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This book examines the way in which architecture communicates. A study in architectural theory, it discusses the communication between architects and what buildings themselves communicate through their orientation, articulation and…
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Hua Li
The focus of this study is coming of age in troubled Cultural Revolutionary times as portrayed in contemporary Chinese Bildungsroman fiction by Su Tong and Yu Hua, along with a…
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Wave energy has a higher potential than most of the available ocean energy resources; however, it fluctuates dramatically depending on geographical and temporal baselines. The complexity of wave energy is…
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Hua grew up in a small town by the Yangtze River in Central China as the only child of an intellectual father and a feisty mother. As China opened itself…
In particular, although there are a few published books on the smart hydrogels, none is involved in the modelling of smart hydrogels.
This is the first book in English to focus on the transitional period of Chinese science fiction - a key prelude to the increasingly global stature of Chinese science fiction…
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Focusing on the non-Western context and case studies, this book explores theories of interdisciplinary architectural thinking and the construction of urban memory in Chinese cities, with an emphasis on contemporary…
Ko-hua Chen, Wen-chi Li, Colin Bramwell
Poems from a boisterously out and open queer voice from Taiwan.
Ko-hua Chen's Decapitated Poetry was the first explicitly queer book of poems published in Taiwan and remains a foundational…
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Pi-Hua Li
Beginning amid the decadent glamour of China in the 1930s and ending in the 1980s in Hong Kong, this brilliant novel, which formed the basis for the award-winning movie, is…
This book presents a summary of recent advances in this rapidly growing area, and introduces interesting topics to a wide audience within various cross-disciplinary areas.
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Hua-Yu Li
Explains why, in 1953, Mao changed direction in economic policy, and launched China on a Stalinist road to socialism, changing the country’s economic and political land.
Hua-bai Li
Tai Chi, a Chinese martial art developed based on the laws of nature, emphasises how ‘to conquer the unyielding with the yielding’. The recent observation of star formation shows that…
The recent observation of star formation shows that stars result from the interaction between gravity, turbulence and magnetic fields. This interaction follows the natural rules that inspired Tai Chi. For…
Hua Li,Shantanu S. Mulay
Meshless, or meshfree methods, which overcome many of the limitations of the finite element method, have achieved significant progress in numerical computations of a wide range of engineering problems. A…
This book presents a historical overview of vegetal ecocriticism in Taiwan and examines human-plant entanglements on the island.
Jiatong Li
Graphic book of the bestseller Lilac in the Valley by scholar/bestselling essayist Li Jiatong. A story about the sameness of us all, no matter what religion we believe in. An…
A survey of art from the lower Yangzi River delta that explores the region's influential role in defining Chinese art throughout history
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During the past decade, the superhydrophobic surfaces, bio-inspired non-wettable surfaces, have aroused worldwide interest. The super water-repellant surface has special characteristics such as low surface energy as well as hierarchical…
Lily Li Hua
Lose weight through the balance and harmony of yin and yangwith ancient slimming secrets from Imperial China.In The Yin Yang Guide to Weight Loss, Chinese doctor and nutritionist Lily…
Li-hua Ying
Historical Dictionary of Modern Chinese Literature presents a broad perspective on the development and history of literature in modern China. This book offers a chronology, introduction, bibliography, and over 300…
The A to Z of Modern Chinese Literature presents a broad perspective on the development and history of literature in modern China. It offers a chronology, introduction, bibliography, and over…
Historical Dictionary of Modern Chinese Literature contains a chronology, introduction, bibliography, and over 400 cross-referenced dictionary entries on authors, literary and historical developments, trends, genres, and concepts that played a…
R. Li-Hua
This book addresses the multi-facet competitiveness of firms in China from an angle of strategic management of technology and innovation. The Chinese vanguard companies have been excellent in identifying strategic…
Zhongjie He,Hua Li,Karl Erik Birgersson
This book focuses on novel reduced cell and stack models for proton exchange membrane fuel cells (PEMFCs) and planar solid oxide fuel cells (P-SOFCs) that serve to reduce the computational…
Wanyin Li
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Chinese Li Hua Cats (aka. Dragon Li Cats) General Info, Purchasing, Care, Cost, Keeping, Health, Supplies, Food, Breeding and More Included!
One of the attractions of fuzzy logic is its utility in solving many real engineering problems. Fuzzy Logic and Intelligent Systems reflects the most recent developments in neural networks and…
This open access book summarizes the multi-disciplinary results of one of China’s main primatological research projects on the endemic Tibetan macaque (Macaca thibetana), which had continued for over 30 years…
Peter M Kappeler,Lixing Sun,Jin-Hua Li
During the past few years, we have been witnessing the rapid growth of the ap plications of Interactive Digital Video, Multimedia Computing, Desktop Video Teleconferencing, Virtual Reality, and High Definition…
Hou-Cheng Huang,Zheng-Hua Li,Asif S. Usmani
A follow on from the author’s work Finite Elements in Heat Transfer which we published 11/94, and which is a powerful CFD programme that will run on a PC. The…
Y. Wang,R. Li-Hua
Today’s China presents a unique setting for organizations. Through an examination of current Chinese business, this book addresses its business culture and environment. In particular, it considers how firms build…
J. Yu,R. Li-Hua
Based on first-hand information obtained from Chinese and Foreign enterprises and institutions in the Chinese ICT industry, this book presents a comprehensive analysis of the evolution of Chinese ICT industrial…
