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13 Secrets for Speaking Fluent Japaneseby Giles MurrayISBN 4770023022 (4-7700-2302-2)
Softcover, Kodansha Amer Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: '13 Secrets for Speaking Fluent Japanese'Book summary:13 Secrets for Speaking Fluent Japanese presents tested shortcuts for Japanese language acquisition. Identifying two groups of people who actively and effectively study Japanese to the point of fluency-successful non-native learners and Japanese children-Giles Murray has collected from both groups the most rewarding and universal techniques which can be put to immediate use by both beginner and advanced students of Japanese.
This book is designed for people who have tried orthodox textbooks and failed, people who know a little Japanese but don't have the necessary time or motivation to make the transition to more serious textbooks, and people seeking to increase fluency using ability already acquired. It introduces new strategies for thinking, speaking and memorizing Japanese quickly, efficiently and independently. Used in tandem with a mainstream textbook, these strategies will enable any student to apply what they have learned in the classroom to real-life situations, and to speak without hesitation in natural and fluent Japanese.
With lively and entertaining commentaries, striking illustrations, two Japanese manga-including a six-page extract from Osamu Tezuka's famous Blackjack series-brainteasing puzzles, and genuinely useful example sentences, 13 Secrets offers a unique and exciting alternative to all students of Japanese.
Featuring
- An original manga by Tezuka Osamu
- All new custom-written 16-page manga
- 3 mini-graphic novels
- Over 100 illustrations
- Dynamic quiz format
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Around the World in 80 Daysby Jules VerneISBN 1419107658 (1-4191-0765-8)
Softcover, Kessinger Pub Co
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Around The World In 80 Days'Book summary:Purchase one of 1st World Library's Classic Books and help support our free internet library of downloadable eBooks. 1st World Library-Literary Society is a non-profit educational organization. Visit us online at www.1stWorldLibrary.ORG - Mr. Phileas Fogg lived, in 1872, at No. 7, Saville Row, Burlington Gardens, the house in which Sheridan died in 1814. He was one of the most noticeable members of the Reform Club, though he seemed always to avoid attracting attention; an enigmatical personage, about whom little was known, except that he was a polished man of the world. People said that he resembled Byron-at least that his head was Byronic; but he was a bearded, tranquil Byron, who might live on a thousand years without growing old. Certainly an Englishman, it was more doubtful whether Phileas Fogg was a Londoner. He was never seen on 'Change, nor at the Bank, nor in the counting-rooms of the "City"; no ships ever came into London docks of which he was the owner; he had no public employment; he had never been entered at any of the Inns of Court, either at the Temple, or Lincoln's Inn, or Gray's Inn; nor had his voice ever resounded in the Court of Chancery, or in the Exchequer, or the Queen's Bench, or the Ecclesiastical Courts. He certainly was not a manufacturer; nor was he a merchant or a gentleman farmer. His name was strange to the scientific and learned societies, and he never was known to take part in the sage deliberations of the Royal Institution or the London Institution, the Artisan's Association, or the Institution of Arts and Sciences. He belonged, in fact, to none of the numerous societies which swarm in the English capital, from the Harmonic to that of the Entomologists, founded mainly for the purpose of abolishing pernicious insects. [via]
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- Around the World in 80 Days: ISBN 1595400427 (1-59540-042-7)
Softcover, Authorhouse - Around the World in 80 Days: ISBN 1421806428 (1-4218-0642-8)
Hardcover, 1st World Library - Around the World in 80 Days: ISBN 1577656806 (1-57765-680-6)
Hardcover, Spotlight - Around the World in 80 Days: ISBN 0812968565 (0-8129-6856-5)
Softcover, Random House Inc - Around the World in 80 Days: ISBN 0893756083 (0-89375-608-3)
Softcover, Troll Communications Llc - Around the World in 80 Days: ISBN 0866119523 (0-86611-952-3)
Hardcover, Abdo Pub Co - Around the World in 80 Days: ISBN 0895772949 (0-89577-294-9)
Hardcover, Readers Digest - Around The World In 80 Days: ISBN 1419107658 (1-4191-0765-8)
Softcover, Kessinger Pub Co
- Around the World in 80 Days: ISBN 1595400427 (1-59540-042-7)
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Around the World in Eighty Daysby Jules VerneISBN 1847022235 (1-84702-223-5)
Softcover, Echo Library
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Around the World in Eighty Days'Book summary:Around the World in Eighty Days (1873) relates the hair-raising journey made as a wager by the Victorian gentleman Phileas Fogg, who succeeds - but only just! - in circling the globe within eighty days. The dour Fogg's obsession with his timetable is complemented by the dynamism and versatility of his French manservant, Passepartout, whose talent for getting into scrapes brings colour and suspense to the race against time. Five Weeks in a Balloon (1863) was Verne's first novel. It documents an apocryphal jaunt across the continent of Africa in a hydrogen balloon designed by the omniscient, imperturbable and ever capable Dr Fergusson, the prototype of the Vernian adventurer. [via]
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- Around the World in Eighty Days: ISBN 1853260908 (1-85326-090-8)
Softcover, Lb May & Assoc Inc - Around the World in Eighty Days: ISBN 1588276244 (1-58827-624-4)
Hardcover, Indypublish.Com - Around the World in Eighty Days: ISBN 1400307511 (1-4003-0751-1)
Softcover, Thomas Nelson Inc - Around The World In Eighty Days: ISBN 193303730X (1-933037-30-X)
Hardcover, Heliographica Pr - Around the World in Eighty Days: ISBN 0812504305 (0-8125-0430-5)
Softcover, Tor Books - Around the World in Eighty Days: ISBN 1847022235 (1-84702-223-5)
Softcover, Echo Library
- Around the World in Eighty Days: ISBN 1853260908 (1-85326-090-8)
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Basic Japanese Through ComicsISBN 0963433547 (0-9634335-4-7)
Softcover, Weatherhill
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Beginner's Japanese: An Easy Introductionby Helen GilhoolyISBN 0844237086 (0-8442-3708-6)
Softcover, McGraw-Hill
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Beginner's Japanese: An Easy Introduction'Book summary:Teaches basic vocabulary, grammar, and their applications to everyday situations using a simple style and illustrations that make learning a language fun. [via]
