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1	Learn Italian the Fast and Fun Way more books like this by Marcel Danesi add to wishlist The popular "Fast and Fun Way" language learning series, previously available as book-and-cassette programs and in paperback book-only versions, can now be purchased to teach Italian and three other languages as a combination book and audio CD package. This program, designed for both travelers and students, instructs in the basics of speaking, ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.69! \| first editions \| SVS
2	The Total Brain Workout: 450 Puzzles to Sharpen Your Mind, Improve Your Memory, and Keep Your Brain Fit more books like this by Marcel Danesi add to wishlist Containing more than 500 puzzles including crosswords, Sudoku, and mazes, this collection helps puzzlers of all levels sharpen their minds, improve their memory, and keep their brain fit. Original. see all copies from $9.59! new only from $9.59!
3	Italian Now!: A Level One Worktext more books like this by Marcel Danesi add to wishlist Designed for both classroom use and as a text for self-teaching language learners, this book consists of 30 work units, an extensive Italian-English and English-Italian vocabulary list, idioms, and dialogues, all focused to build proficiency in reading, writing, speaking and understanding Italian. Word-completion and multiple-choice exercises, ... see all copies from $6.57! new only from $6.57! \| SVS
4	Italian the Easy Way more books like this by Marcel Danesi add to wishlist This imaginatively presented course is useful to those outside a classroom environment who want to begin learning Italian, as well as those students of Italian who wish to supplement their studies to better their grades and increase language proficiency. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| SVS
5	Adesso!: An Introduction to Italian more books like this by Marcel Danesi add to wishlist "Adesso! Video Update, Third Edition" is a complete introductory Italian program that takes a communicative and functional approach to learning language. The Video Update contains a DVD of Sulla Strada: 1378 km which takes you on a vibrant tour of Italy and offers authentic language exchanges. Also included is a Video Activity Manual bound into ... see all copies from $13.50! new only from $16.43!
6	Italian Verb Workbook more books like this by Marcel Danesi add to wishlist Here is a fine new, user-friendly supplementary language worktext for students enrolled in high school and college-level Italian courses, as well as for those who know some Italian but want to work independently to improve their knowledge of Italian verbs. The book is divided into five main sections: verbsa present indicative tenses; their past ... see all copies from $3.13! new only from $6.07! \| SVS
7	Italian Demystified more books like this by Marcel Danesi add to wishlist There's no easier way to untangle the complexities of Italian. "Italian Demystified" provides you with a friendly, nonintimidating method that takes the confusion out of learning a new language, walking you step by step through the fundamentals and moving on to more advanced topics. Each chapter concludes with a self-test that allows you to track ... see all copies from $7.45! new only from $12.63! \| SVS
8	Con Fantasia: Reviewing and Expanding Functional Italian Skills more books like this by Marcel Danesi, Michael Lettieri, Ph.D., Salvatore Bancheri, Ph.D. add to wishlist CON FANTASIA: REVIEWING AND EXPANDING FUNCTIONAL ITALIAN SKILLS, 3e, allows you to use your prior knowledge of Italian as a basis for expansion and practice of more complex linguistic and cultural topics. Each chapter is built around a thematic focus, and the activities are related to these themes. see all copies from $3.45! new only from $25.00! \| SVS
9	The Puzzle Instinct: The Meaning of Puzzles in Human Life more books like this by Marcel Danesi add to wishlist Why are humans fascinated by puzzles? Puzzle-addict and renowned communication theorist Marcel Danesi takes readers on an exploration of the philosophical implications of the puzzle instinct. Puzzles are as old as humanity and the human instinct for puzzles betrays the larger perpetual search for meaning to life. Danesi not only has included many ... see all copies from $2.99! new only from $13.73!
10	Learn Italian the Fast and Fun Way with Audio CDs more books like this by Marcel Danesi add to wishlist Updated with helpful facts and tips for international travelers, new third edition of Learn Italian the Fast and Fun Way book with audio CDs is suitable as a language teacher for adults as well as for older children. This program instructs beginners in the basics of reading, writing, understanding, and speaking the new language. The book lightens ... see all copies from $25.00! new only from $25.00! \| SVS
11 view cover	Basic American Grammar and Usage: An ESL/Efl Handbook more books like this by Marcel Danesi add to wishlist Many students of English as a second language are daunted by the complexities of English grammar and its terminology. This user-friendly book was written especially for them. The emphasis here is on practical use of written and spoken American-style English, rather than on theory. The first of the bookas 15 chapters explains different kinds of ... see all copies from $5.80! new only from $9.00! \| SVS
12 view cover	Popular Culture: Introductory Perspectives more books like this by Marcel Danesi add to wishlist What is pop culture? Why do we so often hate to love it and love to hate it? What makes us embrace parts of it and not others? Marcel Danesi explores our human desire for meaning and the need to symbolize it in music, language, art, and other creative forms. He offers a variety of perspectives to help us understand the products of popular ... see all copies from $9.47! new only from $23.15! \| SVS
13 view cover	Correct Your Italian Blunders: Avoid 99% of the Common Mistakes Made by Learners of Italian more books like this by Marcel Danesi add to wishlist Build your Italian skills - by learning what not to do. Mixing genders, inverting subjects and objects, and using false cognates are just a few of the common blunders language learners have been making from time immemorial. With the help of numerous examples, practical exercises, and quick-reference tables, this fast-paced guide helps you break ... see all copies from $2.95! new only from $8.16! \| SVS
14 view cover	Forever Young: The 'Teen-Aging' of Modern Culture more books like this by Marcel Danesi add to wishlist The excessive worship of adolescence and its social empowerment by adult institutions is the deeply rooted cause of a serious cultural malaise. So argues semiotician Marcel Danesi in Forever Young, an unforgiving and controversial look at modern culture's incessant drive to create a 'teen-aging' of adult life. Written for the general reader and ... see all copies from $3.84! new only from $13.90! \| first editions \| SVS
15 view cover	Complete Italian Grammar Review more books like this by Marcel Danesi add to wishlist This title, the first in Barron's brand-new series of grammar review books, presents a complete overview of grammatical terms, parts of speech, and how they work together in the Italian language. An opening section presents the basics of Italian pronunciation, spelling, and sentence structure. Sections that follow cover all verb tenses and moods, ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.89! \| SVS
16 view cover	Italian Verb Conjugation Card (Foreign Language Verb Conjugation Cards) by Marcel Danesi add to wishlist The most-often-used Italian regular and irregular verbs are presented with English translations in this quick-reference format. The six-panel card is laminated for long life and punched to fit either a two-ring or a three-ring notebook. The verb tenses are listed and explained in both active and passive voices, with information on how to use them ... see all copies from $3.60! new only from $3.60!
