Best Russian Language Instruction

GET D!RTY Next time you’re traveling or just chattin’ in Russia with your friends, drop the textbook formality and bust out with expressions they never teach you in school, including: Cool slang. Funny insults. Explicit sex terms. Raw swear words. Dirty Russian teaches the casual expressions heard every day on the streets of Russia: Dirty Japanese-Previous Dirty-Series Title-9781569755655-10.00-Ulysses Press-07/2007-11000--. Dirty Italian-Previous Dirty-Series Title-9781569755662-10.00-Ulysses Press-10/2007-3500--. Dirty French-Previous Dirty-Series Title-9781569756584-10.00-Ulysses Press-10/2008--- Dirty Japanese|Previous Dirty|Series Title|9781569755655|10.00|Ulysses Press|07/2007|11000||. Dirty Italian|Previous Dirty|Series Title|9781569755662|10.00|Ulysses Press|10/2007|3500||. Dirty French|Previous Dirty|Series Title|9781569756584|10.00|Ulysses Press|10/2008|||.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"Pretty funny book."
""Dirty Russian" is street slang that would not be taught in a standard university course."
"So funny book) I expected something really really small and not so much informative....but.....I'm glad that i got it )))) it is very useful for both English and Russian speakers!!!"
"I am from Ukraine and my hubby is American."
"There is a formatting problem with this product on the Kindle Fire (and perhaps other versions, I don't know)."
"This book only translates English idioms/slang-words/saying into Russian."

Designed for adults with limited learning time, this concise and easy-to-use guide enables language students to grasp the fundamentals of Russian quickly and easily.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"This short book is packed with useful aids to improving your grasp of Russian."
"Great book for the English speaking student of the Russian language."
"I gave this book 5 starts because it's exactly what the title says - "Essential Russian Grammar"."
"Very good approach to the Grammar and Verbs one must navigate in learning and using the Russian language."
"Also, it doesn't have all the main common sayings - an extended list would have been nice."
"Essential Russian Grammar is just what I wanted - a concise overview of the essential details of Russian."
"A great reference on the side for self-learners and students who need a little more explanation for tougher grammatical concepts."
"I bought a bunch of books in this series for each language I know or am studying."

Planning a trip to Russia and need to learn Russian?
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Find Best Price at Amazon"I was scheduling a trip to Russia with some friends but neither of us know Russian language and we didn’t have time to go to classes, so we were thinking about how can we learn Russian and we found this book , at the beginning we thought that it was like every other book but when we started to read it we found out that this was the solutions, even if it says is for beginners it has everything well explained, how to write , translations, spoken tips , everything is in this book, don’t get nervous to learn other languages specially Russian because we know it’s hard to learn but with this help it will be so much easier."
"I went to Moscow, Russia with my husband some years ago and I didn't know anything about the Russian language so I thought this book would be super useful in helping me understand what was happening in my environment there in Moscow."
"With this guide I could learn the basics to communicate and thus also understand some words and so use in hotels, restaurants and some other places you will be visiting soon."
"Excellent, makes you much easier to learn to you or your children, while writing the language you practice, it is very complete."
"Was good book, but left it in the airport : (."
"Im an American born Russian, my generation is the first to be born here, unfortunatly, everyone split ways off the boat, and my parents are lost, and grandparents to, ive never learned the language, and have a natural instinct to love the country, so before i can visit, and learn the heritage ive been without for so long, i must first learn the language, hoping this book helps, im going to give you a try before anything else."
"Some other reviewer correctly remarked that the book does not see any difference between two very different Russian letters Э ( eh ) and З ( zeh ) and the spelling of Ы is incorrect (it is not like "el" in bell, but rather like "i" in "bin")."
"Lousy explanations of grammar."
Best Italian Language Instruction

