A stylish colouring book for budding artists. It features beautiful black & white line drawings of many traditional Chinese patterns & designs. It

Includes:: line drawings that allow the readers to colour them in their own style. Each picture is accompanied by simple but interesting facts.

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The Chinese Peoples Liberation Army (PLA) is the largest army in the world. China is predicted to be on the brink of overtaking the USA as the worlds largest economy & Chinas military capabilities & global ambitions are the single greatest long-term pre-occupation of Western governments. The PLA has progressed steadily
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- since its creation in 1949 from a mass army of unsophisticated infantry limited to human wave tactics into a highly sophisticated force with wide capabilities. The most recent reforms (1989 to the present day) have been made possible by massive economic liberalization & have seen not only the modernization of all the armed forces but the beginnings of global outreach even including Chinese participation in UN peace-keeping missions to Africa the Middle East & Haiti. Featuring rare photographs & specially commissioned color artwork this study explores the developing structure organization equipment appearance & character of the Chinese Peoples Liberation Army from its creation until today.

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Look before you speak
- an innovative visual approach to using & learning basic Chinese phrases. Do you need to brush up your Chinese
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You know the people in this book. You'll remember the harassed waitress from your local Chinese restaurant. You've noticed those builders across the street working funny hours & without helmets. You've eaten the lettuce they picked or bought the microwave they assembled. The words 'cockle-pickers' ' Morecambe Bay' ' Chinese illegals found dead in lorry' will ring a bell. But did you know that there are hundreds of thousands of undocumented Chinese immigrants in Britain? They've travelled here because of desperate poverty & must keep their heads down & work themselves to the bone. Hsiao-Hung Pai the only journalist who knows this community went undercover to hear the stories of this hidden work force. She reveals a scary shadowy world where human beings are exploited in ways unimaginable in our civilized twenty-first century. Chinese Whispers" exposes the truth behind the lives of a hidden work force here in Britain. You owe it to yourself & them to read it." ...

Look & learn to recall a wealth of everyday vocabulary in Chinese with this intuitive easy-to-use visual language dictionary. Whether its for business or pleasure pick up 6 000 key Chinese words & phrases on a range of subjects: from shopping & eating out to sport & beyond quickly & easily. Find every word you need to know fast using the clearly labelled colour illustrated scenes from everyday life. Plus find helpful features on key Chinese nouns verbs & phrases to improve your understanding. Pocket-sized so you can take it wherever your travels take you. ...

With her trademark passion TV star chef Ching-He Huang brings a new & exciting dimension to Chinese cooking. Confidently fusing Chinese & Western cultures in over 100 quick & easy dishes bursting with flavour Ching's fresh & healthy take on the Chinese takeaway without compromising on taste has revolutionised Chinese cuisine. Ching's love & appreciation of Chinese cooking has already seen her previous cookbooks Chinese Food Made Easy & Ching's Chinese Food in Minutes reach bestseller status & her BBC TV series receive rave reviews. Now paying homage to the authentic Chinese takeout with her third cookbook Ching's Chinese Takeaway Ching makes Chinese food refreshingly accessible & deftly removes the stigma attached to the humble takeaway. From the traditional Chicken Chow Mein to adventurous Cantonese style steamed Lobster with Ginger Soy Sauce; & with lighter dishes such as Yellow Bean Sesame Spinach to Chilli Bean Braised Beef with Coriander & steamed Mantou Buns designed to fill empty stomachs Ching offers a diverse selection of new & delicious recipes for every occasion & taste. Interspersed with childhood anecdotes Chinese superstition & etiquette & original suggestions for exciting variations on classic recipes Ching takes us on a culinary journey that delightfully blends ancient & modern yin & yang experimentation & intuition & ends with perfectly balanced & tantalizing dishes that will inspire even the most stalwart takeaway devotees to get cooking. ...

In the past hundred years or so chintz has come to mean any floral printed furnishing fabric. Its origins as a h&-drawn & dyed fabric from India are often forgotten but it is with these rare earlier chintzes that this book is concerned. It explores in detail the background & development of this beautiful technique & looks at the use of chintzes in Europe from the early 17th century to the mid-19th century first as bed-curtains & wall-hangings & later for popular mens & womens dress. The V& As collection published for the first time in glorious colour & including close-up details will interest interior designers textile students & those involved in fashion. ...

OS Explorer Map is the Ordnance Surveys most detailed map & is recommended for anyone enjoying outdoor activities like walking horse riding & off-road cycling. Providing complete GB coverage the series details essential information such as youth hostels pubs & visitor information as well as rights of way permissive paths & bridleways. ...

Bathsheba Clarice de Trop thinks shes a star. Well her mum is a world-famous novelist whose books are all about the amazing adventures of her fabulous daughter & of course the stories must be true. But when Bathsheba is confronted by her down-&-out father & discovers that her role in the fantastic new Bathsheba film will be played by hot US actress Avocado Dieppe she has to face reality. She might not be as famous as she liked to think but maybe she can still be a star in her own right. Girls will love the hilariously delusional & touching world of Bathsheba a captivating new character. ...

The second book in the Agnes Browne trilogy the basis for the BAFTA-award nominated TV series Mrs Browne's Boys. Continuing the hilarious saga of the ups & downs minor scrapes & major run-ins of the seven children of Agnes Browne The Mammy of the bestselling novel of the same name. Full of joy humour pathos & the raw vernacular of the Dublin streets. Agnes Browne & her seven 'chisellers' take on the world! & win! It's three years since Redser's death & Agnes Browne soldiers on being mother father & referee to her fighting family of seven. Helped out financially by her eldest & hormonally by the amorous Pierre Agnes copes with family tragedy success & the move from the Jarro to the 'wilds of the country' -- suburban Finglas. & when the family's dreams are threatened by an unscrupulous gangster he learns a costly lesson -- don't mess with the children of Agnes Browne! With a new introduction by the author Brendan O' Carroll. ...