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Japanese Slang
Tuttle Publishing 2012; US$ 12.95Reveals, in vivid detail, the richness of Japanese slang in all its amusing, bizarre and shocking forms. more...
Japan's Sex Trade
Tuttle Publishing 2012; US$ 10.95Japan's Sex Trade offers a probing, step by step tour of the country's astonishing professional sex scene: salacious soaplands, hedonistic health clubs, and startling S&M snackbars, as well as the colorful characters who populate them and the off-color language they use. Highlighted are menus of the sexual services offered in each particular area... more...
The Essential Writings of Machiavelli
Random House Publishing Group 2009; US$ 17.95FINALIST--2008 PEN TRANSLATION PRIZE In The Essential Writings of Machiavelli, Peter Constantine has assembled a comprehensive collection that shows the true depth and breadth of a great Renaissance thinker. Refreshingly accessible, these superb new translations are faithful to Machiavelli?s original, beautifully crafted writings. The volume features... more...
The Prince
Random House 2009; US$ 7.99FROM THE AWARD-WINNING TRANSLATOR PETER CONSTANTINE 'It is far safer to be feared than loved...' Machiavelli made his name notorious for centuries with The Prince , his clever and cynical work about power relationships.The key themes of this influential, and ever timely, writer are that adaptability is the key to success and that effective leadership... more...
Three Elegies For Kosovo
Random House 2010; US$ 10.6728 June 1389, the Field of the Blackbirds. A Christian army made up of Serbs, Bosnians, Albanians and Romanians confront an Ottoman army. In ten hours the battle is over, and the Muslims possess the field; an outcome that has haunted the vanquished ever since. 28 June 1989, the Serb Leader Slobodan Milosevic launches his campaign for a fresh... more...
Making Out in Indonesian
Tuttle Publishing 2011; US$ 7.95Making Out in Indonesian is a fun, accessible and thorough guide to Indonesian as it's really spoken. It has been updated and expanded to be even more helpful as a guide to modern colloquial Indonesian for use in everyday informal interactions-giving access to the sort of catchy expressions that aren't covered in traditional language materials.... more...
The Essential Writings of Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Random House Group Ltd 2013; US$ 13.35Newly translated by Peter Constantine Edited and with an Introduction by Leo Damrosch The Essential Writings of Rousseau collects the best and most indispensable work of one of the world's most influential writers. A towering figure of Enlightenment thought, Jean-Jacques Rousseau was also one of that movement's most... more...
Taras Bulba
Random House Publishing Group 2003; US$ 13.00The First New Translation in Forty Years Set sometime between the mid-sixteenth and early-seventeenth century, Gogol?s epic tale recounts both a bloody Cossack revolt against the Poles (led by the bold Taras Bulba of Ukrainian folk mythology) and the trials of Taras Bulba?s two sons. As Robert Kaplan writes in his Introduction, ?[ Taras Bulba ]... more...
The Essential Writings of Rousseau
Random House Publishing Group 2013; US$ 18.00Newly translated by Peter Constantine Edited and with an Introduction by Leo Damrosch The Essential Writings of Rousseau collects the best and most indispensable work of one of the world?s most influential writers. A towering figure of Enlightenment thought, Jean-Jacques Rousseau was also one of that movement?s most passionate and persuasive... more...
Practical Dementia Care
Oxford University Press, USA 2006; US$ 51.99This is a comprehensive yet practical guide to the care and management of patients with dementia from the time of diagnosis to the end of life. It is intended for the increasing number of physicians, nurses, psychologists, social workers, rehabilitation therapists, and long-term care givers responsible for the care of individuals with dementia. For... more...









