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To save her kingdom, a simple village girl must live a royal lie.
The powerful kingdom of Sigurd has slowly been conquering all the
lands that share its borders, and now it has turned its voracious
attention to the small, resource-rich Tyr. Tyr cannot hope to match
Sigurd in strength, so in order to survive, it must rely on the
intelligence, skill and cunning of its prince and his loyal
knights. But should their prince fall, so too shall Tyr… After
the king of Asha is murdered by Sigurdian forces, Freya and her
knights rescue the king’s mother and flee with the citizens of
Asha to safety. But with Sigurdian retribution still looming and an
unexpected betrayal on the path ahead, will Freya be able to
protect the people of Asha?
To save her kingdom, a simple village girl must live a royal lie.
The powerful kingdom of Sigurd has slowly been conquering all the
lands that share its borders, and now it has turned its voracious
attention to the small, resource-rich Tyr. Tyr cannot hope to match
Sigurd in strength, so in order to survive, it must rely on the
intelligence, skill and cunning of its prince and his loyal
knights. But should their prince fall, so too shall Tyr… Queen
Mariam and the people of Asha have valiantly seized the upper hand
against Lord Gleb and his Siguardian troops in the fight for their
freedom—but just when it looks as though victory is within their
gasp, Emperor Dimitri himself arrives with Siguardian
reinforcements. If Freya has any hope of helping her people win
this battle, she’ll need to escape the clutches of the Indigo
Knight before it’s too late.
Live footage of the Japanese jazz pianist performing to her home
crowd in Tokyo.
A Practical Guide for Scholarly Reading in Japanese is an
innovative reference guide for scholars specializing in Asian
studies, with a special focus on Chinese studies. The book aims to
prepare those scholars to conduct research with primary sources
from a variety of genres in the 20th century. The book contains
concise descriptions of grammar points essential for reading
scholarly writings in Japanese and exercises based on excerpts
taken from prominent Japanese scholarly texts. Each exercise
reading provides a list of vocabulary and explanations of
expressions. The reading materials provided mainly cover Chinese
history, comparative literature, religion, and culture. The book
can be used as a textbook or self-study guide for scholars of Asian
studies, as well as students who have completed two years of basic
language learning and need to learn to read scholarly Japanese.
Project X Origins is a ground-breaking guided reading programme for
the whole school. This exciting Graphic Texts pack includes
action-packed stories, fascinating non-fiction, carefully selected
poetry and comprehensive guided reading support to meet the needs
of children at every stage of their reading development. Each book
contains inside cover notes with advice on supporting older
children with their reading, ideas for follow-up activities and
higher-level comprehension questions. Project X Origins guided
reading notes offer step-by-step teaching support for each book
with guidance about comprehension, vocabulary, fluency, spelling,
punctuation, grammar and writing. Each set of notes has in-built
assessment and is fully correlated to all UK curricula. This pack
contains 1 set of guided reading notes and 4 reading books, 1 each
of: Time Runs Out, Oliver Twist, For the Fallen and other poems,
Great Pioneers.
Advertising Language analyses the ways advertisers use language to gain and retain the attention of their audience, with particular emphasis on puns and metaphors. The book contains a unique chapter on images of women in Japanese advertising and is the only book to contrast British and Japanese advertising, subsequently revealing penetrating insights into these two cultures.
This book addresses the complex events and unexpected outcomes of
military intervention by the United States and its allies in Iraq
in 2003. Considering the long-term outcomes of the intervention,
this volume examines economic collapse, societal disorder, and
increased regional conflict in Iraq. The book assesses the means by
which American strategists imposed a new political order,
generalising corruption, sectarian preference, and ethnic
cleansing, and stimulating mass population movements in and from
Iraq. Mobilising a multidisciplinary perspective, the book explores
the rise and fall of Iraq's confessional leaders, the emergence of
a popular movement for reform, and the demands of young radicals
focused upon revolutionary change. The product of years of
intensive research by Iraqis and international scholars, Iraq since
the Invasion considers how an initiative designed to produce
"regime change" favourable to the United States and its allies
brought unprecedented influence for Iran-both in Iraq and the wider
Gulf region. It analyses events in Kurdistan and the impacts of
change on relations between Iraq and its neighbours. The book
includes a wealth of detail on political, social, and cultural
change, and on the experiences of Iraqis during long years of
upheaval. It will be of value to researchers and students
interested in international relations, development studies, and
Middle East politics.
