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Now in an updated second edition, this is the most accessible and carefully-paced Russian course on the market. Aimed at beginners with little or no previous knowledge of the language, this book offers a gradual introduction to the language, Cyrillic alphabet, and grammar with useful lessons and thorough explanations. Along with the book, readers have access to an interactive website full of videos, audio, and self-correcting exercises. For classroom use in first year Russian classes or for self-study.

This popular language textbook with an interactive website offers an easy, effective, and fun way for beginners to learn how to read, write, speak and understand Ukrainian. The Third Integrated edition is integrated with the Ukrainian-English Collocation Dictionary (2021) via a set of specially designed lexical and syntactic exercises in each of its 15 lessons.  Beginner's Ukrainian covers such common conversational topics as meeting people, traveling, shopping, hobbies, family relations, vacationing, meals, weather, and much more. Priority is given to developing learners' conversational skills while providing them with a solid grammar foundation. The book's companion website offers a wealth of interactive conversational, grammar, and phonetic drills designed for use by both independent and instructor-led learners. The book includes 15 useful lessons, covering everyday situations such as introductions, family, and shopping. An interactive website featuring audio dialogues and exercises recorded using native speakers is also available to users. The guide also includes:Useful cultural and grammatical notesAppendices of critical information, including declension tables, noun endings, common Ukrainian names, numbers, verb conjugations and more. A Ukrainian-English/ English-Ukrainian dictionary of words used in the book

Learn Danish with this complete course, now with free audio download!Danish is a North Germanic language spoken by 6 million people worldwide, primarily in Denmark, Greenland, the Faroe Islands and northern parts of Germany.Ideal for those new to Danish, learning at home or in the classroom, Beginner's Danish with Online Audio includes: An introductory section on geography, economy, arts, culture and history entitled "Denmark and the Danes" that will be useful to visitorsThirteen carefully-paced units, each one opening with a dialogue about an everyday topic such as greetings, family, athletics, dining, medical issues, holidays and celebrations, followed by vocabulary, grammar lessons, and exercises Answer key to the exercises Danish-English and English-Danish glossariesOnline MP3 audio files for free download featuring pronunciation by native speakers

Albanian is spoken by 5.8 million people worldwide, and is an official language of Albania and Kosovo. Albanian is a unique Indo-European language because it has its own branch, whereas most modern languages are at least twice removed from their original branch. Under the Ottoman Empire, teaching Albanian was forbidden and its existence today speaks to the fierce preservation and pride of the Albanian people.Modern standard Albanian is a combination of the two main dialects, Tosk and Gheg. Ideal for those new to Albanian, learning at home or in the classroom, Beginner¿s Albanian with Online Audio includes:A brief introduction to Albanian history and culture13 practical lessons with dialogues, vocabulary, and expressionsExercises with answer keyAlbanian-English and English-Albanian glossariesOnline MP3 audio files for download which feature pronunciation by native speakers

A cookbook that includes more than 150 easy-to-follow recipes, as well as chapters on Romanian Jewish recipes and Romanian wines, and a bilingual index.

Learn Georgian with this complete course, now with free audio download!Spoken by over 3.5 million people worldwide, Georgian is an official language of the country Georgia, located in the Caucasus region of Eurasia. It is an Kartvelian language that is written in its own script, the Georgian script. Ideal for those new to Georgian, learning at home or in the classroom, Beginner‿s Georgian with Online Audio includes: An introductory section on Georgian language, culture and historyThirteen carefully-paced units, each one opening with a dialogue about an everyday topic followed by grammar lessons, exercises and vocabularyAnswer key to the exercisesGeorgian-English and English-Georgian glossariesOnline MP3 audio files for free download featuring pronunciation by native speakers

Spoken by over 95 million people worldwide, Vietnamese has emerged as a prominent language in the fields of business, culture and history in Southeast Asia, America, Australia, and Europe. Perfect for beginners with little or no previous knowledge of the language, Beginner's Vietnamese with Online Audio introduces the essentials needed to speak, read and understand Vietnamese with confidence. This guide is ideal for both self-study or classroom use and includes 13 carefully-paced and practical lessons with dialogues, vocabulary, grammar and exercises; sections on Vietnamese culture and customs; pronunciation exercises to help master Vietnamese tones; vocabulary variants for both northern and southern Vietnamese dialects; and online MP3 audio files for free download featuring pronunciation by native speakers.

Beginner's Hungarian with Online Audio includes a brief introduction to Hungarian history and culture; 10 carefully-paced and practical lessons with dialogues, vocabulary, and expressions; exercises for each lesson with answer key; an alphabet and pronunciation guide; and online MP3 audio files for free download.

