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The Chinese invented gunpowder and began exploring its military uses as early as the 900s, four centuries before the technology passed to the West. But by the early 1800s, China had fallen so far behind the West in gunpowder warfare that it was easily defeated by Britain in the Opium War of 1839-42. What happened? In The Gunpowder Age, Tonio Andrade offers a compelling new answer, opening a fresh perspective on a key question of world history: why did the countries of western Europe surge to global importance starting in the 1500s while China slipped behind?Historians have long argued that gunpowder weapons helped Europeans establish global hegemony. Yet the inhabitants of what is today China not only invented guns and bombs but also, Andrade shows, continued to innovate in gunpowder technology through the early 1700s--much longer than previously thought. Why, then, did China become so vulnerable? Andrade argues that one significant reason is that it was out of practice fighting wars,

One of the world's foremost collectors of all things hip hop, DJ Ross One presents--for the first time ever--a much sought after collection of T-shirts in this lushly produced and detailed catalog showcasing over 500 of the genre's best.Rap Tees outshines all other rap tee collections and will be the definitive reference for generations to come. Providing not only a valuable reference and style guide to these ultra-rare shirts,Rap Tees is also a unique chronology of the history of hip hop.Beginning with the earliest rap concert shirts from the Sugar Hill Gang and New York Fresh Fest, circa 1980-84, and spanning the next two decades,Rap Tees includes rare shirts from a wide selection of the who's-who of the business including: Public Enemy, Boogie Down Productions, Beastie Boys, Eric B and Rakim, Wu Tang Clan, Jay Z, Nas, EMPD, and many, many more.Rap Tees bookends the golden age of rap with unique street-corner memorial shirts commemorating the deaths of The Notorious B.I.G. and Tupac

從父親那邊接手過來的舊式單眼相機，透過觀景窗所見到的學園生活充滿了刺激──當知道了全校最一板一眼的室戶學姊她的煩惱後，一也為了讓她能夠享受最後的學園生活，與學姊兩人單獨盡情的去玩樂放縱了一下充滿快門時機的最後一集!!本書特色：由角川GAMES發行之同名電玩作品改編漫畫化以遊戲原作中兩位人氣角色──室戸亞岐、早倉舞衣作為故事主軸(攻略對象)進行的兩篇高校純情戀愛故事。本集收錄「室戸亞岐篇」精采完結，

In this third book of the Sundering series kicked off by R.A. Salvatore and the dark elf Drizzt, SCRIBE award-winning author Erin M. Evans thrusts her signature character Farideh into a maelstrom of devilish politics and magical intrigue that will have far-reaching implications for the future of the Forgotten Realms.As the chaos of the Sundering rages around her, young warlock Farideh faces a more personal turmoil wrought by a deal she made with a devil years ago. Hoping to protect her twin sister, she leaves everything she holds dear to assist a wizard in a scheme that pits the devils of the Nine Hells against the gods above. But when Farideh casts the spell to enter the wizard’s remote mountaintop fortress, she picks up a stowaway—a Harper agent named Dahl who isn’t so inclined to follow devilish demands. Dahl attempts to escape only to run into a village of odd people, lurking behind an impenetrable wall. Forced to gaze into the villagers’ souls, Farideh points out the ones who seem

The essential side story to New York Times bestselling Dance in the Vampire Bund mangaSeven Seas previously published Dive in the Vampire Bund Volume 1 under the title "Dance in the Vampire Bund Gaiden: Dive in the Vampire Bund." Now, Seven Seas is pleased to reissue this essential spin-off to the series in an oversized format in the same month as the release of the all-new Dive in the Vampire Bund Volume 2.The Vampire Bund, a peaceful island nation of vampires off the coast of Tokyo, ruled by Princess Mina Tepes, has seen its share of conflict and turmoil. And yet there are times of relative tranquility when the Bund is a popular tourist destination during daylight hours.When two teenage tourists, Garcia Fujisaki and his reckless best friend Masaki, ditch their group to find a vampire who will turn Masaki, it’s Garcia who accidentally pays the price. The only hope for a cure to his newfound vampirism is for the teens to team up with the stoic Akira Kaburagi, Princess Mina’s loyal lyca

