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Eyes on China is the ideal textbook for students entering the third year of a four-year course of Chinese language study and those who are ready to move from an intermediate to advanced level. Bridging the gap between informal spoken Chinese and more formal written Chinese, this textbook presents an on-the-ground perspective of what a visitor to China today might see and experience.

Unlike other advanced-level textbooks, which typically feature essays, articles, and reviews from Chinese newspapers and magazines, the selections included here have all been written by the authors expressly for this book. They cover a range of timely China-related topics, including the problem of air pollution, corruption, infrastructure development, the development of high-speed rail, the prevalence of knock-off products in the marketplace, new tech trends, the contemporary art scene, and the relationship between mainland China and Taiwan. Each chapter’s featured text is accompanied by grammar structure explanations, a vocabulary list, and other useful tools.

· An ideal textbook for students progressing to advanced-level Chinese language study
· Brand-new materials present a comprehensive understanding of China today
· Features original selections enhanced by grammar explanations, vocabulary lists, and other tools

Lesson 1 - Smog (Text)

Lesson 12 From “Writing” to “Typing” (Text)

Lesson 11 Chinese People Are Changing (Text)

Soundscapes for Sonorous Desert: What Deep Listening Taught Early Christian Monks—and What It Can Teach Us

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Viral Justice: How We Grow the World We Want

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Viral Justice by Ruha Benjamin - Chapter 1

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Weirdness of the World by Eric Schwitzgebel - Chapter 9

Guardrails by Urs Gasser and Viktor Mayer-Schönberger

Father Time: A Natural History of Men and Babies

AI Needs You: How We Can Change AI's Future and Save Our Own

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After 1177 by Eric Cline - Chapter 3

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The Beauty of Falling: A Life in Pursuit of Gravity

Slow Burn: The Hidden Costs of a Warming World

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The Last Human Job: The Work of Connecting in a Disconnected World

A History of the Muslim World: From Its Origins to the Dawn of Modernity

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Last Human Job by Allison Pugh - Chapter 2

Slow Burn by R. Jisung Park - Chapter 3

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A History of the Muslim World by Michael Cook - Preface

Breaking the Mold: India’s Untraveled Path to Prosperity

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Breaking the Mold by Raghuram G. Rajan and Rohit Lamba - Chapter 1

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First Step is an elementary Chinese textbook for students with no previous background in the language. Focusing on the basics of modern Chinese phonetics and grammatical structure, the book uses everyday topics to help students establish a solid foundation in the Chinese language.

The textbook, which includes color illustrations, contains thirty lessons, each of which can be covered in a week's worth of classes. Each lesson features a lively dialogue or a short essay, representing a real-life situation, which is then followed by vocabulary lists and grammar notes. Explanatory notes on Chinese culture and customs are also provided. The companion workbook for First Step is sold separately and includes comprehensive exercises and character writing sheets with information on the stroke orders of newly introduced characters. Free online audio files, accessible on smartphones, tablets, and laptops, allow students to listen to First Step dialogues and practice their pronunciation at their leisure. This vital audio supplement gives students the chance to learn Chinese intonation with greater accuracy.

First Step provides students with the necessary tools to begin practical daily communication in Chinese.

- Emphasis is on basic grammar structure and principles
- Textbook features both traditional and simplified characters, pinyin, and English translation
- Perforated workbook (which is sold separately) facilitates easy handling of homework
- Free audio recordings of dialogues and other content available online
- Appropriate for college and high school students

Introduction - Hanyu Pinyin Romanization System (Text)

Companion Audio Files for First Step: An Elementary Reader for Modern Chinese - Workbook

First Step is an elementary Chinese textbook for students with no previous background in the language. Focusing on the basics of modern Chinese phonetics and grammatical structure, the book uses everyday topics to help students establish a solid foundation in the Chinese language.

The textbook, which includes color illustrations, contains thirty lessons, each of which can be covered in a week's worth of classes. Each lesson features a lively dialogue or a short essay, representing a real-life situation, which is then followed by vocabulary lists and grammar notes. Explanatory notes on Chinese culture and customs are also provided. The companion workbook for First Step is sold separately and includes comprehensive exercises and character writing sheets with information on the stroke orders of newly introduced characters. Free online audio files, accessible on smartphones, tablets, and laptops, allow students to listen to First Step dialogues and practice their pronunciation at their leisure. This vital audio supplement gives students the chance to learn Chinese intonation with greater accuracy.

First Step provides students with the necessary tools to begin practical daily communication in Chinese.

- Emphasis is on basic grammar structure and principles
- Textbook features both traditional and simplified characters, pinyin, and English translation
- Perforated workbook (which is sold separately) facilitates easy handling of homework
- Free audio recordings of dialogues and other content available online
- Appropriate for college and high school students

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Introduction - Hanyu Pinyin Romanization System (workbook)

From economist Anne Case and Nobel Prize winner Angus Deaton, a groundbreaking account of how the flaws in capitalism are fatal for America's working class

Life expectancy in the United States has recently fallen for three years in a row—a reversal not seen since 1918 or in any other wealthy nation in modern times. In the past two decades, deaths of despair from suicide, drug overdose, and alcoholism have risen dramatically, and now claim hundreds of thousands of American lives each year—and they're still rising. Anne Case and Angus Deaton, known for first sounding the alarm about deaths of despair, explain the overwhelming surge in these deaths and shed light on the social and economic forces that are making life harder for the working class. They demonstrate why, for those who used to prosper in America, capitalism is no longer delivering.

Deaths of Despair and the Future of Capitalism paints a troubling portrait of the American dream in decline. For the white working class, today's America has become a land of broken families and few prospects. As the college educated become healthier and wealthier, adults without a degree are literally dying from pain and despair. In this critically important book, Case and Deaton tie the crisis to the weakening position of labor, the growing power of corporations, and, above all, to a rapacious health-care sector that redistributes working-class wages into the pockets of the wealthy. Capitalism, which over two centuries lifted countless people out of poverty, is now destroying the lives of blue-collar America.

This book charts a way forward, providing solutions that can rein in capitalism’s excesses and make it work for everyone.

Deaths of Despair and the Future of Capitalism

Deaths of Despair and the Future of Capitalism by Anne Case and Angus Deaton

Flight Identification of European Passerines and Select Landbirds: An Illustrated and Photographic Guide
Tomasz Cofta
Photographs by Michał Skakuj
A richly illustrated, state-of-the-art field guide for identifying European passerines in flight—the first of its kind

Flight Identification of European Passerines and Select Landbirds: An Illustrated and Photographic Guide
Tomasz Cofta
Photographs by Michal Skakuj
A richly illustrated, state-of-the-art field guide for identifying European passerines in flight—the first of its kind

1177 B.C.: The Year Civilization Collapsed: Revised and Updated

1177 B.C.: The Year Civilization Collapsed: Revised and Updated by Eric Cline

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