With a bit of reluctance, Jeffrey listens to his little sister, Jasmine, trying predicament as she gives an account of what happened to her. Jasmine describes her heart rendering incident: losing her grandmother's pearl necklace which is her secret that she is hiding from her parents. Jeffrey identifies with the feeling of "messing up" gets caught up in his sister's anguish and despair. He blurts out "ouch" as an emotional release to his sister situation. At first the predicament seems as ...

Chinese Women Business Leaders - Seven Principles of Leadership includes seven women who represent the characteristics of ShEOs in the wave of Chinese economic reform. Their unique life stories are also reflections of changes in Chinese society. These women have each played a distinctive role In China's rapid emergence. Reform and opening up has brought more opportunities than ever before to Chinese women, though along with these opportunities come some questions and challenges. The fetter...

The Newbery Award-winning classic by Jean Lee Latham, read by Jim Weiss. The true story of Nat Bowditch, who transformed the way that sailors navigated safely to their destinations. Winner of the American Library Association's 1956 Newberry Award! Carry On, Mr. Bowditch tells the inspiring, true adventures of Nat Bowditch, a boy during the American Revolution. Nat's passion for learning and his unstoppable spirit lead him from poverty and servitude to triumph and adventure at sea. Ultimate...

“A subversive, seriously funny new theater piece by the adventurous playwright Young Jean Lee. . . . Ms. Lee does not shy away from prodding the audience’s racial sensitivities—or insensitivities—in a style that is sometimes sly and subtle, sometimes as blunt as a poke in the eye.”—Charles Isherwood, The New York Times“Lee is a facetious provocateur; she does whatever she can to get under our skins—with laughs and with raw, brutal talk . . . [and with] so ingenious a twist...

“Young Jean Lee’s Untitled Feminist Show is one of the more moving and imaginative works I have ever seen on the American stage…what makes it so transcendent is its delicious ability to alternate the pain of being different with a sense of humor about lives not lived among the status quo.” —Hilton Als, New Yorker“The twisty, turbulent, argumentative work of Young Jean Lee…will make you flinch, but it’s hard to look away…Lee has always been interested in exposing h...

"A Catalogue of Play Equipment" by Jean Lee Hunt is a comprehensive resource that explores various types of play equipment designed for children. The book emphasizes the importance of play in child development, showcasing a wide range of equipment that encourages physical activity, creativity, and social interaction. Hunt meticulously categorizes the equipment, providing insights into their educational benefits and suitability for different age groups. This catalog serves as a valuable gui...

2021 Honorable Mention Recipient of the Charles Hatfield Book Prize from the Comics Studies SocietyTaking up the role of laughter in society, How the Other Half Laughs: The Comic Sensibility in American Culture, 1895–1920 examines an era in which the US population was becoming increasingly multiethnic and multiracial. Comic artists and writers, hoping to create works that would appeal to a diverse audience, had to formulate a method for making the...

"Sly, weird, and thoroughly winning . . . Bracing, funny, and, yes, consoling."—The New York Times"Young Jean Lee will give you whiplash. Her ability to stake out aesthetic territory and then abruptly abandon it makes her unpredictable; her tendency to excel at each new genre makes her terrifying. In the enormously touching cabaret-style We're Gonna Die, Lee jettisons everything that has armored this au courant young playwright against the world. . . . Le...

Pearl Harbor and the tentacles of Word War II turn San Francisco into a raucous, electrifying city. Twenty-year-old Carmel St. John moves into this maelstrom with dreams of winning the heart of Dr. Phillip Barron and becoming a big band singer.There, Carmel meets Caesar Almalto, a black-market kingpin, and Jerry Cassidy, a musician who helps her and hopes to win her love. Nightclub life, lust, and murder swirl around her, as does her tenuous relationship with Phillip, who leaves as...

The Sky is Where My Heart Is is a biography of the first woman pilot in the Republic of Korea named Kim, Kyung O (Kim for short in the story), who is mother of the book’s author Jean Jiyoung Lee’s. This real life story for 3rd through 6th graders follows a quiet but brave little girl born to a poor rural family. As a child, Kim had no toys to play with, but there was one thing that made her mind busy with all the imagination and dreams: the sky. Rain or shine, in peace or at war, at home o...

This book provides a comprehensive introduction to conversational spoken language understanding and surveys recent advances in conversational AI. It guides the reader through the history, current advancements, and future of natural language understanding (NLU) in human-computer interactions.To this end, the book is structured in seven chapters: Introduction to Natural Language Understanding lays the foundation by tracing the evolution of NLU from early human communication ...

Having your first sleepover can be a lot of fun! But what happens when someone gets homesick? From the New York Times bestselling creators of How to Babysit a Grandpa comes a sweet Step 2 early reader full of sleepover hijinks and good friends.It's sleepover time! You have the games, snacks, and activities all planned out. But what do you do when your friend feels homesick? It's time to get creative and help her feel better. Together, you can have...