Keiko Tanaka offers an analysis of the linguistic devices that are
used in advertisements, looking at the stratagems which advertisers
employ to gain and retain the attention of their audience. Using
Relevance Theory as a framework, she sets out the key aspects, then
applies these to the language of written advertising in Britain and
Japan. Particular emphasis is placed on "covert communication" and
puns and metaphors, and the book contains a unique chapter on
images of women in Japanese advertising. It is fully illustrated
throughout with recent contrastive advertisements drawn from the
two countries.
To save her kingdom, a simple village girl must live a royal lie.
The powerful kingdom of Sigurd has slowly been conquering all the
lands that share its borders, and now it has turned its voracious
attention to the small, resource-rich Tyr. Tyr cannot hope to match
Sigurd in strength, so in order to survive, it must rely on the
intelligence, skill and cunning of its prince and his loyal
knights. But should their prince fall, so too shall Tyr... Freya
and her knights have traveled to Asha to rekindle Tyr's ancient
alliance with the desert kingdom. But the royal family of Asha has
long since capitulated to Sigurdian rule rather than risk bloody
war. Will old ties and ever-increasing Sigurdian oppression be
enough to convince the Ashans to risk their country and their
lives?
A Practical Guide for Scholarly Reading in Japanese is an
innovative reference guide for scholars specializing in Asian
studies, with a special focus on Chinese studies. The book aims to
prepare those scholars to conduct research with primary sources
from a variety of genres in the 20th century. The book contains
concise descriptions of grammar points essential for reading
scholarly writings in Japanese and exercises based on excerpts
taken from prominent Japanese scholarly texts. Each exercise
reading provides a list of vocabulary and explanations of
expressions. The reading materials provided mainly cover Chinese
history, comparative literature, religion, and culture. The book
can be used as a textbook or self-study guide for scholars of Asian
studies, as well as students who have completed two years of basic
language learning and need to learn to read scholarly Japanese.
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Jodi Hauptman, Samantha Friedman; Text written by Kiko Aebi, Annemarie Iker, Laura Neufeld
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This book describes a theory-guided approach to Foreign Language
(FL) course development, implementation, instruction and
assessment. It documents the development and implementation of a
theory-guided approach designed to exploit cross-linguistically
sharable competencies as resources for promoting FL learning. The
volume delineates the processes of (a) identifying
cross-linguistically sharable competencies, (b) exploring ways of
exploiting sharable competencies as resources in promoting language
skills through their purposeful use for content learning, (c)
implementing the instructional approach in multiple EFL classrooms,
and (d) evaluating the approach by comparing learning outcomes
across classrooms. It presents a solid conceptual framework that
integrates theories in multiple research domains, including second
language acquisition, knowledge acquisition, and language
assessment. It also provides detailed descriptions of framework
construction and classroom implementation - the two processes that
are integral to course design and development.
Learning takes place both inside and outside of the classroom,
embedded in local practices, traditions and interactions. But
whereas the importance of social practice is increasingly
recognised in literacy education, Numeracy as Social Practice:
Global and Local Perspectives is the first book to fully explore
these principles in the context of numeracy. The book brings
together a wide range of accounts and studies from around the world
to build a picture of the challenges and benefits of seeing
numeracy as social practice that is, as mathematical activities
embedded in the social, cultural, historical and political contexts
in which these activities take place. Drawing on workplace,
community and classroom contexts, Numeracy as Social Practice shows
how everyday numeracy practices can be used in formal and
non-formal maths teaching and how, in turn, classroom teaching can
help to validate and strengthen local numeracy practices. At a time
when an increasingly transnational approach is taken to education
policy making, this book will appeal to development practitioners
and researchers, and adult education, mathematics and numeracy
teachers, researchers and policy makers around the world.
Hearty and healthy recipes straight from an authentic Japanese
kitchen! Soup is an integral part of the traditional Japanese
meal--whether a delicate miso soup in a lacquered bowl to be sipped
as you eat your rice, or a rich and flavorful broth poured over a
noodle dish. In this book, Japanese culinary expert Keiko Iwasaki
shares the homemade soup recipes that she makes regularly for her
family and friends at home--ranging from filling one-pot meals to
light and tasty accompaniments. Recipes include: Japanese-Style
Oyster Chowder Egg Soup with Shrimp and Napa Cabbage Pork Belly
Soup with Vegetables Sesame Miso Soup with Beef and Watercress
Summer Vegetable Soup Curried Tomato Soup with Pork Meatballs And
many more--66 in all! All the soups in this book are made from
homemade stocks that use healthy ingredients such as konbu seaweed
or shiitake mushrooms, so that they are natural and additive free.
