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“As funny as it is informative, this book will have you laughing out loud while you contemplate the revolutionary power of words.” —Camille Perri, author of The Assistants and When Katie Met Cassidy A brash, enlightening, and wildly entertaining feminist look at gendered language and the...

Drawing on his twenty years as a teacher, hundreds of interviews and his experience on the UK Government's Social Mobility Commission, Sammy Wright shows that schools are - and should be - so much more than this. Filled with funny, tender encounters and an unflinching focus on the profound challenges of daily life for both teachers and pupils, his book argues that we need urgently to think of school differently: as something more like a home than a factory, a community hub rather than a boot-camp or testing ground.

The thrill is that you're actually figuring it out on your own. You're engaging with another language, not just parroting it... It's an excellent way to start, and leaves the listener thinking, Hey, Ich kann do dis. - New Yorker, David Sedaris, humorist and author, on learning with the Michel...

While most apps just teach you words...Learn Greek Bundle—The Complete Beginner to Advanced Course (Levels 1-5) teaches Greek through useful, everyday conversations...so you can have those same conversations in fluent Greek.

The Easiest and Fastest Way to Learn Punjabi With Pimsleur you’ll become conversational in Punjabi — to understand and be understood — quickly and effectively. You’ll learn vocabulary, grammar, and pronunciation together through conversation. And our scientifically proven program will...

Listening to a language while asleep can help supercharge your vocabulary. Learn easily with the power of pleasant repetition. With the Learn Turkish While Sleeping audiobook, you'll absorb over 430 Turkish words and phrases effortlessly.

A special 10th anniversary edition of Roy Peter Clark's bestselling guide to writing, featuring five bonus tools. Ten years ago, Roy Peter Clark, America's most influential writing teacher, whittled down almost thirty years of experience in journalism, writing, and teaching into a series of...

Here is the multi award-winning SmartPass study guide with and without commentary options. This is a full-cast, unabridged performance, with comprehensive commentary and analysis, enabling students to fully understand and appreciate the play. Judge for yourself whether Lear is "a man more sinned against than sinning" in this moral tale that pits wisdom and age against ambition and youth. Experience and examine the power of Shakespeare's most cruel and violent tragedy.

This immersive French audiobook offers an engaging and practical way to learn French for beginners and intermediate learners alike, using real-life situational excerpts paired with clear English translations (A2 to B1 level on CEFR scale). Each audio scene—whether hearing the specials at a restaurant, understanding a train announcement, touring a market, or learning from a doctor—places the listener in authentic, everyday communication. By hearing how French is truly spoken in daily life, learners naturally absorb vocabulary, sentence rhythm, and pronunciation.

This book was created to summarize the concepts and ideas of the full series of Reality Transurfing Books Steps I-V written by Vadim Zeland. This book was written by the original audiobook narrator to distill the concepts into their simplest form so that you can effectively apply the techniques immediately.

If you like music, and want to make rapid progress without any formal knowledge of language learning, Earworms mbt© Rapid French is the course for you. Volume 1 was your survival kit of essential words and phrases to get you by on your trip abroad. Volume 2 will have you talking about yourself, past, present and future, chatting, and even flirting!

From the peak of Jeremy Corbyn's popularity and the shock hung parliament of 2017 to Labour's humbling in 2019 and the election of Keir Starmer, Left Out draws on unrivalled access throughout the party and to both leaders' inner circles to provide a blistering narrative exposé of the Labour Party during one of the most tumultuous and significant episodes in its history. It reveals a party riven by factionalism and at war over ideology, then incapacitated by crisis and indecision. 

Created by Olly Richards, language teacher and author, Revolutions of the World in Simple Spanish gives you an experience in real Spanish that you won’t find anywhere else.

The Easiest and Fastest Way to Learn Brazilian Portuguese With Pimsleur you’ll become conversational in Brazilian Portuguese — to understand and be understood — quickly and effectively. You’ll learn vocabulary, grammar, and pronunciation together through conversation. And our...

We have compiled more than 100 French stories for beginners along with their translations, allowing new French speakers to have the necessary tools to begin studying how to set a meeting, rent a car, or tell a doctor they don’t feel well! We’re not wasting time here with conversations that don’t go anywhere: If you want to know how to solve problems (while learning a ton of French along the way, obviously), this audiobook is for you!

While most apps just teach you words, Learn Bulgarian Bundle: The Complete Beginner to Advanced Course (Levels 1-5) teaches Bulgarian through useful, everyday conversations so you can have those same conversations in fluent Bulgarian.

From minding your Ps and Qs to wondering why X should mark the spot, Alphabetical is a book for everyone who loves words and language. Whether it's how letters are arranged on keyboards or Viking runes, textspeak or zip codes, this book will change the way you think about letters for ever. How...

'BRILLIANTLY CLEAR AND CAPTIVATING PROSE' STEPHEN FRY A WATERSTONES BOOK OF YEAR 2023 An award-winning mathematician explores the maths behind the games we love and why we love to play them. Where should you move first in Connect 4? What is the best property in Monopoly? And how can pi help you...

Transform Your Downtime into Mastery. In the rhythm of daily life—amidst the hum of your commute, the cadence of your workout, or the gentle whirl of household chores—lies an opportunity to elevate your academic writing. Introducing this APA Publication Manual 7th Edition by Davidsons Audiobooks, an audiobook meticulously designed to integrate seamlessly into your busy schedule, turning every moment into a step toward scholarly excellence.

Executive functioning skills—including focus, organization, stress management, and more―are critical to succeeding in all aspects of your life. Whether you’ve just been diagnosed with ADHD or you’ve lived with it your entire life, you know that developing these skills can be a challenge. Thriving with Adult ADHD offers a toolbox of information, assessments, and evidence-based exercises to help you build this mental skill set and take control of your ADHD.