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Whether you're a businessperson, student, or traveler, whether you're brushing up on a forgotten language or just interested in learning a new one, Dr. Blair's Express Lane French teaches you the skills you need at the pace you want, jump-starting your study with a variety of methods that keep the experience fun, fresh, and motivating.

Dear writers, it’s been a light year since ChatGPT introduced artificial intelligence into the world of writing. And oh, what a year it has been. By now, you’ve probably tried using AI to brainstorm premises, write marketing copy, develop characters, and build worlds. * * * Do you wish to do more? • Are you curious about what you can do beyond using ChatGPT? • Ready to learn how to customize AI to your own writing? • Wondering how to keep up with the pace of AI? Fear not. I’m Rachelle Ayala, a USA Today Bestselling author and AI trailblazer. I’m here to equip you with the ...

The Zen Art of Confidence. Become 10 feet tall and Bullet-Proof Stop making decisions based on fear of failure, rejection, anxiety, and judgment. Break out of your shell and live boldly. All the goals you have, all the people you are jealous of, and the life you want to live are unlocked by one simple key: Bulletproof Confidence. Everybody wants it, but how do you get it? Not just “fake it ‘til you make it” or “just smile more.” Bulletproof Confidence is filled with real, actionable advice for your life TODAY. It’s not generic, borderline useless advice you can read in any blog ...

The Logos Machine is a revelation: a unified theory of language as the origin, structure, and destiny of consciousness. This is not merely a book—it is a Codex of remembrance. Ronald Joseph Legarski, Jr. invites the reader to explore the recursive core of all meaning, tracing the sacred arc from breath to speech, from silence to syntax, from symbol to structure. Through recursive chapters, harmonic glyphs, and cross-disciplinary concordances, this work unveils the architecture of divine language—the Logos—not as metaphor, but as the very mechanism by which the universe thinks, speaks,...

From the quiet roads of London to the vengeful, bloodstained streets of Paris at the time of the French Revolution, A Tale of Two Cities is an epic story that mingles the personal and the political. It is the story of the ageing Doctor Manette, finally released and reunited with his daughter in England and a tale of three lovers, with a plot-twist of self-sacrifice. This version is intended for learners at a B1 level of the CEFR. It comes with an introduction, notes and, a wide range of activities, specially designed to further the reader’s understanding of the story and its literary ...

Irony and sarcasm are two of the most misused, misapplied, and misunderstood words in our conversational lexicon. In this volume in the MIT Press Essential Knowledge series, psycholinguist Roger Kreuz offers an enlightening and concise overview of the life and times of these two terms, mapping their evolution from Greek philosophy and Roman rhetoric to modern literary criticism to emojis.

Cecil Younger is a man who takes comfort in the absurdity of the universe, and the universe is obliging him when he gets a call from his lawyer and psychiatrist, who offers him a job. A client wants to hire Younger to kill someone. Though common sense tells him murder just isn't a good career move, his finances tell him it can't hurt to meet his potential client, hoping he can succeed in appeasing him - without a dead body.

“Never write if you can speak; never speak if you can nod; never nod if you can wink.”

Teach your child patience! * * * * * * * * * "You forgot the mail?" The king yelled at the snail. But the snail stayed as calm as could be. He was not afraid of the king, you see. He knew where the gift was; he knew what to do. The monsters learned that patience pays off too. We are all familiar with the phenomenon of children wanting everything "here and now". This story describes just such a situation. I hope you and your children will enjoy it and learn from it. 子どもたちに辛抱について教えてくれる１冊！ 「郵便を忘れただと？」王様はカタツムリ君に...

You want to learn Albanian and are new to this language? So here it is: Your first steps in this ancient language. In the beginning, you want to learn the letters so you will be able to read them. Albanian is the national language in Albania and in the Kosovo and is also spoken largely in Macedonia and Montenegro and Southern Serbia . With this collection, I would like to explain the pronunciation of the Albanian letters so you will be able to read and speak all words in this beautiful, ancient language. Each of the 36 letters is being explained. Enjoy! Tags: albanian language books, ...

