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Art and Beauty in the Middle Ages
In this authoritative, lively book, the celebrated Italian novelist and philosopher Umberto Eco presents a learned summary of medieval aesthetic...RM75.50 -
Babel: Around the World in 20 Languages
If you were to master the twenty languages discussed in Babel, you could talk with three quarters of the world's population But what makes these...RM68.00 -
Babel: Around the World in Twenty Language
If you were to master the twenty languages discussed in Babel, you could talk with three quarters of the world's population But what makes these...RM75.00 -
Chineasy for Children: Learn 100 Words
The simple, super-smart way for children to learn their first 100 Chinese words A lively introduction for children to written Chinese, Chineasy...RM65.00 -
Chineasy Travel
Whether you are planning a business trip, holiday or longer adventure, the Chineasy method provides a great starting point to broadening your...RM39.90 -
Chineasy Workbook (English and Chinese Edition)
Where Chineasy's books, flashcards and memory game helped learners to recognize a diverse range of characters, this new workbook offers the...RM55.90 -
Dear Friend, from My Life I Write to You in Your Life
'What a long way it is from one life to another Yet why write if not for that distance' Written over two years while the author battled...RM58.00 -
Don’t Believe a Word: The Surprising Truth About Language
A mind-boggling journey through the phenomenon of language, busting nine common myths about humanity's greatest achievement Over the past few...RM90.00 -
Fabric: The Hidden History of the Material World
A magnificent work of original research, unwinding history through cloth - how we make it, use it and what it means to us Bestselling...RM152.00 -
How Language Began: The Story of Humanity’s Greatest Invention
In his groundbreaking new book Daniel Everett seeks answers to questions that have perplexed thinkers from Plato to Chomsky: when and how did...RM69.90 -
Kammu Songs: The Songs of Kam Raw
This volume builds on the contents of I Will Send My Song It contains Kam Raw's repertoire of social adult songs in the Kammu language, with English...RM75.00 -
Kingdom of Characters: A Tale of Language, Obsession, and Genius in Modern China
A riveting, masterfully researched account of the bold innovators who adapted the Chinese language to the modern world, transforming China into a...RM70.00 -
Linguistic Minorities: Their Existence & Identity within Larger Communities
The world may have a thousand languages, or even moreBut some are fast disappearing or on the road to extinctionThis process has been going on...RM64.90 -
Loan-Words in Indonesian and Malay
This book is the culmination of a collaborative project of etymologists from many countries to compile a list loan-words from the Arabic, Chinese,...RM65.00 -
Noise: A Human History of Sound and Listening
Prehistoric drummers used natural acoustics to recreate natural sound In classical Europe, orators turned the human voice into a lyrical instrument...RM52.50 -
Scientific Babel: The Language of Science from the Fall of Latin to the Rise of English
Today, the language of science is English But the dominance of this particular language is a relatively recent phenomenon - and far from a foregone...RM59.90 -
Tamil: A Biography
Spoken by eighty million people in South Asia and a diaspora that stretches across the globe, Tamil is one of the great world languages, and one of...RM157.50 -
Taming Babel: Language in the Making of Malaysia
Taming Babel sheds new light on the role of language in the making of modern postcolonial Asian nations Focusing on one of the most linguistically...RM80.00