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Book Just a Scholar  The Memoirs of Zhou Yiliang  1913   2001

Download or read book Just a Scholar The Memoirs of Zhou Yiliang 1913 2001 written by Yiliang Zhou and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2013-10-02 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of China's premier historians of the twentieth century, Zhou Yiliang (1913-2001) experienced many of the tumultuous events of that century. Born into a wealthy family, his father saw to his pre-college education through a range of tutors which afforded him not only a profound traditional Chinese education but a modern one as well--including virtually native fluency in English and Japanese. He later earned degrees in Beijing before leaving to study and earn a Ph.D. at Harvard during the years of World War II. Given the dearth of Americans who knew Japanese, he was called up in the 1940s to help teach Americans that language. He returned to China after the war, took up academic positions, and found himself the object of severe controversy as the events of post-1949 China unfolded, especially those of the Cultural Revolution. These are his memoirs of his extraordinary life and work.

Book Just Call Me Scholar

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  • Author : Terry Ann Williams-Richard
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 2020-12-25
  • ISBN : 9780578814490
  • Pages : 36 pages

Download or read book Just Call Me Scholar written by Terry Ann Williams-Richard and published by . This book was released on 2020-12-25 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Just Call Me Scholar is an illustrated inspirational poem, celebrating our girls and boys, and encouraging them to shine. "I am articulate, brilliant, courageous, determined, empowered, and free. People often wonder what they should call me. Just Call Me Scholar!" The bright, bold illustrations, and positive rhymes make a great family read aloud to celebrate young scholars everywhere. Join the celebration!

Book The Engaged Scholar

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  • Author : Andrew J. Hoffman
  • Publisher : Stanford University Press
  • Release : 2021-03-02
  • ISBN : 1503629252
  • Pages : 117 pages

Download or read book The Engaged Scholar written by Andrew J. Hoffman and published by Stanford University Press. This book was released on 2021-03-02 with total page 117 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Society and democracy are ever threatened by the fall of fact. Rigorous analysis of facts, the hard boundary between truth and opinion, and fidelity to reputable sources of factual information are all in alarming decline. A 2018 report published by the RAND Corporation labeled this problem "truth decay" and Andrew J. Hoffman lays the challenge of fixing it at the door of the academy. But, as he points out, academia is prevented from carrying this out due to its own existential crisis—a crisis of relevance. Scholarship rarely moves very far beyond the walls of the academy and is certainly not accessing the primarily civic spaces it needs to reach in order to mitigate truth corruption. In this brief but compelling book, Hoffman draws upon existing literature and personal experience to bring attention to the problem of academic insularity—where it comes from and where, if left to grow unchecked, it will go—and argues for the emergence of a more publicly and politically engaged scholar. This book is a call to make that path toward public engagement more acceptable and legitimate for those who do it; to enlarge the tent to be inclusive of multiple ways that one enacts the role of academic scholar in today's world.

Book Dark Age Ahead

Download or read book Dark Age Ahead written by Jane Jacobs and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2007-12-18 with total page 255 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this indispensable book, urban visionary Jane Jacobs argues that as agrarianism gives way to a technology-based future, we’re at risk of cultural collapse. Jacobs—renowned author of The Death and Life of Great American Cities and The Economy of Cities—pinpoints five pillars of our culture that are in serious decay: community and family; higher education; the effective practice of science; taxation, and government; and the self-regulation of the learned professions. The corrosion of these pillars, Jacobs argues, is linked to societal ills such as environmental crisis, racism, and the growing gulf between rich and poor. But this is a hopeful book as well as a warning. Drawing on a vast frame of reference—from fifteenth-century Chinese shipbuilding to Ireland’s cultural rebirth—Jacobs suggests how the cycles of decay can be arrested and our way of life renewed. Invigorating and accessible, Dark Age Ahead is not only the crowning achievement of Jane Jacobs’ career, but one of the most important works of our time.

Book But I Trust the Scholars

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  • Author : David W. Daniels
  • Publisher : Chick Publications
  • Release : 2019-07-01
  • ISBN : 075891301X
  • Pages : 63 pages

Download or read book But I Trust the Scholars written by David W. Daniels and published by Chick Publications. This book was released on 2019-07-01 with total page 63 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Which Bible Scholars Do You Trust? If you don't have a personal copy of the original Bible manuscripts, you're going to have to trust a scholar to tell you which Bible you can trust. But there are two kinds of scholars: the scholars of faith and the scholars of doubt. It seems like a no-brainer which one you'd choose. But amazingly, the vast majority of professors in modern institutions are scholars of doubt! And they have been training pastors for years! Who are the scholars of faith? How can you tell them apart from the scholars of doubt? Where did they come from? And where are they going? And most importantly, what is their fruit? How do you answer those who insist you need to trust "modern" scholars, and get a "new" Bible? Here's how to recognize and choose which scholars (and Bible) to trust... the ones who produce FAITH.

