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  | | The Spy Who Came In From the Co-op(1st Edition) Melita Norwood and the Ending of Cold War Espionage (History of British Intelligence Book 2) by David Burke Hardcover, 232 Pages, Published 2009 by Boye6 Kindle Ebook ISBN-13: 978-1-84383-422-9, ISBN: 1-84383-422-7 "On September 11th 1999 The Times newspaper carried the front page article "Revealed: the quiet woman who betrayed Britain for 40 years. The spy who came in from the Co-op." Melita Norwood, the last of the atomic spies, had finally been run to ground, but at 87 she was deemed too old to prosecute. Her crime: the shortening of the Soviet Union's atomic bomb project by up to 5 years. At a time when the world faces fresh dilemmas caused by ..." |
 | | Street Spanish 3(1st Edition) The Best of Naughty Spanish by David Burke Paperback, 256 Pages, Published 1998 by Wiley Audiobook ISBN-13: 978-0-471-17972-6, ISBN: 0-471-17972-8 "You've mastered Spanish slang, conquered popular idioms, yet still feel like an outsider. The reason is simple. You haven't discovered the third piece to understanding everyday spanish: popular expletives and obscenities - those back-alley words and phrases constantly used in movies, books and coversations between native speakers.STREET SPANISH 3 is the first step-by-step guide of its kind to explore the most comon curses, vulgarities, ..." |
 | | Street Spanish 1(1st Edition) The Best of Spanish Slang by David Burke Paperback, 256 Pages, Published 1997 by Wiley ISBN-13: 978-0-471-17970-2, ISBN: 0-471-17970-1 "If a native Spanish speaker were to tell you that the pez gordo (fat fish) met a merengue (meringue) with lots of pasta (noodles) who is going to become his media naranja (half an orange), you may not know whether to offer your condolences or your congratulations -- that is, unless you've read this first book in David Burke's Street Spanish series. Street Spanish 1 lets you quickly become an insider by presenting some of the most popula ..." |
 | | Street French 1(2nd Edition) The Best of French Slang (Street Language) by David Burke, Bill Burke Paperback, 272 Pages, Published 1996 by Wiley ISBN-13: 978-0-471-13898-3, ISBN: 0-471-13898-3 "Oh, la vache! Le voleur s'est fait epingler par le flic! (translation:) Wow! That thief got nabbed by the cop! (literal:) Oh, the cow! That thief got stapled by the cop! Sacre bleu! Even after years of trying to learn French, you still have trouble conversing with a native speaker. Why? Because everyday French is filled with slang and colloquialisms. Street French 1 is the first in a series of slang/idiom books that teach you how to ..." |
 | | A Sense Of Wonder Van Morrison's Ireland by David Burke, Joseph O'connor, Hal Leonard Paperback, 272 Pages, Published 2013 by Jawbone Press ISBN-13: 978-1-908279-48-4, ISBN: 1-908279-48-6 "Long before there was a peace process in Ireland Van Morrison unwittingly did his bit to unite a nation divided. Born in the heart of East Belfast in the North he is revered as a Celtic soul hero in the South. His music while rooted in jazz and blues and soul has an Irish accent - a distinctly Protestant Irish accent. Morrison's songs form a map of this small island - a map of places people and cultures too. They evoke a long-ago ..." |
 | | Learn Spanish Through Fairy Tales Cinderella Level 1 by David Burke, Miguel Sandoval Paperback, 32 Pages, Published 2006 by Slangman Publishing ISBN-13: 978-1-891888-74-8, ISBN: 1-891888-74-9 "(Spanish) CINDERELLA - Level 1 Each fairy tale starts in English, then slowly morphs into Spanish! ★★ Includes book & companion audio program! ★★ ★ Winner of the Independent Publishers Award ★ Created and printed in the USA This innovative foreign language series is your childs first step into the Spanish language, designed to motivate them to want to learn more! Through familiar fairy tales, colorful pictures, and ear training w ..." |
