Signposts: German [Paperback]

Edith Baer (Author), Margaret Wightman (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 30, 1982 | ISBN-10: 0521281865 | ISBN-13: 978-0521281867 | Edition: First edition.

• Help you - even if you're a beginner - to understand the signs and notices that will confront you on a visit to the country • Show you how to get the gist of them without having to worry about the meaning of each single word • Contain plenty of practice material so that you can check your progress • Give you an idea how the language works • And provide some unusual and unexpected insights into national attitudes

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The aim of these useful guides is to help visitors to any French, German or Spanish speaking country understand the signs they are likely to encounter in the course of their travels. Signs covering every type of situation--shopping, driving, sightseeing, banking, finding accommodations, using public transportation and coping with illness--are explained. -- Book Description

Book Description

The aim of these useful guides is to help visitors to any French, German or Spanish speaking country understand the signs they are likely to encounter in the course of their travels. Signs covering every type of situation--shopping, driving, sightseeing, banking, finding accommodations, using public transportation and coping with illness--are explained.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 14 and up
  
• Paperback: 104 pages
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press; First edition. edition (June 30, 1982)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0521281865
• ISBN-13: 978-0521281867
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.8 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,771,764 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Signposts:German makes travel simple and understandable., July 27, 1998

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Robert Tevis ([e-mail]) (New Jersey) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Signposts: German (Paperback)

You never realize how often you take simple roadsigns for granted, until they are written in a language you don't understand. Believe me,you don't want to wait until you are flying down the autobahn at 160 kilometers/hour to come to this conclusion. Signposts:German can give you the information you need before you even get off the plane.

Signposts presents you with a simple, picture-driven series of examples of the signs you are likely to encounter while travelling throughout a German-speaking country. The authors present simple explanations to everyday encounters you are likely to have in Germany by examining the many written signposts you are likely to run into. It can be as easy as finding an exit (ausfahrt) off a road or finding the right bathroom (Damen or Herren). The authors have an easy-to-follow style that even tests your understanding periodically. They prove that you don't need an advanced degree in language for a basic, yet important level of comprehensio! n.

There's even a section that points out to you the signs you may encounter in an emergency.

At the very least, it can help you find your way and make some sense of new world you have entered on your trip. It can also, however, save your life. It is for me the essential guide to carry on a trip to Germany and I intend to purchase the other books in the series to make trips to those countries just as easy.

5.0 out of 5 stars A must have., February 3, 2012

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This review is from: Signposts: German (Paperback)

I should have bought this three years ago when I first started going to Germany on a regular basis. A great help when driving and hiking.

5.0 out of 5 stars Absolutely Invaluable., January 28, 2004

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H. Huntzinger "-hh" (Denville, NJ USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Signposts: German (Paperback)

Each time we go to Germany, we take this book with us.

Its absolutely invaluable if you're driving a car in Germany. The guidance on how to figure out automated parking lots and meters alone justifies this book, but it clearly pays for itself the first time that its guidance helped you to avoid getting lost, just in time saved.

And if you're taking a train, or even just part of a guided tour, there's still plenty of other signs that are very useful to know and which make your trip go much easier and smoothly.

When I give advice to friends on the things that they need to do to research and prepare for a European trip, the top three items are Michelin Maps, Rick Steves Guidebooks and this "Signpost" book.

To the authors, 'thank you, thank you, thank you'!

-hh