Language defines us as a species, placing humans head and shoulders above even the most proficient animal communicators. But it also beguiles us with its endless mysteries, allowing us to ponder why different languages emerged, why there isn't simply a single language, how languages change over time and whether that's good or bad, and how languages die out and become extinct.

Grammar! For many of us, the word triggers memories of finger-wagging schoolteachers, and of wrestling with the ambiguous and complicated rules of using formal language. But what is grammar? In fact, it's the integral basis of how we speak and write. As such, a refined awareness of grammar opens a world of possibilities for both your pleasure in the English language and your skill in using it, in both speech and the written word.

Bringing together the imaginative strategies of fiction storytelling and new ways of narrating true, real-life events, creative nonfiction is the fastest-growing part of the creative writing world. It's a cutting-edge genre that's reshaping how we write (and read) everything from biographies and memoirs to blogs and public speaking scripts to personal essays and magazine articles.

E. H. Gombrich's world history, an international best seller now available in English for the first time, is a text dominated not by dates and facts but by the sweep of experience across the centuries, a guide to humanity's achievements, and an acute witness to its frailties.

Noted Japan expert Professor Mark J. Ravina of the University of Texas at Austin covers the politics, economics, and culture of the island nation since World War II - a conflict that saw the end of Japan’s dream of regional conquest, which Professor Ravina calls Empire 1.0. The country’s postwar leaders radically changed course, renouncing a strong military to pursue Empire 2.0 - Japan as an economic colossus.

What is our species' greatest invention? Medicine, computers, space travel? Not even close. The innovation that underlies each of our past achievements and those we still aspire to is language. Language is the ultimate invention of Homo sapiens - one that has allowed us to change the physical and social world around us in every conceivable way, and an invention that has fundamentally changed us, as well.

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Want to get a taste of the entirety of human history in a single book? With World History for Dummies, you'll get an overview of the history of, well, everything, from the Neanderthal experience to the latest historical developments of the twenty-first century. Re-live history from your armchair as you ride into battle alongside Roman generals, prepare Egyptian pharaohs for the afterlife, and learn from the great Greek poets and philosophers. It's the perfect gift for the lifelong learner who wants to brush up on their world history knowledge.

【シリーズ解説】本場アメリカのビジネスシーンで使われている生の会議スキル。自己紹介から会議の議事進行まで、ドラマ仕立てのストーリーに添って、楽しくレッスンできます。ビジネスは「仕事」とはいうものの、「社交」の場でもあります。ビジネスの世界で成功するには社交界での成功なしでは成り立ちません。このシリーズを通して、ビジネスと社交における「ビジネス会話」、「文書スキル」、そして「社交スキル」を学習します。このシリーズは、国際的な会議を開催しそれに参加するグループの人々を追いながら学習していきます。それぞれの登場人物を通して、ビジネススキルはもちろん、国際的な時代の文化や友情、はたまた恋愛関係についてまで学べます。またこのシリーズでは「アメリカ社会」、「ビジネス文化」、「国際的な問題」についても取り上げます。ビジネス英語を聞く、話す、ということは、言葉だけではなく、その文化的背景の違いを理解することが一番重要です。このシリーズは、そんなビジネスシーンで英語を使おうとしている人にぴったりのエッセンスが満載です。　【シリーズストーリー】日本人エンジニアの昭が、シリコンバレーのスタートアップで活躍する姿を等身大で描いています。シャイだけど仕事に関してはとても優秀な昭。上司や同僚との付き合い方、国際会議での振舞い方、上手なプレゼンの進め方、はたまた片思いの彼女への気持ちの伝え方など、日常生活が満載