"English/Chinese bilingual. The school designs (new construction, refurbishment, renovation or expansion) are crucial and concerned with natural environment, urbanisation and urban life, which bring new and more missions and responsibilities to school designs. Schools must be organic parts of the urban life, no longer a closed or isolated place to their neighbours in a city. We selected 42 school designs by architects and interior designers from all...

"English/Chinese bilingual. This book collects high-end luxury Alila resorts in Asia Pacific region, the romantic Banyan Tree resorts with Asian flavors, the leading luxury Shangri-La resorts in Asian Pacific, the St. Regis resorts which combines classic sophistication and modern luxury, the exquisite and elegant Le Meridien resorts with French background, the contemporary design-led W resorts, the Westin resorts which combines their history and modern...

"English/Chinese bilingual. The book provides an extensive snapshot of the current work in this emerging vital field - graphic design in architecture. Many leading design firms contributed their projects in the book."--

"English/Chinese bilingual. Waterfronts continually evolve, moving through phases and meanings. Today, the landscape urbanism and waterfront reclamation movements are inextricably linked and are now as inevitable as the rising sun. More than seams between city and water, waterfronts are metaphorical links between our past, present and future. The book selects and showcases 46 latest projects of waterfront landscape designs from all over the world....

"English/Chinese bilingual. The everchanging and renewing life concept and lifestyle of people bring about more and more requirements for the overall qualities of houses and the demands for residences have marched towards the psychological dimension and cultural sphere. Consequently, there arise new design trend and new requirements for environment, material selection and design concept. The design projects in this book lead readers to perceive the...

"English/Chinese bilingual. Urbanization around the world is happening at unprecedented levels. Urban Parks are a precious natural environment within our urban setting. Designing them well - to accommodate both the life and development demands of the present while also looking forward to the needs of our future generations - requires a comprehensive look at how to create healthy ecosystems that can co-exist with prosperous mega cities in the 21st...

"Daiyu never wanted to be like the tragic heroine for whom she was named, revered for her beauty and cursed with heartbreak. But when she is kidnapped and smuggled across an ocean from China to America, Daiyu must relinquish the home and future she imagined for herself. Over the years that follow, she is forced to keep reinventing herself to survive. From a calligraphy school, to a San Francisco brothel, to a shop tucked into the Idaho mountains,...

"It is 1938 in China and, as a young wife, Meilin?s future is bright. But with the Japanese army approaching, Meilin and her four year old son, Renshu, are forced to flee their home. Relying on little but their wits and a beautifully illustrated hand scroll, filled with ancient fables that offer solace and wisdom, they must travel through a ravaged country, seeking refuge. Years later, Renshu has settled in America as Henry Dao. Though his daughter...

Recent immigrants from China and desperate for work and money, ten-year-old Mia Tang's parents take a job managing a rundown motel in Southern California, even though the owner, Mr. Yao is a nasty skinflint who exploits them; while her mother (who was an engineer in China) does the cleaning, Mia works the front desk and tries to cope with demanding customers and other recent immigrants--not to mention being only one of two Chinese in her fifth grade...

"This photo cookbook contains 6 Chinese recipes: Fried Meat Spring Rolls (Chicken, Ham, Bean Sprout, Bamboo Shoot); Fried Seafood Spring Rolls (Smoked Salmon, Tuna, Bean Sprout, Bamboo Shoot, Carrot); Fried Vegetarian Spring Rolls (Bean Sprout, Bamboo Shoot, Carrot, Cabbage); Unfried Fresh Spring Rolls with Seafood (Shrimp, Crab, Cucumber, Bean Sprout); Unfried Fresh Spring Rolls with Meat (Chicken, Ham, Cucumber, Bean Sprout); Unfried Fresh Vegetarian...