This book examines how a series of inconceivable developments in the semiconductor industry over the last 40 years shaped modern Taiwan.Covering one of the most dramatic episodes in modern technology history, this book outlines the ascent of a resource-impoverished and technology-disadvantaged country to a leading position in the world’s most complex industry, which requires immense resources and technologies to succeed. The book focuses on three major factors that contributed to t...

Two key features of the remarkable economic growth in the newly industrializing countries of East Asia over the last quarter of a century are the role of exports of manufactured goods as the engine of this growth and the importance of the United States as a market for these exports. Political Economy of U.S.-Taiwan Trade analyzes the nature of the political and economic interactions, both domestic and international, which evolved between Taiwan and the United States in a manner that has en...

With illustrations depicting modern-day context, this book attests to the classic's insight and practicality, rendering it a must-read that promises the essentials of all human relationships.

⚔️ Win without fear. Fight without hesitation. Master the way. Written in 1645 by legendary samurai Miyamoto Musashi, The Book of Five Rings is a powerful treatise on strategy, discipline, and self-mastery—used by warriors, business leaders, and thinkers for over 350 years. More than a martial arts manual, this timeless work reveals how to navigate conflict, sharpen your mind, and achieve victory in any arena of life. Five books. Endless lessons. Musashi's teachings are divided into fiv...

This prize-winning book is both an illustrated tour of a Tokyo rarely seen in Japan travel guides and an artist's warm, funny, visually rich, and always entertaining graphic memoir.Florent Chavouet, a young graphic artist, spent six months exploring Tokyo while his girlfriend interned at a company there. Each day he would set forth with a pouch full of color pencils and a sketchpad, and visit different neighborhoods. This stunning book records the city that he got ...

Rommel: When Hitler sent Rommel to Libya to command the Africa Korps, his purpose was to help the Italians contain and "hold the line" defensively, but Hitler underestimated Rommel's ability and his resourcefulness. Outwitting his British opponents at every turn he pushed them back to the Egyptian border, but in the process he stretched his long and tenuous supply lines, which went all the way back across the Mediterranean Sea to the Italian mainland. With the Mediterranean Sea controlled ...

Hardly more than a decade old, the twenty-first century has already been dubbed the Asian Century in recognition of China and India’s increasing importance in world affairs. Yet discussions of Asia seem fixated on economic indicators—gross national product, per capita income, share of global trade. Makers of Modern Asia reorients our understanding of contemporary Asia by highlighting the political leaders, not billionaire businessmen, who helped launch the Asian Century.Th...

A comic-book introduction to economics from David Orrell, the author of Economyths: 11 Ways Economics Gets it Wrong. With illustrations from Borin Van Loon. Part of the internationally-recognised Introducing Graphic Guide series.Today, it seems, all things are measured by economists. The so-called 'dismal science' has never been more popular - or, given its failure to predict or prevent the recent financial crisis, more controversial.But what are t...

This is a short picture story of a small boy Aman who landed his grandfather in trouble by not listening to him. But his bravery and love for his grandfather saves the grandfather's life.This story helps children to learn about different weather conditions (like rain, hail, frost, fog etc).After reading the story, the children can ponder over the interesting questions to further enhance their learning and creative thinking.

Can it be that the human brain possesses an in-built faculty for language?Noam Chomsky, one of the most brilliant linguists of the 20th century, believes that it does- that there exists a 'universal grammar' common to all languages. Around the world children learn, in very similar ways, languages that seem entirely different. This is possible, Chomsky argues, because all human languages and their grammatical structures are linked in the human brain.Chomsky is controversial ...

As the sports world’s ultimate talking head, MIKE shares 25 of his all-time favorite baseball comics.MIKE’s baseball comic book captures the moments, people and clichéd expressions that encompass our great American pastime.This FREE sports comic book includes clever images of the sport’s most iconic players.Featured are current and former baseball luminaries like Babe Ruth, Derek Jeter, Henry Aaron, Yogi Berra, Pete Rose, Brooks Robinson, Joey Votto, Jackie Robinson...

The second volume in this fun, comic-style series that explores China's transition from the Three Kingdoms to the Tang Dynasty.Who founded China? Are Chinese people religious? What is Chinese culture and how has it changed over time? The Understanding China Through Comics series answers these questions and more.Division to Unification in Imperial China is series volume two. It explores one of China's more chaotic periods when Chinese culture flouri...