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Books and CD's for learning English

Here is a selection of books, audio CD's and cassettes for learning English.
There are books for learning English, grammar books, and audio courses.
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[American English Expressions idioms]
American English Expressions (paid link)

By Gabriel F. Gargiulo

This book contain 158 American English expressions. Americans use these expressions in everday life. Many expressions are hard to understand literally. Master these expressions and sound like an American.
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[American English Expressions idioms]
ESL: 17 Student Questions Answered (paid link)

By Gabriel F. Gargiulo

Of interest to the ESL student. Answers to questions commonly asked by students of English as a Second Language, with answers by a teacher of ESL. A supplement to a class in ESL.
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[English ESL video]
Easy English ESL 1: Understanding the Basics (paid link)

By Linda Lentini

A video that will teach you common expressions and colloquialisms in English.
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[English ESL video]
Easy English ESL: 2: Meeting & Greeting (paid link)

By Linda Lentini

A video that will teach you how to meet people and start a conversation in English.
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[English ESL video]
Easy English ESL: 3: Using Numbers & Money (paid link)

By Linda Lentini

A video that will teach you how to count and handle money in English.
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[English ESL video]
Easy English ESL: 4: Asking & Giving Directions (paid link)

By Linda Lentini

A video that will teach you how to give directions in English.
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[AMERICAN IDIOMS]
Common American Phrases in Everyday Context (paid link)

By Richard A. Spears

Great for someone who knows the basics of English. A good way to learn colloquial American speech.
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[esl book]
ExpressWays 1 (paid link)

Great for someone who knows the basics of English. Useful for self-teaching or classroom learning.
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[English ESL book]
ExpressWays 2 (paid link)

Great for someone who knows the basics of English.
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[AMERICAN Language and Customs]
101 American Customs: Understanding Language and Culture Through Common Practices (paid link)

By Harry Collis

American customs certainly seem strange to the newly-arrived.
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[learn American Accent]
American Accent Training (paid link)

By Ann Cook

With 5 audio CDs, and a mirror for checking on the position of your lips! Learn how to speak with a standard American Accent. This is the best-selling book on American accent on this site. It it based on sound linguistic and phonetic principles. It goes into greater depth than most courses. If you seriously want to eliminate "foreign accent" this is the course for you.
Explains and overcomes the unique problems encountered by Indians and speakers of Arabic, Spanish, Russian, Chinese, Japanese, and French. Great for serious self-study, or for use in a class with a teacher.
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[AMERICAN IDIOMS]
Speak American: A Survival Guide to the Language and Culture of the U.S.A. (paid link)

By Dileri Borunda Johnston

Small book that teaches you American ways, culture and language.
Inspect/Order Speak American: A Survival Guide to the Language and Culture of the U.S.A. (paid link)

[AMERICAN IDIOMS]
Webster's New World American Idioms Handbook (paid link)

By Gail Brenner

Quite good. Shows idioms by subject matter, the most natural way for learning them and using them with meaning. Also shows them by the most significant word, for example "lend a hand" and "need a hand" are together. Also gives the best explanation we have seen of "phrasal verbs" (a verb and a preposition).
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[AMERICAN Pronunciation ]
Pronunciation Pairs Student's Book with Audio CD (paid link)

By Ann Baker

Improving American English pronunciation. Pronunciation Pairs covers the most common problem areas in pronunciation, using dialogues, games, and listening and speaking exercises. You know, those challengingly similar words, like zip and sip, sit and seat.
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[AMERICAN IDIOMS]
Idiomatic American English: A Step-By-Step Workbook for Learning Everyday American Expressions (paid link)

By Barbara K. Gaines

American English expressions and idioms. Whenever you hear a phrase whose meaning cannot be understood even if you know the definitions of the separate words involved, you have probably encountered an idiom. Very low price.
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[BUSINESS ENGLISH]
Barron's ESL Guide to American Business English (paid link)

By Andrea B. Geffner

For the ESL student of American Business English. Great for newcomers to American business practices.
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[BUSINESS writing]
American Business English (paid link)

By Karen H. Bartell

For learning American Business English WRITING.
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[BUSINESS writing]
Good Writing for Business (paid link)

By Sidney Callis

A clear presentation makes this a perfect book for people who are learning English as a second language and want to improve their WRITING skills.
This book will meet the needs of all ESL students--especially those in business schools--but can also serve as a general quick reference guide in any business office.
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[Berlitz inglés]
Berlitz Rush Hour Inglés (paid link)

By Berlitz

Learning English, for Spanish speakers. Two 90-minute cassettes are accompanied by a complete written script of the dialogue. The picture above is right. Amazon.com has the wrong picture.
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[Conversation English]
Conversation Book 1, English in Everyday Life (paid link)

By Tina Kasloff Carver

Ordinary conversational English. This will be a good basis for ESL beginners. Presents an inviting approach to developing conversation fluency. This book presents picture dictionary-type pages, along with conversation and grammar practice, that provide readers with the vocabulary and speaking skills they need for everyday life. For beginning ESL learners.
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[English Pronunciation]
Pronounce It Perfectly in English (paid link)

By Jean Yates

A cassette and a book which will help you toward better pronunciation.
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[English Pronunciation]
Living Language® American English Pronunciation Program! (paid link)

By Barbara Raifsnider

American English Pronunciation explained and illustrated. Imitate and learn. Simple explanations of the sounds of English and how they're combined in words and sentences. Practice with cassettes.
Inspect/Order Living Language® American English Pronunciation Program! (paid link)

[American Idioms]
Essential American Idioms: Makes Idioms, Cliches, and Phrases Easy to Understand and to Use (paid link)

