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The sixth edition of this popular text provides the student of Japanese with a simple method for correlating the writing and the meaning of Japanese characters in such a way as to make them both easy to remember. It is intended not only for the beginner, but also for the more advanced student looking for some relief from the constant frustration of forgetting how to write the kanji, or for a way to systematise what he or she already knows.

A thoroughly revised edition of Integrated Korean: Intermediate 2, the fourth volume of the best-selling series developed collaboratively by leading classroom teachers and linguists of Korean. All the series' volumes have been developed in accordance with performance-based principles and methodology.

In the 300 years since its initial publication, Li Yu's book has been widely read in China, where it is recognised as a benchmark of erotic literature and currently enjoys the distinction of being a banned-in-Beijing classic.

A modern Samoan language resource. Designed for both classroom and personal use, it features a methodical approach suitable for all ages; an emphasis on patterns of speech and communication through practice and examples; 10 practical dialogues covering everyday social situations; more than 150 exercises to reinforce comprehension; a glossary of all Samoan words used in the coursebook.

A selection of fourteen stories, translated into English, which provides a glimpse of life in feudal Edo (later Tokyo) and insight into the development of the fledgling Japanese crime novel. These stories provide an understanding of modern Japan and its aspirations toward a literature that steps outside the shadow of the West to stand on its own.

An introduction to the several systems of classical Indian thought such as Professor Deutsch provides.

Covers the writing and meaning of the 1,000 most commonly used characters in the simplified Chinese writing system. In the Chinese writing system, strokes and simple components are nested within relatively simple characters, which can, in turn, serve as parts of more complicated characters and so on.

Includes charts and text reflecting changes in regulations and facilities for most countries and specific ports of entry. In this book, the appendices include procedures for entry to Australia, which are more exacting than most Pacific landfalls, and an extensive list of information sources such as: cruising guidebooks, chart suppliers, and more.

Microphone in the mud tells the true story of a young woman as she battles armed terrorists, a kidnapper, malaria, a tsunami, and dial-up Internet while documenting endangered languages spoken by hunter-gatherers in the jungles of the Philippines.