Edward Swick, MA (Chicago, IL), 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 is the author of several German, Russian, and ESL textbooks and wrote the first edition of The Everything Learning German Book and The Everything German Phrase Book.

Order das beste Bier at Oktoberfest! Hitch a ride on der Autobahn! Say “Wilkommen” to your neuen deutschen Freunde! Learning to sprechen Sie Deutsches is fun — and far easier than people might think. German and English are closely related — readers already know viele Phrasen! With The Everything® Learning German Book, 2nd Edition, readers will make sense of this fascinating language in no time. This practical, hands-on Buch comes with easy-to-understand lessons and useful exercises. Building on the German language’s close relation to English, this all-new edition covers everything from basic introductions to verb conversions. Readers learn to: Order food with ease; Ask how much items cost; Understand direct and indirect objects; Use superlatives to communicate more effectively; Know when to use passive voice. Whether readers want to sample das stoutest Lager or converse with their grandparents in their native tongue, they’ll soon discover just how easy it is to learn German!