This handy guide provides key phrases for use in everyday circumstances, complete with phonetic spelling, an English-Italian and Italian-English dictionary, the latest information on European currency and rail transportation, and even a tear-out cheat sheet for continued language practice as you wait in line at the Sistine Chapel. With the help of his hardworking staff of 80 at Europe Through the Back Doorin Edmonds, Washington, just north of SeattleRick's mission is to make European travel fun, affordable, and culturally broadening for Americans.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"My husband and I -- who travel frequently and rarely get sick -- contracted some kind of horrible flu/sinus infection/plague on the way out or Rome and needed to seek urgent medical consultation and care from a pharmacy on the Amalfi coast. The Rick Steves guide came to our rescue because it had more than three times the amount of health and medical vocabulary than the Lonely Planet book, which we desperately needed because we had a lot of specific symptoms to communicate and the pharmacist/doctor only spoke a few words of English."
"Very inclusive and informative."
"Love this little book."
"Came in handy many times for reference."
"Rick Steves does it again."
"Great when paired with his free audio guides (not to mention PBS specials)."
"Love this book."
"Book helped me with short phrases on first trip to Italy."
Best Hungarian Language Instruction

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Find Best Price at Amazon"Interesting Sous Vide Cookbook."
"This sous vide cookbook is the best I truly cherish and appreciate every one of the formulas that is content in this book.It is greatly useful in understanding sous vide and recommendations for formulas."
"There are various reasons why I like this cookbook."
"I am very impressed about this cookbook."
"The best I genuinely treasure and value each one of the recipes that is content in this book.It is significantly helpful in understanding sous vide and proposals for equations."
"This sous vide cookbook is the best i really love and enjoy all the recipes that is content in this book.It's easy to preapre and to follow.I really think this book is worth your money and your time."
"This book is wonderful for anyone who's interested in learning about sous vide cooking."
"I got this book, and a sous vide for Christmas."
Best Korean Language Instruction

Korean Made Simple is a book for anyone who wishes to begin learning the Korean language. He has spent several years living in South Korea, and still visits often.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"That being said, there are a few things that I would have liked to see, especially in a beginner's book. It took about 8 chapters before I felt comfortable reading the Hangul font, and I was often copying down the WRONG spelling due to my complete inability to read that font. I would have liked to see the first chapter or two have both the typical font and the handwriting font for all the words in order to better familiarize the differences between the two fonts. Only occasionally in later chapters are new concepts introduced with the cleaner font, but most new words are in the handwriting font. Again, totally preferential, but I find myself diligently taking notes through out a chapter, do the 6-10 lines of practice at the end, and then moving on to the next chapter without realizing I'm not ready due to a lack of real structure in the chapter's end. It'd just be nice to see a bit more repetition, a bit more "work" in order to drive home concepts that were taught during a chapter."
"The real distinguishing aspect of this book is its treatment of introducing the Korean language. As the author is an American that visited Korea, you can be certain that learning formal Korean was essential to everyday interactions."
"The one star is lacking because the book appears to be a stand alone book but the way the author goes over Hangul is as if after seeing the letters once you should be able to know what they are immediately."
"Honestly this book is so good :) it starts slow which is good."
"And the BillyGo website is a great tool to accompany the book."
"Book also contains a massive amount of vocabulary that I've personally found useful in real-life situations, and some words might seem out of place but do however make sense put in to context."
"If you get to Level 2 you would be ready for this book as long as you did there Hangul training book."
"Compared to another Korean learning book I bought, this is the best so far!"
Best German Language Instruction

