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| William Camden Hexaglot Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 6084 days ago 1936 posts - 2333 votes  Speaks: English*, German, Spanish, Russian, Turkish, French | Message 1 of 34 20 September 2008 at 9:01am | IP Logged | ||
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I went into Foyle's bookshop in London to see if they had Barry Farber's book on learning foreign languages, or were in a position to order it for me. The assistant found it on her computer but told me it was "unavailable in Europe".
Is there any way of obtaining this book in the UK? I looked on Amazon but they only quoted dollar prices. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| josht Diglot Senior Member United States Joined 6258 days ago 635 posts - 857 votes Speaks: English*, German Studies: French, Spanish, Russian, Dutch | Message 2 of 34 20 September 2008 at 9:39am | IP Logged | ||
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There seem to be a couple copies of it at ebay.co.uk right now, available via Buy It Now.
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| William Camden Hexaglot Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 6084 days ago 1936 posts - 2333 votes Speaks: English*, German, Spanish, Russian, Turkish, French | Message 3 of 34 20 September 2008 at 4:01pm | IP Logged | ||
Thanks, I'll see if I can track one down and buy it. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| pitwo Diglot Senior Member Canada Joined 5971 days ago 103 posts - 121 votes Speaks: French*, English | Message 4 of 34 20 September 2008 at 8:01pm | IP Logged | ||
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There's also an ebook of it floating around the net ... ;)
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| Topsiderunner Diglot Senior Member United States Joined 6730 days ago 215 posts - 218 votes Speaks: English*, French Studies: Italian, Arabic (Written) | Message 5 of 34 20 September 2008 at 9:15pm | IP Logged | ||
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I hate to admit it, but randomly clicking on a link to that ebook several years ago caused me to start learning languages...and find this site!
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| Marcus Groupie Australia Joined 7023 days ago 55 posts - 55 votes Speaks: English* Studies: French, Spanish | Message 6 of 34 23 September 2008 at 2:52am | IP Logged | ||
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AbeBooks never fails me (and it supports small business)
Link The above link is a search in the UK but you can always try other countries.
I actually discovered it the other way round. I found it on this site (long before the forum) as one of Francois' recommended books. Farber's enthusiasm for language learning is wonderfully infectious! Edited by Marcus on 23 September 2008 at 2:58am 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| TheElvenLord Diglot Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 5892 days ago 915 posts - 927 votes 1 sounds Speaks: Cornish, English* Studies: Spanish, French, German Studies: Portuguese, Mandarin | Message 7 of 34 23 September 2008 at 7:19am | IP Logged | ||
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Marcus, I agree.
How to learn any language by Barry Farber is the only book I have read 4 times, and I am currently reading it again! It is truely inspirational, if I ever burnout/start to burnout, I read his book, and it inspires me to do it again. TEL 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| autodidactic Bilingual Triglot Senior Member United States tinyurl.com/cunningl Joined 6435 days ago 100 posts - 110 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish*, French Studies: Russian, Japanese, Kazakh | Message 8 of 34 23 September 2008 at 11:25am | IP Logged | ||
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I don't know how much of the book is verifiable, but it is still a very good book to
read for motivation. Just learning a third of the languages Farber supposedly knows is quite a feat. 1 person has voted this message useful |
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