Provides beginning and intermediate learners with an introduction to conversational Indonesian. Using a relaxed variety of standard Indonesian... Læs mere
Revered and reviled, reptiles have slithered, glided, crawled, and climbed their way through the human imagination and into prominent places in many... Læs mere
Exploring art's relationship to the unique commercial and political circumstances of Mongol Eurasia, Sudden Appearances rethinks many art... Læs mere
Explores the different forms of Daoyin in historical sequence, beginning with the early medical manuscripts of the Han dynasty, then moving into its... Læs mere
A comprehensive Pacific map, including a main map and 52 inset maps of the major parts of the region. Principal cities,... Læs mere
On September 13, 1912, the day of Emperor Meiji's funeral, General Nogi Maresuke committed ritual suicide. The revered... Læs mere
A workbook to accompany the thoroughly revised third edition of Integrated Korean: Beginning 1, the first volume of the best-selling series developed collaboratively by leading classroom teachers and linguists of Korean.
Presents an historical analysis of the discourses of nostalgia in late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century Japan. Through... Læs mere
The 12th-century text Chanyuan qinggui (Rules of Purity for the Chan Monastery) provides a wealth of detail on all aspects of life in public Buddhist monasteries during the Sung (960-1279). This title contains a complete translation of this influential monastic code.
Helps the reader in learning the Hiragana and Katakana syllabaries of modern Japanese. This work presents six short lessons of about twenty minutes, introducing each of the two systems of ""kana"" writing.