Newly arrived in Berlin, a young man from Sicily is thrown headlong into an unfamilar urban lifestyle of unkempt bachelor pads, evanescent romances and cosmopolitan encounters of the strangest kind.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"HIs Sicilian character tells you all you need to know about being a foreigner in modern Berlin, trying to learn the language, fit in, have a good time, get a job and meet some girls. Everyone's experience will vary according to their mastery of the language, naturally, so I think it would be impossible to call it a one size fits all book."
"It is nice to have a recap of some key German words with definitions and a short quiz at the end of each section. In addition to this series helping with learning German words and vocabulary, I really enjoyed reading about the different cities and their characteristics, tourist sites, and things to do!"
"Thank you for allowing me to feel comfortable learning this language in an engaging and comical way."
"The German in this text is simple enough that if you have reached a slight stage past beginner, then you will find yourself actually reading a book in German, albeit with some words here and there that need to be learned, which the book does nicely at anticipating these words and providing translations to them."
"I found the stories just long enough to introduce a range of concepts and expressions. The sample of words chosen for explanation at the end of each is well thought out."
"Reading helps make sentence structure become second nature, and having a good German-English dictionary helps, too."
"I bought this to help my kids with the German language."
"This is a very good German language learning tool for the intermediate student."
Best Latin Language Instruction

If you're intimidated because you've never studied Latin, bewildered by traditional Latin books that move too fast, or just don't know where to begin, then Getting Started with Latin is for you! A native of North Carolina, William E. Linney holds both a bachelors degree and a masters degree in music from the University of North Texas in Denton, Texas.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"Bad news first: As others have stated this book can be finished quickly--not in half an hour as one reviewer put it, but a week is enough time for a serrious adult student to master the material in this course. Following this method the learner never feels overwhelmed, after learning a few nouns and verbs, one can quickly and naturally move on to correctly produce simple sentences."
"We are satisfied with Rosetta Stone, however we just needed a little help with the forms in the Latin Language and this has been very helpful."
"great presentation of latin, learn a little at a time, dont rush, and absorb the info."
"A very good, very logical step by step guide to learning Latin."
"This book was ok."
"I studied Latin throughout high school and when I began to homeschool my 6-year-old daughter I looked for a good introductory text."
"This book is the best choice I have found for three reasons: First, each lesson is short and teaches ONE new concept at a time. The effect of this is my second reason for loving this text: my students and children feel excited about their ability to tackle Latin."
"I am learning Latin with my first grader, and it has been easy to follow and understand(for both of us!)."
Best Danish Language Instruction

Basic Dutch: A Grammar and Workbook comprises an accessible reference grammar and related exercises in a single volume. University of Minnesota, USA.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"A fabulous book for anyone who wants to refresh their knowledge of Dutch."
"College-style textbooks don't seem to exist for less popular languages, so some try to make do with grammars and mindless tourist CDs. The Ooosterhoff grammar is a fast-paced introduction to Dutch grammar, but it lacks readings, vocabularly lists, and extensive drills (i.e., it is not a textbook)."
"BTW, if you are a beginner like starting from the start, like really really beginner, I advise you to NOT buy this book because there are so many things you would not understand inside of this grammar book, I would advise you to learn the basics from other books before purchasing this one!"
"Good but really only for grammar, my (American) girlfriend has not learned a lot of new words from this."
"An excellent book for a beginner with very little knowledge of Dutch like 10-15 hours of guided learning or self study."
"The content is fine but the kindle formatting i terrible."
"This book works for me in that I already know German, which is similar to Dutch."
"This has been very helpful in clarifying some nuances of Dutch grammar which are not sufficiently articulated in Rosetta Stone."
Best Southeast Asian Language Instruction

