Mah Jong, Anyone? unlocks the mysteries of Mah Jong for Westerners.Mah Jong, the ancient game of China, is enjoying another burst of popularity in America, as well as in Asia. Often seen as a mystery to Westerners, Chinese Mah Jong includes the combination of skill, chance and social interaction of Western games like dominoes, bridge and dice.Authors Strauser and Evans unlock this mystery with an easy-to-follow instructional guidebook which outline...

Learn the fascinating game of American Mahjong with this expert guide.This affordable best-selling book is one of the only available game strategy guides that is specifically geared toward American Mahjong (Mah Jongg) and follows the official National Mah Jongg League rules. Offering first-time players an easy-to-follow guide to this complex game, A Beginner's Guide to American Mah Jongg includes simple, easy-to-follow instructions and clear diagrams to wa...

Some of the Hiragana Study Book's key features include detailed and easy to follow instructions on reading and writing hiragana (such as proper stroke order and pronunciation), a comprehensive set of character charts, and useful example vocabulary words that incorporate the target characters. This book by IE Institute gives you everything you need to master hiragana in one convenient package!

The next best thing to a year in Russia!Streetwise Russian with Audio CD offers you a unique opportunity to learn first-hand how Russian is actually spoken. With the help of more than 25 everyday dialogues performed by native speakers, you pick up on the idioms, colloquialisms, slang, and vulgarisms currently used by people from all walks of life. Fascinating features help explain the cultural attitudes behind many expressions. And exercises enable you to ...

A complete introduction to written Japanese — start here with zero knowledge and finish feeling confident!This introduction to the Japanese writing system teaches you to read and write the fundamental 92 hiragana and katakana characters—and makes learning fun and easy with a memorable picture-based method!The method that's helped thousands learn Japanese successfully:Memorable pictures help you to learn the ch...

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Master the fascinating and rewarding game of American Mahjong with this guide for beginners."Strategies, strategies, strategies! If I only knew more strategies I could win more games!" is the frequent lament of beginning Mahjong players. Following up on the success of her acclaimed book, A Beginner's Guide to American Mah Jongg, bestselling author Elaine Sandberg's new book offers novice players the advice they need to excel at the game of Mahjong. Win...

It's amazing how 100 key words and phrases provide instant communication!Do you want to speak simple Korean but are too busy to study it? Are you visiting Korea for a short time and want a Korean phrase book to help you communicate? If so, this Korean phrasebook for you. It's tiny 0.4 x 4.1 x 5.9 inches size makes it incredibly convenient to travel with but without losing the most essential content for communication. This new, expanded edition contains 15% more con...

Master the effective, practical style of Kung Fu practiced by the Taiwanese police with this illustrated martial arts guide.Police Kung Fu: The Personal Combat Handbook of the Taiwan National Police is a comprehensive approach for the realistic use of traditional kung fu by law enforcement and corrections officers—and ordinary citizens—to maximize personal safety while minimizing the necessary use of force. Lavishly illustrated with photographs of Taiwanes...

Learning to recognize and pronounce the basic hiragana and katakana phonetic alphabets is the first step in studying the Japanese language.This set of 200 flash cards along with accompanying booklet, wall charts, and online audio recordings contains everything you need to quickly gain mastery of the two Japanese syllabaries and is a great way to learn Japanese. Frequent review is the key to memorizing the characters, and these cards are easily carried in a pocket o...

This workbook has been carefully designed to facilitate the quick and easy mastery of the forty-six character hiragana syllabary used to write all types of native words not written in kanji.Each character is introduced here with brushed, handwritten, and typed samples to enhance character recognition. Entertaining illustrations and amusing examples of onomatopoeic usage of hiragana in Japanese writings further reinforce memorization in a fun way.This easy-to-use and practic...

Master the game of Mahjong with this must-have game strategy guide for Mahjong beginners and enthusiasts.Originally played with cards, and then piece carved from ivory or bamboo, the Chinese game of Mahjong or "Mah Jongg" is well over a thousand years old. Said to have originated in the court of the Emperor of Wu, for centuries Mahjong remained a diversion exclusively for the royal class of China. Mahjong has been called "the game of a hundred intelligences." When ...