The Echo of Our Song: Chants and Poems of the Hawaiians
ISBN: 9780824802486 / Angielski / Twarda / 252 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Haina ia mai ana ka puana. This familiar refrain, sometimes translated Let the echo of our song be heard, appears among the closing lines in many nineteenth-century chants and poems. From earliest times, the chanting of poetry served the Hawaiians as a form of ritual celebration of the things they cherished--the beauty of their islands, the abundance of wild creatures that inhabited their sea and air, the majesty of their rulers, and the prowess of their gods. Commoners as well as highborn chiefs and poet-priests shared in the creation of the chants. These haku mele, or composers, the... Haina ia mai ana ka puana. This familiar refrain, sometimes translated Let the echo of our song be heard, appears among the closing lines in many n... |
|
cena:
430,47 zł |
Approaches to Teaching Coetzee's Disgrace and Other Works
ISBN: 9781603291392 / Angielski / Miękka / 248 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The novels of the South African writer J. M. Coetzee won him global recognition and the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2003. His work offers substantial pedagogical richness and challenges. Coetzee treats such themes as race, aging, gender, animal rights, power, violence, colonial history and accountability, the silent or silenced other, sympathy, and forgiveness in an allusive and detached prose that avoids obvious answers or easy ethical reassurance. Part 1 of this volume, "Materials," identifies secondary materials, including multimedia and Internet resources, that will help... The novels of the South African writer J. M. Coetzee won him global recognition and the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2003. His work offers substant... |
|
cena:
208,98 zł |
The Papuan Languages of Timor, Alor and Pantar. Volume 1
ISBN: 9781614517238 / Angielski / Twarda / 517 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. From 1963 to 2011 Pacific Linguistics, located at the Australian National University, published over six hundred books concerned with the languages of the Pacific, Australia, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Southeast, South and East Asia. The Mouton Pacific Linguistics series represents a continuation of this publishing venture under the same Editorial Board. The Pacific Linguistics series presents linguistic descriptions, dictionaries, and other materials concerned with languages of this region. The authors and editors of Pacific... From 1963 to 2011 Pacific Linguistics, located at the Australian National University, published over six hundred books concerned with the ... |
|
cena:
522,87 zł |
A Grammatical Sketch of Hainan Cham
ISBN: 9781614517344 / Angielski / Twarda / 428 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. From 1963 to 2011 Pacific Linguistics, located at the Australian National University, published over six hundred books concerned with the languages of the Pacific, Australia, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Southeast, South and East Asia. The Mouton Pacific Linguistics series represents a continuation of this publishing venture under the same Editorial Board. The Pacific Linguistics series presents linguistic descriptions, dictionaries, and other materials concerned with languages of this region. The authors and editors of Pacific... From 1963 to 2011 Pacific Linguistics, located at the Australian National University, published over six hundred books concerned with the ... |
|
cena:
522,87 zł |
A Grammar of Unua
ISBN: 9781614517658 / Angielski / Twarda / 616 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The book presents a description of Unua, one of two dialects of Unua-Pangkumu, an Oceanic language of Malakula Island, Vanuatu. Unua has about 700 speakers who are bilinguals using Unua in local interactions and using the national language, Bislama, non-locally, as well as in local public and religious settings. The description is based on material collected in the field from speakers of different age-groups in the five Unua villages. The data corpus includes a substantial body of material: contemporary translations of the New Testament gospels; audio-recorded transcribed and... The book presents a description of Unua, one of two dialects of Unua-Pangkumu, an Oceanic language of Malakula Island, Vanuatu. Unua has about 700 ... |
|
cena:
697,23 zł |
The Languages and Linguistics of the New Guinea Area : A Comprehensive Guide
ISBN: 9783110286427 / Angielski / Twarda / 1036 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The island of New Guinea and its offshore islands is arguably the most significant linguistic hotspot in the world, with around 1275 languages in 40 separate families.Thisvolume gives an account of the families and main languages of each area in the region, including brief grammatical descriptions of the better described languages, along with a typological overview of Papuan languages, and a chapter on Austronesian-Papuan contact. "The island of New Guinea and its offshore islands is arguably the most significant linguistic hotspot in the world, with around 1275 languages in 4... |
|
cena:
1482,09 zł |
The Complete Review Guide to Contemporary World Fiction
ISBN: 9780231146753 / Angielski / Miękka / 496 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This user-friendly resource is the perfect reference for English-language readers who are eager to explore fiction from around the world. Profiling hundreds of titles and authors from 1945 to today, with an emphasis on fiction published in the past two decades, this guide introduces the styles, trends, and genres of the world's literatures, from Scandinavian crime thrillers and cutting-edge Chinese works to Latin American narco-fiction and award-winning French novels. The book's critical selection of titles defines the arc of a country's literary development. Entries illuminate the...
