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Painless Spanish

Dasha Davis - Barron'S
Format: Print book

Learning Spanish becomes a whole lot less painful when students have this guide in hand. They'll start speaking and understanding Spanish as they complete fun-to-answer questions; develop "word power" as they learn more about the people and culture of Spain and Latin America;...
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The Little Book of Lost Words: Collywobbles, Snollygosters, and 86 Other Surprisingly Useful Terms Worth Resurrecting

Joe Gillard - Ten Speed Press
Format: Hardcover

The founder of History Hustle presents a handy guide for expressing yourself with history's best words. This collection features scores of unique words from history that deal with surprisingly modern issues like sleeping in and procrastination--proving that some things never change!...
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Practice Makes Perfect: Advanced English Grammar for Esl Learners

Mark Lester - Mcgraw-Hill
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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Manteca! An Anthology of Afro-Latin@ Poets

Melissa Castillo-Garsow - Arte Publico Pr
Format: Paperback

"We defy translation," Sandra Maria Esteves writes. "Nameless/we are a whole culture/once removed." She is half Dominican, half Puerto Rican, with indigenous and African blood, born in the Bronx. Like so many of the contributors, she is a blend of cultures, histories...
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Learning Mandarin Chinese Characters Volume 2: The Quick and Easy Way to Learn Chinese Characters!

YI REN - Tuttle Publishing
Format: Paperback

Reinforce your written Chinese with this practice book for the best-selling Tuttle Learning Chinese Characters.Learning Mandarin Chinese Characters helps students quickly learn the basic Chinese characters that are fundamental to the language. Intended for self-study and classroom use,...
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Arabic Poems

Marle Hammond - Everyman's Library; Bilingual edition
Format: Hardcover

A bilingual anthology of poems from the sixth century to the present, Arabic Poems is a one-of-a-kind showcase of a fascinating literary tradition. The Arabic poetic legacy is as vast as it is deep, spanning a period of fifteen centuries in regions from Morocco to Iraq. Themes of love,...
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Calling Bullshit: The Art of Skepticism in a Data-Driven World

Carl Bergstrom - Random House
Format: Hardcover

It's not just fake news. Bullshit is everywhere. Now, two science professors give us the tools to dismantle misinformation and think clearly in a data-saturated world.The world is awash in bullshit, and we're drowning in it. Politicians are unconstrained by facts. Science is conducted...
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Miniature Moss Gardens: Create Your Own Japanese Container Gardens

MEGUMI OSHIMA - Tuttle Publishing
Format: Hardcover

Miniature Moss Gardens presents expert advice and techniques from the birthplace of miniature gardening - Japan.Friendly enough for total beginners and full of ideas and tips that experienced gardeners will love to read about, this moss gardening book brings you information on the following:...
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Teaching Adults: An Esl Resource Book

New Readers Press - New Readers Pr; 2 edition
Format: Book

This book will help tutors and teachers meet the special challenges of teaching adult English languages learners. The go-to guide supplements any teaching material or approach you choose to use. There are 57 specific, ready-to-use activities that simplify lesson planning. They cover such...
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Intermediate Japanese: Your Pathway to Dynamic Language Acquisition

Michael L Kluemper - Tuttle Publishing
Format: Hardcover

Intermediate Japanese is a complete Japanese self-study textbook and language learning package for intermediate learners - who want to become fluent in the Japanese language and have fun while doing it! In the new intermediate level installation of this highly-acclaimed series, continue...
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Understanding and Using English Grammar, 4th Edition

Betty S. Azar - Longman; 4th edition
Format: Print book

A classic developmental skills text for intermediate to advanced students of English, Understanding and Using English Grammar is a comprehensive reference grammar as well as a stimulating and teachable classroom text.   While keeping the same basic approach and material as in earlier...
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Japanese Kanji for Beginners:

Timothy G Stout - Tuttle Publishing
Format: Print book

The method that's helped thousands in the U.S. and Japan learn Japanese successfully.The Japanese language has two basic writing systems, kanji characters - which are based on Chinese characters and hiragana and katakana - a mnemonics based alphabet. This handy book teaches you a new mnemonicsubased...
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Arabic-English Bilingual Visual Dictionary

Inc Dorling Kindersley - Dk Publishing
Format: Print book

Now comes with a free companion audio app that allows readers to scan the pages to hear words spoken in both Arabic and English.Newly revised and updated, the Arabic-English Bilingual Visual Dictionary is a quick and intuitive way to learn and recall everyday words in Arabic.Introducing...
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Merriam-Webster's Advanced Learner's English Dictionary

