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View Rights PortalLes Genies du chocolat, refered to as "the bible" is the most comprehensive work on the highest quality chocolate in the world today. Crafted with great sensitivity with meticulous editing, this pioneering masterpiece unravels an undiscovered territory of French gastronomy.
View Rights PortalThis book gives a vivid description to Zeng Guofan, the most prominent but controversial person in modern China, and his Xiang Army group. Basing on the historical facts and taking time as its axle, the novel adds some proper fictions to the event description and plot details. In the book, the description of various historical stories, contradictions and intriguing official circle portrays Zeng Guofan’s heroic image of emphasizing on overall situation and national security.
The Sanjiangyuan (Source of Three Rivers) region, where the Yangtze, Yellow and Lancang rivers all originate, is regarded as the cradle of Chinese civilization that has nurtured Chinese people for thousands of years. The Sanjiangyuan series is a collection of photography of Zheng Yunfeng in the past 3 decades. It contains 10 volumes and over 3000 photos, presenting in a panoramic view the landscapes, historical relics, religions, civilization and arts in the Sanjiangyuan Region.
China's giant Three Gorges Dam is the world's biggest hydropower plant located in the Three Gorges region in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River. Since its construction officially began in 1994, the higher water level has changed the scenery of the Three Gorges. In 1996, photographer Zheng Yunfeng arrived at the Three Gorges, hoping to document the scenery before it was swallowed by the rising water. He spent more than seven years taking over 50,000 photos of the gorges, based on which the series Three Gorges was produced. The series Three Gorges is a selected collection of Zheng Yunfeng’s photography of the Three Gorges region, depicting living conditions, economic status, and customs and beliefs of local people with massive exquisite pictures and plain language. It is a part of Image Files of the Natural and Humanistic Heritages of China's River Sources and has three volumes: Memories of Mountains and Rivers, Memories of Old Days, and Memories of Ours.
This third edition of 'Tourism Information Technology' provides a contemporary update on the complexities of using information technology in the tourism industry. It examines IT applications in all sectors including airlines, travel intermediaries, accommodation, foodservice, destinations, attractions, events and entertainment. Fully updated throughout and organised around the stages of the visitor journey, the book reviews how tourists are using technologies to support decision making before their trip, during their travels and at the destination. It: · Provides comprehensive and up to date coverage of all key topics in tourism information technologies · Covers new areas such as (among others) augmented and virtual reality, robotics, smart destinations, disruptive innovation and the collaborative economy, crowdsourcing for sustainability, online reputation management and big data · Incorporates a wealth of pedagogic features to aid student learning, including key models and concepts, research and industry insights, case studies, key terms, discussion questions, and links to useful websites. Accompanied online by instructor PowerPoint slides, multiple choice questions and further case studies, this book provides a comprehensive and learning-focused text for students of tourism and related subjects.
This selection is a representative novel of the famous writer Liu Heng. At the end of the Qing Dynasty and the beginning of the Republic of China, a little-known story was played in the courtyard of the Cao’s house in a small town in the south of the Yangtze River. The second young master, Cao Guanghan, returned from studying abroad, reluctantly obeyed his parents' orders, and married Zheng Yunan, the eldest of the family family. As a husband, he can't get rid of the deep Oedipus complex, and even can't perform the gift of husband and wife. The only thing that makes him feel excited is that he co-founded the "Match Commune" with the mechanic Lucas invited from Sweden, and learned a new lesson The educated young grandmother Zheng Yunan was extremely depressed, and she had a relationship with Lucas and became pregnant... This novel was adapted into a TV series "Once Upon a Time in China", which is popular in China.
This book introduces the origin, inheritance, and development of Feng's family spine tuina therapy, its treatment methods for common pediatric diseases, and the spine tuina and its manipulation techniques. It is equipped with high definition pictures and rich operation videos, which enable readers to conveniently learn and practice the methods.
This book comprehensively and systematically summarizes the development and changes of Chinese society and people's livelihood since the founding of New China 70 years ago. It is an academic work with high publication value. This book is not only a work on the history of people's livelihood development in New China, but also a work that provides historical and practical enlightenment for China to move toward a society of common prosperity.
This is textbook of Chinese political.The story tell us of how to move from the ideal to the reality, and have the guiding significance for young people.
In Chinese history, the Yellow River is much more than a river; it stands for the origins of Chinese civilization and is often referred to as "The Mother River". Image Files of the Natural and Humanistic Heritages of China's River Sources: Yellow River systematically records the nature, history, and humanity in the Yellow River Basin from the perspective of "visual anthropology". It contains a large number of precious photos taken in the 1980s, not only showing the originality, diversity, and uniqueness of the Yellow River culture but also strengthening the environmental protection awareness, which is considered of high cultural and historical value. The series has three volumes: Memories of Mountains and Rivers, Memories of Old Days, and Memories of Ours. Memories of Mountains and Rivers records in images the geological features of the Yellow River from the source towards the sea and reveals the natural magnificence of the Yellow River. Memories of Old Days tells the rise and fall of Chinese history in the Yellow River Basin throughout thousands of years, from the primitive society to the feudal dynasties, from cultural relics underground to above-ground. Memories of Ours records the residence, grazing, farming, clothing, and sacrifice of the Chinese nation in the Yellow River Basin and reveals the cultural prosperity of the Yellow River Civilization.
Festivals of Chinese Ethnic Groups was co-authored by China's well-beloved authors of children's literature including Fang Suzhen, Tang Sulan, Wang Yimei, and was illustrated by celebrated Chinese illustrators such as Cai Gao, Chen Yadan and Zhu Xunde. This series covers intriguing, outstanding and poetic folk tales on festivals and customs from China's ten most representative ethnic groups. Showcasing their courage, gentleness and indomitable will, these delightful stories allow readers to learn more about the distinct and charming characteristics of these ethnic groups. Recommended as parent-child reading by CCTV during the Dragon Boat Festival, this series has won the Most Beautiful Picture Book 2022 prize given by China Library Journal. It was also nominated for the top picture books prize in China for the Chinese Government Award.
This book mainly introduces the origin of the Yao ethnic group's King Pan Festival. The King Gao rebelled. In order to encourage his people to actively fight back and win the war, Emperor Ku made a promise: Whoever can cut off the head of the King Gao will marry his beautiful little daughter -- the third princess. After hearing of the news, Pan Hu who was a dragon dog managed to achieve the goal. However, the emperor did not want to keep his promise after learning that Pan Hu was a dragon dog. The third princess found that Pan Hu was very kind and brave, and decided to marriage him. Later, the third princess learned that Pan Hu could become a human as long as he was steamed in a steamer for seven days and nights. After Pan Hu was transformed into a human, the emperor sent Pan Hu to the Kuaiji Mountain to be the king. From then on, Pan Hu was called King Pan Hu. Later, during a hunting process, King Pan Hu fell off a cliff and died. In order to commemorate him, people set his birthday October 16th in the lunar calendar as the “King Pan Festival”.
Using photos and historical records, this book recalls the typical events, characters and occasions that reflected the times and history in the past 70 years since the liberation of Changde city.
This book introduces the history of eunuchs participating in politics on the political stage of the Ming Dynasty.
There is a small and beautiful house on the hillside build by a little witch Ms. Pretty. Ant, Rat, Snake and Frog all wanted live together with her, but Ms. Pretty did not like it. She was so upset and decided to move. Where is the next station?