17 view cover	Messages, Signs, and Meanings: A Basic Textbook in Semiotics and Communication more books like this by Marcel Danesi (Editor) add to wishlist This text is designed to provide a basic introduction to semiotics and communication theory, with plenty of examples from and applications to popular culture. It aims to make accessible the technical and often abstruse subject matter of sign theory in practical ways, with illustrations in such areas as myth, storytelling, television, advertising, ... see all copies from $25.25! new only from $37.65!
18 view cover	Of Cigarettes, High Heels and Other Interesting Things: An Introduction to Semiotics more books like this by Marcel Danesi add to wishlist Author Marcello Danesi explores the discipline known as semiotics, which endeavours to understand reasons for the risky behaviours of the human species, and the human quest for meaning.Marcello Danesi is a world famous expert on language, semiotics, and communications. He is the Editor in Chief of "Semiotica" and frequently attends conferences, ... see all copies from $2.95! new only from $28.62! \| SVS
19 view cover	Italian Vocabulary more books like this by Marcel Danesi add to wishlist The newly revised and expanded edition of this language helper presents nearly 6,000 English words and phrases categorized by practical subject themes and translated into their Italian equivalents. Subject theme groupings include numbers and measurements, as well as words and phrases related to greeting, travel situations, shopping, using the ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
20 view cover	Pronounce It Perfectly in Italian: Book with 2 Cassettes more books like this by Pronounce It Perfectly, Marcel Danesi add to wishlist This course focuses on vowel sounds, diphthongs, syllable stress, and unusual Italian consonant combinations. Also includes extensive practice with words and sentences. see all copies from $5.99! new only from $41.77!
21 view cover	Italian Grammar more books like this by Marcel Danesi add to wishlist Books in Barron's foreign language "Grammar Series" are small in size but filled with helpful fast-reference information for language students. They make fine supplements to standard textbooks. Topics covered include parts of speech, sentence structure, punctuation, idioms, and pronunciation advice. This new edition of "Italian Grammar" is printed ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| SVS
22 view cover	Crucigramas y Acertijos En Inglis Para Hispanohablantes: English Word Puzzles for Speakers of Spanish more books like this by Marcel Danesi add to wishlist Word puzzles are fun, but just as important, they also have a hidden educational benefit. They help students of a new language learn vocabulary and word meanings easily and efficiently. Spanish speakers who are learning English as a second language will find this book's puzzles challenging, fun to solve, and ideal for expanding and developing ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99!
23 view cover	Analyzing Cultures: An Introduction and Handbook more books like this by Marcel Danesi, Paul Perron, Paul J Perrone add to wishlist "Analyzing Cultures" is intended to be a comprehensive introduction to the field of cultural semiotics. It is designed for classroom use for courses in a number of disciplines, including: introductory courses in semiotics; courses in cultural studies; anthropology courses on culture; and, social science courses on human nature. Each of the twelve ... see all copies from $5.99! new only from $12.95! \| first editions \| SVS
24 view cover	Encyclopedic Dict of Semiotics more books like this by Marcel Danesi (Editor) add to wishlist Semiotics, Media Studies, and, Communication Studies are Three Closely interlinked fields. Briefly stated, semiotics, the science of signs, looks at how humans search for and construct meaning; communication studies is concerned with how meaning is conveyed; and media studies considers the ways in which messages are transmitted and received. This ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $20.95! \| first editions \| SVS
25 view cover	Understanding Media Semiotics more books like this by Marcel Danesi add to wishlist Media semiotics is a valuable method of focusing on the hidden meanings within media texts. This book offers students an in-depth guide to help them investigate and understand the media using semiotic theory. It assumes little previous knowledge of the field, avoiding jargon and explaining the issues step by step. The two basic features of the ... see all copies from $8.93! new only from $45.89! \| first editions \| SVS

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