The only two-way Dari reference available, this dictionary provides an indispensable resource for travelers, businesspeople, government workers, and aid personnel.

Portable and concise--this is the perfect Brazilian Portuguese reference for businesspeople, travelers, and students.

Spoken by more than 800 million people, Hindi is the world's second most-spoken language. It is also one of the two official languages of India. This indispensable, portable guide provides all the words you'll need to communicate in Hindi.

Spoken by more than 800 million people, Mandarin Chinese is the most widely-spoken language worldwide. It is also the standard dialect for business and trade in China and one of the six official languages of the United Nations.

"Sidhu has dipped into--and helped preserve--a rich culinary tradition that extends back hundreds of years."
-Andrew F. Smith, food historian and editor-in-chief of The Oxford Encyclopedia of Food and Drink in America

"Veronica Sidhu's writing tantalizes the senses and transports the reader to India. The pairing of memoir and menu redefines the very meaning of oral history."
-Sheraton Kalouria, former president, Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia

"Veronica Sidhu--a Punjabi cooking expert"
-Jayne Salomon, The Westfield Leader

"This book will become 'the bible' of Indian cooking!"
-Carolynn Bridge, a former Betty Crocker and co-owner of Bridge Kitchenware, Manhattan and New Jersey

"Here you will find clear recipes for the best of Kerala's fine foods, written with great love by someone who has been a part of that culinary tradition since birth"

-Madhur Jaffrey, author of Flavours of India and Climbing the Mango Trees

"A delightful, evocative, sumptuous menu, redolent of fresh green paddy fields, coconut palms swaying in the breeze, and the pungent spices of the Malabar coast...mouth-watering and heart-warming!"

-Shashi Tharoor, author of The Elephant, the Tiger and the Cell Phone

"I have never read a cookbook from cover to cover in one sitting, but then The Kerala Kitchen is so much more than a cookbook: It is a travelogue, memoir, and food diary. What better way to understand the community of Syrian Christians of Kerala--my community--than through our appetites. The Kerala Kitchen is a must...the easy and elegantly described recipes, the primer on spices and their uses, make these dishes accessible to all. Enjoy!"

-Abraham Verghese author of Cutting for Stone and My Own Country

Nile Style is the first cookbook devoted to the comprehensive, multiethnic and multi-religious history of the Egyptian table. Arranged in a unique menu format, each menu highlights a celebratory feast or meal, such as the Ancient Nile Festival, Ramadan Breakfast, or Passover, and includes a historical and anecdotal introduction along with the recipes. Nile Style explores the predominant Islamic, Jewish, and Christian culinary traditions but also features recipes from the lesser-known Bedouin and Nubian communities in Egypt.

The Republic of Serbia is located on the Balkan Peninsula at the crossroads between Central, Southern, and Eastern Europe. It emerged after the dissolution, and subsequent wars, of Yugoslavia in the 1990's. The majority of its ten million inhabitants are Serbs and the official language is Serbian, written in both the Cyrillic and Latin alphabets.

Serbia has a thriving tourist industry, driven by its scenic landscape, historic monuments, curative spas, fishing areas, and hunting grounds. Since 2001 Serbia has also attracted more business from around the world, with the U.S. as the largest source of direct foreign investment.

Ideal for tourists, business travelers, and students, Beginner’s Serbian includes:

• A brief introduction to Serbian history and culture
• Fifteen practical lessons with dialogues, vocabulary, and expressions
• Instructions in the Cyrillic alphabet
• Exercises with answer key
• Serbian-English and English-Serbian glossaries
• Two audio CDs of dialogues and vocabulary spoken by native Serbian speakers
  

Croatia is across the Adriatic Sea from Italy’s eastern coast, and has the unique position of being a Central European and Mediterranean country. It has a population of four-and-a-half million people, and the official language is Croatian, written in the Latin alphabet.

