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  Listen to HSK4 (II) - Continue...

  Letitia Wu

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  Welcome to the second volume of the Listen to HSK4 series, designed to help you master essential HSK4 vocabulary and build your confidence in Chinese listening and pronunciation. This volume contains the remaining 325 words of the series, bringing the complete set to a total of 625 words across both volumes. 
  In this audiobook, each word is introduced with its English translation for clear understanding. For each vocabulary word, you will hear an example sentence read three times: once slowly for careful listening, and twice at regular speed to improve your ability to follow natural, fluent speech. Following the Chinese sentence, its English translation will be read to ensure full comprehension. 
  This structured approach allows learners to grasp both the meaning and pronunciation of essential words while becoming more accustomed to how they are used in context. 
  Listen to HSK4 provides an engaging and systematic way to enhance your Mandarin skills, no matter your study pace or environment. Continue your journey to HSK4 mastery with Letitia Wu’s expertly curated content and clear audio instructions!

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  The Book of Grief and Hamburgers

  Stuart Ross

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  A poignant meditation on mortality from a beloved Canadian poet
  		 
  A writer friend once pointed out that whenever Stuart Ross got close to something heavy and “real” in a poem, a hamburger would inevitably appear for comic relief. In this hybrid essay/memoir/poetic meditation, Ross shoves aside the heaping plate of burgers to wrestle with what it means to grieve the people one loves and what it means to go on living in the face of an enormous accumulation of loss. Written during the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, shortly after the sudden death of his brother left him the last living member of his family and as a catastrophic diagnosis meant anticipating the death of his closest friend, this meditation on mortality — a kind of literary shiva — is Ross’s most personal book to date. More than a catalogue of losses, The Book of Grief and Hamburgers is a moving act of resistance against self-annihilation and a desperate attempt to embrace all that was good in his relationships with those most dear to him.

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  Fall of the Assyrian Empire The:...

  Editors Charles River

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  When scholars study the history of the ancient Near East, several wars that had extremely brutal consequences (at least by modern standards) often stand out. Forced removal of entire populations, sieges that decimated entire cities, and wanton destruction of property were all tactics used by the various peoples of the ancient Near East against each other, but the Assyrians were the first people to make war a science. When the Assyrians are mentioned, images of war and brutality are among the first that come to mind, despite the fact that their culture prospered for nearly 2,000 years.  
  	Like a number of ancient individuals and empires in that region, the negative perception of ancient Assyrian culture was passed down through Biblical accounts, and regardless of the accuracy of the Bible’s depiction of certain events, the Assyrians clearly played the role of adversary for the Israelites. Indeed, Assyria (Biblical Shinar) and the Assyrian people played an important role in many books of the Old Testament and are first mentioned in the book of Genesis: “And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel and Erech, and Akkad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar. Out of that land went forth Ashur and built Nineveh and the city Rehoboth and Kallah.” (Gen. 10:10-11). Although the Biblical accounts of the Assyrians are among the most interesting and are often corroborated with other historical sources, the Assyrians were much more than just the enemies of the Israelites and brutal thugs.

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  The Samurai - The History of...

  Rod Johnson

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  The Samurai are the legendary warrior class of Japan. They played a crucial role in the country's history, politics and religion and their legacy continues to hold immense sway over popular culture. 
   
  In this fascinating history, author Rod Johnson takes us through the rise and fall of the Samurai in Japanese society from the emergence of the new class in the eighth century through the turbulent periods of the Mongol invasions and the civil wars of the Sengoku period to the attempts of the class to adapt to a changing world after the Meiji restoration in the nineteenth century. 
   
  With features on key events, battles and figures in the history of the Samurai, this beautifully illustrated volume serves as the perfect reference for anyone who wants to know more about these fascinating people.

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  Watching Sarah Rise - A Journey...

  Jennifer Celeste Briggs

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  In Watching Sarah Rise, Jenny Briggs shares her experience parenting her daughter Sarah, a feisty girl who has a unique genetic blueprint and is on the autism spectrum. At age four Sarah was non-verbal, her eye contact was decreasing, she was in diapers, and eating was a struggle. Determined to help her daughter thrive, Jenny trained at the Autism Treatment Center of America to run a Son-Rise Program, an approach based on connection, love, and play that is aimed at fostering social connection and language. Calling her program Sarah-Rise, Jenny enlisted the help of a small fleet of volunteers to spend hours of one-on-one time with Sarah. Accompany Jenny as Sarah's language explodes, her eye contact improves, and she learns to play games, play imaginatively, use the potty, eat healthily, read, and write a momentous journey that will warm your heart and knock your socks off.

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  Mental Victory: Overcome Fear...

  Ethan Hartwood

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  Mental Victory: Overcome Fear and Take Control 
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