Language

Do you want to be able to express yourself in Italian with confidence and fluency?Insider's Italian offers a local perspective on Italian culture, opinions and language use so that you...

When travelling, do you want to journey off the English-speaking path, meet people and speak Russian easily? If so then you need to Get Talking. Through 10 common scenarios plus...

When travelling, do you want to journey off the English-speaking path, meet people and speak Norwegian easily?If so then you need to Get Talking. Through 10 common scenarios plus culture...

This 7th edition includes an up-to-date culture and vocabulary guide, allowing you to broaden your knowledge of contemporary language and customs.Do you want to learn French or brush up what...

Heading off on holiday or a business trip? Looking for a language safety net to get yourself out of sticky situations? Fed up not knowing how to order a drink...

Heading off on holiday or a business trip? Looking for a language safety net to get yourself out of sticky situations? Fed up not knowing how to order a drink...

This product is most effective when used in conjunction with the corresponding audio support. - You can purchase the book and double CD as a pack (ISBN: 9781444102352) - The...

We've all travelled abroad with the best of intentions when it comes to speaking the language, only to falter when it comes to the crunch. This quick and constructive course...

In just 75 minutes you can learn enough Polish to get by on your holiday. Elisabeth Smith has used her wide teaching experience to write a fun audio course that...

Follow this course for 35 minutes a day and in six weeks you'll be speaking Portuguese! Elisabeth Smith has used her wide teaching experience to write a course that covers...

Follow this course for 35 minutes a day and in six weeks you'll be speaking Italian! Elisabeth Smith has used her wide teaching experience to write a course that covers...

JOLLY WICKED ACTUALLY is a wonderfully entertaining compendium of the hundred words and phrases that have over the last century become the cornerstones of modern spoken English, and have been...

Talk French Grammar is your essential handbook for learning French either at home or in a class. Using the tried-and-tested principles of the successful Talk method, it demystifies grammar and...

Everyone has made the mistake of using a word or phrase that they think sounds sort of right, but isn't. Rubin collects his favourite malapropisms in a gift book that's...

The English language contains a great store of idioms that can be used in creative and forceful ways. Dictionary of Idioms examines over 400 such phrases, tracing each one's source...

Pimsleur Language Programs' goPimsleur Series gives learners spoken and reading proficiency. Ity gives learners the experience of acquiring the essential grammar and vocabulary of their new language, while learning to...

Pimsleur Language Programs' goPimsleur Series gives learners spoken and reading proficiency. Ity gives learners the experience of acquiring the essential grammar and vocabulary of their new language, while learning to...

Communication is essential to our lives, but how often do we stop to think about where the words we use have come from? Have you ever thought about which words...

In 1887, Ludwig Lazarus Zamenhof, a Polish Jew, had the idea of putting an end to tribalism by creating a universal language, one that would be equally accessible to everyone...

The Story of English is the extraordinary tale of the origins and development of the English language. Two thousand years ago English was confined to a handful of savage tribes...

It is a good thing for an uneducated man to read books of quotations' - Winston ChurchillQuotations can offer us a glimpse into the past in a few brief words,...

The Chinese language is traditionally taught through a series of between roughly 180 and 215 radicals. These radicals are then used to form the characters of the Chinese language. Chineasy...

We all had teachers who scolded us over the use of um, uh-huh, oh, like, and mm-hmm. But as linguist N. J. Enfield reveals in How We Talk, these "bad...

Language is always changing. No one knows where it is going but the best way to future-cast is to look at the past. John Simpson animates for us a tradition...

If you already have the basics and want to learn more Greek, this advanced beginner audio course will boost your confidence to understand and speak Greek. Practise the most frequent...

The country folk say "howdy-do" but here in town, it's "yo"; they'll say it in the country too in twenty years or so. Rolling Stone magazine has called songwriter Stephin...

Language is always changing. No one knows where it is going but the best way to future-cast is to look at the past. John Simpson animates for us a tradition...

Learn another language the way you learnt your own You learnt your own language naturally and enjoyably: now you can learn Polish in the same way. You'll stick with it...

Do you dread making a phone call in French? Is your first question always: "Do you speak English?" Do you wish you knew what the person at the other end...

'Tammet's intriguing cases of linguistic idiosyncrasies expand our notions on what it means to be human . . . Would dazzle any storyteller in love with words and their deepest...

This description refers to the book-only version of the course, which is also available in a book and double CD pack (ISBN 978 034 094977 1), with the double CD...

The 'Teach Yourself German Starter Kit' is a new concept in language learning. It is a complete programme which has all the back up and additional support material you need...

"One-Day Spanish - the DVD" is the latest way to pick up all the Spanish you'll need to get the most out of your holiday or business trip. Join Andy...

Do you want to read Indian classics in the original Do you want to progress quickly beyond the basics Do you want to reach a high standard 'Teach Yourself Sanskrit'...

Learn another language the way you learnt your own You learnt your own language naturally and enjoyably: now you can learn Russian in the same way. You'll stick with it...

The 'Teach Yourself Italian Starter Kit' is a new concept in language learning. It is a complete programme which has all the back up and additional support material you need...

The 'Teach Yourself French Starter Kit' is a new concept in language learning. It is a complete programme which has all the back up and additional support material you need...

In one form or another, Chinese is the language most spoken in the world. Although it has many different spoken forms, they are all written in exactly the same way....

The 'Teach Yourself Spanish Starter Kit' is a new concept in language learning. It is a complete programme which has all the back up and additional support material you need...

Are standards of English alright - or should that be all right?To knowingly split an infinitive or not to?And what about ending a sentence with preposition, or for that matter...

If you can't tell a possessive pronoun from a correlative conjunction, confuse 'disinterested' and 'uninterested' and struggle with the subjunctive, then I Used to Know That: English has the answers....

An unmissable collection of eight unconventional and captivating short stories for young and adult learners."I love Olly's work - and you will too!" - Barbara Oakley, PhD, Author of New...

The stoics lived a long time ago, but they had some startling insights into the human condition - insights which endure to this day. The philosophical tradition, founded in Athens...

Wordsmiths and Warriors explores the heritage of English through the places in Britain that shaped it. It unites the warriors, whose invasions transformed the language, with the poets, scholars, reformers,...

This book narrates the history of English spelling from the Anglo-Saxons to the present-day, charting the various changes that have taken place and the impact these have had on the...