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Summary: "After a meteoric rise, China today is one of the world's most powerful nations. Just a century ago, it was a crumbling empire, with literacy reserved for the elite few. In Kingdom of Characters, Jing Tsu argues that China's greatest and most daunting challenge was a linguistic one. Just as important as China's technological and industrial advances and political maneuvers was the century-long...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Riverhead Books 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 495.11 TSUSummary: The aim of these lectures is to make viewers feel welcome and comfortable in the company of paintings. By focusing on 65 masterpieces of Western painting, Professor William Kloss offers a vivid, visceral encounter with genius, shining light on the unique technical, stylistic, and expressive achievements of each painting. From the 14th century to the 20th, the images are examined for their...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Company 2010
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2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 709 WORCall number: DVD 709 WOR
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Great DVD 759 World 2010Summary: The development of the arts in Europe from the Middle Ages to the modern era is an astonishing record of cultural achievement, from the breathtaking architecture of Gothic cathedrals to the daring visual experiments of the Cubist painters. We all have our favorite artists, periods, or styles from this immensely rich tradition, but how many of us truly know the full sweep of European art? How...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Co. 2005
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 709 HISHulls, Tessa
Summary: "Tessa Hulls delves into her own family history and the intergenerational trauma caused by mental illness and political strife"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: MCD, Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2024
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 921 HULLS, TESSA HULLi, Jason
Summary: Even though their dates of origin are millennia apart, the languages of Chinese and emoji share similarities that the average smartphone user might find surprising. These "hanmoji" parallels offer an exciting new way to learn Chinese--and a fascinating window into the evolution of Chinese Han characters. Packed with fun illustrations and engaging descriptions, The Hanmoji Handbook brings to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: MITeen Press, an imprint of Candlewick Press 2022
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 495.11 LISummary: Organized by such common subject categories as home, health, and work, a colorful, illustrated bilingual dictionary covers more than six thousand words and phrases.
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Publisher / Publication Date: DK Pub. 2008
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 495.1321 BILBerlitz International, Inc. (COR)/ Demarest, Chris L. (ILT)
Summary: Provides over one thousand entries for terms in English and Chinese, with all Chinese words written in both Chinese characters and pinyin.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ingram Pub Services 2011
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1 available in Juvenile World Languages, Call number: J CHINESE 495.1 MANYork, M. J.
Summary: Learn fun and useful words and phrases in Mandarin Chinese.
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Child's World 2015
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1 available in Juvenile World Languages, Call number: J MANDARIN CHINESE 495.1 YORLao-tzu.
Summary: The book examines one of the world's most enduring and influential literary works, the Dao De Jing, through the timeless art of qigong, investigating the original text's relevance for mental, spiritual and physical health practices. In his words, Lao Tzu (or Laozi), author of the Dao De Jing, embodies qigong principles, advocating the cultivation of mind and body. Only when we know qigong can...
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Publisher / Publication Date: YMAA Publication Center 2018
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Learn Mandarin Chinese by listening to specially composed melodies, with their rhythmic repetitions of Chinese and English words and phrases. Volume 1 teaches over 200 essential words and phrases.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Playaway Digital Audio 2007
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1 available in Playaway, Call number: PA 495.1 RAPAnkeny, Susan Tate
Summary: In 1932, Hazel Ying Lee, a nineteen-year-old American daughter of Chinese immigrants, sat in on a friend's flight lesson. It changed her life. In less than a year, a girl with a wicked sense of humor, a newfound love of flying, and a tough can-do attitude earned her pilot's license and headed for China to help against invading Japanese forces. In time, Hazel would become the first Asian...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Citadel Press, Kensington Publishing Corp. 2024
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1 available in New Non-fiction, Call number: 921 LEE, HAZEL AH YING ANKSummary: GoChinese makes it easier than ever to use the Pimsleur programs by including the spoken lessons in two audio formats, CD and MP3; the full three-level reading program; and a reading book (in print and PDF format). Also included is a digital Ultralingua Chinese-English dictionary with 200,000 items, including colloquial terms and common expressions.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster Audio 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: CD 495.18 GOAmery, Heather
Summary: One thousand Chinese words in simplified Chinese characters and pinyin accompanied by an illustration and as part of a larger central picture.
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Publisher / Publication Date: EDC Publishing 2014
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1 available in Juvenile World Languages, Call number: J CHINESE 495.1 AMELo, Rich
Summary: Children and their parents can learn to count to ten in both English and Mandarin in this fun bilingual counting book of food. This book features traditional Chinese foods paired with numbers in both English and Chinese. Illustrated by Rich Lo, two is for chopsticks, five is for egg rolls, and nine is for sweet buns, and since the numbers are shown in both simplified and traditional Chinese and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Duo Press LLC 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: BOARD LOHo, Jannie
Summary: "Happy Chinese New Year! The zodiac animals are ready to celebrate Chinese New Year with traditions and a big feast! Little ones can count to twelve as each animal prepares for the holiday- Rat cleaned away the bad luck in one big sweep! Ox shopped for two new outfits. Tiger brought three kinds of flowers. Includes numbers written in Chinese characters and their pronunciation"--Publisher's...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Books for Young Readers 2022
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE HO (BOARD)Lo, Rich
Summary: "Animal names and their significance in Chinese culture is explained in simple bilingual text for young readers."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Holiday House 2021
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE LOContents: Disc 1. Lessons 15-16 -- Disc 2. Lessons 17-18 -- Disc 3. Lessons 19-20 -- Disc 4. Lessons 21-22 -- Disc 5. Lessons 23-24 -- Disc 6. Lessons 25-26 -- Disc 7. Lessons 27-28 -- Disc 8. Lessons 29-30 -- Disc 9. Readings.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2002
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: CD 495.18 CHIParnwell, E. C.
Summary: Teaches English as a second language to Chinese speakers through the use of pictures dealing with everyday topics such as the body, post office, law, travel, and family.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Oxford University Press 1989
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 423.1 PARSummary: Presents eight Cantonese language lessons for English speakers. Based on the method developed by Dr. Paul Pimsleur and designed to teach you to understand and speak the essential elements of Chinese in a relatively short time.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster Audio 2001
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: CD 495.17 CHIConfucius
Summary: The Analects was compiled by the disciples of Confucius, China s earliest teacher and moral thinker, from his remarks and his conversations with rulers, political operators, and people he happened to meet. It laid the foundation of the Chinese idea of what is moral and what is politically viable, what is a good government and who has integrity.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Books 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 181 CONZhang, Lun
Summary: Follow the story of China's infamous June Fourth Incident--otherwise known as the Tiananmen Square Massacre--from the first-hand account of a young sociology teacher who witnessed it all.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Idea & Design Works 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 951.058 ZHASummary: The lectures in Part 6 bring the progress of philosophy into the present day, beginning with the work of Nietzsche and the American pragmatists William James and John Dewey. This section explains the work and consequence of modern linguistic and logical analysis in lectures on Ayer and Wittgenstein. Also discussed is the structuralism of Claude Levi-Strauss and the attempts to develop rational...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Co. 2000