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Bungo Manual: Selected Reference Materials for Students of Classical Japaneseby Helen C. McCulloughISBN 0939657481 (0-939657-48-1)
Softcover, Cornell Univ East Asia Program
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Bungo Manual: Selected Reference Materials for Students of Classical Japanese'Book summary:This small handbook is designed primarily as a reference tool for students of classical Japanese (bungo) who possess a working knowledge of the modern language. The first of its two main sections discusses suffixes attached to each of the verbal bases recognized by Japanese grammarians; the second treats important particles and miscellaneous parts of speech in alphabetical order. A table lists suffixes and their bases in alphabetical order, with cross references to the first section; three others show modern and classical verb and adjective categories and their bases. There are also short sections on grammatical patterns, respect verbs, sound changes, and traditional kana usage. Now includes a six-page index compiled by John Wallace, University of Wisconsin-Madison. [via]
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Business Japanese: A Complete Course for Beginnersby Michael Jenkins, Lynne StrugnellISBN 0844238082 (0-8442-3808-2)
Softcover, Teach Yourself
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A Caribbean Mysteryby Agatha ChristieISBN 0816145385 (0-8161-4538-5)
Softcover, G.K. Hall
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Caribbean Mystery'Book summary:As Miss Marple sits in the Carribbean sun, pondering how nothing ever happens here, her attention is aroused by an old soldier's story about a strange coincidence. Infuriatingly, just as he is about to show her an astonsihing photograph, his mind begins to wander, and he doesn't finish the story. [via]
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Core Words and Phrases: Things You Can't Find in a Dictionaryby Kakuko ShojiISBN 477002388X (4-7700-2388-X)
Softcover, Kodansha Amer Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Core Words and Phrases: Things You Can't Find in a Dictionary'Book summary:Designed to assist students in learning important, yet difficult, words and phrases. The text is divided into two parts, the first deals with physical and abstract distance (this and that) and the second covers words and phrases that prove the most difficult for beginners to understand. [via]
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A Dictionary of Japanese Particlesby Sue A. KawashimaISBN 4770023529 (4-7700-2352-9)
Softcover, Kodansha Amer Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Dictionary of Japanese Particles'Book summary:For English-speaking students of Japanese, particles are perhaps the most difficult aspect of the language to learn. It would be no exaggeration to say that, for most people, they can never be completely mastered. Thus, the study of particles is a lifetime undertaking, and students need a lifelong companion to help them along the way. That companion is A Dictionary of Japanese Particles.
Covering over 100 particles in alphabetical order, the dictionary explains the meanings of each (most have more than one) and gives sample sentences for each meaning.
Illustrations are provided where necessary for clarification. There are also exercises at the back of the book for those who wish to test their knowledge of particle usage. Appendices and endpaper charts are provided for easy access.
A Dictionary of Japanese Particles is an essential reference work, meant to be used over the years as students continue to confront puzzling particles. [via]More editions of A Dictionary of Japanese Particles:
Easy Katakana: How to Read and Write English Words Used in Japaneseby Tina Wells, Aoi TokouchiISBN 0844285196 (0-8442-8519-6)
Softcover, Natl Textbook Co Trade
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Effective Japanese Usage Guide: A Concise Explanation of Frequently Confused Words and Phrasesby Kakuko Shoji, Masayoshi HiroseISBN 4061232827 (4-06-123282-7)
Softcover, Kodansha Amer Inc
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El Principito / The Little Princeby Antoine De ExuperyISBN 9870000746 (987-00-0074-6)
Softcover, Random House Mondadori
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El Principito / The Little Princeby Antoine De Saint-ExuperyISBN 9500400480 (950-04-0048-0)
Softcover, Planeta Pub Corp
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› Find signed collectible books: 'El Principito / The Little Prince'Book summary:Uno de los clásicos de la literatura para niños, que en el criterio de muchos debe ser leído y comentado por un adulto, pero también un indiscutible libro para adultos. Mediante la figura de un principito que vive en su propio asteroide, el autor trata sobre los valores humanos y enseñanzas para la vida. [via]
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El Principito / The Little Princeby Saint-ExuperyISBN 9562014320 (956-201-432-0)
Softcover, Oceano De Mexico
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Flip, Slither, Bang: Japanese Sound and Action Wordsby Hiroko Fukuda, Tom GallyISBN 4770016840 (4-7700-1684-0)
Softcover, Kodansha International
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From The Mixed-up Files Of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweilerby E. L. KonigsburgISBN 1557360367 (1-55736-036-7)
Hardcover, Cornerstone Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'From The Mixed-up Files Of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler'Book summary:After reading this book, I guarantee that you will never visit the Metropolitan Museum of Art (or any wonderful, old cavern of a museum) without sneaking into the bathrooms to look for Claudia and her brother Jamie. They're standing on the toilets, still, hiding until the museum closes and their adventure begins. Such is the impact of timeless novels . . . they never leave us. E. L. Konigsburg won the 1967 Newbery Medal for this tale of how Claudia and her brother run away to the museum in order to teach their parents a lesson. Little do they know that mystery awaits! [via]
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Genki II: An Integrated Course in Elementary Japanese IIby Japan TimesISBN 4789010023 (4-7890-1002-3)
Softcover, Varsitybooks.Com
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Ghost in the Shellby Masamune Shirow, Frederik L. Schodt, Toren SmithISBN 1593072287 (1-59307-228-7)
Softcover, Dark Horse Comics
