole menagerie-from Rat to Pig-red in tooth, claw, & beak. It's the darker, uncensored, & totally honest animal aspects of the Chinese zodiac. Stella Hyde turns sugar-coated versions of the Chinese zodiac by mainstream astrologers on their tails, guiding readers through the underbelly of Chinese astrology, & making them confront their inner animal. ...

Robert Redford leads an all-star cast in one of the most satisfying suspense films! Computer expert Martin Bishop (Redford) heads a team of renegade hackers
- including a former CIA employee (Sidney Poitier), a gadgets wizard (Dan Aykroyd), a young genius
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A guide to some of the very best & most collectible sneaker designs. It

Features: over 180 sneaker designs

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Is your bath BUBBLY enough? Is your bed BOUNCY enough? Is your cereal CRUNCHY enough? Don’t delay – call Sneaky Beak TODAY for deals beyond your wildest dreams! Bear & Hamster are perfectly content... until gadget-mad salesman, Sneaky Beak, arrives. But when they finally have it all, will Bear & Hamster really be happier? A hilarious story with an important message about the pitfalls of materialism.   Product Information:  •†ISBN:† 9781788813976 •†Author: Tracey Corderoy •†Publisher: Little Tiger Press •†Format:†  Paperback •†Pages:† 32 •†Dimensions:† 24.5 x 0.4 x 28 cm  ...

Sniffin' Glue may have been the closest thing to perfection ever achieved by a magazine. Untroubled by the demands of owners, publishers, designers & production editors, it was a one-man enterprise that perfectly mirrored the spirit & manners of its subject matter
- punk rock 0 by being intentionally amateurish, passionate & crude. Mark Perry's first issue (1 of 12) set the tone for an exercise in kitchen-table publishing that did not even have a kitchen table. Boldly scrawled in his bedroom Sniffin' Glue started out as a fan's rallying cry, went on as just long as it needed to (one year) & then stopped, as good punk enterprises should. And here it is in its entirety, a potent slice of 1976/77 Brutalist punk culture, complete with fascinating new insights from its creator Mark Perry. So look inside, wake up & smell THE GLUE once more...
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It's April 2004: Dan Mills & his platoon of snipers fly into southern Iraq, part of an infantry battalion sent to win hearts & minds. They were soon fighting for their lives. Back home we were told they were peacekeeping. But there was no peace to keep. ...