THE CORNER

Author: Xiaolu
Publisher: UsVast Publishing
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 158

Book Description
There are a total of 30 short stories in this collection, divided into three parts. The first part is named after my early award-winning novel, "Lao Han's Pizzeria." The stories in this part are generally about the lives of new and old Chinese immigrants and students in the United States, which may be joyful, sad, or satirical. The second part is basically the work I wrote after I became a lawyer, with the part title “Prison Visitation." The stories in this part are mainly based on the people and matters I have represented as a lawyer (of course, the names are all fictitious). These stories mainly write about some Chinese new immigrants’ struggles, legal troubles, confusion, and helplessness in the U.S. The third part is a group of mini fictions with my award-winning work "Age Issue" as the part title. The mini fictions in this part are mostly humorous or satirical descriptions of the life dilemmas of new and old Chinese immigrants in the new cultural environment. There are no heroes, no gladiators, no politicians, and no celebrities. What you will read here is about the people we meet, the things we witness, and the emotions we experience every day in this country as immigrants.

The Corner Cupboard of Facts for Everybody

Author: Robert Kemp Philp
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Cooking, American
Languages : en
Pages : 396

Book Description

There Was A Little Girl In The Corner

Author: Linda Carter
Publisher: Fulton Books, Inc.
ISBN: 1637103891
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 104

Book Description
About the Author My name is Mrs. Linda D. Carter. Currently, I live in Chester, VA with my husband of forty four years, Apostle W. D. Carter, III. I began writing at the age of thirteen, and before long I developed a love for it. At this time I am working for a local hospital as a unit secretary. I also enjoy writing and composing songs, and have recorded some of them. I enjoy singing to our patients and my co-workers. I have had eight nervous breakdowns, and have miraculously survived them all. I have written this book in order to share my experiences with others who are also suffering from mental illness in order to show them that there is a way out. And the way out is through Jesus Christ, the Son of the Living God.

From the Classroom to the Corner

Author: Cynthia Cole Robinson
Publisher: Peter Lang
ISBN: 9780820481890
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 242

Book Description
From the Classroom to the Corner explores the in-school and out-of-school experiences of three young women who dropped out of school as adolescents and turned to prostitution. This fascinating book presents them as case studies in the context of dropping out, in-school and non-school curriculum, adolescent prostitution, feminist theory, and race, class, and gender. Most prostitutes state that they are on the streets because they lack the educational credentials and job training required for gainful employment; therefore, the educational experiences of these young women are tantamount to any attempt to retain girls on the fringes. This book gives insight into how the educational system and classroom experience fail to meet the needs of these marginalized young women, and offers curricular designs to address the educational needs of dropouts and potential dropouts. The effects of the non-school curriculum on these girls' academic experience are also explored.

Sciences of Geodesy - I

Author: Guochang Xu
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 3642117414
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 507

Book Description
This series of reference books describes sciences of different elds in and around geodesy with independent chapters. Each chapter covers an individual eld and describes the history, theory, objective, technology, development, highlights of research and applications. In addition, problems as well as future directions are discussed. The subjects of this reference book include Absolute and Relative Gravimetry, Adaptively Robust Kalman Filters with Applications in Navigation, Airborne Gravity Field Determination, Analytic Orbit Theory, Deformation and Tectonics, Earth Rotation, Equivalence of GPS Algorithms and its Inference, Marine Geodesy, Satellite Laser Ranging, Superconducting Gravimetry and Synthetic Aperture Radar Interferometry. These are individual subjects in and around geodesy and are for the rst time combined in a unique book which may be used for teaching or for learning basic principles of many subjects related to geodesy. The material is suitable to provide a general overview of geodetic sciences for high-level geodetic researchers, educators as well as engineers and students. Some of the chapters are written to ll literature blanks of the related areas. Most chapters are written by well-known scientists throughout the world in the related areas. The chapters are ordered by their titles. Summaries of the individual chapters and introductions of their authors and co-authors are as follows. Chapter 1 “Absolute and Relative Gravimetry” provides an overview of the gravimetric methods to determine most accurately the gravity acceleration at given locations.

Ten Lectures on Applied Cognitive Linguistics

Author: John Taylor
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004347569
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 259

Book Description
A series of 10 lectures on various aspects of Cognitive Linguistics as these relate to matters of language teaching and learning. Topics addressed include the role of categorization, the nature of rules, the encyclopaedic scope of semantics, spatial expressions, metaphor and metonymy, nouns and nominals, tense and aspect, and the theoretical status of the phoneme.

Karting

Author: Jeff Grist Memo Gidley
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781610590617
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 166

Book Description
Now that people are starting to see that karting is the perfect training ground for professional racers of all stripes—as well as a not-so-expensive alternative to full-scale road racing and oval track racing—it’s become the fastest-growing motorsport in the U.S. and the world. For the novice confronted with a bewildering array of choices—kart types and classes, road racing, sprint track racing, oval racing—this book offers answers. The best single resource on kart racing, Karting will teach you the ins and outs of the sport, from choosing a class and kart to selecting safety equipment to performing maintenance and mastering racing techniques that will get you up to speed on the track.

History of Northumberland County, Pennsylvania

Author: Herbert C. Bell
Publisher: Dalcassian Publishing Company
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1416

Book Description
History of Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, including its aboriginal history; the colonial and revolutionary periods; early settlement and subsequent growth; political organization; agricultural, mining, and manufacturing interests; internal improvements; religious, educational, social, and military history; sketches of its boroughs, villages, and townships; portraits and biographies of pioneers and representative citizens, etc.

Hydraulic Fluid Power

Author: Andrea Vacca
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 1119569117
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 708

Book Description
HYDRAULIC FLUID POWER LEARN MORE ABOUT HYDRAULIC TECHNOLOGY IN HYDRAULIC SYSTEMS DESIGN WITH THIS COMPREHENSIVE RESOURCE Hydraulic Fluid Power provides readers with an original approach to hydraulic technology education that focuses on the design of complete hydraulic systems. Accomplished authors and researchers Andrea Vacca and Germano Franzoni begin by describing the foundational principles of hydraulics and the basic physical components of hydraulics systems. They go on to walk readers through the most practical and useful system concepts for controlling hydraulic functions in modern, state-of-the-art systems. Written in an approachable and accessible style, the book’s concepts are classified, analyzed, presented, and compared on a system level. The book also provides readers with the basic and advanced tools required to understand how hydraulic circuit design affects the operation of the equipment in which it’s found, focusing on the energy performance and control features of each design architecture. Readers will also learn how to choose the best design solution for any application. Readers of Hydraulic Fluid Power will benefit from: Approaching hydraulic fluid power concepts from an “outside-in” perspective, emphasizing a problem-solving orientation Abundant numerical examples and end-of-chapter problems designed to aid the reader in learning and retaining the material A balance between academic and practical content derived from the authors’ experience in both academia and industry Strong coverage of the fundamentals of hydraulic systems, including the equations and properties of hydraulic fluids Hydraulic Fluid Power is perfect for undergraduate and graduate students of mechanical, agricultural, and aerospace engineering, as well as engineers designing hydraulic components, mobile machineries, or industrial systems.

A Place on the Corner, Second Edition

Author: Elijah Anderson
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 0226019594
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 288

Book Description
This edition marks the 25th anniversary of Elijah Anderson's classic study of street life among a gang of people congregating around a bar called 'Jelly's' on Chicago's South Side.