Chen: 1169 books
The Taste of Sweet
Our Complicated Love Affair with Our Favorite Treats
Language: English
Release Date: March 18, 2008
Dismissed as déclassé by gourmands, blamed for the scourge of obesity, and yet loved by all, the taste of sweet has long been at the center of both controversy and celebration. For anyone who has ever felt conflicted about a cupcake, this is a book to sink your teeth into. In The Taste of Sweet,...
Food, Medicine, and the Quest for Good Health
Nutrition, Medicine, and Culture
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2008
What we eat, how we eat, where we eat, and when we eat are deeply embedded cultural practices. Eating is also related to how we medicate. The multimillion-dollar diet industry offers advice on how to eat for a better body and longer life, and avoiding harmful foods (or choosing healthy ones) is considered...
Secrets of the Moneylab
How Behavioral Economics Can Improve Your Business
Language: English
Release Date: September 2, 2010
Taking the findings of behavioral economics from the cocktail party to the boardroom.
Experimental economist Kay-Yut Chen leads an economics lab at Hewlett- Packard-the first of its kind at any company. His groundbreaking research into human behavior has turned into tangible results for HP....
El abogado descalzo
La lucha de un activista ciego por la justicia y la libertad en China
Language: Spanish
Release Date: January 10, 2017
Una mañana de abril de 2012, Chen Guangcheng emprendió la huida. Llevaba cuatro años de prisión y dos de arresto domiciliario por actuar como «abogado descalzo» —letrado sin título— defendiendo los derechos de los más desfavorecidos. Tardó casi un día entero en salir de su aldea: ciego...
Daughter of Good Fortune
A Twentieth-Century Chinese Peasant Memoir
Language: English
Release Date: May 21, 2015
Daughter of Good Fortune tells the story of Chen Huiqin and her family through the tumultuous 20th century in China. She witnessed the Japanese occupation during World War II, the Communist Revolution in 1949 and its ensuing Land Reform, the Great Leap Forward, the Cultural Revolution, and the Reform...
by G.X. Chen
Language: English
Release Date: June 6, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: June 6, 2014
A teenager returns home from school to find a gruesome scene: the apartment he shares with his mother, Shao Mei, in Boston’s Chinatown has been ransacked and she is dead. There is a bottle of Moutai—the most exotic and expensive Chinese liquor—left at the scene and traces of rat poison in one...
by Esther Chen
Language: English
Release Date: May 8, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: May 8, 2015
A guidebook on the conception of Kitti The Cat series. Kitti the cat is about an Aegean kitten that goes on an adventure filled journey together with his brothers Tom and Henry. The three kittens have to overcome difficulties and adapt to new situations in their journey. A brief discussion of what the author intends for Kitti at his conception. Illustrator Joan Chen.
by Esther Chen
Language: English
Release Date: December 14, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: December 14, 2015
Kitti is yet again on another adventure. Now living on a ranch with his brothers, wanderlust has struck the kitten again and he decides to explore away from the confines of his comfortable new home. What and who will Kitti encounter? What dangers and adventures await the little kitten once more? An illustrated story. Illustrations by Joan Chen.
by Wendy Chen
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2015
Asthma is treatable. Asthma is controllable. Asthma doesn't have to be scary. These are the lessons the boy in this story learns, with the help of his parents, his doctor, and his imagination.For any child with a classmate, friend, or relative with asthma, I Have Asthma, What Does That Mean? shows asthma...
by Jian Chen
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2010
This comprehensive study of China's Cold War experience reveals the crucial role Beijing played in shaping the orientation of the global Cold War and the confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union.
The success of China's Communist revolution in 1949 set the stage, Chen says....
Farming the Red Land
Jewish Agricultural Colonization and Local Soviet Power, 1924-1941
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2008
This is the first history of the Jewish agricultural colonies that were established in Crimea and Southern Ukraine in 1924 and that, fewer than 20 years later, ended in tragedy. Jonathan Dekel-Chen opens an extraordinary window on Soviet rural life during these turbulent years, and he documents the remarkable...
If Nuns Were Wives
A Handbook on Marriage from the Perspective of a Nun
Language: English
Release Date: September 26, 2017
A unique guide to bringing faith, devotion, and reverence to your marriage—by a wife and mother who almost took her holy vows.
At one time, Shani Chen wanted nothing more than to renounce wordly life by becoming a nun. But after years of following a devoutly religious path, it was the nuns themselves...
by Wai Kai Chen
Language: English
Release Date: November 16, 2004
Language: English
Release Date: November 16, 2004
The Electrical Engineer's Handbook is an invaluable reference source for all practicing electrical engineers and students. Encompassing 79 chapters, this book is intended to enlighten and refresh knowledge of the practicing engineer or to help educate engineering students. This text will most likely...
Manipulating Globalization
The Influence of Bureaucrats on Business in China
Language: English
Release Date: June 12, 2018
The era of globalization saw China emerge as the world's manufacturing titan. However, the "made in China" model—with its reliance on cheap labor and thin profits—has begun to wane. Beginning in the 2000s, the Chinese state shifted from attracting foreign investment to promoting the...