After the Last Ship illustrates the author’s own history, as well as its connection to the history of other women and children who left India and made the journey across the Kala Pani, the Indian Oc……続きを見る
“Examines our evolving mourning rituals, specifically in relationship to cemeteries . . . a levelheaded report on the death care industry.” ーLos Angeles Review of Books
In modern society, we have p……続きを見る
著者:David Chapman
出版社: Taylor & Francis
発売日: 2007年09月20日
Shedding light on contemporary Japanese society in an international context, Japanese-Korean relations and modern day notions of a multicultural Japan, this book addresses the broad notions and ques……続きを見る
著者:Ned Crouch
出版社: John Murray Press
発売日: 2004年07月15日
Whether negotiating a delivery date, launching a local franchise or renting a car in Mexico City, speaking the language and knowing the rules of business are not enough. In any culture where yes can……続きを見る
Fashion in the Edwardian period underwent some quite revolutionary changes. The delicately coloured, flower-and-lace-trimmed trailing gowns and elaborate hairstyles worn by tightly corseted fashiona……続きを見る
Although the debate over same-sex marriage in the United States has ended, no one seems to know what lies on the horizon. The conversation about what marriage could be like in the future is no longe……続きを見る
Extrait : "Goethe tint un jour ce singulier propos : – Savez-vous, dit-il, ce qui caractérise le plus les Français ? – Leur esprit ? – Non. – Leur galanterie ? – Non. – Leur légèreté ? – Non. La sym……続きを見る
Perhaps more so than any other decade, the sixties had the broadest impact on the twentieth-century Western world. Across society, culture and the arts, youth voices rose to prominence and had a sig……続きを見る
The Stories Of The Months And Days
by Reginald C. Couzens
How familiar to us are the names of the months, and the days of the week, and yet how few of us know to whom we owe these names or what a we……続きを見る
Elibron Classics. Replica of 1825 edition by John Murray, London.
This edition comes with maps available as a free download. This edition contains illustrations.
This edition is published in 2 volum……続きを見る
David Crystal, one of the world’s leading commentators on language, tackles the proverbs of the world. In this anthology of global proverbs Crystal brings his customary keen eye and linguistic exper……続きを見る