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Become a Polyglot
pol·y·glot /ˈpäliˌglät/
Adjective: Knowing or using several languages.
Noun: A person who knows several languages.
Find Books, DVDs, and Periodicals in particular languages here at CPL on our Languages page. We also have multiple Language databases.
Selected Language Books
Dictionary of languages: the definitive reference to more than 400 languages by Andrew Dalby
Multicultural films: a reference guide by Janice R. Welsch and J.Q. Adams
Creating the multicultural organization: a strategy for capturing the power of diversity by Taylor Cox, Jr
Multicultural manners: new rules of etiquette for a changing society by Norine Dresser
The multicultural cookbook for students by Carole Lisa Albyn and Lois Sinaiko Webb
The healthy hedonist holidays: a year of multicultural, vegetarian-friendly holiday feasts by Myra Kornfeld; illustrated by Sheila Hamanaka
Come as you aren't!: feeling at home with multicultural celebrations by Norine Dresser
Tales alive!: ten multicultural folk tales with art, craft & creative experiences by Susan Milord
Celebrate the world: twenty tellable folktales for multicultural festivals by Margaret Read MacDonald; illustrations by Roxane Murphy Smith
A different mirror: a history of multicultural America by Ronald Takaki
Get started in Hindi by Rupert Snell
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