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Ghost in the Shell'Book summary:From acclaimed Japanese writer/artists Masamune Shirow, the creator of Appleseed, Orion, and Dominion: Tank Police comes a new dystopian tale of tough-talking cyborgs, political intrigues, and the kind of actions best left covert! The beautiful and deadly Major Kusanagi and her crack team of internal operatives are sent to investigate a government factory with questionable labor practices. As it turns out, their labor practices aren't the only thing to be questioned when the major and her team are met by a most unwelcoming welcome wagon! [via]
The Handbook of Japanese Verbsby Taeko KamiyaISBN 4770026838 (4-7700-2683-8)
Softcover, Kodansha Amer Inc
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If You Teach Me Japanese, I'll Teach You English: A Guide to Exchanging Languagesby Paul Swanson, Yuko SwansonISBN 0870408518 (0-87040-851-8)
Softcover, Japan Pubn Trading Co
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Japanese Character Dictionary With Compound Lookup Via Any KanjiISBN 0887271707 (0-88727-170-7)
Softcover, Cheng & Tsui Co
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Japanese for Busy PeopleISBN 4770018843 (4-7700-1884-3)
Softcover, Kodansha Amer Inc
Find This BookBook summary:THE REVISED EDITION OF JAPANESE FOR BUSY PEOPLE In the ten years since its publication, Japanese for Busy People has won acceptance worldwide as an effective, easy-to-understand textbook, either for classroom use or for independent study. In this new edition, numerous revisions and additions have been made, taking into account the comments and responses of both students and teachers who have been using the course.
In Book I, the revisions are directed at making the grammatical explanations easier to understand, while adding further explanations of points that students have difficulty with. Changes have also been made in favor of more natural practice sentences and dialogues. In addition, new appendices list the particles, interrogatives, and sentence patterns in the book, as well as the kanji introduced.
More fundamental revisions have been made to Book II, which has been expanded and divided into two volumes, Book II and Book Ill. The changes result in a smoother transition from Book I, make new grammatical elements clearer, and present more natural practice dialogues and exercise sentences.
THE JAPANESE FOR BUSY PEOPLE COURSE This concise course in natural Japanese is ideal for such students as businessmen whose aim is a working knowledge of the spoken language in everyday life. Survival Japanese for Adults, ' as it might be called, gets to the heart of the language without recourse to childish or classroom-only Japanese.
Book II consists of twenty lessons in the same format as Book I, with dialogues, notes on grammar, and vocabulary, exercises and quizzes. The dialogues introduce the daily language and life of adult Japanese and, compared with Book I, conversations are more natural and include abbreviated expressions and suitable responses. In this revised Book II, kanji are introduced systematically, and alternate readings, stroke order and associated kanji are given for the characters appearing in each chapter. [via]More editions of Japanese for Busy People:
Japanese for Busy People - Kana Workbook: Kana Workbookby Association for Japanese Language TeachingISBN 4770020961 (4-7700-2096-1)
Softcover, Kodansha Amer Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Japanese for Busy People - Kana Workbook: Kana Workbook'Book summary:Learn hiragana and katakana more quickly and easily than ever before Japanese for Busy People: Kana Workbook is a concise course for busy students who want to learn the two kana scripts, hiragana and katakana, as effectively as possible in a limited amount of time. This workbook offers a unique and proven approach to writing accurate and well-formed kana that has been tried and tested in the classrooms of AJALT. The pronunciation and configuration of the kana are taught in tandem, based on a solid foundation of clear-cut commentary, unique writing drills, and an optional audio cassette called Japanese for Busy People: Kana Workbook Tape. Using basic sentence patterns and phrases, the student learns not only how to read, write, and pronounce hiragana and katakana, but also how to incorporate and distinguish Japanese script in the living language.
The Kana Workbook is a fully integrated component of the Japanese for Busy People series. All sentence patterns and vocabulary have been modeled after Lessons 1 through 10 of the best-selling Japanese for Busy People 1. Used together, these two books accelerate and strengthen the learning process. It is the ideal workbook for anyone using or planning to use the Kana Version of Japanese for Busy People.
The Kana Workbook has the following features:
* a unique approach to well-written Kana
* parallel learning of reading, writing, listening, and pronouncing
* optional audio cassette Japanese for Busy People: Kana Workbook Tape
* focus on basic sentence patterns and Kana usage
* fully integrated with the Japanese for Busy People series [via]More editions of Japanese for Busy People - Kana Workbook: Kana Workbook:
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Japanese for Busy People I: Kana Versionby Association for Japanese Language TeachingISBN 4770019874 (4-7700-1987-4)
Softcover, Kodansha Amer Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Japanese for Busy People I: Kana Version'Book summary:Japanese for Busy People is, as the title suggests, a concise course for busy students who want to learn natural, spoken Japanese as effectively as possible in a limited amount of time. This new Kana Version has been adapted and redesigned to reflect current thinking on Japanese-as-a-second-language education. Romanized Japanese, often criticized as being the main obstacle to accurate and fluent pronunciation of the spoken language, has been omitted in favor of native hiragana and katakana scripts. Learning kana from the very beginning will also facilitate a smooth and fast transition to kanji study. Enough vocabulary and grammar have been provided to enable the learner to communicate in uncomplicated adult Japanese, without having to memorize excessive amounts of vocabulary and language patterns that are not immediately useful. Exercises and Quiz sections also appear in kana to reinforce written and oral comprehension as well as production skills. Japanese for Busy People has been prepared under the guidance of a working group of experienced Japanese language instructors who reviewed and tested the material in an authentic classroom environment.
