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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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[toeft test preparation]
TOEFL iBT Vocabulary

By LearningExpress Editors

If you want to pass the TOEFL you will need a good vocabulary. This book will give you a good base in the words that you will probably find on the test. You will get good practice and tips for taking the test.
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[American Slang]
Mastering Skills for the TOEFL iBT: Advanced

By Moraig Macgillivray

Excellent practice with the types of questions that you will probably find on the TOEFL. Improve your English reading, listening, speaking, and writing.
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[English ESL video]
Easy English ESL 1: Understanding the Basics

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

By Harry Collis

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

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.

By Dileri Borunda Johnston

Small book that teaches you American ways, culture and language.
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[AMERICAN IDIOMS]
Webster's New World American Idioms Handbook

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

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

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

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

By Karen H. Bartell

For learning American Business English WRITING.
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[BUSINESS writing]
Good Writing for Business

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

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

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

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!

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.
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[American Idioms]
Essential American Idioms: Makes Idioms, Cliches, and Phrases Easy to Understand and to Use

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)

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

By Bill Walsh

A fun style book.
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[English grammar]
Sleeping Dogs Don't Lay: Practical Advice for the Grammatically Challenged

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

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

[English for Cantonese Speakers Pimsleur]
English for Cantonese Speakers

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

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

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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[Pimsleur english Russian speakers]
Speak English Like an American for Native Russian Speakers

By Amy Gillett

About $25. 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

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

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

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

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

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

By F. W., Jr. Householder

Audio Cassette that Greek speaking people can use to learn to speak English.
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[English for Korean Speakers Pimsleur]
English for Korean Speakers

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)

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)

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)

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

By Robert A. Hall

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