Merriam Webster - Merriam-Webster
Format: Print book

Revised and Updated for 2016. Created by America's foremost language experts, this dictionary is designed to help advanced students master spoken and written English, as it is actually used. Defines 100,000 words and phrases in plain English that is easy for learners to understand....
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Italian Demystified

Marcel Danesi - McGraw-Hill Education
Format: Print book

"Say"arrivederci"to your fears of learning Italian with the updated premium edition of this fast, painless guide """The updated third edition of "Italian DeMYSTiFieD" provides you with the comprehensive, step-by-step educational experience that has made...
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The Everything Essential Latin Book: All You Need to Learn Latin in No Time

Richard E. Prior - Adams Media
Format: Paperback

The basics of Latin made fun--and fast!Learning the basics of Latin can vastly improve your vocabulary and even provide keys to understanding legal, medical, and scientific terminology. The Everything Essential Latin Book is your perfect introduction to this fascinating language. With easy-to-follow...
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Lonely Planet Japanese Phrasebook & Dictionary

LONELY PLANET. - Lonely Planet
Format: Paperback

Lonely Planet: The world's #1 phrasebook publisher* Lonely Planet Japanese Phrasebook & Dictionary is your handy passport to culturally enriching travels with the most relevant and useful Japanese phrases and vocabulary for all your travel needs. Get to know your sushi from your...
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Wordslut: A Feminist Guide to Taking Back the English Language

Amanda Montell - Harper Wave
Format: Hardcover

A brash, enlightening, and wildly entertaining feminist look at gendered language and the way it shapes us, written with humor and playfulness that challenges words and phrases and how we use them."I get so jazzed about the future of feminism knowing that Amanda Montell's brilliance...
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How to Read Egyptian Hieroglyphs: A Step-by-Step Guide to Teach Yourself, Revised Edition

Mark Collier - University of California Press
Format: Hardcover

Hieroglyphs are pictures used as signs in writing. When standing before an ancient tablet in a museum or visiting an Egyptian monument, we marvel at this unique writing and puzzle over its meaning. Now, with the help of Egyptologists Mark Collier and Bill Manley, museum-goers, tourists,...
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Fluent Forever: How to Learn Any Language Fast and Never Forget It

Gabriel Wyner - Harmony
Format: Paperback

The ultimate rapid language-learning guide! For those who've despaired of ever learning a foreign language, here, finally, is a book that will make the words stick. At thirty years old, Gabriel Wyner speaks six languages fluently. He didn't learn them in school -- who does? -- rather,...
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Basic Korean: Learn to Speak Korean in 19 Easy Lessons

Soohee Kim - Tuttle Publishing
Format: Paperback

With an emphasis on practical daily communication, Basic Korean is a great introduction to those looking to learn the language - whether on their own or with a teacher.Learn Korean quickly and easily with the help of real-life conversations by native speakers, everyday Korean vocabulary...
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Japanese Respect Language: When, Why, and How to Use it Successfully

P G O'Neill - Tuttle Publishing
Format: Print book

This is a concise and user-friendly book for learning polite spoken Japanese or written Japanese.Respect language - the special style of polite spoken or written Japanese - is involved almost every exchange of Japanese between one person and another, including the simplest phrases of greeting....
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Oxford Picture Dictionary 3e Monolingual Dictionary

Jayme Adelson-Goldstein - Oxford Univ Press
Format: Print book

The third edition of the best-selling Oxford Picture Dictionary provides unparalleled support for vocabulary teaching to meet the needs of today's English language learners. -4,000 English words and phrases with meaningful, real-life contexts presented within 12 thematic units, including...
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Basic Mandarin Chinese - Reading & Writing Textbook: An Introduction to Written Chinese for Beginners (6 hours of MP3 Audio Included)

Cornelius C Kubler - Tuttle Publishing
Format: Other Format(Revised,Paperback with disc)

A complete beginning-level course for written Mandarin Chinese designed to teach you to read and write Mandarin quickly and efficiently The Basic Mandarin Chinese series offers a complete introductory course superior to any other language product for Chinese. These books teach spoken and written...
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Don't Believe a Word: The Surprising Truth About Language

David Shariatmadari - W. W. Norton & Company
Format: Hardcover

An entertaining and highly informed guide to what languages are and how they function.Everyone likes to think they know a bit about language: There are some words that you simply can't translate into English. The origin of a word tells you how it should be used. A dialect is inferior...
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The Everything Learning German Book: Speak, write, and understand basic German in no time

