A Little Primer of Tu Fu

A Little Primer of Tu Fu
Author: David Hawkes
Publisher: New York Review of Books
Total Pages: 283
Release: 2016-06-21
Genre: Poetry
ISBN: 9629968991

The deepest and most varied of the Tang Dynasty poets, Tu Fu (Du Fu) is, in the words of David Hinton, the “first complete poetic sensibility in Chinese literature.” Tu Fu merged the public and the private, often in the same poem, as his subjects ranged from the horrors of war to the delights of friendship, from closely observed landscapes to remembered dreams, from the evocation of historical moments to a wry lament over his own thinning hair. Although Tu Fu has been translated often, and often brilliantly, David Hawkes’s classic study, first published in 1967, is the only book that demonstrates in depth how his poems were written. Hawkes presents thirty-five poems in the original Chinese, with a pinyin transliteration, a character-by-character translation, and a commentary on the subject, the form, the historical background, and the individual lines. There is no other book quite like it for any language: a nuts-and-bolts account of how Chinese poems in general, and specifically the poems of one of the world’s greatest poets, are constructed. It’s an irresistible challenge for readers to invent their own translations.

This Little Artist

This Little Artist
Author: Joan Holub
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 26
Release: 2019-09-10
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1534442944

Learn all about artists who changed history in this engaging and colorful board book perfect for creators-in-training! Painting, shaping, making art. With creative joy, hands, and heart. Little artists have great big imaginations. In this follow up to This Little President, This Little Explorer, This Little Trailblazer, and This Little Scientist now even the youngest readers can learn all about great and empowering artists in history! Highlighting ten memorable artists who paved the way, parents and little ones alike will love this creativity primer full of fun, age-appropriate facts and bold illustrations.

The Little SAS Book

The Little SAS Book
Author: Lora D. Delwiche
Publisher: SAS Institute
Total Pages: 512
Release: 2019-10-11
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 1642953431

A classic that just keeps getting better, The Little SAS Book is essential for anyone learning SAS programming. Lora Delwiche and Susan Slaughter offer a user-friendly approach so that readers can quickly and easily learn the most commonly used features of the SAS language. Each topic is presented in a self-contained, two-page layout complete with examples and graphics. Nearly every section has been revised to ensure that the sixth edition is fully up-to-date. This edition is also interface-independent, written for all SAS programmers whether they use SAS Studio, SAS Enterprise Guide, or the SAS windowing environment. New sections have been added covering PROC SQL, iterative DO loops, DO WHILE and DO UNTIL statements, %DO statements, using variable names with special characters, the ODS EXCEL destination, and the XLSX LIBNAME engine. This title belongs on every SAS programmer's bookshelf. It's a resource not just to get you started, but one you will return to as you continue to improve your programming skills. Learn more about the updates to The Little SAS Book, Sixth Edition here. Reviews for The Little SAS Book, Sixth Edition can be read here.

This Little Scientist

This Little Scientist
Author: Joan Holub
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 26
Release: 2018-09-25
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1534401091

Learn all about scientists who changed history in this engaging and colorful board book perfect for inventors-in-training! Asking why. Then making a guess. Asking how. Then proving with tests. Little scientists make great big discoveries. In this follow up to This Little President, This Little Explorer, and This Little Trailblazer now even the youngest readers can learn all about great and empowering scientists in history! Highlighting ten memorable scientists who paved the way, parents and little ones alike will love this discovery primer full of fun, age-appropriate facts and bold illustrations.

This Little Trailblazer

This Little Trailblazer
Author: Joan Holub
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 12
Release: 2017-09-05
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1534401067

This board book highlights ten memorable female trailblazers.

This Little President

This Little President
Author: Joan Holub
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 26
Release: 2016-01-12
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1481458515

Learn all about the US presidents with this fun and colorful board book perfect for leaders-in-training! Leading our country. Helping you and me. Keeping all fifty states safe, happy, and free. Little presidents have a great big job. Now even the youngest patriots can learn about America’s presidential history with this bright and playful board book. Highlighting ten of the most memorable presidents—and featuring all forty-four on the last page—parents and presidents-in-training alike will love sharing this fun primer full of age-appropriate facts, leadership skills, and White House history.

A Little Primer on Humble Apologetics

A Little Primer on Humble Apologetics
Author: James W. Sire
Publisher: InterVarsity Press
Total Pages:
Release: 2009-09-20
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0830874291

Always be prepared to make your defense to anyone who demands from you an accounting for the hope that is in you; yet do it with gentleness and reverence. (1 Peter 3:15-16) We've all felt the tension. An opportunity to speak for Christ comes up, and either we jump in with both barrels blasting or we cower in the corner and say nothing. Is there a better way? Can we learn to speak boldly, yet humbly, about our faith in Christ? Veteran apologist Jim Sire offers salient counsel derived from over fifty years of experience in a vast array of settings. Through a variety of snapshots, both successful and unsuccessful, he helps us understand the nature, value and limits of apologetics, and suggests how to tailor our comments to respect our audience whether large or small, formal or informal. He then outlines five key arguments for the Christian faith and offers responses to five common objections. Finally, for those especially drawn to apologetics, he offers counsel on how to discern a call to apologetic ministry.

A Little Primer of Tu Fu

A Little Primer of Tu Fu
Author: David Hawkes
Publisher: The Chinese University of Hong Kong Press
Total Pages: 290
Release: 2016-01-06
Genre: Literary Collections
ISBN: 962996659X

The deepest and most varied of the Tang Dynasty poets, Tu Fu (Du Fu) is, in the words of David Hinton, the “first complete poetic sensibility in Chinese literature.” First published in 1967, this book presents thirtyfive Chinese poems with a pinyin transliteration, a characterbycharacter translation, and commentaries on the subject, form, and historical background. Hawkes gives us a nutsandbolts account of how the poems of one of the world's greatest poets are constructed. It's an irresistible challenge for readers to invent their own translations.