Wang Books

The Marriage Feast is a compilation of stories that appeared in the 1954 book titled The Eternal Smile, and Other Stories. The Marriage Feast omits "The Eternal Smile," "The Hangman," and "The Guest of Reality." So, if you can pick up a copy of the Eternal Smile compilation you will have more wonderful stories!
The Marriage Feast, though, does not suffer from the omissions! Those readers who first approached Lagerkvist through Barabbas and/or The Sibyl will relish many of the same themes and symbolism; yet, the style of many of these stories is vastly different from Lagerkvist's parables, more "traditional" in form and structure.

My favorite line comes from "The Masquerade of Souls." It reads: "And what more can we know? What else have we to go by than the fullness of our heart when we look back."

These stories will fill your heart!

There are surprisingly few reviews of books in the Membrane Sciences genre. If you are applying membrane separations to development of a Biotech process, this is the book for you. This book is so well written it makes the engineering of membrane separation processes easy to understand even for newbies. It starts with the basics and gives thorough explanations of the physical phenomena underlying the process. Then it explains a variety of case study examples to show how a process was troubleshooted and improved. This book has detailed explanations of simple experiments that can be run to determine causes of problems that a membrane separations engineer might face.
Whatever stage of your downstream process needs to be improved, you can be sure that this book will specifically address your problem and give you some useful advice.

I'm a 35 year old black male, big, 245lbs, who lives in the rough part of Northeast DC. I'm also a photographer. I wept when I read along with some of these stories and looked at the photos. Real folks, just like you and me. Folks who worry about their mortgages, dislike their boss, happy its Friday, know how to party, have kids, and wife who can't fit in her wedding dress anymore. Snobs like to classify photography: documentary, post modern portraiture, premature ejaculatory something or other - doesn't matter, cause what this is, is real life caught on film. That's it. And its done with such evident love and devotion devoid of tricks that its revelatory as well as relevant.

This 1932 Pulitzer Prize winning novel is still a standout today. Deceptive in its simplicity, it is a story built around a flawed human being and a teetering socio-economic system, as well as one that is layered with profound themes. The cadence of the author's writing is also of note, as it rhythmically lends itself to the telling of the story, giving it a very distinct voice. No doubt the author's writing style was influenced by her own immersion in Chinese culture, as she grew up and lived in China, the daughter of missionaries.

This is the story of the cyclical nature of life, of the passions and desires that motivate a human being, of good and evil, and of the desire to survive and thrive against great odds. It begins with the story of an illiterate, poor, peasant farmer, Wang Lung, who ventures from the rural countryside and goes to town to the great house of Hwang to obtain a bride from those among the rank of slave. There, he is given the slave O-lan as his bride.

Selfless, hardworking, and a bearer of sons, the plain-faced O-lan supports Wang Lung's veneration of the land and his desire to acquire more land. She stays with him through thick and thin, through famine and very lean times, working alongside him on the land, making great sacrifices, and raising his children. As a family, they weather the tumultuousness of pre-revolutionary China in the 1920s, only to find themselves the recipient of riches beyond their dreams. At the first opportunity, they buy land from the great house of Hwang, whose expenses appear to be exceeding their income.

With the passing of time, Wang Lung buys more and more land from the house of Hwang, until he owns it all, as his veneration of the land is always paramount. With O-lan at this side, his family continues to prosper. His life becomes more complicated, however, the richer he gets. Wang Lung then commits a life-changing act that pierces O-lan's heart in the most profoundly heartbreaking way.

As the years pass, his sons become educated and literate, and the family continues to prosper. With the great house of Hwang on the skids, an opportunity to buy their house, the very same house from where he had fetched O-lan many years ago, becomes available. Pressed upon to buy that house by his sons, who do not share Wang Lung's veneration for the land and rural life, he buys the house. The country mice now have become city mice.

This is a potent story, brimming with irony, yet simply told against a framework of mounting social change. It is a story that stands as a parable in many ways and is one that certainly should be read. It illustrates the timeless dichotomy between the young and the old, the old and the new, and the rich and the poor. It is no wonder that this beautifully written book won a Pulitzer Prize and is considered a classic masterpiece. Bravo!

"All living organisms have the capacity to sense and respond to mechanical stimuli..". This is the opening sentence in a book that describes the molecular basis of cardiovascular function. Although I am in a tangential field, I bought this book to bring myself up to date with ion channels. I expected the book to be good and it was. What I didn't expect was how readable it was. Good balance of technical science and plain English.

My father used to read to me when I was very small from this very volume. I've always enjoyed the story, and after gaining in years I have come to appreciate the much larger text encompassing not only the tale of the White Bone Demon but also the origin of Monkey and his various escapades before and after his adventures detailed in "Monkey Subdues the White Bone Demon".

In my opinion, the most often overlooked features of this version is the beautiful artwork present on nearly every page, almost certainly modeled after ancient Chinese woodcuts recalling this very legend, if not reproductions of the actual woodcuts themselves (I am not an asian historian). The various renditions of Monkey, Pigsy, Sandy, and Tripitaka intertwine themselves wonderfully with the text of the ancient legend.

I've read Arthur Waley's abridged translation (and am about to embark upon the unabridged Jenner version), but to my mind this work stands apart from the others simply due to the beauty of it's presentation. The reproduced woodcuts alone are worth the purchase, regardless of what you think of the translation.

This lovely book begins the story of a mother grizzly and two cubs as they emerge from hibernation in Yellowstone National Park. The narrative is beautifully written, almost haunting - "In the stillness of a wild and barren mountain ridge, the snow lies deep. A full moon casts thin, sharp shadows of spruce trees, black on white like a zebra's hide. At the base of one of the old, fallen spruce trees, a great mound of snow begins to shudder." The illustrations include panoramic views of Yellowstone in the springtime. A great addition to any child's library.

Professor Smith contributes a highly readable, erudite, study of the Carter administation. He fairly examines its shortcomings, and tries to explain how Carter's attempt to meld morality and real politics failed. A must read for students of the period, and a good source for further research. To be fair, Professor Smith was a Professor of mine.

Wang shines in this volume and "More Office 97" really functions as "a reference for the rest of us." If you're tasked with getting the job done with Office 97 or even studying for MOUS certification, then you need "More Office 97."

If you think that this book is too expensive, don't. Until this book gets you all knowledge of designing multiple signal processing. You understanably might think it a bit pricey. It is actally a bargain. No other book in this field on the market offers as much for engineer to know in one publication.