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Mo Yan in Context : Nobel Laureate and Global Storyteller /

Table of Contents: “…Introduction to Mo Yan in context : Nobel Laureate and Global Storyteller / Angelica Duran and Yuhan Huang -- A mutually rewarding yet uneasy and sometimes fragile relationship between author and translator / Howard Goldblatt -- The Censorship of Mo Yans The Garlic Ballads / Thomas Chen -- Representations of China and Japan in Mo Yans, Hayashis and Naruse's texts / Noriko J. …”
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Mo Yan in Context : Nobel Laureate and Global Storyteller /

Table of Contents: “…Introduction to Mo Yan in context : Nobel Laureate and Global Storyteller / Angelica Duran and Yuhan Huang -- A mutually rewarding yet uneasy and sometimes fragile relationship between author and translator / Howard Goldblatt -- The Censorship of Mo Yans The Garlic Ballads / Thomas Chen -- Representations of China and Japan in Mo Yans, Hayashis and Naruse's texts / Noriko J. …”
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Empress Wu the Great Tang dynasty China / by Woo, X. L.

Table of Contents: “…Wu's sponsor becomes the second emperor of the tang dynasty -- Empress Changsun and a few of the courtiers -- Miss Wu becomes an imperial concubine -- The sons vie for the succession -- Selecting the crown prince -- Introduction to the crown prince -- Sent to a nunnery -- The new emperor reigns -- Empress Wang gets Wu back to the palace -- Empress Wang and concubine Xiao unite against concubine Wu -- Concubine Wu fights back -- The courtiers take sides -- Empress Wang and her supporters take a mis-step -- Empress Wang and the crown prince are removed -- Wu becomes empress -- From empress to empress dowager -- Advancing supporters and annihilating opponents -- Taking part in politics -- The pleasures of traveling -- Relationship with her children -- The empress dowager consolidates her power -- Standing at the top -- View from the summit -- Rebellions -- The largest rebellion -- The rebellions of the Princes Li -- Other rebellions -- Abuse of power at every level -- Picking favorites -- Naming a successor -- Empress Wu's favorites -- Relations with other nations -- Tibet -- Korea -- The Tujue clan -- Japan and Arabia -- Famous legends about Empress Wu -- Face reading -- Flowers blooming in winter -- Other legends.…”
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Ecumenical ecclesiology unity, diversity and otherness in a fragmented world /

Table of Contents: “…Kuehn -- Sacral authority and pastoral ministry : a shamanic inculturation of the Protestant church in Korea / Hak Joon Lee -- Confucianism, internationalism, patriotism and Protestantism : the ecclesiological matrix of Japanese Christian activists in Japan and the US diaspora / Madeline Duntley.…”
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Alcohol-related violence prevention and treatment /

Table of Contents: “…About the editor -- About the contributors -- Foreword / Kathryn Gaham -- Series editors' preface -- A. The extent of the problem -- The problem of alcohol-related violence : an epidemiological and public health perspective / Ingeborg Rossow and Elin K. …”
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Collision of empires Italy's invasion of Ethiopia and its international impact /

Table of Contents: “…Neville Sloane -- Schreck and Schadenfreude : Hitler, German alliance priorities and the Abyssinian crisis, 1935-6 / Geoffrey Waddington -- An alliance of the coloured peoples : Ethiopia and Japan / J. Calvitt Clarke III -- Soviet appeasement, collective security, and the Italo-Ethiopian War of 1935 and 1936 / J. …”
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FDR's ambassadors and the diplomacy of crisis from the rise of Hitler to the end of World War II / by Mayers, David Allan, 1951-

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Space debris peril : pathways to opportunities /

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Introduction to geometric algebra computing : computing with circles and lines / by Hildenbrand, Dietmar, 1961-

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Bioimaging : imaging by light and electromagnetics in medicine and biology /

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Brushed in Light : Calligraphy in East Asian Cinema / by Nornes, Markus

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Words, worlds, and material girls language, gender, globalization /

Table of Contents: “…Philips -- "Re-employment stars" : language, gender and neoliberal restructuring in China / Jie Yang -- When Aboriginal equals "at risk" : the impact of institutional discourse on Aboriginal Head Start families / Susanne Miskimmin -- Stage goddesses and studio divas in South India : on agency and the politics of voice / Amanda Weidman -- Echoes of modernity : nationalism and the enigma of "women's language" in late nineteenth century Japan / Miyako Inoue -- Recontextualizing the American occupation of the Philippines : erasure and ventriloquism in colonial discourse around men, medicine and infant mortality / Bonnie McElhinny -- Out on video : gender, language and new public spheres in Islamic northern Nigeria / Rudolf P. …”
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Competitive strategies for the 21st century theory, history, and practice /

Table of Contents: “…Chase and Andrew S. Erickson -- Japan's competitive strategies at sea : a preliminary assessment / Toshi Yoshihara -- Strategic competition in the western Pacific : an Australian perspective / Ross Babbage -- Developing a strategy for a long-term Sino-US competition / James P. …”
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21st century nanoscience -- a handbook : Public policy, education, and global trends.

