Music has been a strong political, unifying force for the Latvian people. It rose slowly, out of folk songs, during the 700 years of oppression by Russian tsars and German overlords. Poetry and song, with their indirect and symbolic undertones, became an i..
The ECTACO Partner ELv800 is a bilingual English Latvian electronic talking dictionary and travel audio phrasebook. It features state-of-the-art English speech recognition and highly advanced English voice synthesis powered by the latest Text-to-Speech tec..
The Genevan violin virtuoso and composer Gaspard Fritz (1716-83) studied in Turin with G.B. Somis, a pupil of Corelli and himself a teacher of other well-known violin virtuosi. It is known that some of Fritz's published "Trios, Solos and Concertos" were sh..
File TUMBLEWEED. Complete anthology containing 19 tracks never before on CD from legendary Wollongong outfit who (mostly) went on to form Tumbleweed.Includes their J.Mascis produced debut 7" unreleased & live tracks & 16-page booklet with liner notes by L..
With her supple, low register voice and on-the-money guitar work, Mary Flower is one of the best blues-based singer/songwriters working today. Classics by Bo Carter, Skip James, and Charlie Patton sit comfortably next to a half-dozen originals. Smart arran..
There has never been a Latvia Guide like this. It contains 338 answers, much more than you can imagine; comprehensive answers and extensive details and references, with insights that have never before been offered in print. Get the information you need--fa..
On this background (even though the volume of the lexicographic material is ample) the English-Latvian lexicographic tradition looks rather traditional and even somewhat stagnant. Thus, there is an urgent need for a detailed analytical inventory of English..
No prior knowledge of the language is required.What makes Colloquial Latvian your best choice in personal language learning?interactive – lots of exercises for regular practiceclear – concise grammar notespractical – useful vocabulary and pronunciati..
Alfred Bilmanis. PREFACE: A handbook on Latvia is being published at this time to satisfy many requests from interested Americans who would like to knoiv more than is offered by some diction aries, yearbooks and almanacs, etc., about Latvias geo graphy, ..
It studies the typical features of English-Latvian dictionaries at various structural levels, pinpoints the problematic aspects of the lexicographic tradition and offers theoretically grounded solutions for improving the quality of future English-Latvian d..
There are 50 different styles to choose from including simpler variations of the mittens such as fingerless gloves and wrist warmers. So, even if you are an inexperienced knitter you can create a beautiful traditional design. Knitted mittens have always pl..
This correspondence, which Formakov mailed home to his family in Riga, provides readers with a firsthand account of the workings of the Soviet penal system and testifies to the hardships of daily life for Latvian prisoners in the Gulag.
The first novel which appeared in Georges Simenon's famous Maigret series, in a gripping new translation by David Bellos. Inevitably Maigret was a hostile presence in the Majestic. He constituted a kind of foreign body that the hotel's atmosphere could no..
