Xing-Yu Chen Boeken

An informative and clearly illustrated guide to living in harmony with chi'i, the life-giving energy in and around us all, as experts explain how to rebalance the flow of energy to bring health, happiness, and good fortune into your life. An introduction to the ancient guiding principles of traditional Chinese Feng Shui explains how the five elements combine in the home and workplace, with step-by-step instructions. Using simple illustrations and instructions, learn how to visualise the "invisible architecture" in your surroundings, both indoors and outside. Determine whether the Feng Shui is "good" or "bad" and how to use a Pa Tzu compass to discover lucky and unlucky directions.

The book presents a compelling theory that contrasts the foundations of primitive and civilized societies, emphasizing that kinship ties underpin primitive structures, while civilized societies are built on language. It explores the critical role of language in the development of the state, offering fresh insights into how communication shapes social organization and governance.

The book explores the evolution of civilized society through the lens of language and media, highlighting their pivotal roles in shaping capitalist structures. It posits that language underpins the concepts of private property, market exchanges, and the wage labor system, while challenging traditional Marxist views on class distinctions and surplus value. By examining the interplay between social classes, democracy, and the state, it offers a fresh perspective on capitalism, encouraging a deeper understanding of its foundations and implications.

E-commerce is a new way of doing business. It is becoming increasingly important to everybody. The objective of this book is to compare various solutions and to find out the best solution for small businesses. Some commonly used technologies in developing E-commerce systems are introduced in the first three chapters. The topics covered from web standards and protocols to web planning and design, from web servers to server side programming, and most importantly, Java technology and IBM's WebSphere. Based on these technologies, two solutions are building from scratch with Java servlets and building with IBM's WebSphere. We develop an online store with each of the solutions. The last part of the book is a comprehensive comparison. Time, complexity, performance and cost are evaluated in this comparison. A simple conclusion is drawn afterwards with our suggestions to small businesses which solution they should choose. This book will be especially useful to web designers, small business owners, IT analysts and programmers.