13 posts tagged with Books and language (View popular tags)

How can I best learn the French language, grammar, and pronunciation? [more inside]
posted on May 26, 2008 - 16 answers

On a recent trip to Kenya, we visited a school who is in need of simple French language instruction booklets for elementary-age children. [more inside]
posted on May 23, 2008 - 3 answers

Recursion filter: I recently came across the phrase 'Mise en Abyme' and have become fascinated by recursion in literature, language and film. What writings have used these themes in their form to address the questions they posed? [more inside]
posted on Apr 2, 2008 - 18 answers

I am looking for writings on the infinity of definition. [more inside]
posted on Mar 13, 2008 - 32 answers

I want to read a book in Chinese to keep myself from getting rusty. What is a good novel for doing so? It has to be modern Chinese (classical Chinese twists my brain into noodles), and preferably available online. [more inside]
posted on Dec 20, 2007 - 11 answers

I'm looking for popular books, novels, magazines, comic books...in European French (not Canadian French). I'd also like to be able to easily order/purchase them from home (preferably from places like Amazon.com). [more inside]
posted on Dec 4, 2007 - 8 answers

Help me acquire The Little Prince in Irish (An Prionsa Beag.) [more inside]
posted on Dec 9, 2006 - 5 answers

What should I read in Russian and where can I get it? [more inside]
posted on Jul 15, 2006 - 11 answers

In the spring there was a lot of discussion about the Oxyrhynchus papyri, but since then the news has totally died down. Has anything new been deciphered yet? [more inside]
posted on Nov 4, 2005 - 2 answers

What are the best books and/or CDs to help me improve my French? [more inside]
posted on Jul 13, 2005 - 15 answers

What are the best software (Windows XP) and books for learning Chinese? [more inside]
posted on May 2, 2005 - 6 answers

In the 1980s I came across a slim book about people with language-related mental disorders, such as a person who had a phobia of English and chose to speak French for the rest of his life. This book was NOT Lunatic Lovers of Language by Marina Yaguello. Can you identify it? [more inside]
posted on Apr 22, 2005 - 5 answers

Anyone have recommendations on good (but preferably easy) Spanish-language literature?
posted on Nov 8, 2004 - 10 answers