Bead embroidery is a craft that has been handed down for thousands of years in China, and there is no shortage of historical records about this art form. According to these records, it was favored by the court nobility in Imperial times for its beautiful, elegant features. Today, bead embroidery has become popular in high-fashion clothing on the international stage. When combined, colorful beads and threads complement each other, giving the art of embroidery a richer expression, more diver...

**What happens when you're thrown into a fictional world...not as the main character, but as the main character's best friend? This Korean manhwa puts a twist on romance and proves that falling in love is more than just a trope.A SCHOOL LIBRARY JOURNAL BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR**Every internet novel has the usual cast: a gorgeous heroine, handsome boys vying for her attention, and a unremarkable best friend at the heroine’s side. Dani, an ordinary student and avid read...

A delicate craft that has been handed down for thousands of years, bead embroidery was popular among the aristocrats in China's imperial courts and is an important part of modern haute couture, wedding dresses, and other accessories. A step-by-step guide to 25 unique embroidery designs, Bead Embroidery Chinese Style incorporates traditional Chinese design elements, including landscape paintings, bird and flower motifs, and famous poems. Projects are both beautiful and useful, and are simpl...

"In these tales of love, lust and relationships gone awry, Yun-Han Chao portrays a city and culture of secret desires, hidden passions, and endless regret." — Home Planet NewsSex in Taipei City is not what one expects: it is repressed, traded for cash, vengeful, sometimes awkward and almost always secretive.In Sex & Taipei City, a diverse cast of characters finds relationships more trouble than they bargained for. Some are young and innocent: a teena...

From photographs to micrographs, from the various types of graphs to fun, interactive visuals and games, there are many different forms in which science can be visualised. However, all of these forms of visualisation in the Life Sciences are susceptible to misunderstandings and misinformation. This accessible and concise book demonstrates the misconceptions surrounding the visuals used in popular life science communication. Richly illustrated in colour, this guide is packed with examples o...

The loving parody of teen romance stories continues! Dani is still reeling from suddenly jumping back into the real world. Unfortunately, there's little down time to recover because the story throws a new wrench into her life; a brand new pretty-boy protagonist who's instantly taken with her!Three years have passed in a blur since Dani woke up and discovered herself a character in a romance-trope filled internet novel. Despite her efforts to stay away from the pret...

Dani is a fan of cliche-filled internet novels of melodramatic school romance, then wakes up one day to find the world around her has become one! Just as she's getting used to this tropey world, she suddenly finds herself back in her old, ordinary one. What happened to all her new friends?A gorgeous heroine, handsome boys vying for her attention, and a best friend at the heroine’s side. Dani, an ordinary student and avid reader of internet novels, is all too famili...

Winner, 2023 Choice Outstanding Academic TitleBronze Winner, 2024 Nonfiction Book AwardsWhere would we be without the knee? This down-to-earth joint connecting the thigh and the lower leg doesn’t receive the attention it deserves. Yet, as The Curious Human Knee reveals, it is crucial to countless facets of science, medicine, culture, and history—and even what makes us human.The science writer Han Yu provides an informative, ...

This four-volume set constitutes the post-conference proceedings of the 7th EAI International Conference on Advanced Hybrid Information Processing, ADHIP 2023, held in Harbin, China, during September 22-24, 2023.The 108 full papers presented were selected from 270 submissions and focus on theory and application of hybrid information processing technology for smarter and more effective research and application. The theme of ADHIP 2022 was Hybrid Information Processing in Meta World....

Alzheimer’s disease, a haunting and harrowing ailment, is one of the world’s most common causes of death. Alzheimer’s lingers for years, with patients’ outward appearance unaffected while their cognitive functions fade away. Patients lose the ability to work and live independently, to remember and recognize. There is still no proven way to treat Alzheimer’s because its causes remain unknown.Mind Thief is a comprehensive and engaging history of Alzheimer’s that demystifies ...

Alzheimer’s disease, a haunting and harrowing ailment, is one of the world’s most common causes of death. Alzheimer’s lingers for years, with patients’ outward appearance unaffected while their cognitive functions fade away. Patients lose the ability to work and live independently, to remember and recognize. There is still no proven way to treat Alzheimer’s because its causes remain unknown.Mind Thief is a comprehensive and engaging history of Alzheimer’s that demystifies ...

This book examines the visual representations used in the popular communication of genetics. Drawing upon public science communication theories, information design theories, and social semiotics, the book offers both in-depth analyses and high-level synthesis of how genetics is visualized for the U.S. public from the early 20th century to the present. Individual chapters focus on six visual genres: photographs, micrographs, illustrations, genetic code images, quantitative graphs, and molec...