Yin: 114 books

Over the past two decades, China's robust economic performance has propelled it to the world stage. At the same time, the world has increasingly scrutinized China's economic policies and activities. One of the hotly contested issues is China's foreign exchange rate policy. China's current reform and...

This book will help readers understand the practice of qualitative research--whether they want to do it, teach it, or just learn about it. All the major research phases are encompassed (startup, design, data collection, analysis, and composing), including newly emerging trends. Numerous easy-to-read...

Data Mining introduces in clear and simple ways how to use existing data mining methods to obtain effective solutions for a variety of management and engineering design problems. Data Mining is organised into two parts: the first provides a focused introduction to data mining and the second...

With a little stretch of the imagination, it might be suggested that some Chinese tales from the Sung Dynasty are the precursors of modern detective fiction. Numerous stories in which Lord Bau is the chief protagonist bolster this conjecture. In this collection, translated from Chinese anthologies and...

"Why don't you write about your mother? That's what I like when I read Amy Tan," suggested a friend. That was why I read Amy Tan too. Still, I resisted the suggestions until I wrote the Hope Sze medical thrillers and a version of my family snuck onto the pages. And now, wouldn't you know...

All Octavia “V” Ling wants for the holidays? Inner peace and a piece of the sizzling spy named Dario. Since gingerbread men will dance the cha cha before Dario swears his undying devotion, V jets off to Goa, India, ready to rock the handstands with a yogini named Raven. Only Raven...

Parents are disturbed and angry that their children have to endure the physical and emotional harm from the bully in their school canteens, classrooms, neighbourhoods, and cyberspace. The bully is virtually a fact of life for so many children these days. Parents demand a truly practical book that...

Three best friends. One belly dancing class. Every Monday, on penalty of death or cheesecake. Kate Zhao, the corporate lawyer, faces down her best friend and first lover who dumped her when they were both 17. Now that he's all grown up, he wants to make it up to her. Hailey St. Laurent...

When Oona's husband asks for an open marriage, she kicks him to the curb and makes a list. A list of the guys not taken. The first guy she really loved. The guy who morphed into Dr. McDreamy. And the smokin' yoga teacher with abs of titanium. The List of all the guys she coulda-woulda-shoulda....

Ivy Appleford is not a diva.  Most librarians aren't. But for once in her life, she's breaking all the rules. Take Tariq Zahid.  In fact, that's the main problem:  she wants to take him.  He's tall, dark, and handsome, but off-limits in so many ways.  First of all, she just...

This book outlines a methodology for producing macro recycled polypropylene (PP) fibres with optimal mechanical properties and illustrates the reinforcing effects of recycled PP fibres in concrete. It describes the great potential of using these fibres in concrete applications such as footpaths and...

The author has spent upwards of ten years in working on this book. His objective is to clarify the military aspect of the Moscow-Peking dialogue which has not yet received its deserved treatment. The apogee of that dialogue seems to have been passed toward the end of the rule of Khrushchev. Yet the...

The Pleiadian Tantric Workbook assists you with healing relationships. This sequel to The Pleiadian Workbook teaches advanced cellular clearing to heal the male/female split, and, with specific exercises and techniques practical for everyday life, shows you how to activate and clear kundalini and sexual channels through tantra.

The definitive guide to the skills and techniques used when working with children experiencing emotional problems, this book covers all you need to know about: The goals for counselling children and the child-counsellor relationship Practice frameworks for working effectively with children Play...