From May Fourth to June Fourth

From May Fourth to June Fourth
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Publisher : Harvard University Press
Total Pages : 464
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ISBN-10 : 0674325028
ISBN-13 : 9780674325029
Rating : 4/5 (28 Downloads)

Synopsis From May Fourth to June Fourth by : Ellen Widmer

What do Chinese literature and film inspired by the Cultural Revolution (1966–1976) have in common with media of the May Fourth movement (1918–1930)? This book demonstrates several shared aims: to liberate narrative arts from aesthetic orthodoxies, to draw on foreign sources for inspiration, and to free individuals from social conformity.

The Science of Star Wars

The Science of Star Wars
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Publisher : Macmillan + ORM
Total Pages : 289
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ISBN-10 : 9781429971768
ISBN-13 : 1429971762
Rating : 4/5 (68 Downloads)

Synopsis The Science of Star Wars by : Jeanne Cavelos

Could the science fiction of Star Wars be the actual science of tomorrow? -How close are we to creating robots that look and act like R2-D2 and C-3PO? -Can we access a "force" with our minds to move objects and communicate telepathically with each other? -How might spaceships like the Millennium Falcon make the exhilarating jump into hyperspace? -What kind of environment could spawn a Wookiee? -Could a single blast from the Death Star destroy an entire planet? -Could light sabers possibly be built, and if so, how would they work? -Do Star Wars aliens look like "real" aliens might? -What would living on a desert planet like Tatooine be like? -Why does Darth Vader require an artificial respirator? Discover the answers to these and many other fascinating questions of physics, astronomy, biology and more, as a noted scientist and Star Wars enthusiast explores The Science of Star Wars.

Reflections on the May Fourth Movement

Reflections on the May Fourth Movement
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Publisher : BRILL
Total Pages : 144
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ISBN-10 : 9781684171750
ISBN-13 : 168417175X
Rating : 4/5 (50 Downloads)

Synopsis Reflections on the May Fourth Movement by : Benjamin I. Schwartz

This symposium commemorates the fiftieth anniversary of the May Fourth Movement of 1919 in China. This volume contains six essays on various aspects of the movement.

Modern Chinese Literature in the May Fourth Era

Modern Chinese Literature in the May Fourth Era
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Publisher : Harvard University Press
Total Pages : 484
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ISBN-10 : 0674579119
ISBN-13 : 9780674579118
Rating : 4/5 (19 Downloads)

Synopsis Modern Chinese Literature in the May Fourth Era by : Merle Goldman

One of the most creative and brilliant episodes in modern Chinese history, the cultural and literary flowering that takes the name of the May Fourth Movement, is the subject of this comprehensive and insightful book. This is the first study of modern Chinese literature that shows how China's Confucian traditions were combined with Western influences to create a literature of new values and consciousness for the Chinese people.

The May Fourth Movement

The May Fourth Movement
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 510
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ISBN-10 : UCSD:31822003389277
ISBN-13 :
Rating : 4/5 (77 Downloads)

Synopsis The May Fourth Movement by : Cezong Zhou

There are few major events in modern Chinese history so controversial, so much discussed, yet so inadequately treated as the May Fourth Movement. For some Chinese it marks a national renaissance or liberation, for others a national catastrophe. Among those who discuss or celebrate it most, views vary greatly. Every May for the last forty years, numerous articles have analyzed and commented on the movement. Several books devoted entirely to the subject and hundreds touching on it have been published in Chinese. The literature on the subject is massive, yet most of it offers more polemic than factual accounts. Most Westerners possess but fragmentary and inaccurate information on the subject. For these reasons, preparation of this volume recounting the events of the movement and examining in detail its currents and effects has seemed to me worthwhile.

Star Wars: Galactic Baking

Star Wars: Galactic Baking
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Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Total Pages : 128
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ISBN-10 : 9781647223779
ISBN-13 : 1647223776
Rating : 4/5 (79 Downloads)

Synopsis Star Wars: Galactic Baking by : Insight Editions

Presents recipes for Star wars-themed treats.

