The library’s adult foreign language books are located on the second floor of the library in the Reference Department. Polish materials make up the largest portion of the collection with over 700 books! Spanish is the next largest collection with over 150 books. The rest of the foreign language collection is made up of small collections of French, German, and Italian books.
The foreign language magazines that the library subscribes to include five Polish language magazines:
Cosmopolitan, Forum, Prze Krog, Uroda and
Wprost. The library also subscribes to
Fra Noi (Italian),
Paris Match (French), and
People en Espanol (Spanish). These publications can be found by the foreign language books in the Reference Department. Older editions may be checked out for three weeks while the current issues are non-circulating. The library also subscribes to the Polish newspaper
Dziennik Zwiazkowy.
Due to a patron's generosity, the library now has issues of the Polish Magazines
Auto Swiat, Lotnictwo, Nowa Technika, Odkrywca, Poligon, Raport and Skrzydlata Polska. To check out these new magazines see the Reference Staff.
Premium Resources
Mango Languages is a premium database that provides language instruction anywhere a computer has internet access. All that is needed is a Park Ridge library card and the desire to learn.
Mango Languages provides visual and audio slideshow lessons to teach grammar, vocabulary, and important phrases. The languages currently available include Arabic (Levantine), Chinese (Mandarin), Dari, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Irish, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Pashto, Portuguese (Brazil), Russian, Spanish (Latin America), Tagalog, Thai, Turkish, Urdu and Vietnamese.
Mango also provices ESL lessons for native speakers of Arabic (Egyptian), Chinese (both Cantonese and Mandarin), German, Greek, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese (Brazil), Russian, Turkish, and Vietnamese.
TYTUJ AUTOR NUMER INDENTIFIKACYJNY
Sciezki chwaly Jeffrey Archer Polish Language
Fiction Archer
Najpierw slub Mary Balogh Polish Language
Fiction Balogh
Potepiencza gra Clive Barker Polish Language
Fiction Barker
Urzeczenie Connie Brockway Polish Language
Fiction Brockway
Gorszaca obietnica Nicole Byrd Polish Language
Fiction Byrd
Przydrozne krzyze Jeffery Deaver Polish Language
Fiction Deaver
I ze cie nie opuszcze... Elizabeth Gilbert Polish Language
Fiction Gilbert
Domek na plazy Jane Green Polish Language
Fiction Green
Sekretna mitosc Karen Harper Polish Language
szekspira Fiction Harper
Spij, kochanie, spij Joanne Harris Polish Language
Fiction Harris
Ostatnia noc John Irving Polish Language
w twisted river Fiction Irving
Pod Kopula Stephen king Polish Language
Fiction King
Dziewczyna, która Stieg Larsson Polish Language
igrala z ogniem Fiction Larsson
Zamek z piasku, Stieg Larsson Polish Language
który runal Fiction Larsson
Odpowiednie malzenstwo Doris Lessing Polish Language
Fiction Lessing
Uwodzicielka Elizabeth Robards Polish Language
Fiction Robards
Smierc cie zbawi J. D. Robb Polish Language
Fiction Robb
Prawo krwi Nora Roberts Polish Language
Fiction Roberts
Oko tygrysa Wilbur Smith Polish Language
Fiction Wilbur
Ostatnia piosenka Nicholas Sparks Polish Language
Fiction Sparks
Wojna w rodzinie Bartlomiej Swiderski Polish Language
Fiction Swiderski
Nie potrafie schudnac Dr. Pierre Dukan Polish Language
350 nowych przepisów 641.5635 DUK
Kiedy bóg odwrócil wzrok Wieslaw Adamczyk Polish Language
940.5317 ADA
Enigma: bli
ej prawdy Marek Grajek Polish Language
940.5485 GRA