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Hardback. Based on the latest scholarship in cognitive science and linguistics, and the author's intimate experience with East Asian languages, The Writing on the Wall provides a balanced and thoughtful account of one of the most important problems facing modern Asia in the age of globalization. Series: Encounters with Asia. Num Pages: 360 pages, 7 illus. BIC Classification: CF; CJB. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 238 x 156 x 34. Weight in Grams: 730.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812237115
- ISBN
- 9780812237115
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 101.35
€ 101.35
Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: CF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 138 x 298 x 21. Weight in Grams: 288.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810852822
- ISBN
- 9780810852822
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 72.50
€ 72.50
Paper Talk: A History of Libraries, Print Culture, and Aboriginal Peop...
Brendan Frederick R. Edwards
paperback. A scholar of library and information science, Canadian studies, and native studies, Edwards traces the introduction of books and print culture to Aboriginal people in Canada from the first endeavors of missionaries in the 1820s to the opening of the first official public library for natives. The overarching question he asks is what the motivations Num Pages: 248 pages, Illustrations, map, ports. BIC Classification: 1KBC; CFC; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 345.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810851139
- ISBN
- 9780810851139
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 121.96
€ 121.96
Hardback. Place name elements from over 300 languages are arranged alphabetically, followed by the name of the language or language group of origin, the meaning in English and, in many cases, the word's usage in an actual place name. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: CFF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 261 x 181 x 22. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810850408
- ISBN
- 9780810850408
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 143.11
€ 143.11
Paperback. This volume for professionals and academics offers a model for presenting effective information presentations. The PACT model (Purpose, Audience, Content and Technique) is designed to make it easy to focus on the research, selection, organization, and delivery of information. Num Pages: 256 pages, 3 diagrams, bibliography. BIC Classification: CBP; GL; GTC; KJP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 212 x 139 x 16. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810843479
- ISBN
- 9780810843479
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 91.46
€ 91.46
hardcover. Collins seeks to familiarize the reader with pre-colonial Africa, the Africa that began with the migrations of the Bantu from their homeland in 500 B.C. and ended with European control in the 19th century, revealing the culture, events, achievement and rulers of Africa from this time. Series: Historical Dictionaries of Ancient Civilizations & Historical Eras. Num Pages: 680 pages, bibliography. BIC Classification: 1H; CBD; HBJH; HBLC; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 146 x 42. Weight in Grams: 930.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Number of pages
- 680
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810839786
- ISBN
- 9780810839786
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 258.32
€ 258.32
Paperback. This volume provides basic education (K-12) administrators with a framework for understanding issues and programming for students who are speakers of English as another language, and for conceptualizing the role of educational administrators in promoting equal educational opportunity. Num Pages: 256 pages, 5 illustrations, index. BIC Classification: 2AB; CJ; EB; JNK; JNS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 147 x 14. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810837577
- ISBN
- 9780810837577
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 81.60
€ 81.60
hardcover. Using thousands of examples, the book identifies the genesis and evolution in African name formation and meaning. Each entry discusses the origins of the name, its meaning, and the wide cultural and social connotations of its use. Num Pages: 416 pages, bibliography. BIC Classification: 1H; CFF; HBTG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 221 x 143 x 28. Weight in Grams: 581.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810836433
- ISBN
- 9780810836433
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 174.68
€ 174.68
Hardback. Num Pages: 476 pages, 1ch. BIC Classification: CFC; DSY; JNV; KNTP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 144 x 32. Weight in Grams: 699.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Number of pages
- 476
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810831100
- ISBN
- 9780810831100
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 124.16
€ 124.16
hardcover. Num Pages: 350 pages, 1ch. BIC Classification: CFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 220 x 145 x 24. Weight in Grams: 549.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Number of pages
- 350
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810830837
- ISBN
- 9780810830837
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 134.54
€ 134.54
Hardback. Series: Magill Bibliographies. Num Pages: 167 pages. BIC Classification: CBW; GBCR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 168 x 32. Weight in Grams: 531.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Number of pages
