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  Urban Dictionary: Fularious...

  Aaron Peckham

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  The creator of Urban Dictionary shares a compendium of the site’s funniest, weirdest, and truest entries. Since 1999, UrbanDictionary.com has become the undisputed authority on contemporary slang. The site’s creator, Aaron Peckham, invites its ever-expanding fanbase to submit new words and definitions. For Urban Dictionary: Fularious Street Slang Defined, Peckham has curated a choice selection of terms that will definitely earn you street cred, and help newbies avoid confusing shank with skank.

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  How Poetry Can Transform Our Lives

  Jane Hirshfield

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  Jane Hirshfield believes that poetry can play a transformative role in our lives. “What poems are doing is counterbalancing the mainstream tenor of our culture, which is to do, to be active, to be energetic and to prove one’s self… and one of the messages underlying all poems that move us is that we have nothing at all to prove.” She offers her perspective on beauty and how it cannot exist alone. She takes us behind the scenes into the mind of the poet, and treats us to some of her own poems and her thinking behind them. She also reminds us that a reader can benefit from a poem without knowing what the poet is thinking, but by thinking for him- or herself. Poetry encourages us to ask questions, open up to the unknown, and see our vulnerabilities. Her own process includes the constant practice of questioning, searching, and listening. Poems can present life to us through a different lens, she says. “One of the things that poetry helps us with is to remain open to what is not sure, what is not guaranteed, what makes us feel vulnerable.”

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  One-Way Ticket: Short Stories

  Jennifer Bassett

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  Tom Walsh had a lot to learn about life. He liked travelling, and he was in no hurry. He liked meeting people, anyone and everyone. He liked the two American girls on the train. They were nice and very friendly. They knew a lot of places. Tom thought they were fun. Tom certainly had a lot to learn about life. This is a collection of short stories about adventures on trains. Strange, wonderful, and frightening things can happen on trains - and all of them happen here.

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  Speak with Impact - How to...

  Allison Shapira

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  When you know what to say and how to say it, people listen. Find your powerful voice, and step into leadership. Speak with impact.  
  Every day, you have an opportunity to use your voice to have a positive impact -- at work or in your community. You can inspire and persuade your audience -- or you can distract and put them to sleep. 
  Presentation styles where leaders are nervous, ramble, and robotic can ruin a talk on even the most critical topics. As your performances become weak, your career prosects start to dim. To get ahead and make an impact, you need to deliver well-crafted messages with confidence and authenticity. You must?sound?as capable as you are. 
  Public speaking is a skill, not a talent. With the right guidance, anyone can be a powerful speaker. Written by former opera singer turned CEO and TEDx speaker Allison Shapira, Speak with Impact unravels the mysteries of commanding attention in any setting, professional or personal. 
  Whether it’s speaking up at a meeting, presenting to clients, or talking to large groups, this book’s easy-to-use frameworks, examples and exercises will help you:Engage your audience through storytelling and humor Use breathing techniques to overcome stage fright Strengthen and project your voice by banishing filler words/uptalk Use effective body language and build your executive presence Compose a clear message and deliver confident, authentic presentations  
  Learn to conquer fear, capture attention, motivate action, and take charge of your career with?Speak with Impact.

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  The History of English - The...

  Christopher R. Fee

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  Named one of America’s best professors by the Princeton Review, Christopher R. Fee invites you to explore your heritage from an unconventional angle: through the origin and development of the English language.Professor Fee is an award-winning professor and medievalist whose expertise spans Old English, Old Norse, and historical linguistics. With flair and gusto, he draws from this well of knowledge to help you trace the evolution of English across a fascinating range of cultures.In liberal arts fashion, this series of 24 lectures mixes the study of technical subjects (like phonetics, linguistics, and historical grammar) with cultural and historic topics, such as the impact of the Norman Invasion on Old English, the advent of the printing press, the place of Ebonics in the modern public-school curriculum, how English became a world language, and how close the Vikings came to ensuring that this course might have been about Danish instead of English.Prof. Fee has a knack for combining scholarly insight with great storytelling. Expect to enjoy his account of the characters “worthy of a seamy soap opera” tasked with writing a dictionary.Language is the foundation of human culture. It is a vital part of who we are and a subject invaluable to anyone interested in the humanities.This course is part of the Learn25 collection.

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  Learn Spanish - Easy Listener -...

  Polyglot Planet

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  THE EASY READERSPANISH AUDIO COURSE NO. 1EASY LISTENING - EASY READING - EASY LEARNING This is our ultimate Spanish learning course yet.Are you relatively new to learning Spanish or need to brush-up on your language skills? You wish to not only talk like a native, but also understand them clearly? Welcome to Polyglot Planet. We provide you with the right tools, energy and motivation for you to understand and speak Spanish confidently. As our method gives you immediate feedback, you can quickly push your understanding to the next level. Our material helps you memorise and reinforce new words, phrases and grammar structures. It is much more than just learning vocabulary, conjugating verbs and trying to figure out what cases to use. Learn to speak Spanish almost instantly with our “Easy Reader” texts and Easy Audio recordings. Without prior knowledge of grammar or sentence structures, you will learn how to use everyday Spanish consistently and effectively. Not only that! You will also learn key vocabulary, phrases and conjugations in a structured environment, which is designed to help build you a solid foundation you will always remember.With our “Learn Spanish - Easy Reader | Easy Audio | Parallel Text Courses” you will quickly master the listening and speaking skills needed to converse with a native. Our audio tutor you will help you perfect your pronunciation and you will even get a better grip of the grammar, whilst avoiding boring textbook material. You will be speaking Spanish within minutes of taking our course!

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