The soup recipes themselves are based largely on vegetables, which
are combined with seafood and meat to maximize the nutritional
balance. They are also low calorie, and naturally gluten free. One
of the main differences between Japanese and Western soups is that
Japanese soups are cooked lightly rather than simmered for a long
time. By following the recipes in this book, you can quickly and
easily rustle up a warm bowl of soup to soothe your soul after a
busy day.
Kimono Design: An Introduction to Textiles and Patterns uses
hundreds of photographs and a wealth of information on colors,
fabrics and embellishments to paint a portrait of Japanese culture,
art and thought. Lavish classical patterns, sweeping scenes, and
the many motifs that have been woven, dyed, painted or embroidered
into these textiles reveal a reflectiveness, a sense of humor, and
an appreciation of exquisite beauty that is uniquely Japanese.
Organized according to motifs traditionally associated with each
season of the year, Kimono Design interprets the kimono's special
language as expressed in depictions of: Flowers and grasses Birds
and other animals Symbols of power, luck and prestige
Land-and-seascapes scenes from literature, history and daily life
scenes of travel and the Japanese concept of other lands and many
others... Extensive notes on all the motifs demonstrate how the
kimono reflects changing times and a sense of the timeless.
Information on jewelry, hairpins and other accessories is scattered
throughout to give a fuller sense of the Japanese art of dress.
This is a volume that Japanophiles, historians, artists and
designers will all cherish.
Explores the origins of the community, and compares the experience
of the Japanese to that of other national groups. The book
discusses the community's involvement in the arts, religion and
sport; intermarriage; and the second generation, and concludes by
considering the impact of deteriorating relations in the 1930s and
of the Second World War.
The revival of madrasas in the 1980s coincided with the rise of
political Islam and soon became associated with the "clash of
civilizations" between Islam and the West. This volume examines the
rapid expansion of madrasas across Asia and the Middle East and
analyses their role in society within their local, national and
global context. Based on anthropological investigations in
Afghanistan, Bangladesh, China, Iran, and Pakistan, the chapters
take a new approach to the issue, examining the recent phenomenon
of women in madrasas; Hui Muslims in China; relations between the
Iran's Shia seminary after the 1979-Islamic revolution and Shia in
Pakistan and Afghanistan; and South Asian madrasas. Emphasis is
placed on the increased presence of women in these institutions,
and the reciprocal interactions between secular and religious
schools in those countries. Taking into account social, political
and demographic changes within the region, the authors show how
madrasas have been successful in responding to the educational
demand of the people and how they have been modernized their style
to cope with a changing environment. A timely contribution to a
subject with great international appeal, this book will be of great
interest to students and scholars of international politics,
political Islam, Middle East and Asian studies and anthropology.
This book draws together recent data on both cytoplasmic and
flagellar dyneins and the proteins they interact with, to give
readers a clear picture of what is currently known about the
structure and mechanics of these remarkable macro-molecular
machines. Each chapter is written by active researchers, with a
focus on currently used biophysical, biochemical, and cell
biological methods. This is a useful handbook for frontline
researchers as well as a textbook for advanced students. Besides
comprehensive cover of structural information gained by electron
microscopy, electron cryo-tomography, X-ray crystallography, and
nuclear magnetic resonance, this book provides detailed
descriptions of mechanistic experiments by single-molecule
nanometry. The reports include in vitro studies of the motility of
reconstituted complexes and in vivo studies of organisms expressing
mutant dyneins. The recent technical improvements described, which
have played an important part in recent advances, include the
expression and preparation of recombinant dynein heavy chains or
individual subdomains.
The revival of madrasas in the 1980s coincided with the rise of
political Islam and soon became associated with the "clash of
civilizations" between Islam and the West. This volume examines the
rapid expansion of madrasas across Asia and the Middle East and
analyses their role in society within their local, national and
global context. Based on anthropological investigations in
Afghanistan, Bangladesh, China, Iran, and Pakistan, the chapters
take a new approach to the issue, examining the recent phenomenon
of women in madrasas; Hui Muslims in China; relations between the
Iran's Shia seminary after the 1979-Islamic revolution and Shia in
Pakistan and Afghanistan; and South Asian madrasas. Emphasis is
placed on the increased presence of women in these institutions,
and the reciprocal interactions between secular and religious
schools in those countries. Taking into account social, political
and demographic changes within the region, the authors show how
madrasas have been successful in responding to the educational
demand of the people and how they have been modernized their style
to cope with a changing environment. A timely contribution to a
subject with great international appeal, this book will be of great
interest to students and scholars of international politics,
political Islam, Middle East and Asian studies and anthropology.
