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Paperback. The two-volume primer is addressed to meet the needs of the rapidly growing number of Chinese language students who were raised in the United States in Chinese-speaking homes and speak the language but cannot read or write it. This text develops lessons around readings on Chinese history, culture, geography, literature, folktales and mythology, customs, and cuisine. Editor(s): Liu, Irene; Wang, Hailong. Series: Asian Studies Series. Num Pages: 304 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2GDC; CJB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 280 x 218 x 15. Weight in Grams: 672.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Edition
- Bilingual
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231135856
- ISBN
- 9780231135856
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.47€ 42.70
€ 53.47
€ 42.70
Paperback. Series: The Princeton Language Program: Modern Chinese. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: 2GDC; CJBR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 217 x 280 x 23. Weight in Grams: 1020.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691162935
- ISBN
- 9780691162935
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 61.79€ 48.71
€ 61.79
€ 48.71
Paperback. Provides students with essential lessons for advancing their Chinese language skills, and also introduces important aspects of contemporary Chinese society and culture. It incorporates suggestions from years of student and teacher feedback, and includes lessons as well as vocabulary glosses, grammar explanations, and exercises. Series: The Princeton Language Program: Modern Chinese. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 2GDC; CJB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 217 x 281 x 18. Weight in Grams: 802.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- Revised, Bilingual
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691153094
- ISBN
- 9780691153094
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 73.67€ 57.47
€ 73.67
€ 57.47
Hardback. Grasses of Remembrance, the second volume of Edwin Cranston's monumental Waka Anthology, carries forward the story of Japanese court poetry, drawing on sources dating from the 890s to the 1080s. The book presents over 2,600 poems in lively and readable translation, including all 795 poems from The Tale of Genji. Translator(s): Cranston, Edwin. Num Pages: 1312 pages. BIC Classification: 2GJ; DCQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 6147 x 4217 x 80. Weight in Grams: 2331.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 1312
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804748254
- ISBN
- 9780804748254
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 221.28
€ 221.28
Paperback. Num Pages: 247 pages. BIC Classification: 2G; CJB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 259 x 183 x 15. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1974
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 247
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780877275084
- ISBN
- 9780877275084
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.44
€ 26.99
€ 25.44
Hardback. Fiction and drama repeatedly pose questions concerning relations both among people and between people and their possessions: What ties individuals together, whether permanently or temporarily? When can ownership be transferred, and when does an object define its owner? This book traces how these political questions were addressed in fiction. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 325 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 2GDC; DSB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 159 x 28. Weight in Grams: 612.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Harvard University, Asia Center
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674031562
- ISBN
- 9780674031562
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 38.32
€ 45.99
€ 38.32
Hardback. This work argues that adaptation (hon'an) was a valid form of contemporary Japanese translation that fostered creative appropriation across many genres and among a diverse group of writers and artists. In addition, it invites readers to reconsider adaptation in the context of translation theory. Num Pages: 190 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 2GJ; CFP; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 344.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- St Martin's Press United States
- Number of pages
- 190
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780312239954
- ISBN
- 9780312239954
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.46
€ 66.46
Paperback. Num Pages: 352 pages, black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2GK; CJBV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 256 x 192 x 24. Weight in Grams: 882.
- Publisher
- Tuttle Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Csm Pap/CD
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804842495
- ISBN
- 9780804842495
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.65
€ 33.99
€ 24.65
Paperback. Presents ten post-1990 short stories by prominent writers such as Su Tong and Yu Hua sutable for the advanced language student. Num Pages: 304 pages, Chinese text in simplified characters. BIC Classification: 2GDC; CJBR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 278 x 210 x 16. Weight in Grams: 700.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Edition
- Bilingual
- Number of pages
- 299
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295983653
- ISBN
- 9780295983653
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 38.84
€ 43.99
€ 38.84
Hardcover. Examines some of the responses of Japanese authors to the transformation of Tokyo in the early decades of the 20th Century. This book explores the themes and formal strategies of the modernist literature that flourished in the 1920s, focusing on the work of Hagiwara Kyojiro (1899-1938) and Hayashi Fumiko (1903-1951). Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 288 pages, 16 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: 2GDC; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 180 x 31. Weight in Grams: 644.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Harvard University Asia Center
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674021297
- ISBN
- 9780674021297
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 40.39
€ 47.99
€ 40.39
Paperback. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: 2GJ; CJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 184 x 130 x 13. Weight in Grams: 258.
