You are no longer a beginner, but not yet advanced. Now what? Tobira: Gateway to Advanced Japanese is your answer. This is the first textbook that addresses the gap between beginner- and advanced-level learners in all of the four language skills. A wide range of topics is explored, from Japanese geography and history to pop culture. Tobira facilitates learning through the use of multimedia, and helps you construct a Japanese environment even while living abroad.

Level: Intermediate

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Confused by business statistics? Problem solved. Schaum's Outline of Business Statistics helps you understand basic concepts and offers extra practice on topics you'll encounter in your introductory- and intermediate-level courses. With this book, you'll understand and master the basic methods of statistical description, statistical inference, decision analysis, and process control.

You will also learn about frequency distributions, histograms and frequency polygons, frequency curves, samplin...

As in previous editions of this popular text on cross-cultural management, students will find here an invaluable guide to key management theories, linked to practical examples from all round the world. The book's key distinctive feature remains its truly international profile, with current examples from the US, Europe, Asia and new perspectives in this edition from other regions. Discussion of cross-cultural models is updated by including the 'crossvergence' framework developed during the 199...

Fossils provide a powerful tool for the study of the nearly 4-billion-year history of life, and its role in the evolution of Earth systems. They also provide important data for evolutionary studies, and contribute to our understanding of the extinction of organisms and the origins of modern biodiversity.

Fossils At A Glance is written for students taking an introductory level course in paleontology. Short chapters introduce the main topics in the modern study of fossils. The most important fo...

Novo Avenida Brasil 2 (A2) é composto por 6 lições e 1 capítulo de revisão. Estrutura clara: comunicação cotidiana em diálogos curtos apresentação e prática da gramática livro Segundo o Novo Acordo Ortográfico exercícios de leitura e escuta exercícios de vocabulário Over deze serie O Novo Avenida Brasil destina-se a principiantes adolescentes e adultos, de qualquer nacionalidade, que queiram aprender o Portugues da forma como o idioma e falado no Brasil. Pode ser usado em grup...

The 6th edition of this highly respected text builds upon the successful structure, engaging writing style and clear presentation of previous editions. Examining urban social geography from a theoretical and historical perspective, it also explores how it has developed into the modern day. Taking account of recent critical work, whilst simultaneously presenting well established approaches to the subject, it ensures students are well-informed about all the issues.

The result is a topical book ...

Social theory is the theoretical core of the social sciences, clearly distinguishable from political theory and cultural analysis. This book offers a unique overview of the development of social theory from the end of the Second World War in 1945 to the present day. Spanning the literature in English, French and German, it provides an excellent background to the most important social theorists and theories in contemporary sociological thought, with crisp summaries of the main books, arguments...

In Veilig opgroeien (oorspronkelijke titel Signs of Safety), wordt een nieuwe benadering in de bescherming van kinderen gepresenteerd. Hulpverleners in de jeugdzorg en kinderbescherming kunnen hiermee potentieel risicovolle situaties beoordelen en vinden hierin praktische hands-on strategieën voor het opbouwen van een samenwerkingrelatie met de ouders. Uit de praktijk blijkt dat dit op de lange termijn kindermishandeling en uit huis plaatsing kan voorkomen.Er zijn weinig beroepsgroepen waarb...

Basisboek wiskunde legt de basis voor de wiskunde die op universiteiten en hogescholen gebruikt wordt bij studierichtingen in techniek, informatica, bètavakken, economie, bedrijfskunde, medische vakken en aanverwante disciplines. Centraal staat het aanleren van die wiskundige vaardigheden die studenten in deze disciplines moeten beheersen: rekenvaardigheid, formulevaardigheid, werken met functies en grafieken en vaardigheid in differentiëren en integreren.

In deze nieuwe editie hebben de aut...