'Everies' is a coined word meaning those tasks you're supposed to do every day, every week, every month, every year, and so on: like, 'vacuum every week' or 'prune regularly'. These can seem like such a nuisance, holding you back and nagging away at your attention so you can't get anything meaningful done, or they can absorb all your focus if you're stuck in the house too long! Ignore your bigger plans and regret will plague your days. Yet, ignore Everies at your peril -- they can be prett...

This book reminds me, in the sweetest way possible, that I probably should have never left Nashville.— CHRIS THILEIntroduction by Pulitzer Prize-winning Author Jon Meacham.A dynamic, experiential, and intimate portrait that explores the many sides of the legendary Southern city and country music capital, from award-winning writers Ann Patchett, Jon Meacham, and acclaimed photographer Heidi Ross.Nashville is a creative colla...

Chinese students are known worldwide for their accomplishment and ambition, and education is profoundly valued in China. But these facts do not tell the whole story. Intellectuals were persecuted during the Cultural Revolution (1966–1976) and only recently has a college education been accessible to a majority of Chinese high school graduates. Things are changing rapidly. China’s higher-education system is now the largest in the world, and the number of Chinese students in the United States...

First Published in 2000. This book, a collection of ethnographic studies of Chinese schooling, aims to take the reader into Chinese schools and provide a picture of students and teachers as actors who practice culture. The case studies also provide a means by which ethnography is explored as a central methodological focus and concern. This book explores the meaning of ethnography, both in describing Chinese schools and in the broader context of the defined purposes and practices of researc...