- Publisher
- Kodansha America, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 128
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- Bilingual
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781568364193
- ISBN
- 9781568364193
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 15.80
€ 17.99
€ 15.80
Paperback. Suitable for students who have completed at least two years of college Chinese, this title includes topics that are relevant to contemporary Chinese society, such as the increasing divisions between the rich and poor, the conflict between economic development and environmental protection, and changing attitudes toward sex and marriage. Series: The Princeton Language Program: Modern Chinese. Num Pages: 456 pages. BIC Classification: 2GDC; CJBR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 279 x 217 x 24. Weight in Grams: 1064.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 456
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- Revised, Bilingual
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691153100
- ISBN
- 9780691153100
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 73.67€ 57.47
€ 73.67
€ 57.47
Hardcover. One of the more intriguing developments within medieval Japanese literature is the incorporation into the teaching of waka poetry of the practices of initiation ceremonies and secret transmissions found in esoteric Buddhism. This is a study of such texts. Series: Harvard-Yenching Institute Monograph Series. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 2GJ; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 165 x 29. Weight in Grams: 668.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674009561
- ISBN
- 9780674009561
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 40.39
€ 47.99
€ 40.39
Hardback. Ambiguous Bodies: Reading the Grotesque in the Japanese Setsuwa Tales explores the world of the extraordinary and strange in Japanese setsuwa tales and the mentalities informing them in terms of grotesque theory. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 2GJ; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 25. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804759755
- ISBN
- 9780804759755
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 87.25
€ 87.25
Hardback. Rhythms, conceptual metaphors, and political language convey meanings of which Chinese speakers themselves may not be aware. Link's Anatomy of Chinese contributes to the debate over whether language shapes thought or vice versa, and its comparison of English with Chinese lends support to theories that locate the origins of language in the brain. Num Pages: 376 pages, 1 table. BIC Classification: 2GDC; CFG; CFH; JPFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 243 x 164 x 29. Weight in Grams: 710.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Number of pages
- 376
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674066021
- ISBN
- 9780674066021
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.41€ 49.70
€ 53.41
€ 49.70
Paperback. A comparative modernist study of the connections between Irish and Japanese literature, opening up uncharted avenues of cross-cultural exchange. Num Pages: 528 pages. BIC Classification: 2GJ; DSA; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 33. Weight in Grams: 748.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- McGill-Queen's University Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 528
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780773546912
- ISBN
- 9780773546912
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 42.18
€ 46.99
€ 42.18
Paperback. BIC Classification: 2GJ; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Cornell University East Asia Program United States
- Edition
- Bilingual
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781885445308
- ISBN
- 9781885445308
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 22.10
€ 23.99
€ 22.10
Paperback. Covers topics that are essential to understanding contemporary Chinese society, including changing attitudes toward women and marriage, the one-child policy, economic development, China's ethnic minorities, and debates surrounding Taiwan and Hong Kong. Series: The Princeton Language Program: Modern Chinese. Num Pages: 456 pages. BIC Classification: 2GDC; CJBR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 278 x 218 x 26. Weight in Grams: 1094.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 456
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- Revised, Bilingual
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691153117
- ISBN
- 9780691153117
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 73.67€ 57.47
€ 73.67
€ 57.47
Hardcover. Starting with the history of apocalyptic tradition in the West and focusing on modern Japanese apocalyptic science fiction in manga, anime, and novels, Motoko Tanaka shows how science fiction reflected and coped with the devastation in Japanese national identity after 1945. Num Pages: 208 pages, 5 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2GJ; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 145 x 217 x 17. Weight in Grams: 370.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137373540
- ISBN
- 9781137373540
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 138.18
€ 138.18
Paperback. This book contains the proceedings of the Summit on Arabic and Chinese Handwriting Recognition. It features papers on Arabic handwriting, a survey of the language and techniques used in recognition as well as the current research in Chinese handwriting. Series: Lecture Notes in Computer Science. Num Pages: 287 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2CSR; 2GDC; CF; UYQV. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 456.
- Publisher
- Springer
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- 2008th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783540781981
- ISBN
- 9783540781981
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 67.00
€ 67.00