Chinese Stories for Language Learners: Elementary – Volume 2 is the exciting continuation of the most beloved Chinese story series for learners! This new volume is designed especially for those who love learning the Chinese language and culture through rich, engaging stories.Extensive and enjoyable reading and listening is one of the most effective ways to build vocabulary, internalize sentence structures, and gain cultural insight. That’s why we’ve followed the ap...

Chinese Stories for Language Learners: Elementary – Volume 1 is a bilingual Chinese–English audiobook designed especially for beginner Mandarin learners who love discovering language through stories.This collection features 25 simple yet engaging narratives, including Chinese folktales, idioms, fables, proverbs, myths, and light-hearted modern stories.Extensive and enjoyable listening is one of the most effective ways to bu...

Unlock the Wisdom of Sun Tzu—While Mastering Mandarin Chinese!Step into the world of ancient Chinese strategy with The Art of War for Language Learners—a unique bilingual Chinese-English audiobook that blends timeless wisdom with modern Mandarin Chinese language learning.Narrated by the authors themselves, LingLing and Huw, this edition brings Sun Tzu’s legendary classic to life with clear, line-by-line nar...

The inside story of the US–China trade war, "especially insightful on how the contradictory natures of Trump and Xi have impeded understanding" ( The Boston Globe).This book reveals how relations between China and the United States unraveled, darkening prospects for global peace and prosperity, told by two Wall Street Journal reporters—one a Pulitzer Prize winner based in Washington, DC, the other in Beijing—who have had more access to the decision...

Reveals the role of time in reproducing inequalities as students navigate rural-to-urban, cross-border, and transnational higher education.Winner of the 2026 Best Book Award presented by the Higher Education Special Interest Group of the Comparative and International Education SocietyCan a student inherit time? What difference does time make to their educational journeys and outcomes? The Time Inheritors draws on n...

Comprehensive resource discussing specific challenges and control solutions associated with operating inverter-based resources in weak grid scenariosWeak Grid Integration of Inverter-Based Resources delves into current operational challenges and control solutions associated with inverter-based resources (IBR) in weak grid scenarios, with real-world examples included throughout to elucidate key concepts. The book introduces the control architecture of IBR p...

内容简介“千村示范 万村整治”工程是从实践中萌发并不断发展丰富的习近平新时代中国特色社会主义思想中的生态文明思想的重要组成部分，它不仅为绘就新时代乡村振兴画卷、建设美丽中国提供坚强指引，还跨越山和海，推动中国成为全球生态文明建设的重要参与者、贡献者、引领者。《诗意栖居——在“浙”里看见美丽中国》以报告文学的方式展现“千村示范 万村整治”工程的浙江经验、浙江模式，并配以优美的图片艺术地解读。图书用生动而丰富的故事、直观而生动的图片、通俗而简明的语言，深刻记录和阐释了该工程“久久为功”的故事。作者简介新华社浙江分社社长何玲玲，高级记者，新华社“十佳记者”。自2003年以来，跟踪报道“千村示范 万村整治”工程17年。方问禹、王俊禄，新华社资深记者，参与了多篇“千万工程”相关报道。

Materials metrology, a burgeoning branch of the field, is a subject of intense scrutiny by both researchers and stakeholders. The focal points of their attention are twofold: understanding the objectives of material metrology research and determining effective methods for utilizing its findings. Researchers and stakeholders delve into the intricacies of ensuring traceability of complex units from equipment and maintaining consistency in measurement results across various methods. The appli...

Renewable energy sources interface with the ac grids via inverters are termed inverter-based resources (IBRs). They are replacing traditional fossil fuel-based synchronous generators at a dazzling speed. In turn, unprecedented dynamic events have occurred, threatening power grid reliability. Modeling and Stability Analysis of Inverter-Based Resources provides a fundamental understanding of IBR dynamics.Developing reliability solutions requires a thorough understand...

Particular focus on development of the chicken gut microbiome over the lifetime of the birdReviews interactions between pathogens and the gut and the role of antibiotics in this processComprehensive review of research on efficacy of poultry feed additives: probiotics, prebiotics, synbiotics, antimicrobials, essential oils and other botanicals, cereal grains

This book is the fourteenth volume in the Evidence-based Clinical Chinese Medicine series and is essential for Chinese medicine practitioners interested in treating unipolar depression using Chinese medicine. It uses a 'whole evidence' approach and provides an in-depth analysis of Chinese medicine treatments for depression, including a summary of Chinese medicine treatments used in classical Chinese medicine literature, as well as treatments that have been tested in clinical trials.High-qu...

This book aims to share newly obtained results and information on regional oceanography of the South China Sea by leading experts in fields such as water mass, circulation, mesoscale eddies, near-inertial motion, upwelling, mixing, continental shelf waves, internal waves and fronts. These comprehensive results can provide new insights on global and regional climate change.