• Updated edition of the popular guide
• Model sentences and vocabulary lists
• Comprehensive grammar
• Irregular plural forms indicated
• Imperfect verb form lists with tenses
• Selections in Arabic from prose and poetry of eminent writers

Croatia is across the Adriatic Sea from Italy’s eastern coast, and has the unique position of being a Central European and Mediterranean country. It has a population of four-and-a-half million people, and the official language is Croatian, written in the Latin alphabet.

European tourists have long known the immense possibilities of vacationing in beautiful Croatia: metropolitan cities, the pristine Dalmatian Coast with its spectacular islands, majestic medieval castles and Roman ruins. Hailed as the “new Riviera” by the New York Times, over 10 million tourists from all over the world visit Croatia each year. The Croatian economy is growing, and the United States is one of Croatia's top five providers of direct foreign investment.

Ideal for tourists, business travelers, and students, Beginner’s Croatian includes:

• A brief introduction to Croatian history and culture
• Fifteen practical lessons with dialogues, vocabulary, and expressions
• Exercises with answer key
• Croatian-English and English-Croatian glossaries
• Two audio CDs of dialogues and vocabulary spoken by native Croatian speakers

The Republic of Serbia is located on the Balkan Peninsula at the crossroads between Central, Southern, and Eastern Europe. It emerged after the dissolution, and subsequent wars, of Yugoslavia in the 1990's. The majority of its ten million inhabitants are Serbs and the official language is Serbian, written in both the Cyrillic and Latin alphabets.

Serbia has a thriving tourist industry, driven by its scenic landscape, historic monuments, curative spas, fishing areas, and hunting grounds. Since 2001 Serbia has also attracted more business from around the world, with the U.S. as the largest source of direct foreign investment.

Ideal for tourists, business travelers, and students, Beginner’s Serbian includes:

• A brief introduction to Serbian history and culture
• Fifteen practical lessons with dialogues, vocabulary, and expressions
• Instructions in the Cyrillic alphabet
• Exercises with answer key
• Serbian-English and English-Serbian glossaries
• Two audio CDs of dialogues and vocabulary spoken by native Serbian speakers
  

Beginner’s Georgian with 2 Audio CDs is designed for both classroom use and self-study. Each of the 13 lessons opens with a dialogue about everyday topic, followed by vocabulary lists, explanations of grammar, and exercises. Audio CDs accompany the lessons, providing correct pronunciation of the dialogues and vocabulary, with pauses for repetitions by the student.