Colloquial Icelandic: The Complete Course for Beginners
 CD version, available? Apparently not...: I tried to order the CD version of this set (isn't that what's offered here..?) a week ago. Amazon sent out the cassette version. Sent that back, Amazon sent me a replacement--the cassette version again. When I [... more]
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C++ Primer
From Amazon.com: This new edition of C++ Primer, a favorite choice for a first C++ book, has been greatly improved with the latest and greatest on C++, stressing the built-in language features of the C++ Standard Library. For this new version--weighing [... more]
CDN$74.99
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Teach Yourself Swahili (Book Only)
Back to the Basics.: This book is amazing. I've bought many Teach Yourself books, but this book makes me want to go through it. This book isn't built for colloquial speaking in informal formal situations. It's about being a tourist, but only for the [... more]
CDN$17.95
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Sams Teach Yourself Microsoft Access 2002 Programming in ...
Clear and confusing at the same time: VBA is a challenging subject, especially if you are trying to learn it on your own (like me). An ideal book, therefore, is one that presents the subject in a clear and simple manner. In some ways this book [... more]
CDN$32.99
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Colloquial Turkish Pack: The Complete Course for Beginners
One of the best...: Over the past few months, as I've struggled to learn a bit of Turkish, books on that topic have filled my shelves and backpack. Every time I find another one, I add it to my collection. My addiction to all language books Turkish isn't [... more]
CDN$46.83
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Colloquial Icelandic: The Complete Course for Beginners
CD version, available? Apparently not...: I tried to order the CD version of this set (isn't that what's offered here..?) a week ago. Amazon sent out the cassette version. Sent that back, Amazon sent me a replacement--the cassette version again. When I [... more]
CDN$29.12
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Teach Yourself 101 Key Ideas : Philosophy
Western philosophy in 101 pages: This book describes itself as something between a dictionary and a philosophy textbook. In a textbook, the definitions would go on and on for pages. In a dictionary, there are often only one or two sentences. In this [... more]
CDN$11.95
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Teach Yourself Beginner's Latin (Book Only)
Fantastic introduction to the Latin language: This book is a brilliant introduction to the Latin language. I first bought this when I was fourteen and worked my way through it, and I then followed it up with the textbook Wheelock's Latin: the two [... more]
CDN$12.95
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Homeric Greek: A Book for Beginners
The pleasures of an ancient language: A professor once told me that it takes ten years of constant work to become really good in an ancient language. After working through Pharr, I could and did read the Iliad and the Odyssey in Greek, with the help of a [... more]
CDN$37.07
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Teach Yourself Brazilian Portuguese
Very limited and misleading: This is advertised as a complete course but gives you only the basics and not very clearly explained. As a course it lacks the usual building up from easy beginnings to more complete sentences. You just get the language from [... more]
CDN$40.61
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Teach Yourself Irish Complete Course Audio Package
Outright ridiculous: In this review I'll try to explain a. why I think Irish is a wonderful language that I wish everyone would learn. b. why this book is the worst book on the market a. The Irish Language Irish is a Celtic language. It is almost [... more]
CDN$41.95
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Sams Teach Yourself More Visual Basic 6 in 21 Days
very poorly edited: I wish I had read the others' review about this book before I started to read this book. There are just too many editial erros in it. For example, Figure 1.22 refers to Hierarchical FlexGrid Control but it actually shows Tooltiptext; [... more]
CDN$32.99
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