Use these weight loss tips and delicious recipes to achieve happiness, health, and beauty, without boring workouts , diets, and cutting calories. Here, you will know what the diet is all about, how it works on a person’s body, the basic principles, the food categories and their roles in the diet, foods that you should be wary about, the diet and its proven evidence about weight loss, factors that you should consider before starting this diet, the good things, the bad things, a detailed meal plan and twenty delicious recipes, ranging from main courses to desserts to ease you along the way of your expedition to weight loss via the Mediterranean diet. What is a Mediterranean Diet? The author acquaints us with the basic principles of this nutrition, its characteristics and positive influence on the body, which contributes to reducing not only the weight but also the risks associated with cardiovascular, cancer pathologies, diabetes and Alzheimer's disease. As I understand it, the diet excludes the use of products with cholesterol, such as animal meat, preferring fish, seafood, chicken and a lot of fruits and vegetables, the use of which is recommended to raise to five servings a day. That, of course, excludes the use of sweets and as a consequence of salts in any form, as well as cream and butter, substituting them with healthier olive and sunflower oils.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"Got me all fired up when I saw the recipes and the foods that are mostly included in this diet."
"To be honest, it is hard for me to eat only healthy food, but Mediterranean recipes from this cookbook are very tasty and they are easy to cook, so I think this is a great book."
"Since I am not smoking and drinking, this will be fitting to my eating habits."
"In "The Mediterranean Diet " you'll see that correct mix - A simple to take after, straightforward way to deal with more adhering to a good diet stressing lean meats, heaps of new products of the soil and almost no prepared sustenance alongside a great deal of references to essential research assets showing the estimation of this eating routine."
"Healthy and refreshing cookbook.It tells you the benefits of eating Mediterranean style of diets and what type of foods are good for this diet before giving healthy samples of Mediterranean recipes.It is a good to go book."
"Its an ideal guide for beginners in this diet plan."
"It provides guidelines to slowly include changes to create sustainable habits."
"Best book ever.This book has a full explanation of the Mediterranean diet."
Best Turkish Language Instruction

Anyone concerned with current social, political, and cultural developments in Turkey knows that a practical understanding of the basic patterns of modern Turkish is an invaluable skill that until now has been difficult to attain without extensive training. In a carefully arranged sequence of 23 lessons, Lewis V. Thomas, late Professor of Oriental Studies at Princeton, presents thorough coverage that allows the student to begin to use the basic patterns of modern Turkish without time-consuming and expensive private instruction. He went on to become professor of pediatric research at the University of Minnesota, chairman of the Departments of Pathology and Medicine and also dean at the New York University Bellevue Medical Center, chairman of the Department of Pathology and dean at Yale Medical School, and president of the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York City.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"As of the text itself, It doesn't introduce vocabulary like other language learning textbooks, (for any vocabulary that might be new, there is a glossary at the back of the book), but it is quite good at explaining grammar and giving example sentences for the grammar point(s) being explained in a chapter."
"A very good primer on the language at a great price and it was here immediately."
"I wanted a more in depth language book than the Tape & CD variety available in the library. But the book is good to see the actual word, (and in Turkish) understand how the verb stem is added to to indicate negation, question or statement, tense of course, and voice (I, you, we, you plural, they, he, she, & it)."
"It is not a guide that will help you speak a few words of Turkish for an upcoming trip."
"I learnt Turkish with Rosetta Stone, but was missing the grammar."
"A great way to learn basic Turkish, written with simplicity and clarity."
"Successive chapters progress to the basic elements of grammar and verb structure, adding vocabulary along the way."
Best Dutch Language Instruction

Basic Dutch: A Grammar and Workbook comprises an accessible reference grammar and related exercises in a single volume. University of Minnesota, USA.
Reviews
Find Best Price at Amazon"Good but really only for grammar, my (American) girlfriend has not learned a lot of new words from this."
"An excellent book for a beginner with very little knowledge of Dutch like 10-15 hours of guided learning or self study."
"The content is fine but the kindle formatting i terrible."
"This book works for me in that I already know German, which is similar to Dutch."
"This has been very helpful in clarifying some nuances of Dutch grammar which are not sufficiently articulated in Rosetta Stone."
"it has clear explanations of Dutch grammar with good exercises for practice."
"Great starter tool to learn Dutch as an adult."
"It has step by step exercises done in logical order of learning."
Best Polish Language Instruction