This book addresses the complex events and unexpected outcomes of
military intervention by the United States and its allies in Iraq
in 2003. Considering the long-term outcomes of the intervention,
this volume examines economic collapse, societal disorder, and
increased regional conflict in Iraq. The book assesses the means by
which American strategists imposed a new political order,
generalising corruption, sectarian preference, and ethnic
cleansing, and stimulating mass population movements in and from
Iraq. Mobilising a multidisciplinary perspective, the book explores
the rise and fall of Iraq's confessional leaders, the emergence of
a popular movement for reform, and the demands of young radicals
focused upon revolutionary change. The product of years of
intensive research by Iraqis and international scholars, Iraq since
the Invasion considers how an initiative designed to produce
"regime change" favourable to the United States and its allies
brought unprecedented influence for Iran-both in Iraq and the wider
Gulf region. It analyses events in Kurdistan and the impacts of
change on relations between Iraq and its neighbours. The book
includes a wealth of detail on political, social, and cultural
change, and on the experiences of Iraqis during long years of
upheaval. It will be of value to researchers and students
interested in international relations, development studies, and
Middle East politics.
This volume covers state-of-the-art research in the field of
crosslinguistic approaches to the psychology of language. The forty
chapters cover a wide range of topics that represent the many
research interests of a pioneer, Dan Isaac Slobin, who has been a
major intellectual and creative force in the field of child
language development, linguistics, and psycholinguistics for the
past four decades. Slobin has insisted on a rigorous,
crosslinguistic approach in his attempt to identify universal
developmental patterns in language learning, to explore the effects
of particular types of languages on psycholinguistic processes, to
determine the extent to which universals of language and language
behavior are determined by modality (vocal/auditory vs.
manual/visual) and, finally, to investigate the relation between
linguistic and cognitive processes. In this volume, researchers
take up the challenge of the differences between languages to
forward research in four major areas with which Slobin has been
concerned throughout his career: language learning in
crosslinguistic perspective (spoken and sign languages); the
integration of language specific factors in narrative skill;
theoretical issues in typology, language development and language
change; and the relationship between language and cognition. All
chapters are written by leading researchers currently working in
these fields, who are Slobin's colleagues, collaborators or former
students in linguistics, psychology, anthropology, and cognitive
science. Each section starts with an introductory chapter that
connects the themes of the chapters and reviews Slobin's
contribution in the context of past research trends and future
directions. The whole volume focuses squarely on the central
argument: universals of human language and of its development are
embodied and revealed in its diverse manifestations and
utilization. Crosslinguistic Approaches to the Study of Language is
a key resource for those interested in the range of differences
between languages and how this impacts on learning, cognition and
language change, and a tribute to Dan Slobin's momentous
contribution to the field.
This volume covers state-of-the-art research in the field of
crosslinguistic approaches to the psychology of language. The forty
chapters cover a wide range of topics that represent the many
research interests of a pioneer, Dan Isaac Slobin, who has been a
major intellectual and creative force in the field of child
language development, linguistics, and psycholinguistics for the
past four decades. Slobin has insisted on a rigorous,
crosslinguistic approach in his attempt to identify universal
developmental patterns in language learning, to explore the effects
of particular types of languages on psycholinguistic processes, to
determine the extent to which universals of language and language
behavior are determined by modality (vocal/auditory vs.
manual/visual) and, finally, to investigate the relation between
linguistic and cognitive processes. In this volume, researchers
take up the challenge of the differences between languages to
forward research in four major areas with which Slobin has been
concerned throughout his career: language learning in
crosslinguistic perspective (spoken and sign languages); the
integration of language specific factors in narrative skill;
theoretical issues in typology, language development and language
change; and the relationship between language and cognition. All
chapters are written by leading researchers currently working in
these fields, who are Slobin's colleagues, collaborators or former
students in linguistics, psychology, anthropology, and cognitive
science. Each section starts with an introductory chapter that
connects the themes of the chapters and reviews Slobin's
contribution in the context of past research trends and future
directions. The whole volume focuses squarely on the central
argument: universals of human language and of its development are
embodied and revealed in its diverse manifestations and
utilization. Crosslinguistic Approaches to the Study of Language is
a key resource for those interested in the range of differences
between languages and how this impacts on learning, cognition and
language change, and a tribute to Dan Slobin's momentous
contribution to the field.
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