By Richard A Spears

American Idioms. Each cliche, proverb, or idiomatic American expression has at least two example sentences.
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[American English Pronunciation ABC Pronunciary: American English Pronunciation Dictionary (CD-ROM)]
ABC Pronunciary: American English Pronunciation Dictionary (CD-ROM) (paid link)

By Vocalis


With ABC Pronunciary, an interactive CD-ROM, you can learn the pronunciation of the English alphabet.
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[The Elephants elements of Style]
The Elephants of Style: A Trunkload of Tips on the Big Issues and Gray Areas of Contemporary American English (paid link)

By Bill Walsh

A fun style book. How to write good English.
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[English grammar]
Sleeping Dogs Don't Lay: Practical Advice for the Grammatically Challenged (paid link)

By Richard Lederer

This was a fun book! Great practical advice too. English grammar with a sense of humor. A fun book that shows you the most common mistakes made in English. Everyone can benefit from this book including those whose first language is English.
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[Pimsleur Inglés]
Pimsleur Inglés I: English for Spanish Speakers (paid link)

By Pimsleur

Audio CD. Inglés 1. English 1. The Pimsleur programs provide a method of self-practice with an expert teacher and native speakers in lessons specially designed to work with the way the mind naturally acquires language information.
Full size course.
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Audio Cassette edition (paid link)

[English for Cantonese Speakers Pimsleur]
English for Cantonese Speakers (paid link)

By Pimsleur

Audio Cassette edition. If you speak Cantonese this is a good way to start learning English.
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[Pimsleur english Russian speakers]
Pimsleur English for Russian Speakers (paid link)

By Pimsleur

English 1. Audio Cassette edition. The Pimsleur programs provide a method of self-practice with an expert teacher and native speakers in lessons specially designed to work with the way the mind naturally acquires language information.
Full size course. Russian speakers can learn English with this course.
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[English for Russian Speakers Pimsleur]
English for Russian Speakers (paid link)

By Pimsleur

Audio CD. A short course for Russian-speaking people to learn English. A good, low-cost way to find out if you like the Pimsleur method. If you like it, get the course at the left of this one.
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[english Russian speakers  problems]
What Mean?: Where Russians Go Wrong in English (paid link)

By Lynn Visson

The problems of language and culture that Russian-speakers encounter in America.
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[English for Russian Speakers Pimsleur]
American English Expressions Translated into Russian (paid link)

By Gabriel F. Gargiulo and Elena Shishkina


This book is written in English and Russian. This book is for Russian speakers who want to understand American English expressions and idioms better.
All expressions are explained in Russian, and translated into Russian by a Russian-speaking teacher of Russian, born in Russia. This book contains 169 American idioms and expressions that are difficult to understand when taken literally. They have been translated into Russian.
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[Pimsleur english Russian speakers]
Speak English Like an American for Native Russian Speakers (paid link)

By Amy Gillett

This book and CD set is designed to help Russians achieve greater fluency in American English. The set contains over 300 of today’s most commonly used idioms and phrases.
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[English for Mandarin Speakers Pimsleur]
English for Mandarin Speakers (paid link)

By Pimsleur

Audio Cassette edition. If you speak Mandarin this is the best way to start learning English.
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[Pimsleur english Japanese speakers]
Pimsleur English for Japanese Speakers II (paid link)

By Pimsleur

Audio Cassette edition. The Pimsleur programs provide a method of self-practice with an expert teacher and native speakers in lessons specially designed to work with the way the mind naturally acquires language information.
Full size course.
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[English for Japanese Speakers Pimsleur]
Speak English Like an American for Native Japanese Speakers (paid link)

By Amy Gillett

Book & audio CD set. If you speak Japanese this is the best way to improve your English.
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[Business english slang idioms]
Peterson's Toeic Business Idioms from Silicon Valley (paid link)

By Kathy L. Hans

Business English expressions and idioms. A very inexpensive book that will teach you the modern expressions, workplace slang and idioms that everyone uses. This will help you speak like Americans and get ahead in the business world. Do you know what "go for broke", "think out of the box" mean?
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[American Slang]
Ya Gotta Know It: A Conversational Approach to American Slang for the ESL learner (paid link)

By Hania Hassan

American Slang. The readers say that this book has helped them understand American English as it is really spoken.
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[English for Greeks]
English for Greeks (paid link)

By F. W., Jr. Householder

Audio Cassette that Greek speaking people can use to learn to speak English.
Inspect/Order English for Greeks (paid link)

[English for Korean Speakers Pimsleur]
English for Korean Speakers (paid link)

By Pimsleur

Audio Cassette edition. If you speak Korean this is the best way to start learning English.
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Learning English, for Italian-Speaking

[Italiano - inglese per principianti]
Italiano - inglese per principianti: Un libro in 2 lingue (Italian Edition) (paid link)

By Johannes Schumann

If you speak Italian and want to learn English, this is the book for you. Lei parla italiano e vuole imparare inglese.
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[English For Italian Speaking People (Audio Cassette)]
English For Italian Speaking People (Audio Cassette) (paid link)

By Conversaphone

Audio course for Italian-speaking who want to learn English. 3 audio cassette tapes, 65 Lessons, 600 Pictures, Grammar, Readings.
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[Eleven Short Stories/Undici Novelle (A Dual-Language Book) ]
Eleven Short Stories/Undici Novelle (A Dual-Language Book) (paid link)

By Luigi Pirandello

Practice your Italian or your English with these short stories in English and Italian, side by side.
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[Italian Stories: A Dual-Language Book ]
Italian Stories: A Dual-Language Book (paid link)

By Robert A. Hall

Stories in Italian by by Boccaccio, Machiavelli, d’Annunzio, Pirandello and Moravia, with translations in English.
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