2006 University Press Books
Selected for Public and Secondary School Libraries
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400-499 Languages 413.391 Yiddish-English-Hebrew Dictionary 583 pp., 6 1/8" x 9 1/4", $60.00 cloth, CIP included August 2005 Yale University Press Alexander Harkavy (1863-1939) is credited with almost single-handedly creating an intellectual environment conducive to Yiddish, and his trilingual dictionary is an indispensable tool for research in Yiddish language and literature. This dictionary has been a classic since it originally appeared in New York in 1925. "Among the most important books...in the field of Yiddish."--Ruth Wisse, professor of Yiddish Literature, Harvard University LC 2004065655, ISBN 0-300-10839-7 AASL: S/HS PLA: S 468.2 Spanish Verbs Made Simple(r) 285 pp., 6 1/8" x 9 1/4", $40.00 cloth, $14.95 paper, CIP included August 2005 University of Texas Press Unlike popular verb guides that require the rote memorization of hundreds of verb forms, this book clearly explains the rules that govern the conjugation of all classes of Spanish verbs-especially the irregular ones that give second-language learners the most trouble. LC 2004024713, ISBN 0-292-70677-4 (c.), ISBN 0-292-70653-7 (p.) AASL: G/HS PLA: G 492.4'82 Learn to Write the Hebrew Script 158 pp., 5 1/2" x 8 1/4", index, $26.00 paper, CIP included September 2005 Yale University Press "This quirky, unexpected, and utterly charming book offers a three-step method for learning to write Hebrew script, and the author has a gift for presenting the technical and abstract clearly and disarmingly."--The Jerusalem Report. "A completely novel approach to this knotty problem. For anyone who wants or needs to learn Hebrew, this book is a must, a valuable adjunct to any teaching aid."--Josephine Bacon, American Translators Association Chronicle LC 2005042603, ISBN 0-300-11334-X AASL: S/P PLA: S |