这是一次开阔眼界、滋养心灵的世界中餐之旅。 从南非开普敦到萨斯喀彻温省的小城镇，家庭经营的中餐馆是全球移民、社区和美味食物的标志。中餐馆是远道而来的定居者的文化前哨，是点心、北京烤鸭和创造性烹饪混合体的提供者，是更大社会力量的缩影。它们是对时间、历史和地点的一种洞察力。 作者兼电影制作人卓群自称是 "散居海外的中国人"，他通过将世界各地的中国厨房里的厨师、企业家、劳工和梦想家的无数个人故事联系起来，编织了一个全球叙事。在这些厨房的门背后，隐藏着一个耐人寻味的悖论，这也是许多社区的特点：中国移民如何抵制--或经常被阻止--完全同化到他们新家园的社会结构中。在这两种情况下，他们经济生存的引擎--中餐馆及其食物--已经与世界各地的城镇无缝地交织在一起。 《吃了吗？》这本无畏的游记包含了壮丽的风景、冒险和偶然性，描绘了一幅活生生的全球移民地图，最终揭示了美味...(展开全部)

'If you want to know anything about how music surfaces today, how to find it, or how to create it, you will find what you need right here. ' Joseph Menn, Washington Post writer For the first time in history, almost every song ever recorded is available instantly. Everywhere. You Have Not Yet Heard Your Favourite Song charts what music's dazzling digital revolution really means ...(展开全部)

Lose yourself in the pages of this showcase of some of the most beautiful, innovative, and successful bookshops around the world. Bookshops are powerful places with the -freedom to deep-dive into their niche, from -cooking to cartoons, architecture to anarchy. - Do you read me? reconsiders the bookshop as a cornerstone of the community, where subcultures have the physical spac...(展开全部)

In this series of lectures on the painters Hsia Kuei (twelfth-thirteenth centuries), Shen Chou (fifteenth-sixteenth centuries), and Shih-t'ao (seventeenth-eighteenth centuries), Richard Edwards explores the special relationship between the self and landscape in Chinese art. These three painters, each important in his own time and deemed a master by later critics, were all conce...(展开全部)

In this series of lectures on the painters Hsia Kuei (twelfth-thirteenth centuries), Shen Chou (fifteenth-sixteenth centuries), and Shih-t'ao (seventeenth-eighteenth centuries), Richard Edwards explores the special relationship between the self and landscape in Chinese art. These three painters, each important in his own time and deemed a master by later critics, were all conce...(展开全部)

Dr. John C. Maxwell is committed to more than just being a leader-he's also committed to nurturing and mentoring thousands of potential leaders around him. This passion is what caused him to found INJOY and EQUIP, and it is the driving force in his ministry. Both practical and inspirational, "Developing the Leaders Around You "is crammed with strategies that help you effectivel...(展开全部)

This marvellously illustrated book is a blend of the avant-garde, the unconventional and the delightful. Showcasing 591 contemporary rings by almost 300 international designers who stimulate the imagination by challenging traditional practices and standard definitions. The finished products are sculpture for the hands, and range from the simple to the abstract, from everyday ri...(展开全部)

By exploring the designs of flags, we can learn all about the histories and aspirations of the countries they represent. Did you know that only the flag of Nepal has more than four sides? Or that the flag of Mozambique features a book, a hoe and an AK47? Robert Fresson’s vintage-inflected illustrations shed fresh light on the wonders of vexillology.

By exploring the designs of flags, we can learn all about the histories and aspirations of the countries they represent. Did you know that only the flag of Nepal has more than four sides? Or that the flag of Mozambique features a book, a hoe and an AK47? Robert Fresson’s vintage-inflected illustrations shed fresh light on the wonders of vexillology.

Purchase one of 1st World Library's Classic Books and help support our free internet library of downloadable eBooks. 1st World Library-Literary Society is a non-profit educational organization. Visit us online at www.1stWorldLibrary.ORG - Mr. Phileas Fogg lived, in 1872, at No. 7, Saville Row, Burlington Gardens, the house in which Sheridan died in 1814. He was one of the most ...(展开全部)