The only resource you need for travel to Japan This award-winning guide puts the whole country in the palm of your hand. With a large pull-out map and tips on all the best sights, travelers can be...
Batik occupies a special place in Indonesian culture. Each fabric has a rich story to tell--as a reflection of the nation's religious beliefs, sophisticated court cultures and cosmopolitan...
Korean in a Flash Kit Volume 2 continues the learning-tool advantage for people interested in learning Korean quickly and easily. Flash cards are a great way to practice your ability to read...
From storytelling phenomenon The Moth: a collection about risk, courage, and facing the unknown, drawn from the best stories ever told on their stages. All These Wonders features voices both...
The Genius of Japanese Carpentry tells the story of the 1200-year-old Yakushiji monastery in Nara and the dedicated modern-day craftsmen who are working to restore what has been lost to the...
Let's Learn Vietnamese Kit is an introductory Vietnamese language learning tool especially designed to help children from preschool through early elementary level acquire basic words, phrases,...
Tomoko Fuse has been one of the world's premier origami artists for more than 35 years. This beautifully photographed book examines the three-dimensional geometric designs she is famous for....
Thor Bjorgolfsson is a self-styled adventure capitalist with an addiction to debt and an insatiable appetite for business deals who became Iceland's first billionaire. After 10 years...
Zen Masters of Japan is the second book in a series that traces Zen's profoundly historic journey as it spread eastward from China and Japan, toward the United States. Following Zen Masters of...
Zen Masters of China presents more than 300 traditional Zen stories and koans, far more than any other collection. Retelling them in their proper place in Zen's historical journey through...
A history of the language of science, which untangles the web of politics, money, personality and international conflict that created teh world of science we now inhabit.
With more than 50 full-color illustrations, including 40 clearly diagrammed exercises, this book offers an introduction to the basics of karate for the younger martial artist.
This one-of-a-kind practice guide can be used with any Mandarin Chinese textbook or on its own to enhance your speaking and listening abilities dramatically! Includes MP3 audio CD with 16 hours of...
This book opens the door to creating the beautiful knitwear patterns seen in the work of contemporary Japanese designers. Prolific knitwear designer Kotomi Hayashi incorporates a multitude of...
The Second 100 Chinese Characters adopts a structural approach that helps students to learn, recognize and write the second 100 most common Chinese characters.
'He achieves the miraculous,' the sculptor Auguste Rodin wrote of dancer Vaslav Nijinsky. 'He embodies all the beauty of classical frescoes and statues'. Like so many since, Rodin...
Quickly learn how to read and write Persian-Farsi with this user-friendly guide Reading and Writing Farsi for Beginners is an easy-to-grasp introduction to written Farsi--perfect for anyone just...