The Kana Version of Japanese for Busy People 1 is the ideal textbook for anyone who wishes to learn real, natural, conversational Japanese and actually communicate with native Japanese speakers. It also provides a solid foundation and a valuable resource for those who would like to go further with their study of the Japanese language.
This new Kana Version includes:
* new introduction explaining how to use the text at home or school
* new, larger, and easier-to-read typography
* new, classroom-friendly, eye-catching page design
* clear, concise explanations of how the language works
* full English-Japanese/Japanese-English glossaries. [via]More editions of Japanese for Busy People I: Kana Version:
Japanese for Busy People IIby Association for Japanese Language TeachingISBN 0870115995 (0-87011-599-5)
Softcover, Kodansha Amer Inc
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Japanese for Busy People II: The Workbookby Ajalt StaffISBN 4770020376 (4-7700-2037-6)
Softcover, Kodansha Amer Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Japanese for Busy People II: The Workbook'Book summary:How can the Japanese for Busy People series help you learn Japanese?
Japanese for Busy People is, as the title suggests, a concise course for 'busy' students who want to learn natural, spoken Japanese as effectively as possible in a limited amount of time. Three main texts - Japanese for Busy People I, Japanese for Busy People II, and Japanese for Busy People Ill - with related workbooks, cassette tapes, ODs, teacher's manuals, and videos make up this fully integrated three-level series. At each level, enough vocabulary and grammar has been provided to enable the learner to communicate in uncomplicated adult language without having to memorize excessive amounts of vocabulary and language patterns that are not immediately useful. All components of the Japanese for Busy People series have been prepared under the guidance of a working group of experienced Japanese language instructors who reviewed and tested the material in an authentic classroom environment.
Japanese for Busy People II: The Workbook is the ideal resource for any student who wishes to improve speaking, listening, reading, and writing skills in Japanese. This collection of exercises and activities has been developed to provide practice for sentence patterns presented in both the Revised Edition and Kana Version of Japanese for Busy People Il. The workbook can be used both in the classroom as a supplement for introducing or reviewing lessons, and outside the classroom for homework and review. When coordinated with the exercises and quizzes in the main textbook, this workbook should enable learners to improve their command of basic Japanese in a relatively short time.' [via]More editions of Japanese for Busy People II: The Workbook:
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Japanese for Busy People: The Workbook Drills for Oral FluencyISBN 4770019076 (4-7700-1907-6)
Softcover, Kodansha Amer Inc
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Japanese Fundamentals: Basic Grammar & Vocabulary-Essential Verbs-Common Idioms/Expanded Folding Cardby R. Mebane Atwood BoydISBN 0812063082 (0-8120-6308-2)
Softcover, Barrons Educational Series Inc
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Kanji Connections: Hints on How to Differentiate 400 Easily Confused Charactersby Tae Moriyama, Bob Gavey, Reiko GaveyISBN 4079765924 (4-07-976592-4)
Softcover, Shufu No Tomo
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Kanji from the Start: A Comprehensive Japanese Readerby Martin Lam, Kaoru ShimizuISBN 477001936X (4-7700-1936-X)
Softcover, Kodansha Amer Inc
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Kanji Pict-O-Graphix: Over 1,000 Japanese Kanji and Kana Mnemonicsby Michael RowleyISBN 0962813702 (0-9628137-0-2)
Softcover, Stone Bridge Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Kanji Pict-O-Graphix: Over 1,000 Japanese Kanji and Kana Mnemonics'Book summary:How does one learn kanji, the characters of written Japanese? The traditional approach is rote memorization. Japanese children write each kanji hundreds of times at their desks, and eventually they are acquired. Michael Rowley offers a different way, a mnemonic-association approach that provides a hook on which to hang the meaning and retrieve it easily when the kanji comes into view. The concept is simple: each character is represented under the word or concept it stands for (such as turf, bamboo, eat, or duty), followed by the pronunciations of the word in Chinese and Japanese, and a drawing that captures the meaning and resembles the character enough so that it'll come to mind whenever the kanji is seen.
Organized thematically in chapters such as "Power," "Places," "Tools," "The World," "Food," "People," and "The Body," Rowley's book lets you learn the root symbols before teaching the words that add to them for further meanings. For example, the character for water is a splatter of three dashes that Rowley pictures as three splashing water drops. Later, you see that steam, float, boil, dirt, and bathe all build on the water character. For steam, there's the water character plus a series of lines that Rowley exaggerates to resemble swirling, vapory tendrils, and the association helps. Building on units of memory and relationship, recall is aided considerably by the simple yet evocative drawings. Rowley even manages to help with the hiragana and katakana syllabaries, providing appealing pictures that look a bit like the letters in question and begin with the same sounds. So the na letter looks like a knot, nu resembles Rowley's drawing of noodles held by chopsticks, and it's easier to remember which symbol means te when you picture a telephone pole.
