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Beyond Cultural Differences: Cases and Discussions in Intercultural Communication cover
Beyond Cultural Differences: Cases and Discussions in Intercultural Communication Pan Yihe Zhejiang University Press · 2020 This book is an intercultural communication textbook written by Professor Pan Yihe of Zhejiang University for university general education courses. It…
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The History of the Common Law of England Matthew Hale / Charles M. Gray Peking University Press · 2016 The History of the Common Law of England is a classic of legal history written by Sir Matthew Hale (1609–1676), the eminent seventeenth-century Englis…
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The Shift Age: The Transformation of Life and Thought David Hall CITIC Press · 2013 Written in 2013, this book reads like a "health checkup report" for our era, delivered to readers in advance. Houle takes "the Information Age is over…
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Rating 4.0
Tea Trails Chen Shunchen (Chin Shunshin) Guangxi Normal University Press · 2012 A Japanese writer, using Chinese historical sources and Chinese landscapes, has produced a book about tea. Chen Shunchen's uniqueness lies in being bo…
Peter Hessler Trilogy (Translation Documentary: River Town + Country Driving + Strange Stones) cover
Peter Hessler Trilogy (Translation Documentary: River Town + Country Driving + Strange Stones) 彼得·海斯勒 Shanghai Translation Publishing House · 2014 This is a boxed set of Peter Hessler's China-themed nonfiction works, published by Shanghai Translation Publishing House under its Translation Documen…
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Rating 4.3
Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow Yuval Noah Harari CITIC Press · 2017 Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow is another long work by the Israeli historian Yuval Noah Harari following Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind…
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The German Civil Code (5th Edition) Chen Weizuo Law Press China · 2020 The German Civil Code is the most important civil-law text of the Federal Republic of Germany, the Bürgerliches Gesetzbuch (BGB), with 2,385 articles …
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Understanding and Application of Judicial Interpretations on Contracts and Torts Research Office of the Supreme People's Court / Shen Deyong Law Press China · 2014 This is Volume 4 of the Supreme People's Court Judicial Interpretation Commentary Series, edited by the Supreme People's Court Research Office under t…
Make No Law: The Sullivan Case and the First Amendment cover
Rating 4.5
Make No Law: The Sullivan Case and the First Amendment 安东尼·路易斯 Peking University Press · 2011 In March 1960, The New York Times published a full-page editorial advertisement funded by civil rights groups titled "Heed Their Rising Voices," which…
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Malcolm Gladwell Collection (7-Volume Boxed Set) Malcolm Gladwell CITIC Press · 2022 Published by CITIC Press Group, the Malcolm Gladwell Collection brings together seven representative works by Malcolm Gladwell, a staff writer for The…
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Rating 4.4
Political Systems of Highland Burma: A Study of Kachin Social Structure Edmund R. Leach The Commercial Press · 2010 This book is the magnum opus of the British anthropologist Edmund R. Leach. Originally published in 1954 as Political Systems of Highland Burma: A Stu…