 | | Street Spanish Slang Dictionary & Thesaurus(1st Edition) by David Burke, Athol Alexander Congalton Paperback, 288 Pages, Published 1999 by Wiley ISBN-13: 978-0-471-16834-8, ISBN: 0-471-16834-3 "?Tus antepasados eran nobles? !Me estas tomando el pelo! (trans.): Your ancestors were royalty? You're pulling my leg! (lit.): Your ancestors are royalty? You're taking my hair! !La comida en este restauraniete esta para chuparse los dedos! (trans.): The fod in this restaurant id delicious! (lit.): The food in this restaurant is to suck one's fingers! While asking for directions, if a native speaker of Spanish were to tell you not to "e ..." |
 | | Street Spanish Slang Dictionary and Thesaurus by David Burke Hardcover, Published 2007 by Barnes & Noble/Metro Books ISBN-13: 978-0-7607-8992-6, ISBN: 0-7607-8992-4 "The Street Spanish Slang Dictionary and Thesaurus offers English equivalents and usage tips for over one thousand Spanish terms, including slang words, idioms, proverbs, colloquialisms, and vulgarities. It also offers an extensive thesaurus of naughty Spanish slang synonyms for common English words and phrases -- all destined to make you feel like an insider in no time." |
 | | The Copenhagen Papers(1st Edition) An Intrigue by Michael Frayn, David Burke Paperback, 140 Pages, Published 2003 by Picador Mobipocket_Ebook ISBN-13: 978-0-312-42124-3, ISBN: 0-312-42124-9 "In a brilliant coda to the play Copenhagen, Michael Frayn receives mysterious letters that take him back to the theme of his bestselling novel, Headlong -- human folly, this time his own.Michael Frayn's Copenhagen has established itself as one of the finest pieces of drama to grace the stage in recent years. The subject of the Tony-winning play is the strange visit the German nuclear physicist Werner Heisenberg made to his former mentor ..." |
 | | Celia's Secret The Copenhagen Papers by Michael Frayn, David Burke Paperback, 128 Pages, Published 2001 by Faber & Faber ISBN-13: 978-0-571-20570-7, ISBN: 0-571-20570-4 "Michael Frayn's Copenhagen has established itself as one of the finest pieces of drama to grace the London stage in recent years. The play deals with the encounter between the German physicist Werner Heisenberg and Niels Bohr in Copenhagen in 1941, and the riddle of their quarrel and pursuit of the riddle of atomic fission. Following the war, Heisenberg and other German scientists were interned for six months by British Intelligence at ..." |
 | | Street Italian 1(1st Edition) The Best of Italian Slang (Street Language) by David Burke Paperback, 256 Pages, Published 2000 by Wiley ISBN-13: 978-0-471-38438-0, ISBN: 0-471-38438-0 "Here are ten easy lessons to Italian slang and idioms--the actual language spoken in Italy Italian is among the top five languages studied by high school and college students and is also a popular language with consumers interested in culture and travel. But the language taught in the classroom is often not the language spoken in the streets of Italy. Street Italian 1 is designed to teach the fundamentals of colloquial Italian in ten ea ..." |
 | | Street French Slang Dictionary & Thesaurus(1st Edition) by David Burke Paperback, 336 Pages, Published 1997 by Wiley ISBN-13: 978-0-471-16806-5, ISBN: 0-471-16806-8 "If a French native told you that the new movie is a "turnip" (un navet), should you go see it? Or if a passerby calls you a "sausage" (une andouille), should you respond by saying thank you? The answer to both questions is an indisputable, "No!" But how would a nonnative speaker know this? Thanks to David Burke's newest book, there's no need "to hit your biscuit" (se frapper le biscuit; "to worry") any longer! The Street French Slang Di ..." |
 | | Street Talk-1 How to Speak and Understand American Slang (v. 1) by David Burke Paperback, 270 Pages, Published 1991 by Optima Books ISBN-13: 978-1-879440-00-5, ISBN: 1-879440-00-8 "Street Talk 1 contains more than 1,150 commonly used American slang terms and expressions...the words and phrases heard everyday that don't always make sense. If you are confused by American English and would like to speak and understand like a native, you need to read this book! Street Talk 1 is the first self-teaching book on American slang that is written for the non-native speaker. Readers will learn the "inside" language that is he ..." |