- 167
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810827998
- ISBN
- 9780810827998
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 126.40
€ 126.40
Hardback. Teaches an easy method for identifying and transcribing frequently used Chinese characters into pinyin. Num Pages: 467 pages, transparencies, bibliography: p425-427. BIC Classification: 2GDC; AF; CJB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 680.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Number of pages
- 467
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810822788
- ISBN
- 9780810822788
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 169.52
€ 169.52
Hardback. Traces Rhetoric from its composition through its preservation in Greece and Rome; investigates its emergence in the Middle Ages; and explores the development of its editions in Greek and Latin. Num Pages: 230 pages, Illustrations, plans, transparencies, bibliographies, index. BIC Classification: CFG; HPCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Number of pages
- 230
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810819528
- ISBN
- 9780810819528
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 135.72
€ 135.72
Hardback. A comprehensive, annotated listing of over a thousand books, monographs, and articles containing substantive information on all the American Indian languages of California and closely related languages outside its boundaries. Series: Native American Bibliography Series. Num Pages: 234 pages, index. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; 2J; CFF; GBCR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 144 x 19. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1982
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Number of pages
- 234
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810815476
- ISBN
- 9780810815476
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 117.86
€ 117.86
Paperback. No descriptive material is available for this title. Series: American Theological Library Association (ATLA) Monograph Series. Num Pages: 214 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: CF; HRCM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 143 x 17. Weight in Grams: 354.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1980
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Number of pages
- 214
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810813472
- ISBN
- 9780810813472
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 106.76
€ 106.76
Hardback. This work engages on a theoretical level with issues in semiotics generally, taking Peirce's writings as a case study through which to investigate the adequacy of a theory of signs to account for the way "talk" works. Series: Cultural Memory in the Present Series. Num Pages: 352 pages, 5 tables. BIC Classification: CFG; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 24. Weight in Grams: 581.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804747394
- ISBN
- 9780804747394
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 183.25
€ 183.25
Hardback. This first book-length study of what Heidegger called "thinking poetics" expounds the sense of language from the perspective of fundamental ontology. It is based on readings of the pertinent chapters of Being and Time, the lectures on Holderlin, "The Origin of the Work of Art," and On the Way to Language. Translator(s): Plug, Jan. Series: Meridian: Crossing Aesthetics. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: CFG; HPCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5182 x 3226 x 21. Weight in Grams: 445.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804733748
- ISBN
- 9780804733748
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 88.61
€ 88.61
Hardback. Richly illustrated with often antic images from alphabet books and primers, The Story of A relates the history of the alphabet as a genre of text for children and of alphabetization as a social practice in America, from early modern reading primers to the literature of the American Renaissance. Num Pages: 336 pages, 19 line diagrams 52 half-tones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; CF; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 4852 x 3887 x 26. Weight in Grams: 509.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804731744
- ISBN
- 9780804731744
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 170.74
€ 170.74
Hardback. Though many recent poets insist on their poetry's "musical" qualities, few offer linguistically satisfying explanations of that "music." This book helps to fill that gap. It is a linguistically based study of rhythmic structures, and of the nature of rhythm, in the free verse of T.S. Eliot, Robert Lowell, and James Wright. Num Pages: 256 pages, notes, glossary, bibiography, index. BIC Classification: 2AB; CFG; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5182 x 3226 x 21. Weight in Grams: 485.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804729383
- ISBN
- 9780804729383
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 94.39
€ 94.39
Hardback. This is an attempt to answer Michel Foucault's question, "What is an author?" It examines the relationship between personal identity, and the public's perception of the 'author' via the reception of written texts. Num Pages: 288 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: CBW; DSBF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 160 x 23. Weight in Grams: 585.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804723008
- ISBN
- 9780804723008
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 100.56
€ 100.56