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Learn about the real, everyday heroes in your community with this
nonfiction book. Perfect for young readers, the book includes a
short fiction piece related to the topic, a bonus project, and
other exciting features. This 20-page full-color book explores the
responsibilities of local heroes, from food workers to trash
collectors. It also covers key civics concepts like leadership and
helping others, and includes an extension activity for
kindergarten. Perfect for the classroom, at-home learning, or
homeschool to learn about careers, communities, and being
responsible.
A library-loving picture book in which an enthusiastic dinosaur
absorbed in storytime threatens to flatten the library-until the
children decide to take the books outdoors The children are late
for storytime at the library. Ever helpful, Lei the enthusiastic
dinosaur can get them there one time! Lei's small head is the only
part of him that fits so he must listen through the window. But he
gets so excited by the story, he starts to shake the building.
Lei's love of stories risks destroying the library until the
children decide to take the books outdoors. This library-loving
picture book reminds us how it feels to be transported by story.
And what first seems a problem for Lei the dinosaur becomes a
triumph.
Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad
quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to
keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad
quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to
keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad
quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to
keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
City Gate, Open Up is the lyrical autobiography of China's a memoir
legendary poet Bei Dao. Exiled from Beijing in the wake of the 1989
Tiananmen Square protests, Bei Dao returned to his homeland in 2001
for the first time in over twenty years. The city of his youth had
vanished: 'I was a foreigner in my hometown,' he writes. The shock
of this experience released a flood of memories and emotions
contained in City Gate, Open Up.The poet recalls the Beijing of his
youth, from the birth of the People's Republic, through the chaotic
years of the Great Leap Forward, and on into the Cultural
Revolution. At the centre of the book are his parents and siblings
and their everyday life together through famine and festival. Bei
Dao's autobiography is a memory palace of endless alleyways and
corridors, where personal narrative mixes with the momentous
history he lived through.
During the past three decades, the development of nonlinear
analysis, dynamical systems and their applications to science and
engineering has stimulated renewed enthusiasm for the theory of
Ordinary Differential Equations (ODE).This useful book, which is
based on the lecture notes of a well-received graduate course,
emphasizes both theory and applications, taking numerous examples
from physics and biology to illustrate the application of ODE
theory and techniques.Written in a straightforward and easily
accessible style, this volume presents dynamical systems in the
spirit of nonlinear analysis to readers at a graduate level and
serves both as a textbook and as a valuable resource for
researchers.This new edition contains corrections and suggestions
from the various readers and users. A new chapter on Monotone
Dynamical Systems is added to take into account the new
developments in ordinary differential equations and dynamical
systems.
In nineteenth-century Britain, ahead of the rest of the world in
economic development, many towns and cities grew to a size that
only London had attained before. This volume focuses on the
intellectual and controversial response of the period's leading men
and women to the key issues of urbanization and its surrounding
social problems. The extracts selected date from 1785 to 1909, and
are drawn from the writings, reports and speeches of admirers of
city life and its most passionate critics, optimists and alarmists,
advocates of back-to-the-land panaceas, and reformers who aspired
to control and reform cities. Contemporaries quoted include
Dickens, Cobbett, Carlyle, Disraeli, Engels, Mrs Gaskell, Ruskin,
Joseph Chamberlain, William Morris, Charles Booth, H.G. Wells and
Seebohm Rowntree. In a valuable introduction the editor indicates
the main preoccupations of the debate abotu the city, proposes a
periodization for it, adn shows its connections with other
controversies and issues, as Victorian Britain found itself
entering an 'age of great cities'. This book was first published in
1973.
First published in 1952. This volume explores the function of verse
in drama and the developing way in which Shakespeare controlled the
rhetorical and decorative elements of speech for the dramatic
purpose. The Language of Shakespeare's Plays explores the plays
chronologically and so covers all the outstanding problems of
Shakespearian language in a way that makes reference easy, without
any loss of a continuing narrative.
Over the last 20 years, approaches to designing speech and language processing algorithms have moved from methods based on linguistics and speech science to data-driven pattern recognition techniques. These techniques have been the focus of intense, fast-moving research and have contributed to significant advances in this field.
Pattern Recognition in Speech and Language Processing offers a systematic, up-to-date presentation of these recent developments. It begins with the fundamentals and recent theoretical advances in pattern recognition, with emphasis on classifier design criteria and optimization procedures. The focus then shifts to the application of these techniques to speech processing, with chapters exploring advances in applying pattern recognition to real speech and audio processing systems. The final section of the book examines topics related to pattern recognition in language processing: topics that represent promising new trends with direct impact on information processing systems for the Web, broadcast news, and other content-rich information resources.
