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Smoother than capoeira, fresher than a caipirinha, tastier than an empada. Make the most of your travels with Brazilian Portuguese.

*super social section for getting to know people.
*communication tips and cultural information.
*culinary reader offers the wonders of Brazilian cuisine.

Customer Reviews:

Very helpful.......2007-05-24

I picked up Conversational Brazilian Portuguese: Learn to Speak and Understand Portuguese with Pimsleur Language Programs (Simon & Schuster's Pimsleur), in audio and learned a lot. It helps to have some spanish lessons when you were young. This book was a nice addition to my base, and it came in handy more than a few times once I was in Brazil.

Extremely Helpful.......2006-08-21

I just returned from a trip to Brazil, and though I know some Spanish, I had no previous exposure to Portuguese. This phrasebook proved invaluable in helping me bridge the gap, and contributed to me having an even better time, and blending in better with the locals.

Passable.......2006-03-14

Beware of serious pronunciation errors in this book. Although it was overall pretty useful, there were some glaring errors in areas where there likely shouldn't have been. Case in point, the phonetic pronunciation for tchau (goodbye) in the book is spelled out as "tee-show." At least in Bahia, it was pronounced by the locals just like the Italian "ciao." The word "vinte" (twenty) is spelled out "veeng-te" in the book, while again everyone we encountered in Bahia pronounced it "veen-chay." I don't know if these are regional differences in Brazilian Portuguese, but if so, they need to at least be addressed in the book. Take care when using the phrasebook to listen to the local speakers as well.

Best Brazilian Portuguese phrase book I've found!.......2006-03-03

I'm just a lonely writer wanna-be in the heart of the middle of nowhere, so what do I choose to write -- a period piece of Brazil. I can't even begin to praise this book enough. Not only do I get phrases and words, but there are all sorts of little historical and cultural details.

I will probably never travel to Brazil, but this little book is allowing my imagination to have a trip!

Lonely Planet Brazilian Portuguese.......2005-10-27

Great pocket guide to give you a basic working knowledge of the language.

Lonely Planet Traveltalk Brazilian Portuguese (TravelTalk)

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Not good for beginners

Lonely Planet Traveltalk Brazilian Portuguese (TravelTalk)
Inc. Penton Overseas
Manufacturer: Penton Overseas
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: 1591253802

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Not good for beginners.......2006-05-31

This CD is not beneficial for beginners. The portuguese is spoken too fast to comprehend correct pronunciation. It would have been much better if the phrases were spoken slower for the student to learn how to say it correctly and then at the normal speed. I gave the CD 3 stars because it came with a lonely planet travel dictionary that I do find beneficial.

Lonely Planet Brazilian Portuguese Phrasebook (Lonely Planet Phrasebooks)

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Manufacturer: Lonely Planet Publications
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American master of sardonic wit Ambrose Bierce defined the epigram as a "short, sharp saying in prose or verse, frequently characterized by acidity or acerbity and sometimes by wisdom." This delightful dictionary puts multitudes of epigrams at your fingertips, providing the perfect phrases with which to show off your razor-sharp wit and verbal acrobatics. With contributions from everyone that matters (and many who otherwise haven't), this wonderful anthology is humorous, stimulating, and entertainingly edifying.

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Penguin Dictionary of Epigrams
Mark Cohen
Manufacturer: Penguin (Non-Classics)
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000OJ8OX2

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Over 500 copyright-free illustrations of mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, insects, other invertebrates.

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READY-T0-USE OLD-FASHIONED ANIMAL CUTS

Manufacturer: DOVER PUBHL.
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000HHW8XS

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Borzoi/Grey Lurcher.......2006-12-28

Entertaining and Insightful. A great reference book for any sighthound enthusiast in America or the UK.

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A Lurcher in the House
William Loyd
Manufacturer: Nyali Press
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Binding: Hardcover

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A LURCHER IN THE HOUSE.
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Manufacturer: BCA
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Great Bookl

Growing made easy

Great Reference Book

Presents a canna expert's complete review of the plant

The only book dedicated to Cannas

The Gardener's Guide to Growing Cannas (Gardener's Guide to Growing Series)
Ian Cooke
Manufacturer: Timber Press, Incorporated
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Binding: Paperback

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The strong forms and eye-catching colors of cannas make them perfect for planting as focal points or to help create a subtropical ambience.