F--k the F--kity F--kin' F--ker. Fans of Katherine Dunn won't be surprised that this was her father's favorite sentence, or that, as a young girl, she heard it as a kind of profane poem, a secret song. For many of us, the language of Geek Love carries a similar staying power, born of Dunn's agile use of language and her strange, beautiful diction. And as a true exegete of the expletive, she remained undividedly devoted to obscenity - both as scholar and practitioner.

This Audiobook will take you through the basics of English with Basic Bootcamp, All About, and Pronunciation lessons. The five Basic Bootcamp lessons each center on a practical, real-life conversation. At the beginning of the lesson, we'll introduce the background of the conversation. Then, you'll hear the conversation one time at natural native speed. After the conversation, you'll learn carefully selected vocabulary and key grammar concepts.

Dalton Gibson was finally home. Retired from the SEALs, he was where he'd always wanted to be with the woman he knew he loved. Of course, like most of the RP men, he had to be hit on the head to remember how special she really was. Calla Michaels was young and innocent. Too young and innocent for him. He wanted her to be with someone whole; someone who hadn't killed like he had. No matter how hard he tried, he couldn't get her out of his mind and worse than that, she wouldn't let him. No, Calla was his and only his. Stopping the maniac trying to take her from him was a different story. ...

In this 21st Century adaptation of Charity and Its Fruits, readers will hear the voice of Jonathan Edwards through the vehicle of today's language. Edwards maintained that without love, the Christian faith is dead, empty, and pointless. When God saves people, he plants the seed of divine love within them where it grows and develops. Thus, God's love is the chief mark of salvation in a Christian's life. In Charity and Its Fruits, Edwards unfolds the wonder of God's love using 1 Corinthians 13 as his text. In a series of fifteen powerful sermons, which he preached in 1738, Edwards motivated ...

What makes “cults” so intriguing and frightening? What makes them powerful? The reason why so many of us binge Manson documentaries by the dozen and fall down rabbit holes researching suburban moms gone QAnon is because we’re looking for a satisfying explanation for what causes people to join - and more importantly, stay in - extreme groups. We secretly want to know: could it happen to me? Amanda Montell’s argument is that, on some level, it already has.

This is the strange story of how our society is questioning its own identity. We live in liquid times in which everything flows and nothing stays the same: not philosophy, not politics, not diet, not sex, not even death. It is literally “the end of everything”, but at the same time the beginning of a new era. How did we come to this? The book is full of real-life examples showing the diversity and complexity of a society straddling modernity and postmodernity. Through its pages we will encounter: adulterous presidents, jilted lovers, homophobes turned transsexuals, artists smearing ...

In today's interconnected world, mastering multiple languages beyond one's mother tongue has become increasingly essential. The encouraging reality is that learning a second language can be far more straightforward and quicker than often presumed. Even if you struggled with language classes in school, don't see yourself as academically gifted, or doubt your language learning capabilities, these challenges can be overcome. You haven't mastered the target language because you haven't discovered and applied the proper methods and techniques. This book serves dual purposes: as a motivational ...

'A well-polished sci-fi saga with a 'classic' feel to it. A RED RIBBON WINNER and highly recommended!' The Wishing Shelf Book Awards Irene is now a commander in the Space Administration, based on Mars, but it is her experience with the xenobiology of Venus and geobiology of Mars that got her selected to command the two-year mission to AC4. Astronomers on have been focused on an earth-like planet near Proxima Centuari — designated AC4 as the fourth planet identified in the Alpha Centauri cluster. Its year and day are only a little longer than ours, but it has three moons, the largest of ...

Perhaps the most comprehensive dictionary of rhyming slang ever undertaken! And as slang sometimes takes the place of 'rude' words, it's ALL in here! Thousands of rhyming slang phrases... History of the whole rhyming slang idea... Trivia and spoken examples of EVERY rhyming phrase... This is more than a dictionary; it's an inexhaustible supply of information for years to come. The PERFECT stocking filler for the Brit-nut in your life or the best reference book you could buy for your world linguist.

We all have wondered if we are being told the truth. Well now you no longer have to wonder. Success requires trust in those who surround us and they are speaking to us without even talking, if we know how to read the signs. Three quarters of our communication is non-verbal. Reading Everyday Body Language contains scientifically proven psychological techniques that can be applied to all sorts of everyday situations. Determine if a person is being honest, whether your date likes you or not, and how to know if someone lacks confidence.