Mila Haugova has written a moving book about the farewell of loved ones and the slipping away of one's own life. The starting point is a double loss: her mother dies and her lover goes his own way. During her dead mother's childhood and distant past, the loved ones have faced a hoped-for future. Now only a reduced daily life remains, shot through with ever present memories. Haugova overlays the departed, and now recalculated, images of childhood and days spent with her lover. Is it possibl...

Poems from a new Slovak voice reminiscent of Rilke and Sharon Olds.An evocative collection by Slovak poet Eva Luka, The Minotaur’s Daughter seamlessly melds the human and natural worlds, weaving motifs of mythology, nature, and personal freedom into a tapestry of vivid imagery and profound emotion. The poems traverse settings from Japan to mythic landscapes, exploring the complexities of sexuality, desire, and transition.Central to Luka’s work is t...

Ivana Milankov belongs to the first generation of poets from Central and Eastern Europe to be influenced by American anti-establishment poetry, including the Beat poets. Her own work, as a result, captures and rails against Serbia's rich historical and religious history. Hers is also an untiring effort to reach beyond the confines of the world towards mystical revelation, to communicate the incommunicable.Translated by Zorica Petrovic & James Sutherland-Smith.Ivana ...

Our Mandarin Chinese phrasebook for beginners will introduce you some of the basic terms as you start to master the language of the future. About one fifth of the people in the world speak some form of Chinese as their native language.Contents:Mandarin Chinese OverviewPronunciation Guide— Diphthongs— Consonants— TonesPhrase List— Solving Problems— Going to the doctor— Numbers— Time— Colours— Transp...

An unashamedly practical introduction to spoken Mandarin Chinese, for anyone who wants to impress their Chinese hosts, but doesn't have time to take a proper language course. Designed specifically for busy professionals traveling to China for work, it includes essential phrases that are easy to learn and pronounce, as well as invaluable cultural background. Heading off to China for a business trip? Don't know a word but want to impress? Grab One Minute Mandarin and make the most of your tr...

Basic Korean For Beginners. Basic Korean for Travel in Korea and China . Everyday words and useful phrases, words for Greetings,Shopping, eating out, Directions and lots more. English to Korean as well as the Korean pronunciation.

Speak Croatian Instantly! Easy to follow; perfect for beginners. Over 1000 essential words and phrases. Perfect your pronunciation with transliteration. Practical and conversational. Easy reference dictionary included. No complex jargon or grammar. Over 1000 essential words and phrases in one handy guide. Transliteration and pronunciation guide to help you get started immediately.

The strokes used in Chinese characters were originally fashioned after bird tracks and shadows cast by trees. They are beautifully expressive even to those who do not understand their meaning. To the Chinese, writing is not only a means of communication, it also has the force to transform reality. This book introduces the history of Chinese writing and gives many examples of the way in which simple brush strokes are combined to convey not only words but also complete ideas.

Speak Bosnian Instantly! Easy to follow; perfect for beginners. Over 1000 essential words and phrases. Perfect your pronunciation with transliteration. Practical and conversational. Easy reference dictionary included. No complex jargon or grammar. Over 1000 essential words and phrases in one handy guide. Transliteration and pronunciation guide to help you get started immediately.

Speak Slovak Instantly! Easy to follow; perfect for beginners. Over 1000 essential words and phrases. Perfect your pronunciation with transliteration. Practical and conversational. Easy reference dictionary included. No complex jargon or grammar. Over 1000 essential words and phrases in one handy guide. Transliteration and pronunciation guide to help you get started immediately.

Learning to read a language with a foreign alphabet can be an intimidating challenge. Even before you can start to study the vocabulary and grammar, you must first decipher this strange new script.But learning a new alphabet does not have to be so difficult.Other language courses start by showing a table of the alphabet and then immediately proceed to dialogues and grammatical descriptions. This is not the ideal way to teach a foreign alphabet, and...

Have you been trying to learn Chinese (Mandarin) and simply can’t find the way to expand your vocabulary?Do your teachers recommend you boring textbooks and complicated stories that you don’t really understand?Are you looking for a way to learn the language quicker without taking shortcuts?If you answered “Yes!” to at least one of those previous questions, then this book is for you! We’ve compiled the