Shanghai Almanac is a systematic record that illustrates different aspects of Shanghai Municipality, concerning its geographical facts, the political, economical and cultural events as well as the social situation. This large-scale book, a literature of data, is the yearly book under the special series of state press and publication. Shanghai Almanac 2012 records and illustrates the overal conditions of Shanghai in 2011. By retaining a fundamental stability in the structure of the former edition, the 2012 English version has inserted the account of those events that newly appeared in 2011

Shanghai Almanac is a systematic record that illustrates different aspects of Shanghai Municipality, concerning its geographical facts, the political, economical and cultural events as well as the social situation. This large-scale book, a literature of data, is the yearly book under the special series of state press and publication. Shanghai Almanac 2011 records and illustrates the overal conditions of Shanghai in 2010. By retaining a fundamental stability in the structure of the former edition, the 2011 English version has inserted the account of those events that newly appeared in 2010

This is James Clavell's tour-de-force; an epic saga of one Pilot-Major John Blackthorne, and his integration into the struggles and strife of feudal Japan. Both entertaining and incisive, Shōgun is a stunningly dramatic re-creation of a very different world

Written by Abdul Sattar, a former foreign minister and foreign secretary, the book comprises 329 pages and documents the country history. It provides a factual basis for objective appraisal and helps identify lessons useful to future policy makers

Set in the turbulent days of the founding of Hong Kong in the 1840s, Tai Pan is the story of Dirk Struan, the ruler-the Tai-Pan - of the most powerful trading company in the Far East. He is also a pirate, an opium smuggler, a master manipulator of men, a ruthless intriguer and a mighty lover

With fewer than 200 pages, The Pilates Body is a slim volume, but every page contains valuable gems of information. The focus here is on mat work, which Siler points out was the initial movement system before the invention of the Reformer. Pilates history and the key elements to matwork are explained in short but comprehensive chapters before the exercises are introduced. The approach to the exercises is pure Pilates - sharp and meaningful, with all meat and no fluff. Each move is described step-by-step, and Siler offers a visual clue or two to help you get the form right, along with including an illustration to help you see what she means

This Guide is ideal for either individual or classroom use. It was developed as supplemental material for Cliffs TOEFL Preperation Guide and frequently refers to that text. You can use this guide without CTPG, but there is a great deal of valuable information in CTPG on which this guide builds

A wet afternoon is Khalid Hasan’s superlative translation of some of Saadat Hasan Manto’s greatest works, his short stories and the sketches he wrote of the people around him. Manto penned stories that brought to the fore the hypocrisy in our hearts with great contrast. He has been condemned ever since because he chose to depict this through the characters he saw all around him-the pimps, courtesans and prostitutes that were the soul of the Bombay he inhabited. Despite this seemingly far removed social milieu, what he grapples with is hardly alien to more mainstream society

Like the title says, this book takes you through a workout that applies Pilates principles to the fitness ball. Mat and equipment-based Pilates moves are adapted for this inflatable sphere, which makes things more challenging than you might expect. This is because the exercise ball provides an unstable environment on which you complete each exercise, which adds a great amount of resistance. Pilates On the Ball provides a unique, low-impact method of becoming fit

From sports to exports is not a question of alliteration alone. As the title of this book suggests there is a discernible commonality between these two activities, that is to say excellence. Somehow a realisation had dawned that despite Pakistan`s definitive and authoritative presence in the world of sports, there did not exist an informative account of pakistan's sporting achievements in one volume. One can't deny the existence of a good number of books on individual sports and sportsmen, but a book encompassing major sports in which Pakistan has figured and excelled internationally was conspicuous by its absence. The present book is an attemt to fill this void