Zurich: Dot Line Curve, 2020. First Edition. Board book. A simple introduction to traditional Chinese writing Learn through play with the basic building blocks of Chinese writing — one colourful stroke at a time. A Touch & Trace Book 1) For Learning and Play Thick board book format..... More
Zurich: Dot Line Curve, 2020. First Edition. Cards in envelope. 1) Practice What You Learn Perfect companion to the Touch & Trace book. Designed for practice and play. 2) Perfect Surface For Practice and Play Colour coded strokes encourage young learners to practice by tracing with ease... More
London: BBC Books, 2007. First Edition. Hardcover. More
Tokyo: Kodansha International Ltd, 1995. Second Printing. Softcover. More
Beijing: Beijing Language and Culture University Press / Sinolingua, 2001. Second Edition. Softcover. More
London: Usborne Publishing, 1980. Paperback (Outsized). More
Editions Mille et une Nuit, 1994. Clab. Paperback. More
London: BBC Languages, 2004. New Edition. Softcover. More
New York: Paragon Book Reprint Corp. / Dover Publications, Inc., 1965. Reprint. Softcover. For at least 2,000 years Chinese scholars have conducted research into the writing system. In addition to the study of origins and the processes by which new characters are created, Chinese scholarship has been especially interested in..... More
Tokyo: Tuttle Publishing, 2007. First Edition. Paperback (Outsized). Contemporary Japanese Workbook, Volume 2 was created as a supplementary material for Contemporary Japanese: An Introductory Textbook for College Students. A workbook which is best used for reviewing and reinforcing the concepts and learning materials introduced in the textbook, it is also..... More
Hong Kong: The Commercial Press, Ltd, 1973. Reprint. Softcover. More
London: The English Universities Press Ltd, 1959. First Edition, Second Printing. Hardcover. Teach Yourself Books series. More
New Haven: Far Eastern Publications / Yale University Press, 1970. First Edition, Fifth Printing. Hardcover. Rare. A vintage Chinese language study guide for technical/scientific applications. More
London: Penguin Books, 2013. Reprint. Paperback. 'Politics and the English Language' is widely considered Orwell's most important essay on style. Style, for Orwell, was never simply a question of aesthetics; it was always inextricably linked to politics and to truth.'All issues are political issues, and politics itself is a mass..... More
London: Penguin Books, 2004. Alister Hall (cover artwork). Reprint. Paperback. Whether puncturing the lies of politicians, wittily dissecting the English character or telling unpalatable truths about war, Orwell's timeless, uncompromising essays are more relevant, entertaining and essential than ever in today's era of spin. More
Australia: Lonely Planet, 1991. Second Edition. Softcover. More
Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1984. G.H. von Wright, G.E.M. Anscombe (eds.). Second Edition. Paperback. This considerably revised second edition of Wittgenstein's 1914-16 notebooks contains a new appendix with photographs of Wittgenstein's original work, a new preface by Elizabeth Anscombe, and a useful index by E.D. Klemke. Corrections have..... More
London: Profile Books, 2003. James Nunn (jacket design and illustrations). First Edition, Nineteenth Printing. Hardcover. Anxious about the apostrophe? Confused by the comma? Stumped by the semicolon? Join Lynne Truss on a hilarious tour through the rules of punctuation that is sure to sort the dashes from the hyphens... More
London: Cassell and Company Ltd, 1965. Third Edition. Hardcover. More
New York: Macmillan Publishing Company, 1986. Paperback. The essential guide to refining and improving grammar – from the basics of sentence structure to the art of composing written works. A concise, comprehensive handbook of the basic rules of grammar and usage that presents invaluable tips on how to implement these..... More
Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1980. Merrily Harpur. Paperback. More
Ann Arbor: Center for Chinese Studies, University of Michigan, 1992. First edition, reprint. Softcover. Michigan Monogram in Chinese Studies, No. 30. This translation was begun in 1968 as research in an area of personal interest of the author. As a Chinese with an undergraduate major in Western Literature and..... More
Hong Kong: The Chinese University of Hong Kong Press, 2019. Sushan Chan (cover design). First Edition. Paperback. This is a fascinating, insightful collection of essays by some of the world’s most renowned China experts, who share personal recollections of their time in China—often beginning in the 1970s, when foreigners were..... More
Middlesex: Penguin Books, 1956. Paperback. Volume 4 of an anthology of prose from 1550 to 1880, each devoted to a period of fifty to eighty years of English prose and contains an introduction to the prose styles of the time and the biographical notes on the writers presented. 288 pp. More
New York: St. Martin's Press, 2000. Jiom McLean. First Edition. Hardcover. More
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