When the great Muslim traveller Ibn Battuta visited Damascus in 1348 it was in the throes of a great plague which killed half of the population. Even so, he reported 'God lightened their affliction... Zobraziť viac
Learning Chinese is notoriously difficult and has long put off the most linguistically savvy Westerners ... until now. Breaking down the Great Wall of language, ShaoLan Hsueh has unpicked Chinese characters and created a simple system for quickly ... Zobraziť viac
Thames and Hudson: A is for adventure that’s waiting for you The next time you want to sail into the blue... This... Zobraziť viac
ShaoLan 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 and easy... Zobraziť viac