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Complete Spanish (Learn Spanish with Teach Yourself)
Enhanced eBook: New edition
Language: English
Release Date: January 29, 2010
Complete Spanish is a comprehensive language course that takes you from beginner to intermediate level.
This ebook just features text. An ebook + audio edition is also available with the ISBN 9781444154726.
The new edition of this successful course has been fully revised and is packed...
The Right Word!
How to Say What You Really Mean
Language: English
Release Date: June 22, 2011
Every writer needs help with words: choosing them, using them, spelling them correctly. When is optimal or optimum the better choice? Why use germane when relevant is, well, more relevant? Created for just such tortuous (torturous?) situations, this handy guide provides an A-to-Z listing of troublesome,...
The Everything Sign Language Book
American Sign Language Made Easy... All new photos!
Language: English
Release Date: March 17, 2009
The appeal of American Sign Language (ASL) has extended beyond the Deaf community into the mainstream—it’s even popular as a class in high school and college. You are guided through the basics of ASL with clear instruction and more than 300 illustrations. With a minimum of time and effort, you...
Quick English Compositions
Writing Effective Paragraphs and Essays
Language: English
Release Date: August 30, 2014
The global environment demands English writing skill. QEC (Quick English Compositions) helps learners understand and practice English composition skills. Focusing on one essay type at a time, QEC can help you write better quickly, with many example patterns, focusing on the sentence level. QEC includes...
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Language: English
Release Date: October 6, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: October 6, 2016
Little Oxford Dictionary of Proverbs features over 2,000 proverbs and sayings from around the world, arranged across 250 subjects - from 'Books' and 'Borrowing' to 'Dreams' and 'Drink'. Each theme has a short introduction giving an overview of the proverbial treatment of the topic and each proverb...
Central Banks and Coded Language
Risks and Benefits
Language: English
Release Date: May 3, 2011
This book explores implications of the modern view of central banks rising from the proposition that words have no meaning beyond their use in a particular context and setting. It studies coded language to explain why a central bank's decisions and communicative interactions can't be devoted to a coded language which is an artificial language.
Leading Academic Achievement for English Language Learners
A Guide for Principals
Language: English
Release Date: March 28, 2011
How to give English language learners every opportunity for success
This practical guide equips school leaders to help English language learners succeed. The authors show how school leaders and staff members can serve as student advocates and apply successful instructional practices...
Tuttle Mini Japanese Dictionary
Japanese-English English-Japanese
Language: English
Release Date: August 5, 2014
It's never a good idea to be overly–relient on technology while traveling! Look up words quickly and easily with this great little Japanese dictionary.
Tuttle Mini Japanese Dictionary is ideal for any application where a handy and portable dictionary is required. Intended for use by tourists,...
Do You Make These Mistakes in English?
The Story of Sherwin Cody's Famous Language School
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2008
In the early 1900s, the language of America was becoming colloquial English-the language of the businessman, manager, and professional. Since college and high school education were far from universal, many people turned to correspondence education-that era's distance learning-to learn the art of speaking...
by Olga Fogarty
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2013
Spanish Grammar rules are tricky. This ebook will teach you in great detail and simple steps, the rules to help you to learn Spanish grammar effectively. You will learn grammar structures in 25 easy to follow lessons and 4 added appendices, all illustrated with plenty of examples to make sure you...
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Language: English
Release Date: December 16, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: December 16, 2013
This volume investigates the interconnections between language and literacy in terms of the structures of language as well as the linguistic contexts of literacy. The work for this book was generated in order to focus on studies of the acquisition and impact of literacy on traditional assertions of...
The American Heritage Dictionary of Idioms
American English Idiomatic Expressions & Phrases
Language: English
Release Date: May 7, 2013
From “all systems go” to “senior moment”—a comprehensive reference to idiomatic English.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms explores the meanings and origins of idioms that may not make literal sense but play an important role in the language—including phrasal verbs such as...
by Ward Farnsworth
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2010
Masters of language can turn unassuming words into phrases that are convincing, effective, and memorably beautiful. Lincoln and Churchill had this power: having heard their words once, the reader or listener can scarcely imagine the world without them. What are the secrets of this alchemy? The answer...
The Everything Spanish Phrase Book
A Quick Reference for Any Situation
Language: English
Release Date: June 4, 2004
With the increase in travel to Spanish-speaking countries as well as the rise in the Latino population in the United States, a growing number of people are in need of a quick reference to help them communicate. Sadly, most Spanish reference books contain outdated phrases organized in a manner that...