Fluent Forever


Book Description

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • For anyone who wants to learn a foreign language, this is the method that will finally make the words stick. “A brilliant and thoroughly modern guide to learning new languages.”—Gary Marcus, cognitive psychologist and author of the New York Times bestseller Guitar Zero At thirty years old, Gabriel Wyner speaks six languages fluently. He didn’t learn them in school—who does? Rather, he learned them in the past few years, working on his own and practicing on the subway, using simple techniques and free online resources—and here he wants to show others what he’s discovered. Starting with pronunciation, you’ll learn how to rewire your ears and turn foreign sounds into familiar sounds. You’ll retrain your tongue to produce those sounds accurately, using tricks from opera singers and actors. Next, you’ll begin to tackle words, and connect sounds and spellings to imagery rather than translations, which will enable you to think in a foreign language. And with the help of sophisticated spaced-repetition techniques, you’ll be able to memorize hundreds of words a month in minutes every day. This is brain hacking at its most exciting, taking what we know about neuroscience and linguistics and using it to create the most efficient and enjoyable way to learn a foreign language in the spare minutes of your day.




If I Ran the Zoo


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Gerald tells of the very unusual animals he would add to the zoo, if he were in charge.




The Night Before Preschool


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It's the night before preschool, and a little boy named Billy is so nervous he can't fall asleep. The friends he makes the next day at school give him a reason not to sleep the next night, either: he's too excited about going back! The book's simple rhyming text and sweet illustrations will soothe any child's fears about the first day of school.




My First Word Book


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A first dictionary, designed to help young children enrich their vocabulary and learn early reading skills. Compiled with the help of leading experts on child literacy, this book contains over 1000 of the words most commonly used by children. All the words are grouped together thematically, with each double page spread featuring a topic of special interest to the child such as at the seaside, around the house, on the farm and at the supermarket.




Sophie's World


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A page-turning novel that is also an exploration of the great philosophical concepts of Western thought, Jostein Gaarder's Sophie's World has fired the imagination of readers all over the world, with more than twenty million copies in print. One day fourteen-year-old Sophie Amundsen comes home from school to find in her mailbox two notes, with one question on each: "Who are you?" and "Where does the world come from?" From that irresistible beginning, Sophie becomes obsessed with questions that take her far beyond what she knows of her Norwegian village. Through those letters, she enrolls in a kind of correspondence course, covering Socrates to Sartre, with a mysterious philosopher, while receiving letters addressed to another girl. Who is Hilde? And why does her mail keep turning up? To unravel this riddle, Sophie must use the philosophy she is learning—but the truth turns out to be far more complicated than she could have imagined.




Teach Your Child to Read in 100 Easy Lessons


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A step-by-step program that shows parents, simply and clearly, how to teach their child to read in just 20 minutes a day.




First Thousand Words in German


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Includes every day words accompanied by illustrations and a pronunciation guide.




A B C Flashcards


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Children will love learning letters with this set of 30 charmingly illustrated flashcards. Includes a card for each letter of the alphabet, along with two full alphabet cards and suggestions for how to use the cards.




First Words Book


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This delightful book introduces very little children to over 150 everyday words. Elisa Ferro's bright and vibrant illustrations are full of things to spot and talk about, and bring this new vocabulary to life. Helps children to build their vocabulary and develop early reading skills. Encourages word and picture recognition. Quirky details to engage young readers.




BILINGUAL SIGHT WORDS


Book Description

Learn Spanish vocabulary with flash cards.