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Learning Chinese
Cauld
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I'm looking for a good beginning book to help me learn Mandarin. I would like something with a good progression for grammar and common sayings. I would further prefer the simplified character set. I'm less concerned with any audio components as my wife (who is Chinese) can help me with that. I just want a book to guide my learning and that has good gramatical descriptions.
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http://www.amazon.com/PRACTICAL-CHINESE-READER-TEXTBOOK-Chinese/dp/7887031958
It has at least worked out fairly well for me.
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It's laid out fairly well, and focuses on reading and writing.
Seconding this, although I believe they came out with a new version last year. Our Uni's Chinese One class used it.