Conversation Books


Collins Gem Easy Learning Japanese Phrasebook and CD PackCollins Gem Easy Learning Japanese Phrasebook and CD Pack
Best Price: $7.55
Easy Learning Gem Phrasebook and CD combinations provide the perfect tools to hear and...
Collins Gem Easy Learning German PhrasebookCollins Gem Easy Learning German Phrasebook
Best Price: $3.13
Ideal for practicing pronunciation, listening comprehension, and becoming more confident in both...
Beyond the Dictionary in Italian; a handbook of everyday ItalianBeyond the Dictionary in Italian; a handbook of everyday Italian
I have referred to this little book for many years. This explains many Italian terms and...
Seaspeak Training Manual: Essential English for International Maritime UseSeaspeak Training Manual: Essential English for International Maritime UseConversational Organization: Interaction Between Speakers and Hearers (Language, thought, and culture)Conversational Organization: Interaction Between Speakers and Hearers (Language, thought, and culture)


Business Idioms International (Prentice Hall International English Language Teaching)Business Idioms International (Prentice Hall International English Language Teaching)
What does "to reach a stalemate" mean and how is it used? What expression can be used...
Harrap's Japanese Phrase BookHarrap's Japanese Phrase Book
Best Price: $3.00
Side By Side Book 1A: English through Guided Conversations (Pt. 1A)Side By Side Book 1A: English through Guided Conversations (Pt. 1A)
Best Price: $118.18
I absolutely LOVE all books by Molinsky. If you follow the methodics offered by the author, the...
Date Talk, Dinner Talk, Pillow Talk: What Men Think About What You SayDate Talk, Dinner Talk, Pillow Talk: What Men Think About What You Say
Best Price: $29.95
GET INSIDE HIS HEAD! Have you ever wondered what your date was really thinking? Did your dinner...
Colloquial Cantonese: A Complete Language Course (Colloquial Series)Colloquial Cantonese: A Complete Language Course (Colloquial Series)
Best Price: $29.12
I bought this system AFTER purchasing and using the Pimsleur language system and practiced both...


¿Qué Pasó?: An English-Spanish Guide for Medical Personnel¿Qué Pasó?: An English-Spanish Guide for Medical Personnel
Best Price: $6.86
The book has a lot of useful phrases for dealing with someone until you get a translator. It...
Culturally Speaking: A Conversation and Culture TextCulturally Speaking: A Conversation and Culture Text
Students learn to speak and act comfortably in a new culture by sharing cultural thoughts,...
Get Around in ItalyGet Around in Italy
Best Price: $8.50
This series breaks the travel barrier with definitions of 1,000 words, phrases, and dialogues...
Conversational Turkish in 7 DaysConversational Turkish in 7 Days
Best Price: $12.76
Spanish for Children (Passport Books)Spanish for Children (Passport Books)
Best Price: $43.65
This is a great way to introduce your children (and yourself) to Spanish. The book is colorful...

Just Enough Dutch (Just Enough Phrasebook Series)Just Enough Dutch (Just Enough Phrasebook Series)
Best Price: $1.79
"Just Enough Dutch" so far, is the worst Dutch reference I have come across. ...
Conversation Analysis of Therapeutic Discourse: The Pursuit of a Therapeutic Agenda (Advances in Discourse Processes)Conversation Analysis of Therapeutic Discourse: The Pursuit of a Therapeutic Agenda (Advances in Discourse Processes)
Best Price: $145.00
The Pocket Guide to Making Successful Small Talk : How to Talk to Anyone Anytime Anywhere About AnythingThe Pocket Guide to Making Successful Small Talk : How to Talk to Anyone Anytime Anywhere About Anything
Best Price: $11.95
I purchased this book, along with "Conversationally Speaking" by Alan Garner and...
If I Lived In GermanyIf I Lived In Germany
Best Price: $15.75
I am a high school German teacher and I bought this book for my nephew. It's very cute and...
Joint Utterance Construction in Japanese Conversation (Studies in Discourse and Grammar)Joint Utterance Construction in Japanese Conversation (Studies in Discourse and Grammar)
Best Price: $165.00
This text is concerned with how participants in Japanese conversation negotiate and achieve...

