Advancing Multimodal and Critical Discourse Studies
As a founder and leading figure in multimodality and social semiotics, Theo van Leuween has made significant contributions to a variety of research fields, including discourse analysis, sociolinguistics, communication and media studies, education,...
Advancing Multimodal and Critical Discourse Studies
As a founder and leading figure in multimodality and social semiotics, Theo van Leuween has made significant contributions to a variety of research fields, including discourse analysis, sociolinguistics, communication and media studies, education,...
Critical Multimodal Studies of Popular Discourse
Studies of multimodality have significantly advanced our understanding of the potential of different semiotic resources-verbal, visual, aural, and kinetic-to make meaning and allow people to achieve various social purposes such as persuading, ente...
Chinese Sculpture
Zhao Wenbing provides an accessible, illustrated introduction to the sculptural art of China, including the magnificent Terracotta Army, Buddhist sculpture, tomb carvings, architectural sculpture, exchange with foreign cultures and Chinese sculptu...
China in Africa
China's expansion and growing influence in Africa is arguably the most remarkable global political and economic development in the 21st century. China's foray into Africa started in the late 1990s, propelled by its desire to obtain new sources of ...
R and Data Mining
R and Data Mining introduces researchers, post-graduate students, and analysts to data mining using R, a free software environment for statistical computing and graphics. The book provides practical methods for using R in applications...
Den visuella texten - Multimodal analys i praktiken
I dag kräver tolkning och skapande av text inte bara att man kan läsa och skriva. Textens layout är viktig för dess betydelse, och många texter innehåller bilder. Inom skolan framhåller man behovet av utvidgade textbegrepp, och i andra sammanhang ...
Short-Term Listening Chinese: Elementary
Short-Term Listening Chinese: Elementary
Power of Tiananmen
In the spring of 1989 over 100,000 students in Beijing initiated the largest student revolt in human history. Television screens across the world filled with searing images from Tiananmen Square of protesters thronging the streets, massive hunger ...
Dear Wendy
Two aromantic and asexual college students explore friendship, relationships, and queer identities in this bestselling debut described as 'The platonic love story of my dreams ' by Alice Oseman, New York Times-bestselling creator of Heartstopper Sophie Chi is in her first year of college and has long accepted her aroace (aromantic and asexual) identity. She knows she'll never fall in love, but she enjoys running an Instagram account that offers relationship advice to students at her school. No one except her roommate can know that she's behind the incredibly popular 'Dear Wendy' account. When Joanna 'Jo' Ephron (also a first-year student and aroace) created their 'Sincerely Wanda' account, it wasn't at all meant to be taken seriously. But now they might have a rivalry of sorts with Wendy's account? Oops. As if Jo's not busy enough having existential crises over gender identity, whether she'll ever truly be loved, and the possibility of her few friends finding The One then forgetting
Traditional Chinese Medicine For Women
In this inspirational book Xiaolan Zhao, internationally-renowned practitioner of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), shows us how making simple changes to our diet and lifestyle we can profoundly improve our health now and into the future. Since ...
Debating Political Reform in China
The growing disconnect between China's market-oriented economy with its emerging civil society, and the brittle, anacronistic, and authoritarian state has given rise to intense discussion and debate about political reform, not only by Western obse...
Weird Confucius
Weird Confucius
Communication in China
The stakes for control over the means of communication in China have never been so high as the country struggles with breathtaking social change. This authoritative book analyzes the key dimensions of the transformation in China's communication sy...
Reach for Greatness
This book highlights key actions school leaders can undertake right away to inform and improve their practice.
Corporate Social Responsibility in Contemporary China
China's recent economic transformation and integration into the world economy has coincided with increasing pressure for corporate law reform to make corporate social responsibility (CSR) integral to business and management strategy in China. This...
How We Fall Apart
Crazy Rich Asians meets One of Us is Lying in this electrifying YA thriller where students at an elite prep school are forced to confront their secrets when their ex-best friend turns up dead. Nancy Luo is shocked when her former best friend, Jami...
Synthetic Biology
Synthetic Biology provides a framework to examine key enabling components in the emerging area of synthetic biology. Chapters contributed by leaders in the field address tools and methodologies developed for engineering biological sys...
Graph Theory and Additive Combinatorics
Graph Theory and Additive Combinatorics
Principle of Criminal Imputation for Negligence Crime Involving Artificial Intelligence
This book provides an in-depth discussion of the theoretical and practical issues of criminal imputation for negligence crime involving artificial intelligence. Accordingly, this study combines¿the imputation challenges brought about by AI with tr...
The Confucian-Legalist State: A New Theory of Chinese History
In The Confucian-Legalist State, Dingxin Zhao offers a radically new analysis of Chinese imperial history from the eleventh century BCE to the fall of the Qing dynasty. This study first uncovers the factors that explain how, and why, China develop...
All under Heaven
In this succinct yet ample work, Zhao Tingyang, one of China's most distinguished intellectuals, provides a profoundly original philosophical interpretation of China's story and also develops a Chinese worldview for the future. Over the past few d...
Media, Market, and Democracy in China
How do market forces influence the media in China? How does the Party both introduce and try to contain the market's influence? How do commercial imperatives both accommodate and challenge Party control?¿ Yuezhi Zhao interviewed a wide range of sc...
Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Dragon?
The secrets behind China's extraordinary educational system - good, bad, and ugly Chinese students' consistently stunning performance on the international PISA exams- where they outscore students of all other nations in math, reading, and science-...
Nation-State by Construction
This is the first historically comprehensive, up-to-date analysis of the causes, content, and consequences of nationalism in China, an ancient empire that has struggled to construct a nation-state and find its place in the modern world. It shows h...
