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The perfect companion for tourists and business travelers in Italy and other places where Italian is spoken, this book offers fast, effective communication. More than 1,000 basic words, phrases, and sentences cover everything from asking directions and renting a car to ordering dinner and finding a bank.
Designed as a quick reference tool and an easy study guide, this inexpensive and easy-to-use book offers completely up-to-date terms for modern...
Designed as a quick reference tool and an easy study guide, this inexpensive and easy-to-use book offers completely up-to-date terms for modern...
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Students of Spanish will find here an enormously useful aid to building their Spanish vocabularies. Included are definitions of common Spanish words arranged by such categories as foods, numbers, days of the week, months, colors, the seasons, and family. The heart of the book is a dictionary, from a to zapato, in which each word is used in a Spanish sentence (with English translation) demonstrating its proper use. This useful learning
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These seventeen stories from the Caribbean and Central and South America encompass a tremendous variety of subjects, settings, moods, and styles — from worldly sophistication to outright savagery. Ranging in publication dates from 1867 to 1922, each story is by a different writer from a different country. All are well-known names in Spanish-American literature — Rubén Darío, José Martí, Amado Nervo, Rómulo Gallegos,...
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A study guide to Spanish conversation is a good start to studying the language when you lack a way to practice it in with another speaker. Since it takes time and repetition to learn any language, you can look over the common phrases throughout the text in order to build up your vocabulary. After several months of practice, combined with practical application with Spanish speakers and structured conversations with someone else reading off of the book,...
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Spanish is often cited as one of the most beautiful languages on earth. That's because Spanish employs the use of many soft sounds in conjunction with elongated vowels and an endearing and imperative tone in the traditional tone. Spanish vocabulary has a lot of cognates which makes it a rather easy language for English speakers to pick up on. A cognate is a word which is the same between two or more languages. For instance, in Spanish, the word "real"...
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Can you imagine a shipwrecked sailor living on air and seaweed for eight days? Can you imagine a trail of yellow butterflies fluttering their wings to songs of love? Once, there was a little boy named Gabito who could. Gabriel Garcia Marquez is perhaps one of the most brilliant writers of our time. He is a tremendous figure, enormously talented, and unabashedly admired. This is his story, lovingly told, for children to enjoy. Using the imagery from...
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This bilingual book allows young readers to enter Celia Cruz's life as she becomes a well-known singer in her homeland of Cuba, then moves to New York City and Miami where she and others create a new type of music called salsa. School Library Journal has named My Name is Celia "[a]n exuberant picture-book biography . . . a brilliant introduction to a significant woman and her music."
8) Buddenbrooks
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First published in Germany in 1901 and translated into English in 1924, Thomas Mann's "Buddenbrooks" is the story of the decline of a wealthy German family over four generations which takes place in the years 1835 to 1877. Mann began writing the novel, his first, when he was only twenty-two years old and based much of his critically acclaimed work on the story of his own family and their peers. Mann was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1929...
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The book is about the Ibos of southeastern Nigeria, whose language is Igbo. This very uniquely distinct ethnic group of people have been accused of being tenacious in their belief, audacious in their venture, intense in their resistance and unrelenting in their persistence. The book is aimed at creating awareness and a more comfortable feeling toward Igbo speaking people and their culture. It is a culture that must not be forgotten, a heritage that...
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The Selected Speeches of Dr.Swaminathan cover a wide range of disciplines ranging from sociocultural development to the tools of economic development like higher education, technical education, environment, science and engineering, and technology. The first part covers higher and technical education, value education, engineering and technology, environment, and science. The second part covers the disciplines of development studies, economy, finance,...
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Tony is a turtle, who along with his family, have a special feature. They all have colorful shells! He and his family live, work, and play just like any other normal turtle family. Well, maybe not exactly... Enjoy them as they whistle, dance, outsmart wild animals, and even use computers! Until one day they decide that they must leave their home for a new land far away to begin a new life. There is lots of fun, adventure, and learning to be discovered....
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Revolutionary learning method for conversational French. You'll be speaking French in a matter of weeks, just by studying 10 minutes a day.
Speak French through four verbs. Quickly learn the essential words and vocabulary to communicate. Learn to speak in present, past and future in a simple way and with minimal effort.
13) Learn How to Speak Basic Ukrainian - A Beginners Language Guide to Speaking Conversational Ukrainian
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Do you want to learn the basics of speaking Ukrainian?
Then this is the book for you.
Ukraine is an amazing country with a truly amazing language. This book will help you understand what makes Ukraine unique, who the Ukrainian people are, what is typical for this country and nation and why.
However, the main purpose of this book is to give you the opportunity to learn the basics of the Ukrainian language. Its soundness, richness, variety, and syntactic...
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Compact and comprehensive, this handy guide belongs in the pocket of every traveler. Built to hold up to years of use, it offers the easiest method ever devised for quickly finding the words, phrases, and sentences you need to communicate clearly. The guide includes over 1,000 up-to-date entries for any occasion, simple pronunciation transcriptions, numbered and indexed entries, quick word substitutions, and a handy bilingual glossary.
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I'm a realist.
When I learn a new language (Spanish, Portuguese, Russian), my goal is not to be fluent like a local.
My goal is to communicate.
This guide details my strategy from Absolute Beginner to Conversationalist.
Give me 2 hours per day and 4 weeks.
My writing style is no fluff.
Read the guide today. Start learning your language EFFICIENTLY tomorrow.
All language learning follows the same path: sounds, then words, then sentences.
First,...
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Jatorrizko Herriek eta Nazio Gutxituek testuinguru demokratikoan jorratzen dituzten lanetan inspiraturik, Alain-G. Gagnonek begirada berri bat eskaintzen die gehiengoen eta gutxiengoen arteko harremanei, eta, aldi berean, aurrerapen teorikoak aztertzen ditu, bai ikasketa federalen alorrean, bai nazionalismo garaikideenean.
2020-2030eko hamarkada egokia izan liteke federalismo multinazional bat sortzeko nazioarte mailan. Estatu berrien sorreraren aurrean...
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"Esta es una historia parcial y muy simplificada de una idea lingüística. No
se trata de una historia de la lingüística en el sentido clásico de la expresión,
es decir, una historia que hace un recuento cronológico de lo que cada gramático
o cada filósofo dijo sobre el lenguaje. Se trata más bien de la historia
selectiva de una idea contada desde la perspectiva del siglo XXI.
Me he tomado libertades extraordinarias para establecer la forma...
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"Mastering TESOL: A Comprehensive Guide to Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages" provides a thorough exploration of the TESOL field, equipping both novice and experienced teachers with the knowledge and tools needed to excel in English language education. Whether you're a teacher in a traditional classroom setting or an online instructor working with learners from diverse backgrounds, this book serves as an invaluable resource on your journey...
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Contains over 1,000 useful sentences and phrases for travel or everyday living abroad: food, shopping, medical aid, courtesy, hotels, travel, and other situations. Gives the English phrase, the foreign equivalent, and a transliteration that can be read right off. Also includes many supplementary lists, signs, and aids. All words are indexed.
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