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Veni, Vidi, Vici

Eugene Ehrlich · Harpercollins
Pages: 307
Format: Paperback

As entertaining as it is addictive and informative, VENI, VIDI, VICI has more than 1,000 Latin words and phrases to help you intelligently insult, compliment, or comment on anything at all. This book contains more than 1,000 Latin words and phrases, with a direct translation, actual meaning...
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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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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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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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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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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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Practice Makes Perfect Advanced English Grammar for ESL Learners

Mark Lester · McGraw-Hill; 1 edition
Format: Paperback

Get control over those difficult areas of English grammar Practice Makes Perfect: Advanced English Grammar for ESL Learners is focused on those grammar topics that might pose special problems for you, especially if English is not your first language. Because it targets advanced topics,...
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Schottenfreude: German Words for the Human Condition

Ben Schott · Blue Rider Press; Bilingual edition
Format: Book

Ever thought, There should be a German word for that? Well, thanks to the brilliantly original mind behind Schott’s Original Miscellany, now there is. Schottenfreude is a unique, must-have dictionary, complete with newly coined words that explore the idiosyncrasies of life as only...
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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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Common American Phrases in Everyday Contexts, 3rd Edition

Richard Spears · McGraw-Hill
Pages: 309
Format: Paperback

A useful guide to everyday American English to help you understand meanings and avoid difficulty in translation In this new edition of Common American Phrases in Everyday Contexts, noted lexicographer Richard A. Spears shares with you 1,900 of the most common phrases and colloquial expressions...
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Barron's German-English Pocket Dictionary: 70,000 words, phrases & examples presented in two sections: American style English to German -- German to English

Barron's Educational Series Inc. · Barron's Education Series
Pages: 1051
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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Merriam-Webster's Advanced Learner's English Dictionary

Merriam-Webster · Merriam-Webster, Inc.
Pages: 1994
Format: Hardcover

New title! Designed to help advance students master spoken and written English as it is actually used, this groundbreaking new dictionary provides in-depth and up-to-date coverage of basic English vocabulary, grammar, and usage. Outstanding features include nearly 100,000 words and phrases,...
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