Customer Reviews:

Great Bookl.......2007-07-15

I was very surprised at how much I learned about Cannas. I have approximately 40 different cannas. I learned more from reading the book than I have from raising cannas for the last 10 years. I also discovered some new ones that I plan on ordering.

Growing made easy.......2007-01-11

The Gardener's Guide to Cannas is a perfect place to start if you have any interest in one of the easiest plants to grow. The book covers everything you need to know, covers all the unique varities, and has wonderful pictures.

Great Reference Book.......2007-01-04

Detailed descriptions of Cannas including leaf and petal colors. Great color photos. Nice book!

Presents a canna expert's complete review of the plant.......2002-01-09

Cannas are thought of in terms of their beautiful color. Ian Cooke's Gardener's Guide To Growing Cannas presents a canna expert's complete review of the plant, from an A-Z listing of varieties to the history of cannas, their cultivation and species, and cannas in the garden. Gardener's Guide To Growing Cannas is an appealing, colorful, comprehensive guide which gardeners and horticulturalists will appreciate.

The only book dedicated to Cannas.......2001-12-26

This book deserves more than five stars! I had searched for a book on Cannas for a long time. As Ian Cooke points out, this book is the only comprehensive work published on Cannas since 1903. It has become one of my treasured plant bibles, along side with "Heliconia: An Identification Guide" by Fred Berry & W. John Kress and "Exotica" by Alfred Graf.

I live in the tropics and Cannas are indispensable in adding colours to an otherwise overpowering green garden. This book is aimed at gardeners in temperate climate countries, who have a more challenging task in growing Cannas. Ian Cooke is obviously an authority on these plants. The book has valuable information on Canna species, cultivation including common pests and diseases, and propagation by rhizome division and growing from seeds. There is even a list of websites/nurseries dedicated to this genus and is an alternative avenue for sourcing of new species by keen gardeners.

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The Gardener's Guide to Growing Cannas
Ian Cooke
Manufacturer: Timber Press, Incorporated
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000MC1CDK

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The present study offers a thorough account of the activities of the radical left in Turkey between 1960-1980 and shows how these formed a major contributing factor to the political instability of the country and the military coups that took place in March 1971 and September 1980. The military coup of May 1960 liberalized political life in Turkey, and a legal leftist movement arose, combining in its ranks social-democratic, trade-unionist and Marxist elements. Many of these were united in the framework of the Turkish Labour Party. The ideological and political struggle within the leftist movement led to a split in the Labour Party and to the formation in the 1970s of several legal socialist parties, each of which adopted its own model of socialism: "Soviet," "Chinese," "Turkish," "Scandinavian," "North Korean." The 1980 military coup terminated the legal activity of the marxist parties. Some merged with the Communist Party, which operated illegally, others sought ways of legalizing their activity in the new political conditions of Turkey.

Customer Reviews:

Incoherent, expensive; 60% is out-of-date XTensions catalog.......1997-07-02

This 256-page book comprises 96 pages of tips in large, poorly-laid-out type; nearly 30 pages of a keystroke poster chopped into useless bits; and 125 pages describing XTensions for use with Quark. The last section is available free and up-to-date from The XChange. For $27.95, you might expect a floppy disk or at least some organization and coherency, but in the introduction to the book the editor says quite frankly that any attempt for logical organization of the tips was abandoned.

For real tips with focus, design, and editing, try QuarkXPress Tips and Tricks (ISBN 1566091373), which includes a CD-ROM for Macintosh at only $34.95; or for a solid grounding in QuarkXPress menus and basic tips and features, buy QuarkXPress for Dummies (ISBN 1568842171)or QuarkXPress for Macintosh: Visual QuickStart (ISBN 155091284).

Whatever you do, avoid this facade of a book with a copyright of a 1996, but which states clearly the tips come from 1990 to 1994

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