David Burke, author of more than 60 language books, has released a series of illustrated storybooks and accompanying audio CDs that start in English but end in a foreign language, as a way to boost brain power. Using traditional bedtime fare, Burke eases adults and children into speaking and reading foreign languages. According to Dr. Andrew Weil, who practices Integrative Medicine, learning a foreign language has a significant medical benefit. It can actually help you to live longer by keeping your brain healthy."Just the attempt to learn a language is like running different software through the brain. You're exercising more communication channels in the brain," he says.
PATERSON - When Darlene Bowman started working at the South Branch of the city library last year, some patrons always asked for books written in Turkish. Now the librarian can meet their demands. We want to serve the under-served," she said.
An obituary for linguist Charles Frambach Berlitz who died on Dec 18, 2003 at the age of 90 is presented. During his long life, Berlitz sold more books than any other linguist in history wherein most of them are travel guides and foreign language phrase books like Passport to French, Swedish for Travelers, and Spanish Step by Step.
DENVER - A Colorado Springs lawmaker is proposing a constitutional amendment that would bar the state from providing anything in Spanish. House Concurrent Resolution 1008 by Rep. Dave Schultheis, R- Colorado Springs, was introduced Thursday. In addition to prohibiting the state from printing any forms in Spanish, it would ban foreign-language books in libraries and public schools.
Portland Public Library patrons can now download audiobooks to their home computers. The library is subscribing to Recorded Books audiobooks through Online Computer Library Center's NetLibrary. Patrons can download everything from best sellers, classics, mysteries, to foreign language books and biographies. Library patrons must register to use the download service. A user name and password will be established. Registered patrons will be able to use the download service from any location.
...POD will in particular help foreign book publishers who want to sell both their backli..., niche titles, custom books, foreign language editions and alternative formats, such as large pr...
Columbia Public Library: 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday through Thursday, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, 1 to 5 p.m. Sunday. 100 W. Broadway. 443-3161 or www.dbrl.org. - This year's One Read book is "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen. For more information and a listing of all One Read events, visitoneread.dbrl.org. - Drop-in Internet & Computer Help, noon to 1:30 p.m. Tuesday. - First Tuesday Book Sale, noon to 3 p.m. Tuesday. This month's themes are reference books, textbooks and foreign language works. - Self-Guided Computer Tutorials, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Wednesday and 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. Thursday. Register. - Friends of the Library Annual Fall Book Sale, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, 1 to 5 p.m. next Sunday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sept. 10. Friends members only 9 a.m. to noon Sat...
...These cultural heritages include language, marriage rites, burial rites, birth rites, dressi... localization we mean a process by which foreign cultures viewed in the satellite TV system or the .... Today, Nigerians use and read books written in foreign language faster and more fluent...
While British novelists Charlotte Bronte and Emily Bronte have engaged generations of readers with "Jane Eyre" and "Wuthering Heights," the sisters' and their other siblings' personal lives are equally engaging, as demonstrated by a new exhibit opening at the Lancaster Literary Guild. This collection contains reproductions of the letters, poems, sketches and paintings that span their short lives and reveal the friendships, sorrows and haunting loves that consumed them.
...His other books include "Good Benito," "The Diagnosis," "Reunion" ... by the author, limited editions, foreign language and reference books. Audio and video mate...
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