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Multiple-component retail product. A Chinese language programme that features a dramatic series filmed entirely in China. By combining a story line with a wealth of educational materials, it helps students progress from listening and speaking to the more difficult skills of reading and writing Chinese characters, building grammar, vocabulary, and pronunciation skills along the way. Series: Encounters. BIC Classification: 2GDC; CJBV. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 192 x 144 x 23. Weight in Grams: 268.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Edition
DVD
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300175998
ISBN
9780300175998
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 463.66
€ 342.01

Hardcover. The Handbook of Chinese Linguistics presents critical overviews of a wide range of major topics in Chinese linguistics, and is the first book to introduce Chinese linguistics from the perspective of modern theoretical and formal linguistics. Series: Blackwell Handbooks in Linguistics. Num Pages: 678 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: 2GDC; CF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 179 x 252 x 42. Weight in Grams: 1330.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780470655344
ISBN
9780470655344
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 229.81

Paperback. Thailand's foremost writers about women are brought together in this collection of 11 short stories and excerpts from five novels. The selection shows the many ways fiction has mirrored the lives of Thai women over the 20th century. Translator(s): Kepner, Susan Fulop. Series: Voices from Asia S. Num Pages: 281 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FMT; 2G; FA; FYB; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 463.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
University of California Press
Number of pages
281
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520089037
ISBN
9780520089037
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 25.98

Hardback. Presents research on the history of the Tibeto-Burman (TB) language family, a typologically diverse group of over 250 languages spoken in Southern China, the Himalayas, NE India, and peninsular Southeast Asia. Series: UC Publications in Linguistics. Num Pages: 792 pages, 12 figures. BIC Classification: 2GD; CFA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 286 x 222 x 48. Weight in Grams: 2136.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
0th Edition
Number of pages
792
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520098435
ISBN
9780520098435
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 97.39
€ 78.50

Paperback. A play that chronicles the adventures of the star-crossed lovers Oriole and Student Zhang. It is suitable for students of Chinese cultural and literary traditions. Num Pages: 300 pages, 21 illustrations. BIC Classification: 2GDC; DD; DSBB; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 158 x 21. Weight in Grams: 534.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
300
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520201842
ISBN
9780520201842
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 28.50

Paperback. An account of Chinese literary modernism, written from the perspective of Republican China. Shih argues for the contextualization of Chinese modernism in the semicolonial cultural and political formation of the time and analyzes pivotal issues, such as decadence and Orientalism. Series: Berkeley Series in Interdisciplinary Studies of China. Num Pages: 440 pages, 1 line illustration, 1 table. BIC Classification: 2GDC; DSBH; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 230 x 32. Weight in Grams: 680.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
440
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520220645
ISBN
9780520220645
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 27.65

Hardback. Offers a study of Japanese cultural expression. This title reveals how a particular, often seemingly innocent aesthetic sensibility - present in novels, essays, popular songs, film, and political writings - helped create an 'aesthetic of fascism' in the years leading up to World War II. Series: Studies of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 2GJ; 3JJG; 3JJH; 3JJP; DSBH; HBJF; JPFQ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 238 x 163 x 27. Weight in Grams: 642.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of California Press
Edition
0th Edition
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520245051
ISBN
9780520245051
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 82.32
€ 63.54

Hardback. This Handbook brings together major aspects of Japanese linguistics, presenting overviews, current concerns and future directions of each topic. The areas included are phonology, syntax, semantics, morphology, language acquisition, sentence processing, pragmatics, and sociolinguistics. Editor(s): Tsujimura, Natsuko. Series: Blackwell Handbooks in Linguistics. Num Pages: 544 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 2GJ; CF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 266 x 187 x 35. Weight in Grams: 1194.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
544
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631205043
ISBN
9780631205043
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 243.93

Paperback. This Handbook brings together major aspects of Japanese linguistics, presenting overviews, current concerns and future directions of each topic. The areas included are phonology, syntax, semantics, morphology, language acquisition, sentence processing, pragmatics, and sociolinguistics. Editor(s): Tsujimura, Natsuko. Series: Blackwell Handbooks in Linguistics. Num Pages: 544 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 2GJ; CF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 243 x 173 x 30. Weight in Grams: 906.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
544
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631234944
ISBN
9780631234944
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 73.20

Hardcover. This text explores the issues of nation and modernity in China by focusing on the work of Zhou Zuoren, a controversial Chinese intellectual and brother of the writer Lu Xun Zhou was radically at odds with many of his contemporaries and opposed their nation-building and modernization projects. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 388 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 2GDC; GTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 29. Weight in Grams: 680.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Harvard University Asia Center
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674002388
ISBN
9780674002388
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 38.16

Hardcover. This text maps the aesthetic and semantic meanings associated with gender in the Ming-Qing vernacular novel through close readings of five long narratives, including "Dream of the Red Chamber" and "A Tale of Heroic Lovers". Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 340 pages. BIC Classification: 2GDC; DQ; DSA; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 31. Weight in Grams: 660.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
340
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674005129
ISBN
9780674005129
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 36.06

