The scale of China's innovation ambitions inspires worldwide commentary, much of it poorly informed. Focusing on electricity, telecommunication and semiconductors, this book offers a richly detailed account of China's innovation efforts. Massive application of human, policy and financial resources shows great promise, but institutional obstacles, conflicting objectives, ill-advised policies and Soviet-era legacies inject inefficiencies, resulting in a complex mosaic of success and failure in both technical and commercial dimensions. State Grid leads the world in high-voltage power transmission, while domestic semiconductors lag behind the international frontier. Electricity and telecom providers record impressive technical advances, but overinvestment and inefficient operation contribute to high costs and prices. Nuclear power combines technical excellence with commercial weakness. Cost reduction rather than new technology underpins commercial success in solar materials. The book's gra
Practical and inspiring, this guide to the ancient art of mosaic features dazzling designs for home and garden, with step-by-step projects, trace-off patterns, and an ample array of color photos.
The ancient art of mosaic design takes a decidedly modern turn with this 3-D coloring book. A showcase of 30 dynamic images, it features exploding geometric shapes, amazing abstracts, and intricate mo
Winner – 2012 Hollywood Book Festival for General Non-FictionHonorable Mention – 2012 New England Book Festival for General Non-FictionWho really murdered Mary Pinchot Meyer in the fall of 1964? Why w
An expert artist re-creates details from 31 historic mosaics in this magnificent coloring book. In addition to the works of Antoni Gaudi from Barcelona's Park Guell, the collection features ancient Ro
Celebrate the decorative intricacy of tiled mosaics in your next quilting or sewing project. Author Paula Doyle proves how easy it can be to get perfect precision patchwork on a small scale with her p
This book emerges from a series of seminars held at the Edinburgh Law School in 2008-2009. The seminars explored the complex constitutional arrangements of the European space as an inter-connected mos
Fast, obsessive, jumpy, tender, and joyful, the poems in Wayne Koestenbaum's Blue Stranger With Mosaic Background take his signature themes?stardom, scapegoating, aestheticism, nudism, exaltation?and
After arriving in Venice, Ethan and Ella embark on a high-speed gondola chase in the second book of this chapter book series about mystery, travel, and adventure.When Ethan and Ella first land in Veni
After arriving in Venice, Ethan and Ella embark on a high-speed gondola chase in the second book of this chapter book series about mystery, travel, and adventure.When Ethan and Ella first land in Veni
A ground-breaking book in the tradition of The Alchemist and The Celestine Prophecy, The Mosaic, by marketing expert and activist Daniel Bruce Levin invites you to see the world from a new point-of-vi
Novelist and critic Ronal Sukenick's books resist categories, undermining the idea of the book as traditionally conceived, argues editor Roberson (English, State U. of West Georgia). He presents 13 pa
"The Meaning of the Beginning" is a mosaic of timeless wisdom hidden in nature and encapsulated in the folklores of the Igbo of sub-Saharan Africa. This book is a philosophical jab, a moral punch line
"The Meaning of the Beginning" is a mosaic of timeless wisdom hidden in nature and encapsulated in the folklores of the Igbo of sub-Saharan Africa. This book is a philosophical jab, a moral punch line
Biff and Chip have a magic key adventure in The Mosaic Trail. Can they find the stolen mosaic pieces? The non-fiction book that accompanies this title is Mosaic Art. Oxford Reading Tree Explore with B
Cutting deep into the lawyers' private lives, their families and foibles are richly portrayed as an integral part of Toronto's shifting mosaic. From an ostensibly routine traffic stop, each character
Drawing on critical race theory, this book critically examines race through a mosaic lens pointing out various issues directly connected to it, such as racial identity politics, racism, multiracialism