It's hard to do Rowley's book justice with words, since the visual element is what makes it tick. He does a wonderful job, blending insight, imagination, and drawing technique, in a book that far surpasses the old rote method, making kanji learning both appealing and accessible. --Stephanie Gold [via]
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Kodansha's Furigana English-Japanese Dictionaryby Masatoshi YoshidaISBN 4770027516 (4-7700-2751-6)
Softcover, Kodansha Amer Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Kodansha's Furigana English-Japanese Dictionary'Book summary:This companion volume to "Kodansha's Furigana Japanese-English Dictionary" is designed for English-speaking users and features pronunciation for all kanji characters in hiragana. It should prove useful for beginning and intermediate students who prefer reference in native Japanese script. [via]
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Kodansha's Furigana Japanese Dictionary: Japanese-English English-JapaneseISBN 4770024800 (4-7700-2480-0)
Hardcover, Kodansha Amer Inc
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Kodansha's Furigana: Japanese-English DictionaryISBN 4770019831 (4-7700-1983-1)
Softcover, Kodansha Amer Inc
Find This BookBook summary:A dictionary for beginning and intermediate students with pronunciation for all kanji characters shown in hiragana, and cross-referencing of synonyms. The book also includes three appendices for verb conjugation, numerals and place names. [via]
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Le Petit Princeby Antoine De Saint-ExuperyISBN 2070105024 (2-07-010502-4)
Hardcover, French & European Pubns
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Le Petit Prince'Book summary:Imaginez-vous perdu dans le désert, loin de tout lieu habité, et face à un petit garçon tout blond, surgi de nulle part. Si de surcroît ce petit garçon vous demande avec insistance de dessiner un mouton, vous voilà plus qu'étonné ! À partir de là, vous n'aurez plus qu'une seule interrogation : savoir d'où vient cet étrange petit bonhomme et connaître son histoire.
S'ouvre alors un monde étrange et poétique, peuplé de métaphores, décrit à travers les paroles d'un "petit prince" qui porte aussi sur notre monde à nous un regard tout neuf, empli de naïveté, de fraîcheur et de gravité. Très vite, vous découvrez d'étranges planètes, peuplées d'hommes d'affaires, de buveurs, de vaniteux, d'allumeurs de réverbères.
Cette évocation onirique, à laquelle participent les aquarelles de l'auteur, a tout d'un parcours initiatique, où l'enfant apprendra les richesses essentielles des rapports humains et le secret qui les régit : "On ne voit bien qu'avec le coeur, l'essentiel est invisible pour les yeux."
Oeuvre essentielle de la littérature, ce livre de Saint-Exupéry est un ouvrage que l'on aura à coeur de raconter à son enfant, page après page, histoire aussi de redécouvrir l'enfant que l'on était autrefois, avant de devenir une grande personne ! --Xavier Marciniak [via]
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Le Petit Princeby De SaintISBN 2070334538 (2-07-033453-8)
Softcover, Continental Book Co Inc
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S'ouvre alors un monde étrange et poétique, peuplé de métaphores, décrit à travers les paroles d'un "petit prince" qui porte aussi sur notre monde à nous un regard tout neuf, empli de naïveté, de fraîcheur et de gravité. Très vite, vous découvrez d'étranges planètes, peuplées d'hommes d'affaires, de buveurs, de vaniteux, d'allumeurs de réverbères.
Cette évocation onirique, à laquelle participent les aquarelles de l'auteur, a tout d'un parcours initiatique, où l'enfant apprendra les richesses essentielles des rapports humains et le secret qui les régit : "On ne voit bien qu'avec le coeur, l'essentiel est invisible pour les yeux."
Oeuvre essentielle de la littérature, ce livre de Saint-Exupéry est un ouvrage que l'on aura à coeur de raconter à son enfant, page après page, histoire aussi de redécouvrir l'enfant que l'on était autrefois, avant de devenir une grande personne ! --Xavier Marciniak [via]
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Le Tour du Monde en 80 Joursby Verne J StaffISBN 2011552451 (2-01-155245-1)
Softcover, Unknown UK Publisher
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Le Tour du Monde en 80 Jours'Book summary:Jules Verne aimait le grand spectacle, ses effets de scène et ses coups de théâtre. Et certains de ses livres, Le Tour du monde en 80 jours notamment, sont conçus comme des machines théâtrales. Tout y est calibré, ajusté pour tenir le lecteur en haleine, l'étonner, le distraire ou le prendre à contre-pied. On est en pleine esthétique romantique, celle de Dumas en particulier, avec qui Verne collabora un temps. Mais le Tour du monde c'est aussi l'avènement du monde industriel, le culte de la machine, de l'efficacité, le pointage horaire étendu à une échelle universelle. Culte porté jusqu'à l'outrance, avec un humour féroce, une ironie mordante : Verne n'est pas dupe. Et s'il agite ses personnages comme des marionnettes prises de frénésie, c'est pour, en sourdine, articuler un discours de révolte : Philéas Fogg n'est pas si loin de Némo l'anarchiste, nouveau Faust moderne, et ce texte éblouissant cache bien des profondeurs. --Scarbo [via]
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Learn Japanese: New College Textby Kimiko Nakajima-Okana, Young, John & Nakajima, KimikoISBN 0824808592 (0-8248-0859-2)
Softcover, Univ of Hawaii Pr
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Learn Japanese: New College Textby Young, John & Nakajima, KimikoISBN 0824808967 (0-8248-0896-7)
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The Little Princeby Irene Testot-Ferry, A. ExuperyISBN 1853261580 (1-85326-158-0)
Softcover, Wordsworth Editions Ltd
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Little Prince'Book summary:Antoine de Saint-Exupéry first published The Little Prince in 1943, only a year before his Lockheed P-38 vanished over the Mediterranean during a reconnaissance mission. More than a half century later, this fable of love and loneliness has lost none of its power. The narrator is a downed pilot in the Sahara Desert, frantically trying to repair his wrecked plane. His efforts are interrupted one day by the apparition of a little, well, prince, who asks him to draw a sheep. "In the face of an overpowering mystery, you don't dare disobey," the narrator recalls. "Absurd as it seemed, a thousand miles from all inhabited regions and in danger of death, I took a scrap of paper and a pen out of my pocket." And so begins their dialogue, which stretches the narrator's imagination in all sorts of surprising, childlike directions.