Book The Knickerbacker

Download or read book The Knickerbacker written by and published by . This book was released on 1844 with total page 624 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Shadow Scholar

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  • Author : Dave Tomar
  • Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
  • Release : 2012-09-18
  • ISBN : 1620400197
  • Pages : 289 pages

Download or read book The Shadow Scholar written by Dave Tomar and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2012-09-18 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “[A] stunning tale of academic fraud . . . shocking and compelling.”-The Washington Post Dave Tomar wrote term papers for a living. Technically, the papers were “study guides,” and the companies he wrote for-there are quite a few-are completely aboveboard and easily found with a quick web search. For as little as ten dollars a page, these paper mills provide a custom essay, written to the specifics of any course assignment. During Tomar's career as an academic surrogate, he wrote made-to-order papers for everything from introductory college courses to Ph.D. dissertations. There was never a shortage of demand for his services. The Shadow Scholar is the story of this dubious but all-too-common career. In turns shocking, absurd, and ultimately sobering, Tomar explores not merely his own misdeeds but the bureaucratic and cash-hungry colleges, lazy students, and even misguided parents who help make it all possible.

Book The Outlook

Download or read book The Outlook written by and published by . This book was released on 1923 with total page 688 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Pennsylvania School Journal

Download or read book Pennsylvania School Journal written by and published by . This book was released on 1881 with total page 618 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Just Say Nu

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  • Author : Michael Wex
  • Publisher : St. Martin's Press
  • Release : 2007-10-16
  • ISBN : 1429919728
  • Pages : 332 pages

Download or read book Just Say Nu written by Michael Wex and published by St. Martin's Press. This book was released on 2007-10-16 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A cross between Henry Beard's Latin for All Occasions and Ben Schott's Schott's Original Miscellany, JUST SAY NU is a practical guide to using Yiddish words and expressions in day-to-day situations. Along with enough grammar to enable readers to put together a comprehensible sentence and avoid embarrassing mistakes, Wex also explains the five most useful Yiddish words–shoyn, nu, epes, takeh,and nebakh–what they mean, how and when to use them, and how they can be used to conduct an entire conversation without anybody ever suspecting that the reader doesn't have the vaguest idea of what anyone is actually saying. Readers will learn how to shmooze their way through such activities as meeting and greeting; eating and drinking; praising and finding fault; maintaining personal hygiene; going to the doctor; driving; parenting; getting horoscopes; committing crimes; going to singles bars; having sex; talking politics and talking trash. Now that Stephen Colbert, a Catholic from South Carolina and host of the "Colbert Report," is using Yiddish to wish viewers a bright and happy Chanukah, people have finally started to realize that there's nothing in the world that can't be improved by translating it into Yiddish. Wex's JUST SAY NU is the book that's going to show them how.

Book The Knickerbocker

Download or read book The Knickerbocker written by and published by . This book was released on 1844 with total page 626 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Church School Journal

Download or read book The Church School Journal written by and published by . This book was released on 1900 with total page 744 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Scholar

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  • Author : Dervla McTiernan
  • Publisher : Penguin
  • Release : 2019-05-14
  • ISBN : 0525505490
  • Pages : 384 pages

Download or read book The Scholar written by Dervla McTiernan and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2019-05-14 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From international #1 bestselling author of The Ruin and The Murder Rule comes a compulsive crime thriller set in the fiercely competitive, cutthroat world of research and academia, where the brightest minds will stop at nothing to succeed. When Dr. Emma Sweeney stumbles across the victim of a hit-and-run outside Galway University early one morning, she calls her boyfriend, Detective Cormac Reilly, bringing him first to the scene of a murder that would otherwise never have been assigned to him. The dead girl is carrying an ID that will put this crime at the center of a scandal--her card identifies her as Carline Darcy, heir apparent to Darcy Therapeutics, Ireland's most successful pharmaceutical company. Darcy Therapeutics has a finger in every pie, from sponsoring university research facilities to funding political parties to philanthropy--it has even funded Emma's own ground-breaking research. As the murder investigation twists in unexpected ways and Cormac's running of the case comes under scrutiny from the department and his colleagues, he is forced to question himself and the beliefs that he has long held as truths. Who really is Emma? And who is Carline Darcy? A gripping and atmospheric follow-up to The Ruin, an "expertly plotted, complex web of secrets that refuse to stay hidden" (Karen Dionne, author of The Marsh King's Daughter), The Scholar is perfect for fans of Tana French and Flynn Berry.

