Автор: Ashby Janet Название: Read Real Japanese Essays: Contemporary Writings by Popular Authors 1 Free CD Included ISBN: 1568364148 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781568364148 Издательство: Random House (USA) Рейтинг: Цена: 14710.00 T Наличие на складе: Невозможна поставка. Описание: There is a dramatic difference between reading Japanese that is tailored to students, and reading real Japanese that has been written for native speakers. The concocted variety tends to be insipid, flat, stiff, standardized, completely lacking in exciting and imaginative use of language. Read Real Japanese Essays, and its companion volume Read Real Japanese Fiction, allows readers to experience the work of several of todays foremost writers as if they were lifelong Japanese speakers. The pieces in Read Real Japanese Essays are informed by the personalities of the writers: Haruki Murakami, Banana Yoshimoto, Mitsuyo Kakuta, Junko Sakai, Yoko Ogawa, Kou Machida, Keiichiro Hirano and Hideo Levy. By turns humorous, serious, beautiful and biting, they have been selected on the basis of their appeal. All are stimulating works that will motivate readers to want more. Just like real Japanese books, the text in this collection runs from top bottom and from right to left. For those needing backup, the essays have been supplemented with facing-page translations of the phrases used therein, often with notes on nuance, usage, grammar or culture. In the back of the book, moreover, is a built-in Japanese-English learner's dictionary and a notes section covering issues of nuance, usage, grammar and culture that come up in each essay. Best of all, the book comes with a free audio CD containing narrations of the essays, performed by a professional voice actress. This will help users to become familiar with the sounds and rhythms of Japanese, as well as the speed at which the language is normally spoken.
In reaction to the changes imposed on public schools across the country in the name of "education reform," the Chicago Teachers Union redefined its traditional role and waged a multidimensional fight that produced a community-wide school strike and transformed the scope of collective bargaining into arenas that few labor relations experts thought possible. Using interviews, first-person accounts, participant observation, union documents, and media reports, Steven K. Ashby and Robert Bruno tell the story of the 2012 strike that shut down the Chicago school system for seven days.A Fight for the Soul of Public Education takes into account two overlapping, parallel, and equally important stories. One is a grassroots story of worker activism told from the perspective of rank-and-file union members and their community supporters. Ashby and Bruno provide a detailed account of how the strike became an international cause when other teachers unions had largely surrendered to corporate-driven education reform. The second story describes the role of state and national politics in imposing educational governance changes on public schools and draconian limitations on union bargaining rights. It includes a detailed account of the actual bargaining process revealing the mundane and the transcendental strategies of both school board and union representatives.
Автор: Ruth Ashby Название: Bill & Hillary Rodham Clinton ISBN: 1596875402 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781596875401 Издательство: Gazelle Book Services Рейтинг: Цена: 34250.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: In 1971, when Hillary Rodham met Bill Clinton at Yale University, she had her eyes on a big-time law career and had already been named one of Life magazines new young leaders. Bill was a down-home boy who hoped to return to Arkansas after law school and run for governor. Despite their different backgrounds, they soon were inseparable. After their marriage in 1975, they worked toward and achieved Bills lifelong political dreams-becoming governor of Arkansas in 1978 and president in 1992. Bill & Hillary Rodham Clinton offers a behind-the-scenes look at this fascinating couple, from their early career successes and the controversies of the Clinton presidency to Hillarys election to the U.S. Senate and the recent publishing of Bills best-selling autobiography.
