Anna May Wong was an extraordinary Asian American woman who became the country's most famous film actress of Chinese descent. From small parts in silent films to starring roles in Hollywood and across the Atlantic, Wong made an impression on audiences of all persuasions. In Perpetually Cool, Anthony Chan takes the reader on a compelling journey through Wong's early years in Los Angeles and her first Hollywood pictures. Chan also examines the scope and nature of race, gender, and power and ...

✨'A storytelling star is born'✨ TRACY CHEVALIER✨'A novel that will stay with you'✨ CECILE PIN✨'Devastating, beautiful and extraordinary'✨ JESSICA GEORGE✨'Magnificent . . . I implore you to read it'✨ CHRIS WHITAKER✨'I'll never forget this book'✨ JESSAMINE CHANMalaysia, 1945. As WW2 rages, will a mother's choice affect her children forever?...

In today’s global business environment, it is vital that individuals and organizations have sophisticated global leadership skills. Communication and understanding of different cultures are paramount to business success.This new edition of the bestselling textbook Managing Cultural Differences guides students and practitioners to an understanding of how to do business internationally, providing practical advice on how competitive advantage can be gained through effective c...

✨'A storytelling star is born'✨ TRACY CHEVALIER✨'A novel that will stay with you'✨ CECILE PIN✨'Devastating, beautiful and extraordinary'✨ JESSICA GEORGE✨'Magnificent . . . I implore you to read it'✨ CHRIS WHITAKER✨'I'll never forget this book'✨ JESSAMINE CHANMalaysia, 1945. As WW2 rages, will a mother's choice affect her children forever?...

A complete guide to understanding, designing, and deploying Layer 2 VPN technologies and pseudowire emulation applicationsEvaluate market drivers for Layer 2 VPNsUnderstand the architectural frame-work and choices for Layer 2 VPNs, including AToM and L2TPv3Grasp the essentials of Layer 2 LAN and WAN technologiesExamine the theoretical and operational details of MPLS and LDP as they pertain to AToMUnderstand the theoretical and operation...

This collection of audiobooks offers timeless jewels from some of the greatest names in personal development. Napoleon Hill’s Think and Grow Rich will guide you in unleashing your full potential and achieving guaranteed success in life and work. As a Man Thinketh explains and promotes the direct connection between your thoughts and your happiness.Once you master the output of your brain and discover the connection between what you think and the direction your life...

On September 11, 2001, AT&T's traffic was 40 percent greater than its previous busiest day. Wireless calls were made from the besieged airplanes and buildings, with the human voice having a calming influence. E-mail was used to overcome distance and time zones. And storytelling played an important role both in conveying information and in coping with the disaster. Building on such events and lessons, Crisis Communications features an international cast of top contributors exploring emergen...

Alors que Frida la mouette s'apprête à déjeuner, elle remarque une agitation inhabituelle dans le port. Une petite baleine a perdu sa maman et se retrouve affamée, coincée entre les bateaux !

This audio version of Frank Channing Haddock's Mastery of Self explains the importance of personal magnetism in your daily life and how it is a crucial ingredient on your journey to personal success. Haddock lays out a clear path on how to use this magnetism and how to cultivate his instructions in everything you do and want to achieve. Follow the easy step-by-step tutorials as he explains how to achieve "success magnetism" in an interesting and detailed manner. This piece of work...

The liver is a complex organ due to its unique microscopic structure, intricate metabolic functions and susceptibility to a wide variety of insults, manifesting in countless histological patterns. Atlas of Liver Pathology considers both changes seen in medical liver biopsies as well as lesional biopsies when the specimen has been taken from a mass. The book starts by reviewing normal structure and its variants and the optimal approaches for the preparation of histological sections...

This atlas is designed to be a user-friendly bench-side reference for pathology trainees and general pathologists in handling and interpreting specimens of hepatocellular carcinoma. It provides over 550 high-quality gross and microscopic photos focusing on hepatocellular carcinoma and its mimickers, and demonstrating a full range of various histological variants of hepatocellular carcinoma. Introductory text in each chapter summarises salient clinical associations, pathological features, a...

This book is a comprehensive summary of the literature on the scientific rationale and clinical development of immunotherapy for head and neck cancers.Head and neck cancer is a biologically diverse group of cancers that bear a common hallmark - evasion of host immune surveillance through innate or acquired mechanisms. The etiological association between the Human Papilloma virus (HPV) and some squamous head and neck cancers, the Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) and nasopharyngeal cancer ha...