In this groundbreaking book, Wierzbicka demonstrates that every language has its "key concepts" and that these key concepts reflect the core values of the culture. Further, she argues that within a culture-independent analytical framework one can study, compare, and even explain cultures to outsiders through their key concepts. The framework Wierzbicka proposes is the well-known "natural semantic metalanguage" that she developed with her colleagues. For this study, Wierzbicka focuses on four languages and cultures: Japanese, Australian English, Polish, and Russian. She identifies "culture laden" words in each of these languages; these words are, in a sense, "untranslatable." She shows, however, that the words can be "explained" by means of the semantic metalanguage's hypothetical semantic primitives such as someone, something, do, happen, want, say, know, think, good, bad , etc.

Язык: польский/английский (Polish/English)
Another splendid monograph from Polish publisher, Kagero, featuring famous WWII aircraft in detail and scale. This volume covers the Imperial Japanese Army Air Force fighter, the Ki-84 (Allied codename 'Hayate'). The book features masses of original black and white photos and pages of 1/24, 1/48 and 1/72 scale plans, side and three-views, ten pages of beautifully printed colour profiles. Also includes a 1:32 plan for modellers.

This textbook describes and systematizes all aspects of the grammar of Russian--including patterns of orthography, sounds, inflection, syntax, tense-aspect-mood, word order, and intonation. It is especially concerned with the meaning of combinations of words (constructions) and the core concept is that of the predicate history (a record of the states of entities through time and across possibilities). Using predicate histories, the book presents an integrated account of the semantics of verbs, nouns, case, and aspect. It will appeal to students, scholars and language professionals interested in Russian.

Do you want to ace your SATs, write literate papers, and find the perfect language to impress would-be bosses at job interviews? Words You Should Know in High School will help you achieve the success you're looking for-one word at a time.
This easy-to-use book features more than 1,000 essential words that arm you with the vocabulary you'll need to tackle real-world tasks-from debating current events to writing essays for your college applications. Whether you're an incoming freshman or a graduating senior, inside these engaging and enlightening pages, you'll find sections that help you:

Russian is spoken by nearly 450 million people, and demand for Russian-speakers is growing. This introductory course includes an audio CD with practice dialogues-just the ticket for readers who need basic Russian for business, school, or travel.

Everyone, everyday, everywhere has to use money to cope with climatic cold or heat to satisfy survival needs. This point of departure led to a decade of innovative research based on the tenet that climate and affluence influence each other’s impact on culture. Evert Van de Vliert discovered survival cultures in poor countries with demanding cold or hot climates, self-expression cultures in rich countries with demanding cold or hot climates, and easygoing cultures in poor and rich countries with temperate climates. These findings have implications for the cultural consequences of global warming and local poverty. Climate protection and poverty reduction are used in combination to sketch four scenarios for shaping cultures, from which the world community has to make a principal and principled choice soon.

Firsthand accounts of the German commanders who planned and executed the largest tank battle in history.
The battle of Kursk, fought in the summer of 1943, involved six thousand German and Soviet armored vehicles, making it the biggest tank battle of all time and possibly the largest battle of any kind. Students of military history have long recognized the importance of Kursk, also known as "Operation Citadel," and there have been several serious studies of the battle. Yet, the German view of the battle has been largely ignored.

Better Reading FRENCH
This book is a Reader and Guide to Improving Your Understanding of Written French.
Better Reading French has been developed for English speakers who have a basic to intermediate knowledge of French and is designed to help them read French better and to encourage them to read more. To read better, we must read more. As an encouragement for beginning readers, I have organized this book according to eight areas of interest: love, writing, cuisine, music, museums and gardens, science and technology, and symbols of France and Europe. At least one of these areas should interest the reader immediately, and after that subject is explored, interest in another will follow.

Язык: польский/английский (Polish/English)
Monograph of this iconic German WWII fighter aircraft. 5 colour 3-views. 18pp 1:48 scale drawings. 102 b/w photos.

Язык: польский/английский (Polish/English)
Step by step, the author begins the early developments of the Ju 88 series and into the more common versions that many people would recognize. The coverage includes: Introduction; Development of the Design; Versions and Derivatives; Ju 88A-4 Technical Features. In addition to the historical aspects of this title, presented in both Polish and English, there are numerous fold-out three view diagrams of the various early marks of the Ju 88 and many color profiles as well.

Язык: польский/английский (Polish/English)
Details the full story of the Nakajima built Ki-27 (the name 'Nate' was given to it by the Allies as a means of easy identification, although it was also called Abdul in the China Burma India Theater of World War II). It also gives a complete explanation of how the designations used by the Japanese Army Air Force came about and what they mean.

Язык: польский (Polish)c английским дублированием подписей под рисунками и фотографиями.
Monograph from Polish publisher, Kagero, featuring famous WWII aircraft in detail and scale. This volume on the AR 234 jet bomber features masses of original black and white photos, a 24 page extract from the original (German language) operating manual, colour profiles.

In this release, Kagero examines the operational history of the US Navy's air superiority aircraft during WW2, the Vought F4U Corsair. Published in both Polish and English, the author walks the reader through the initial design of the fighter through the initial introduction into the Marine Corps and early combat operations.
In addition to the early history of the aircraft, the title has line drawings of the F4U in 1/48 and 1/72 as well as a nice color profiles of the aircraft.

Язык: польский/английский (Polish/English)
Covers operational use of this twin-engined German aircraft. 15 colour profiles. Fold out colour artwork. 16pp and separate sheet of 1:48 and 1:72 scale drawings. Decals. 139 b/w photos.

Postwestern Cultures synthesizes the most critical topics of contemporary scholarship of the American West within a single volume. This interdisciplinary anthology features leading scholars in the varied fields of western American literary studies and includes new regional studies, global studies, studies of popular culture, environmental criticism, gender and queer theory, and multiculturalism. Postwestern Cultures, like all successful studies of western American literature, is necessarily diverse and wide-ranging; it grasps the multifaceted quality of the landscape, literature, and critical analysis by engaging postmodern theory, spatial theory, cultural studies, and transnational and transcultural understandings of the local.

Язык: польский/английский (Polish/English)
In this release, Kagero examines the operational history of the US Navy's air superiority aircraft during WW2, the Grumman F6F Hellcat. Published in both Polish and English, the author walks the reader through the initial design of the fighter through the highlights of its operational history, but starts off with VF-11's experiences just to get your interest.
The coverage includes: Sundowners F6Fs; Nuts and Bolts; Great Balls of Fire Over Land & Sea; Zero's Worst Nightmare; Mount Fuji in Sight; British Hellcats; Camouflage & Markings.

An Icelandic-English Dictionary
First published in 1874, this landmark dictionary of old Icelandic is both authoritative and comprehensive. It offers thousands of illustrative quotations, full descriptions of pronunciation for every letter, and a detailed outline of grammar that includes the old Icelandic alphabet, word formation, and spelling. The 52-page supplement contains a list of additional words and references from the eleventh century to the mid-fourteenth century. An essential point of reference for any student of old Icelandic, supplement author Sir William A. Craigie stated in 1957 that 'though the dictionary is mainly intended for the old authors, both in prose and poetry, it endeavours to embrace an account of the whole language, old and new'.

It was written to help you to improve your English vocabulary. It will help you to learn not only the meanings of words but also how they are used. You can use this book either with a teacher or for self-study.