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Zhu Xiao-Mei was three years old when she saw her first piano. Soon after, the child began to play, developing quickly into a prodigy who immersed herself in the work of such classical masters as Bach and Brahms. Her astonishing proficiency earned her a spot at the Beijing Conservatory at the tender age of 11, where she began laying the foundation for a promising career as a concert pianist. But in 1966, with the onset of the Cultural Revolution, life as she knew it ended abruptly.

Around the world, a new generation is looking beyond greater profits, for meaningful purpose. But, unlike business, few social interventions have achieved significant impact at scale. Inspired by the modern innovation practices popularized by best seller The Lean Startup that have fueled technology breakthroughs touching every aspect of our lives, Lean Impact turns our attention to a new goal-achieving radically greater social good.

The American dream continues to resonate with immigrants from around the world. Millions of people hope to come to the United States to build a better life for themselves and their families, often by creating and growing new ventures and companies. While not everyone succeeds, many do. Mei Xu is one of those successes. In Burn, entrepreneur and international business­woman Mei Xu tells her story of ingenuity, determination, and luck.

Do you keep turning around in your bedsheets? Do you finally want to sleep more than four hours in a row? Try listening to this selection of carefully selected music and sounds to relax your mind and fall into a deep sleep. A repeated natural sound with a certain frequency can eliminate annoying noise, allowing our brain to concentrate exclusively on the relaxing frequency.

Do you keep turning around in your bedsheets? Do you finally want to sleep more than four hours in a row? Every day, we are overwhelmed by work and everyday tasks which often bring us unneeded stress, anxiety, and depression. Immediately find your inner peace with a selection of carefully selected sounds to relieve the stress you have accumulated during the day.

Every day, we are overwhelmed by work and everyday tasks which often bring us unneeded stress, anxiety, and depression. Immediately find your inner peace with a selection of carefully selected sounds to relieve the stress you have accumulated during the day. Take some time for yourself and improve your mental and physical health with over five hours of calming music that will heal your mind and spirit!

This book offers a unique and modern version of “happily ever after” for smart, ambitious, professional women who spent their life achieving success in their career, yet experience stress and an overwhelmingly empty feeling of missing out on a loving relationship. There are many women who think being independent and successful can bring happiness, but they eventually realize that a successful career does not guarantee a happy relationship. 

施本末，听从哥哥施本然的劝说回到中国来念大学，在纽约飞往上海的飞机上，施本末邂逅许世杰……施本末，聽從哥哥施本然的勸說回到中國來念大學，在紐約飛往上海的飛機上，施本末邂逅許世傑……  

在饱受磨难之后，王相卿于商业理念层面也达到了一个新的境界，通过师傅老采头的对联而悟“舍得”之道，从而将商号带入真正良性发展的阶段。而他最大的对手孙文举，却因不断膨胀的贪欲，最终落得了倒台的结局…… 在飽受磨難之後，王相卿於商業理念層面也達到了一個新的境界，通過師傅老采頭的對聯而悟「捨得」之道，從而將商號帶入真正良性發展的階段。而他最大的對手孫文舉，卻因不斷膨脹的貪欲，最終落得了倒台的結局……

说服的关键不是说话的内容，而是说话的逻辑，逻辑决定了说服的成败，在这方面占得优势，就等于取得了胜利。说服不是口头上的较量，而是思维上的战争……說服的關鍵不是說話的內容，而是說話的邏輯，邏輯決定了說服的成敗，在這方面占得優勢，就等於取得了勝利。說服不是口頭上的較量，而是思維上的戰爭…… 

大盛魁的赊销生意出师不利，导致散伙。王相卿成功请到蒙古权贵为赊销生意提供担保，解决了原有的弊端，重振商号。负气出走的张杰和返乡探亲的史大学也都回到了大盛魁。与此同时，皇商孙家迎来了新的当家人孙文举…… 大盛魁的賒銷生意出師不利，導致散伙。王相卿成功請到蒙古權貴為賒銷生意提供擔保，解決了原有的弊端，重振商號。負氣出走的張杰和返鄉探親的史大學也都回到了大盛魁。與此同時，皇商孫家迎來了新的當家人孫文舉……

她以水一样的柔韧对抗苦难，以水一样的包容化解喧闹，以水一样的刚毅赢得人心…… 她以水一樣的柔韌對抗苦難，以水一樣的包容化解喧鬧，以水一樣的剛毅贏得人心……

清朝康熙年间，一代枭雄噶尔丹的铁骑再次席卷蒙古草原，威胁内地。康熙皇帝毅然出兵征讨。为筹措军需粮饷，他下旨向山西的“八大皇商”借钱，太谷武家堡村的孙家也在其中。而这件大事，改变了一个名叫王相卿的穷小子的命运。…… 清朝康熙年間，一代梟雄噶爾丹的鐵騎再次席捲蒙古草原，威脅內地。康熙皇帝毅然出兵征討。為籌措軍需糧餉，他下旨向山西的「八大皇商」借錢，太谷武家堡村的孫家也在其中。而這件大事，改變了一個名叫王相卿的窮小子的命運。

While Pang-Mei Natasha Chang was a Chinese Studies major at Harvard University, she stumbled across the name of her 83-year-old great aunt Chang Yu-i in a history book. Over the next several years, Pang-Mei spent long afternoons drawing forth her aunt's story. Born in Shanghai to a well-to-do family, Chang Yu-i lived a life of defiance, continually breaking class and culture barriers.

When Communist Party leaders adopted the one-child policy in 1980, they hoped curbing birthrates would help lift China's poorest and increase the country's global stature. But at what cost? Now, as China closes the book on the policy after more than three decades, it faces a population grown too old and too male, with a vastly diminished supply of young workers. Mei Fong has spent years documenting the policy's repercussions on every sector of Chinese society.

A tour of global practices that will inspire American parents to expand their horizons (and geographical borders) and learn that there’s more than one way to diaper a baby. Mei-Ling Hopgood, a first-time mom from suburban Michigan - now living in Buenos Aires - was shocked that Argentine parents allow their children to stay up until all hours of the night. Could there really be social and developmental advantages to this custom?

Desde los inicios de la civilización china, hasta nuestros días, el kung-fu transmite una filosofía arcana y múltiples técnicas de combate que, a través del cine, han maravillado al mundo entero. La Breve historia de kung-fu nos descubre la apasionante historia de las artes marciales chinas, unas técnicas de combate que datan más o menos de los tiempos de Fu Xi en el 2.800 A. C.

Fashion mogul Kiani Concord's life just fell into darkness. In one night, she loses her sister and her brother-in-law. But she has no time to grieve, because she finds out she is to be the legal guardian of her 16-year-old nephew. What? Is this a joke? Buckling down, she does what any responsible sister would, gives up her luxury condo, put her life on hold, then moves into her sister's house to raise a teenager. 

On February 15, 1942, the British surrendered to the Imperial Japanese Army and handed over Singapore and surrounding Malaya countries. The conflict began on December 8, 1941, when Japanese forces bombed Singapore and continued to make their way through the treacherous Malayan jungle. British Prime Minister Winston Churchill stated during the attack, “the worst disaster and the largest capitulation in British history”. 

Abbey Mei Otis's short stories are contemporary fiction at its strongest: taking apart the supposed equality that is clearly just not there, putting humans under an alien microscope, putting humans under government control, and more. Otis has long been fascinated in using strange situations to explore dynamics of power, oppression, and grief, and the 12 stories collected here are at once a striking indictment of the present and a powerful warning about the future.