Each self-contained chapter includes figures, tables, diagrams, and references. The collective effort of experts at the forefront of the field, Pattern Recognition in Speech and Language Processing offers in-depth, insightful discussions on new developments and contains a wealth of information integral to the further development of human-machine communications.
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Literary Lectures
Bi Feiyu
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R1,278
Discovery Miles 12 780
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Bi Feiyu’s unique interpretation of world literature will lead
the reader to some wonderful novels. The online volume of these
articles exceeds 10 million, and the first edition has been printed
17 times. The updated version has been printed 6 times in 9 months
since its publication in September 2020. The Chinese version of "
Literary Lectures" has sold more than 200,000 copies, and it is
still selling well.
The significance of industrial ecology's geographic context of has
for too long been neglected. This book makes a timely and pivotal
contribution to the field by presenting analysis of an impressive
range of case studies from across the world. Authors are highly
familiar with their case study locations, which are analysed
through a range of theoretical perspectives. International setting
emerges as a significant contextual factor with which industrial
ecology activity is inextricably linked.' - Alfred Posch,
University of Graz, Austria'This book covers updated perspectives
on eco-industrial parks across the world. It is an excellent work
done by researchers from different backgrounds and cultures.
History, barriers, institutional arrangements, policies, waste
management, and greenhouse gas emissions, together with
eco-industrial parks, are all discussed so that decision makers
from different countries can understand the potential benefits of
developing eco-industrial parks by considering their own realities.
Specifically, case studies from both developing and developed
countries are presented so that variations between different
countries can be identified. Readers can enhance their knowledge on
eco-industrial development, a useful tool for responding to
challenges related to current resource depletion, environmental
emissions and climate change issues.' - Geng Yong, Shanghai
Jiaotong University, PR China With its high-level focus on
industrial ecology-related policies such as circular economy and
industrial symbiosis, this book provides a timely analysis of the
industrial ecology experience worldwide. Editors Pauline Deutz,
Donald I. Lyons, and Jun Bi combine their diverse experiences in
both research and teaching to examine the topic as a business,
community, and academic endeavor in different settings worldwide.
International Perspectives on Industrial Ecology provides a
cuttingeedge, in-depth exploration of the commonalities and
differences of industrial ecology experiences, comparing
geographical contexts from each of the world's continents. Expert
contributors utilize case studies and contextualized reviews of
current projects to formulate invaluable insights in the field.
Much attention is given to industrial symbiosis, waste management,
circular economy, sustainable development, and environmental
management as each pertains to the field. This book's international
perspective makes it ideal background reading for academics working
in industrial ecology, as well as a valuable reference for
postgraduates doing research or taking courses in the field. Public
or private sector bodies trying to facilitate industrial symbiosis,
economic development agencies considering industrial symbiosis
projects, and environmental managers and regulators trying to
improve environmental performance in their particular country will
also find it engaging and relevant. Contributors: W. Ashton, L.
Baas, H. Baumann, J. Bi, F. Boons, R. Branson, S. Brullot, I.
Costa, C. Davis, P. Deutz, M Eklund, D. Gibbs, L. Hu, R. Isenmann,
G. Korevaar, Y. Lei, L. Liu, P. Lowitt, D.I. Lyons, G. Massard, P.
McManus, O.E. Olayide, J. Patchell, M. Rice, E. Romero Arozamena,
C. Ruiz Puente, M. Shenoy, W. Spekkink, B. van Hoof, V. Verguts, H.
Wang, Q. Wang, B. Zhang
Bi Feiyu's unique interpretation of world literature will lead the
reader to some wonderful novels. The online volume of these
articles exceeds 10 million, and the first edition has been printed
17 times. The updated version has been printed 6 times in 9 months
since its publication in September 2020. The Chinese version of "
Literary Lectures" has sold more than 200,000 copies, and it is
still selling well.
Positioning Taiwan in a Global Context examines modern Taiwanese
culture through the prism of global cultural interactions.
