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250 Essential Japanese Kanji Characters Volume 2
Revised Edition (JLPT Level N4) The Japanese Characters Needed to Learn Japanese and Ace the Japanese Language Proficiency Test
Language: English
Release Date: February 26, 2013
"This is the best kanji book available today. Designed for beginners with a basic knowledge of Japanese to use in the classroom or for self–study."—Modern Language Journal
Everyday tasks like finding a street address or buying a train ticket can be an ordeal in Japan if you don't...
Hello Asia, Vietnam
Vietnam, putting emphasis on practical interest and reality
Language: English
Release Date: December 11, 2014
Vietnamese people tend to be gentle yet show strong independence. Also, rather than saving face, they focus on practical interests and prioritize reality to the past. Let's explore the representative symbols and culture of Vietnam, the country that values practicality and reality.
Country Matters
The Pleasures and Tribulations of Moving from a Big City to an Old Country Farmhouse
Language: English
Release Date: March 17, 2009
With his inimitable sense of humor and storytelling talent, New York Times bestselling author Michael Korda brings us this charming, hilarious, self-deprecating memoir of a city couple's new life in the country.
At once entertaining, canny, and moving, Country Matters does for Dutchess County,...
Hello Asia, Thailand
A Buddhist country prioritizing Bunkun and courtesy
Language: English
Release Date: December 4, 2014
What is the reason behind elephants being considered as sacred and mystical creatures in Thailand? It is because the virtues required by almost every religion can be found in the characteristics of elephants. Thailand is a true Buddhist country with millions of Buddhist temples and monks respected...
by Hyundai Research Institute, Cho
Language: English
Release Date: May 2, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: May 2, 2015
Opera "Tosca" is about a tragic love story of a woman whose destiny is changed overnight in Rome during the Napoleon War, right after the French Revolution. Let's explore "Tosca" by Puccini, a heavy and dark story presented in a coldly beautiful melody, of the hero being executed and the heroine committing suicide.
by Darussalam Publishers, Darussalam Research Center
Language: English
Release Date: May 6, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: May 6, 2014
The human soul strives to achieve happiness in all its endeavors. Strangely, many people during this pursuit find nothing but disaster and failure. This happens when one is outside of Islamic guidance, and especially happens to individuals who are only following after that proverbial rainbow where...
by Hyundai Research Institute, Cho
Language: English
Release Date: May 5, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: May 5, 2015
Puccini's "Turandot" is well known for the aria named "Nesson dorma". The composer Puccini worked on this piece for years but at last died before completing it, leaving the piece to become his very last piece and an unfinished one. "Turandot" is the world's most dangerous...
by Hyundai Research Institute, Cho
Language: English
Release Date: May 5, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: May 5, 2015
"Pagliacci" is the opera famous for the aria "Vesti la giubba", lamenting about his situation to put on make-up and force a smile for the play even after witnessing his wife's betrayal. Let's take a closer look at "Pagliacci", the representative piece of verismo operas...
by Hyundai Research Institute, Cho
Language: English
Release Date: May 2, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: May 2, 2015
"L'elisir D'amore" is a dynamic opera composed of rapid intersections between major and minor notes along with mixtures of lively music and lyrical melody, without any moment to get bored, entertaining the audience from beginning to end. Listen to the magical story made possible by the pure...
by Hyundai Research Institute, Cho
Language: English
Release Date: May 4, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: May 4, 2015
"Die Zauberflote", with the famous aria of "Queen of the Night", is the last masterpiece of the genius composer Mozart with the fairytale-like plot and the beautiful music completing the enjoyable piece. As a piece composed for the German commoners who could not understand the...
Yi Hwang's Letter
I am deeply disappointed
Language: English
Release Date: November 20, 2014
Who could possible know a person better than his or her parents? We will read the letters of the great men from Chosun, who were "fathers" before they were scholars, officers and writers. What kind of letter did Lee Hwang (Toegye, 1501-1570), scholar and civil servant from the mid-Chosun...
Heidegger's Being and Time
Critical Essays
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2005
Heidegger's Being and Time: Critical Essays provides a variety of recent studies of Heidegger's most important work. Twelve prominent scholars, representing diverse nationalities, generations, and interpretive approaches deal with general methodological and ontological questions, particular issues...
A Third Collection
Volume 16
Language: English
Release Date: March 17, 2017
A Third Collection, prepared for the Collected Works of Bernard Lonergan by editors Robert M. Doran and John D. Dadosky, is a helpful companion to volumes four and thirteen in the series. The volume contains fifteen papers, written between 1974 and 1982, and includes some of his most important shorter...
The Valley Came Alive
Life of The Last Messenger (PBUH)
Language: English
Release Date: May 5, 2014
Darussalam is proud to present the abridged English translation of the classic work: Al-Bidayah wan Nihayah. Focusing exclusively on the life of Prophet Muhammad (Peace be upon him). This volume contains a detail account of the life and times of the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) taken from...