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| rcusickjr Newbie United States Joined 6772 days ago 9 posts - 19 votes | Message 1 of 11 30 September 2013 at 7:34pm | IP Logged |
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Harmony of Babel: Profiles of Famous Polyglots of Europe, a unique book by Kato Lomb, has just been
published. The full book is available for download (PDF) from tesl-ej.org. The printed book is available from Lulu [dot] com. This book will introduce you to some of the most accomplished polyglots of the past 300 years (e.g., Mezzofanti, Csoma, Schliemann, etc.) as well as some 20th century polyglots. The most interesting part of the book is the interviews with the modern polyglots. The author, Kato Lomb, was a famous polyglot in her own right: she interpreted and translated 16 languages. Her excellent book on language learning was published in English in 2008: Polyglot: How I Learn Languages. 11 persons have voted this message useful | |
| jondesousa Tetraglot Senior Member United States goo.gl/Zgg3nRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 6076 days ago 227 posts - 297 votes  Speaks: English*, Portuguese, Japanese, Esperanto Studies: Latin, Mandarin, Spanish | Message 2 of 11 30 September 2013 at 9:31pm | IP Logged |
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Thanks for sharing this, rcusickjr. This is a cool read. I just threw it on my kindle for some light reading. Maybe I'll save it for my trip to India at the end of October.
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| daristani Senior Member United States Joined 6956 days ago 752 posts - 1661 votes Studies: Uzbek | Message 3 of 11 30 September 2013 at 9:41pm | IP Logged |
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For those interested, here's the direct download link for the book:
http://tesl-ej.org/pdf/ej66/TESL-EJ_HarmonyOfBabel.pdf Her other book, Polyglot: How I Learn Languages, is available for download here: http://www.tesl-ej.org/books/lomb-2nd-Ed.pdf Edited by daristani on 30 September 2013 at 9:47pm 13 persons have voted this message useful | |
| fanatic Octoglot Senior Member Australia speedmathematics.com Joined 6958 days ago 1152 posts - 1818 votes Speaks: English*, German, French, Afrikaans, Italian, Spanish, Russian, Dutch Studies: Swedish, Norwegian, Polish, Modern Hebrew, Malay, Mandarin, Esperanto | Message 4 of 11 02 October 2013 at 6:28am | IP Logged |
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Thank you Daristani. I love her books.
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 jeff_lindqvist Diglot Moderator SwedenRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 6721 days ago 4250 posts - 5710 votes Speaks: Swedish*, English Studies: German, Spanish, Russian, Dutch, Mandarin, Esperanto, Irish, French Personal Language Map | Message 5 of 11 02 October 2013 at 9:14am | IP Logged |
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Daristani, thanks for sharing!
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| caitwn Triglot Newbie United StatesRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 4107 days ago 7 posts - 14 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish, Mandarin Studies: Japanese, Portuguese, German | Message 6 of 11 02 October 2013 at 9:05pm | IP Logged |
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Thanks for sharing the links, Daristani. Reading these will be a great way to pass the next two hours while I am waiting for my Delhi to Bangkok flight.
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| Darklight1216 Diglot Senior Member United StatesRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 4912 days ago 411 posts - 639 votes Speaks: English*, French Studies: German | Message 7 of 11 02 October 2013 at 9:11pm | IP Logged |
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Thanks for sharing. I had never heard of her before.
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| jondesousa Tetraglot Senior Member United States goo.gl/Zgg3nRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 6076 days ago 227 posts - 297 votes Speaks: English*, Portuguese, Japanese, Esperanto Studies: Latin, Mandarin, Spanish | Message 8 of 11 02 October 2013 at 9:25pm | IP Logged |
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Darklight1216: If you have never read Kato Lomb before and are interested in language learning, her other book: How I Learn Languages (linked above) is a fabulous read.
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