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Korean Made Simple
by Billy Go • 2014
Korean isn't English with different words. The verb goes last, and politeness has two settings.
4.42
235
Korean Made Simple Summary
Korean Made Simple 92%
Korean isn't English with different words. The verb goes last, and politeness has two settings.
by Billy Go 2014
4.42
235 ratings
Greek Lessons
by Han Kang • 2011
A woman silenced by trauma joins a Greek class taught by a man losing his sight.
3.60
50k+
Greek Lessons Summary
Greek Lessons 88%
A woman silenced by trauma joins a Greek class taught by a man losing his sight.
by Han Kang 2011
3.60
50k+ ratings
Learn Ukrainian - Quick / Easy / Efficient
by Pinhok Languages • 2018
2000 high-frequency Ukrainian words: the shortest path from nothing to functional conversation.
3.00
1
Learn Ukrainian - Quick / Easy / Efficient Summary
Learn Ukrainian - Quick / Easy / Efficient 86%
2000 high-frequency Ukrainian words: the shortest path from nothing to functional conversation.
by Pinhok Languages 2018
3.00
1 ratings
The Loom of Language
by Frederick Bodmer • 1943
Languages are not taught. They are inherited. The family tree unlocks what phrasebooks never will.
4.16
398
The Loom of Language Summary
The Loom of Language 86%
Languages are not taught. They are inherited. The family tree unlocks what phrasebooks never will.
by Frederick Bodmer 1943
4.16
398 ratings
A World Without "Whom"
by Emmy J. Favilla • 2017
The internet changed English. Here is the style guide that keeps up.
3.72
491
A World Without "Whom" Summary
A World Without "Whom" 86%
The internet changed English. Here is the style guide that keeps up.
by Emmy J. Favilla 2017
3.72
491 ratings
Without You, There Is No Us
by Suki Kim • 2014
Her Pyongyang classroom held regime sons, constant surveillance, and a secret: she was a journalist.
3.93
22k+
Without You, There Is No Us Summary
Without You, There Is No Us 86%
Her Pyongyang classroom held regime sons, constant surveillance, and a secret: she was a journalist.
by Suki Kim 2014
3.93
22k+ ratings
How to Learn a Foreign Language
by Graham E. Fuller • 1987
Train your mouth for new sounds, hunt grammar as patterns, and turn everyday life into immersion.
3.45
128
How to Learn a Foreign Language Summary
How to Learn a Foreign Language 86%
Train your mouth for new sounds, hunt grammar as patterns, and turn everyday life into immersion.
by Graham E. Fuller 1987
3.45
128 ratings
Nothing to Envy
by Barbara Demick • 2009
Smuggled DVDs, a hidden famine, and six North Koreans who discovered their entire country was a lie.
4.46
101k+
Nothing to Envy Summary
Nothing to Envy 86%
Smuggled DVDs, a hidden famine, and six North Koreans who discovered their entire country was a lie.
by Barbara Demick 2009
4.46
101k+ ratings
Madrigal's Magic Key to Spanish
by Margarita Madrigal • 1953
A large Spanish vocabulary is already yours. A few conversion patterns make it usable.
4.28
1k+
Madrigal's Magic Key to Spanish Summary
Madrigal's Magic Key to Spanish 86%
A large Spanish vocabulary is already yours. A few conversion patterns make it usable.
by Margarita Madrigal 1953
4.28
1k+ ratings
If I Had Your Face
by Frances Cha • 2020
In Seoul's brutal beauty economy, a mute stylist, a hostess, and two others fight for survival.
3.73
60k+
If I Had Your Face Summary
If I Had Your Face 86%
In Seoul's brutal beauty economy, a mute stylist, a hostess, and two others fight for survival.
by Frances Cha 2020
3.73
60k+ ratings
Fluent in 3 Months
by Benny Lewis • 2014
Skip the classroom: why broken sentences now beat years of silent preparation.
3.66
6k+
Fluent in 3 Months Summary
Fluent in 3 Months 86%
Skip the classroom: why broken sentences now beat years of silent preparation.
by Benny Lewis 2014
3.66
6k+ ratings
Mother Tongue
by Christine Gilbert • 2016
A family's two-year quest to learn Mandarin, Arabic, and Spanish abroad. But her toddler objected.
3.72
449
Mother Tongue Summary
Mother Tongue 86%
A family's two-year quest to learn Mandarin, Arabic, and Spanish abroad. But her toddler objected.
by Christine Gilbert 2016
3.72
449 ratings
Dreaming in Chinese
by Deborah Fallows • 2010
Tones, compounds, missing pronouns: how Mandarin encodes a worldview no guidebook can offer.