His extraordinary debut, Those Across the River, was hailed as “genre-bending Southern horror” (California Literary Review), “graceful [and] horrific” (Patricia Briggs). Now Christopher Buehlman invites readers into an even darker age—one of temptation and corruption, of war in heaven, and of hell on earth…And Lucifer said: “Let us rise against Him now in all our numbers, and pull the walls of heaven down…” The year is 1348. Thomas, a disgraced knight, has found a young girl alone in a dead Norman village. An orphan of the Black Death, and an almost unnerving picture of innocence, she tells Thomas that plague is only part of a larger cataclysm—that the fallen angels under Lucifer are rising in a second war on heaven, and that the world of men has fallen behind the lines of conflict.Is it delirium or is it faith? She believes she has seen the angels of God. She believes the righteous dead speak to her in dreams. And now she has convinced the faithless Thomas to shepherd her across a dep

親愛的姊妹們，你對自己的身體好奇嗎？尤其是下面那裡！一遇到女性的私密問題，你就臉紅、害羞、尷尬嗎？明明有一肚子疑惑，卻不知該向誰求助？看婦科醫生，沒有勇氣！問朋友，怎麼啟齒啊？你的心聲，作者聽到了！250個女性朋友最常遇到的婦科問題，一本猶如親密好友兼婦科醫生的女性健康書，溫柔、體貼、專業、幽默的解答專屬於女人的親密心事。 你害怕去婦產科看診嗎？一看到男性婦科醫生和冷冰冰的儀器，你就想奪門而逃嗎

在處處講求眼見為憑的今天，所有的真心付出似乎都被量化了。看不見美麗外表，親切和關懷就是零；繳不出亮眼成績單，認真的態度就是零；沒有車子房子銀子，愛情比空氣更沒有意義…… 然而，實質的擁有，真的能讓人更快樂？在堆積如山的證據背後，我們失去用心觀察和體會的能力，卻以為用眼睛看，就能洞察一切。 如果一定要從具體事物中抽絲剝繭，找到幸福，那跟在密閉的儲藏室裡尋找陽光和微風，有什麼差別？打開心扉，用心去

Heiress to the red rose of Lancaster, Margaret Beaufort never surrenders her belief that her house is the true ruler of England and that she has a great destiny before her. Her ambitions are disappointed when her sainted cousin Henry VI fails to recognize her as a kindred spirit, and she is even more dismayed when he sinks into madness. Her mother mocks her plans, revealing that Margaret will always be burdened with the reputation of her father, one of the most famously incompetent English commanders in France. But worst of all for Margaret is when she discovers that her mother is sending her to a loveless marriage in remote Wales. Married to a man twice her age, quickly widowed, and a mother at only fourteen, Margaret is determined to turn her lonely life into a triumph. She sets her heart on putting her son on the throne of England regardless of the cost to herself, to England, and even to the little boy. Disregarding rival heirs and the overwhelming power of the York dynasty, she na

The amazing, haunting Shiver trilogy is complete!shiverSam's not just a normal boy - he has a secret. During the summer he walks and talks as a human, but when the cold comes, he runs with his pack as a wolf. Grace has spent years watching the wolves in the woods behind her house - but never dreamed that she would fall in love with one of them. Now that they've found each other, the clock ticks down on what could be Grace and Sam's only summer together.lingerCan Grace and Sam last? Each will have to fight to stay together - whether it means a reckoning with his werewolf past for Sam, or for Grace, facing a future that is less and less certain. Enter Cole, a new wolf who is wrestling with his own demons, embracing the life of a wolf while denying the ties of being human. For Grace, Sam, and Cole, life is harrowing and euphoric, enticing and alarming. As their world falls apart, love is what lingers. But can it be enough?