Malagasy-English/English-Malagasy: Dictionary and Phrasebook (Hippocrene Dictionary & Phrasebook)Malagasy-English/English-Malagasy: Dictionary and Phrasebook (Hippocrene Dictionary & Phrasebook)
Best Price: $6.82
I am a former Peace Corps volunteer from Madagascar and currently a resident in the country...
The French Connection: A Quick Approach to Spoken FrenchThe French Connection: A Quick Approach to Spoken French
Best Price: $29.23
An easy reference, twenty-hour, ten-lesson, beginner's course in French that is specifically...
Get Around in SpainGet Around in Spain
Best Price: $8.50
Get Around in Spain gets to the nitty gritty of traveling in a well organised and succinctly...
Practice and Improve Your Spanish Plus with Book (Practice & Improve)Practice and Improve Your Spanish Plus with Book (Practice & Improve)
This is an excellent course in intermediate to advanced Spanish. If you have already mastered...
Japanese in Plain EnglishJapanese in Plain English
Best Price: $1.45
After buying this book, I regreted it and wished I had gotten a different Learn Japanese book....

Medical Discourse and Systemic Frames of Comprehension: (Advances in Discourse Processes)Medical Discourse and Systemic Frames of Comprehension: (Advances in Discourse Processes)
Best Price: $126.95
French For Cruisers: The Boater's Complete Language Guide for French WatersFrench For Cruisers: The Boater's Complete Language Guide for French Waters
Best Price: $19.69
French for Cruisers, Kathy's newly completed follow-up to Spanish for Cruisers, is at the...
Art of Talking to YourselfArt of Talking to Yourself
Best Price: $5.46
Turning to One Another: Simple Conversations to Restore Hope to the FutureTurning to One Another: Simple Conversations to Restore Hope to the Future
Best Price: $2.29
I am an FOM. (Friend of Meg [Wheatley]) I am also a person who flourishes in a world of dreams,...
Mandarin Phrasebook: A Rough Guide Phrasebook (Phrase Book, Rough Guide) (Mandarin Chinese Edition)Mandarin Phrasebook: A Rough Guide Phrasebook (Phrase Book, Rough Guide) (Mandarin Chinese Edition)
I've recently had reason to review a vast quantity of teach-yourself-chinese literature and...

Medical Spanish Made Incredibly Easy! (Incredibly Easy! Series)Medical Spanish Made Incredibly Easy! (Incredibly Easy! Series)
Best Price: $5.75
I found this book excellent and just what I needed for use in a big children's hospital and...
English-Somali Phrase Book of Common and Medical TermsEnglish-Somali Phrase Book of Common and Medical TermsFinal Conversations: Helping the Living and the Dying Talk to Each OtherFinal Conversations: Helping the Living and the Dying Talk to Each Other
Best Price: $14.69
Reviewed by Tyler R. Tichelaar for Reader Views (4/07) "Final Conversations" by...
Berlitz Essentials: FrenchBerlitz Essentials: French
Best Price: $2.87
I'm a college student who is working on a major in teaching French, and is working on a...
How to Sound Intelligent in Japanese: A Vocabulary Builder (Kodansha's Children's Classics)How to Sound Intelligent in Japanese: A Vocabulary Builder (Kodansha's Children's Classics)
Best Price: $27.40
As a longtime student and translator of the Japanese language, I would like to see more books...

Using Japanese SlangUsing Japanese Slang
Best Price: $0.98
WHAT A GREAT BOOK! After just a few days with this small book, I learned more colloquialisms...
Galateo (Collezione Biblioteca) (Italian Edition)Galateo (Collezione Biblioteca) (Italian Edition)
Best Price: $13.52
Il "Galateo ovvero de' costumi" fu pubblicato nel 1558 da monsignor Della Casa,...
The boat's gonna leave (Pragmatics & Beyond)The boat's gonna leave (Pragmatics & Beyond)
Best Price: $83.72
Complete French Language Learning SuiteComplete French Language Learning SuiteConfident Conversation: How to Communicate Successfully in Any SituationConfident Conversation: How to Communicate Successfully in Any Situation
Best Price: $10.11

