The whole world knew that Young Master Xu was looking for a woman.It was rumored that the woman had an average appearance and a lowly status.It was rumored that the woman was crafty and had a water personality.More importantly, that woman was his ex-wife!When Xu Yimo saw her again, she was as beautiful as a flower, with a little bun by her side.The little bun asked, "Are you here to be my father's competition?"Xu Yimo: "?"The little bun pointed at the pile of men and proudly said, "Go and queue up. Those are my stepfather candidates over there!"The cold and heartless Young Master Xu from the legends finally understood what it meant to regret when one loved deeply ...

Women, Business and the Law 2021 is the seventh in a series of annual studies measuring the laws and regulations that affect women’s economic opportunity in 190 economies. The project presents eight indicators structured around women’s interactions with the law as they move through their lives and careers: Mobility, Workplace, Pay, Marriage, Parenthood, Entrepreneurship, Assets, and Pension. This year’s report updates all indicators as of October 1, 2020 and builds evidence of the links between legal gender equality and women’s economic inclusion. By examining the economic decisions women make throughout their working lives, as well as the pace of reform over the past 50 years, Women, Business and the Law 2021 makes an important contribution to research and policy discussions about the state of women’s economic empowerment. Prepared during a global pandemic that threatens progress toward gender equality, this edition also includes important findings on government responses to COVID-19 and pilot research related to childcare and women’s access to justice.

Almost 25 years have passed since the Demography of Aging (1994) was published by the National Research Council. Future Directions for the Demography of Aging is, in many ways, the successor to that original volume. The Division of Behavioral and Social Research at the National Institute on Aging (NIA) asked the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine to produce an authoritative guide to new directions in demography of aging. The papers published in this report were originally presented and discussed at a public workshop held in Washington, D.C., August 17-18, 2017. The workshop discussion made evident that major new advances had been made in the last two decades, but also that new trends and research directions have emerged that call for innovative conceptual, design, and measurement approaches. The report reviews these recent trends and also discusses future directions for research on a range of topics that are central to current research in the demography of aging. Looking back over the past two decades of demography of aging research shows remarkable advances in our understanding of the health and well-being of the older population. Equally exciting is that this report sets the stage for the next two decades of innovative researchâ€"a period of rapid growth in the older American population.

They had been married for three years, and they had also acted for three years.Smiling in front of others was akin to walking a strange road in front of others.She was just his facade, a doll he controlled.He spent every night with his sleeping woman. What she had was only the chilly moonlight and the spacious bed."I want a divorce!"At the public dinner party, she removed her disguise and announced her decision.He leaned close to her ear and growled fiercely, "Yuanzhi Rou, do you want to die?"She smiled. "Yes, I do."The heartache spread bit by bit, looking at the man in front of her who was deeply in love with her."Even if I die, I can't lose my face!" There was no emotion in his cold voice."Want a divorce? If you can last a month, I'll sign it. "A month of torture, what had truly worn away was the remaining love in her heart.Taking what belonged to him, he pushed open the door and performed with the woman. The woman's hair spread out like seaweed on the bed that once belonged to her.As someone who had just left home, she had nothing to offer. As someone who lived like a prince, she had no choice but to lower her head and work at a flower shop.Twenty days later, at his wedding, with his arm around the beautiful bride and her face smeared with ridiculous mud, he handed a bouquet of bride flowers to the beautiful woman.Did love exist? Perhaps he had already forgotten how to hate!He looked at the woman walking out of the auditorium and felt a twinge in his heart ...

This comprehensive handbook provides an overview and update of the issues, theories, processes, and applications of the social science of population studies. The volume's 30 chapters cover the full range of conceptual, empirical, disciplinary, and applied approaches to the study of demographic phenomena. This book is the first effort to assess the entire field since Hauser and Duncan's 1959 classic, The Study of Population. The chapter authors are among the leading contributors to demographic scholarship over the past four decades. They represent a variety of disciplines and theoretical perspectives as well as interests in both basic and applied research.

“The Joy Luck Club is one of my favorite books. From the moment I first started reading it, I knew it was going to be incredible. For me, it was one of those once-in-a-lifetime reading experiences that you cherish forever. It inspired me as a writer and still remains hugely inspirational.” —Kevin Kwan, author of Crazy Rich Asians Amy Tan’s beloved, New York Times bestselling tale of mothers and daughters, now the focus of a new documentary Amy Tan: Unintended Memoir on Netflix Four mothers, four daughters, four families whose histories shift with the four winds depending on who's "saying" the stories. In 1949 four Chinese women, recent immigrants to San Francisco, begin meeting to eat dim sum, play mahjong, and talk. United in shared unspeakable loss and hope, they call themselves the Joy Luck Club. Rather than sink into tragedy, they choose to gather to raise their spirits and money. "To despair was to wish back for something already lost. Or to prolong what was already unbearable." Forty years later the stories and history continue. With wit and sensitivity, Amy Tan examines the sometimes painful, often tender, and always deep connection between mothers and daughters. As each woman reveals her secrets, trying to unravel the truth about her life, the strings become more tangled, more entwined. Mothers boast or despair over daughters, and daughters roll their eyes even as they feel the inextricable tightening of their matriarchal ties. Tan is an astute storyteller, enticing readers to immerse themselves into these lives of complexity and mystery.

This is a much-needed update on the latest theory and research on love supplied by leading scientific experts. It is suitable for psychologists, neuroscientists, anthropologists, sociologists, and anyone with an interest in love and what has been learned from scientific studies of it.