Going to Turkey and looking to make friends? Don't leave home without the Top 25 Turkish Questions You Need to Know! In this powerful audiobook, you'll master responses to all the basic questions, from "what's your name?" to "where are you from?" and more. Built into every lesson you'll find opportunities for extensive practice, self-review, and self-evaluation. By the end of the book, you'll not only be answering these questions but asking them yourself!...

"What are you?-Excuse me?-You know, like where are you from?-Nebraska.-No, I mean like, what are you?" I've been asked this question more times than I can count. And I always know what the person is trying to ask, but I have to admit I kind of like to see them struggle. It shouldn't be so hard to ask, "Hey, what race are you?" But it is. Especially when the person doesn't fit nicely into one box. This is the plight of every ethnically ambiguous-looking...

"In this unusual, engaging, and intimate collection of personal essays, Lamba Literary Award finalist Tania De Rozario recalls growing up as a queer, brown, fat girl in Singapore, blending memoir with elements of history, pop culture, horror films, and current events to explore the nature of monsters and what it means to be different. Tania De Rozario was just twelve years old when she was gay-exorcised. Convinced that her boyish style and demeanor...

Studying Greek can be intimidating. Not only do you face the usual challenges of learning a new language -- vocabulary, grammar, verb tenses -- but you also have to contend with a non-Roman script. The extraordinary accessible Read & Speak Greek for Beginners entertains you while you learn, lessening the anxiety of a new script and increasing your desire to master Greek. -- back cover.

Combines personal reflections, historical allusions, and traveler's observations about the author's encounters with language and its users throughout the English-speaking world.

"There are 3.4 million South Asian-Americans in the U.S. They are creating an identity in a nation accustomed to binary racial choices, where the common understanding is that you are either black or white. The old model of immigration follows a progression from outsider to insider, or from being a person of color to either being perceived as white or being lumped in with white citizens. That transition has been documented with the help of two well...

Accompanying audio CD has listening exercises and audio games to help reinforce pronunciation and comprehension.

Analyzes the Gospel accounts of Jesus's infancy and childhood, detailing how the stories of his youth are as relevant today as they were when they were documented.