I've used technical books to learn (or rather, improve my grasp of) a different language. Learning from nonfiction books is difficult because the vocabulary and

I've used technical books to learn (or rather, improve my grasp of) a different language. Learning from nonfiction books is difficult because the vocabulary and grammar is usually quite advanced. A lot of the concepts found in technical books are already familiar to the reader so that reading them, even in another language, turns out to be much easier.