Edward Swick - Adams Media
Format: Paperback

Order das beste Bier at Oktoberfest! Hitch a ride on der Autobahn! Say "Wilkommen" to your neuen deutschen Freunde!Learning to sprechen Sie Deutsches is fun--and far easier than you might think. German and English are closely related--you already know viele Phrasen! With this...
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Living with a Dead Language: My Romance with Latin

Ann Patty - Viking
Format: Print book

An entertaining exploration of the richness and relevance of the Latin language and literature, and an inspiring account of finding renewed purpose through learning something new and challenging After thirty-five years as a book editor in New York City, Ann Patty stopped working and moved...
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Eyewitness Travel Phrase Book German

Dorling Kindersley, Inc. - DK
Format: Paperback

A pocket dictionary with vital vocabulary, phrases, and information for travelers.Filled with common German phrases and everyday vocabulary, this is an easy-to-transport dictionary that is perfect for vacations or business trips.Eyewitness Travel Phrase Book German is organized by subject,...
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In Other Words

Jhumpa Lahiri - Alfred A. Knopf
Format: Print book

National Best SellerFrom the best-selling author and Pulitzer Prize winner, a powerful nonfiction debut - an "honest, engaging, and very moving account of a writer searching for herself in words." - Kirkus Reviews (starred) In Other Words is a revelation. It is at heart...
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Eyewitness Travel Phrase Book Spanish

Dorling Kindersley, Inc. - DK
Format: Paperback

A pocket dictionary with vital vocabulary, phrases, and information for travelers.Filled with common Spanish phrases and everyday vocabulary, this is an easy-to-transport dictionary that is perfect for vacations or business trips.Eyewitness Travel Phrase Book Spanish is organized by subject,...
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Japanese English Bilingual Visual Dictionary

Dorling Kindersley Inc. - Dk Publishing, 2016.
Format: Print book

Japanese-English Bilingual Visual Dictionary makes language learning accessible by using photographs to put the everyday vocabulary of the modern world into context.With a thematic organization of more than 10,000 fully illustrated terms labeled in both Japanese and English and comprehensive...
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Eyewitness Phrase Book Italian

Dorling Kindersley, Inc. - DK
Format: Paperback

A pocket dictionary with vital vocabulary, phrases, and information for travelers.Filled with common Italian phrases and everyday vocabulary, this is an easy-to-transport dictionary that is perfect for vacations or business trips.Eyewitness Travel Phrase Book Italian is organized by subject,...
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Read Japanese Kanji Today: The Easy Way to Learn the 400 Basic Kanji [JLPT Levels N5 N4 and AP Japanese Language & Culture Exam]

Len Walsh - Tuttle Publishing
Format: Print book

The method that has helped thousands! - Read Japanese Kanji Today provides readers with a quick and simple method to learn kanji characters.Far from being a complex and mysterious script, Japanese writing is actually a simple and fascinating pictographic and ideographic system, easily understood...
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English Grammar Drills, Second Edition

Mark Lester - McGraw Hill
Format: Paperback

Publishers Note: Products purchased from Third Party sellers are not guaranteed by the publisher for quality, authenticity, or access to any online entitlements included with the product.Get on the Fast Track to Mastering the English Grammar System!Confident use of grammar is an essential...
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English Grammar For Dummies

GERALDINE WOODS - For Dummies
Format: Paperback

Get the last word on English grammar Grasping the intricacies of the English language doesn't need to be tricky, and this down-to-earth guide breaks everything down in ways that make sense - Revealing rules, tips, and tricks to eliminate confusion and gain clarity, English Grammar For Dummies...
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Arabic For Dummies

AMINE BOUCHENTOUF - For Dummies
Format: Paperback

Start reading and speaking Arabic Arabic For Dummies helps readers start speaking Modern Standard Arabic in no time. Whether you're a student, traveler, or work in business or government, you'll find this title to be packed with practical lessons, cultural facts, and handy references....
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Practice Makes Perfect Basic Chinese

Xiaozhou Wu - McGraw-Hill; 1 edition
Format: Book

Learn the Chinese you need. Gain the language skills you want. Practice Makes Perfect: Basic Chinese is a trusted companion to your Chinese learning experience. In each bite-sized lesson, the authors explain one or two language concepts and illustrate them with many clear examples. Although...
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Practice Makes Perfect Basic Japanese

Eriko Sato - McGraw-Hill Education
Format: Paperback

Learn the Japanese you need. Gain the language skills you want. Practice Makes Perfect: Basic Japanese is your trusted companion to your Japanese learning experience. Each chapter focuses on key grammar concepts and essential vocabulary, which are accompanied by helpful, clear examples....
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Arabic-English Bilingual Visual Dictionary

