Introduction to Classical Chinese (Vogelsang Kai)(Paperback)

Introduction to Classical Chinese (Vogelsang Kai)(Paperback)

This textbook provides a comprehensive scholarly introduction to Classical Chinese and its texts. Classical Chinese is the language of Confucius and Mencius and their contemporaries, who wrote the seminal texts of Chinese philosophy more than 2,000 years ago. Although it was used as a living

Introduction to Classical Chinese Philosophy (Van Norden Bryan W.)(Paperback / softback)

Outline of Classical Chinese Grammar (Pulleyblank Edwin G.)(Paperback)

Outline of Classical Chinese Grammar is a comprehensive introduction to the syntactical analysis of classical Chinese. Focusing on the language of the high classical period, which ranges from the time of Confucius to the unification of the empire by Qin in 221, the book pays particular attention to

Invisible Rainbow: A Physicist's Introduction to the Science Behind Classical Chinese Medicine (Zhang Changlin)(Paperback)

Changlin Zhang provides a scientific basis for the success behind alternative therapies such as acupuncture, qigong, Ayurveda, and other traditional therapies in an illuminating discussion that explains the efficacy of these approaches in treating a number of chronic conditions. Underlining how

Chinese Love Poetry(Paperback / softback)

Selection of classical and modern Chinese love poems, illustrated with brushwork calligraphy and scenes from rarely exhibited paintings and prints in the collection of the British

An Introduction to Hindustani Classical Music: A Guidebook for Beginners (Singha Vijay Prakash)(Paperback)

An Introduction to Hindustani Classical Music: A Guidebook for Beginners is Vijay Singha's comprehensive guide to savour and appreciate classical music. Written in a simple and easy-to-comprehend style, this book delves into the understanding of raga sangeet, semi-classical and fusion music, raga

Classical Chinese for Everyone - A Guide for Absolute Beginners (Van Norden Bryan W.)(Paperback / softback)

Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio (Songling Pu)(Paperback)

Exquisite and amusing miniatures regarded as the pinnacle of classical Chinese fiction With their elegant prose, witty wordplay and subtle charm, the 104 stories in this selection from The Strange Tales of Pu Songling (1640-1715) reveal a world in which nothing is as it seems. Here a Taoist monk

Introduction to Chinese-English Translation: Key Concepts and Techniques (Ye Zinan)(Paperback)

Introduction to Chinese-English Translation is the first book published in the U.S. that addresses how to translate from Chinese into English. Part One discusses basic issues in translation. Part Two introduces ten essential skills with the help of actual translation examples. Part Three deals with

Chinese Shamanic Tiger Qigong: Embrace the Power of Emptiness (Wu Zhongxian)(Paperback)

Chinese Shamanic Tiger Qigong is a uniquely classical practice designed to bolster our health, activate our inner life power, and deepen our spiritual connection to universal energy. This book illustrates the philosophy and cultivating method of the Tiger Qigong form and unlocks the mysterious

An Introduction to Classical Nahuatl (Launey Michel)(Paperback)

Now available to an English-speaking audience, this book is a comprehensive grammar of classical Nahuatl, the literary language of the Aztecs. It offers students of Nahuatl a complete and clear treatment of the language's structure, grammar, and vocabulary. It is divided into 35 chapters, beginning

Photo Poetics: Chinese Lyricism and Modern Media Culture (Wu Shengqing)(Paperback)

Chinese poetry has a long history of interaction with the visual arts. Classical aesthetic thought held that painting, calligraphy, and poetry were cross-fertilizing and mutually enriching. What happened when the Chinese poetic tradition encountered photography, a transformative technology and

Classical Mechanics and Electrodynamics (Leinaas Jon Magne)(Paperback)

The book gives a general introduction to classical theoretical physics, in the fields of mechanics, relativity and electromagnetism. It is analytical in approach and detailed in the derivations of physical consequences from the fundamental principles in each of the fields. The book is aimed at

Brief Guide to Classical Civilization (Kershaw Dr Stephen P.)(Paperback / softback)

An accessible and comprehensive introduction to Classical history, myth and the ancient

Belief Revision in Non-Classical Logics (Ribeiro Mrcio Moretto)(Paperback)

Preface.- Introduction.- Consequence.- Logics.- Classical Belief Revision.- AGM Contraction in Non-Classical Logics.- AGM Revision in Logics without Negation.- Base Revision in Logics without Negation.- Algorithms for Belief Bases.- Conclusion.-

Chinese Mythology: An Introduction (Birrell Anne M.)(Paperback)

In Chinese Mythology, Anne Birrell provides English translations of some 300 representative myth narratives selected from over 100 classical texts, many of which have never before been translated into any Western language. Organizing the narratives according to themes and motifs common to world

Political Ideologies (Wetherly Paul)(Paperback)

Political Ideologies provides a wide-ranging introduction to both classical and contemporary political ideologies. Ideologies are presented as frameworks of interpretation and political commitment, encouraging readers to evaluate how ideologies work in practice, the problematic links between ideas

Mathematical Physics: Classical Mechanics (Knauf Andreas)(Paperback)

Accessible introduction to Hamiltonian dynamicsContains KAM theory Many exercises with

Chinese Foreign Policy: An Introduction (Lanteigne Marc)(Paperback)

This updated and expanded fourth edition of Chinese Foreign Policy seeks to examine the decision-makers, processes, and rationales behind China's expanding international relations as well as offering an in-depth look at China's modern global relations.Among the key issues explored in this edition

Lanterns and Firecrackers: A Chinese New Year Story (Zucker Jonny)(Paperback)

A simple introduction to the Chinese New Year festival. Follow a family as they let off firecrackers, watch the amazing dragon dances and light their beautiful lanterns to celebrate the start of their New Year. This pre-school series introduces young children to world religions and focuses on the

Approximate Quantum Markov Chains (Sutter David)(Paperback)

Introduction.- Classical Markov chains.- Quantum Markov chains.- Outline.- Preliminaries.- Notation.- Schatten norms.- Functions on Hermitian operators.- Quantum channels.- Entropy measures.- Background and further reading.- Tools for non-commuting operators.- Pinching.- Complex interpolation

Ancient Greek Alive (Saffire Paula)(Paperback)

This innovative textbook offers students a dynamic introduction to classical Greek. It inspires a constructive sense of enthusiasm in the classroom while helping students master grammatical principles and reading skills.Among the imaginative features of the book is a two-week introduction to spoken

Classical Chinese for Everyone - A Guide for Absolute Beginners (Van Norden Bryan W.)(Pevná vazba)

Auditory Culture Reader(Paperback / softback)

The first edition of The Auditory Culture Reader offered an introduction to both classical and recent work on auditory culture, laying the foundations for new academic research in sound studies. Today, interest and research on sound thrives across disciplines such as music, anthropology, geography,