Betwixt and Between Liminality and Marginality: Mind the Gap offers an interdisciplinary thinking on “the marginal” within society. Using the framework of Victor Turner’s earlier notions of liminality, the book both challenges Turner’s symbolic anthropology, and celebrates its continued influence across disciplines, and under new theoretical constraints.Liminality in its simplest forms provides language for meaningful approaches to articulate transition and change. It also represent...

By far one of the most important objects of worship in the Buddhist traditions, the bodhisattva Avalokitesvara is regarded as the embodiment of compassion. He has been widely revered throughout the Buddhist countries of Asia since the early centuries of the Common Era. While he was closely identified with the royalty in South and Southeast Asia, and the Tibetans continue to this day to view the Dalai Lamas as his incarnations, in China he became a she—Kuan-yin, the "Godde...

A ruler who became an immortal poet. A poet who rose to rule a nation.This nonfiction graphic novel epic traces the parallel lives of two Chinese leaders—Southern Tang emperor Li Yu and Chairman Mao Zedong—and explores how poetry can shape the fate of nations.How did one man’s devotion to verse hasten the fall of a dynasty? How did another’s poetry help propel him to power? And what do their stories, separated by a thousand years yet profou...

天气炎热，发热头痛，咽喉肿痛，于是凉茶成了人们首选饮品。然而，好多人饮用多次，热症依然不减。为什么？我们该如何使用清热药物，进入一个健康、清凉世界？暑天清热，希望通过凉茶治疗病症，需辨证用药，如在凉茶中加减其他相关药物等，不然就会出现“药茶”不对症。新加坡中医学研究院院长，本地资深中医师郭美伶女士首次亲临指导，为本书传授了部分本地特色清凉药膳，帮助读者减缓热症折磨。如，双花饮、藿香紫苏饮等。凡是以清解里热为主的药物，称为清热药。它具有清热泻火、清热解毒、清热燥湿、清热凉血和清虚热等功效。本书通过中英解析，图文并茂，深入浅出地详细介绍常用清热药、泻下药和化湿药共55味，并配合药物提供了57例药膳制作方法和食材照片，帮助读者认识清热药物，学会制作清热药膳，从而揭开消暑解痛，养生保健的奥秘。This volume introduces 55 well-known balancing herbs and other substances commonly used in TCM. It explains the medicinal effects of these ...

First published in 1981, The Renewal of Buddhism in China broke new ground in the study of Chinese Buddhism. An interdisciplinary study of a Buddhist master and reformer in late Ming China, it challenged the conventional view that Buddhism had reached its height under the Tang dynasty (618–907) and steadily declined afterward.Chün-fang Yü details how in sixteenth-century China, Buddhism entered a period of revitalization due in large part to a cohort of innovative monks wh...

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First published in 1981, The Renewal of Buddhism in China broke new ground in the study of Chinese Buddhism. An interdisciplinary study of a Buddhist master and reformer in late Ming China, it challenged the conventional view that Buddhism had reached its height under the Tang dynasty (618–907) and steadily declined afterward.Chün-fang Yü details how in sixteenth-century China, Buddhism entered a period of revitalization due in large part to a cohort of innovative monks wh...

Biotechnology of Major Cereals focuses on the recent advances and future prospects in cereal biotechnology. The first part of the book covers the world's major cereals and focus on new developments and trends. The second part is technology rather than species-led, detailing fundamental developments in technologies and significant target traits.

The Glasgow Climate Pact signed on the 26th Conference of the Parties of United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change in 2021, saws representatives' determination for carbon neutrality by 2050. Meanwhile, "Net Zero by 2050: a Roadmap for the Global Energy Sector" proposed by International Energy Agency has suggested hydrogen as a decarbonization technology in various fields. As a clean, stable power with diverse sources, hydrogen provides a promising solution for energy, industry,...

The fourth title in the series, Essential Chinese Medicine: Relieving Wind, covers practical aspects related to the treatment of ailments associated with rheumatism and edema, which afflict the old and increasingly the mature generation. This volume features 49 medicinal materials that are antirheumatic, diuretic and interior-warming. Supported by photographs of the medicinal herbs and recipes, the book covers various aspects related to the herbs: source, producing areas, nature and flavou...

Algae are sunlight-driven cell factories, and can efficiently absorb CO2 and convert light energy to chemical energy such as lipid, starch and other carbohydrates and release O2. Algal feedstock is a promising resource for bioproduct production, given its high photosynthetic efficiency for producing biomass compared to conventional crops. Microalgae can be used for flue-gas and wastewater bioremediation. This book highlights recent breakthroughs in the multidisciplinary areas of algal biot...

This book, Improving Blood Circulation, is the third volume in the Essential Chinese Medicine series, which has featured the earlier titles: Health Tonics and Restoring Balance. Like the earlier works, this volume makes accessible the benefits of traditional Chinese herbal medicines, to the health and wellness of its readers. All of this information is enhanced by high-quality colour photographs, and documented in both English and Chinese for easy reference.The book features 52 medicinal h...