This book is a detailed survey of the two main indigenous languages of Japan, Japanese and Ainu. No genetic relationship has been established between them, and structurally they differ significantly. Professor Shibatani has therefore divided his study into two independent parts. The first is a most comprehensive study of the polysynthetic Ainu language. The second part deals ex...(展开全部)

This is the second of the three volumes comprising, Scholastic Humanism and the Unification of Europe. Focussing on the period from c.1090-1212, the volume explores the lives, scholarly resources, and contributions of a wide sample of people who either took part in the creation of the scholastic system of thought or gave practical effect to it in public life. The second volu...(展开全部)

Many years ago, the four children of the Brontë family – Charlotte, Branwell, Emily and Anne – lived in a windswept house by the Yorkshire moors with their father. Although their lives were often filled with sadness and their world was only as large as the distance they could walk, their inner worlds were bound only by their imaginations. Hungry for stories, these children devo...(展开全部)

【The Little Books of the Little Brontës】 ✰英國文學巨擘——勃朗特姐妹的故事 很久以前，在一個荒原的房屋裡，住著四位喪母的勃朗特孩子 – 夏洛蒂、布倫威爾、艾蜜莉和安妮。他們的生活充滿悲傷，活動範圍也十分有限，但他們的內心無拘無束，由想像力構築而成。 喜愛閱讀的孩子，讀著小說、詩歌、歷史與寓言故事。有一天，當他們收到一組士兵玩具後，更激發了創作的靈感，開啟了製作袖珍書的熱情，這份熱情將伴隨他們一生。 《The Little Books of the Little Brontës》描述了想像力的力量、說故事的樂趣以及對書籍的熱愛。這本書會讓喜愛勃朗特姐妹的讀者著迷，也讓初次認識她們的人留下深刻印象。 ✰勃朗特姐妹： 夏洛蒂－代表作《簡愛》 艾蜜莉－代表作《咆哮山庄》 安妮－代表作《荒野莊園的房客》 ✰本書特色： ...(展开全部)

Our understanding of nature’s deepest reality has changed radically, but almost without our noticing, over the past twenty-five years. Transcending the clash of older ideas about matter and space, acclaimed physicist Frank Wilczek explains a remarkable new discovery: matter is built from almost weightless units, and pure energy is the ultimate source of mass. He calls it The Li...(展开全部)

Our understanding of nature’s deepest reality has changed radically, but almost without our noticing, over the past twenty-five years. Transcending the clash of older ideas about matter and space, acclaimed physicist Frank Wilczek explains a remarkable new discovery: matter is built from almost weightless units, and pure energy is the ultimate source of mass. He calls it The Li...(展开全部)

The Monocle team celebrates the endlessly fascinating and culturally rich country of Japan. Ever since it launched in 2007, Monocle has had a rich and deep connection with Japan. From day one the magazine has had a Tokyo bureau - which today also encompasses a Monocle shop and radio studios - run under the watchful eye of Asia bureau chief Fiona Wilson. Over the past decade the...(展开全部)

Magisterial in vision, sweeping in scope, this monumental work presents a seamless account of Japanese society during the modern era, from 1600 to the present. A distillation of more than 50 years' engagement with Japan and its history, it is the crowning work of our leading interpreter of the modern Japanese experience. Since 1600 Japan has undergone three periods of wrenching...(展开全部)

Many Japanese once revered the wolf as Oguchi no Magami, or Large-Mouthed Pure God, but as Japan began its modern transformation wolves lost their otherworldly status and became noxious animals that needed to be killed. By 1905 they had disappeared from the country. In this spirited and absorbing narrative, Brett Walker takes a deep look at the scientific, cultural, and environ...(展开全部)

Magisterial in vision, sweeping in scope, this monumental work presents a seamless account of Japanese society during the modern era, from 1600 to the present. A distillation of more than 50 years' engagement with Japan and its history, it is the crowning work of our leading interpreter of the modern Japanese experience. Since 1600 Japan has undergone three periods of wrenching...(展开全部)