Table of Contents: “…An Invisible Evolving Nanoworld Baroli 3 The "Mega" Power of the "Nano" Gaftea 4 Nanotechnology: History and Future Dave 5 Training Leaders in Nanotechnology Cho 6 Challenges in Nanoscience Education Jones7 Virtual Nanoworlds for Learning Schonborn 8 Evolving Perspectives on Nanoeducation and Capacity Development Malsch 9 Exposing School Students to Nanoscience: A Review of Published Programs Blonder 10 Integrating Nano into International Upper Secondary Science Curricula Schonborn 11 Integrating Nanoscience in High School Science: Curriculum Models and Instructional Approaches Huffman 12 Teaching Nanoscience to High School Students Tretter 13 Research on Pre-College Nanoscale Science, Engineering, and Technology Learning Bryan 14 Using Digital Tools in Nanoscience Education Gorghiu 15 3D Printing in the Context of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Education at the College/University Level Moeck 16 Dissemination, Outreach and Training on Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Quesada 17 Diffusion of Nanotechnology Knowledge using Mix Methods Darvish 18 A Scientimetric Assessment on Growth of Nanobiotechnology Research Output Karpagam 19 Progress in Developing a Systematic Nanoperiodic Framework for Unifying Nanoscience Tomalia…”
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National Language Planning and Language Shifts in Malaysian Minority Communities : Speaking in Many Tongues /

Table of Contents: “…Conclusions: Multilinguality in the Malaysian Context of Nation-Building and Globalisation / Maya Khemlani David.…”
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National Language Planning and Language Shifts in Malaysian Minority Communities : Speaking in Many Tongues /

Table of Contents: “…Conclusions: Multilinguality in the Malaysian Context of Nation-Building and Globalisation / Maya Khemlani David.…”
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Social security programs and retirement around the world the relationship to youth employment /

Table of Contents: “…Pedersen -- Labor force participation by the elderly and employment of the young: the case of France / Melika ben Salem, Didier Blanchet, Antoine Bozio and Muriel Roger -- Early retirement and employment of the young in Germany / Axel Börsch-Supan and Reinhold Schnabel -- Youth unemployment and retirement of the elderly: the case of Italy / Agar Brugiavini and Franco Peracchi -- Does social security induce withdrawal of the old from the labor force and create jobs for the young? : the case of Japan / Takashi Oshio, Satoshi Shimizutani and Akiko Sato Oishi -- Early retirement and employment of the young in the Netherlands / Arie Kapteyn, Klaas de Vos, and Adriaan Kalwij -- Social security incentives, exit from the workforce and entry of the young / Michele Boldrin, Pilar García-Gómez, and Sergi Jiménez-Martín -- Incentives to retire, employment of old and the employment of the young in Sweden / Mårten Palme and Ingemar Svensson -- Releasing jobs for the young? …”
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Recent advances in financial engineering proceedings of the KIER-TMU International Workshop on Financial Engineering 2009 : Otemachi, Sankei Plaza, Tokyo, 3-4 August 2009 /

Table of Contents: “…Risk sensitive investment management with affine processes : a viscosity approach / M. …”
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Terrorism, war, or disease? unraveling the use of biological weapons /

Table of Contents: “…Zilinskas -- Imperial Japan's germ warfare: the suppression of evidence at the Tokyo War Crimes Trial, 1946-1948 / Jeanne Guillemin -- A quantitative overview of biological weapons: identification, characterization, and attribution / Gary Ackerman and Victor Asal. …”
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China and the world balance, imbalance and rebalance /

Table of Contents: “…/ Huang Haizhou, Li Zhiyong, and Wang Hui -- Structural changes of global economy and new challenges of emerging economy / Zhu Min -- Chinese national security : its missions, sequences, and major characteristics / Wang Yizhou -- Japan's search for a national identity and its historical reflections / Li Wei -- Overcome the fear of RMB appreciation / Yu Yongding -- RMB's internationalization under the system of limited exchange rate and capital account control / Zhang Bing and Xu Qiyuan -- How can RMB become an international currency? …”
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