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  Teachers and translators -...

  Graciela Bulleraich

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  Teachers and Translators: Enhancing their Reading and Writing Skills recommends that language teachers incorporate the reading and writing connection together with the influence of L1 culture as essential elements to achieve textual competence in the target language. The use of challenging magazine and newspaper articles with post-intermediate and advanced language learners has always been a priority in ESP (English for Specific Purposes). The purpose is to activate students' background knowledge, consolidate their critical thinking skills, raise their awareness in relation to varieties of English, figures of speech and coinages and, at the same time, encourage classroom research in such fields as journalese, legal and business English. Expository essay-writing is also incorporated in the course, following such patterns as the Comparison and Contrast essay and the Classification form

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  Class - A Graphic Guide

  Laura Harvey, Sarah Leaney

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  What do we mean by social class in the 21st century?
  
  
  University of Brighton sociologists Laura Harvey and Sarah Leaney and award-winning comics creator Danny Noble present an utterly unique, illustrated journey through the history, sociology and lived experience of class.
  
  What can class tell us about gentrification, precarious work, the role of elites in society, or access to education? How have thinkers explored class in the past, and how does it affect us today? How does class inform activism and change?
  Class: A Graphic Guide challenges simplistic and stigmatising ideas about working-class people, discusses colonialist roots of class systems, and looks at how class intersects with race, sexuality, gender, disability and age. From the publishers of the bestselling Queer: A Graphic History, this is a vibrant, enjoyable introduction for students, community workers, activists and anyone who wants to understand how class functions in their own lives.

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  Some Nightmares Are Real - The...

  Kelly Kazek

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  Dark secrets lurk beneath the sleepy surface of Alabama. Ghosts and grisly creatures haunt the towns and forests. In the great Southern ghost-story tradition, famed Alabama storyteller Kelly Kazek weaves a gothic tapestry of ten stories drawn from real people and legendary creatures, cursed places, and harrowing events. 
   
   
   
  Each story or legend takes listeners to a different place in Alabama. Learn about the bestial Wolf Woman who terrified Mobilians in the haunted old port city. In the city of Huntsville, visit the Dead Children's Playground in gloomy Maple Hill Cemetery. In Jacksonville, feel the cold grip of the Old Mill Witch, rumored to protect the workers at the rickety cotton yarn mill. Hear about the mysterious green light that drifts along the Alabama River in the Black Belt hamlet of Gee's Bend and learn about the role the Gee's Bend Ferry played in the Civil Rights Movement. 
   
   
   
  Unlike most ghost-story collections, Some Nightmares Are Real includes facts, historical resources, and information about how to visit the locations. These contemporary stories embrace a beloved Southern folkloric tradition for a new generation of young readers. The tales will terrify and ensnare ghost-story lovers of all ages. So settle in, pull the covers up tight, and maybe turn on the light, because the truth is: Some Nightmares Are Real.

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  Persuasion - Learn Secret Skills...

  Scott Habits

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  Do you want to harness proven psychological tactical to help you influence human behavior? Looking for the best ways to manipulate people, get inside their minds, and become a better leader? Then keep reading. 
  Persuasion is a vital psychological tactic which people use every day without even realizing it. It can supercharge your communication skills, help you become a better leader, and make you the master of any social situation. 
  Now, this powerful guide breaks down exactly what you need to know to take advantage of this highly effective skill. With an exploration of the basic principles of persuasion, you’ll discover how you can influence human behavior, drastically boost your communication skills with NLP, and even use subliminal psychology to make manipulation easy! 
  Here’s what you’ll discover in this comprehensive guide:A Breakdown of Persuasion – Why YOU Should Be Using This Vital SkillThe Essential Persuasion Techniques And Methods That You Need To Know (Including Proven Techniques That The Pros Use Every Day)The Secret To Why Persuasion and Manipulation Work So Well on The Human Mind9 Proven Techniques To Influence Human Behavior (Including The Power of NLP)How To Take Control of Your Own Mind With Self-PersuasionMust-Know Techniques For Protecting Yourself Against The Persuasion of OthersThe 11 Fundamental Rules of Persuasion, and Why They’re ImportantAnd So Much More… 
  So don’t wait! With tips and tricks on psychology, body language, and tons of practical persuasion techniques – some of which you already use without even knowing it – now you can supercharge your communication skills, become a better leader, and master any social situation! 
  So what are you waiting for? Download this audiobook now to discover the essential secrets of persuasion today!

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  Arab Sieges of Constantinople...

  Charles River Editors

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  For nearly a thousand years, the Byzantine Empire protected Europe from Islamic powers, allowing it to pursue its own destiny, and Byzantium was a polyglot society in which a multitude of ethnic groups lived under the emperor prizing peace above war. Of course, it wasn’t an accident that Constantinople survived for so long. Since ancient times, settlements have been protected by walls, ranging from simple earth fortifications, mounds, and ditches to sophisticated structures incorporating gates and watchtowers.  
  Amid the upheaval in the Islamic world following Muhammad’s death, the Umayyad Caliphate lasted for less than a century, but it spent that time becoming one of the most influential of the major caliphates. The Umayyads also constantly fought the Byzantines, and on August 15, 717, their formidable army, under the command of General Maslama ibn 'Abd al-Malik, arrived in Thrace and laid siege to the imposing walls of Constantinople. This event, which lasted a full year until August 15, 718, represented the apex of the Islamic expansionist project aimed at definitively eradicating the Byzantine Empire and subjugating its seemingly impregnable capital. The siege of 717–718 was of great significance, marking a crucial and irreversible turning point in the history of Europe and the Middle East.  
  The remarkable resistance of Constantinople was not just a stroke of good fortune, but a decisive turning point that permanently halted the Islamic expansion into Eastern Europe. The Byzantine victory was the result of a potent blend of military architecture, technological superiority, environmental conditions that were disastrous for the invaders, and astute strategic diplomacy. The definitive failure of the invasion project ultimately forced the caliphate to abandon the idea of conquering the Byzantine Empire.

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  The Pursuit of Dominance - 2000...

  Christopher J. Fettweis

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  The United States is the most powerful actor in the international system, but it is facing a set of challenges that might lead to its decline as this century unfolds. 
   
   
   
  In The Pursuit of Dominance, Christopher J. Fettweis examines the grand strategy of previous superpowers to see how they maintained, or failed to maintain, their status. Over the course of six cases, from Ancient Rome to the British Empire, he seeks guidance from the past for present US policymakers. Like the United States, the examples Fettweis uses were the world's strongest powers at particularly moments in time, and they were hoping to stay that way. Rather than focusing on those powers' rise or how they ruled, however, Fettweis looks at how they sought to maintain their power. From these cases, one paramount lesson becomes clear: Dominant powers usually survive even the most incompetent leaders. Fettweis is most interested in how these superpowers defined their interests, the grand strategies these regimes followed to maintain superiority over their rivals, and how the practice of that strategy worked. 
   
   
   
  A sweeping history of grand strategy, The Pursuit of Dominance looks at the past 2,000 years to highlight what—if anything—current US strategists can learn from the experience of earlier superpowers.

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