Beginner's Chinese

Beginner's Chinese
Author: Yong Ho
Publisher: Hippocrene Books
Total Pages: 208
Release: 2005-03
Genre: Foreign Language Study
ISBN: 9780781810951

This popular introduction to Mandarin Chinese is now accompanied by 2 audio CDs covering each of the ten lessons with a special section devoted to the Pinyin dialect. Each lesson uses dialogues to teach the basics of grammar, vocabulary, everyday speech, and the written language. Exercises reinforce the material covered in the dialogues, and each lesson ends with a 'Cultural Insights' section that offers a deeper view into the Chinese people. Their way of thinking and the constants of their daily life.

Intermediate Chinese

Intermediate Chinese
Author: Yong Ho
Publisher: Hippocrene Books
Total Pages: 328
Release: 2005
Genre: Foreign Language Study
ISBN: 9780781810968

This continuation builds on the material in the earlier book, allowing users to expand their familiarity with Mandarin Chinese. The new audio CD feature is especially helpful to learning and understanding the language as spoken. The ten lessons, although similar in structure to those in the earlier volume, provide a stronger emphasis on grammar and vocabulary. The glossary features vocabulary lists from both volumes.

Coloring Our Lives

Coloring Our Lives
Author: The Supreme Master Ching Hai
Publisher: The Supreme Master Ching Hai Publishing Co Ltd.
Total Pages: 178
Release: 2005-02-01
Genre: Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN: 9866895319

This book is a collection of answers from The Supreme Master Ching Hai to questions about life, birth and death, spiritual cultivation and the Truth, often asked by Truth seekers. Yet all of these verbal answers are second hand information. Master encourages us to get first hand information by finding the Supreme Power within us, and allowing that Power to take care of our lives and regulate all things.