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The scale and variety of Chinese festivals have never ceases to amaze observers. But what are the origins of these festivals and how do they reflect traditional values in a civilization with more than 5,000 years of history?The reader will be intrigued to learn that the festivals did not all originate at the same time. In fact, many have been evolved with the development of the Chinese civilization. The presentation of the stories about these tradition festivals in comics will help...

This book on the origins of the festivals and popular stories associated with them will help the reader to appreciate how the celebration of these festivals acted as a social glue in identifying and helping the Chinese stick together as a race throughout their long history and wherever they are found.

Popular Chinese Proverbs collects several old favourites and some of the most widely used expressions. Using vibrant illustrations and clear explanations of the metaphors and history behind them, their origins and meanings are presented in an easy-to-understand format.

I spilled a cup of coffee on the President of Acquisitions.He deserved it.Not the brightest idea, but I’d had a bad day, and now he’s getting back at me.For nine weeks I’m to be his assistant, and there’s nothing I can do about it.It’s punishment.Every moment we’re near each other it’s a constant battle of wills, but I refuse to go down.If only my fantasies didn’t invade our arguments.If only he wasn’t so good looking.Everything is of...

Raised like sisters, Mariamne and Salome are indulged with riches, position, and learning-a rare thing for females in Jerusalem. But Mariamne has a further gift: an illness has left her with visions; she has the power of prophecy. It is her prophesying that drives the two girls to flee to Egypt, where they study philosophy, mathematics, and astronomy in the Great Library of Alexandria.After seven years they return to a Judaea where many now believe John the Baptizer is the messiah....

Occupational disease is an important public health problem of the 21st century. Occupational disease still accounts for many preventable illnesses and injuries in the workplace. It is important to incorporate modern knowledge of disease epidemiology and cutting-edge diagnostic methods and treatment with the most recent developments in the management and prevention methods to better control work-related diseases and injuries. This book covers a selection of the common occupational diseases ...

Occupational disease is an important public health problem of the 21st century. Occupational disease still accounts for many preventable illnesses and injuries in the workplace. It is important to incorporate modern knowledge of disease epidemiology and cutting-edge diagnostic methods and treatment with the most recent developments in the management and prevention methods to better control work-related diseases and injuries. This book covers a selection of the common occupational diseases ...

Danger lurks beyond the ivy in this lush dark academia romance perfect for fans of Olivie Blake and Elise Kova."A must-read for fans of magic, romance, and dark academia."** Autumn Woods, #1 Sunday Times Bestselling Author of DAYBREAK"A refreshing take on magic and how gods play with mortal wants, all while examining if the price of love is worth the pain of loss." Elise Kova, #1 New York Times Bestselling...

Danger lurks beyond the ivy in this lush dark academia romance perfect for fans of Olivie Blake and Elise Kova.Bound by tradition. Consumed by love.Thirteen years after her mother’s suspicious death within the walls of the Eleusinia Institute, Cora Reed steps back through its iron gates with one goal: uncover the truth.By day, Cora throws herself into her alchemy studies; by night, she searches for clues to her mother’s fat...

My life was ash.Burned to the ground. Razed with no chance of rebuilding. Empty.Alone.Just as I had to be.No one else was going to get hurt because of me. No more deaths.For years I’ve secluded myself, stayed in the darkness, and tried to melt into the background. Hiding in plain sight.Taking a new job, working in close confines with a new partner, is risky, and I thought I was up to the task. So I hide behind a mask of my ow...

I'm going to make her my queen.One wedding.One child.Five years.Ten million dollars.Those are the terms of our contract.My offer is sound, bold, and necessary. In order to gain my inheritance, I have to have a wife.She thinks her clause--no sex--will keep me from having her skin on mine.She's very wrong.The de Loughrey's rule the world, and I am their king. I get what I want, and what I want is her.I'll have he...

HOUDINI HEART harkens back to the masters of suspenseful supernatural horror: Poe, Lovecraft, Shirley Jackson, but speaks with a wholly fresh voice. Once caught in its pages, there's no escaping Longfellow's terrible tale.Weeks ago, she was one of Hollywood's biggest writers, wed to one of its greatest stars. The doting mother of their golden child. But now? She's alone, tortured by a horrifying secret no woman could bear.Pursued by those she can't outrun, anguished by a gu...