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  • Prayers Before a River

    A Beginner’s Guide to Prayer

    par John C. Maher ...
    This is a book of prayers, with reflections on the act of praying. The prayers are scenes from daily life touching upon different topics: a prayer for animals; a prayer before a Christmas Tree; a prayer of the agnostic, of the unemployed, and of a college student; and a prayer against pessimism. Prayer is a rapport between heaven and earth, between God and humanity. There is no certified method of ... En savoir plus

    $11.99 CAD ou Gratuit avec Kobo Plus

  • Multilingualism

    A Very Short Introduction

    par John C. Maher ...
    Collections series Very Short Introductions
    The languages of the world can be seen and heard in cities and towns, forests and isolated settlements, as well as on the internet and in international organizations like the UN or the EU. How did the world acquire so many languages? Why can't we all speak one language, like English or Esperanto? And what makes a person bilingual? Multilingualism, language diversity in society, is a perfect ... En savoir plus

    $7.19 CAD

  • Diversity in Japanese Culture and Language

    Modifié par John C. Maher, Gaynor Macdonald ...
    This is the first in-depth study of the "other" Japan - the diverse and complex culture that belies the conventional portrayal of Japan as a homogenous entity. Moving, fascinating and surprising, this book sets out the largely untold story of the cultural, ethnic and linguistic diversity found in Japan today, where members of marginal societal groups are ignored by the mainstream on the grounds of ... En savoir plus

    $94.81 CAD

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  • You Are What You Speak

    Grammar Grouches, Language Laws, and the Politics of Identity

    "An insightful, accessible examination of the way in which day-to-day speech is tangled in a complicated web of history, politics, race, economics and power." - KirkusWhat is it about other people’s language that moves some of us to anxiety or even rage? For centuries, sticklers the world over have donned the cloak of authority to control the way people use words. Now this sensational new book ... En savoir plus

    Prix courant $8.99 CAD Maintenant $5.99 CAD

  • An Introduction to Feng Shui

    par Ole Bruun ...
    Collections series Introduction to Religion
    Feng Shui has been known in the West for the last 150 years but has mostly been regarded as a primitive superstition. During the modern period successive regimes in China have suppressed its practice. However, in the last few decades Feng Shui has become a global spiritual movement with professional associations, thousands of titles published on the subject, countless websites devoted to it and ... En savoir plus

    $37.59 CAD

  • Think Like an Anthropologist

    par Matthew Engelke ...
    Collections series Pelican Books
    What is anthropology? What can it tell us about culture and the world around us? And why do we need it?For well over one hundred years, social and cultural anthropologists have traversed the world from Melanesia to suburban England, Taipei to Wall Street, uncovering surprising facts, patterns, predilections and, sometimes, the inexplicable, in terms of how humans organize their lives and ... En savoir plus

    $10.99 CAD

  • Growing Moral

    A Confucian Guide to Life

    Collections series Guides to the Good Life
    Ancient and enduring, rich and wide-ranging, the tradition of Confucianism offers profound insights into how we can lead good lives--lives built on understanding that we are deeply connected to one another. For thousands of years, Confucian thinkers have carefully honed a philosophy for living fully, passing that knowledge along to their students over generations. Kongzi, also known as Confucius ... En savoir plus

    $19.99 CAD

  • Sociolinguistics

    A Very Short Introduction

    par John Edwards ...
    Collections series Very Short Introductions
    Sociolinguistics deals with the social life of language, language in its sociocultural context. It is a branch of linguistics that looks less at the shape or sound of words--morphology or phonology--and more at how our words and sentences are influenced by the society around us--for instance, how the accent or the dialect we use has been shaped by where we come from or which social class we belong ... En savoir plus

    $7.19 CAD

  • The Cambridge Companion to Modern Japanese Culture

    Modifié par Yoshio Sugimoto ...
    Collections series Cambridge Companions to Culture
    This Companion provides a comprehensive overview of the influences that have shaped modern-day Japan. Spanning one and a half centuries from the Meiji Restoration in 1868 to the beginning of the twenty-first century, this volume covers topics such as technology, food, nationalism and rise of anime and manga in the visual arts. The Cambridge Companion to Modern Japanese Culture traces the cultural ... En savoir plus

    $55.99 CAD

  • Cultural Hybridity

    par Peter Burke ...
    The period in which we live is marked by increasingly frequent and intense cultural encounters of all kinds. However we react to it, the global trend towards mixing or hybridization is impossible to miss, from curry and chips – recently voted the favourite dish in Britain – to Thai saunas, Zen Judaism, Nigerian Kung Fu, ‘Bollywood’ films or salsa or reggae music. Some people celebrate these ... En savoir plus

    $19.99 CAD

  • Translation

    A Very Short Introduction

    Collections series Very Short Introductions
    Translation is everywhere, and matters to everybody. Translation doesn't only give us foreign news, dubbed films and instructions for using the microwave: without it, there would be no world religions, and our literatures, our cultures, and our languages would be unrecognisable. In this Very Short Introduction, Matthew Reynolds gives an authoritative and thought-provoking account of the field, ... En savoir plus

    $7.99 CAD

  • Contemporary Japanese Thought

    Modifié par Richard Calichman ...
    Collections series Weatherhead Books on Asia
    Appearing for the first time in English, the writings in this collection reflect some of the most innovative and influential work by Japanese intellectuals in recent years. The volume offers a rare and much-needed window into the crucial ideas and positions currently shaping Japanese thought (shiso).In addressing the political, historical, and cultural issues that have dominated Japanese society, ... En savoir plus

    $37.99 CAD