¿Qué Pasó?: An English-Spanish Guide for Medical Personnel¿Qué Pasó?: An English-Spanish Guide for Medical Personnel
Best Price: $6.86
The book has a lot of useful phrases for dealing with someone until you get a translator. It...
Culturally Speaking: A Conversation and Culture TextCulturally Speaking: A Conversation and Culture Text
Students learn to speak and act comfortably in a new culture by sharing cultural thoughts,...
Get Around in ItalyGet Around in Italy
Best Price: $8.50
This series breaks the travel barrier with definitions of 1,000 words, phrases, and dialogues...
Conversational Turkish in 7 DaysConversational Turkish in 7 Days
Best Price: $12.76
Spanish for Children (Passport Books)Spanish for Children (Passport Books)
Best Price: $43.65
This is a great way to introduce your children (and yourself) to Spanish. The book is colorful...

Just Enough Dutch (Just Enough Phrasebook Series)Just Enough Dutch (Just Enough Phrasebook Series)
Best Price: $1.79
"Just Enough Dutch" so far, is the worst Dutch reference I have come across. ...
Conversation Analysis of Therapeutic Discourse: The Pursuit of a Therapeutic Agenda (Advances in Discourse Processes)Conversation Analysis of Therapeutic Discourse: The Pursuit of a Therapeutic Agenda (Advances in Discourse Processes)
Best Price: $145.00
The Pocket Guide to Making Successful Small Talk : How to Talk to Anyone Anytime Anywhere About AnythingThe Pocket Guide to Making Successful Small Talk : How to Talk to Anyone Anytime Anywhere About Anything
Best Price: $11.95
I purchased this book, along with "Conversationally Speaking" by Alan Garner and...
If I Lived In GermanyIf I Lived In Germany
Best Price: $15.75
I am a high school German teacher and I bought this book for my nephew. It's very cute and...
Joint Utterance Construction in Japanese Conversation (Studies in Discourse and Grammar)Joint Utterance Construction in Japanese Conversation (Studies in Discourse and Grammar)
Best Price: $165.00
This text is concerned with how participants in Japanese conversation negotiate and achieve...

Berlitz Essential Italian (Berlitz Essentials)Berlitz Essential Italian (Berlitz Essentials)
Best Price: $6.99
Found this to be rather useful as a refresher. I can imagine a beginner feeling a little lost...
Berlitz Essential Spanish (Berlitz Phrase Books)Berlitz Essential Spanish (Berlitz Phrase Books)
Best Price: $2.85
Fast paced, gives a lot of grammer; but not in a dull tedious manner. Perhaps not best if used...
Spanish Business Situations (Languages for Business)Spanish Business Situations (Languages for Business)
I know how reviews found here can put you off buying what on closer inspection turns out to be a...
On the preference for minimization in referring to persons: Evidence from Hebrew conversation [An article from: Journal of Pragmatics]On the preference for minimization in referring to persons: Evidence from Hebrew conversation [An article from: Journal of Pragmatics]
Best Price: $7.95
This digital document is a journal article from Journal of Pragmatics, published by Elsevier in...
Dialogue as a Means of Collective Communication (Educational Linguistics)Dialogue as a Means of Collective Communication (Educational Linguistics)
Dialogue as a Means of Collective Communication offers a cross-disciplinary approach to...

More Than Meets the Ear: Discovering the Hidden Contexts of Old Testament ConversationsMore Than Meets the Ear: Discovering the Hidden Contexts of Old Testament ConversationsWhy is "The ROSE and the PYRAMID" a Collector's Item?Why is "The ROSE and the PYRAMID" a Collector's Item?
This under $1 treatise....spiritual roadmap...book of poetry and many more things besides is...
Talk Talk Talk: Decoding the Mysteries of SpeechTalk Talk Talk: Decoding the Mysteries of Speech
With a mixture of erudition and humor, Canadian radio personality Jay Ingram discusses the...
Collins Italian Phrasebook CD Pack: The Right Word in Your Pocket (Collins Gem)Collins Italian Phrasebook CD Pack: The Right Word in Your Pocket (Collins Gem)
Best Price: $6.30
With an accompanying CD that makes oral practice possible, this reference ensures that...
Collins Xhosa Phrasebook: The Right Word in Your Pocket (Collins Gem)Collins Xhosa Phrasebook: The Right Word in Your Pocket (Collins Gem)
In all of the most common travel situations, nonnatives need the reassurance that they...

