There’s a difference between learning a language and being able to speak it withthe familiarity of a native speaker. This book fills that gap, clarifying tricky wordsand expressions and illuminating t
Ray Bradbury is a painter who uses words rather than brushes--for he created lasting visual images that, once observed, are impossible to forget. Sinister mushrooms growing in a dank cellar. A family
If you were dropped into the middle of Managua, Mexico City, or Miami,would you know how to speak not only the language, but also the lingo? In The Street-Wise Spanish Survival Guide,the reader who is
As times change so do the things we use and what we call them. W.R. Runyanhas compiled a fascinating collection of words and phrases that, once commoneverywhere in America, are little known today. Th
By and about the greatest celebrities of frontier America, these are the stories of their adventures told in their own words through excerpts from autobiographies, articles they wrote, newspaper inter
Lisa Fishman’s sixth book of poetry is centered on bodies and where they are in relation to each otherwhether a body is of plant; of person; or of words, and whether a body is personal or civic; singu
Lisa Fishman’s sixth book of poetry is centered on bodies and where they are in relation to each otherwhether a body is of plant; of person; or of words, and whether a body is personal or civic; singu
The richness of Oscar Wilde's way with words and ideas are given full range in this sparkling collection of short stories written between 1887 and 1891. There are ghost stories, moral tales, detective
