English Language Arts

Irina Millbery created this audiobook about the Russian popular romantic poet Fedor Tyutchev, who lived in the 19th century, so that people of the whole world could learn about him and come to understand Russian poetry. Prepare to listen to his poems in Russian. Irina Millbery has also translated his most popular romantic song, "When I Met You", into English.

Apostrophes are everywhere - often where they don't belong and frequently missing where needed. This concise guide is designed to give any writer firm guidelines for the use of apostrophes, in any situation.

A charming, funny, poignant collection of 23 letters from Marcel Proust to his upstairs neighbour. 102 Boulevard Haussmann, an elegant address in Paris' eighth arrondissement. Upstairs lives Madame Williams with her second husband, an American dentist, and her harp. Downstairs lives Marcel Proust, feverishly trying to write In Search of Lost Time, but all too often distracted by the incessant noise from the apartment above him - the footsteps and banging and unbearable moving of boxes and crates.

At last! A no-nonsense grammar guide that gives you just the skills you need. Now you can learn to recognize and wipe out embarrassing errors, quickly and easily, while you drive, exercise, or relax.

Introducing a revolutionary method to master persuasion. A must-have audiobook, Dark Psychology & Manipulation comes with the insight and ideas that every leader needs to know. Learn about the secrets of body language and mind control your teachers wouldn't tell you, but author Fred Hansen will reveal to you soon inside the audiobook. Get your copy and discover the NLP secrets and hypnosis techniques that ANYONE can follow.

The primary goal of this course is to expand the students' vocabulary, improve their understanding of word usage, and develop their ability to decipher complex texts. By the end of the course, students should be able to confidently tackle the verbal sections of various standardized tests and enhance their overall language proficiency.

In How to Analyze People, you will learn how to read people quickly by paying attention to their body language, analyze human behavior to get the most concrete conclusions, and even use psychological methods to get a better picture of who you're dealing with. Whether you'd like to use those tools in your career, to find a worthwhile relationship, or simply just curious - How to Analyze People will help you with all of the above and more!

William Shakespeare. Born April 1564, at Stratford-upon-Avon. Died April 1616. Married Anne Hathaway: two daughters, one son. Actor, poet, famous playwright. Wrote nearly forty plays. But what was he like as a man? What did he think about when he rode into London for the first time... or when he was writing his plays Hamlet and Romeo and Juliet... or when his only son died? We know the facts of his life, but we can only guess at his hopes, his fears, his dreams.

Este libro ofrece a los estudiantes de español e inglés de todos los niveles la oportunidad de disfrutar de una amplia gama de chistes breves, judíos y de una sola frase sin tener que recurrir constantemente a un diccionario. ¡Verdaderamente, un aprendizaje divertido! Los chistes en este libro son de una sola frase porque son más baratos de producir y distribuir. No obstante, advertimos a los lectores que no obtendrán ningún descuento. Nuestra política es no transferir nuestros ahorros a los clientes potenciales. Es más rentable hacerte reír que hacerte llorar.

The aim of this audiobook is entertainment - and surprise - but there will be a fair bit of erudition and incidental education along the way. We discover the oldest words, the newest, the longest, the shortest, the most frequently used, the costliest (yes, words can come with a price attached), the funniest, the most fatal, the most unusual...from the words Shakespeare gave us to the latest in sexting, the best and the worst, the most amusing and amazing words are here.

For Chicago's Oak Park and River Forest High School's Spoken Word Club, there is one phrase that reigns supreme: Respect the Mic. It's been the club's call to arms since its inception in 1999. As its founder Peter Kahn says, "It's a call of pride and history and tradition and hope." This vivid new collection of poetry and prose - curated by award-winning and bestselling poets Hanif Abdurraqib, Franny Choi, Peter Kahn, and Dan "Sully" Sullivan - illuminates just that, uplifting the incredible legacy this community has cultivated.

The inspiring stories of five people who changed history, including Leonardo da Vinci, who painted the Mona Lisa; Christopher Wren, who rebuilt London; Antoni Gaudí, who built the Sagrada Familia in Barcelona; Pablo Picasso, the famous Spanish painter; and Frida Kahlo, the famous Mexican female artist.

Body language, also known as kinesics, is a set of nonverbal physical behaviors that makes use of the parts of the body such as: the eyes, eyebrows, forehead, mouth, hands, head postures, and other gestures. This is to either voluntarily or involuntarily communicate a state of mind or emotion. Other than using sounds and words, human beings, since the dawn of man, have been using body language to communicate.

The inspiring stories of six people who changed history, including Voltaire, the French writer who believed in equality for all; Charlotte Brontë, the British novelist who wrote Jane Eyre; Mark Twain, the American who wrote Huckleberry Finn and Tom Sawyer; Jacques Prévert, the writer known in France as 'the People's Poet'; Ayn Rand, whose writing expressed her own philosophical ideas; and Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, who wrote about life in a Soviet Labour Camp.

The inspiring stories of six people who changed history, including Pablo Casals, the Catalan cello player; Louis Armstrong, the American trumpet player and singer; Frank Sinatra, the Italian American singer and actor; Édith Piaf, France's famous singing star; Maria Callas, the Greek opera singer; and Elvis Presley, the man who changed pop music.

Mit Mini Ducks gelingt der spielerischer Einstieg in die englische Sprache für die ganz Kleinen! Ganz einfach eintauchen in die Fremdsprache. Singen und sprechen mit begleitenden Körperbewegungen - so lernen die Kleinen Englisch fast wie ihre Muttersprache. Lieder und Reime laden die ganz Kleinen ab 0 Monaten in die Welt der Fremdsprache ein. Dieses Programm ist vielseitig einsetzbar - in Spielgruppen, Kursen oder einfach zu Hause. Erspielen sie gemeinsam mit den Kindern die Lieder und Reime.

In Business Spotlight Audio 3/2021 für März hören Sie Artikel und Interviews aus der Welt des Business-Englisch. Und mit zahlreichen Übungen können Sie Ihre sprachlichen und kommunikativen Kompetenzen verbessern. Im Bereich "Communication" erhalten Sie Tipps, wie Sie Ihre E-Mails trotz aller Kürze höflich schreiben. In der Rubrik "Careers" erfahren Sie, wie Sie anderen Ihre beruflichen Erfolge vermitteln und wie wichtig es für Führungskräfte ist, Funktionen und Verantwortlichkeiten genau zu definieren.

In Business Spotlight Audio 06/2023 für Juni hören Sie Artikel und Interviews aus der Welt des Business-Englisch. Mit Übungen verbessern Sie Ihre sprachlichen und kommunikativen Kompetenzen. In "Business Skills" geht es um die beste Art zu verhandeln. In "Career Coach" erfahren Sie, warum es wichtig ist, die Teilnehmenden am Anfang einer Besprechung erst einmal ankommen zu lassen. Und Sie hören die kurze Geschichte einer Brauerin mit iranischen Wurzeln.

Lacquerware that uses Japanese lacquer is known as shitsugei (lacquer art).

We collectively refer to things such as judo, kendo, karate, and sumo as martial arts. 柔道や剣道、空手、相撲な