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Spoken Standard Chinese, Volume Two
Student Workbook
This second book of the Spoken Standard Chinese series completes the presentation of the major grammatical patterns of modern Mandarin, and introduces an additional 700 words. Book Two uses pinyin romanization. An...
Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio
Twenty tales selected from the popular novel Liao chai chih yi by P'u Sung-Ling are here retold in simple Chinese for the beginning student. The text is at the 600 character level, and is given in both complex and traditional...
Charles Ives and the Classical Tradition
Although Charles Ives has long been viewed as the quintessential American composer, he placed himself in the European classical tradition, drew on it heavily for his aesthetic philosophy and musical techniques, and extended...
Rome and the African Church in the Time of Augustine
In the fourth and fifth centuries, North Africa stood second only to Rome as a center of power for the Christian church in the western Roman Empire. Historical tradition holds that this vibrant ecclesiastical community, under...
Beethoven in German Politics, 1870-1989
This absorbing book chronicles the exploitation of Beethoven's life and work by German political parties from the founding of the modern nation to the East German Revolution of 1989. Drawing on a wealth of previously untapped...
Sun Yat-Sen
Volume Four, Supplementary Reading Series for Intermediate Chinese Reader.
This book tells the story of Sun Yat-Sen, the founder of the Chinese Republic. It is the fourth volume designed to supplement the Intermediate Chinese Reader by John DeFrancis. The text is presented in simplified characters,...
Wu Song Kills a Tiger
Volume Five, Supplementary Reading Series for Intermediate Chinese Reader
One of the most famous episodes from Water Margin, a traditional Chinese novel, is here retold in simple Chinese. This text is the fifth volume designed to supplement the Intermediate Chinese Reader by John DeFrancis. It is...
Explanation from Physics to Theology
An Essay in Rationality and Religion
In this book Philip Clayton defends the rationality of religious explanations by exploring the parallels between explanatory effects in the sciences and the explanations offered by religious believers, students of...
Defending White Collar Crime
A Portrait of Attorneys at Work
The first inside look at how the elite white-collar crime defense bar goes about its work. Mann's book reveals that these lawyers see their main task as controlling information about their clients, especially the flow of...
Fascism and the Mafia
Although the Sicilian Mafia is a subject of endless fascination, few serious books have been written about it. In this provocative work, Christopher Duggan argues that the idea of the Sicilian Mafia is a fiction,...