Kinyarwanda, also known as Rwandan, is the national language (along with French and English) of Rwanda, and spoken by almost all of the 11 million inhabitants of the country.  Kinyarwanda is the second most widely spoken Bantu language after Kiswahili. It is a sister dialect of Kirundi, the national language of Burundi, so Burundians can understand Kinyarwanda well. Kinyarwanda speakers are also found in Uganda, Tanzania, and parts of the Democratic Republic of Congo. There are an estimated 20 million native speakers of Kinyarwanda worldwide.Kinyarwanda has two major dialects: the northern dialect, Igikiga, and the southern dialect, Ikinyanduga, and both have sub-dialects. The differences among these dialects, however, are mainly lexical and phonetic.This unique, two-part resource provides travelers to Rwanda with the tools they need for daily interaction. The bilingual dictionary has a concise vocabulary for everyday use, and the phrasebook allows instant communication on a variety of topics.Ideal for businesspeople, travelers, students, and aid workers, this guide includes:4,000 dictionary entriesPhonetics that are intuitive for English speakersEssential phrases on topics such as transportation, dining out, and businessConcise grammar and pronunciation sections

This unique, two-part resource provides travelers to Ethiopia with the tools they need for daily interaction. The bilingual dictionary has a concise vocabulary (4,000 entries) for everyday use, and the phrasebook allows instant communication on a variety of topics. Ideal for businesspeople, travelers, students, and aid workers.

"Fran Osseo-Asare can be credited, for having introduced Ghanaian cuisine to many westerners with her previous publications. The Ghana Cookbook takes it up a notch thanks to this brilliant collaboration with Barbara Bata, the high priestess of Ghana cuisine. The result is an in-depth and truly remarkable collection of authentic Ghanaian recipes. This is the definitive Ghana cookbook." Pierre Thiam, Chef and author of Yolele! and Senegal: Modern Senegalese Recipes from the Source to the Bowl "Fran Osseo-Asare and Barbara Bata have teamed up to produce a work that succeeds in demystifying the ingredients and recipes that go by many names and reproducing the tasty dishes that have entranced so many visitors.The Ghana Cookbookpresents the nation'scooking in all of its kaleidoscopic variety and is certainly destined to become an African culinary classic. I know it will have primacy of place on mycookbook shelf." Jessica B. Harris, PhD., culinary historian and author of The Africa Cookbook and High on the Hog: A Culinary Journey from Africa to America "This beautifully curated collection introduces us to a seductive cuisine that's vibrant with flavors and colors. Fran Osseo-Asare and Barbara Batashare the deep knowledge they've gleaned from decades of studying and tasting Ghana's diverse regional foods. We couldn't ask for more perfectguides!" Darra Goldstein, Founding Editor ofGastronomica: The Journal of Food and Culture "There could not have been a better partnership for documenting the rich flavours of Ghanaian food than that between Fran Osseo-Asare and Barbara Baeta (Auntie Sika). Their shared love of good cuisine and Ghana shines through the pages, as they wonderfully celebrate Ghanaian food and culture." --Esther A.N. Cobbah, CEO, Strategic Communications Africa Ltd (Stratcomm Africa) "We have waited so long for a cookbook about this magnificent cuisine, and Osseo-Asare and Bata were the perfect people to write it. The food of Ghana is in so

The Akan language is a group of dialects within the larger Niger-Congo language family, whose other branches include Swahili, Yoruba, Igbo, Fula, and Zulu. The subgroup of Akan known as Twi includes the dialects of Akuapem and Asante. This guide features Asante Twi.

WINNER GOURMAND COOKBOOK AWARD for Best Foreign Cuisine Cookbook"Highly recommended: a 'must' for any serious international cookbook collection: there's simply nothing like it on the American market." -The Midwest Book ReviewThe landlocked nation of Nepal is tucked into the Himalayan mountains between India and Tibet. Nepali cuisine is surprisingly diverse for such a small country, with influences from both neighboring countries. In this cookbook, the popular staple daal-baat-tarkaari (rice served with lentils and vegetables) is showcased in all its healthful variations, as are a variety of potato, meat, and fish dishes.With more than 350 authentic, easy-to-follow recipes, Taste of Nepal is a complete culinary journey with guides to Nepali ingredients, kitchen equipment, and planning traditional meals, a Nepali-English glossary of terms, and delightful illustrations by a Nepali artist. Sample recipes: Maas ko Baara (Urad Bean Fritters) Kesari Bhuja (Saffron Rice) Daal ra Paalungo ko Saag (Spinach Dal) Phulka Roti (Whole Wheat Flatbread) Bhanta Saandheko (Roasted Eggplant with Sesame Seeds) Dashain ko Boka Maasu (Dashain Goat Curry) Tarkaari ko Momo (Mixed Vegetable Momo Filling) Piro Golbheda ko Chutney (Hot and Fiery Tomato Chutney) Doodh Haaleko Chiya (Milk Tea)

Dari is one of the official languages of Afghanistan. The only two-way Dari-English dictionary available using the Dari writing system, this volume provides an indispensable resource for travellers, businesspeople, and government and aid workers.

Cantonese is an official language of Hong Kong and Macau, and the dominant dialect of Chinese spoken in the province of Guangdong. This title contains 4,000 dictionary entries, and each entry includes Cantonese characters and intuitive phonetics. It provides grammar and pronunciation sections.

"Kurdish Sorani-English, English-Kurdish Sorani"--Cover.