Includes sections dedicated to Polish in action, Polish on the go, and Polish in the workplace A companion audio CD contains Polish conversations spoken by native Polish speakers in a variety of everyday contexts, perfect for learning Polish on the go A Polish-English dictionary is included to provide quick access to the most common words. Jump in with both feet start off with a quick primer on Polish pronunciation, grammar basics and the use of accents and inflections Hit the ground running practise speaking Polish in real-world situations Take it on the road be a confident visitor to Poland from taking in a museum to getting through Customs; checking into a hotel to ordering a meal Get down to business get a handle on Polish business-speak and the specialised language of Polish office and worksite culture Polish your Polish sharpen your conversational Polish skills with the help of 'Talkin' the Talk' dialogues strategically placed throughout the book. The essentials of Polish pronunciation and grammar Greetings, introductions, small talk and basic everyday conversation All the Polish that travellers need to know Fun facts about Poland and Polish culture Ways to speak Polish quickly Phrases that make you sound fluent in Polish Polish/English mini-dictionary Lists of Polish verbs with conjugations.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"You have to be a dummy to like this."
"Great as an auxiliary learning tool when starting the Polish language, especially if you are learning on your own or otherwise outside of a classroom."
"As an Australian of part Polish descent I found talking to relatives and Polish people very difficult."
"Explaining the language in a simple way."
"I am using this book in conjunction with some audio tapes - it is helping me a lot, especially with reading the words."
"Excellent condition and shipped in timely manner."
"Excellent book."
Best Slavic Language Instruction

A #1 Best Seller. A #1 New Release ------ Get More Out Of Life If you want to improve your life, improve yourself. Self improvement expert Ryan dieudonne asserts, "Most people don't realize that successful and unsuccessful people do not differ substantially in their abilities. The Self-Improvement journey provides the essentials leaders need to keep striving for excellence no matter where they are or what they are doing. • How to overcome obstacles to self-improvement. Ryan Dieudonne is an entrepreneur, motivational public figure, mentor, author & self improvement coach from Staten Island, New York.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"I’ve read books like these before and this is one of the more interesting ones."
"thanks for author, I have long time in bad addictions such as late sleep, play facebook overnight, watch Film, v.v and I overcome it from this book, and I also over weight too due to late and bad activities."
"Author sent me the book in PDF which is a format I don't read in."
"Very inspirational and helpful book!!"
"I love how the author talks about how to be more positive and how to overcome bad habits."
"Everyone will benefit from reading this book."
"However, the author adds credibility to the by giving personal accounts where the concepts were applicable."
"While reading this book, I connected to every point and almost all of the stories."
Best Scandinavian Language Instruction

All you need to do is to add food to it, set specified settings and forget about the recipe; now your Instant Pot will do all the work to bring you delicious, wholesome meals every day.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"Finally Instant Pot recipes that are updated and flavorful that we can enjoy every day."
"I was impressed not just by great collection of 100 recipes in this cookbook but also how the author presented the many uses of this amazing Instant pot."
"This is really an amazing book providing detail instructions to cook delicious food easily using instant pot and the water chart is definitely going to help any newbie to cook delicious foods."
"This is a great book especially for beginners to the Instant Pot."
"Thank u for a perfect instant pot cookbook!"
"This book has a good variety of recipes."
"Me and my husband work a lot and instant Pot is a great kitchen equipment for us."
"This is a great book especially for beginners Instant Pot."
Best Japanese Language Instruction

