The Kodansha Kanji Dictionary-a revised, expanded edition of Jack Halpern's groundbreaking New Japanese-English Character Dictionary-is the most complete, linguistically accurate, and up-to-date dictionary of its kind. The culmination of more than twenty years of labor-some one hundred man-years-this authoritative and easy-to-use dictionary has been celebrated the world over by students and teachers of the Japanese language for its wealth of detailed information on the meanings and usages of Sino-Japanese characters.
One of the unique features that has made this dictionary so popular is the core meaning, a concise keyword that facilitates an instant grasp of the fundamental concept of each kanji. Along with detailed character meanings, the core meaning helps learners decode unfamiliar compound words from the meanings of their components.
Another unique feature is the System of Kanji Indexing by Patterns (SKIP), a revolutionary indexing system that makes it possible to locate entries as quickly and as accurately as in alphabetical dictionaries. With SKIP, all you need to do to find a kanji is identify the geometrical pattern to which it belongs, then count the strokes in each part of that pattern-a much speedier process than searching by traditional methods such as by radical.
Updates include the integration of 5,458 entry characters-almost 20 percent more than in the first edition. This includes all the government-prescribed Joyo and Jinmei Kanji, as well as extensive coverage of old and alternative character forms. The new edition also features more readings, meanings, synonym articles, usage notes, and vocabulary items than before. And, in keeping with modern Japanese-language curricula, character and compound readings are shown in kana instead of romanized Japanese.
With its wealth of detailed and up-to-date information on kanji meanings, readings, and usages, its accessible new design, its convenient lookup methods (six including SKIP), and its added content, this dictionary is certain to satisfy the needs of students, teachers, scholars, translators-anyone who uses the Japanese language.

Why Plot Never Matters: Telling the Screen Stories in Your Heartis designed to fill a significant and widely ignored gap between the theory and the practice of screenwriting. The approach of this text is equally applicable to all modes of writing popular fiction, including movies, television, novels,and stage plays. Why Plot Never Matters: Telling the Screen Stories in Your Heart helps new writers: discover their personal artistic voice. learn the overlooked creative methods allprofessional screenwriters actually use to build their stories. This textbook will take the reader on a journey of self-discovery, one that reveals the core beliefs and life lessons that constitute the unique creative voice of every writer.

Unlike the metamorphosis that occurs to a butterfly or a frog, telling a story will probably not dramatically alter your character, physical structure, or even circumstances. However, as a storyteller, you can imagine it did. Anchored by the need to write about storytelling in a human way, So, What's Your Story? Discovering the Story in You weaves theory and practice while infusing exercises and examples to help demonstrate and support vital storytelling principles. The second edition of So, What's Your Story? is a multimedia masterpiece that includes access to online supplements at no additional charge. The online supplements include terrific audio and video story samples from former students, discussion friendly remarks from the author, and stories told by exceptional tellers who performed on Houston's KPFT So, What's Your Story?. So, What's Your Story? Discovering the Story in You: Features a flexible format instructors can teach confidently any chapter in any order creating their own segues and incorporating their own pedagogical style. Features new story samples in each chapter; all of which can be found on the online supplement, along with a brief remark about the learning principle with which each is associated. Integrates a set of new exercises within the text to encourage frequent and meaningful practice. Peppers story excerpts throughout the text from former students to boost the reader's comprehension and improve their overall storytelling performance.

The Historical Dictionary of Modern Coups D’état surveys the history of coups d’état in the post-World War II period. The term “modern� in the title therefore demarcates the period since January 1946. This book documents over 582 coup attempts that have occurred in 108 different countries worldwide over a period of 75 years. Historical Dictionary of Modern Coups D’état contains a chronology, an introduction, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has more than 1,400 cross-referenced dictionary entries. This book is an excellent resource for students, and researchers.