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This book provides comprehensive investigation of the effect of motivation on L2 learners’ pragmatic learning, which has been discussed for a long time but remains under-explored. This study examines whether and to what extent learners’ levels of motivation influence their pragmatic awareness, compr... More

Prepare yourself for The Ascent to Godhood, the fourth book in JY Yang's silkpunk Tensorate series, a wide-ranging, imaginative, engaging playground that the New York Times lauded as "joyously wild."The Protector is dead.For fifty years, the Protector ruled, reshaping her country in her image and dr... More

“Joyously wild stuff. Highly recommended.” —The New York TimesThe Red Threads of Fortune is one of a pair of unique, standalone introductions to JY Yang's Tensorate Series, which Kate Elliott calls "effortlessly fascinating." For more of the story you can read its twin novella The Black Tides of Hea... More

For more of the story you can read its twin novella The Red Threads of Fortune, available simultaneously. <P> <P>Mokoya and Akeha, the twin children of the Protector, were sold to the Grand Monastery as infants. While Mokoya developed her strange prophetic gift, Akeha was always the one who could ... More

JY Yang continues to redefine the limits of silkpunk fantasy with their Tensorate novellas, which the New York Times lauded as "joyously wild." In this third volume, an investigation into atrocities committed at a classified research facility threaten to expose secrets that the Protectorate will do ... More

This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed proceedings of the 16th National Conference, NASAC 2017, held in Harbin, China, in November 2017, and the 17th National Conference, NASAC 2018, held in Shenzhen, China, in November 2018. The 6 revised selected papers were selected from 17 submissions for... More

An elaborate and pervasive set of practices, called guanxi, underlies everyday social relationships in contemporary China. Obtaining and changing job assignments, buying certain foods and consumer items, getting into good hospitals, buying train tickets, obtaining housing, even doing business—all su... More

The long twentieth century in China and Taiwan has seen both a dramatic process of state-driven secularization and modernization and a vigorous revival of contemporary religious life. Chinese Religiosities explores the often vexed relationship between the modern Chinese state and religious practice.... More

This volume offers the state-of-the-art research and developments in service science and related research, education and practice areas. It showcases emerging technology and applications in fields including healthcare, information technology, transportation, sports, logistics, and public services. R... More

This book contains twelve chapters contributed by prestigious international experts who are at the forefront of B cell research, and aims to provide a cutting-edge and comprehensive overview of all aspects of B cells, including B cell development, maturation and activation, germinal center reaction,... More

This book describes the various aspects of microbore column chromatography. It provides readers with an in-depth understanding of the supercritical fluid chromatography and microbore high-performance liquid chromatography.... More

As the Rig Vedas and Buddhist sutras foretell, as well as the Hopi and Mayan calendars, we are in the midst of complete transformation--ecologically, economically, politically, culturally. This graceful introduction offers creative safe passage through the sometimes overwhelming transition, drawing ... More

The cultivation world's prodigy, Qin Xiaobai, who had a blood feud with his enemies, was sent down to the mortal world. He met five completely different women in this mortal world. They were the keys to opening the Chaos Seal … Only by eliminating all emotions and desires could one cultivate to beco... More

The cultivation world's prodigy, Qin Xiaobai, who had a blood feud with his enemies, was sent down to the mortal world. He met five completely different women in this mortal world. They were the keys to opening the Chaos Seal … Only by eliminating all emotions and desires could one cultivate to beco... More

The cultivation world's prodigy, Qin Xiaobai, who had a blood feud with his enemies, was sent down to the mortal world. He met five completely different women in this mortal world. They were the keys to opening the Chaos Seal … Only by eliminating all emotions and desires could one cultivate to beco... More

The cultivation world's prodigy, Qin Xiaobai, who had a blood feud with his enemies, was sent down to the mortal world. He met five completely different women in this mortal world. They were the keys to opening the Chaos Seal … Only by eliminating all emotions and desires could one cultivate to beco... More

The cultivation world's prodigy, Qin Xiaobai, who had a blood feud with his enemies, was sent down to the mortal world. He met five completely different women in this mortal world. They were the keys to opening the Chaos Seal … Only by eliminating all emotions and desires could one cultivate to beco... More

The cultivation world's prodigy, Qin Xiaobai, who had a blood feud with his enemies, was sent down to the mortal world. He met five completely different women in this mortal world. They were the keys to opening the Chaos Seal … Only by eliminating all emotions and desires could one cultivate to beco... More

The cultivation world's prodigy, Qin Xiaobai, who had a blood feud with his enemies, was sent down to the mortal world. He met five completely different women in this mortal world. They were the keys to opening the Chaos Seal … Only by eliminating all emotions and desires could one cultivate to beco... More

The cultivation world's prodigy, Qin Xiaobai, who had a blood feud with his enemies, was sent down to the mortal world. He met five completely different women in this mortal world. They were the keys to opening the Chaos Seal … Only by eliminating all emotions and desires could one cultivate to beco... More

The cultivation world's prodigy, Qin Xiaobai, who had a blood feud with his enemies, was sent down to the mortal world. He met five completely different women in this mortal world. They were the keys to opening the Chaos Seal … Only by eliminating all emotions and desires could one cultivate to beco... More

The cultivation world's prodigy, Qin Xiaobai, who had a blood feud with his enemies, was sent down to the mortal world. He met five completely different women in this mortal world. They were the keys to opening the Chaos Seal … Only by eliminating all emotions and desires could one cultivate to beco... More

The cultivation world's prodigy, Qin Xiaobai, who had a blood feud with his enemies, was sent down to the mortal world. He met five completely different women in this mortal world. They were the keys to opening the Chaos Seal … Only by eliminating all emotions and desires could one cultivate to beco... More

The cultivation world's prodigy, Qin Xiaobai, who had a blood feud with his enemies, was sent down to the mortal world. He met five completely different women in this mortal world. They were the keys to opening the Chaos Seal … Only by eliminating all emotions and desires could one cultivate to beco... More

The cultivation world's prodigy, Qin Xiaobai, who had a blood feud with his enemies, was sent down to the mortal world. He met five completely different women in this mortal world. They were the keys to opening the Chaos Seal … Only by eliminating all emotions and desires could one cultivate to beco... More