Colloquial Japanese: The Complete Course for Beginners (Colloquial Series)Colloquial Japanese: The Complete Course for Beginners (Colloquial Series)
Best Price: $23.23
I am now living in Japan, and am fluent in Japanese(among other languages), a holder of a degree...
The American Heritage Dictionary for Learners of EnglishThe American Heritage Dictionary for Learners of English
Best Price: $10.47
I've ordered several dictionaries looking for the right one for my adult ESL students....
Medical Spanish for Health Care Professionals: A New ApproachMedical Spanish for Health Care Professionals: A New Approach
Best Price: $24.97
I checked this one out from a library, and got everything I could out of it within a week. Most...
Travel Wise: ItalianTravel Wise: Italian
Best Price: $11.88
Designed especially for international travelers, yet also suitable for foreign language labs in...
Travel Wise: FrenchTravel Wise: French
Best Price: $0.01
Designed especially for international travelers, yet also suitable for foreign language labs in...

Lingala-English, English-Lingala Dictionary and Phrasebook (Hippocrene Dictionary and Phrasebook)Lingala-English, English-Lingala Dictionary and Phrasebook (Hippocrene Dictionary and Phrasebook)
This is the only dictionary and phrasebook on the Lingala language. Curious about the language...
Hoa's Vietnamese Phrase Book (English and Vietnamese Edition)Hoa's Vietnamese Phrase Book (English and Vietnamese Edition)Flirtspeak: The Sexy LanguageFlirtspeak: The Sexy Language
Best Price: $1.40
Conversational Realities Revisited: Life, Language, Body and WorldConversational Realities Revisited: Life, Language, Body and World
Best Price: $24.98
This is an interesting book that synthesises a range of ideas from scholars such as...
The Fergus Dialogues: A Meditation on the Gender of ChristThe Fergus Dialogues: A Meditation on the Gender of Christ
Best Price: $80.45
A dark comedy, with a luminous ending, about the difficulty of representing God.

Talk Talk Talk: Decoding the Mysteries of SpeechTalk Talk Talk: Decoding the Mysteries of Speech
Best Price: $4.95
Unless, that is, you have no problem with people shooting you strange looks... Jay Ingram...
Colloquial Catalan: A Complete Course for Beginners (Colloquial Series)Colloquial Catalan: A Complete Course for Beginners (Colloquial Series)
Best Price: $39.36
This course teaches Catalan, as spoken in north-eastern Spain today. Each unit teaches the...
Passport to Russian (Berlitz Travel Companions)Passport to Russian (Berlitz Travel Companions)
Best Price: $4.11
I went to russian back in 2005, I knew how to say hello, goodbye and count to 10. This book was...
Speech Acts and Conversational InteractionSpeech Acts and Conversational Interaction
Best Price: $48.98
This study proposes a new theory of speech acts, Dynamic Speech Act Theory. It is predicated on...
Women, Men, and Politeness (Real Language Series)Women, Men, and Politeness (Real Language Series)
Best Price: $123.36
Women, Men and Politeness focuses on the specific issue of the ways in which women and men...

150 First Spanish Phrases150 First Spanish Phrases
A range of popular DK titles now available in Spanish. The colorful photographs and fun model...
Essential Spanish for Healthcare (LL(R) Essential Workplace)Essential Spanish for Healthcare (LL(R) Essential Workplace)
Best Price: $49.71
There are at least three books on the market for health care workers who wish to learn enough...
Way-Cool French Phrase Book : The French That Kids Really SpeakWay-Cool French Phrase Book : The French That Kids Really Speak
Best Price: $10.88
Many French slang books go too far for most classrooms. As advertised, this one is suitable for...
Words That Hurt, Words That Heal: How to Choose Words Wisely and WellWords That Hurt, Words That Heal: How to Choose Words Wisely and Well
Best Price: $5.99
Old children's rhyme: Sticks and stones may break my bones but words can never hurt me. Real...
Cultures in Conversation (Routledge Communication Series)Cultures in Conversation (Routledge Communication Series)
Best Price: $29.61
This book makes an outstanding contribution to the study of cultural and cross-cultural...