Автор: Burke Christina a., Ashby Elizabeth Название: Secret of the Painted Lady ISBN: 1508651736 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781508651734 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 13780.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: From USA Today bestselling authors Christina A. Burke and Elizabeth Ashby comes the first book in a thrilling multi-author series... If these walls could talk...they'd scream murder. Alex Jordan is the owner of Finials and Facades Renovation and Restoration Services, making her able to pursue her love of restoring Victorian-style homes in the town of Danger Cove. But her recent acquisition of the stately Marlton House has led to a showdown with town real estate mogul, and now she has needs to restore the old house and flip it for a profit as quickly as possible. But Alex gets more than she bargained for when a Hawaiian shirt-clad tourist with a bullet in his head turns up in the home's bathtub. Pairing up with the unlikely partner of the town florist, George Fontaine, Alex vows to solve the murder before her flip flops As Alex worries over deadlines, she stumbles across another body on the cliffs of Danger Cove. However, this "body" is a super-sexy man with amnesia...or so he says. Throw in a stash of stolen diamonds, a matchmaking grandmother, a foulmouthed parrot, and a mysterious killer with Alex in his sights, and Alex is in a race against time to salvage the job, solve the murder, and save her own life. "Secret of the Painted Lady is one funny read I started reading and was just sucked right in...a great mystery with twist and turns." Night Owl Reviews The Danger Cove books: Secret of the Painted Lady (book #1) Murder & Mai Tais (book#2) Death by Scones (book #3) Patchwork of Death (book #4) Deadly Dye & a Soy Chai (book #5) Killer Clue at the Ocean View (book #6) A Christmas Quilt to Die For (book #7) A Killing in the Market (short story in the "Killer Beach Reads" collection) Killer Colada (book #8) Passion, Poison & Puppy Dogs (book #9) A Novel Death (book #10) Clues in Calico (book #11) Sinister Snickerdoodles (book #12) Hurricanes & Heroes (book #13) A Death in the Flower Garden (book #14) Divas, Diamonds & Death (book #15) A Slaying in the Orchard (book #16) A Secret in the Pumpkin Patch (book #17) Deadly Dirty Martinis (book #18) A Poison Manicure & Peach Liqueur (book #19) Not-So-Bright Hopes (short story in the "Pushing Up Daisies" collection) Tequila Trouble (book #20) Deadly Thanksgiving Sampler (book #21) Killer Eyeshadow & a Cold Espresso (book #22) Two Sleuths Are Better Than One (book #23) Dark Rum Revenge (book #24) Cozy Room With a Killer View (book #25)
Автор: Ashby Arved Название: Experiencing Mahler: A Listener`s Companion ISBN: 1538104865 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781538104866 Издательство: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers Рейтинг: Цена: 52090.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: Arved Ashby takes readers into the seeming chaos of Mahler`s work to investigate the elements which make each work an experiential adventure. The book surveys Mahler`s symphonies and song cycles in detail, introducing them as intensely vivid, truthful, and lived and felt experiences.
Автор: Sterry Joseph Ashby Название: A Tale of the Thames ... ISBN: 1241225915 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781241225919 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 37710.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Автор: Ashby F. Gregory Название: Statistical Analysis of Fmri Data ISBN: 0262042681 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780262042680 Издательство: MIT Press Рейтинг: Цена: 67710.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: A guide to all aspects of experimental design and data analysis for fMRI experiments, completely revised and updated for the second edition.
Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), which allows researchers to observe neural activity in the human brain noninvasively, has revolutionized the scientific study of the mind. An fMRI experiment produces massive amounts of highly complex data for researchers to analyze. This book describes all aspects of experimental design and data analysis for fMRI experiments, covering every step--from preprocessing to advanced methods for assessing functional connectivity--as well as the most popular multivariate approaches. The goal is not to describe which buttons to push in the popular software packages but to help researchers understand the basic underlying logic, the assumptions, the strengths and weaknesses, and the appropriateness of each method.
The field of fMRI research has advanced dramatically in recent years, in both methodology and technology, and this second edition has been completely revised and updated. Six new chapters cover experimental design, functional connectivity analysis through the methods of psychophysiological interactions and beta-series regression, decoding using multi-voxel pattern analysis, dynamic causal modeling, and representational similarity analysis. Other chapters offer new material on recently discovered problems related to head movements, the multivariate GLM, meta-analysis, and other topics. All complex derivations now appear at the end of the relevant chapter to improve readability. A new appendix describes how to build a design matrix with effect coding for group analysis. As in the first edition, MATLAB code is provided with which readers can implement many of the methods described.
Автор: Ashby Muata Название: Egyptian Book of the Dead Hieroglyph Translations Using the Trilinear Method Volume 4: Understanding the Mystic Path to Enlightenment Through Direct R ISBN: 1884564992 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781884564994 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 34950.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: Translations of Ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphic chapters and sections of the Book of the Dead with Trilinear translation format. Understanding the Mystic Path to Enlightenment Through Direct Readings of the Sacred Signs and Symbols of Ancient Egyptian Language With Trilinear Deciphering Method.
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