Descriere: The fully revised and updated Collins Italian Dictionary is perfect for home, school and office use. It offers: Up-to-date coverage of today's languageOver 40,000 entries and 70,000 translationsAn easy-to-use formatCommonly used phrases and idiomsMain irregular verb forms givenMost common abbreviations, acronyms, and geographic namesPronunciations for English and Italian shown in the International Phonetic Alphabet
| Editura: Harper | Anul aparitiei: 2007 | ISBN: 9780061260490 | Numar de pagini: 425 | Categorie: Language
Frederic M. Wheelock, Richard A. LaFleur
Wheelock's Latin Reader, 2e: Selections from Latin Literature
Originally intended by Professor Frederic M. Wheelock as a sequel to Wheelock's Latin, his classic introductory Latin textbook, Wheelock's Latin Reader, newly revised and updated by Richard A. LaFleur, is the ideal text for any intermediate-level Latin course. You'll find a rich selection of of prose and poetry from a wide range of classical authors, as well as briefer passages from medieval and Late Latin writers, each presented in the Latin in which it was originally written. Useful features include extensive notes; a complete Latin-English vocabulary; maps of ancient Italy, Greece, and the Roman Empire; and numerous photographs illustrating aspects of classical culture, mythology, and history featured in the readings.
William Zinsser
On Writing Well: The Classic Guide to Writing Nonfiction
" On Writing Well is a bible for a generation of writers looking for clues to clean, compelling prose." - New York Times A beloved classic, this definitive volume on the art of writing nonfiction celebrates its thirtieth anniversary. On Writing Well , which grew out of a course that William Zinsser taught at Yale, has been praised for its sound advice, its clarity, and for the warmth of its style. It is a book for anybody who wants to learn how to write or who needs to do some writing to get through the day, as almost everybody does. Whether you want to write about people or places, science and technology, business, sports, the arts, or about yourself in the increasingly popular memoir genre, On Writing Well offers you both fundamental principles as well as the insights of a distinguished practitioner. With over a million copies in print, this volume has stood the test of time and remains a valued resource for writers and would-be writers.