Here's the perfect book to use when you're traveling to Italy for business or pleasure -- or whenever fast, effective communication in Italian is needed.
This handy, sturdy volume contains more than 770 basic phrases that provide the practical language necessary for most everyday situations. Designed for use as a quick reference tool and an easy study guide, Easy Italian Phrase Book is the perfect companion when traveling abroad or for reading at odd moments in order to learn a few phrases each day.
Included are basic phrases used in: making yourself understood; general...

From simple, unadorned geometrics and florals to extraordinarily ornate and intricate images, this collection features a rich and versatile selection of patterns. Many of these 257 black-and-white illustrations feature Art Nouveau influences, and all are derived from rare periodicals of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, including "Art Journal, Harper's Monthly, " and "Scientific American." Designs include decorations for gates, railings, finials, window grilles, signs, bedsteads, and tables.
This book includes a CD-ROM containing 257 royalty-free images scanned at 600 dpi...

Among the world's great decorative art traditions, Islamic design has inspired the arts and crafts of many cultures. High-quality, royalty-free illustrations reproduced from a wealth of rare sources include exquisite patterns, borders, and motifs displaying all the beauty and intricacy of Islamic art. 201 colorand 12 black-and-white illustrations."

In this volume the eminent classicist K. J. Dover presents a decade of work on the problems of Greek word order. Based on a series of lectures he gave at the University of Cambridge in 1959, the book is written in a lucid manner that maintains the reader's interest. He explains that although Greek appears to be indeterminate, there are certain conventions that are followed in its construction. He then develops his argument at a more technical level focusing on lexical, semantic, syntactical and 'logical' determinants. This is an insightful study for all classicists as well as those generally...