Challenging the view of Taiwan as a product of transience and
displacement, it highlights Taiwan's subjectivity, viewing the
island as a site of a global development that epitomizes both
resistance and negotiation in the process of cultural flows. The
fourteen contributions by an international team of scholars
investigate the multi-layered and multidirectional interplays
between the island and the outside world, exploring the impact of
complex cultural encounters on the construction, writing and
rewriting of Taiwan in a global context. Taking an
interdisciplinary approach, the topics covered range from Taiwanese
literature, cinema, food culture and tourism to cultural geography,
colonial history, and folk religion, with comparisons made with
Japan, China, Hong Kong, the Philippines, and the West. Focusing on
continuous cross-cultural interplays, this book affords readers a
deeper understanding of identity politics and a better insight into
the fluidity, changeability, and constructionist nature of culture.
As such, it will be will be of great interest to students and
scholars of Taiwan Studies and Cultural Studies, as well as Asian
film, literature and popular culture.
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Ink Girls
Marieke Nijkamp; Illustrated by Sylvia Bi
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R355
R284
Discovery Miles 2 840
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Every secret is a story waiting to happen. From New York
Times–bestselling author Marieke Nijkamp and illustrator Sylvia
Bi, this debut middle grade graphic novel celebrates the power that
everyone—even those often overlooked—has to create change. In a
vibrant city, two girls from very different walks of life join
forces to fight censorship and protect the people they love.
Eleven-year-old Cinzia is a printer’s apprentice. She adores
Mestra Aronne for taking her in—most guilds don’t have room for
apprentices with a crippled leg—and she loves life in the raggedy
workshop that smells of paper and printing, where secrets and
stories are always circulating. So when Mestra Aronne is imprisoned
for publishing accusations against the ruling family, Cinzia will
do anything to prove that Mestra Aronne only told the truth. Elena
is the exact same age as Cinzia, but she’s forced to keep to her
rooms and garden. To protect her, according to her mother. To
protect the city, according to her uncle. Because Elena is not the
charming, powerful noble her family wants her to be. According to
them, she doesn’t communicate well. She’s too gullible and
literal, and struggles to understand other people. After
unexpectedly meeting face-to-face, the girls follow a trail of
clues through their golden city, drawing supporters and learning
more about their home and each other than they ever could have
imagined. If one person—no matter how young—can change the
course of history, just imagine what a whole flock of them could
do. Bestselling author Marieke Nijkamp and debut illustrator Sylvia
Bi have crafted an indelible, vibrant story about finding and using
your voice, perfect for fans of Lightfall, Tidesong, and The Prince
and the Dressmaker.
The Audience and Business of YouTube and Online Videos is a
thorough analysis of YouTube audiences and creators of online
videos that considers how the coexistence of user-generated and
professional media content on YouTube makes the site a unique
platform in the ever-expanding online video industry. Using a mixed
method approach, the authors examine the underexplored business
side of YouTube with a focus on product review videos, brand
videos, sponsored videos, and online video advertising. This book
also addresses recent developments such as YouTube Red
subscription, pay TV, and movie services and discusses the future
of online video audience research. Recommended for scholars
interested in media studies, communication, marketing, and popular
culture.
This volume gives Asia's Shakespeares the critical, theoretical,
and political space they demand, offering rich, alternative ways of
thinking about Asia, Shakespeare, and Asian Shakespeare based on
Asian experiences and histories. Challenging and supplementing the
dominant critical and theoretical structures that determine
Shakespeare studies today, close analysis of Shakespeare's Asian
journeys, critical encounters, cultural geographies, and the
political complexions of these negotiations reveal perspectives
different to the European. Exploring what Shakespeare has done to
Asia along with what Asia has done with Shakespeare, this book
demonstrates how Shakespeare helps articulate Asianess, unfolding
Asia's past, reflecting Asia's present, and projecting Asia's
future. This is achieved by forgoing the myth of the Bard's
universality, bypassing the authenticity test, avoiding merely
descriptive or even ethnographic accounts, and using caution when
applying Western theoretical frameworks. Many of the productions
studied in this volume are brought to critical attention for the
first time, offering new methodologies and approaches across
disciplines including history, philosophy, sociology, geopolitics,
religion, postcolonial studies, psychology, translation theory,
film studies, and others. The volume explores a range of examples,
from exquisite productions infused with ancient aesthetic
traditions to popular teen manga and television drama, from
state-dictated appropriations to radical political commentaries in
areas including Japan, India, Taiwan, Korea, Indonesia, China, and
the Philippines. This book goes beyond a showcasing of Asian
adaptations in various languages, styles, and theatre traditions,
and beyond introductory essays intended to help an unknowing
audience appreciate Asian performances, developing a more inflected
interpretative dialogue with other areas of Shakespeare studies.
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