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Arabic Second Language Acquisition of Morphosyntax
While the demand for Arabic classes and preparation programs for Arabic language teachers has increased, there is a notable gap in the field of linguistic research on learning Arabic as a second language.
Dundee and Angus
This volume in the Buildings of Scotland series explores the rich architectural diversity of Dundee and Angus. Dundee, the fourth-largest city in Scotland, boasts some of the country's finest ecclesiastical, public, industrial,...
Hull
Pevsner City Guide
Hull is one of the great historic trading centers of northeast England. Severely hit by industrial decline, it has recently begun to see substantial regeneration. Exciting new architectural projects reflect the fierce pride of...
A Sketch of Chinese History
A Sketch of Chinese History is a brief summary of the major events that have shaped the China of today from its beginnings to the overthrow of the dynastic system in 1911. The primary object of this book is to familiarize...
George Kennan
A Study of Character
A profoundly moving biographical study of George Kennan by the fine historian John Lukacs A man of impressive mental powers, of extraordinary intellectual range, and—last but not least—of exceptional...
What Is Emotion?
History, Measures, and Meanings
What is an emotion? Can emotion be measured? How can we know if a person is experiencing an emotion? In this sophisticated overview of human emotions, a widely respected psychologist and author addresses...
Matters of Exchange
Commerce, Medicine, and Science in the Dutch Golden Age
A new and unexpected history of the Dutch pursuit of commerce in the 16th and 17th centuries and how it triggered the Scientific Revolution In this wide-ranging and stimulating book, a leading...
The Puritan Origins of American Patriotism
How the Puritans’ belief in a providential mission led to a uniquely American form of patriotism In this absorbing book, George McKenna ranges across the entire panorama of American history to track the...
Caviar and Ashes
A Warsaw Generation’s Life and Death in Marxism, 1918-1968
"In the elegant capital city of Warsaw, the editor Mieczyslaw Grydzewski would come with his two dachshunds to a café called Ziemianska." Thus begins the history of a generation of Polish literati born at the fin de siècle...
Science in the Service of Children, 1893-1935
This book is the first comprehensive history of the development of child study during the early part of the twentieth century. Most nineteenth-century scientists deemed children unsuitable subjects for study, and parents...