Foreign Language

This reference book introduces 1,000 familiar words for everyday situations. In the style of Richard Scarry, 27 colorful scenes illustrate the words in context and will delight children and parents alike.

Learn how to speak fluent Arabic in an easy and fun way in just 12 weeks. This indispensable guide also comes with a free audio app for Apple and Android phones, featuring native speech that enables you to hone your pronunciation.

Jargon-free, straightforward instructions equip you to converse with ease, whether you're shopping for groceries, trying to find accommodation, ordering tea at a café, or sightseeing around town.

Each lesson combines Arabic vocabulary and grammar essentials with full-color photographs for comprehensive learning. The guide also includes an English-Arabic dictionary, an extensive menu of popular Arabic dishes, and excellent review and repeat exercises at the end of each chapter to test yourself and track your progress.

Packed with cultural tips, neatly labelled images of everyday life objects, conversational advice, and grammar explanations, 15-Minute Arabic is the go-to book for mastering the Arabic language.

12 themed chapters are broken down into 15-minute daily lessons, spanning a range of practical themes. Topics covered include introductions; eating and drinking; making arrangements; travel; getting about; accommodation; shopping; work and study; health; at home; services; and leisure and socializing. Each lesson combines German vocabulary and grammar essentials with full-color photographs for a user-friendly, accessible language guide.

Real-life examples cover every holiday and business situation, along with cultural and conversational tips. Features such as a 2,000-word dictionary and a menu guide with more than 300 food terms make learning fun and easy. You can even use the extended cover to hide the answers and test yourself as you learn.

DK's 15 Minute German has the structure of a distance learning course, perfect for all language learning travelers. Practice 15 minutes a day, 5 days a week for 12 weeks, and you'll be speaking German in no time at all.

The perfect book for anyone who wants to learn Spanish fast. 12 themed chapters are broken down into 15-minute daily lessons, spanning a range of practical themes, from socializing to doing business. Each lesson combines Spanish vocabulary and grammar essentials with full-color photographs for a user-friendly, accessible language guide.

This course in a handy-sized book comes with a free downloadable audio app for Apple and Android phones, enabling you to hear words and phrases spoken by native Spanish speakers. The book also includes a menu guide and a two-language dictionary for quick reference when you're out and about.

Each lesson is broken down into easy-to-follow stages, including a warm-up box to reinforce what you've already learned and "words to remember" lists that you can hide with the book's front cover flap to hide, remember, and check again.

Become a confident speaker in topics such as introductions, food and drink, travel, work, health, and much more.

"French-English/English-French"

"Italian-English/English-Italian"

"Spanish-English/English-Spanish"

The dual format of these dictionaries eliminates the need to use two dictionaries. Students can use "The 21st Century German-English/English-German Dictionary" to find the English translation of an unfamiliar German word-- "and" to discover the correct way to express a certain English phrase in German. Because each entry is listed in both German and English, this dictionary is useful for every situation, for business people checking the terms of a contract on an international deal, to foreign exchange students getting settled into a German dormitory, and to tourists trying to understand the items on a menu.

"The 21st Century German/English-English/German Dictionary" provides individual entries in a concise, easy-to-follow format, with clear pronunciation guides and succinct definitions. This is the most up-to-date, reliable German to English, English to German dictionary on the market, and will be an indispensible tool for every occasion.

This comprehensive guide to French verb usage is ideal for students, travelers, and adult learners. It includes:

Perfectly written and a remarkably suspenseful read ... an absorbing, intriguing, insightful book for all readers.--Library Journal (Starred review)

Cécile, a stylish forty-seven-year-old, has spent the weekend visiting her parents in a provincial town southeast of Paris. By early Monday morning, she's exhausted. These trips back home are always stressful and she settles into a train compartment with an empty seat beside her. But it's soon occupied by a man she instantly recognizes: Philippe Leduc, with whom she had a passionate affair that ended in her brutal humiliation thirty years ago. In the fraught hour and a half that ensues, their express train hurtles towards the French capital. Cécile and Philippe undertake their own face to face journey--In silence? What could they possibly say to one another?--with the reader gaining entrée to the most private of thoughts. This is a psychological thriller about past romance, with all its pain and promise.

Reading group guide is available from New Vessel Press.