Language & Linguistics Books

Now in its third edition, Making Out in Korean is your indispensable guide to contemporary Korean as it's really spoken. This best-selling phrase book is the perfect introduction to everyday interactions in Korea, and includes...

Tuttle's Mini Burmese Dictionary is the most up-to-date Burmese dictionary available and is ideal for any application where a handy, portable dictionary is required. This powerful pocket reference contains the following special features:...

This powerful pocket reference contains the following essential features: Bidirectional English-Hindi and Hindi-English sections Over 10,000 essential words, idioms, and expressions Headwords printed in bold for quick and easy reference Hindi...

At last, a way to improve your Tagalog! Written by Joi Barrios as the continuation of her best-selling Tagalog for Beginners book, Intermediate Tagalog is the first intermediate-level book designed specifically for people who already...

Take steps to improve your Korean! Advanced Korean offers a complete, systematic, and streamlined third-year course in Korean-ideal for university students and adult learners-with plenty of reading texts and written exercises,...

This is a concise, do-it- yourself guide to the Lao languageLao Basics teaches conversational Lao from the very beginning with an emphasis on reading and writing an is the easiest way to learn Lao. Students of Thai will find Lao quite simple, as much of...

Hindi is the national language of India, one of the world's largest and fastest growing countries!Flash cards are an excellent language learning tool. This comprehensive set of flash cards is designed for students, travelers and anyone...

The Tuttle Pocket Hindi Dictionary is the most up-to-date and portable Hindi-English and English-Hindi dictionary available today. It contains a comprehensive range of contemporary Hindi vocabulary and phrases including Internet and...

It's amazing how 100 key words and phrases provide instant communication! Do you want to speak simple Tagalog but are too busy to study it? Are you visiting the Philippines for a short time and want a Tagalog phrase book to help you communicate? If so,...

This illustrated dictionary presents the 1,500 key Tagalog words and sentences that speakers need to know to communicate in Tagalog. The handy format and highly visual presentation make it easy to learn and remember the words. Organised into...

Pocket Tagalog Dictionary is the most up-to-date Tagalog pocket dictionary available. It contains a comprehensive range of contemporary Tagalog words and expressions, including the latest Internet and social media vocabulary. This dictionary is...

This is a user-friendly and comprehensive beginner Indonesian book and a great way to learn Indonesian. Divided into 28 graded lessons, Basic Indonesian provides fill-in-the-blank exercises, quizzes, word puzzles and question-and-answer practices to...

This unique, ambitious and entertaining book presents twenty-nine scripts in detail and offers examples of a hundred more. Written in nontechnical prose and organized into brief but comprehensive sections, it will serve as a handy reference for world...

The hilarious and poignant third play by award-winning actor, playwright, and writer Jesse Eisenberg, The Spoils continues Eisenberg's exploration of the privilege of the young straight white male. Nobody likes Ben. Ben doesn't...

The Revisionist, the second play by the award-winning actor and regular New Yorker contributor Jesse Eisenberg, is a stunning exploration of obsession, secrets, and the nature of family. The play had its world premiere at the Cherry Lane Theatre in New...

The Periplus Pocket Cantonese Dictionary is a convenient and handy pocket-sized dictionary that contains the most common Cantonese words you will need to use and understand, whether as a traveler or as a beginner in the early stages of...

Look up words quickly and easily with this travel-sized Vietnamese dictionary. Intended for use by tourists, students, and business people traveling to Vietnam Pocket Vietnamese Dictionary is an essential tool for communication...

Intended for use by students, tourists, and business people traveling to China, Periplus Pocket Mandarin Chinese Dictionary is an essential tool for communication and a great way to learn Chinese. It features all the essential Chinese vocabulary...

It's never a good idea to be overly relient on technology while travelling! Look up words quickly and easily with this great travel-sized Korean dictionary. Intended for use by tourists, students, and business people traveling to Korea Pocket Korean...

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...

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...

Fujianese is used by more than 47 million native speakers, mainly in China and Taiwan. It has become one of the most common Chinese languages abroad, spoken widely in Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, the Philippines, and the United States. Originating...

Dari is one of the official languages of Afghanistan. This two-way Dari-English dictionary uses the Dari writing system. It includes over 30,000 total entries, a pronunciation key, and appendices of geographical, musical, and biological terms. It is...

The indispensable resource for Kurdish Sorani!Sorani (also called Kurdi or Central Kurdish) is a Kurdishlanguage spoken mainly in Iraq and Iran, with an estimated 15 million speakersworldwide. The Kurds are spread across the countries of Iraq, Iran,...

Aramaic is now recognised throughout the world as the language spoken by Christ and the Apostles. Contrary to popular belief, however, it is very much a 'living' language spoken today by the Assyrian peoples in Iran, Iraq, Syria and Turkey. It is also...

