Foreign Language Books

Includes the full French text, accompanied by French-English vocabulary. Notes and a detailed introduction in English put the work in its social and historical context. more...

Price: $35.95

The fun and easy way® to become a more efficient, effective reader!. Want to read faster — and recall more of what you read? This practical, hands-on guide gives you the techniques you need to increase your reading speed and retention, whether you're reading books, e-mails, magazines, or even technical journals! You'll find reading aids and plenty of exercises to help you read faster and better comprehend the text.:. Yes, you can speed read — discover the skills you need to read quickly and effectively, break your bad reading habits, and take in more text at a glance;. Focus on the fundamentals — widen your vision span and see how to increase your comprehension, retention, and recall;. Advance your speed-reading skills — read blocks of text, heighten your concentration, and follow an author's thought patterns;. Zero in on key points — skim, scan, and preread to quickly locate the information you want;. Expand your vocabulary — recognize the most common words and phrases to help you move through the text more quickly. Open the book and find:. Tried-and-true techniques from The Reader's Edge® program;. How to assess your current reading level;. Tools and exercises to improve your reading skills;. Speed-reading fundamentals you must know;. Helpful lists of prefixes, suffixes, roots, and prime words;. A speed-reading progress worksheet;. Exercises for eye health and expanded reading vision;. Tips for making your speed-reading skills permanent more...

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Write in English like a native speaker!. Taking a developmental approach to improvingwriting skills, Writing Better English helps you increase your levels of proficiency in both grammar and vocabulary. Before tackling sentence structures, the book helps you reinforce those grammar elements you may have trouble with, like verb tenses and pronouns. You'll then expand your written communication abilities through comprehensive explanations, skill-building exercises, and practical writing activities. more...

Price: $11.95

The most extensive account of Chinese literary history to date – spanning some 3,000 years – the Geschichte der chinesischen Literatur presents the historical development of each literary genre from the beginnings to the present day. Renowned scholars were involved in portraying the longest literary tradition alive. Seven volumes focus on individual genres and the complete work is rounded off by the Bibliographie zur chinesischen Literatur in deutscher Sprache (Bibliography of Chinese Literature in German), the Biographisches Handbuch chinesischer Schriftsteller (Biographical Handbook of Chinese Writers), and an index volume. The fifth volume follows the history of reflection on literature and art in China from the beginning of the first millennium BC up to China’s transition to the modern period (19th/20th century). The focus is on writings on the aesthetic aspects of poetry, the most important literary form in China. The topics range from the merging of scenery and feelings, the balance of content and form, harmony of the internal and external worlds, and natural creativity, to the “Regel der Nicht-Regel” (rule of no rule). Relations to painting and the art of writing as well as philosophical developments such as Confucianism, Daoism and Buddhism, are also demonstrated. The Geschichte der chinesischen Literatur provides the first comprehensive coverage of a formidable cultural achievement, stretching back over three millennia and embracing many forms and subjects. Upon completion, the entire work will amount to a rich fund for sinological research, whilst also forming a stimulating source for comparative studies with other philologies and cultural sciences. more...

Price: $207.00

With unusual exercises designed to stimulate creativity and overcome writing fears, this book will help writers push the boundaries of their fiction writing to achieve exciting results. more...

Price: $15.99