Customer Review: This edition is great, much better than the old edition. Includes many of the newer and most commonly used signs in religious interpreting. Great book for religious interpreting for all faiths.
Customer Review: This is an amazing book with great illustrations. I am learning so much from it my ASL vocabulary has tripled in the last couple of weeks.
Customer Review: This may be called the Compact Dictionary, but it is certainly not compact in the way of content (or size, for that matter). The illustrations are full-torso, making it easier to see the body positioning as well as hand formations and they are clear and easy to understand. Being an early signer... more info
Customer Review: This book was in spectacular condition, I received it quickly, and it was in excellent form. I am sure that I will purchase from bookrack again. Buy with confidence. If they say it's good, it's better than good!
Cathi
Customer Review: This book is invaluable for anyone in the medical field who wants to communicate in sign. The medical term is defined and then how to sign the word is described in words as well as illustrated in diagrams. The diagrams are fairly easy to follow even if you aren't very good at translating things into... more info
Customer Review: I am embarking on a web-based free course in ASL ([...]). No book compares to this website for learning ASL, taught by Dr. Bill Vicars (a teacher of ASL at California State Sacramento). Dr. Vicars also sells CDs with movies geared to each lesson on the website. The movies are inexpensive, and are an... more info
Customer Review: No dictionary is a substitute for a decent course in ASL. No print dictionary can teach you grammar or the actual movements and relationships of signs. That said, this is a way-cool reference to have, if only because unlike many so-called "pocket" reference books, it actually does fit in a... more info