The lives and aspirations of young Chinese (those between 14 and 26 years old) have been transformed in the past five decades. By examining youth cultures around three historical points - 1968, 1988 and 2008 - this book argues that present-day youth culture in China has both international and local roots. Paul Clark describes how the Red Guards and the sent-down youth of the Cultural Revolution era carved out a space for themselves, asserting their distinctive identities, despite tight pol...

An insider’s look into the award-winning restaurant of internationally acclaimed chef Charlie Trotter, with techniques and strategies to create top-tier service, food, and atmosphere.Charlie Trotter's Chicago restaurant is not only one of the premier eating experiences in America, it serves also as the model of a thriving business whose cutting-edge approach to management is setting new standards for quality, efficiency, and profitability. In fact, people in just a...

Paul Cameron and the Phoenix Group race against the clock to frustrate an evil plan that will rock the American homeland.

See Shakespeare's plays as a member of an Elizabethan audience would have done! Six plays are examined in an original and engaging way, re-entering the culture and mind set of Shakespeare's time.If you are already familiar with the plays you will gain fascinating insights. If you have only slight knowledge you will certainly be drawn in to read more.The plays are:Titus AndronicusRichard the ThirdThe Merchant of VeniceMeasure for MeasureOth...

After more than a decade in the public eye, David Cameron remains an enigma to those outside his inner circle. This dubious biography of Britain's Prime Minister provides a fascinating and fittingly glowing tribute to the man who has brought so many of us to our knees. Based on a few random interviews, this exhaustive study uses the words of everyone from vague acquaintances to completely fictitious friends to reveal the true man beneath the rubbery exterior.What are his greatest st...

Randul, a young Veddah tribesman and expert in the flora and fauna of the forests of Sri Lanka, unexpectedly discovers four enormous Padparadscha sapphires. His simple life suddenly becomes more complicated.From the Sinharaja Forest of Sri Lanka to the back streets of Kandy, from the affluence of London’s Mayfair to the rural tranquillity of the English countryside, Randul finds himself engulfed in a violent mélange of avarice and retribution.Some will stop at nothing to se...

They say you are born with it. That to be good at sales you have to have the gift of the gab. Sales guru Paul Clark believes that sales are a natural part of our everyday life. We use our sales skills in everything we do. Whether we are trying to persuade a wife, a boyfriend or a best friend to go out for a beer at the weekend. Or negotiate our way out of a parking ticket. We all do it, all the time. So how do you sell and get paid for the pleasure? Enter the Building Sales Warriors Concep...

The year is 2030. After catastrophic years of political turmoil and global warfare, the world stands on the brink of collapse. America is fractured, its cities reduced to ashes, and its citizens desperate for hope. Deep beneath the Quinn Canyon Range, a resilient few have built a secret sanctuary: the AGI facility, humanity's last hope for survival and renewal.Colonel Cooper Brooks, a decorated SEAL, and Marine Sergeant Major Jax lead a small, dedicated team—including Peyton, the b...

A devilishly dark folk horror novel set during the English Civil War. Samuel Hawke is a charlatan. His lucrative career as a witchfinder is built on fabricated evidence and forced confessions. His guilt grows with each innocent person he condemns and his only remaining motive is the financial rewards his profession offers him.In Beckborn, Lancashire, two girls are accused of witchcraft. Samuel travels to the isolated village for an investigation which may pay enough to be his last....

The devil only uses scripture to attack God's people. Learn exactly how he does it and how you can stop his attacks. Learn the four areas of sin that he uses to attack God's people. Learn how to use Jesus's blood for protection against Satan. You can increase the power of prayer by using scripture in your prayer. Learn how to breathe the breath of life in your prayer. Learn how Satan affected our lives from our great-grandfathers from the fifth book of Deuteronomy and how you can stop it c...

During the 1920s and '30s, Major General George Owen Squier was one of the most famous men in America and abroad, as a scientist, soldier, military strategist, electrical communications expert and inventor, aeronautical pioneer, diplomat, and philanthropist. He rose from humble beginnings in Michigan to the position of Chief Signal Officer of the United States Army. He led the effort in World War I to equip the United States and its allies with American-made airplanes and engines, an effor...

First published in 1999, this volume examines how the question of autonomy has come to be of recent interest in political theory. The author argues that autonomy goes deep into the Western consciousness and is a part of our very mode of being. He suggests that while autonomy is not universal, once tasted it becomes ineradicable. Autonomy runs deeper than is often thought and this book shows that while autonomy is unique to Western consciousness and to democracy, it raises and examines the ...