Balderdash & Piffle: One Sandwich Short of a Dog's Dinner
London: BBC Books, 2007. First Edition. Hardcover. More
Language/Linguistics
Japanese For Busy People I (Kana Version)
Tokyo: Kodansha International Ltd, 1995. Second Printing. Softcover. More
Modern Chinese: Beginner's Course, Volumes 1 & 2
Beijing: Beijing Language and Culture University Press / Sinolingua, 2001. Second Edition. Softcover. More
Usborne Round the World in Italian with Easy Pronunciation Guide
London: Usborne Publishing, 1980. Paperback (Outsized). More
Sky Mr Allgood! : Parlons francais avec Monsieur Toubon
Editions Mille et une Nuit, 1994. Clab. Paperback. More
Italianissimo: One
London: BBC Languages, 2004. New Edition. Softcover. More
Chinese Characters: their origin, etymology, history, classification and signification
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
Contemporary Japanese Workbook: An Introductory Workbook for Students of Japanese Volume 2 (with Audio CD)
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
Beginner's Translation Handbook
Hong Kong: The Commercial Press, Ltd, 1973. Reprint. Softcover. More
Teach Yourself Turkish
London: The English Universities Press Ltd, 1959. First Edition, Second Printing. Hardcover. Teach Yourself Books series. More
ZH Guide: An Introduction to Sinology
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
Politics and the English Language
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
Why I Write
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
Introduction to Theoretical Linguistics
Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 1968. Fifth Printing. Paperback. This is a comprehensive introduction to current linguistic theory. It supposes no previous knowledge and terms are defined as they are introduced; but it gives a fairly rigorous and technical treatment of a wide range of topics, and brings the reader..... More
Mandarin Chinese Phrasebook: Language Survival Kit
Australia: Lonely Planet, 1991. Second Edition. Softcover. More
Four Words For Friend: Why Using More Than One Language Matters Now More Than Ever
New Haven: Yale University Press, 2019. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. A compelling argument about the importance of using more than one language in today’s world In a world that has English as its global language and rapidly advancing translation technology, it’s easy to assume that the need to..... More
Essential Yugoslav for Travellers: Useful Phrases and Words in Serbo-Croat
London: Cassell and Company Ltd, 1965. Third Edition. Hardcover. More
The Elements of Grammar
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
Language in Hong Kong at Century's End
Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press, 1998. First Edition, Second Printing. Softcover. This volume offers a view of the linguistic situation in Hong Kong in the final years of the twentieth century, as it enters the post-colonial era. In the chapters of this book, scholars from Hong Kong and around..... More
Let's Parler Franglais Again!
Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1980. Merrily Harpur. Paperback. More
A Translation of Lao Tzu's Tao Te Ching and Wang Pi's commentary
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
Wittgenstein, a One-Way Ticket, and Other Unforeseen Benefits of Studying Chinese
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
The Bride of Anguished English: A Bonus of Bloopers, Blunders, Botches, and Boo-Boos
New York: St. Martin's Press, 2000. Jiom McLean. First Edition. Hardcover. More
Chineasy Everyday: The World of Chinese Characters
London: Thames & Hudson, 2016. Noma Bar (illustrations). First UK Edition. Softcover. ShaoLan Hsueh, a Taiwanese entrepreneur based in London, couldn't find an effective way of teaching her children Chinese, so she developed a groundbreaking visual method to make reading characters fun and easy. By learning the most commonly occurring..... More
The Literary Speech Act
Ithaca, New York: Cornell University Press, 1983. First U.S. Edition. Hardcover. In this bold yet subtle meditation on promising, Shosana Felman contemplates the seductive promise of speech and the seductive promise of love. Translated by Catherine Porter. More
