Esperanto: Learning and Using the International Language

Esperanto: Learning and Using the International Language by David Richardson. hardcover edition. ISBN: 9780945742005.

This introductory textbook begins with an extensive English-language introduction, covering the need for an international language, an overview of Esperantos history, and the international Esperanto community. A series of brief lessons with exercises follows, concentrating on practical communication and vocabulary. The highlight of the book is a graded reader, which includes history, letters, stories, and poetry (both translated from English and drawn from original Esperanto literature) that gradually introduce more advanced usage and additional vocabulary. The book concludes with an abridged Esperanto-to-English dictionary.