The Little Prince describes his journey from planet to planet, each tiny world populated by a single adult. It's a wonderfully inventive sequence, which evokes not only the great fairy tales but also such monuments of postmodern whimsy as Italo Calvino's Invisible Cities. And despite his tone of gentle bemusement, Saint-Exupéry pulls off some fine satiric touches, too. There's the king, for example, who commands the Little Prince to function as a one-man (or one-boy) judiciary:
I have good reason to believe that there is an old rat living somewhere on my planet. I hear him at night. You could judge that old rat. From time to time you will condemn him to death. That way his life will depend on your justice. But you'll pardon him each time for economy's sake. There's only one rat.
The author pokes similar fun at a businessman, a geographer, and a lamplighter, all of whom signify some futile aspect of adult existence. Yet his tale is ultimately a tender one--a heartfelt exposition of sadness and solitude, which never turns into Peter Pan-style treacle. Such delicacy of tone can present real headaches for a translator, and in her 1943 translation, Katherine Woods sometimes wandered off the mark, giving the text a slightly wooden or didactic accent. Happily, Richard Howard (who did a fine nip-and-tuck job on Stendhal's The Charterhouse of Parma in 1999) has streamlined and simplified to wonderful effect. The result is a new and improved version of an indestructible classic, which also restores the original artwork to full color. "Trying to be witty," we're told at one point, "leads to lying, more or less." But Saint-Exupéry's drawings offer a handy rebuttal: they're fresh, funny, and like the book itself, rigorously truthful. --James Marcus [via]More editions of The Little Prince:
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Origamic Architecture: Tour of Nara, Ancient Capital of Japanby Masshiro ChataniISBN 4395270433 (4-395-27043-3)
Softcover, Digital Manga Inc
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Orionby Masamune ShirowISBN 1569711488 (1-56971-148-8)
Softcover, Hachette Book Group USA
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Outrageous Japanese: Slang, Curses & Epithetsby Jack SewardISBN 4805308486 (4-8053-0848-6)
Softcover, Tuttle Pub
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This little gem of a book teaches you hundreds and hundreds of Japanese taunts, threats, curses and expletives that you'll never find in any dictionary-showing you how the Japanese really talk to one another when they are angry or emotional. It leaves no taboo untouched and sets the record completely straight.
Intended for students of all levels and anyone interested in how Japanese is really spoken, this book is absolutely indispensable for foreigners who live in Japan and want to know what is being said when someone insults you in Japanese! [via]
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Reading Japanese Financial Newspapersby Association for Japanese-Language StaffISBN 477002472X (4-7700-2472-X)
Softcover, Kodansha International
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Reading Japanese Financial Newspapers'Book summary:The most comprehensive book available on this subject, Reading Japanese Financial Newspapers is a complete course for learning to read financial news in Japanese. Originally published in 1991, this book has proven successful in helping professionals get their news quickly, from the source. This course has been tested, reviewed, and revised in the classroom for years by AJALT'S professional instructors, and this new, revised edition now reflects the sweeping changes that have recently occurred in the Japanese financial environment.
Learning to read about finance in Japanese is actually easier than it sounds, because of the many specialized terms and usages that are repeated frequently. Headlines, too, are always written in certain set styles, This book focuses on those elements to improve reading efficiency, and is organized for optimal learning and retention.
The core of the book is formed of many actual newspaper articles, with comprehensive vocabulary lists and questions for checking and increasing comprehension. Other supplementary material includes a glossary of over 3,500 key financial terms and phrases, and appendices of various supplementary terms and of abbreviations useful for understanding financial newspapers. [via]
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The Rough Guide Dictionary Phrasebook JapaneseISBN 1858289203 (1-85828-920-3)
Softcover, Rough Guides
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South of the Border, West of the Sunby Haruki MurakamiISBN 1860465943 (1-86046-594-3)
Softcover, Harvill Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'South of the Border, West of the Sun'Book summary:In South of the Border, West of the Sun, the arc of an average man's life from childhood to middle age, with its attendant rhythms of success and disappointment, becomes the kind of exquisite literary conundrum that is Haruki Murakami's trademark. The plot is simple: Hajime meets and falls in love with a girl in elementary school, but he loses touch with her when his family moves to another town. He drifts through high school, college, and his 20s, before marrying and settling into a career as a successful bar owner. Then his childhood sweetheart returns, weighed down with secrets:
When I went back into the bar, a glass and ashtray remained where she had been. A couple of lightly crushed cigarette butts were lined up in the ashtray, a faint trace of lipstick on each. I sat down and closed my eyes. Echoes of music faded away, leaving me alone. In that gentle darkness, the rain continued to fall without a sound.