DK Publishing - DK Publishing (Dorling Kindersley)
Format: Paperback

Newly revised and updated, the Arabic-English Bilingual Visual Dictionary is a quick and intuitive way to learn and recall everyday words in Arabic. The Arabic-English Bilingual Visual Dictionary introduces a range of useful current vocabulary in thematic order, using full-color photographs...
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The Everything German Phrase Book & Dictionary

Edward Swick - Adams Media
Format: Print book

The ultimate German guide for travel, business, and more!Whether you're traveling, taking a class, or meeting with clients, this pocket guide is packed with everything you'll need to speak, write, and understand basic German. Featuring hundreds of commonly used phrases, The Everything...
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Hindi for Beginners: Mastering Conversational Hindi

Madhumita Mehrotra - Tuttle Publishing; Paperback with disc edition
Format: Print book

Hindi for Beginners is a Hindi self-study guide and language learning package aimed at helping students learn Hindi in a natural manner.It engages them to actively use the Hindi language in the real life situations. An accompanying audio CD with clearly annunciated dialogues spoken by native...
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Eyewitness Travel Phrase Book Mandarin Chinese

Dorling Kindersley, Inc. - DK
Format: Paperback

A pocket dictionary with vital vocabulary, phrases, and information for travelers.Filled with common Chinese Mandarin phrases and everyday vocabulary, this is an easy-to-transport dictionary that is perfect for vacations or business trips.Eyewitness Travel Phrase Book Chinese is organized...
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Flirting with French: How a Language Charmed Me, Seduced Me, and Nearly Broke My Heart

William Alexander - Algonquin Books; Bilingual edition
Format: Book

"A delightful and courageous tale and a romping good read. Voila!" - Mark Greenside, author of I'll Never Be French (No Matter What I Do) William Alexander is more than a Francophile. He wants to be French. There's one small obstacle though: he doesn't speak la langue...
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German English Bilingual Visual Dictionary

Dorling Kindersley, Inc. - Dk Publishing
Format: Print book

Now comes with a free companion audio app that allows readers to scan the pages to hear words spoken in both German and English.Newly revised and updated, the German-English Bilingual Visual Dictionary is a quick and intuitive way to learn and recall everyday words in German.Introduces...
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Icelandic-English/English-Icelandic Practical Dictionary

Helga Hilmisdóttir - Hippocrene Books
Format: Print book

Icelandic is a North-Germanic language related to Norwegian, Danish and Swedish. The language can be traced back to Old Norse brought by settlers from Norway in the 9th and 10th centuries. Ideal for businesspeople, travelers, and students, this dictionary features over 18,000 word-to-word...
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Practice Makes Perfect: Complete French Grammar, Premium Third Edition

Annie Heminway - McGraw-Hill Education
Format: Paperback

Master grammar with the bestselling workbook for learners of FrenchPractice Makes Perfect: Complete French Grammar is the go-to guide for clear, precise explanations of all aspects of French grammar: from the present tense of regular verbs to direct object pronouns, from the differences...
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All Strangers Are Kin: Adventures in Arabic and the Arab World

Zora O'Neill - Houghton Mifflin
Format: Hardcover

"The shaddais the key difference between a pigeon (hamam) and a bathroom (hammam) . Be careful, our professor advised, in the first moment of outright humor in class, that you don't ask a waiter, 'Excuse me, where is the pigeon?' - or, conversely, order...
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Because Internet: Understanding the New Rules of Language

Gretchen McCulloch - Riverhead Books
Format: Hardcover

A linguistically informed look at how our digital world is transforming the English language.Language is humanity's most spectacular open-source project, and the internet is making our language change faster and in more interesting ways than ever before. Internet conversations are structured...
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Perfect Phrases for ESL: Conversation Skills, Second Edition

Diane Engelhardt - McGraw Hill
Format: Paperback

Have the confidence to converse like a native English speaker with just the right phrases How do you start a conversation? What should you say to express disagreement? How do you offer someone your advice? This handy reference will help you navigate social and business situations, with...
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The Second 100 Chinese Characters: Traditional Character Edition: The Quick and Easy Method to Learn the Second 100 Most Basic Chinese Characters

Alison Matthews - Tuttle Publishing
Format: Print book

This book is a quick and easy way to learn the second 100 basic Chinese traditional characters.The major struggle facing all beginning Chinese language students is to learn to recognize, read and write hundreds of Chinese characters. A working knowledge of characters is essential for any student...
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Aeneid Book VI: A New Verse Translation