 | | More Street French(1st Edition) Slang, Idioms, and Popular Expletives by David Burke, Georgette A. Marks, Charles Benjamin Johnson Paperback, 246 Pages, Published 1989 by John Wiley & Sons Inc ISBN-13: 978-0-471-50771-0, ISBN: 0-471-50771-7 "Sophisticated travelers know it is impossible to really speak French without some guide to the subtle nuances of idiomatic expressions. Here is a book filled with expressions heard everyday in taxicabs, offices, in movies or on the streets." |
 | | The Lawn Road Flats Spies, Writers and Artists (History of British Intelligence) (Volume 3) by David Burke Paperback, 309 Pages, Published 2019 by Boydell & Brewer Ltd, United Kingdom ISBN-13: 978-1-78327-470-3, ISBN: 1-78327-470-0 "The story of a modernist building with a significant place in the history of Soviet espionage in Britain, where communist spies rubbed shoulders with British artists, sculptors and writers" |
 | | THE SLANGMAN GUIDE TO STREET SPEAK 1 The Complete Course in American Slang & Idioms by David Burke Paperback, 160 Pages, Published 2016 by Slangman Publishing ISBN-13: 978-1-891888-08-3, ISBN: 1-891888-08-0 "The Slangman Guide to STREET SPEAK 1 takes you through the colorful and popular world of everyday American slang and idioms used by all native speakers of English in the US. It has been featured on CNN, BBC, Voice of America, and several other international TV broadcasts. For ESL (English as a Second Language) students, this book equals years of living in the USA and will help you to quickly integrate into the American culture by learni ..." |
 | | THE SLANGMAN GUIDE TO BIZ SPEAK 1 Slang Idioms & Jargon Used in Business English (Slangman Guides to Biz Speak) by David Burke Paperback, 240 Pages, Published 2016 by Slangman Publishing ISBN-13: 978-1-891888-14-4, ISBN: 1-891888-14-5 "The Slangman Guide to BIZ SPEAK 1 is essential for anyone doing business with Americans! If you do business with Americans, the “BIZ SPEAK” series is for you! If you don't know the essential American slang, idioms, and jargon used by all business professionals, you risk embarrassment, loss of respect, and loss of money! Entertaining dialogues, activities and games will quickly help put you on the inside track (“shortest path to success” ..." |
 | | THE SLANGMAN GUIDE TO STREET SPEAK 2 The Complete Course in American Slang & Idioms by David Burke Paperback, 232 Pages, Published 2016 by Slangman Publishing ISBN-13: 978-1-891888-06-9, ISBN: 1-891888-06-4 "Have fun and learn "real" American conversational English! Our books contain the most common slang and idioms used every day by Americans. Look at this example: English taught in schools: "Please stop doing that, I do not like it." Real American English: "Cut it out!" Both of them mean the same thing, but "Real American English" is the way Americans speak. With our books, you will learn American English conversation using slang and idio ..." |
 | | Learn Italian Through Fairy Tales Cinderella Level 1 by David Burke, Miguel Sandoval, Julie Bobrick, Migs Sandoval, Alessio Filippi Paperback, 32 Pages, Published 2015 by Slangman Publishing ISBN-13: 978-1-891888-77-9, ISBN: 1-891888-77-3 "(Italian) CINDERELLA - Level 1 Each fairy tale starts in English, then slowly morphs into Italian! ★★ Includes book & companion audio program! ★★ ★ Winner of the Independent Publishers Award ★ Created and printed in the USA This innovative foreign language series is your childs first step into the Italian language, designed to motivate them to want to learn more! Through familiar fairy tales, colorful pictures, and ear training w ..." |
 | | Writers in Paris Literary Lives in the City of Light by David Burke Paperback, 256 Pages, Published 2010 by Counterpoint ISBN-13: 978-1-58243-585-5, ISBN: 1-58243-585-5 "No city has attracted so much literary talent, launched so many illustrious careers, or produced such a wealth of enduring literature as Paris. From the 15th century through the 20th, poets, novelists, and playwrights, famed for both their work and their lives, were shaped by this enchanting place. From natives such as Molière, Genet, and Anaïs Nin to expats like Henry Miller, Samuel Beckett, and Gertrude Stein, author David Burke fol ..." |
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