3.63
2k+
Dreaming in Chinese Summary
Dreaming in Chinese 86%
Tones, compounds, missing pronouns: how Mandarin encodes a worldview no guidebook can offer.
by Deborah Fallows 2010
3.63
2k+ ratings
The Little Book of Skin Care
by Charlotte Cho • 2015
Why Korean women wash twice, layer hydration, and never skip the step Westerners ignore.
3.94
5k+
The Little Book of Skin Care Summary
The Little Book of Skin Care 86%
Why Korean women wash twice, layer hydration, and never skip the step Westerners ignore.
by Charlotte Cho 2015
3.94
5k+ ratings
The Vegetarian
by Han Kang • 2007
A Seoul wife quits meat. Her family fights for her body. She has begun to leave it.
3.65
403k+
The Vegetarian Summary
The Vegetarian 86%
A Seoul wife quits meat. Her family fights for her body. She has begun to leave it.
by Han Kang 2007
3.65
403k+ ratings
The Third Ear
by Chris Lonsdale • 2006
The trick to fluency isn't a better textbook; it's learning to hear what words can't say.
3.76
139
The Third Ear Summary
The Third Ear 86%
The trick to fluency isn't a better textbook; it's learning to hear what words can't say.
by Chris Lonsdale 2006
3.76
139 ratings
The Linguist
by Steve Kaufmann • 2003
The method that builds fluency through audio, reading, and self-guided practice, not grammar drills.
3.47
200
The Linguist Summary
The Linguist 86%
The method that builds fluency through audio, reading, and self-guided practice, not grammar drills.
by Steve Kaufmann 2003
3.47
200 ratings
Spanish Short Stories for Beginners
by Lingo Mastery • 2018
A Spanish beginner's shortcut: twenty stories with audio, translations, and zero grammar lectures.
3.72
265
Spanish Short Stories for Beginners Summary
Spanish Short Stories for Beginners 86%
A Spanish beginner's shortcut: twenty stories with audio, translations, and zero grammar lectures.
by Lingo Mastery 2018
3.72
265 ratings
Flawless
by Elise Hu • 2023
Korea's beauty industry perfected skincare and the feeling you will never stop fixing yourself.
4.04
3k+
Flawless Summary
Flawless 86%
Korea's beauty industry perfected skincare and the feeling you will never stop fixing yourself.
by Elise Hu 2023
4.04
3k+ ratings
Language Hacking Guide
by Benny Lewis • 2010
Stop waiting until you're ready. Speak a new language today, and let the grammar catch up.
3.64
163
Language Hacking Guide Summary
Language Hacking Guide 86%
Stop waiting until you're ready. Speak a new language today, and let the grammar catch up.
by Benny Lewis 2010
3.64
163 ratings
Ingles para Latinos
by William C. Harvey • 1992
Spanish speakers, master English verbs as natives use them and crack the idioms textbooks ignore.
4.51
53
Ingles para Latinos Summary
Ingles para Latinos 86%
Spanish speakers, master English verbs as natives use them and crack the idioms textbooks ignore.
by William C. Harvey 1992
4.51
53 ratings
I Want To Die but I Want To Eat Tteokpokki 2
by Baek Se-hee • 2020
A Korean twentysomething returns to therapy, still certain she looks wrong, still pushing love away.
3.63
8k+
I Want To Die but I Want To Eat Tteokpokki 2 Summary
I Want To Die but I Want To Eat Tteokpokki 2 86%
A Korean twentysomething returns to therapy, still certain she looks wrong, still pushing love away.
by Baek Se-hee 2020
3.63
8k+ ratings
Rebel with a Clause
by Ellen Jovin • 2022
She toured fifty states with a grammar table. The confessions were stranger than the questions.
4.00
1k+
Rebel with a Clause Summary
Rebel with a Clause 86%
She toured fifty states with a grammar table. The confessions were stranger than the questions.
by Ellen Jovin 2022
4.00
1k+ ratings
How to Learn a Language in 5 Days
by Frederick Dodson • 2013
Forget grammar. Eight hundred words, five days, and your favorite movies will get you speaking.
4.55
38
How to Learn a Language in 5 Days Summary
How to Learn a Language in 5 Days 86%
Forget grammar. Eight hundred words, five days, and your favorite movies will get you speaking.
by Frederick Dodson 2013
4.55
38 ratings
You Are What You Speak
by Robert Lane Greene • 2011
Grammar rules are recent inventions, language decline is a myth, and purism is identity politics.
3.86
682
You Are What You Speak Summary
You Are What You Speak 86%
Grammar rules are recent inventions, language decline is a myth, and purism is identity politics.
by Robert Lane Greene 2011
3.86
682 ratings
How to Learn Any Language
by Barry Farber • 1991
Spare minutes, multiple tools, and vivid mnemonics: a language method that gets you speaking fast.
