You may recognize the distinct sound of the German language when you hear it-but that's not enough if you're planning a trip to a German-speaking country, is it? What if you want to get a head start for your first language class? Wouldn't it be nice to be able to talk to Grandpa on the phone-in his native tongue? With this ideal pocket-sized primer, now you can do all of these things! Learn German in a Hurry teaches you all you need, and offers you: Commonly used German phrases (days of the week, numbers, letters) Pronunciations and conjugations Grammar and sentence construction Useful words and terms Helpful German-English and English-German dictionaries Complete with easy-to-read tables and pronunciations guides, Learn German in a Hurry is your key to learning die deutsche before you know it! AUTHOR: Edward Swick has been teaching languages for more than thirty years. He holds master's degrees in German, Russian, and English and was a Fulbright scholar at the University of Hamburg. He lives in Chicago.