Cultural Heritage of Central and Eastern Europe is still little known, but is increasingly being exposed as an area for scientific research. This region of Europe has experienced exceptional histor...
Humorous, clever and concise, these guides take an analytical but affectionate look at different nations, their character and quirks.Written from an insider’s perspective, they of...
This book is about reading. Throughout the book, the author explains the complexity of the dual-language involvement of FL/L2 reading by showing how L1 and FL/L2 factors interplay in FL/L2 reading....
Czech this out if you are headed for Prague. A tongue-in-cheek guide to the bewildering Czechs. As in the rest of the Xenophobe series, the authors provide information and insight into the national...
The classical work of Samuel Pufendorf on the reign of Charles X Gustav, King of Sweden, printed in Nuremberg in 1696, has not been systematically explored. The translation project made it possible...
Humorous, clever and concise, these guides take an analytical but affectionate look at different nations, their character and quirks.Written from an insider’s perspective, they of...
A collection of essays devoted to the problem of explanation in various disciplines of science and humanities: mathematics, physics, chemistry, biology, neuroscience, economics as well ...
The book Academics of Jewish Heritage in the Modern History of the Jagiellonian University is a collective work, anniversary commemorative publication connected with the 650th anniversary of the fo...
Cultural heritage is one of the concepts that have made an unusual career in the 20th century. The cultural codes associated with it – senses, meanings, and ideas, characteristic for specific...
Welsh pride is real pride – the sort that requires no justification or excuse.Essential reading for all partners of the Welsh! Written by an expat Welshman who has lived in Englan...
What makes the Greeks GREEK: A guide to understanding the Greeks which takes an insightful, irreverent look at their character and attitudes.Mercurial in the extreme, the Greeks’ ...
The contemporary Chinese engagement in Africa dates back to the 1950's, and it has gained momentum in the last two decades. The Chinese presence in African countries has been getting more and more ...
Philosophy in science should be sharply distinguished from the philosophy of science. The latter offers a philosophical reflection on the method of science; the former, on the contrary, is expected...
The year 2012 saw the twenty-fifth anniversary of the establishment of the Department of Japanology (at present, of Japanology and Sinology) at the Jagiellonian University. On this occasion, an int...
The title of this volume appears to suggest that modernity is somehow devoid of something of utmost importance. Sixteen years after the death of Leo Strauss, certainly one of the most profound thin...
A book can be both a good academic manual and a source of knowledge for practitioners – the media employees (especially managers). The author skillfully combines various conventions making a ...
To be lazy and idle is unacceptable and anti-Confucian. The Chinese must always be seen to be doing something.Hilarious because it's (mostly) accurate! I bought this book while I was li...
Individuality and selfishness are as welcome as a sumo wrestler barging the line at a buffet.I’m Japanese and I like it. Many things in this little book are frighteningly so true....
Humorous, clever and concise, these guides take an analytical but affectionate look at different nations, their character and quirks.Written from an insider’s perspective, they of...
Humorous, clever and concise, these guides take an analytical but affectionate look at different nations, their character and quirks.Written from an insider’s perspective, they of...