That Monday afternoon, in high-school gyms across America, kids were battling for the only glory American culture seems to want to dispense to the young these days: sports glory.? But at Dos Pueblos High School in Goleta, California, in a gear-cluttered classroom, a different type of “cool” was brewing.? A physics teacher with a dream – the first public high-school teacher ever to win a MacArthur Genius Award -- had rounded up a band of high-I.Q. students who wanted to put their technical know-how to work.? If you asked these brainiacs what the stakes were that first week of their project, they’d have told you it was all about winning a robotics competition – building the ultimate robot and prevailing in a machine-to-machine contest in front of 25,000 screaming fans at Atlanta’s Georgia Dome.?But for their mentor, Amir Abo-Shaeer, much more hung in the balance. ?The fact was, Amir had in mind a different vision for education, one based not on rote learning -- on absorbing facts and fig

SANCTAPHRAX WILL BE destroyed by the energy of the Mother Storm. . . . Far over the Edge, the Mother Storm is brewing—a storm more terrifying than any seen in the lifetime of any Edgelander. Sweeping in from the open sky, it must strike the source of the Edgewater River to bring new energy to the land. But in its way is Sanctaphrax, a magnificent city built on a floating rock and tethered to the land by a massive chain. Only one person can save the Edgelands from certain disaster: Twig, the young sky pirate captain who dared to sail over the Edge—and returned with his memory shattered and his crew flung far and wide. But to recover his memory and take action, Twig must first find his lost crew. And this means a journey back into the Deepwoods, and beyond. . . .“As before, Stewart’s descriptions are brilliant; Riddell’s line drawings are exquisitely detailed and notably grotesque. . . . Altogether this series is so exceptional that if I had any chance of collecting, I’d bet good money o

Painting your home yourself can be faster, more affordable and even easier than hiring professionals—but only if you get it right the first time. Painting Do-It-Yourself For Dummies, helps you do just that with easy-to-follow, step-by-step procedures for giving your, floors, walls, and ceilings the extreme makeover of your dreams. More than 500 photos and illustrations show you exactly how to perform each step of each procedure the right way and avoid drips, smudges, and ugly surfaces. You'll find out how to choose the best paint for the job, figure out how much paint you'll need, and use rollers, brushes, and other painting tools with skill and precision. Before you know it, you'll have the confidence and ability to tackle any household painting project with ease. You'll discover how to: Select the proper tools and materials for each painting job Choose colors that will work for you—now and for years to come Prepare your room and the surface for painting Make necessary wall and ceilin

The irresistible heroine of Confessions of a Shopaholic and Shopaholic Ties the Knot is back! And this time Becky Bloomwood and her credit cards are headed across the Atlantic.…With her shopping excesses (somewhat) in check and her career as a TV financial guru thriving, Becky’s biggest problem seems to be tearing her entrepreneur boyfriend, Luke, away from work for a romantic country weekend. And worse, figuring out how to pack light. But packing takes on a whole new meaning when Luke announces he’s moving to New York for business—and he asks Becky to go with him! Before you can say “Prada sample sale,” Becky has landed in the Big Apple, home of Park Avenue penthouses and luxury boutiques. Surely it’s only a matter of time until she becomes an American TV celebrity, and she and Luke are the toast of Gotham society. Nothing can stand in their way, especially with Becky’s bills miles away in London. But then an unexpected disaster threatens her career prospects, her relationship with Lu

David Eddings’ acclaimed series, The Belgariad, reaches its stunning conclusion in these final two gripping novels. Continue on this magnificent journey and be entranced by a saga of strange lands and peoples, of prophecy and strife set against the background of a seven-thousand-year war of men, Kings, and Gods. The quest may be nearing its end, but the danger continues. After discovering a shocking secret about himself he never could have imagined—all in pursuit of the legendary Orb—Garion and his fellow adventurers must escape a crumbling enemy fortress and flee across a vast desert filled with ruthless soldiers whose only aim is to destroy them. But even when the quest is complete, Garion’s destiny is far from fulfilled. For the evil God Torak is about to awaken and seek dominion. Somehow, Garion has to face the God, to kill or be killed. On the outcome of this dread duel rests the future of the world. But how can one man destroy an immortal God?“Fabulous . . . Eddings has a marvelo