Murakami eschews the fantastic elements that appear in many of his other novels and stories, and readers hoping for a glimpse of the Sheep Man will be disappointed. Yet South of the Border, West of the Sun is as rich and mysterious as anything he has written. It is above all a complex, moving, and honest meditation on the nature of love, distilled into a work with the crystal clarity of a short story. A Nat "King" Cole song, a figure on a crowded street, a face pressed against a car window, a handful of ashes drifting down a river to the sea are woven together into a story that refuses to arrive at a simple conclusion. The classic love triangle may seem like a hackneyed theme for a writer as talented as Murakami, but in his quietly dazzling way, he bends us to his own unique geometry. --Simon Leake [via]More editions of South of the Border, West of the Sun:
Teach Yourself Beginners Japanese Scriptby Helen GilhoolyISBN 0844226866 (0-8442-2686-6)
Softcover, Teach Yourself
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Wicked Japanese for the Business Travelerby Howard TombISBN 0894808621 (0-89480-862-1)
Softcover, Workman Pub Co
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2001 Japanese and English Idiomsby Carol Akiyama, Nobuo AkiyamaISBN 0812094336 (0-8120-9433-6)
Softcover, Barrons Educational Series Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: '2001 Japanese and English Idioms'Book summary:This edition is two books in one. The first part, intended for those whose first language is English, presents Japanese idioms with their meanings translated into literal and idiomatic English. All entries and sample sentences are written in phonetic spelling (Romaji), then in Japanese characters, and finally in English. The second part is for those whose first language is Japanese. [via]
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Genki 1: An Integrated Course in Elementary Japanese 1by Japan TimesISBN 4789009637 (4-7890-0963-7)
Softcover, Varsitybooks.Com
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Genki I: An Integrated Course in Elementary Japanese Iby Yutaka Ohno, Eri BannoISBN 4789010015 (4-7890-1001-5)
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Genki II: An Integrated Course in Elementary Japanese IIby Japan TimesISBN 4789009823 (4-7890-0982-3)
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Japanese Core Words and Phrases: Things You Can't Find in a Dictionaryby Kakuko ShojiISBN 4770027745 (4-7700-2774-5)
Softcover, Kodansha Amer Inc
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Kan-Ei Jukugo Ribasu Jitenby Wolfgang Hadamitzky, Mark Spahn, Kimiko Fujie-WinterISBN 4816908285 (4-8169-0828-5)
Hardcover, Nichigai Asoshietsu
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Kodansha's Effective Japanese Usage Dictionary: A Concise Explanation of Frequently Confused Words and Phrasesby Masayoshi HiroseISBN 4770028504 (4-7700-2850-4)
Softcover, Kodansha Amer Inc
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Explanations are given in Japanese with English translations; sample sentences are written in Japanese and Roman characters, with accompanying English translations. To further aid understanding, the book includes 27 short narratives or dialogues that indicate how word usage is affected by context, helping students to distinguish some of the language's subtleties. With its clarification of often confused vocabulary, this book is an essential tool for serious students of Japanese.
o 768-page dictionary includes 302 comparisons of 708 synonymous terms.
o Explains words and phrases that seem similar, but have very different uses.
o Sample sentences in romanized and standard Japanese script with furigana, followed by the English translation.
o Three easy-to-use indexes in romanized alphabetical order, Japanese order, and by category. [via]More editions of Kodansha's Effective Japanese Usage Dictionary: A Concise Explanation of Frequently Confused Words and Phrases:
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Kodansha's Furigana Japanese-English Dictionaryby Masatoshi Yoshida, Yoshikatsu NakamuraISBN 4770027508 (4-7700-2750-8)
Softcover, Kodansha Amer Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Kodansha's Furigana Japanese-English Dictionary'Book summary:Browsing through the pages of Kodansha's Furigana Japanese-English Dictionary, you will notice something different: none of the Japanese entry words appearing in this book have been romanized. Some people may be surprised by this feature, especially in that the book is seen as suitable for even absolute beginners. Others (particularly the Japanese-language instructors who pointed out the need for such a publication) will be delighted to find that a full-fledged furigana Japanese-English dictionary is finally available.
What is furigana and why is it so important?
Furigana refers to the small kana that are printed above or alongside kanji to show the pronunciation of the Chinese character. With furigana superscripts, the beginner who is familiar with hiragana and katakana is able to read even the most difficult and obscure kanji at a glance. Other publications either provide little or no guide to kanji readings or romanize some or all the Japanese words and sentences. Previously, romanized Japanese dictionaries were of some value to students using textbooks that contained no Japanese script. Recently, however, an increasing number of influential curriculums around the world are based on a rationale and methodology that demands the introduction of hiragana and katakana from the earliest stages. Learners and their teachers studying under such curriculums will inevitably feel more comfortable with a dictionary like Kodansha's Furigana Japanese-English Dictionary, one that shows the pronunciation of kanji with familiar and authentic kana script.
But it does not end there. The comprehensive 16,000-word basic vocabulary comprises a generous and balanced selection of native Japanese words, kanji compounds, and foreign loanwords. Precise and informative definitions, written specifically for English speakers, offer expert guidance on points of grammar, meaning, style, orthography, pronunciation, and punctuation. Concise and insightful explanations clarify even the most troublesome cultural terms. In addition there are 50,000 sample sentences that provide a context-based understanding of how words are linked together to form authentic and natural Japanese sentences.
Features that help expand word power and increase vocabulary skills have also been included in Kodansha's Furigana Japanese-English Dictionary. Common collocations, derivatives, and compounds show how word parts fit and work together. Comprehensive cross-referencing makes the learner aware of common synonyms and antonyms, clarifying both meaning and usage. Finally, three appendices explain in detail such complicated areas as conjugating verbs and adjectives, counting, and articulating foreign place names in Japanese.
