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 Chinese Herbal Legends By Zhu Zhongbao; Zhu Liu 2006 | 248 Pages | ISBN: 7117079517 | PDF | 48 MB Over the centuries, generations of Chinese doctors and teachers have told stories about medicinal herbs to better explain their properties and uses. This is a collection of stories about 50 important Chinese medicinal herbs, which will help any student or practitioner to more fully experience the impact of medicinal herbs in daily Chinese life. Each section commences with illustrations of each medicinals source and its prepared form, accompanied by basic, clinically useful information about its properties, actions and indications. Following this, are lively and interesting tales about the origins of the medicinals use. All readers, and students of Chinese medicine in particular, will find these stories an entertaining and useful path to learning more about Chinese medicinal herbs. This book, the first of two volumes, includes interesting stories about such commonly used herbs as ma huang and ren shen (gensing). Readers of Chinese Herbal Legends will delight in the stories as they read them, and marvel later at how much knowledge of the herbs they have retained.  Chen Tuan: Discussions and Translations By Livia Kohn 2016 | 151 Pages | ISBN: 1365592308 | PDF | 1 MB This book contains three essays and five translations on the Song Daoist saint and immortal Chen Tuan. It began with the author's dissertation (Leben und Legende des Chen Tuan, 1981), which focused on questions of legend development and the problem of what "immortality" meant as a religious ideal in the Song dynasty. Later she supplemented this work with materials on Chen Tuan as a physiognomist (1986; 1988) and by editing a volume for Taoist Resources (1989). The collection includes all these and some additional materials.  Catherine the Great & Potemkin: The Imperial Love Affair by Simon Sebag Montefiore English | August 4th, 2021 | ISBN: 0525431969, 0312278152 | 688 pages | True EPUB | 29.99 MB From the author of The Romanovs: a vivid account of history's most successful political partnership-as sensual and fiery as it was creative and visionary. Catherine the Great was a woman of notorious passion and imperial ambition. Prince Potemkin-wildly flamboyant and sublimely talented-was the love of her life and her co-ruler.  Bulletproof Confidence: The Art of Not Caring What People Think and Living Fearlessly by Patrick King English | Dec 23, 2019 | ISBN: 1647430798, 1974074609 | 194 pages | azw3 | 0,5 MB Stop making decisions based on fear of failure, rejection, anxiety, and judgment. Break out of your shell and live boldly.  Britain and Europe: A Short History by Jeremy Black English | April 1, 2019 | ISBN: 1787381188 | EPUB | 256 pages | 0.6 MB Amid the ongoing Brexit crisis, both sides are appealing to Britain's past relationship with Europe to justify their positions. But much specious history is presented to argue for either the closeness or distance of our political, cultural and economic links with 'the Continent'. We urgently need a dispassionate account of how Britain's history truly fits into a European context.  Boldly Quiet: The Introvert's Guide To Developing The Mindset Of A Successful Leader by Lorraine McCamley English | Nov 1, 2019 | ISBN: 194584986X | 110 pages | azw3 | 0,3 MB A marketing executive walks back to her office after a meeting with her boss, disappointed and frustrated that she is not being given the opportunity she knows she deserves. "You're too quiet and reserved, so you don't show up the way successful leaders do."  Stuart Woods, "Blue Water, Green Skipper: A Memoir of Sailing Alone Across the Atlantic" English | 2012 | ISBN: 0399161112 | 282 pages | EPUB | 4.2 MB Stuart Woods had never owned more than a dinghy before setting out on one of the world's most demanding sea voyages, navigating single-handedly across the Atlantic. How, at the age of thirty-seven, did this self-proclaimed novice go from small ponds to the big sea?  Blind Man's Bluff: A Memoir by James Tate Hill English | August 3rd, 2021 | ISBN: 039386717X | 256 pages | True EPUB | 3.70 MB A writer's humorous and often-heartbreaking tale of losing his sight-and how he hid it from the world.  Billionaires in World Politics by Peter Hägel English | Oct 19, 2020 | ISBN: 0198852711 | 368 pages | PDF | 6 MB Billionaires in World Politics shows how the privatization of politics assumes a new dimension when billionaires wield power in world politics, which requires a re-thinking of individual agency in International Relations. Structural changes (globalization, neoliberalism, competition states, and global governance) have generated new opportunities for individuals to become extremely rich and to engage in politics across borders. The political agency of billionaires is being conceptualized in terms of capacities, goals, and power, which is contingent upon the specific political field a billionaire is trying to enter.  Better Small Talk: Talk to Anyone, Avoid Awkwardness, Generate Deep Conversations, and Make Real Friends by Patrick King English | May 19, 2020 | ISBN: 1647431654 | 222 pages | azw3 | 0,3 MB Networking events suck, but they can suck less. What to say and when to say to be likable, connect, and make a memorable impression. |
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