"A very graceful, erudite job ... extraordinarily revealing."-The New York Times Thirty years after its first publication, Womansword remains a timely, provocative work on how words reflect female stereotypes in modern Japan....
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Author:Brady, MarionSummary:What's Worth Learning? addresses the central question of general education. For learners facing a complex, unpredictable, and dangerous future, it asks and answers the question: What knowledge is absolutely essential for every...
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Author:Popkin, DavidSummary:Builds vocabulary by presenting the entertaining histories behind the core words we need for more effective communication and comprehension.
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Author:Lee, Philip YungkinSummary:This is a completely up-to-date Mandarin Chinese mini dictionary. Tuttle Mini Chinese Dictionary is ideal for any application where a handy and portable dictionary is required. Intended for use by tourists, students, and business people...
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Author:Giuong, Phan Van.Summary:This is a compact and user-friendly Vietnamese dictionary. The Tuttle Compact Vietnamese Dictionary is the most up-to-date and complete Vietnamese dictionary yet published. An essential tool to learn Vietnamese, it is written for...
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Author:Davidsen, KatherineSummary:This is a compact and user-friendly Indonesian to English dictionary. The Tuttle Compact Indonesian Dictionary is a totally new bidirectional dictionary which provides English speakers with the very latest and most concise definitions...
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Author:Koryta, MichaelSummary:When fourteen-year-old Jace Wilson witnesses a brutal murder, he's plunged into a new life, issued a false identity, and hidden in a wilderness skills program for troubled teens. The plan is to get Jace off the grid while police find...
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Author:HEINDEL, MaxSummary:The Rosicrucian Manifestos are documents issued in the sixteenth century that announce the Rosicrucian movement to the world. Includes Fama Fraternitatis, Confessio Fraternitatis, Chymical Wedding, Secret Symbols of the Rosicrucians,...
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Author:Summary:Offers research stories of teachers and teacher educators who explore their own artistic and analytic practices in many settings. Contributors promote the development of arts-based narrative inquiries by using many artistic forms....
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Author:Euvino, GabrielleSummary:The Pocket Idiot's Guide to Italian Phrases, Second Edition, is truly the only Italian phrasebook readers will ever need. It employs language-immersion principles similar to 'The Complete Idiot's Guide to Learning Italian...
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Author:Korner, AngelikaSummary:The Pocket Idiot's Guide to German Phrases is a handy, informative, and fun guide to all the phrases readers need to enjoy a visit to Germany, complete with the basics of German grammar and syntax and a compact German-English/...
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Author:Stein, GailSummary:Beyond Bonjour and Adieu! This third edition of The Pocket Idiot's Guide to French Phrases includes updated information on technology and transportation, shopping, dining, and dealing with emergencies, as well as a brand-new...
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Author:Sato, NobuoSummary:Learn how to conjugate difficult Japanese verbs with ease! Everyone knows that learning the different conjugations of Japanese verbs can be a chore. Wouldnt it be great if you could learn to conjugate just one simple verb and then use...
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Rae's life falls apart when her father dies of cancer and her mother joins a religious cult. The only person who understands Rae is local bad girl Didi, who is experiencing a similar loss. Both girls fall in love with handsome flamenco...
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Author:Sagan, CarlSummary:Contents: The most precious thing -- Science and hope -- The man in the moon and the face on mars -- Aliens -- Spoofing and secrecy -- Hallucinations -- The demon-haunted world -- On the distinction between true and false...
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Author:Sasaki, MizueSummary:The Complete Japanese Expression Guide enables students to speak and understand idiomatic Japanese with the ease and fluency of a native speaker. For the first time ever, over 600 of the most commonly used idiomatic expressions in the...
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Author:Tarumoto, Ann.Summary:This is a useful and user-friendly Japanese adjective guide and workbook. To effectively learn Japanese, a strong knowledge of Japanese vocabulary is needed. The complete Japanese Adjective Guide is a simple approach to understanding...
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Author:Euvino, GabrielleSummary:Learn the language of la dolce vita! For anyone who wants to learn and enjoy the most expressive and romantic of languages, the third edition of 'The Complete Idiot's Guide to Learning Italian' is the first choice for a...
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