This user-friendly resource is the perfect reference for English-language readers who are eager to explore fiction from around the world. Profiling hu...
|
|
cena:
120,61 zł |
The Papuan Languages of Timor, Alor and Pantar. Volume 2
ISBN: 9781614519065 / Angielski / Twarda / 366 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. From 1963 to 2011 Pacific Linguistics, located at the Australian National University, published over six hundred books concerned with the languages of the Pacific, Australia, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Southeast, South and East Asia. The Mouton Pacific Linguistics series represents a continuation of this publishing venture under the same Editorial Board. The Pacific Linguistics series presents linguistic descriptions, dictionaries, and other materials concerned with languages of this region. The authors and editors of Pacific... From 1963 to 2011 Pacific Linguistics, located at the Australian National University, published over six hundred books concerned with the ... |
|
cena:
631,85 zł |
The Burke And Wills Exploring Expedition: An Account Of The Crossing The Continent Of Australia, From Cooper's Creek To Carpentaria (1861)
ISBN: 9781104237059 / Angielski / Miękka / 44 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
|
cena:
120,59 zł |
Mysticism and the Mid-Century Novel
ISBN: 9781349338214 / Angielski / Miękka / 209 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book argues that many of the mid-twentieth century's significant novelists were united by a desire to return the increasingly interior novel to ethical engagement. They did not seek morality in society, politics or the individual will, but sought to unveil a transcendent Good by using techniques drawn from the canon of mystical literature
This book argues that many of the mid-twentieth century's significant novelists were united by a desire to return the increasingly interior novel to e...
|
|
cena:
194,97 zł |
Postcolonial Travel Writing: Critical Explorations
ISBN: 9781349316892 / Angielski / Miękka / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. With its inclusion of original essays challenging the view of travel writing as a Eurocentric genre, this book will stand as a benchmark study of future inquiries in the field. It will revitalize the critical debate, sparking a much needed rethinking of a vibrant and highly popular but also volatile genre that has seen many changes in recent years.
With its inclusion of original essays challenging the view of travel writing as a Eurocentric genre, this book will stand as a benchmark study of futu...
|
|
cena:
194,97 zł |
Swear Word coloring Book for Parents: Adult coloring books, Unleash your inner-parent!
ISBN: 9781535022071 / Angielski / Miękka / 46 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Special Discount Get your copy right now
Introducing the Swear Word Coloring Book Black Pages.This new best selling adult coloring book is the perfect way to cool down and relax for those with a subversive and irreverent sense of humor.
Beautiful & Unique Stress Relief Designs To Color
Special Discount Get your copy right now
Introducing the Swear Word Coloring Book Black Pages.This new best selling adult coloring bo... |
|
cena:
36,89 zł |
Nineteenth-Century Settler Emigration in British Literature and Art
ISBN: 9781474433693 / Angielski / Twarda / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Explores how the textual output of settler emigration shapes the nineteenth-century literary and artistic imagination
Explores how the textual output of settler emigration shapes the nineteenth-century literary and artistic imagination
|
|
cena:
382,29 zł |
Allegories of the Anthropocene
ISBN: 9781478004103 / Angielski / Twarda / 280 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
|
cena:
468,94 zł |
Allegories of the Anthropocene
ISBN: 9781478004714 / Angielski / Miękka / 280 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Elizabeth M. DeLoughrey traces how indigenous and postcolonial peoples in the Caribbean and Pacific Islands grapple with the enormity of colonialism and anthropogenic climate change through art, poetry, and literature by using allegorical narratives.
Elizabeth M. DeLoughrey traces how indigenous and postcolonial peoples in the Caribbean and Pacific Islands grapple with the enormity of colonialism a...
|
|
cena:
122,28 zł |
The Papuan Languages of Timor, Alor and Pantar. Volume 3
ISBN: 9781501516689 / Angielski / Twarda / 444 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
|
cena:
610,05 zł |
Still Here: Memoirs of Trauma, Illness and Loss
ISBN: 9780367193188 / Angielski / Twarda / 270 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
|
cena:
662,64 zł |
Love in the Outback
ISBN: 9780648530305 / Angielski / Miękka / 194 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
|
cena:
48,29 zł |
Nineteenth-Century Settler Emigration in British Literature and Art
ISBN: 9781474433709 / Angielski / Miękka / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
|
cena:
101,89 zł |
Keeping Australia Right
ISBN: 9781922449160 / Angielski / Miękka / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
|
cena:
150,82 zł |