The Pink Pagoda: One Man's Quest to End Gendercide in China 9781936488780, 9781936488414

Shrimp: The Endless Quest for Pink Gold 0137009720, 9780137009725

The Most Fascinating Food You'll Ever Love The story of shrimp is as delicious as the creatures themselves. Renowne

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Superpower: One Man’s Quest to Transform American Energy 1501163582, 9781501163586

In the ever more urgent quest for sources of renewable energy, meet the man boldly harnessing the natural forces that co

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To Air is Human: One Man's Quest to Become the World's Greatest Air Guitarist 9781594482106

“Make Air, Not War” is the personal motto of Dan Crane, the musician who decided to put his “there” guitar aside and rei

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Złota pagoda 8371561652

Książka przedstawia autentyczną historię, sfabularyzowaną przez Mishimę; w 1950 roku fanatyczny mnich podpalił jeden z n

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Courtyard Housing in China: Chinese Quest for Harmony

The Chinese have lived in single-extended-family courtyard houses in many parts of China for thousands of years. The earliest courtyard house found in China was during the Middle Neolithic period (5000-3000 BCE). The courtyard form signifies Chinese quest for harmony with nature and in social relationships. However, the 20th century was a significant turning point in the evolution of Chinese courtyard houses; this paper provides an overview of this transition. It starts by briefly introducing traditional Chinese courtyard houses and their decline since 1949, it then examines the emergence of new courtyard housing in Beijing and Suzhou since the 1990s, and then it evaluates the new development of Chinese-style courtyard garden villas in/around these two cities since the 2000s, such as Beijing Guantang and Suzhou Fuyuan villa estates. They are explorations of a new way to honor Chinese architectural history and philosophy, meanwhile, incorporating Western interior design principles to meet modern living requirements. This architectural acculturation represents Chinese sustained quest for harmony in their art of living. The paper finally proposes four designs of new courtyard garden houses for future practice. JOURNAL OF CONTEMPORARY URBAN AFFAIRS (2017) 1(2), 38-56. https://doi.org/10.25034/ijcua.2017.3647

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The Invention of Miracles: Language, Power, and Alexander Graham Bell's Quest to End Deafness 150116709X, 9781501167096

An astonishingly revisionist biography of Alexander Graham Bell, telling the true—and troubling—story of the inventor of

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Burning Ambition: The Inspiring Story of One Man's Quest to Cure the World of Smoking 0800100900

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Three Sheets to the Wind: One Man's Quest for the Meaning of Beer 9780330528238, 9780330528245

Meet Pete Brown: beer jounalist, beer drinker and author of an irreverent book about British beer, Man Walks Into A Pub.

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Silencing the Bomb: One Scientist's Quest to Halt Nuclear Testing 9780231544191

The noted seismologist Lynn R. Sykes, a central figure in the development of the science and technology of nuclear test

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Making Supper Safe: One Man's Quest to Learn the Truth about Food Safety 9781605293097, 9781609614126, 1609614127

Food recalls have become so ubiquitous we hardly even notice them. The massive peanut salmonella contamination of 2008-2

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