This reader is intended to provide material for the intermediate-level student of Amharic, as well as to introduce the student to the cultural and social life of Ethiopia. The 39 texts were each prepared by a different student at Haile Selassie I University, thus providing the reader with a variety of language styles. The Amharic texts are followed by their English translations, which are as close as possible to the original, and which retain Amharic technical terms. An Amharic-English glossary completes the volume. (AM)