In The Politics of Collegiality Hardy uses six case studies to explore how power and collegiality interact within institutional contexts during periods of fiscal restraint. Examining the funding cutbacks implemented by McGill University, Universite de Montreal, University of British Columbia, Simon Fraser University, University of Toronto, and Carleton University, Hardy demonstrates that institutional context and retrenchment strategy are linked in such a way that what works in some institutions...
A Sanskrit Primer
by Edward Delavan Perry, Georg Buhler, and Georg B Hler
The largest and most comprehensive verb dictionary for the Tibetan language. With over 4,500 entries of the most frequently used Tibetan verbs, this expanded edition of Hackett’s highly acclaimed Tibetan Verb Lexicon is an incomparable lexical resource. This comprehensive verb dictionary includes various verb forms, verbal collocations, auxiliary constructions together with grammatical information, Sanskrit equivalents, and examples sentences, making it a vital tool for any translator, writer,...
In view of the 2016 US election season, the second edition of this book analyzes the way political campaigns have been traditionally run and the extraordinary changes that have occurred since 2012. Dennis W. Johnson looks at the most sophisticated techniques of modern campaigning—micro-targeting, online fundraising, digital communication, the new media—and examines what has changed, how those changes have dramatically transformed campaigning, and what has remained fundamentally the same despite...
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by Philipp Winterberg
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Turkmen-English/English-Turkmen Dictionary and Phrasebook
by Nicholas Awde and William Dirks
Turkmen is the official language of the Republic of Turkmenistan, where more than two million people speak it. There are a further one million Turkmen speakers divided between Iran, Afghanistan, and to a lesser extent Turkey, Uzbekistan, Pakistan, the United States, and Germany. Turkmen has been transliterated into various scripts, but in 1996 a specially modified Roman alphabet replaced the Cyrillic script in Turkmenistan. This book contains a resourceful two-way dictionary that indicates parts...
Indian Poetics (Kāvya Śāstra) and Narratology Towards the Appreciation of Biblical Narrative (Studies in Biblical Literature, #165)
by G Ayyaneth
Though the biblical and the Indian literary traditions had independent origin and growth in terms of spatial and cultural milieux, there are literary landscapes of confluence where the literary fabrics of their collective wisdom are interwoven. Both narrative traditions have rich oral and folk prehistoric traditions in their records and this attribute provides a substratum where their narrative patterns and paradigms can find a common ground. A Hebraic reading of the Bible does not exhaust the m...
Lonely Planet Tibetan Phrasebook & Dictionary (Phrasebook)
by Sandup Tsering
Lonely Planet: The world's leading travel guide publisher With Lonely Planet's Tibetan Phrasebook, let no barriers - language or culture - get in your way. Grab this phrasebook and trek to sacred Mt Kalaish, stroll through the stunning Potala Palace in Lhasa or take a bumpy road trip to Rongphu Monastery for classic Mt Everest views. Our phrasebooks give you a comprehensive mix of practical and social words and phrases in more than 120 languages. Chat with the locals and discover their culture...
Saunakiya Caturadhyayika (Harvard Oriental (HUP)) (Harvard Oriental, v.52)
A detailed discussion by the editor complements this critical edition and translation of the phonetical treatise (Pratisakhya) of the Saunaka Samhita, one of two versions of the second oldest Indian text, the Saunaka Atharvaveda.The 19th century edition of the text by W.D. Whitney has long been out of date; this reevaluation provides insights into early grammatical thought and helps to re-establish the textual tradition of the Atharvaveda. The book deals with the phonetically correct pronunciati...
The Rigveda: 3-Volume Set (South Asia Research)
by Stephanie W. Jamison and Joel P. Brereton
The Rigveda is the oldest Sanskrit text, consisting of over one thousand hymns dedicated to various divinities of the Vedic tradition. Orally composed and orally transmitted for several millennia, the hymns display remarkable poetic complexity and religious sophistication. As the culmination of the long tradition of Indo-Iranian oral-formulaic praise poetry and the first monument of specifically Indian religiosity and literature, the Rigveda is crucial to the understanding both of Indo-European...
Collins makes language learning fun, fast and flexible. Pick up the essentials of the Thai language with this easy-to-use audio introduction. Covering everything from finding your way to talking about yourself, Collins 40-minute audio can help you learn short and simple phrases quickly by just listening and repeating. Essential words, Asking for things, Numbers, I'd like …, At the café, In a shop, Basic foodstuffs, Quantities, Tickets, Where is …? When is …? Days of the week, Problems,...
Rajkamal English-Hindi Dictionary of Phrases and Idioms
by B. Bhusan and S Avasthi
Dual Language Learners: Comparing Countries: Festivals and Celebrations (English/Urdu) (Dual Language Learners)
by Sabrina Crewe
Take a trip around the world, looking at the many different ways that people celebrate special days, holidays, religious festivals and traditional celebrations.Comparing Countries is a groundbreaking non-fiction dual-language series which compares and contrasts ways of life in different countries around the world. Presented in two different languages, each title explores a topic common to all children, from homes to festivals, highlighting what makes us different and what we all have in c...