You may be quite good at writing English, and even fairly reliable when it comes to reading. However, when you actually talk to native English speakers, you find that they are always asking you to repeat yourself, and you may not get through to them at all. The problem is the way you speak the language. You are having problems with pronunciation. This is a series of books that teaches English pronunciation PRO-NUN-SEE-AYSH'N] (the way to speak the language) through various simple topics. It is aimed at non-native speakers of English who wish to improve their pronunciation of the language....

Socrates as a detective in ancient Athens Amazingly, Socrates the philosopher is not recorded as taking part in any criminal investigation. This historical oversight is corrected in this book. When the holy statues of Athens, known as the Herms, were mutilated, Socrates was in the city. Therefore, he must have been affected by this sacrilegious act, and must have been at least a little involved in trying to discover the perpetrators. There were also rumours at the time that there had been parodies of the Eleusinian Mysteries carried out in private houses. Socrates would have known about...