We like to think we understand what’s happening around us; that we can determine the path our life takes. But often, things don’t go that way – in fact, they rarely do. What helps us respond to life as it unfolds? To live freely, stay humble and find comfort in difficult times? Is it possible to silence our inner critic, and learn to become a friend to ourselves? In the Swedish sensation I May Be Wrong, former forest monk Björn Natthiko Lindeblad shows how letting go of our need for control is about finding the courage to face the uncertainty that is a natural part of life. We don’t choose our thoughts. We don’t control the shape they take, or what pops into our minds. We can only choose whether or not to believe them. Infusing the eve

55% OFF for Bookstores Here's how you can leverage discounts and promotions to sell more copiesYour customers will come back to you after buying this book and buy more.Make your kids happy with this cute and fun Masha and the Bear coloring book.This book contains a collection of coloring pages that will make your children go crazy with joy: we are talking about 25 Masha and the Bear drawings. The tender and very nice characters of the famous cartoon are ready to come to life thanks to the crayons and markers of the little ones who can have fun decorating the images in the way they prefer.A book of images of Masha and the Bear perfect for young children, preschoolers and children aged 2 to 8 years. Contains as many as 25 cute coloring pictures. Large 8.5" x 11" pages.These fun coloring pages will help children express their imagination and improve their manual dexterity through coloring.The little ones will have fun coloring the photos. It also helps develop fine motor skills, hand-eye

The Bible talks about trees more than any living creation other than people. Perhaps you've missed the forest...and the trees.In this groundbreaking walk through Scripture, former physician and carpenter Dr. Matthew Sleeth makes the convincing case why trees are essential to every Christian's understanding of God. Yet we've mostly missed how God has chosen to tell His story--and ours--through the lens of trees. There's a tree on the first page of Genesis and the last page of Revelation. The Bible refers to itself as a Tree of Life (Proverbs 3:18). Every major Biblical character has a tree associated with them. Jesus himself says he is the true vine (John 15:1). A tree was used to kill Jesus--and a tree is the only thing the Messiah ever harmed. This is no accident. When we subtract trees from Scripture, we miss lessons of faith necessary for our growth. This is the ra

本書將專業課程中各講師的精華集結成冊，是進一步提升醫師執業的能力。本書撰寫的方式，使用淺顯易懂的中文，再加上大量的本土圖片作為對照，一般民眾與護理人員也可以做為參考書。了解自身的健康與疾病，共同友善地處理性傳染病。財團法人國紹泌尿科學教育基金會主辦多年的大專學生Only Love創意衛教活動，希望能將性傳染病防治的工作向下延伸。期望本書的發行可以提供大學生適當的教材，國中、小學生能對性傳染病有簡單

Can a one-legged boy become a great samurai warrior? Meet some unique aspiring champions in this kick-off to an exciting new martial arts series.Niya Moto is the only one-legged samurai kid in Japan, famous for falling flat on his face in the dirt. The one school that will accept him is the Cockroach Ryu, led by the legendary sensei Ki-Yaga. He may be an old man overly fond of naps, but Ki-Yaga is also known for taking in kids that the world has judged harshly: an albino girl with extra fingers and toes, a boy who is blind, a big kid whose past makes him loath to fight. A warrior in his time, Ki-Yaga demands excellence in everything from sword fighting to poetry. But can the ragtag Cockroaches make the treacherous journey to the Samurai Trainee Games, never mind take on the all-conquering Dragons? In a fast-moving, action-filled tale that draws on true details of feudal Japan, Niya finds there’s no fear they can’t face as long as they stick together — for

《Things That Go Away》是插畫家 Beatrice Alemagna 以詩意筆觸，描繪生活中那些來去無常的小事：落葉、眼淚、音樂、泡泡……全都會消失不見。但有一樣東西，永遠不會離開，那就是親子之間的愛。簡單卻充滿哲思，適合親子共讀，陪伴孩子理解「失去」與「存在」的意義。細膩的畫風與柔和的色彩，讓人感受到溫暖與安定，是一本值得反覆翻閱的心靈繪本。The picture book Things That Go Away is a playful ode to things that come and go in life—and the one special bond that never fades.There are many things that go away: Leaves fall, tears dry, music lasts only for a few moments, and bubbles pop, vanishing without a trace. Everything in life passes, moves on, or transforms—except one thing that never fades.With her signature warmth, playfulness, and beautiful illustrations, Beatrice Alemagna reminds us that in a changing world, the love between parent and child remains constant.“Simple, beautiful . . . A readaloud that introduces a rich field of big questions.” —Publishers Weekly (Starred Review)“This wise, creative book will be returned to with anticipation and shared frequently.” —School Library Journal (Starred Review)

