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Beginning Biblical Hebrew: A Grammar and Illustrated Reader
Beginning Biblical Hebrew: A Grammar and Illustrated Reader

John A Cook · Baker Academic
Pages: 90
Format: Paperback

This innovative textbook by two leading experts in Biblical Hebrew combines the best of traditional grammars, new insights into Hebrew linguistics, and a creative pedagogical approach. The material has been field tested and refined for more than a decade by the authors, who are actively...
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Japanese Kanji & Kana: A Complete Guide to the Japanese Writing System
Japanese Kanji & Kana: A Complete Guide to the Japanese Writing System

Wolfgang Hadamitzky · Tuttle Publishing; Revised, Revised edition
Format: Paperback

This comprehensive book helps you learn the 92 basic Kana characters and 2,136 standard Kanji characters.Looking to learn Japanese and improve your Japanese language abilities? Complete, compact and authoritative—this book provides all the information needed to learn kanji and kana,...
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English Made Easy Volume Two: A New ESL Approach: Learning English Through Pictures
English Made Easy Volume Two: A New ESL Approach: Learning English Through Pictures

Jonathan Crichton · Tuttle Publishing
Pages: 192
Format: Print book

This is a fun and user-friendly way to learn EnglishEnglish Made Easy is a breakthrough in English language learning - imaginatively exploiting how pictures and text can work together to create understanding and help learners learn more productively. It gives beginner English learners easy...
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New York's Yiddish Theater: From the Bowery to Broadway
New York's Yiddish Theater: From the Bowery to Broadway

Edna Nashon · Columbia University Press 2016.
Pages: 304
Format: Print book

In the early decades of the twentieth century, a vibrant theatrical culture took shape on New York City's Lower East Side. Original dramas, comedies, musicals, and vaudeville, along with sophisticated productions of Shakespeare, Ibsen, and Chekhov, were innovatively staged for crowds...
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Gisela Erlacher - Skies of Concrete
Gisela Erlacher - Skies of Concrete

Gisela Erlacher · Park Books
Pages: 104
Format: Print book

With Skies of Concrete, Austrian architectural photographer Gisela Erlacher explores a fascinating subject for urbanization - our ability to live, work, and play in what might seem like the most inhospitable of places. Erlacher had long been fascinated with the ways existing structures...
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Chineasy: The New Way to Read Chinese
Chineasy: The New Way to Read Chinese

ShaoLan Hsueh · Harper Design
Pages: 191
Format: Paperback

Learn to read and write Chinese with Chineasy - a groundbreaking approach that transforms key Chinese characters into pictograms for easy recall and comprehension.Chinese is one of the oldest written languages, and one of the most difficult to master, especially for Westerners. With Chineasy,...
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LaFosse & Alexander's Essential Book of Origami: The Complete Guide for Everyone
LaFosse & Alexander's Essential Book of Origami: The Complete Guide for Everyone

Michael G Lafosse · Tuttle Publishing
Pages: 96
Format: Print book

This comprehensive origami book contains 16 easy lessons - each revealing a different aspect of the paper folding magic that is origami!World-renowned origami artists Michael G. LaFosse and Richard L. Alexander share their wisdom and expertise in this complete introduction to the world...
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Latin Demystified: A Self Teaching Guide
Latin Demystified: A Self Teaching Guide

Richard Prior · McGraw-Hill; 1 edition
Pages: 400
Format: Paperback

Become a bona fide master of LatinEnglish vocabulary owes a great debt to Latin, ergo you already know many Latin words and phrases. Now you can move beyond the status quo and learn this classical language. With Latin Demystified, nihil obstat (nothing stands in the way).Beginning with...
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Italian-English pocket dictionary = Dizionario tascabile Italiano-Inglese
Italian-English pocket dictionary = Dizionario tascabile Italiano-Inglese

Barron's Educational Series. · Barron's Educational Series
Pages: 992
Format: Print book

This updated and revised bilingual dictionary is pocket-sized and easy to use. Students can slip it into backpacks and travelers can fit it in carry-on bags for air travel or satchels for use at their destinations. Abridged from Barron's comprehensive, full-size Bilingual Dictionary,...
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The Japanese Language
The Japanese Language

Haruhiko Kindaichi · Tuttle
Pages: 256
Format: Paperback

This is a book about the structure, history and evolution of the Japanese language.The Japanese Language is a classic study of one of the world's most widely used but least understood languages. Emphasizing the richness and complexity of Japanese as well as its limitations, this fine book...
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Norwegian Pocket Dictionary
Norwegian Pocket Dictionary

Berlitz · Berlitz
Pages: 570
Format: Paperback

With 16,000 of the core words of the language plus the latest jargon, this is the ultimate reference for language learners, students, business people and travellers alike. An extra grammar section helps to extend your knowledge of the language and the blue headwords offer easy navigation....
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Berlitz Hebrew Phrase Book & Dictionary
Berlitz Hebrew Phrase Book & Dictionary

Berlitz Publishing · Berlitz Publishing; Third Edition edition
Format: Paperback

This brand new Hebrew edition features a fresh, crisp design with vivid color photography, eye-catching color-coding, and user-generated content, making it the phrase book created by the people for the people! Sections such as “Food and Drink” and “In an Emergency”...
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Chineasy Everyday: Learning Chinese Through Its Culture
Chineasy Everyday: Learning Chinese Through Its Culture

Shaolan. · Harperdesign
Pages: 256
Format: Print book

A unique and highly entertaining introduction to the richness of Chinese language, culture, and civilization, built on the groundbreaking and hugely popular Chineasy visual learning method.To educate the world about the richness and character of China's people, customs, and heritage,...
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