Dear Wendy
Two aromantic and asexual college students end up in an online feud while unknowingly becoming friends in real life, in this instant Indie bestselling platonic love story!
Djuna Barnes and Theology
Modernism, religion, and queer bodies come together in this study of Djuna Barnes's writings and art. Examining the role of Barnes’s theological imagination in relation to a phenomenology of suffering, joy, and sexed embodiment, this book unfolds an intricate synthesis of theology, psychoanalysis, and narrative theory to interrogate how queerness informs her art. Providing an original contribution to religious and literary theory, Ng develops a neo-ontological account of melancholy in relation to the myth of the Fall and provides a novel framework for understanding comedy and tragedy in relation to the question of theodicy. Presented in light of a large body of new archival evidence, Barnes’s works are also examined for the first time in relation to a wide range of intertextual and intermedial encounters, including the medieval mysticism of Marguerite Porete, Stravinsky’s music, 16th- and 18th-century engravings by Albrecht Dürer and Joseph Ottinger, and French and Russian literature
Dragon Roars Back
Selected among Foreign Affairs's "Best of Books 2024" China is unique in modern world history. No other rising power has experienced China's turbulent history in its relations with neighbors and Western countries. Its sheer size dominate...
What Works May Hurt
Yong Zhao shines a light on the long-ignored phenomenon of side effects of education policies and practices, bringing a fresh and perhaps surprising perspective to evidence-based practices and policies. Identifying the adverse effects of some of t...
Grid-Integrated and Standalone Photovoltaic Distributed Generation Systems - Analysis, Design, and Control
A practical and systematic elaboration on the analysis, design and control of grid integrated and standalone distributed photovoltaic (PV) generation systems, with Matlab and Simulink models Analyses control of distribution networks with high pene...
Zodiac Rising
Magic meets dark academia at a New York boarding school that's hidden from mortal eyes. When a student is killed over priceless treasure, the Descendants of the Zodiac assemble a crew to avenge their classmate's murder and heist back what's rightfully theirs. Perfect for fans of A Deadly Education and Legendborn.At a secret Manhattan boarding school, the Descendants of the Chinese zodiac have hidden away since the source of their magic-the twelve zodiac statues-was vandalized and lost to time. Thus, a curse befell the Descendants, and they've lived as creatures of darkness . . . until now.When the lost statues suddenly resurface and a powerful classmate is found dead, all signs point to foul play from the fae. The Descendants finally have the chance to take back what's rightfully theirs and break the curse. To pull this deadly heist off, though, they must assemble an elite crew:THE VAMPIRE: After a century of burning hunger, Evangeline is out for blood.THE SHAPESHIFTER: Nicholas yearns to restore justice to his people-and make peace with his past.THE MORTAL: Alice seeks the truth of her mysterious heritage, and this mission may be the key.THE WEREWOLF: Tristan will do anything to break free from the monstrous wolf inside.Only these four have the power to save the Descendants, but the wrath of the fae waits at every turn. One wrong move and the fate of their kind will come crashing down. . . .
Zodiac Rising
Magic meets dark academia at a New York boarding school that's hidden from mortal eyes. When a student is killed over priceless treasure, the Descendants of the Zodiac assemble a crew to avenge their classmate's murder and heist back what's rightfully theirs. Perfect for fans of A Deadly Education and Legendborn. 'A rollicking heist adventure.' --Am lie Wen Zhao, New York Times bestselling author of Song of Silver, Flame Like Night At a secret Manhattan boarding school, the Descendants of the Chinese zodiac have hidden away since the source of their magic--the twelve zodiac statues--was vandalized and lost to time. Thus, a curse befell the Descendants, and they've lived as creatures of darkness . . . until now. When the lost statues suddenly resurface and a powerful classmate is found dead, all signs point to foul play from the fae. The Descendants finally have the chance to take back what's rightfully theirs, but to pull off this deadly heist, they must assemble an elite crew: THE
Zodiac Legacy
Return to the hidden world of the cursed Descendants of the Zodiac, where magic intertwines with dark academia at a boarding school dedicated to restoring their glory. In this thrilling sequel, the Descendants must navigate the aftermath of a chaotic heist and rescue a fallen comrade--all while battling dark forces determined to tear them apart. A vampire on the run. A shapeshifter with a haunting past. A mortal trapped in enemy territory. And a werewolf with a score to settle. After the heist of a lifetime to reclaim the source of their magic--the twelve Chinese zodiac statues--Evangeline Long and her crew of supernatural beings are on the run. Something--or someone--is working against the Descendants of zodiac from the shadows, and despite Evangeline's efforts, her people remain cursed as creatures of darkness. However, not everyone wants to return to life before the curse. As factions begin to tear the Descendants apart, Evangeline must travel to London to finish her mission: break
Winnie Zeng Unleashes a Legend
An epic new fantasy series inspired by Chinese mythology that #1 New York Times bestselling author Kwame Mbalia calls 'a hilarious tussle between homework, family, and heroism.' When a girl awakens the stuff of legends from an old family recipe, she must embrace her extraordinary heritage to save the world. Winnie Zeng has two goals: survive her first year of middle school and outdo her stuck-up archnemesis, David Zuo. It won’t be easy, since, according to her older sister, middle school is the pits. Luckily, Winnie studied middle school survival tactics in comic books and anime, and nothing will stop her from being the very best student. But none of Winnie’s research has prepared her to face the mother of all hurdles: evil spirits. When she makes mooncakes for a class bake sale, she awakens the stuff of legends from her grandmother’s old cookbook, spilling otherworldly chaos into her sleepy town. Suddenly Winnie finds herself in a race against time, vanquishing demons instead of