At forty, Sarah Einstein is forced to face her own shortcomings. In the wake of an attempted sexual assault, she must come to terms with the facts that she is not tough enough for her job managing a local drop-in center for adults with mental illness and that her new marriage is already faltering. Just as she reaches her breaking point, she meets Mot, a homeless veteran who lives a life dictated by frightening delusion. She is drawn to the brilliant ways he has found to lead his own difficult life; traveling to Romania to get his teeth fixed because the United States doesn't offer dental care to the indigent, teaching himself to use computers in public libraries, and even taking university classes while living out of doors. Mot: A Memoir is the story of their unlikely friendship and explores what we can, and cannot, do for a person we love. In unsparing prose and with a sharp eye for detail, Einstein brings the reader into the world of Mot's delusions and illuminates a life that would otherwise be hidden from us.

Les Bons Mots will help you add the piece de resistance to any conversation. Les Bons Mots is an eminently browsable reference that is designed to help English speakers use those witty and wise sayings for which the French are so justly famous. Eugene Ehrlich has created a reference work that defines French phrases and aphorisms both literally and colloquially; employs a unique and foolproof guide to their pronunciation; adds a brief and often amusing explanation that fixes each phrase in the reader's mind; and indexes everything so extensively that each idea is easy to find. An entertaining read as well as an impeccable reference guide by one of America's most cherished wordsmiths.

Mots anglais en contexte : avec exercices et corrigés. Vocabulaire thématique anglais et américain. Ouvrage destiné aux étudiants de DEUG et de licence. Version abrégée (17 000 mots) des Mots Entre Eux des mêmes auteurs. Contextes d'emploi multiples des mots proposés, pour un apprentissage systématique et efficace. Exercices accompagnés de corrigés permettant à l'étudiant de travailler seul. Indications phonétiques (transcriptions phonétiques ou schémas accentuels indiqués pour les mots dont la prononciation peut poser un problème). Pour : Acquérir du vocabulaire ; Traduire du français vers l'anglais et de l'anglais vers le français ; Rédiger des commentaires de textes, dissertations littéraires, analyses de documents.