Features of Book 1: * Integrated Workbook with Answer Key * Over 800 New Words and Expressions * Learn to Read and Write Hiragana * Easy-to-Understand Example Dialogues * Culture Points about Japan * Bilingual Glossaries with Kana and Romaji ...and much more! Yukari Takenaka moved from Himeji, Japan to the United States, and taught Japanese for over 10 years while co-authoring custom lessons for students that eventually became the basis of the Japanese From Zero!
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Find Best Price at Amazon"Coupled with videos online, the material is properly paced to learn the right things in Japanese without burning you out. It's kind of addicting... Have fun and totally buy this book."
"After reading the reviews I quickly purchased both Japanese from Zero 1 and 2 and it was one of the best decisions I ever made. In the past year I have attempted to learn Japanese I often memorized the sentences presented to me with very little understanding of why a certain particle was used and how the grammar worked(hence the wall I hit). I finally found myself capable of applying grammar to my own sentences rather than simply memorizing the one's presented to me. Nearly once every lesson I came across a hirigana letter that I didn't recognize and it would take me a good 5min each time before I realized that it was a mistake and we hadn't actually been introduced to the letter yet. I also wish there was an ending section to the book with 'extra practice problems' or 'put it all together' activities to apply everything you learned in the entirety of the book."
"It also has audio examples for nearly everything in the book, as well as flash games to help things stick in your memory. The printed book contains a “workbook” section that I feel is worth the price alone. This book is great enough on it's own, but when you combine the 3 resources together, you have a truly amazing method to learn Japanese. If you put in your own honest hard work, and effort into these lessons, you will KNOW this information inside, and out before moving on."
Best Portuguese Language Instruction

Realistic scenarios and modern artwork are easy to relate to and these, together with story pages and practice exercises, have been applauded for their success in promoting critical thinking skills. Jayme Adelson-Goldstein is an ESL teacher-trainer and curriculum consultant.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"I love the illustrations, the people, animals, I just can't say enough about the double-spread features, they are amazing!"
"The title on the book is correct on the page header but the rest of the header is backwards."
"For someone who need to communicate in real life situations, you need to know how to go to a computer repair store and say specific terms like "usb port" or "external harddrive" OR go to a grocery store and decipher the labels in Portuguese that identify the different types of meats and cheeses (Halibut, swiss cheese, rainbow trout!). For the serious student, you need this reference around just in case you need to say "Parking garage" "health insurance card" "Orthodontist" "Frying pan" or "Community college" or a host of other words a part of daily life you won't find in a translation dictionary. That being said, this book would be nice if youre a beginner to the language or aren't seeking fluency, but it could definitely be overwhelming and isn't necessary at that level of learning."
"Our adult students are quicker to learn the English word when they understand what it means in their language."
"I will take this to Vietnam to teach English."
"As a recreational ESOL teacher, I have found all of the Bilingual Oxford Picture Dictionaries to be the student's new best friends."
"We use this valuable book in our English classes for ESL students in Florida."
"My wife's native language is Thai and though I never see her reading this book or watching American media she is constantly bringing out new words and phrases and if I'm playing pranks on her by hiding this book she gets upset so she's obviously finding time to read it."
Best English as a Foreign Language

And don't miss Runny Babbit Returns , the new book from Shel Silverstein! In Shel Silverstein's popular tale of few words and simple line drawings, a tree starts out as a leafy playground, shade provider, and apple bearer for a rambunctious little boy. At this point in the story, the double-page spread shows a pathetic solitary stump, poignantly cut down to the heart the boy once carved into the tree as a child that said "M.E. When there's nothing left of her, the boy returns again as an old man, needing a quiet place to sit and rest. (All ages) --Karin Snelson “If you’re looking for a children’s book that teaches generosity or unselfishness, most people will point you right to The Giving Tree , Shel Silverstein’s lovely story of a tree that will do anything for the boy it loves—and for good reason.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"All that I can honestly say about this book, what some people say is "controversial" is it ; touches on feelings. teaches about selfishness. teaches about selflessness. teaches about caring. teaches about giving. this book really tugs at all the emotions everyone goes through one time or another. It has turned into a discussion book for all my grandkids. The book is a hardback & comes with a cover resembling the cover of the book."
"Every opportunity the tree would give the boy what he asked for. What a wonderful story."
"She would often just read a poem from A Light in the Attic, or Where the Sidewalk Ends, but this book really stuck with me."
"One of my favorite books with a great lesson for children on giving/taking and appreciation."
"He simply said "Greatest book I ever read"."
"Gave this classic children's book to our child for their birthday."
"It really makes you think about the balance of giving what is appropriate and giving so much that the giver is destroyed."
"Must have for all children."
