Bangkok 8: A Novel Review

March 10th, 2010 No comments
Bangkok 8: A Novel

The thing I enjoyed most about this unusual novel is that it works on multiple levels, certainly as a thriller, but also as a modern morality tale and, more subtly, as a spoof of American noir detective stories a la Dashiel Hammet and Raymond Chandler.The hero is a Thai policeman who is, not incidentally, a [...]

The Case for Israel Review

March 10th, 2010 No comments
The Case for Israel

This book should be required reading for anyone who thinks that they have an opinion on the Israeli/Palastinian conflict….and that is just about everyone.The chapters are easily read, and each one represents an accusation against Israel (i.e. Did Israel create the Arab refugee problem?). Dershowitz then addresses the accusation by organizing the chapters as follows:There [...]

Advances in the Sign Language Development of Deaf Children Review

March 10th, 2010 No comments
Advances in the Sign Language Development of Deaf Children (Perspectives on Deafness)

I think this a great book- very educational. It gives wonderful examples and have a great deal of research within it. I highly recommend that more teachers use this book.
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Let’s Learn German Picture Dictionary Review

March 10th, 2010 No comments
Let

I’m an adult, learning German and I felt a fun book like this with pictures to help me remember the nouns would be a lot easier to learn from than just plain text to read.
It is that, it’s good to see the picture and associate that along with the English meaning. The problem is [...]

The Missing Cat Review

March 10th, 2010 No comments
The Missing Cat (The Adventures of Nicholas) (Belitz Kids: Italian, Book & Tape Edition) (Italian Edition)

My son is 2 1/2. My husband is fluent in italian and we are always looking for italian books, music, and toys. I fully recommend these books.My son likes having his own music to play and he loves finding things in the pictures.Using an italian dictionary with the book to play ” I spy” is [...]

Webster’s New World Spanish Grammar Handbook Review

March 10th, 2010 No comments
Webster

In a feeble attempt to teach myself Spanish, I have begun with this book.If you already know how to learn languages, then it is a wonderful resource – it’s not “introductory grammar”, it’s just straight-up grammar.It’s actually quite nice and very helpful.However, this book has the hallmarks of a first edition in that it is [...]