Brazilian Portuguese is written & spoken by over 180 million inhabitants of Brazil as well as by several million Brazilian emigrants in other parts of the world, including over 1 million Brazilian Americans.

Along with an introduction to Eastern Armenian and the Republic of Armenia, the work also includes a concise grammar and pronunciation section. A 3,000 word bilingual dictionary offers essential vocabulary while the extensive 32 chapter phrasebook helps travellers deal with topics such as shopping, travel and healthcare.

This two-part resource provides travelers to Somalia and neighboring regions with the tools they need for daily interaction. The bilingual dictionary has a concise vocabulary for everyday use, and the phrasebook allows instant communication on a variety of topics. Ideal for businesspeople, travelers, students, and aid workers.

Provides a Resource for understanding Iranian culture, language, and travel through in an easy-to-use romanized format. Perfect for traveles, relief workers, language enthusiasts and Iranian descendants.

A groundbreaking new translation of the only historical novelby noted Polish writer Boleslaw Prus. " . . . unique in world literature of the nineteenth century"--CzeslawMilosz Imbued with poetry, leavened with humor, andgraced with moments of transcendent beauty, Pharaoh offers a compellingpicture of life at every level of ancient Egyptian society. As the story unfolds, Egypt is experiencinginternal stresses and external threats that will culminate in the fall of itsTwentieth Dynasty and New Kingdom. The young Pharaoh Ramses learns thatchallenging power leaves him vulnerable to seduction, defamation, intimidationand even assassination. The ultimate lesson learned by Ramses is the power ofknowledge. Prus isa distinctive voice in world literature and was Joseph Conrad's favorite Polishwriter. This new edition of Christopher Kasparek's translation of Pharaoh vividlybrings this extraordinary novel to life. It includes a detailed foreword and annotations, based on extensive research and textual refinements, that will enhance thereader's appreciation not only for ancient Egypt, but also for Prus'composition process. Pharaoh has been translated intotwenty-three languages and was adapted as a 1966 Polish feature film.

"Shevchuk has not only produced an infinitely helpfulresource for anyone interested in Ukrainian, but given us one of the mostbreathtaking scholarly achievements in Slavonic Studies in many years. It is amonument to the Ukrainian language and a watershed in its development on theglobal stage." -- Rory Finnin, University ofCambridgeTheUkrainian-English Collocation Dictionary describes thecore Ukrainian lexicon as it is used in contemporary speech. This dictionaryhas no precedents in Ukrainian and Slavic bilingual lexicography and combineselements of six types of dictionaries: translation, collocation, learner's, thesaurus, phraseological and encyclopedic dictionaries.This updatedsecond edition of the dictionary includes important revisions, new entries, anda new English-Ukrainian Word Index that will help readersquickly find word entries. The Ukrainian-English Collocation Dictionary isa must-have for Ukrainian language learners of all levels (elementary, intermediate, advanced and superior), Ukrainian language instructors andinstructors of theory and practice of translation, Ukrainian-English andEnglish-Ukrainian translators and interpreters, comparative linguists, lexicographers, researchers, business people, journalists, and anyone with aninterest in the Ukrainian language. It is an irreplaceable resource for Ukrainian-speakerswho study English and native speakers of Ukrainian who wish to perfect andenrich their Ukrainian.Includes: - Over 9,000 entriesthat comprise the most frequently used Ukrainian lexicon- More than 200,000word combinations- 80,000illustrative examples, including common Ukrainian idioms and their Englishequivalents- English-UkrainianWord Index with over 6,000 items- A comprehensiveintroduction to the Ukrainian language and grammar

Build your French vocabulary with thissimple method! Manywords in French are nearly the same as their English counterparts, except forthe word ending. This unique book identifies the 23 most common word-endingpatterns between these languages and provides over 4,000 words that followthem. For example, many English words that end in "-ary" (ordinary, necessary, salary) correspond to "-aire" in French (ordinaire, nécessaire, salaire). Using this system forlearning, students can add thousands of new French words to their vocabulary.Teaches 4,000 new French wordsNew introduction "How We Learn Languages"Perfect as a classroom supplement or for self-studyAppropriate for all ages and levels of experienceFree online audio featuring pronunciation by native Frenchspeaker

Thefirst Chechen language course available in English! Chechen is spoken by over 1.4 million people worldwide, mostlyin the Chechen Republic. It is also spoken in the Chechen diaspora in Russia, Europe, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and the Middle East, notably in Jordan andTurkey. It is a Northeast Caucasian language that is written in the Cyrillicscript. Ideal for those new to Chechen, learning at home or in theclassroom, Beginner's Chechen with Online Audio teaches bothwritten and spoken Chechen using modern pedagogy, and includes: - An introductory section on the Chechen languageand its main features - Twelve carefully-paced chapters, each oneopening with dialogues about an everyday topic followed by vocabulary, grammarlessons, and exercises - Dialogues in 3 forms: literary Chechen(Cyrillic), spoken Chechen, and Romanized - Answer key to the exercises - Chechen-English and English-Chechenglossaries - Online MP3 audio files for free downloadfeaturing pronunciation by native speakers