Virgil - Farrar
Format: Print book

A masterpiece from one of the greatest poets of the centuryIn a momentous publication, Seamus Heaney's translation of Book VI of the Aeneid, Virgil's epic poem composed sometime between 29 and 19 BC, follows the hero, Aeneas, on his descent into the underworld. In Stepping Stones,...
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Step Forward 2 Student Book with Audio CD

Ingrid Wisniewska - Oxford University Press; Pap/Com St edition
Format: Book

Step Forward is the best-selling standards-based, four-skills course that improves student outcomes by integrating language instruction into real-life contexts. Designed to build workplace skills, the vocabulary in Step Forward is based on the vocabulary of the Oxford Picture Dictionary...
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LaFosse & Alexander's Essential Book of Origami: The Complete Guide for Everyone

Michael G Lafosse - Tuttle Publishing
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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The Second 100 Japanese Kanji:

Eriko Sato - Tuttle Publishing
Format: Print book

This is an invaluable study guide for learning Japanese characters.The major struggle facing all beginning Japanese language students is to learn to recognize, read and write hundreds of Japanese characters. The Second 100 Japanese Kanji adopts a structural approach that helps students...
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Runes: Ancient Scripts

Martin Findell - J. Paul Getty Museum
Format: Paperback

Runes are the letters in a set of related alphabets that were used to write various Germanic languages before the adoption of the Latin alphabet. From late antiquity through the early middle ages, peoples across northwestern Europe inscribed runes on gravestones, buildings, jewelry, and weapons...
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Language and Gender

Talbot, Mary - POLITY PR

Since its first publication in 1998, Mary Talbot's Language and Gender has been a leading textbook, popular with students for its accessibility and with teachers for the range and depth it achieves in a single volume. This anticipated third edition has been thoroughly revised and updated...
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Homer

Barbara Graziosi - Oxford Univ Press
Format: Print book

Homer's mythological tales of war and homecoming, the Iliad and the Odyssey, are considered to be two of the most influential works in the history of Western literature. Yet their author, 'the greatest poet that ever lived' is something of a mystery. By the 6th century BCE,...
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/ Yongjia Zhenjuedashi zheng dao ge

玄覺 -713. [玄覺]著 ; 頌德弘編. ; Xuanjue - [Jinling ke jing chu]
Format:  Print book : ChineseView all editions and formats

Build up your Italian grammar skills and communicate with ease The only way to boost your confidence in a second language is to practice, practice, practice. From the present tense of regular verbs to direct object pronouns, this comprehensive guide and workbook covers all aspects...
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Lonely Planet Italian Phrasebook & Dictionary

LONELY PLANET. - Lonely Planet
Format: Paperback

Lonely Planet: The world's #1 phrasebook publisher*Lonely Planet Italian Phrasebook & Dictionary is your handy passport to culturally enriching travels with the most relevant and useful Italian phrases and vocabulary for all your travel needs. Order an espresso like a local, ask shop...
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Easy Hindi: A Complete Language Course and Pocket Dictionary in One

Brajesh Samarth - Tuttle Publishing
Format: Paperback

Concise and user-friendly, Easy Hindi: A Complete Language Course and Pocket Dictionary in One is perfect for anyone who wants to learn Hindi - whether on their own or with a teacher. This language learning book is the perfect introduction to Hindi for beginners. It enables users to begin...
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Painless French

Carol Chaitkin - Barron's Educational Series
Format: Print book

Learning French becomes fun as students discover fascinating facts about the richness of French culture, build their vocabulary (including new web-based words) , and learn how easy it is to speak, read, and understand French. Titles in Barron's extensive Painless Series cover a wide...
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A Very Modern Dictionary: Over 600 Words, Phrases & Abbreviations to Keep Your Culture Game on Point

Tobias Anthony - Smith Street Books
Format: Hardcover

Trouble negotiating the modern world, what with all these newfangled words and phrases so beloved of Gen Z and Millennials? We're here to help.This handy dictionary hilariously captures the state of the English language in the year 2020. The Internet--and more specifically, social media--can...
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Complete Japanese Beginner to Intermediate Course: Learn to read, write, speak and understand a new language

Helen Gilhooly - Teach Yourself
Format: Paperback

Complete Japanese is a comprehensive book and audio language course that takes you from beginner to intermediate level.
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Practical Japanese: Your Guide to Speaking Japanese Quickly and Effortlessly in a Few Hours

Jun Maeda - Tuttle Publishing
Format: Print book

This is a concise and effective Japanese phrase book and guide to the Japanese language with color picture and accompanying exercises for each section.In this modern jet age, one can reach any part of the world within a day or less. Although English is widely spoken, it is very helpful...
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