Book The Modern Land grant University

Download or read book The Modern Land grant University written by Robert J. Sternberg and published by Purdue University Press. This book was released on 2014 with total page 444 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contributors from across the university focus on what the land-grant mission means to them in their daily endeavors, whether that be crafting the undergraduate academic experience, stimulating research, or engaging with the community through extension activities. The twenty contributions are divided into four parts, exploring in turn the core mission of the modern land-grant university, the university environment, the university's public value, and its accountability. The volume ends with an epilogue by the editor, which summarizes the values underlying the activities of land-grant institutions. In a time of uncertainty in higher education, this volume provides a helpful overview of the many different types of value public universities bring to American society.

Book The Tao of the Side Hustle

Download or read book The Tao of the Side Hustle written by Don Hyun Kiolbassa and published by BenBella Books. This book was released on 2022-11-15 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Your pay isn't keeping up with the cost of living. Student debt weighs you down. Job opportunities just aren't there, and you feel like you're falling farther and farther behind. Maybe it's time to look beyond a traditional job and get ahead through a side hustle. In The Tao of the Side Hustle, martial arts champion and serial side hustler Don Hyun Kiolbassa applies principles of Wushu Kung Fu—the Chinese War Art popularized by Sun Tzu in Art of War—to provide a detailed framework for starting and growing your own venture. Don Hyun Kiolbassa is no stranger to side hustles. In addition to owning his own law firm, he is a CPA, martial artist, dynamic speaker and performer, and the motion capture model for some of the biggest action video games in the industry. When he was at his lowest professionally and financially, he had an epiphany that helped him grow a side hustle into a full-time business: the principles of Wushu Kung Fu apply to business just as they do to fighting. He turned to the fundamental principles of strategy learned in a lifetime of Martial Arts, including his time living as a Monk at the Shaolin Temple in China. In The Tao of the Side Hustle, Don shares this martial arts wisdom, blends Buddhist Martial Arts stories with strategic business, tax and legal principles, and explains how anyone interested in a side hustle or small business can follow in his footsteps. Learn how to: Identify a side hustle suited to your skills and passions Join forces with family, friends, colleagues, and mentors to help launch successfully Deal with failure, rejection, and doubt Manage your time, including juggling your side hustle with your primary gig Decide if your side hustle should become your full-time income source Grow your side hustle into a full-fledged business Scale your business by establishing your mission, hiring, managing, and building a culture If you know you want something better—a stronger financial picture, a better job, more control over your life—The Tao of the Side Hustle is your playbook for making it happen.

Book Dracula Scholar s Annotated Edition

Download or read book Dracula Scholar s Annotated Edition written by Christopher David and published by Christopher David. This book was released on 2016-01-28 with total page 281 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A labor of love, this fully annotated edition of Bram Stoker's Dracula is meant for the university level literature student. Can be used as a resource when reading Dracula or on its own. Inspired by the La Trobe University subject Gothic Literature and its Children, and initially made up of notes taken for that subject, and driven by the editor's difficulty in locating a digital annotated copy at a reasonable price. Hundreds of hours of work has gone into this edition and it is being offered at a low price to ensure that as many students as possible are able to benefit from it. Some of the most recent literary scholarly approaches to the text have been incorporated into the annotations, alongside definitive articles and interpretations. Students are offered a never before seen enriched text that both enhances the depth of reading and prepares for further scholarly investigation. Sheds light on often dismissed and neglected parts of the text and considers different scholarly approaches to interpretation, including post-colonial and gender studies. This edition also includes definitions for obscure terms, explanations of key parts of the text and important historical notes. Relying on dozens of sources, including many known to have been employed by Bram Stoker. Includes images from the British Library and other collections, to help illustrate key aspects of the text. Lavishly illustrated throughout, including over 20 original and exclusive artworks. This edition is a scholarly reference, a beautifully formatted novel and a creative piece of art. The original text of the American edition of Dracula has been carefully edited to provide the closest possible presentation of Bram Stoker's original vision. Important differences between the American and British editions are noted in the annotations and the text has been completely edited to fix spelling errors and typos, where doing so enhances, rather than diminishes, the integrity of the text. Possibly the most accurate, and faithful to the author's original intentions, edition of the Dracula text ever published. Meant for the university level student, but equally engaging for the casual reader or anybody with an interest in Dracula. Deliberately priced to allow for maximum possible accessibility. A truly enhanced edition of Dracula, and a labor of love.

Book Higher Local Examinations

    Book Details:
  • Author : University of Cambridge
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1886
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 310 pages

Download or read book Higher Local Examinations written by University of Cambridge and published by . This book was released on 1886 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: