This volume recounts the evolution of the presidency, from the age of George Washington until today. It provides a revealing glimpse of the culture, particularly the material culture, of the presidency: the duties, responsibilities, rituals, representations, and personal effects of America's chief executive

This book begins with a series of practical activities to familiarize learners (and teachers too perhaps!) with the way the Internet works. It moves on to activities involving communication via email. The third section offers activities to do with retrieving information from the Internet. Finally, there are activities designed to help learners build their own websites. The activities are clearly described and user-friendly, and will go a long way towards dispelling the misgivings many teachers feel about computers and the Internet as a resource

The purpose of the compilation and publication of this album is to introduce this great epic to both domestic and foreign readers through thangka, an art form unique to the Tibetan ethnic group

In ancient China our forefathers created rite to safeguard the ecological idea that "man is an integral part of nature"

This book contains the analects of Confucius. They are written in two languages: english and chinese

This book tells the story of wood in China down through the ages. Wood is an eloquent instructor helping people to understand China"s ancient civilization

The Tacheng Region is located in the northwest frontier of China, in the northwest of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region and in the middle region of ili Kazak Autonomous Prefecture

At the low-lying basin in central Xinjiang, there is a place known as the "Land of Flames", where a variety of high-quality grapes is produced, it is Turpan, known as the "the country of grapes"

Shihezi is a newborn city out of the Gobi, backed by Tianshan Mountains to its south, and borders on the Dzungaria Basin to the north

Green China, as well as this particular work, developed from a recognition that China was tackling a wide range of serious environmental problems within the context of her rapid industrialization, urbanization, transition to a market-oriented economy