Includes a Thai-English glossary of over 3,500 words.

Leli libuthelelo leendatjana ezifitjhani ezitlolwe batloli abathathu abahlukeneko ngomqopho wokwethula immongo-ndaba eyahlukeneko. Siyethemba kobana abafundi kukhona okuthileko abazakufunyana ngendatjanezi. A variety of themes is covered in this collection of short stories, written by three different authors. This book guarantees that readers will find a special story that will appeal to their particular interest.

Saaq al-Bambuu (The Bamboo Stalk) by Kuwaiti novelist Saud al-Sanousi provides students at the intermediate-advanced Arabic language level the opportunity to engage with an award-winning work of contemporary fiction. This abridged version has been approved by the author, authenticating the richness of a text that offers students the means to develop vocabulary and reading fluency while sensitizing them to the stylistics of the language. The novel is a coming-of-age story of a half-Filippino, half-Kuwaiti teen who returns to his father's Kuwait. There, he explores his own identity as a poor Filipino in a culture he does not know well and receives a mixed welcome from his own wealthy relatives. Universal concepts of identity, faith, belonging, poverty/wealth, and otherness are explored through a poetic narrative and engaging plot that will keep students captivated from the first line to the very last page. Included within the book are chapter exercises that develop linguistic and cultural competencies, a short biography of the author, and glossaries of literary terms and devices. As with Laila Familiar's Sayyidi wa Habibi, this authorized version of the abridged text by a contemporary Arabic author will be warmly embraced by college and university students of Arabic as well as by independent learners.

A lavishly illustrated volume presenting a comprehensive study by a renowned scholar of the rich heritage of Welsh images during the period 1500-1950, noting especially how Wales and Welsh nationhood are portrayed in these images. Over 450 colour images and over 200 black-and-white images. First published in 2000.

Tomie's family starts building their new house at 26 Fairmount Avenue in 1938, just as a hurricane hits town, starting off a busy, crazy year. Tomie has many adventures all his own, including eating chocolate with his Nana Upstairs, only to find out--the hard way--that they have eaten chocolate laxative. He tries to skip kindergarten when he finds out he won't learn to read until first grade. "I'll be back next year," he says. When Tomie goes to see Snow White, he creates another sensation. Tomie dePaola's childhood memories are hilarious, and his charming illustrations are sure to please.

Presented via the natural method by Hans orberg, "Ars Amatoria" ("The Art of Love") allows students to read lightly altered Latin texts. The text is a poem in three books by Ovid. The first two books consist of instructions to men on the wooing of women of easy virtue; the third, of instructions to woman on seduction of men. The work is full of humor and charm, and contains interesting glimpses of Roman life and manners--the circus, the theatre, the banquet. It was perhaps partly on account of its immorality that Augustus banished the poet to Tomi by the Black Sea. These poems can be read by students who have completed the first five chapters of orberg's second-year text "Roma Aeterna." ("Lingua Latina Pars II"), also available from Focus.

Travel to the New World with Hernan Cortes. See, first-hand, the clash between the Spanish conquistadors and the Aztec civilization.

La camisa (1960) es una obra formalmente integrada en la tradicion del sainete popular, pero que supera el enfrentamiento de los personajes para tomar partido ante los grandes problemas de su tiempo. El cuarto poder es un conjunto de seis obras que suponen un ataque a cierto uso de los medios de comunicacion.

This textbook is intended for advanced intermediate students preparing for work or research in Vietnam or with materials written in Vietnamese. It acquaints them with a range of written styles, expands their lexical range in a variety of topics, develops reading comprehension skills, and expands their awareness of Vietnamese culture and values. Contemporary Vietnamese Readings incorporates authentic reading materials such as street signs, banners, advertisements, news articles from north and south Vietnamese newspapers and magazines, and excerpts from novels and short stories. The materials are categorized under such themes as the Vietnamese land and its people, society and culture, current affairs, the environment, health and safety, demography and family planning, politics, diplomacy and law, economics and finance, literature, and Vietnamese women. The wide variety of different readings and genres represented in this textbook assume prior mastery of basic Vietnamese vocabulary and sentence structures at a level equivalent to completing a beginning and intermediate textbook series. Language professors and their students, or anyone seeking a more advanced understanding of Vietnamese-or more nuanced understanding of Vietnamese culture-will appreciate the instructional value of Contemporary Vietnamese Readings.