Language Families

Ennatu Domingo was adopted from Ethiopia at the age of seven and transplanted to Barcelona where she learned to flourish. But she never forgot her nomadic childhood in the mountains and meadows of Gondar, near the northern border with Eritrea. Having witnessed the hardships of Ethiopian rural women at an early age, she was inspired to study the patriarchal structures that underpinned her individual experiences, both in Europe and in contemporary Ethiopia.

New York City bietet unzählige Sehenswürdigkeiten für Erwachsene. Aber wie sieht es aus, wenn man mit Kindern unterwegs ist? In der Oktober-Ausgabe von Spotlight Audio erfahren Sie, wie man junge Besucher in NYC gut unterhält. Außerdem diesen Monat: Wie britische Chips die Snack-Regale Ihres örtlichen Supermarkts erobern.

To Carley Wells, words are the enemy. When her English teacher reports to her parents that she has answered "What is your favorite book?" with "Never met one I liked," they decide to fix what he calls her "intellectual impoverishment." They will commission a book to be written just for her---one she'll have to love---that will impress her teacher and the whole town of Fox Glen with their family's devotion to the arts. They will buy their daughter The Love of Reading

This “charming . . . short account of ordinary goings-on in a French café” explores love, work, loneliness, and aging as it follows the daily life of a middle-aged Parisian bartender (Lemony Snicket) Pierre is a veteran bartender in a café in the outskirts of Paris. He observes his...

A timely and moving collection from the renowned inaugural poet on issues facing our country and people—immigration, gun violence, racism, LGBTQ issues, and more. Through an oracular yet intimate and accessible voice, Richard Blanco addresses the complexities and contradictions of our...

From one of the sharpest up-and-coming voices in contemporary poetry, a stunning collection that explores our most fundamental instincts, capacity for affection, and the ways in which we resemble the wild Find Me as the Creature I Am is a book full of tenderness and violence, longing and love...

Children and adults observe life through different spectrums. While a parent assumes, he's doing his best and showing love by working nine-to-seven and providing the financial assistance to the family, there's a dad who is showing up for practices and baseball trainings. Funny truth, the child views the dad who shows up as the one who loves him most.

In the old days, when Kate had no interest in romance, she never cared what other people thought. Now, it appeared, love was turning her into a rotten human being.

This is the revised edition - with all translations and pronunciation keys reviewed or re-done by a professional Spanish translator, to ensure accuracy. No time to learn Spanish? Want to teach your children but don't speak Spanish yourself? Lightning - Fast Spanish helps you incorporate Spanish into your everyday activities, so you learn while doing the things you already do. You'll teach your children Spanish the same way you taught them English - by interacting with them as you do daily activities.

Wondering when to expect baby's first word? Want to get your toddler talking? Worried your child is not speaking as clearly as his peers? When it comes to language acquisition, all parents have questions, and Time to Talk has the answers.

The Little Black Book of Birthday Wisdom is the complete handbook of birthday wisdom, past and present. This leisurely story contains a huge collection of amusing quotes from Jerry Seinfeld, Abraham Lincoln, Oprah Winfrey, Sylvestor Stallone, Mark Twain, George Burns, Betty White, and many more. It is intended for anyone celebrating their annual trip around the sun.

Nofel i ddysgwyr Cymraeg Lefel Uwch gan Mared Lewis, sy'n diwtor Cymraeg i oedolion. Mae Rob a'i ddau blentyn yn symud i fyw i dŷ ei fodryb, ac yn dechrau bywyd newydd fel tad sengl. Ond ydy hi'n hawdd cynnau tân ar hen aelwyd? Nofel lawn hiwmor, sy'n ymdrin â nifer o themâu cyfoes.

Perfect Pronunciation: The World Ocean taps into kids’ passion for the wonders of the ocean and its resident animals to turn English instruction into a pause-resister. While using modern pedagogy to ensure a proper foundation and sequencing of material, it wraps the lessons in fun detail. Kids get to use their newly-acquired English skills to find out more about bodies of water covering 70 percent of the Earth’s surface. Creating material and lessons that tap into children’s innate motivation has been shown time and again to increase commitment to language learning.

Sie sind über 50 und möchten Englisch lernen? Sie möchten sich die sprachlichen Grundlagen aneignen und in alltäglichen Situationen kommunizieren können? Wenn ja, dann haben wir genau das Richtige für Sie vorbereitet. Sorgfältig vorbereitete Lektionen führen stufenweise in das neue Material ein, das aufgrund von deutlichen Erläuterungen des Lektors für Sie leicht verständlich sein wird.

Navigate the intricate terrain of nurturing language skills in both typically developing children and those facing unique challenges, from late talkers to those with special needs. This book equips you with essential tools and proven strategies, eliminating the guesswork and empowering you to foster language proficiency with confidence.

Stopping time on the page to discover the poetic moment where past and present are one, Vincent Katz (called a poet of “vibrant cinematic hunger” by Eileen Myles) opens himself to the fleeting beauty of both culture and nature in this stunning gathering of new work. With his painterly eye...

"Slow German" ist ein Podcast zum Deutschlernen. Er besteht seit 2007. Regelmäßig werden neue Episoden veröffentlicht. Annik Rubens spricht die Episoden langsam und deutlich. So kann das Hörverständnis trainiert werden. In den Folgen geht es um Themen aus dem deutschen Alltag. So lernt man neben der Sprache auch gleich etwas über die deutsche Kultur. In diesem Paket gibt es noch mehr als im kostenlosen Podcast: Jede Episode wird ein Mal langsamer und ein Mal schneller gesprochen.

Even native-born Americans don’t know the Deep South well. It’s a beautiful, deeply forested region with diverse people and a long history. These stories set in Mississippi and Louisiana deal with two mysteries. How well do we know a place? And how well do we know our families?

Menschen lesen und Körpersprache zu durchschauen klingt für viele zu schön, um wahr zu sein. Doch mit dem richtigen Wissen und den Methoden kann jeder die Kunst des Menschen Lesens erlernen. Würden Sie nicht auch gerne Menschen wirklich lesen können? Ihre Körpersprache und alles was sie Ihnen auf nonverbale Weise kommunizieren mit einem gekonnten Blick durchschauen? Wüssten Sie gerne was Ihre Mitmenschen denken, fühlen oder planen? Wollen Sie Lügen in Zukunft mit Leichtigkeit erkennen und entlarven? Hören Sie, um mehr zu erfahren....

This is the abridged version of the trilogy The Torrents: Family, Spring, and Autumn, masterpieces of Ba Jin, one of the greatest writers of modern Chinese literature. The trilogy recounts the decline of a large feudal family following the May Fourth Movement of 1919. The abridged version of 30,000 words for each title, approximately 1/10 of each of the original, can be listened to by elementary-level students of Chinese with a 2,000-word vocabulary or can be used as an aid to reading the original.