This is the ideal French course for absolute beginners - designed for adults learning at home or in a class. Talk French provides you with a clear, simple and successful way of learning French. Featuring introductions, ordering and talking about food and drink, finding your way around, buying things, finding somewhere to stay and getting around, it gives you the best possible grounding in the basics of French. Whether you're learning for work, for a first qualification or just for fun, Talk French is the simplest way to start speaking the language in no time!

‘Determined to learn the language but no time for nightschool? Try the BBC Talk short courses.’ The Guardian Learn even faster and smarter with the flexibility, speed and convenience of this enhanced eBook. Everything you need is just where you need it: navigate the book with ease, practise your listening and speaking skills, test your progress and access valuable language notes all with one touch from the page you’re on. Talk French has already inspired thousands of people to learn French from scratch and find the confidence to give it a go. It is a bestselling course, widely used both in the classroom and by independent learners. Make fast progress right from the start using the successful, proven Talk method - with specially designed activities, interactive audio and clear, jargon-free grammar explanations. Develop your language skills with tips and strategies to help you learn. Express yourself more confidently through taking part in real French conversations. Whether you’re learning for business, travel or just for fun, this straightforward, step-by-step approach will ensure you’re soon able to speak French in a range of everyday situations. Want to improve your grammar? Get quickly up to speed with our bestselling Talk French Grammar eBook. Easy to follow and specially written to work with this course, it’ll help you easily demystify and unlock the key structures of French grammar and boost your understanding, speaking and listening skills. Search now for ‘Talk French Grammar’. Learner reviews of the book/CD version of Talk French:‘An excellent book for beginners and teachers.’ ‘Anyone learning French you must buy this book. It is brilliant and the CD is great.’ ‘Signed up for a course and this was the obligatory material. I will not be attending any more courses but WILL buy the next series of this pack.’ Also available: Talk Spanish Enhanced eBook, Talk Italian Enhanced eBook and Talk German Enhanced eBook; Talk Spanish Grammar eBook, Talk French Grammar eBook, Talk Italian Grammar eBook and Talk German Grammar eBook

Learn a language for less – get this bestselling Enhanced eBook for HALF PRICE - only £6.99. For a limited time only. Learn even faster and smarter with the flexibility, speed and convenience of this enhanced eBook. Everything you need is just where you need it: navigate the book with ease, practise your listening and speaking skills, test your progress and access valuable language notes all with one touch from the page you’re on. TALK French 2 has already helped thousands of people to improve their French.Whether you’re returning to the language and don’t want to start from scratch or you’ve completed an introductory course, Talk French 2 is the ideal way to take your French to the next level – fast. With its clear and effective approach, you’ll soon be able to engage in increasingly sophisticated conversations and express opinions on a wide range of subjects from food to property, as well as get to know people and cope confidently in everyday situations. Learn faster and smarter using the successful, proven Talk method. Develop your language skills with a wealth of activities to help you learn. Express yourself more confidently by taking part in real French conversations. Want to improve your grammar? Get quickly up to speed with our bestselling Talk French Grammar eBook. Easy to follow and specially written to work with this course, it’ll help you easily demystify and unlock the key structures of French grammar and boost your understanding, speaking and listening skills. Search now for ‘Talk French Grammar’. Learner reviews of the book/CD version of Talk French 2: ‘This is one of the best courses I have ever bought and I have bought a great many over more than sixty years of study. I thoroughly recommend it.’ ‘This book is easy to follow and makes learning easy. It was recommended by the French teacher so widely used.’ ‘An excellent book for my standard of French. Particularly like the grammar sections. There is a broad sweep of situations which I like. ‘We are going on holiday to France and wanted to brush up our French. It's not always easy doing this because the kits seem either too basic or too advanced. But this was just right for us. It contains the sort of things you'll need on holiday, and has up to date colloquial French as well.’ Also available: Talk Spanish Enhanced eBook, Talk Spanish 2 Enhanced eBook, Talk Italian Enhanced eBook, Talk Italian 2 Enhanced eBook, Talk German Enhanced eBook, Talk German 2 Enhanced eBook, Talk French Enhanced eBook; Talk Spanish Grammar eBook, Talk French Grammar eBook, Talk Italian Grammar eBook and Talk German Grammar eBook

Talk French Grammar is the ideal resource for anyone setting out to learn French, at home or in a class. Using the tried-and-tested principles of the bestselling Talk series, it demystifies grammar and guides you through the key structures of French in a way that’s really easy to follow even if you have no experience at all of grammar and grammatical terminology. With its straightforward approach and attractive layout, Talk French Grammar promotes a real understanding of how French works and how it relates to English. It contains clear explanations and hundreds of useful examples, learning tips and strategies. Interesting practice activities reinforce the language patterns and help you remember what you've learned. Talk French Grammar can be used successfully alongside any learning materials, and is also the perfect companion for the bestselling Talk French and Talk French 2. 272-page book.

A captivating exploration of the ever-evolving world of architecture and the untold stories buildings tell. When a building is finished being built, that isn’t the end of its story. More than any other human artifacts, buildings improve with time—if they’re allowed to. Buildings adapt by being constantly refined and reshaped by their occupants, and in that way, architects can become artists of time rather than simply artists of space. From the connected farmhouses of New England to I.M. Pei’s Media Lab, from the evolution of bungalows to the invention of Santa Fe Style, from Low Road military surplus buildings to a High Road English classic like Chatsworth—this is a far-ranging survey of unexplored essential territory. Discover how structures become living organisms, shaped by the people who inhabit them, and learn how architects can harness the power of time to create enduring works of art through the interconnected worlds of design, function, and human ingenuity.

A history of the English language traces its evolution from a Germanic dialect around 500 A.D. to its modern form, noting the influence of such groups and individuals as early Anglo-Saxon tribes, Alfred the Great, and William Shakespeare.

French Kids Eat Everything is a wonderfully wry account of how Karen Le Billon was able to alter her children’s deep-rooted, decidedly unhealthy North American eating habits while they were all living in France. At once a memoir, a cookbook, a how-to handbook, and a delightful exploration of how the French manage to feed children without endless battles and struggles with pickiness, French Kids Eat Everything features recipes, practical tips, and ten easy-to-follow rules for raising happy and healthy young eaters—a sort of French Women Don’t Get Fat meets Food Rules.