Ocean State Libraries

Shalom! Are you ready to dive into an ancient-yet-modern and rich language full of nuance? Then open up Hebrew For Dummies and get started learning your way around Hebrew by immersing yourself in its sounds and rhythms. You'll start with the basics--like simple grammar and the Hebrew alphabet--before you move onto commonly used phrases and small-talk. This book gets you used to the more unfamiliar sounds of the Hebrew language--like gutturals--that...

"The updated third edition of Spanish DeMYSTiFieD provides you with the comprehensive, step-by-step educational experience that has made the DeMYSTiFieD language series such a success. Hundreds of quiz and test questions, chapter-opening objectives, and specific recommendations for difficult subtopics and individual weaknesses help you learn basic grammar structures and verb tenses, pronunciation, essential vocabulary, and how to communicate with...

"This is a comprehensive guide to writing the first draft of a feature length screenplay. While it focuses on the college semester (16 weeks), it is also completely appropriate for anyone attempting to write a screenplay within a timeline. The text breaks down different approaches to designing a screenplay by providing pragmatic guidelines enhancing your ability to use creativity rather than focusing on rules. It highlights the skills necessary to...

"3,000 of the most useful English words and phrases you'll ever learn. English for Everyone: English Vocabulary Builder is a unique combination of illustrated reference and practical workbook. Write in your own translations, work through hundreds of practice exercises, and listen to the free online audio to cement the English words in your mind and improve your English-language skills." -- Back cover.

"This best-selling Japanese textbook is a user-friendly guide for beginners designed for use in a classroom or for self-study. It adopts a very different approach from other Japanese language books teaching you the underlying sentence structures and patterns of Japanese along with key vocabulary and phrases so you can attain basic fluency quickly. The emphasis is on acquiring a working knowledge of simple, everyday Japanese sentences." --

"Complete Urdu is a comprehensive book and audio language course that takes you from beginner to intermediate level. The new edition of this successful course has been fully revised and is packed with new learning features to give you the language, practice and skills to communicate with confidence. Maps from A1 to B2 of the Common European Framework of Reference (CEFR) for languages. 17 learning units plus reading and writing section and word glossaries."...

"Learn to Play the Ukulele, 2nd Edition will teach anyone how to play the ukulele overnight. No prior musical experience is assumed. Beginners learn how to hold the instrument, position the hands, strumming techniques, basic chords, and beyond. An enclosed CD guides the reader through a series of exercises, which are organized in progressive fashion (practicing one strum and slowly building to more complicated rhythmic patterns). The CD also includes...

"Brazilian Portuguese is spoken by over 180 million people world-wide, and Brazil is most popular tourist destination in South America. Learn quickly with seven practical lessons with dialogues, vocabulary and exercises ..."--Publisher description.