The Fourth Turning

The Fourth Turning
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Publisher : Crown
Total Pages : 401
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ISBN-10 : 9780767900461
ISBN-13 : 0767900464
Rating : 4/5 (61 Downloads)

Synopsis The Fourth Turning by : William Strauss

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • Discover the game-changing theory of the cycles of history and what past generations can teach us about living through times of upheaval—with deep insights into the roles that Boomers, Generation X, and Millennials have to play—now with a new preface by Neil Howe. First comes a High, a period of confident expansion. Next comes an Awakening, a time of spiritual exploration and rebellion. Then comes an Unraveling, in which individualism triumphs over crumbling institutions. Last comes a Crisis—the Fourth Turning—when society passes through a great and perilous gate in history. William Strauss and Neil Howe will change the way you see the world—and your place in it. With blazing originality, The Fourth Turning illuminates the past, explains the present, and reimagines the future. Most remarkably, it offers an utterly persuasive prophecy about how America’s past will predict what comes next. Strauss and Howe base this vision on a provocative theory of American history. The authors look back five hundred years and uncover a distinct pattern: Modern history moves in cycles, each one lasting about the length of a long human life, each composed of four twenty-year eras—or “turnings”—that comprise history’s seasonal rhythm of growth, maturation, entropy, and rebirth. Illustrating this cycle through a brilliant analysis of the post–World War II period, The Fourth Turning offers bold predictions about how all of us can prepare, individually and collectively, for this rendezvous with destiny.

The Fourth Industrial Revolution

The Fourth Industrial Revolution
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Publisher : Crown Currency
Total Pages : 194
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ISBN-10 : 9781524758875
ISBN-13 : 1524758876
Rating : 4/5 (75 Downloads)

Synopsis The Fourth Industrial Revolution by : Klaus Schwab

World-renowned economist Klaus Schwab, Founder and Executive Chairman of the World Economic Forum, explains that we have an opportunity to shape the fourth industrial revolu­tion, which will fundamentally alter how we live and work. Schwab argues that this revolution is different in scale, scope and complexity from any that have come before. Characterized by a range of new technologies that are fusing the physical, digital and biological worlds, the developments are affecting all disciplines, economies, industries and governments, and even challenging ideas about what it means to be human. Artificial intelligence is already all around us, from supercomputers, drones and virtual assistants to 3D printing, DNA sequencing, smart thermostats, wear­able sensors and microchips smaller than a grain of sand. But this is just the beginning: nanomaterials 200 times stronger than steel and a million times thinner than a strand of hair and the first transplant of a 3D printed liver are already in development. Imagine “smart factories” in which global systems of manu­facturing are coordinated virtually, or implantable mobile phones made of biosynthetic materials. The fourth industrial revolution, says Schwab, is more significant, and its ramifications more profound, than in any prior period of human history. He outlines the key technologies driving this revolution and discusses the major impacts expected on government, business, civil society and individu­als. Schwab also offers bold ideas on how to harness these changes and shape a better future—one in which technology empowers people rather than replaces them; progress serves society rather than disrupts it; and in which innovators respect moral and ethical boundaries rather than cross them. We all have the opportunity to contribute to developing new frame­works that advance progress.

The May Fourth Movement in Shanghai

The May Fourth Movement in Shanghai
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Publisher : BRILL
Total Pages : 244
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ISBN-10 : 9004025677
ISBN-13 : 9789004025677
Rating : 4/5 (77 Downloads)

Synopsis The May Fourth Movement in Shanghai by : Joseph T. Chen

The Fourth Sacrifice

The Fourth Sacrifice
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Publisher : Quercus
Total Pages : 482
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ISBN-10 : 9781681440859
ISBN-13 : 1681440857
Rating : 4/5 (59 Downloads)

Synopsis The Fourth Sacrifice by : Peter May

"AN ELECTRIFYING MIXTURE OF MYSTERY, ROMANCE, AND HISTORY." --Kirkus Reviews "MAY'S WELL-PLOTTED FOLLOW UP... AMPLIFIES HIS VIVID PICTURE OF A CHAOTIC, VITAL MODERN-DAY CHINA" --Publishers Weekly Li Yan and Margaret Campbell are reluctantly reunited, this time to track down a killer reenacting a series of gruesome rituals. The Chinese police have once more been forced to enlist the services of American forensic pathologist Margaret Campbell, this time to investigate a series of four horrific ritual executions in Beijing. Detective Li Yan is determined to discover just how one of the victims in particular, an American diplomat, became caught up in the slaying. And he is arguably even more determined to have nothing to do with Campbell, whom he finds simultaneously too foreign and too . . . familiar. The personal polarity that once attracted Yan and Campbell again strengthens their professional partnership. Yet the closer they draw to the truth, the greater the danger posed by a killer prepared to do anything to conceal it.