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An ideal introduction to the language and culture of Greece, Greek Language and People is an integrated multi-media course for beginners. As well as teaching the skills necessary to communicate in and understand basic Greek, it provides an accessible introduction to the written language, and enables you to read Greek with ease. Language practice is mixed with fascinating insights into contemporary Greece and traditional Greek customs.Whether learning at home or in a class, Greek Language and People can help you to reach the equivalent level of a first qualification, such as GCSE. Course Book*Dialogues and language notes combine with cultural information, introducing new language in a relevant context *Exercises and activities, drawn mainly from authentic Greek sources, allow you to practise new language and reinforce learning 256-page course book

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For the nine million Americans who visit Greece yearly, here is the phrase book that takes the chaos out of the land that invented it. There are motorbike survival tips. The Oracle of the Ferry Schedules. Pithy comments on retsina: “My wine tastes like a handful of pine needles.” And how to pursue romance with the natives: “Could you direct me to the Temple of Dionysus?”

Together the Wicked collection, 933,000 copies in print.

About the Author
Howard Tomb is the author of the Wicked Travel books. He also writes for the Sunday Travel Section of the New York Times.

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The highly successful Globetrotter In Your Pocket series includes a phrase book and two-way dictionary. It also provides help with pronunciation and gives information on etiquette. Languages featured include Italian, German, French, Spanish, Portuguese, and Greek.

From the Back Cover
Inside this handy, pocket-size guide book you will find useful phrases for specific situations, from booking a hotel room to finding a hospital; a handy two-way dictionary that will help you understand as well as being understood.
The guide also includes basic grammar, pronunciation, etiquette and general information about different Greek-speaking countries.

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“[Walthew's] beautifully written book is an elegy for an England that is dying” — Max Davidson DAILY TELEGRAPH “Avoiding the usual bland elegy for the rustic and redemptive, his book is a valuable memoir, both personal and social, a meditation on belonging in one of many Englands.” OBSERVER “a hard-edged and moving account of life in rural Britain today” SUNDAY TIMES “Compelling and often deeply moving…Walthew has a genuine gift for bringing both people and places to life and marshals his runaway real life narratives with a novelist’s skill.” Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall “I read A Place in My Country with absolute unalloyed delight. A glorious book.” — Jeremy Irons “he finds a farming heartbeat that is proud and defiant, defended by a cast of characters that outshine The Archers. A revelation of a book” — Tim Butcher, author Blood River “affecting and inspiring memoir…required reading for anyone who claims to know or love this country” FINANCIAL TIMES “Funny, touching and ultimately very moving, this is a beautiful, unsentimental account of a personal loss that is reflected in the rapidly changing texture of life in rural England.” — Clover Stroud SUNDAY TELEGRAPH “a riveting read” COUNTRY LIFE “The book is a fascinating snapshot. All of life is here - birth, death, struggles with illness, hard work, lots of laughter. It will make you smile gently to yourself, laugh out loud, shed a quiet tear and feel angry at the changes happening in our countryside.” NFU’S COUNTRYSIDE MAGAZINE “This is a great book, if you like to have your misconceptions about our land thoroughly challenged.” BBC COUNTRYFILE MAGAZINE “Well written and well constructed, this is an enjoyable, funny, often poignant book, and one that will resonate with many New Zealanders.” CHRISTCHURCH PRESS

Chasing memories of the losses of his brother and father, the author, a young newspaper director, and his Australian wife visit the Cotswolds.On a whim they buy a cottage and Ian resigns.They slowly get to know Norman, their inscrutable and apparently terrifying neighbor; Geoff, the ebullient landlord of their eclecticlocal bar—last bastion against the encroaching gastropub; and Tom, an ex-gamekeeper, who lets Ian see something of a hidden rural culture.The delightful aspects of village life and an ever-changing landscapeare evocatively captured; but it is from working with Norman on his small chaotic farm that they learn about the loss of the countryside to industrial farming and of no-longer affordable housing to the dreaded “white settlers.”Shadows of the past and a seemingly segregated social world around them begin to cast doubts on whether this is the place for them.This is a gentle lesson in taking time to confront our losses, memories, and prejudices to discover a revitalized life in the country.

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