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My favourite Dilbert book (and also my first time reading a book of Scott Adams which wasn't a comic strip). Highly recommended.
My favourite Dilbert book (and also my first time reading a book of Scott Adams which wasn't a comic strip). Highly recommended.
Traditional foods to savour - well-known appetizers, classic cakes and tarts, good honest stews and one-pan dishes plus timeless favourite …
Overclocked: Stories of the Future Present (Thunder's Mouth Press, 2007, ISBN 1-56025-981-7) is a collection of previously published science fiction …
After being interrogated for days by the Department of Homeland Security in the aftermath of a major terrorist attack on …
Young adult science fiction set in the present or near future. The characters are "gold farmers" extracting virtual resources from …
What happens to America when two geeks working from a garage invent easy 3D printing, a cure for obesity, and …
I read the original and Dutch translated version and have to say the translation is too meticulous in a wrong way - too faithful to the original and therefore contains irrelevant information from my point of view (culturally different approaches/way of thinking). It is a nice book to get you started about some basics and get you thinking, but essentially after reading the book I still had many more questions than answers. My suggestion, compile a list and make a phonecall to your own parents or friends who are also parents.
Draws on more than forty interviews with Steve Jobs, as well as interviews with family …
Read the first few chapters, and after a while I couldn't continue. It felt boring and repetitive... too much hype? Well, most of this information was known to me before; even from several older books. I tried to listen to the audiobook to overcome this issue, but again didn't finish. Although his life is interesting... it might be a worthwhile book to read to you, but when you have heard his life story before you will not find anything new. And for the tech background, there are better books available about the Macintosh or the Pixar story.
Read the first few chapters, and after a while I couldn't continue. It felt boring and repetitive... too much hype? Well, most of this information was known to me before; even from several older books. I tried to listen to the audiobook to overcome this issue, but again didn't finish. Although his life is interesting... it might be a worthwhile book to read to you, but when you have heard his life story before you will not find anything new. And for the tech background, there are better books available about the Macintosh or the Pixar story.
Learning 250 characters with this book means you will actually learn thousands of words. Each character is described with a short summary, stroke order, radical, the traditional form and lots of examples and compound forms.
For example. Character 32; 再 [zài], means 'again'. But it also teaches you 再次 (once more), 再见 (see you again, goodbye) and 再三 (again and again), etc.
Learning 250 characters with this book means you will actually learn thousands of words. Each character is described with a short summary, stroke order, radical, the traditional form and lots of examples and compound forms.
For example. Character 32; 再 [zài], means 'again'. But it also teaches you 再次 (once more), 再见 (see you again, goodbye) and 再三 (again and again), etc.
This series for learning Chinese is not without some minor issues, but certainly will recommend this over Integrated Chinese as it a lot cheaper, comes with the audio. (Yes, I know both... part of language teaching).
The included audio recordings are of a very good quality. The thing I disliked the most is the size of print. It feels a lot like large script for people with a reading or visible impairment or it trying to aim different level of learner's (including college level). It makes the books large and unnecessarily thick. Especially noticeable since it lacks a digital version.
If you want to learn Chinese, these books can help you a lot to master the basics to even intermediate level (book 1-4) and some advanced (book 5-6). Use the newer updated 2nd edition.
This series for learning Chinese is not without some minor issues, but certainly will recommend this over Integrated Chinese as it a lot cheaper, comes with the audio. (Yes, I know both... part of language teaching).
The included audio recordings are of a very good quality. The thing I disliked the most is the size of print. It feels a lot like large script for people with a reading or visible impairment or it trying to aim different level of learner's (including college level). It makes the books large and unnecessarily thick. Especially noticeable since it lacks a digital version.
If you want to learn Chinese, these books can help you a lot to master the basics to even intermediate level (book 1-4) and some advanced (book 5-6). Use the newer updated 2nd edition.
Average book series for learning Chinese. It feels very much aimed at the American market in word choice for teaching (it tends to be less neutral than New Practical Chinese Reader) and the images make it look like a poorly drawn children's book. Also, the vocabulary being thought is not as rich. It still is a nice way to learn Chinese language and culture... but be aware, for self-teaching it might not be the best choice (as of lesson 3 it would require you to look words up as the conversations do not have a one-to-one translation). I would recommend NPCR if you really want to learn Chinese... as the books are a lot cheaper, uses HSK material and also the audio recordings if you need these are a lot better.
Average book series for learning Chinese. It feels very much aimed at the American market in word choice for teaching (it tends to be less neutral than New Practical Chinese Reader) and the images make it look like a poorly drawn children's book. Also, the vocabulary being thought is not as rich. It still is a nice way to learn Chinese language and culture... but be aware, for self-teaching it might not be the best choice (as of lesson 3 it would require you to look words up as the conversations do not have a one-to-one translation). I would recommend NPCR if you really want to learn Chinese... as the books are a lot cheaper, uses HSK material and also the audio recordings if you need these are a lot better.
Great for learner's of Chinese (either Chinese kids or foreign language students). It provides short explanations, and when possible compounds and examples. These are all accompanied by pinyin (for the compounds and examples) and zhuyin and traditional for the character (字) itself.
The translations are very useful to either native or fluent English level speakers. But please, do not use it as a Chinese-English (汉英)-dictionary as this is not a word-dictionary.
The bilingual version is slightly dated; This version is based on the 1998 release of the Xinhua Zidian (新华字典), while the Chinese only version is currently available as 11th edition, published in 2011.
Great for learner's of Chinese (either Chinese kids or foreign language students). It provides short explanations, and when possible compounds and examples. These are all accompanied by pinyin (for the compounds and examples) and zhuyin and traditional for the character (字) itself.
The translations are very useful to either native or fluent English level speakers. But please, do not use it as a Chinese-English (汉英)-dictionary as this is not a word-dictionary.
The bilingual version is slightly dated; This version is based on the 1998 release of the Xinhua Zidian (新华字典), while the Chinese only version is currently available as 11th edition, published in 2011.
