Tienkuo the Heavenly Kingdom
Tienkuo the Heavenly Kingdom

Author: Li Bo

Publisher: iUniverse

Published: 2001-09-12

Total Pages: 242

ISBN-13: 059520032X

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It was the year 1858 and three young “run-aways” Jason Brandt, son of a Hong Kong missionary, his friend Wu Sek-chong and the beautiful and defiant Black Jade set off to find the capital of the rebel Taiping Tienkuo, The Heavenly Kingdom of Great Peace. Established in 1851 by a failed civil service candidate who claimed to be the little brother of Christ, the semi-Christian Taiping Kingdom, had made a dramatic and bloody bid to overthrow the Confucian rule of the Ch’ing Dynasty. The three young people’s search for the Heavenly Kingdom and what they eventually found among the Taipings is the central plot of this historical novel of journey and self-discovery in 19th century China.

A Chinese Pioneer Family
A Chinese Pioneer Family

Author: Johanna Margarete Menzel Meskill

Publisher: Princeton University Press

Published: 2017-03-14

Total Pages: 397

ISBN-13: 1400886414

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In an absorbing account of a frontier family's rise to local eminence, from its pioneer days in eighteenth-century Taiwan through its attainment of gentry status there a century later, Johanna Meskill presents not just a family history but a social history of late imperial China as well. Originally published in 1979. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Daily Report
Daily Report

Author: United States. Foreign Broadcast Information Service

Publisher:

Published: 1978

Total Pages: 838

ISBN-13:

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Historical Outline of China
Historical Outline of China

Author: Liang C. Wang

Publisher: iUniverse

Published: 2001-01-17

Total Pages: 110

ISBN-13: 0595156908

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China is a country of long history with many changes. To know the history of China requires extensive study and research. A concise book on the complete history of China will be helpful and interesting. This book was written in order to provide important information on the entire history of China, so that much study and research are not needed in order to generally know about Chinese history. The book is concise in writing, complete in coverage, and continuous through changes. Further, its contents are put in an outline format, organized with successively numbering system according to the sequence of events. In addition, a boundary map for each of the successive historical periods is inserted to help introduce realistic and definite impression on the background of China. This book will give readers general and overall ideas of the entire history of China.

L-Arginine in Clinical Nutrition
L-Arginine in Clinical Nutrition

Author: Vinood B. Patel

Publisher: Humana Press

Published: 2016-08-23

Total Pages: 652

ISBN-13: 331926009X

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This text presents the application of current nutritional knowledge by physicians and dietitians and incorporates emerging fields of science and important discoveries. It contains seven major sections. Section 1: Basic Processes at the Cellular Levels, Section 2: Arginine Metabolism and Functions, Section 3: Arginine Status in Cells Related to Organ Damage and Disease, Section 4: Arginine Status and Use in Healthy Individuals, Section 5: Arginine and Diseases of the Gastrointestinal Tract, Section 6: Therapeutic uses of Arginine: Diabetes, Obesity and Cardiovascular Diseases and Section 7: Therapeutic Uses of Arginine: Cancer, Wound Healing and Infectious Disease. Written by authors of international and national standing, leaders in the field and trendsetters, Arginine in Clinical Nutrition is essential reading for nutritionists and dietitians, public health scientists, doctors, epidemiologists, health care professionals of various disciplines, policy makers and marketing and economic strategists.