<p><strong>The essential Dari languageresource!</strong></p><p>Dari, spoken by over 20 million peopleworldwide, is one of the official languages of Afghanistan. Closely related tothe...

The Beginner's Series is designed to meet the bilingual needs of the traveling businessperson, tourist, and student. These language lessons cover such common situations as: passing through customs, checking into a hotel, placing phone calls, going to the...

A concise Twi-English/ English-Twi dictionary is an unbeatable reference guide for travelers and students. It features over 8,000 entries (each with commonsense phonetics) and useful vocabulary and expressions for travelers to Ghana.

The sixteen short stories in this anthology demonstrate the scope of the modern Italian narrative between 1930 and 1960. To this end, the collection contains writings by both established writers, such as moravia, Vittorini, Pavese and Pasolini, as well...

An innovative way for students to hone their Chinese language skills while learning about Chinese cultureIntermediate Reader of Modern Chinese is an ideal textbook for American students who have already completed two semesters of Chinese. Featuring a...

Translating Myself and Others is a collection of candid and disarmingly personal essays by Pulitzer Prizewinning author Jhumpa Lahiri, who reflects on her emerging identity as a translator as well as a writer in two languages.With subtlety and emotional...

On Belonging and Not Belonging provides a sophisticated exploration of how themes of translation, migration, and displacement shape an astonishing range of artistic works. From the possibilities and limitations of translation addressed by Jhumpa Lahiri...

Aristotle's Poetics is the most important book ever written for writers and readers of stories-whether novels, short fiction, plays, screenplays, or nonfiction. Aristotle was the first to identify the keys to plot, character, audience perception, tragic...

An essential guide to cultivating joy in your professional and personal writingWriting should be a pleasurable challenge, not a painful chore. Writing with Pleasure empowers academic, professional, and creative writers to reframe their negative emotions...

More than merely a writing text, The Imaginative Argument offers writers instruction on how to use their imaginations to improve their prose. Cioffi shows writers how they can enliven argument--the organizing rubric of all persuasive writing--by drawing...

Generations of student writers have been subjected to usage handbooks that proclaim, "This is the correct form. Learn it"--books that lay out a grammar, but don't inspire students to use it. By contrast, this antihandbook handbook, presenting some three...

Timeless techniques of effective public speaking from ancient Rome's greatest oratorAll of us are faced countless times with the challenge of persuading others, whether we're trying to win a trivial argument with a friend or convince our coworkers about...

With more than 5,000 entries totaling over a million words, this is the most comprehensive and authoritative dictionary of Buddhism ever produced in English. It is also the first to cover terms from all of the canonical Buddhist languages and traditions:...

Originally published in 1999, A New China has become a standard textbook for intermediate Chinese language learning. This completely revised edition reflects China's dramatic developments in the last decade and consolidates the previous two-volume set...

Celebrated for its own clarity and sublime style, this classic work of literary theory draws on the writings of Demosthenes, Plato, Sappho, Thucydides, Euripides, and Aeschylus, among others, to examine and delineate the essentials of a noble style. The...

This is a compact and convenient guide to learning the Kansai dialect of the Japanese languageMaido, maido and welcome to the Kansai region of western Japan. Whether visiting or living in this area, you will quickly notice the locals aren't speaking...

This title includes a specially focused range of drills and exercises to precisely hone your Chinese speaking skills. A CD-ROM contains audio by native speakers, as well as printable PDF files of hundreds of additional practice pages and exercises.

While other books give you tips on how to "write funny," this book offers a paradigm shift in understanding the mechanics and art of comedy, and the proven, practical tools that help writers translate that understanding into successful, commercial...

This is a concise, pocket-sized English to Lao and Lao to English DictionaryPrior to the compilation of the original edition of this dictionary in 1966, the most comprehensive English to Lao dictionary was the LAA (Lao-American Association) Dictionary...

This fun-to-read insider's guide reveals the truth about what it takes to craft and sell a script. After a lucrative 20-year career that includes working with some of the top producers in Hollywood, Snyder opens up his notebooks and shows how he...

This self-study book is a perfect choice for learning Japanese quickly. Speak Japanese Today is ideal for students, business people and travelers. It offers the option to learn beginner Japanese in a short time without compromising on quality. Beginning...

"This new compilation offers many advantages...As an example of a book design, little more could be asked of this volume."-Harvard journal of Asiatic StudiesThe Compact Nelson is an abridged edition of the revised New Nelson Dictionary, Dr. Andrew N...

"Spanish poetry in the twentieth century uniquely combines both primitive and sophisticated elements. It is as firmly rooted in folksongs and ballads as it is in wild surrealist imagery. The brilliant personalism and imaginative grace of Machado, Jimenez...