European Education

Do you know what the hardest thing for a German learner is? Finding proper reading material that they can handle…which is precisely the reason we’ve written this book! Teachers love giving out tough, expert-level literature to their students, books that present many new problems to the reader and force them to search for words in a dictionary every five minutes - it’s not entertaining, useful or motivating for the student at all, and many soon give up on learning at all!

Improve your Italian skills and grow your vocabulary with these 10 entertaining Italian short stories! The best part of learning a new language is experiencing the culture and diving into activities that will enrich your life and vocabulary. The best way to learn a new language is by reading/listening, and in this Italian book, each captivating story will engage your mind and help you improve your Italian.

This language course offers a guide to both French and Italian. This course is ideal if you are visiting both France and Italy on a European trip, or if you simply want to gain an understanding of two of the more popular European languages, with French spoken not only in France but across major regions of the Middle East, Africa, and elsewhere and Italian being a very similar language to French in many ways. So Italian and French are a great language pairing to learn together given their similar roots.

It may be the twenty-first century but religious tensions and conflicts continue all across the world. Even today, religion continues to play an unparalleled role in the lives of individuals and nations with people and leaders pitting one religious identity against another. But the question that...

Are you planning a trip to Portugal and eager to make the most of your experience by learning the local language? This simple six-session audio course will equip you with the essential European Portuguese vocabulary you'll need to make the most of your trip. Don't miss out on this opportunity to enhance your travel experience. Start our six-session European Portuguese audio course today and take the first step towards a more fulfilling and enjoyable trip to Portugal!

Learn French with these fantastic short stories about Delphine Ducros. Improve your vocabulary and intuitively learn the grammar patterns of French. Stop learning French the unnatural way with textbooks and start absorbing the language in a fun and enjoyable form with stories. Every story is translated sentence-by-sentence in English and every story will provide a vocabulary list to make sure you understand everything. You won't be overwhelmed or feel like you've just been pushed into the deep end of language.

Revolutions, reformations, and the Renaissance—it took a lot of movements to turn medieval Europe into what we know today. The world was shaped by Europe’s contributions to art, literature, science, culture, religion, and technology.

What would the world look like if America were to reduce its role as a global leader in order to focus all its energies on solving its problems at home? And is America really in decline? Robert Kagan, New York Times best-selling author and one of the country’s most influential strategic...

"Business law in medieval and early modern India developed within thevoluminous and multifaceted texts called the Dharmashastras. These texts laiddown rules for merchants, traders, guilds, farmers and individuals in terms ofthe complex religious, legal and moral ideal of dharma.This exciting...

From studying Italian Renaissance while waiting in traffic to learning about the Russian Revolution on your iPod at the gym, AudioLearn is your complete audio study guide to the European History. With its convenient format, AudioLearn fits your busy lifestyle, enabling you to study anywhere, anytime. Best of all, you'll significantly increase learning and retention with AudioLearn's proven study format. So make sure you score a perfect five on your AP exam and gain valuable college credits - get AudioLearn AP European History today!

German students regularly have to go through the toughest experiences to find proper material that isn’t too tough or too tedious for them. As language teachers, we know this. This is why we’ve created German Short Stories for Beginners: Vol. 2 to ensure that young and old students at the entry level of learning can have yet another chance to polish their German tongue and survive to tell the tale!

Améliorez vos compétences en allemand et développez votre vocabulaire avec ces 12 nouvelles intéressantes en allemand, faciles à lire et à comprendre. Ces histoires sont réalistes, amusantes et instructives! Vous pouvez donc apprendre un allemand vraiment utile et l'utiliser directement lors de votre prochain voyage à l'étranger. Améliorez vos compétences en lecture et développez votre vocabulaire de manière intéressante et amusante!

Cambridge professor and renowned historian Anthony Pagden covers a vast subject in a compact package with Peoples and Empires. This wide-ranging and intellectually stimulating work examines the origins and history of the West with terse, efficient prose. With a captivating narration by Robert O'Keefe, listeners will find this work enjoyable and utterly absorbing.

The Hundred Years' War: A Captivating Guide to One of the Most Notable Conflicts of the Middle Ages and in European History and the Life of Joan of Arc contains two captivating manuscripts in one audiobook: The Hundred Years’ War: A Captivating Guide to the Conflicts Between the English House of Plantagenet and the French House of Valois That Took Place During the Middle Ages and Joan of Arc: A Captivating Guide to a Heroine of France and Her Role During the Lancastrian Phase of the Hundred Years’ War.

This 14-day audio course teaches you basic Dutch words and phrases that you can instantly put to use, with bite-sized daily sessions that are 10-20 minutes long. In addition, this course gives you some important details on Dutch traditions and culture. That way, your visit to the Netherlands will be even more fulfilling as you'll be able to speak the language at a basic level and have a good understanding of Dutch culture.

Este audiolivro é um curso introdutório desenvolvido para falantes de espanhol aprenderem o português europeu, com ênfase em dominar a pronúncia e melhorar a compreensão. O curso é dividido em cinco sessões, cada uma cuidadosamente estruturada para apresentar aos alunos os sons e o ritmo do português europeu. As sessões incluem exercícios de escuta e repetição, focando em frases-chave e vocabulário do dia a dia, usados em situações comuns como saudações, fazer pedidos em restaurantes e pedir direções.

Das Wort “Renaissance” ist Französisch und bedeutet “Wiedergeburt”. Der Name bezieht sich auf den Zeitraum zwischen dem 14. und 17. Jahrhundert, als Europa ein ausgeprägtes Wiederaufkommen der klassischen Kunst, Bildung, Philosophie, Architektur und Naturwissenschaft erlebte. Die ehemaligen römischen Gebiete machten sich abermals die Schriften der antiken Griechen und Römer und die Idee des Humanismus zum Vorbild. Die Wiedergeburt dieser Kultur war ein Zeichen für das Ende des Mittelalters und den Anfang der Moderne.

The beginning of modern Europe was a time of confusion, excitement, suspicion, hope, despair, and ideas. It was a time of a lot of change spread out over just a few hundred years, but the end result was a completely different world than the one that had come before it. This audiobook includes details of the transition from the Middle Ages to the early modern era, where Europe saw significant shifts across the continent in phases.

California’s transformation into the most populous state in America and the home of some of the country’s richest citizens spread amongst Silicon Valley and Hollywood, was certainly no accident. California has always been one of the most diverse and multicultural states in the United States, way before it was a state at all, and even before the arrival of the Europeans.

Have you ever wondered what PhD studies looked like? Have you ever had the desire to pursue PhD studies, or do you know any friends, relatives or loved ones who would like to engage in the adventure? Do you want to set your/their expectations straight? Do you want to test and feel the PhD waters without lifting a finger? Then you are in for a treat. PhD studies can be fascinating and fulfilling as much as they are challenging. Most people however can only resort to uninformed guesses as to what a PhD journey really looks like.