European tourists have long known the immense possibilities of vacationing in beautiful Croatia: metropolitan cities, the pristine Dalmatian Coast with its spectacular islands, majestic medieval castles and Roman ruins. Hailed as the “new Riviera” by the New York Times, over 10 million tourists from all over the world visit Croatia each year. The Croatian economy is growing, and the United States is one of Croatia's top five providers of direct foreign investment.

Ideal for tourists, business travelers, and students, Beginner’s Croatian includes:

• A brief introduction to Croatian history and culture
• Fifteen practical lessons with dialogues, vocabulary, and expressions
• Exercises with answer key
• Croatian-English and English-Croatian glossaries
• Two audio CDs of dialogues and vocabulary spoken by native Croatian speakers

Designed for both classroom use and self-study, this is the perfect introduction to learning the Icelandic language. Each of the 14 lessons opens with a dialogue about an everyday topic, followed by vocabulary lists, explanations of grammar, and exercises.

Known for its beautiful beaches, fishing villages, quaint towns, and world-famous wineries, Long island welcomes thousands of visitors every year. Here is a completely revised and updated edition of the first comprehensive guidebook to Long Island’s Suffolk and Nassau counties. Organized by town and then subdivided into the various villages and hamlets, this popular guide provides entries for each locale. This book includes directions from the Long Island Expressway to places of special interest: federal, state, and county parks and preservers; museums; historical sites and much more.

“Despite considerable challenges created by decades of cultural devastation, native roots still survive.” This newly expanded edition of a popular Hippocrene travel guide highlights the prehistoric cultures of Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, and Utah, as well as the modern tribes-including the Navajo, Apache, Ute, Tohono O’odham, Pueblo, and Hopi-that now live in these spectacular “Four Corners” states.

“If you're thinking of paying a visit to this resplendent realm, or you simply want to expand your knowledge, then Navajo Nation: A Visitor's Guide is a handbook well worth perusing. Written by Tucsonans Patrick and Joan Lavin, it's a comprehensive introduction to the Navajo way of life, combining an extensive look at their history, religion and language with detailed routes for exploring Diné' bikéyah (Navajos' land).”

“Travel books generally provide a brief historical overview of the locale being examined, but this one devotes almost a third of its space to Navajo history and culture. Readers may come away feeling like they've taken an accelerated college course on the topic.”

Sicily, the pearl of the Mediterranean, attracts more than 1.5 million visitors each year. Known for its flavorful cuisine, pleasant climate, picturesque hill towns, rich ancient history, and flourishing arts scene, the island has plenty to offer all her guests.

Looking for an Arabic digital dictionary and phrasebook that packs a wallop? Search no further, HippArabic is here.

Adapted from Hippocrene Books’ top-selling Arabic Dictionary & Phrasebook, HippArabic has everything you need—and nothing you don’t—to be understood in Modern Standard Arabic. Packed with over 4,000 easy-to-navigate entries, HippArabic is intuitively arranged so that you can quickly find the word or phrase you need.

"An important contribution to a better understanding of Polish history, which demonstrates in a vivid fashion the historical vicissitudes of that major European nation."
- Dr. Zbigniev Brzezinski, National Security Adviser to President Carter"

An ideal reference source for every serious student of history. Pogonowski takes the reader on a fascinating tour of Poland through the ages."
-Polish Heritage

Known as the “Land of Enchantment,” New Mexico is living witness to the coexistence of Native American, Spanish, and Anglo civilizations. In New Mexico: An Illustrated History, Patrick Lavin takes an all-inclusive approach to New Mexico’s past by vividly reconstructing the state’s key historical events in a concise and accessible format.

"In Chinese Through Tone and Color, Nathan Dummitt presents the radically innovative suggestion that beginners might associate Chinese tones with specific colors--red for one tone, orange for another, and so on. For the psychology of the beginning learner, this approach has the important advantage of making the tone seem part of the very nature of a word--not something added optionally, as intonation can be added in any languages... I look forward to seeing the results that Chinese Through Tone and Color might make. It could be that this book will make a major contribution to the second-language learning of Chinese."

-Perry Link, Princeton University