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English for High-Flyers
a reference book for those who wish to perfect their English
2007 || Paperback || D. Butterman || Boom
English for High-Flyers
A reference book for those who wish to perfect their English
Why is it wrong to say 'of which three' instead of 'three of which'? Why should it be 'it is interesting' and not 'interesting is'? Did you know that we write and say 'insight into' and not 'insight in' and were you aware that the English word for alinea is 'paragraph' while a paragraaf is a 'section'?
These and hundreds of other linguistic pitfalls and grey areas have been skilfully identified, analysed and exp...
The Story of Barzu / druk 1
As told by two storytellers from Boysun, Uzbekistan
2013 || Paperback || R. Rahmoni e.a. || Leiden University Press
In the area of Boysun, present-day Uzbekistan, there is a living and vivid oral tradition based on stories from the epic Shah-nama. Barzu, son of Suhrab, is tragically killed at the hands of his famous father, the legendary hero Rustam.
The storytellers Jura Kamol and Mullo Ravshan composed two different versions of the story of Barzu in the Tajik as spoken in this area. This is the first printed version including a translation of these stories to appear.
The stories have been transcribed and...
Beyond Orientalism
Sir William Jones (1746-1794), A Journey of Understanding
2025 || Hardcover || Hadi Baghaei-Abchooyeh || Leiden University Press
'Beyond Orientalism: Sir William Jones (1746-1794), A Journey of Understanding' reconfigures our understanding of Orientalism, the formation of British Romanticism, colonialism, and late eighteenth-century British India. This volume examines the enduring legacy of Sir William Jones, a seminal figure in the intellectual exchange between East and West during the Enlightenment. Through a rigorous analysis of Jones's translations, annotations, and original compositions, the book elucidates his pr...
Embodiments of Evil: Gog and Magog
interdisciplinary Studies of the "Other" in Literature & Internet Texts
2014 || Paperback || A.A. Seyed-Gohrab e.a. || Leiden University Press
Gog en Magog, als archetypen van het kwaad, spelen sinds hun verschijning in de Bijbel en de Koran een belangrijke rol. Van plattegronden tot literatuur en teksten, van middeleeuws Europa tot de Byzantijnse en Arabische wereld, van Berber tot Perzische en Indonesische tradities, en tot in het heden met teksten op internet: steeds weer komen deze monsterlijke wezens naar voren.
Deze 'Bijbelse' figuren worden in gezien als aankondigers van grote veranderingen, en worden afgebeeld met hondenhoof...
The Necklace of the Pleiades / druk 1
24 Essays on Persian Literature, Culture and Religion
2010 || Paperback || F. Lewis e.a. || Leiden University Press
The Necklace of the Pleiades is een boek over Perzische literatuur, cultuur en religie door onderzoekers uit de hele wereld. Dit boek weerspiegelt de stand zaken op het gebied van de Perzische literaire studies en is niet alleen van wezenlijk belang voor onderzoekers van de Iranese cultuur, geschiedenis en religies, maar zeker ook voor onderzoekers op het gebied van het Midden-Oosten en Zuid-Aziatische studies.
The topics of the 24 essays range from the Persian Alexander romance, to Ferdow...
Learn Chinese in One Day
2021 || Paperback || Jeanne Boden || PUNCT || met inkijkexemplaar
Language is more than just communication.
Learn Chinese in One Day discloses the
system of the Chinese characters and
analyzes how Confucianism and Taoism are
embedded in everyday language and how
language is used as a political, economic,
ethical, strategic and commercial tool.
Jeanne Boden (PhD) is author of
Contemporary Chinese Art. Post-socialist,
Post-traditional, Post-colonial; The
Wall behind China’s Open Door; Chinese
Propaganda Seducing the World; and
Cultural Quantum. A Practical ...
Father of Persian Verse / druk 1
rudaki and his Poetry
2010 || Paperback || S. Tabatabai e.a. || Leiden University Press
Abu Abdollâh' Jafar ibn Mohammad Rudaki (c. 880 CE-941 CE) was a poet to the Samanid court which ruled much of Khorâsân (northeastern Persia) from its seat in Bukhara.
He is widely regarded as "the father of Persian poetry, for he was the first major poet to write in New Persian language, following the Arab conquest in the seventh and eighth centuries, which established Islam as the official religion, and made Arabic the predominant literary language in Persian-speaking lands for some two...
Babad Tanah Jawi, The Chronicle of Java
The Revised Proze Version of C.F. Winter Sr
2022 || Hardcover || Willem Remmelink || Leiden University Press || met inkijkexemplaar
The revised prose version of the Babad Tanah Jawi was originally prepared by C.F. Winter Sr. (1799-1859), with the twofold aim of providing Javanese-language teaching material and of setting a standard for formal Javanese prose writing. At that time, Javanese was almost exclusively written in verse, which was not a medium suitable for the modern world that was dawning on Java. Although Winter achieved his aims in other ways and publications, the present text was mostly forgotten, or was just ...
Discourses of Disruption in the Time of COVID
Creating and Contesting Meaning through Asian languages
2023 || Hardcover || Michael Ewing e.a. || Leiden University Press
'Discourses of Disruption in Asia: Creating and Contesting Meaning in the Time of COVID-19' makes a unique contribution to research on meaning making in times of crisis. Using diverse analytical approaches to the study of languages in societies from the Asia-Pacific region, this volume explores the struggles over national identity and manifestations of socio-political issues in the context of disruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. Each chapter interrogates how social actors in diverse c...
ISS Safina Revealed
a Compendium of Persian Literature in 14th Century Tabriz
2010 || Paperback || A.A. Seyed-Gohrab || Leiden University Press
Eerste introductie op diverse aspecten van de 'Safina'.
De 'Safina' is een groot, goed bewaard gebleven manuscript uit het 14de-eeuwse Tabriz in Perzië, het toenmalige centrum van educatie en culturele activiteiten. Met zijn 209 werken in het Perzisch en Arabisch is het een schatkamer van informatie. De teksten in het compendium toont namelijk de canon voor de wetenschapper in de islamitische wereld van toen.
De 'Safina' omvat tradities, ethiek, mystiek, jurisprudentie, theologie, exegese, ge...