English | 2022 | ISBN: 1938368878 | 356 pages | True EPUB | 24.95 MB
There are many books published in English on Chinese gardens, but the majority are primarily picture books with little informative content. With a large number of illustrations of Chinese gardens, ancient paintings, block prints, and other artefacts, this book is a social history of Chinese gardens and focuses on how gardens have functioned and been used in Chinese society through the ages. Apart from the aesthetic or philosophical aspects of Chinese gardens, you may see how gardens functioned as real estate, how they gave opportunities of employment to skilled artisans, how they opened up outdoor space to both elite and lower-class women, how they allowed men of different social classes and of different ethnicities to interact and gain mutual benefit: in short, how the existence of gardens exerted an influence on society as a whole. At the same time, the reader can find how the wider society, and even socio-economic changes beyond China's own borders, had an impact on how gardens in China developed.

English | 2022 | ISBN: 978-0357459065 | 450 pages | PDF | 17.74 MB
Issues like COVID-19, Black Lives Matter, police brutality, massive unemployment, trade wars and cyberattacks add to the complexity of the U.S. political system. Schmidt/Shelley/Bardes' AMERICAN GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS TODAY, BRIEF, 11th edition, helps you make sense of it all while learning to be an informed citizen and active participant in the political process. A colorful, engaging design, up-to-date political news and analysis, and affordable price make this an ideal resource to explain the key aspects of the U.S. government and its fascinating political system and how they impact your life -- now and in the future. Extremely reader-friendly, the book has been praised for its brevity, balanced coverage and clarity. Offering anywhere, anytime digital learning solutions, MindTap provides an online platform for interactive learning.

Amelia Sue Marshall, "East Bay Hills: A Brief History"
English | ISBN: 1540226883 | 2017 | 258 pages | EPUB | 6 MB
Like the mist rising from San Francisco Bay encircles the towering redwoods, the little-known legends of the East Bay Hills enrich a glorious history. Follow the trails of Saclan and Jalquin-Yrgin people over the hills and through the valleys. Ride with the mounted rangers through the Flood of '62. Break into a sealed railroad tunnel with a pack of junior high school boys. Learn how university professors, civil servants and wealthy businessmen planned for years to create a chain of parks twenty miles along the hilltops. Author Amelia Sue Marshall explores the heritage of these storied parklands with the naturalists who continue to preserve them and the old-timers who remember wilder days.

A Brief History of Chinese Design Thought by Qi Shao, Xiaojing Wen, Paul White
English | PDF,EPUB | 2022 | 279 Pages | ISBN : 9811694079 | 104.2 MB
This book introduces readers to the history of design thinking in pre-modern China. The content is structured according to successive dynasties, covering the seven major periods of the pre-Qin, Qin and Han, Wei and Jin, Sui and Tang, Song and Yuan, Ming, and Qing dynasties. Each chapter introduces the most representative individuals of the period and discusses their work and ideas in order to reveal the national and cultural features of the respective periods. A distinctive feature of cultural identity running through the long course of China's historical development is the argument that actions are determined by ideas: Such a view can be found in long-standing thinking on art, design, and creativity.

The Pinocchio Brief by Abi Silver | 497.21 KB
English | 385 Pages

Title: The Pinocchio Brief
Author: Silver Abi
Year: 2017

English | September 01, 2022 | ASIN: B0B2X2W9LJ | MP3 | M4B | 7h 5m | 192.73 MB
Author: Dr Rebecca Smethurst

A Brief History of Black Holes And Why Nearly Everything You Know About Them is Wrong by Becky Smethurst | 1.19 MB
English | N/A Pages

Title: A Brief History of Black Holes
Author: Dr Becky Smethurst
Year: 2022

BRIEF HISTORY FROM ANCIENT EGYPT: Journey through the Wonders, Enigmas and Mysteries of the Ancient Civilization by Shawn Mann
English | 2022 | ISBN: N/A | ASIN: B0B8T45V9J | 185 pages | EPUB | 4.51 Mb
An exciting and entertaining book that will bring the reader closer to what was really one of the most mysterious civilizations of antiquity. Discover the mysteries of Ancient Egypt through this exciting journey down the Nile and trace the history of a unique civilization, analyzing everything from the builders of the pyramids and the most spectacular temples to the work to unearth it from the desert of oblivion."

Kevin W. Plaxco, "Astrobiology: A Brief Introduction"
English | ISBN: 0801883660 | 2006 | 272 pages | PDF | 5 MB
Astrobiology―the study of the intimate relationship between life and the cosmos―is a fast-growing field that touches on aspects of cosmology, astrophysics, and chemistry. In the first scholarly overview of this dynamic field, biochemists Kevin W. Plaxco and Michael Gross tell the story of life from the Big Bang to the present.

English | 2022 | ISBN: 0197635806 | 161 pages | True PDF, EPUB | 5.54 MB
Supportive psychotherapy is widely practiced but poorly defined, often misunderstood, and unfairly disparaged. Dr. Markowitz and his colleagues manualized Brief Supportive Psychotherapy (BSP) as a time-limited control treatment to compare to "more active" established psychotherapies like cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) and interpersonal psychotherapy (IPT) in research studies. In fact, BSP, an emotion-focused, bare-bones treatment based on Carl Rogers' Client Centered Therapy, has since proven itself to be a robust treatment in multiple randomized controlled treatment trials. It has generally kept pace with the brand name treatments in treating patients with difficult disorders like chronic depression. Some therapists, previously trained only in cognitive and behavioral approaches, have found this affect-focused approach adds a new dimension to their thinking and to patients' lives.
Brief Supportive Psychotherapy: A Treatment Manual and Clinical Approach is both an elaboration of the now well-tested research treatment manual for BSP and a primer for clinicians. It illustrates how BSP helps patients with mood and anxiety disorders to tolerate rather than avoid their powerful negative emotions. It describes the key elements of supportive psychotherapy, covering the crucial "common factors" that help make all evidence-based psychotherapies effective. These include affective arousal, helping the patient to feel understood, realistic optimism for improvement, a therapeutic ritual, clinical poise, and success experiences. BSP maximizes patient autonomy, letting the patient lead sessions, and prescribes no homework. It is an elemental, relatively simple approach for a psychotherapy, yet no psychotherapy is easy to do well. Its affect-focused approach enhances the application of all psychotherapeutic approaches. It deserves a place among evidence-based treatments in depression treatment guidelines.