《喝下月亮的女孩》作者奇幻新作。被譽為英雄的鎮長暗指醜陋的怪物拐走孤兒，大眾便對此深信不疑。只有孤兒院的孩子們了解怪物真正樂善好施的一面，他們能反轉謠言，撥開迷霧，揭露小鎮中真實的邪惡嗎？A new instant fantasy classic from Newbery medalist Kelly Barnhill about the power of generosity and love—and how a community suffers when they disappear. Stone-in-the-Glen, once a lovely town, has fallen on hard times. Fires, floods, and other calamities have caused the people to lose their library, their school, their park, and even their neighborliness. The people put their faith in the Mayor, a dazzling fellow who promises he alone can help. After all, he is a famous dragon slayer. (At least, no one has seen a dragon in his presence.) Only the clever children of the Orphan House and the kindly Ogress at the edge of town can see how dire the town’s problems are.Then one day a child goes missing from the Orphan House. At the Mayor’s suggestion, all eyes turn to the Ogress. The Orphans know this can’t be: the Ogress, along with a flock of excellent crows, secretly delivers gifts to the p

《Will》不只是名人回憶錄，更是一堂關於情緒掌控與自我成長的課。Will Smith 在書中坦率回顧從饒舌歌手到票房巨星的非凡旅程，也揭露名利背後的孤獨與家庭張力。他反思「意志力」的力量與代價，提醒讀者，推動我們走向成功的燃料，未必能帶我們回到心之所向的家。全書充滿娛樂感與哲理，既有好萊塢幕後的精彩故事，也有普世適用的人生智慧。One of the most dynamic and globally recognized entertainment forces of our time opens up fully about his life, in a brave and inspiring book that traces his learning curve to a place where outer success, inner happiness, and human connection are aligned. Along the way, Will tells the story in full of one of the most amazing rides through the worlds of music and film that anyone has ever had.Will Smith’s transformation from a fearful child in a tense West Philadelphia home to one of the biggest rap stars of his era and then one of the biggest movie stars in Hollywood history, with a string of box office successes that will likely never be broken, is an epic tale of inner transformation and outer triumph, and Will tells it astonishingly well. But it's only half the story. Will Smith thought, with good reason, that he had wo

擾擾紅塵，靈山何處尋？空山，雲集，當下即是幸福。空，不是沒有，而是一切都存在；空，才能包容一切，擁有一切。因為空山，所以海會雲集；因為涵容一切，身心已然豐足！攝影取景於莊嚴清淨的法鼓山世界佛教教育園區，以四季景致、清雅建築與自然山水為主題，展現不同的靜謐風光。一邊使用桌曆，也能提醒自己放慢腳步，安定自在。‧ 收錄聖嚴法師法語精選(中英對照) ‧ 實用標記佛菩薩聖誕、六齋日及農曆‧ 附2026、2027完整年曆【聖嚴法師法語摘錄】正確的生涯規畫應該從內在的反省做起，規畫整個生命的品質，找到人生的平衡點，這才是圓滿的人生規畫。Proper career planning begins with inner reflection—considering the quality of life and seeking balance. Only then does it become a well-rounded life plan.真誠的心或是充滿喜悅的心，就像是能量一樣，能在無形中散布出去，只要有歡喜、欣賞、包容、讚歎的心，這種意識、心意，周遭的人都可以感受得到。A sincere and joyful heart is like an energy that spreads invisibly. When it is filled with joy, appreciation, tolerance, and admiration, those around us can feel it. 只要一個人心清淨，見到的世界就是清淨的；如有更多的人心清淨，便能使得這個世界、人間成為淨土。If one’s mind is pure, the world one sees becomes pure; and if more people’s minds are pure, the world can become a pure land.