All of this and more in a portable format and at affordable price. Kodansha's furigana Japanese-English Dictionary is the essential dictionary for all students of Japanese. [via]More editions of Kodansha's Furigana Japanese-English Dictionary:
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Nihongo Tanjoronby Eiichiro OtsuISBN 4877700463 (4-87770-046-3)
Hardcover, Kin no Kuwagatasha
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Yamato Kotoba No Jinruigaku: Nihongo Kara Nihonjin O Kangaeruby Hiroyuki ArakiISBN 4022593938 (4-02-259393-8)
Hardcover, Asahi Shinbunsha
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Al Sur De La Frontera, Al Oeste Del Sol / South of the Border, West of the Sunby Haruki Murakami, Lourdes PortaISBN 8483102501 (84-8310-250-1)
Softcover, Tusquets Editor
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Historias Del Japon Para Ninos/ Japanese Children's Favorite Storiesby Florence SakadeISBN 970643707X (970-643-707-X)
Softcover, Selector S.A. De C.V.
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El Principito / The Little Princeby Antonie De SaintISBN 9681500830 (968-15-0083-0)
Softcover, Editores Mexicanos Unidos-Mex
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› Find signed collectible books: 'El Principito / The Little Prince'Book summary:Uno de los clásicos de la literatura para niños, que en el criterio de muchos debe ser leído y comentado por un adulto, pero también un indiscutible libro para adultos. Mediante la figura de un principito que vive en su propio asteroide, el autor trata sobre los valores humanos y enseñanzas para la vida. [via]
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El principito/ The Little Princeby Antoine De ExuperyISBN 9706660984 (970-666-098-4)
Softcover, Grupo Editorial Tomo
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La vuelta al mundo en 80 Dias / Around The World In 80 Daysby Not AvailableISBN 9501100170 (950-11-0017-0)
Hardcover, Editorial Sigmar S.A.C.I.
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Le Petit Princeby Antoine De Saint-ExuperyISBN 2070408507 (2-07-040850-7)
Softcover, Gallimard
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Le Petite Prince'Book summary:Imaginez-vous perdu dans le désert, loin de tout lieu habité, et face à un petit garçon tout blond, surgi de nulle part. Si de surcroît ce petit garçon vous demande avec insistance de dessiner un mouton, vous voilà plus qu'étonné ! À partir de là, vous n'aurez plus qu'une seule interrogation : savoir d'où vient cet étrange petit bonhomme et connaître son histoire.
S'ouvre alors un monde étrange et poétique, peuplé de métaphores, décrit à travers les paroles d'un "petit prince" qui porte aussi sur notre monde à nous un regard tout neuf, empli de naïveté, de fraîcheur et de gravité. Très vite, vous découvrez d'étranges planètes, peuplées d'hommes d'affaires, de buveurs, de vaniteux, d'allumeurs de réverbères.
Cette évocation onirique, à laquelle participent les aquarelles de l'auteur, a tout d'un parcours initiatique, où l'enfant apprendra les richesses essentielles des rapports humains et le secret qui les régit : "On ne voit bien qu'avec le coeur, l'essentiel est invisible pour les yeux."
Oeuvre essentielle de la littérature, ce livre de Saint-Exupéry est un ouvrage que l'on aura à coeur de raconter à son enfant, page après page, histoire aussi de redécouvrir l'enfant que l'on était autrefois, avant de devenir une grande personne ! --Xavier Marciniak [via]
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Le Tour Du Monde En 80 Joursby Jules VerneISBN 2070335216 (2-07-033521-6)
Softcover, Continental Book Co Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Le Tour Du Monde En 80 Jours'Book summary:Jules Verne aimait le grand spectacle, ses effets de scène et ses coups de théâtre. Et certains de ses livres, Le Tour du monde en 80 jours notamment, sont conçus comme des machines théâtrales. Tout y est calibré, ajusté pour tenir le lecteur en haleine, l'étonner, le distraire ou le prendre à contre-pied. On est en pleine esthétique romantique, celle de Dumas en particulier, avec qui Verne collabora un temps. Mais le Tour du monde c'est aussi l'avènement du monde industriel, le culte de la machine, de l'efficacité, le pointage horaire étendu à une échelle universelle. Culte porté jusqu'à l'outrance, avec un humour féroce, une ironie mordante : Verne n'est pas dupe. Et s'il agite ses personnages comme des marionnettes prises de frénésie, c'est pour, en sourdine, articuler un discours de révolte : Philéas Fogg n'est pas si loin de Némo l'anarchiste, nouveau Faust moderne, et ce texte éblouissant cache bien des profondeurs. --Scarbo [via]
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Le Tour Du Monde En 80 Jours Verneby Jules VerneISBN 2011550513 (2-01-155051-3)
Softcover, Distribooks Inc
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Il Piccolo Principeby Antoine De Saint-ExuperyISBN 8845247414 (88-452-4741-4)
Softcover, Rl Libri
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Il Piccolo Principe'Book summary:«Gli uomini hanno delle stelle che non sono le stesse. Per gli uni, quelli che viaggiano, le stelle sono delle guide. Per altri non sono che delle piccole luci. Per altri, che sono dei sapienti, sono dei problemi. Per il mio uomo daffari erano delloro. Ma tutte queste stelle stanno zitte. Tu, tu avrai delle stelle come nessuno haÉ» «Che cosa vuoi dire?» «Quando tu guarderai il cielo, la notte, visto che io abiterò in una di esse, visto che io riderò in una di esse, allora sarà per te come se tutte le stelle ridessero. Tu avrai, tu solo, delle stelle che sanno ridere!» [via]
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