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Essential English GrammarEssential English Grammar 
by Philip Gucker
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.


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The Elements of Style: The Original EditionThe Elements of Style: The Original Edition 
by William Strunk, Jr.
This is the book that generations of writers have relied upon for timeless advice on grammar, diction, syntax, and other essentials. In concise terms, it identifies the principal requirements of proper style and common errors.


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Say It in JapaneseSay It in Japanese 
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.


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Essential Portuguese GrammarEssential Portuguese Grammar 
by Alexander da R. Prista
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.


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Listen & Learn Italian (CD Edition)Listen & Learn Italian (CD Edition) 
by Dover
A chance to quickly develop the practical vocabulary needed for travel, this 2-CD set contains 90 minutes of material featuring both English and Italian speech. The 80-page manual contains a phonetic pronunciation guide.


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German: How to Speak and Write ItGerman: 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.

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First French Reader: A Beginner's Dual-Language BookFirst French Reader: A Beginner's Dual-Language Book 
by Stanley Appelbaum
This anthology introduces 50 legendary writers — Voltaire, Balzac, Baudelaire, Proust, more — through passages from The Red and the Black, Les Misérables, Madame Bovary, and other classics. Original French text plus English translation on facing pages.

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1001 Most Useful Spanish Words1001 Most Useful Spanish Words 
by Seymour Resnick
Definitions of Spanish words arranged by category, such as foods, numbers, seasons, family. Also includes a dictionary with each word used in a Spanish sentence (with English translation).


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Eleven Short Stories: A Dual-Language BookEleven Short Stories: A Dual-Language Book 
by Luigi Pirandello
Masterly stories include "Little Hut," "With Other Eyes," "A Voice," "Citrons from Sicily," "A Character’s Tragedy," six more. English translations.


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An Egyptian Hieroglyphic Dictionary, Vol. 1An Egyptian Hieroglyphic Dictionary, Vol. 1 
by E. A. Wallis Budge
Volume 1 of the monumental work containing about 25,000 words and terms from 3000 B.C. to A.D. 600. Each entry consists of a transliteration, the word in hieroglyphs, and the English meaning.


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Grammar 2 Book SetGrammar 2 Book Set Save 14%! This 2-book set includes The Making of English, an explanation of the links between English and other tongues, and The Elements of Style, the book that generations have relied upon for timeless advice.


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The Making of EnglishThe Making of English
by Henry Bradley
Deeply educational yet not overwhelming, this compact culmination of a philological life uses nontechnical terms to explain the links between English and other tongues — Greek, Latin, German, Spanish, and French.



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