3.80
868
How to Learn Any Language Summary
How to Learn Any Language 86%
Spare minutes, multiple tools, and vivid mnemonics: a language method that gets you speaking fast.
by Barry Farber 1991
3.80
868 ratings
Almond
by Sohn Won-Pyung • 2017
A Korean boy unable to feel loses his family. A violent stranger becomes his only companion.
4.14
184k+
Almond Summary
Almond 86%
A Korean boy unable to feel loses his family. A violent stranger becomes his only companion.
by Sohn Won-Pyung 2017
4.14
184k+ ratings
Spanish for Dummies
by Susana Wald • 1999
Speak Spanish in restaurants, hotels, and taxis without the grammar drills you dreaded in school.
3.65
463
Spanish for Dummies Summary
Spanish for Dummies 86%
Speak Spanish in restaurants, hotels, and taxis without the grammar drills you dreaded in school.
by Susana Wald 1999
3.65
463 ratings
If We Cannot Go at the Speed of Light
by Kim Cho-yeop • 2019
Alien symbionts live in infant brains, teach empathy, then vanish. The homesickness is permanent.
4.05
2k+
If We Cannot Go at the Speed of Light Summary
If We Cannot Go at the Speed of Light 86%
Alien symbionts live in infant brains, teach empathy, then vanish. The homesickness is permanent.
by Kim Cho-yeop 2019
4.05
2k+ ratings
Language Hacking Spanish
by Benny Lewis • 2016
Speak Spanish on day one with five verbs, a cheat sheet, and zero perfectionism.
3.93
84
Language Hacking Spanish Summary
Language Hacking Spanish 86%
Speak Spanish on day one with five verbs, a cheat sheet, and zero perfectionism.
by Benny Lewis 2016
3.93
84 ratings
Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982
by Cho Nam-Joo • 2016
Kim Jiyoung does everything right, until motherhood breaks her into voices that are not her own.
4.16
192k+
Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982 Summary
Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982 85%
Kim Jiyoung does everything right, until motherhood breaks her into voices that are not her own.
by Cho Nam-Joo 2016
4.16
192k+ ratings
How to Speak Any Language Fluently
by Alex Rawlings • 2017
The routines, memory tricks, and confidence builders that turn a silent learner fluent.
3.85
499
How to Speak Any Language Fluently Summary
How to Speak Any Language Fluently 85%
The routines, memory tricks, and confidence builders that turn a silent learner fluent.
by Alex Rawlings 2017
3.85
499 ratings
Becoming Kim Jong Un
by Jung H. Pak • 2020
Why Kim Jong Un won't denuclearize: a CIA officer on his ruthless survival strategy.
3.76
1k+
Becoming Kim Jong Un Summary
Becoming Kim Jong Un 85%
Why Kim Jong Un won't denuclearize: a CIA officer on his ruthless survival strategy.
by Jung H. Pak 2020
3.76
1k+ ratings
Babel No More
by Michael Erard • 2012
Legendary language learners aren't geniuses. They're obsessive collectors with shallow skills.
3.54
1k+
Babel No More Summary
Babel No More 85%
Legendary language learners aren't geniuses. They're obsessive collectors with shallow skills.
by Michael Erard 2012
3.54
1k+ ratings
Dreaming in Hindi
by Katherine Russell Rich • 2009
After cancer, she went to India. Learning Hindi broke her brain open and rebuilt it.
3.12
1k+
Dreaming in Hindi Summary
Dreaming in Hindi 85%
After cancer, she went to India. Learning Hindi broke her brain open and rebuilt it.
by Katherine Russell Rich 2009
3.12
1k+ ratings
Language Hacking Italian
by Benny Lewis • 2016
Real Italian conversations, not grammar drills. Build a personal script and start speaking today.
4.02
42
Language Hacking Italian Summary
Language Hacking Italian 85%
Real Italian conversations, not grammar drills. Build a personal script and start speaking today.
by Benny Lewis 2016
4.02
42 ratings
The Korean War
by Bruce Cumings • 2010
A civil war America mistook for a Cold War proxy, bombed into oblivion, and then forgot.
3.76
1k+
The Korean War Summary
The Korean War 85%
A civil war America mistook for a Cold War proxy, bombed into oblivion, and then forgot.
by Bruce Cumings 2010
3.76
1k+ ratings
The Healing Season of Pottery
by Yeon Somin • 2023
A burned-out writer mistakes a pottery studio for a café and learns clay is kinder than ambition.