How to Talk to Anyone, Anytime, Anywhere: The Secrets of Good CommunicationHow to Talk to Anyone, Anytime, Anywhere: The Secrets of Good Communication
Best Price: $2.13
Without trying to sound holier-than-thou, though I admit Larry brought up some crucial and...
Interview (Longman series in college composition and communication)Interview (Longman series in college composition and communication)
A variety of interview contexts are presented in the chapters following the initial discussion...
Greek Phrase BookGreek Phrase BookBasic Spanish for Law EnforcementBasic Spanish for Law Enforcement
Best Price: $29.61
This worktext provides vocabulary, situations, and communicative functions essential to police...
Way-Cool Spanish Phrase Book : The Spanish That Kids Really SpeakWay-Cool Spanish Phrase Book : The Spanish That Kids Really Speak
Best Price: $35.00
The best thing is the phonetic spelling listed with each phrase or word. No grammar, no real...

Good Gossip (PB)Good Gossip (PB)
Best Price: $13.96
I found the discussion of the complexity and normality of gossip fascinating. Distinctions...
Overheard in AmericaOverheard in America
Best Price: $0.01
This is the sort of book that some readers might say, "I don't get it." Or,...
EMS Translator Field Guide (Spanish Edition)EMS Translator Field Guide (Spanish Edition)
Best Price: $18.24
Communication is essential to providing life-saving emergency care. This guide is designed to...
TravelWise Spanish (Barron's Educational Series)TravelWise Spanish (Barron's Educational Series)
Best Price: $0.75
Designed especially for international travelers, yet also suitable for foreign language labs in...
Georgian-English/English-Georgian Dictionary and Phrasebook (Hippocrene Dictionary & Phrasebook)Georgian-English/English-Georgian Dictionary and Phrasebook (Hippocrene Dictionary & Phrasebook)
Best Price: $19.99
This little book is useful mainly because it's the only book of its kind available to most...

Irish/English English/Irish Dictionary and Phrasebook (Language Dictionaries Series)Irish/English English/Irish Dictionary and Phrasebook (Language Dictionaries Series)
The Irish language, still spoken in the 'Gaeltacht' areas of counties Donegal, Galway,...
Miss Manners' Basic Training: The Right Thing to SayMiss Manners' Basic Training: The Right Thing to Say
Best Price: $8.50
. . . Miss Manners, a.k.a. Judith Martin, is the cure for the more fundamental illness of which...
Japanese Language Pack (Collins Language Packs)Japanese Language Pack (Collins Language Packs)
Best Price: $15.99
To be launched in conjunction with the new Phrase Book & Dictionary editions. The packs...
Collins Afrikaans Phrasebook: The Right Word in Your Pocket (Collins Gem)Collins Afrikaans Phrasebook: The Right Word in Your Pocket (Collins Gem)
In all of the most common travel situations, nonnatives need the reassurance that they...
Collins Gem Easy Learning Thai Phrasebook and CD PackCollins Gem Easy Learning Thai Phrasebook and CD Pack
Best Price: $1,084.22
Easy Learning Gem Phrasebook and CD combinations provide the perfect tools to hear and...

Airspeak: English Radiotelephony Pilots Book OnlyAirspeak: English Radiotelephony Pilots Book OnlyHarrap's Chinese Phrase BookHarrap's Chinese Phrase BookGetting Together: An ESL Conversation BookGetting Together: An ESL Conversation Book
Best Price: $32.99
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Dialogue as a Means of Collective Communication (Educational Linguistics)Dialogue as a Means of Collective Communication (Educational Linguistics)
Best Price: $133.64
Dialogue as a Means of Collective Communication offers a cross-disciplinary approach to...
Have You Ever...: Questions About You, Your Friends, and Your WorldHave You Ever...: Questions About You, Your Friends, and Your World
Best Price: $1.39
This book is a GREAT conversation-starter. It is a book of about 450 questions, all of which...
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