"Dive into the timeless wisdom of 'Short Talks' by Venerable Master Chin Kung. This collection offers concise, yet powerful insights on life, spirituality, and self-discovery. Let each talk inspire reflection and guide you toward a more meaningful existence. Embark on a transformative journey of growth with this enlightening book."

The book studies Alice Munro’s inheritance of and contribution to realism in fiction.Nobel Prize winner Munro follows the empirical tradition of the Enlightenment and draws on her life as a daughter, wife, mother, and professional writer while composing her fiction to reflect Canadian reality. She infuses her intellectual, moral, and aesthetic vision into her stories. This study analyzes her innovative realism in three respects: Her views on feminism and women’s issues, her firm ye...

"Unveiling the Pure Land" is a spiritual guide that takes readers on a transformative journey into the depths of the Amitabha Sutra. Building on the success of "Going Home to the Pure Land," this sequel provides a clear and accessible practice session rooted in the profound teachings of the Western Pure Land of Ultimate Bliss.Explore the intricacies of the Amitabha Sutra, unraveling its physical wonders and subtle principles. As the spiritual landscape evolves, this book becomes a ...

The Psycholinguistics of Bilingualism presents a comprehensive introduction to the foundations of bilingualism, covering language processing, language acquisition, cognition and the bilingual brain.This thorough introduction to the psycholinguistics of bilingualism is accessible to non-specialists with little previous exposure to the fieldIntroduces students to the methodological approaches currently employed in the field, including observation, experimenta...

Futurality: The Primacy of the Future in the Philosophy of Time — SynopsisThis book proposes a philosophy of time that takes the future as ontologically primary, shifting the gravitational center of thinking about time from the past to the future. Its core thesis is: the future is not the not-yet-arrived present, but the primary dimension of time itself; the real movement of time is not pushed by the past, but drawn by the future. The author names this principle "Futurality," and d...

Money is the instrument of commerce and a measure of value. Globalization has created economic prosperity for citizens around the world. These challenges have changed how people work, live, and do business. Monetary Wisdom: Monetary Aspirations and Decision-Making presents an excellent collection of innovative and a multi-cultural view of how money has affected decision making not only at an individual level but at organizational level. This book discusses the powerful motivators of money ...

Plasmonic nanostructures provide new ways of manipulating the flow of light with nanostructures and nanoparticles exhibiting optical properties never before seen in the macro-world. Covering plasmonic technology from fundamental theory to real world applications, this work provides a comprehensive overview of the field. • Discusses the fundamental theory of plasmonics, enabling a deeper understanding of plasmonic technology • Details numerical methods for modeling, design and optimization ...

This SpringerBrief offers two concrete design examples for traffic offloading. The first is an optimal resource allocation for small-cell based traffic offloading that aims at minimizing mobile users’ data cost. The second is an optimal resource allocation for device-to-device assisted traffic offloading that also minimizes the total energy consumption and cellular link usage (while providing an overview of the challenging issues). Both examples illustrate the importance of proper resource...

This book provides a detailed and up-to- date analysis of the current and near-future domestic economic situation in China based on the concept of “New Normal”, which was first proposed by Chinese President Xi Jinping and which is commonly used in discussions on China’s current economy. China’s New Normal is the result of the growing pressures on domestic resources, environmental restrictions, and unstable international economic recovery and characterized by a moderate economic increase, a...

The book shows how eastern and western perspectives and conceptions can be used to addresses recent topics laying at the crossroad between philosophy and cognitive science. It reports on new points of view and conceptions discussed during the International Conference on Philosophy and Cognitive Science (PCS2013), held at the Sun Yat-sen University, in Guangzhou, China, and the 2013 Workshop on Abductive Visual Cognition, which took place at KAIST, in Deajeon, South Korea....

This book covers Martian Aeolian Geomorphology and is organized around three main foci. The first focus is about advancing our understanding of aeolian geomorphology through research on Martian aeolian landforms. Chapters 1 through 4 provide essential knowledge for understanding the aeolian geomorphology of Mars. Among them, Chapters 1 and 2 provide readers with a clear understanding of the significance, scientific status and methodology of the study of aeolian geomorphology on Mars. Chapt...

This book addresses important issues of speech processing and language learning in Chinese. It highlights perception and production of speech in healthy and clinical populations and in children and adults. This book provides diverse perspectives and reviews of cutting-edge research in past decades on how Chinese speech is processed and learned. Along with each chapter, future research directions have been discussed. With these unique features and the broad coverage of topics, this book app...