3.67
7k+
The Healing Season of Pottery Summary
The Healing Season of Pottery 85%
A burned-out writer mistakes a pottery studio for a café and learns clay is kinder than ambition.
by Yeon Somin 2023
3.67
7k+ ratings
Human Acts
by Han Kang • 2014
Amid South Korea's 1980 uprising, a boy tends the bodies of the slain. The dead speak.
4.27
80k+
Human Acts Summary
Human Acts 85%
Amid South Korea's 1980 uprising, a boy tends the bodies of the slain. The dead speak.
by Han Kang 2014
4.27
80k+ ratings
Welcome to the Hyunam-Dong Bookshop
by Hwang Bo-Reum • 2022
After burnout, she opens a Seoul bookshop. Books, coffee, and community teach her to start over.
3.89
89k+
Welcome to the Hyunam-Dong Bookshop Summary
Welcome to the Hyunam-Dong Bookshop 85%
After burnout, she opens a Seoul bookshop. Books, coffee, and community teach her to start over.
by Hwang Bo-Reum 2022
3.89
89k+ ratings
The Translator's Invisibility
by Lawrence Venuti • 1994
The smoother a translation reads, the more it erases the foreign culture and the translator's labor.
3.79
272
The Translator's Invisibility Summary
The Translator's Invisibility 85%
The smoother a translation reads, the more it erases the foreign culture and the translator's labor.
by Lawrence Venuti 1994
3.79
272 ratings
XOXO
by Axie Oh • 2021
Moving to Seoul, a cellist discovers her LA crush is a K-pop idol forbidden from dating.
3.79
49k+
XOXO Summary
XOXO 85%
Moving to Seoul, a cellist discovers her LA crush is a K-pop idol forbidden from dating.
by Axie Oh 2021
3.79
49k+ ratings
La sociolinguistique
by Louis-Jean Calvet • 1993
Language stripped of society is a fiction. Every accent, loanword, and policy proves it.
3.94
66
La sociolinguistique Summary
La sociolinguistique 85%
Language stripped of society is a fiction. Every accent, loanword, and policy proves it.
by Louis-Jean Calvet 1993
3.94
66 ratings
Short Stories in French for Beginners
by Olly Richards • 2018
Eight short stories that make French feel like an adventure, not a lesson.
4.04
1k+
Short Stories in French for Beginners Summary
Short Stories in French for Beginners 85%
Eight short stories that make French feel like an adventure, not a lesson.
by Olly Richards 2018
4.04
1k+ ratings
Speak English Like an American
by Amy Gillett • 2004
300 idioms, zero lists: a cookie-business story that teaches real American speech.
4.20
254
Speak English Like an American Summary
Speak English Like an American 85%
300 idioms, zero lists: a cookie-business story that teaches real American speech.
by Amy Gillett 2004
4.20
254 ratings
Demystifying the Spanish Subjunctive
by Gordon Smith-Durán • 2015
Spanish subjunctive: five trigger families replace the rulebook, and practice makes it permanent.
4.50
54
Demystifying the Spanish Subjunctive Summary
Demystifying the Spanish Subjunctive 85%
Spanish subjunctive: five trigger families replace the rulebook, and practice makes it permanent.
by Gordon Smith-Durán 2015
4.50
54 ratings
Like, Literally, Dude
by Valerie Fridland • 2023
Vocal fry, um, and literally: the science that turns every grammar pet peeve into a feature.
3.85
925
Like, Literally, Dude Summary
Like, Literally, Dude 85%
Vocal fry, um, and literally: the science that turns every grammar pet peeve into a feature.
by Valerie Fridland 2023
3.85
925 ratings
The Ultimate Guide To Ielts Writing
by Parthesh Thakkar • 2013
IELTS writing is scored against four rigid rubrics. Here is how to build to each one.
4.10
553
The Ultimate Guide To Ielts Writing Summary
The Ultimate Guide To Ielts Writing 85%
IELTS writing is scored against four rigid rubrics. Here is how to build to each one.
by Parthesh Thakkar 2013
4.10
553 ratings
The Everything Sign Language Book
by Irene Duke • 2003
A slight hand turn changes the word. Your face does the grammar. The complete ASL manual.
3.98
168
The Everything Sign Language Book Summary
The Everything Sign Language Book 85%
A slight hand turn changes the word. Your face does the grammar. The complete ASL manual.
by Irene Duke 2003
3.98
168 ratings
English Vocabulary in Use Elementary
by Michael McCarthy • 1999
Core English vocabulary, taught through the topics of daily life: home, work, food, and more.
4.19
335
English Vocabulary in Use Elementary Summary
English Vocabulary in Use Elementary 85%
Core English vocabulary, taught through the topics of daily life: home, work, food, and more.
by Michael McCarthy 1999
4.19
335 ratings
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