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I've finished Polyglot, by Kato Loeb. It is a fascinating and informative (and well written) autobiography of an interpreter and one of the first simultaneous interpreters. As she unfolds her life, she also tells her theories of foreign language acquisition. Her ideas are different enough that she has inspired me to, again, try to learn another language - this time, Spanish. So now I've pulled out my Schaum's Spanish books and 100 Years of Solitude (in Spanish) and away I go.
I am also reading Henry Adams' History of the United States and am finding it a very good read - so after Lord Action's difficult treatise, it's nice to know that there are historians who have been able to write with the intension of being read.
I've just begun The Man Wolf and Other Tales by Emile Erckmann and Alexandre Chatrian and immediately I see where Ann Rice got her Nideck Point.
Continuing my reviews for my tutoring job, I'm reading CK12's high school texbook for Chemistry and continue to be impressed by the readability and completeness of CK12's products.
I am also reading Henry Adams' History of the United States and am finding it a very good read - so after Lord Action's difficult treatise, it's nice to know that there are historians who have been able to write with the intension of being read.
I've just begun The Man Wolf and Other Tales by Emile Erckmann and Alexandre Chatrian and immediately I see where Ann Rice got her Nideck Point.
Continuing my reviews for my tutoring job, I'm reading CK12's high school texbook for Chemistry and continue to be impressed by the readability and completeness of CK12's products.