Books in At a Glance Series series

This attractive, illustrated Japanese phrasebook for travelers has been updated and re-designed. Perfect as a take-along guide for visitors to the Far East, it features city maps, information on public transportation systems, general information for visitors to Japan, and bilingual lists of more than 1,500 most-often-used words and expressions for travelers, in the form of phonetic spellings of Japanese words with their English translations. The book's page edges are color-coded by topic for quick reference.

The newest edition of the pocket-sized combination phrase book and dictionary provides both Japanese characters and Romaji, the standard Roman alphabet transliteration of Japanese. The book presents more than 1,500 expressions and their English meanings in two separate sections: Japanese-to-English, and English-to-Japanese. Other features include an additional 2,000 key words, and useful tourist aids-city maps, travel tips, and food and shopping guides. Japanese at a Glance makes an ideal travel companion for the English-speaking visitor to Japan. The book is also available with an approximately 90-minute-long audio tape and script booklet as part of Barron's very popular Now You're Talking in No Time! language-learning series. The tape supplements the book with spoken Japanese in dramatized situations similar to those encountered by English-speaking travelers in Japan.

In the Viking world, what were things, nithings and althings?Who was the Viking king who "won for himself all Denmark and Norway, and made the Danes Christians?"Explore the world of The Vikings with the help of maps, charts, diagrams and detailed illustrations.The author, Mike Corbishley, is an experienced writer of children's books on history, and is the Head of Education and Interpretation at English Heritage. The consultant, Dr. Julian Richards, is a lecturer in archaeology at the University of York.

Who led 20,000 men against an arch enemy and captured 924 chariots and 2,238 horses?Why did the Ancient Egyptians pay for a coffin with three pigs and five goats?Explore the world of the Ancient Egyptians with the help of maps, charts, diagrams and detailed illustrations.The author, Rupert Matthews, is an experienced writer and editor of children's books, and specializes in works on history. The consultant, Dr. Richard Parkinson, is Assistant Keeper of Egyptian Antiquities at the British Museum.