Language Families

In American Literature, all main periods are covered, from colonial times to the present movement toward cultural diversity. Also covered are key themes and personalities, with emphasis on major figures, including Ben Franklin, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Walt Whitman, Emily Dickinson, Henry James, Edith Wharton, William Faulkner, Langston Hughes, Tennessee Williams, Alice Walker, and many more.

Продолжение популярного бестселлера «Пять языков любви» от доктора Гэри Чепмена, который помог миллионам пар укрепить отношения и познать секрет настоящей любви! Теперь пришло время узнать, как «заговорить» на родном языке любви вашего ребенка! Безусловно, вы любите своего ребенка. Но вы уверены, что он знает об этом?

Kei hea o putu whutuporo? Where are your rugby boots? Homai te ranu tomato Pass me the tomato sauce Kei te pehea te huarere i tenei ra? How is the weather today? Kei hea to mahi kainga? Where is your homework? Kati te whakaporearea i to tuahine! Stop annoying your sister! Maori at Home is the...

Play is the language of children. It is how they communicate. By rediscovering the joy of play as an adult, you can access a whole new way to understand and respond to your child’s needs. Created with busy parents in mind, psychotherapist and parenting expert Joanna Fortune has devised a simple but effective method to build quality playful time together at home, structured around 15-minute games that can be easily incorporated into your existing daily routine.

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.

The second novel by the internationally celebrated writer Alejandro Zambra, a “short and strikingly original” (The New Yorker) book about the stories we spin for ourselves and our loved ones—now reissued by Penguin Veronica is late, and Julián is increasingly convinced she won't ever come...

No time to learn French? Want to teach your children but don't speak French yourself? Lightning-Fast French helps you incorporate French into your everyday activities, so you learn while doing the things you already do. You'll teach your children French the same way you taught them English - by interacting with them as you do daily activities. No need to set aside extra time in your busy schedule, and no need to speak French yourself - with this unique program, you both learn as you go.

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.

This warm, wise exploration of female friendship from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of You Just Don’t Understand will help women lean into these powerful relationships. A WASHINGTON POST NOTABLE BOOK “Celebrates friendship in its frustrations and its rewards and, above all...

A love story that feels both new and achingly true from one of Japan’s most acclaimed writers, capturing the intensity, uncertainties, and intimacy of falling for someone for the first time. Art student Isogai first models for one of his tutors, the much older Yuri, then begins a passionate...

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...

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.

A companion picture book to Anoosha Syed's critically acclaimed debut, That's Not My Name!, about expressing love across language barriers and the universal message that actions speak louder than words. Mirha speaks English and her nani (maternal grandmother) speaks Urdu, so Mirha’s parents...

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.

From famous wordsmith Tom Read Wilson comes another breathtaking adventure through the English language. Discover the fascinating origin stories behind the words we use in this delightful follow-up to Every Word Tells a Story. Did you know, for example, that: The word 'astronaut' means 'star...

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.