Most efficient language-learning course ever designed for travelers. Each set contains 2 CDs with 90 minutes of speech: English, then foreign-language equivalent followed by pause for repetition. The accompanying manual contains each word and phrase on the CDs.
Essential German Grammar by Guy Stern, E. F. Bleiler Logical, developmental presentation includes all the necessary tools for speech and comprehension and features numerous shortcuts and timesavers. Ideal as an introduction, supplement, or refresher.
Say It in German by Dover Contains over 1,000 useful sentences and phrases for travel or everyday living abroad: food, shopping, medical aid, courtesy, hotels, travel, and other situations.
German: How to Speak and Write It by Joseph Rosenberg Filled with dialogues, grammar and idiom studies, and practical exercises, this is probably the most delightful, useful, and comprehensive elementary book available for learning spoken and written German. 330 illustrations.
First German Reader: A Beginner's Dual-Language Book by Harry Steinhauer Specially chosen for their power to evoke German life and culture, these short, simple readings include poems, stories, essays, and anecdotes by Goethe, Hesse, Heine, Schiller, and others.