Author: Linda Benson
Publisher: Longman
Keywords: china
Number of Pages: 176
Published: 2002-10-20
List price: $24.00
ISBN-10: 0582357225
ISBN-13: 9780582357228

As China moves toward a more open society, a market-oriented economy, and an increasing role in international affairs, China Since 1949 focuses on the People’s Republic’s rapid transformation during the past half-century. Linda Benson provides a coherent narrative of the major events in China’s recent past and a balanced account of China’s on-going transformation.. She also offers a distillation of recent research including some of the most recent available. As with all books in the Seminar Studies in History series, China Since 1949 includes a section of original d

Author: Linda Benson
Publisher: M E Sharpe Inc
Keywords: authority, xinjiang, chinese, challenge, rebellion, moslem, ili
Number of Pages: 306
Published: 1990-03
List price: $104.95
ISBN-10: 0873325095
ISBN-13: 9780873325097

In 1944 Moslem forces in China’s westernmost province of Xinjiang rose against the Chinese authorities and succeeded in establishing a small independent Islamic state - the East Turkestan Republic. Based on newly available archival material, this book describes the Moslem challenge to Chinese rule and documents the Nationalist government’s response to newly awakened Turkic-Moslem nationalism on China’s most remote and politically sensitive north-western frontier. With this book, Linda Benson aims to break new ground in the study of Sino-Soviet relations and especially of the

Authors:Linda Benson, Ingvar Svanberg,
Publisher: M.E. Sharpe
Keywords: china, studies, modern, kazaks, history, last, nomads, culture
Number of Pages: 251
Published: 1998-02
List price: $32.95
ISBN-10: 1563247828
ISBN-13: 9781563247828

This study, based on Chinese publications and archival materials as well as on recent fieldwork, provides an up-to-date treatment of Kazak history and culture, emphasizing the Kazaks in 20th-century China and, in particular, their status today as one of China’s minority nationalities.

Authors:Lorri Antosz Benson, Taryn Leigh Benson,
Publisher: HCI
Keywords: realities, eating, disorder, lies, truth, mother, daughter, unraveled, distorted
Number of Pages: 230
Published: 2008-02-08
List price: $14.95
ISBN-10: 0757305946
ISBN-13: 9780757305948

Mom saw a popular, happy teen, poised to revel in her high school years; her daughter saw a fat, ugly loser, and vowed to take action. One saw glimmers of hope and researched to find the best care; the other had no intentions of getting better and researched new and clever ways to hide her compulsion. Such is the distorted reality in this riveting true account of a teen caught in the grips of an eating disorder and the mother who struggled to help her break free. Through their gripping dual narrative, Lorri and Taryn Benson take turns chronicling their unique perceptions of events once Taryn

Authors:Morton Benson, Evelyn Benson, Robert Ilson,
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing Co
Keywords: combinations, word, english, dictionary, bbi
Number of Pages: 386
Published: 1997-11
List price: $19.95
ISBN-10: 1556195214
ISBN-13: 9781556195211

>This Third Edition of the BBI Combinatory Dictionary of English is an expanded and updated version of the First Edition (1986) and its New Printing (1993), both of which were favorably received. In this third edition, the contents of the BBI have been increased by over 20%

Authors:Robert Benson, Tammy Benson,
Publisher: Human Kinetics
Keywords: survival, coaching, youth, guide, series, softball, sports
Number of Pages: 192
Published: 2009-10-16
List price: $15.95
ISBN-10: 0736078835
ISBN-13: 9780736078832

You volunteered to coach the softball team, but are you ready? How will you teach the fundamental skills, run effective practices, and harness the energy of your young team? Fear not: Survival Guide for Coaching Youth Softball has the answers. Longtime coaches Robert and Tammy Benson share their experiences and provide advice you can rely on from the first practice to the final game. Establishing realistic goals, in-game coaching tips, drills, strategies, and fun--it’s all here. Develop your team’s fundamental skills--fielding, catching, throwing, and hitting--with the Surv

Authors:Edmund Benson, Susan Benson,
Publisher: Arise Foundation
Keywords: outlook, positive, creating
Number of Pages: 64
Published: 1996-07
List price: $29.95
ISBN-10: 1586140361
ISBN-13: 9781586140366

In this handbook, the following topics are covered: how to control anger, confrontation, abuse, depression, and procrastination. Creative a Positive Outlook is book two of seven in the series, Arise Brain Food. The series is part of Edmund and Susan Benson’s award winning, statistically proven cognitive life skills program, SOS (Secrets of Success).