German at a Glance: Phrase Book and Dictionary for Travelers

by Henry Strutz

Book Overview

Travelers to foreign countries constantly praise these pocket-size phrasebooks for their portability, durability, travel tips, and their many easy-to-find phrases that apply to all kinds of travel... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0812013956
• ISBN13: 9780812013955
• Release Date: January 1992
• Publisher: Barron's Educational Series
• Length: 324 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 3.9" x 6.3"

Customer Reviews

At a glance Series

I have a copy of this edition for the German Language as well as Japanese, Spanish, Russian, French, Arabic and Chinese editions. These phase books have a map on the front and back cover of the important cities or subway systems. These books are light,pocketable and indexed by subject.It also has a basic bi-lingual dictionary. If you want to invest a few more dollars they come along with CDs under the title "Now you are talking (language) in no Time". These also have a short page Audioscript to follow the CD.

Handy, but....

This compact little phrase book is packed with useful words, phrases, and interesting cultural notes that should be more than sufficient for most tourists and business travellers. I especially enjoy the part about food (that's the most important thing, isn't it?) But of course it is not a substitute for learning German formally. In fact, I wonder if I would appreciate this book as much if I had not already taken 2 semesters of German. Also, perhaps it's time for a revision. Some new references concerning the EMU, the internet, mobile phones, etc. would be useful.