Hardcover. This volume analyzes the representation of gender and desire in elite, male-authored literary texts in China dating from roughly 200 B.C. until 1000 A.D. Series: Harvard-Yenching Institute Monograph Series. Num Pages: 440 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 2GDC; 3D; 3F; DSBB; HBJF; HBLA; HBLC; JFSJ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 168 x 34. Weight in Grams: 752.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Harvard University Asia Center
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674005273
ISBN
9780674005273
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 44.00
€ 41.05

Hardcover. By approaching May Fourth from novel perspectives, the authors of the eight studies in this volume seek to contribute to the ongoing critique of the movement. Editor(s): Dolezelova-Velingerova, Milena; Kral, Oldrich. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 374 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 2GDC; JFC; JPA; JPH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 168 x 29. Weight in Grams: 688.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
374
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674007864
ISBN
9780674007864
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 44.00
€ 41.16

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

€ 46.99
€ 38.60

Hardcover. "Rulin waishi" (The Unofficial History of the Scholars) is an 18th century landmark in the history of the Chinese novel. Through a close reading of this novel, the author seeks answers to such questions as: what accounts for the literati's enthusiasm for writing and reading novels? Series: Harvard-Yenching Institute Monograph Series. Num Pages: 325 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 2GDC; DSBD; DSK; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 162 x 32. Weight in Grams: 658.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
325
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674010956
ISBN
9780674010956
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 37.06

Hardcover. The goal of this volume is to consider the relationship of writing to materiality in China's literary history and to ponder the physical aspects of the production and circulation of writing. Editor(s): Zeitlin, Judith T.; Liu, Lydia H. Series: Harvard-Yenching Institute Monograph Series. Num Pages: 620 pages, 94 illustrations. BIC Classification: 2GDC; DSA; DSB; GTC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 163 x 46. Weight in Grams: 1036.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
620
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674010987
ISBN
9780674010987
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 59.07
€ 54.08

Hardcover. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 276 pages. BIC Classification: 2GJ; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 166 x 27. Weight in Grams: 570.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Harvard University Asia Center
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674016521
ISBN
9780674016521
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 37.06

Hardcover. Editor(s): Idema, Wilt L.; Li, Wai-yee; Widmer, Ellen. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 525 pages. BIC Classification: 2GDC; DSBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 181. Weight in Grams: 886.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Harvard University Asia Center
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674017757
ISBN
9780674017757
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 59.07
€ 54.03

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

€ 46.99
€ 39.05

Hardcover. Tells the story of the development of poetic competence to uncover the complexity of the concept and to identify the sources and exemplars of that complexity. This book demonstrates poetic competence through a person's ability to influence the attitudes and behaviour of others with poetic discourse. Series: Harvard-Yenching Institute Publications. Num Pages: 375 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2GDC; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 181 x 27. Weight in Grams: 578.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Harvard University Asia Center
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674021402
ISBN
9780674021402
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 44.00
€ 41.05

Hardcover. Begins with three case studies, each of which probes one facet of the relationship between women and fiction in the early 19th Century. This book examines in turn the prefaces written by four women for a novel about women; the activities of a woman editor and writer of fiction; and writings on fiction by three leading literary women. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 400 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 2GDC; 3JH; DSBF; DSK; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 180 x 35. Weight in Grams: 750.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674021464
ISBN
9780674021464
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 53.99
€ 45.05

Hardback. By examining how narrative strategies reinforce or contest deterministic paradigms, this work describes modern Chinese fiction's contribution to ethical and literary debates over the possibility for meaningful moral action. It analyses discourses of agency and fatalism and the ethical import of narrative structures. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 325 pages. BIC Classification: 2GDC; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 165 x 28. Weight in Grams: 598.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Harvard University, Asia Center
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674022676
ISBN
9780674022676
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 44.00
€ 41.05

Hardback. Writer Higuchi Ichiyo has been described as a consummate stylist of classical prose. Drawing critical momentum from the dialogical theory of Mikhail Bakhtin, the author explores in five of her best-known stories how traditional rhetoric and literary devices are engaged with discourses associated with modernity within the pages of her narratives. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 250 pages. BIC Classification: 2GJ; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 164 x 237 x 25. Weight in Grams: 550.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Harvard University, Asia Center
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674022720
ISBN
9780674022720
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 37.06

Hardback. Talks about the Reizei poets as participants in a collective institution devoted more to the continuity of family poetic practices and ideals than to the concept of individual expression that is central to modern poetic culture. This book features an appendix of 100 poems from over the centuries, by poets who were affiliated with the Reizei house. Series: Harvard-Yenching Institute Monograph Series. Num Pages: 450 pages, 7 charts, 15 halftones. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 2GJ; DSBB; DSC; HBTG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 167 x 236 x 42. Weight in Grams: 916.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Harvard University, Asia Center
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674024533
ISBN
9780674024533
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 53.28
€ 49.04

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