Different countries give different opening dates for the period of the Second World War, but perhaps the most compelling is 1937, when the ` Marco Polo Bridge Incident` plunged China & Japan into a conflict of extraordinary duration & ferocity
- a war which would result in many millions of deaths & completely reshape East Asia in ways which we continue to confront today. With great vividness & narrative drive Rana Mitter`s book draws on a huge range of new sources to recreate this terrible conflict. He writes both about the major leaders (Chiang Kaishek, Mao Zedong & Wang Jingwei) & about the ordinary people swept up by terrible times. Mitter puts at the heart of our understanding of the Second World War that it was Japan`s failure to defeat China which was the key dynamic for what happened in Asia.
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China is one of the great powers of the modern world. Yet in the late 19th century China was a ramshackle & isolated medieval empire upon whom the European colonial powers could impose their wishes at will. China`s Wars describes the series of conflicts from 1894 to 1949 that forged modern China, from colonial clashes such as the Boxer Rebellion, through the chaotic years of warlord domination to the Japanese invasion, the Second World War & the bitter Civil War that followed. Previously unpublished photographs, contemporary pictures & specially-commissioned maps illustrate these tumultuous events & the men who fought them, events that would end with the eventual triumph of the Communist Party & the rise of modern China. ...

Topographic coverage of mainland Spain at 1:50, 000 in the MTN50 (Mapa Topográfico Nacional) series from the Centro Nacional de Información Geografica, the country’s civilian survey organization. The maps have contours at 20m intervals, enhanced by relief shading, plus colouring and/or graphics to show different types of terrain, vegetation or land use. Boundaries of national parks & other protected areas are marked. In addition to all the usual information featured on topographic mapping at this scale, detailed presentation of the road & rail networks, rural tracks & paths, etc, the maps also show campsites & mountain refuges. On more recent editions some GRs, the official long-distance hiking routes, are also marked (although not as clearly as on hiking maps from other publishers). Each map covers 29.5x 18.5 km (with adjustments in the border or coastal areas). The maps have a 1-km UTM grid, plus margin ticks for latitude & longitude at 1` intervals. Map legend is in Spanish only.HOW TO CHOOSE THE RIGHT 50K MAP: all the titles in CNIG’s 200K Provincial Road Maps series at 1:200, 000 are overprinted with the grid for the 1:50, 000 maps & can be used to see the area covered by each 50K title. TO SEE THE LIST OF TITLES IN THIS SERIES PLEASE CLICK ON THE SERIES LINK.PLEASE NOTE
- MAP TITLES: the grids shown on our website serve both the civilian & the military 1:50, 000 topographic series. Although the areas covered by maps in both series are identical (apart from some border or coastal sheets), occasionally map titles differ – only one title is shown on the grid, usually the military one. In Galicia, the Basque country & in the Catalan speaking areas the tendency now is to use local place names rather than the often better known Castilian ones. Where possible, both versions are included in our titles. Map titles listed on our website are based on information received by us at the time of publication, but sometimes maps arrive showing a completely different title! As long as the map number is as ordered, the correct map has been supplied.
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Chineasy (R) Travel presents over 100 of the most used & useful Chinese characters, phrases & sentences for travellers, wherever they may find themselves in the Chinese-speaking world. Ingeniously illustrated throughout by Noma Bar, this guide breaks down the essentials in six themed chapters, from reading directions & using public transport, to ordering food off a menu. A chapter on culture explores the country`s history, philosophy & religion, including annual festivals. Whether you are planning a business trip, holiday or longer adventure, the Chineasy method provides a great starting point to broadening your knowledge of the language & culture. Including a list of useful phrases & instructions on Chinese pronunciation & basic grammar, this handy pocket guide brings the stories & myths behind the characters to life, providing a welcome primer for breaking down the barriers of language. ...

Shao Lan Hsueh, a Taiwanese entrepreneur based in London, couldn`t find an effective way of teaching her children Chinese, so she developed a groundbreaking visual method to make reading characters fun & easy. By learning the most commonly occurring characters
- the building blocks of the entire language
- readers of all ages can swiftly grasp basic concepts & words. Chineasy Everyday teaches over 400 of the most used & useful Chinese characters, phrases & sentences. Organized into eleven themes that reflect our daily lives, it brings the stories & myths behind the characters to life, providing a unique perspective into Chinese history & culture. ” Learning Mandarin just got Chineasy... May revolutionize the teaching of Chinese around the world”. (The Sunday Times).

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Learning Chinese is notoriously difficult & has long put off even the most linguistically savvy Westerners until now. Shao Lan has used her entrepreneurial & software background to unpick Chinese characters & create a simple system for quickly understanding the basic building blocks of the written language. Working with renowned illustrator Noma Bar, she has developed a unique set of illustrations that are engaging & delightful & offer a glimpse into the wonder of the Chinese language & culture. ...

Where Chineasy`s books, flashcards & memory game helped learners to recognize a diverse range of characters, this new workbook offers the opportunity to practise writing Chinese characters. Noma Bar`s playful & appealing colour illustrations are interspersed with practical pages showing learners how to write the characters themselves. Short facts illuminate the meaning of a character or the origin of its shape, while a guide to the correct stroke order & grids to help with spacing allow learners to perfect their writing skills. Maintaining the innovative visual identity of the Chineasy br&, the workbook is the perfect complement to the existing range, but is also self- standing & doesn`t require learners to be familiar with the method. Suitable for everyone from schoolchildren to businesspeople, it will foster a genuine appreciation of the Chinese language & provide a fun introduction to the art of Chinese calligraphy. ...

A Boxset of 100 postcards depicting the most common ‘building blocks’ of the Chinese language. Use them to learn the basic of these language and/or mail them to spread the Chineasy way of learning! The Chinese language is traditionally taught through a series of between roughly 180 & 215 radicals. These radicals are then used to form the characters of the Chinese language. Chineasy has broken down this collection of characters into their most basic & recurring forms, allowing students to learn fewer & simpler radicals that we have termed building blocks. One building block, or a specific compound form of the building block can be combined with one or more other characters to make a compound character. Two or more independent characters can be placed next to one another to make phrases. In compounds, a whole new character is created; in phrases, the placement of characters next to one another gives a new meaning to the collection of characters. This principle of building blocks is what makes Chineasy so easy! ...

Develop your Chinese vocabulary & pronunciation with this flashcards. To start learning the Chineasy way, just pick a card & flip it over! The Chinese language is traditionally taught through a series of between roughly 180 & 215 radicals. These radicals are then used to form the characters of the Chinese language. Chineasy has broken down this collection of characters into their most basic & recurring forms, allowing students to learn fewer & simpler radicals that we have termed building blocks. One building block, or a specific compound form of the building block can be combined with one or more other characters to make a compound character. Two or more independent characters can be placed next to one another to make phrases. In compounds, a whole new character is created; in phrases, the placement of characters next to one another gives a new meaning to the collection of characters. This principle of building blocks is what makes Chineasy so easy! ...

Learning Chinese is notoriously difficult & has long put off the most linguistically savvy Westerners.. .until now. Breaking down the Great Wall of language, Shao Lan Hsueh has unpicked Chinese characters & created a simple system for quickly understanding the basic building blocks of the written language. Working with renowned illustrator Noma Bar, she has developed a unique set of illustrations that are engaging & delightful, & offer a glimpse into the wonder of the Chinese language & culture. The books main section introduces the radicals the key characters on which the language is built & reveals how they can be combined to form a wealth of more complex words & phrases. In fewer than 200 pages, readers of all ages will have made the first steps towards a genuine appreciation of Chinese, loving every new character they learn. ...