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  Vocabulary Voyage - Expanding...

  Sophia Mitchell

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  This audiobook is intended to develop understanding and comprehension of more advanced vocabulary for a 10th grader looking to broaden their exposure to the English language. The sort of words that are included in this title, for example, are pragmatic, meticulous and harbinger. One must be exposed to a word multiple times in different context to start to understand it and use it correctly. That's why this 10-session audiobook uses a number of different techniques to describe words from their definitions to using them in context in stories and sentences, providing synonyms as well as antonyms and many other methods. This repeated interaction with the words in the course, means that you approach vocabulary from different angles making it easier to retain the words that are learned and promoting a broader understanding of meaning in context. This course will expand the listeners' vocabulary by over 100 age-appropriate and challenging words. This content may also be useful in preparation for parts of certain standardized testing where vocabulary is tested, as well as advanced learners of English as a Second Language (ESL). This proven course is an ideal, effective and age-targeted way to broaden vocabulary.

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  Fighting in World War I: The...

  Editors Charles River

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  World War I, also known in its time as the “Great War” or the “War to End all Wars”, was an unprecedented holocaust in terms of its sheer scale. Fought by men who hailed from all corners of the globe, it saw millions of soldiers do battle in brutal assaults of attrition which dragged on for months with little to no respite. Tens of millions of artillery shells and untold hundreds of millions of rifle and machine gun bullets were fired in a conflict that demonstrated man’s capacity to kill each other on a heretofore unprecedented scale, and as always, such a war brought about technological innovation at a rate that made the boom of the Industrial Revolution seem stagnant.  
  By 1918, all the great powers were fielding squadrons of fighting aircraft armed with machine-guns and bombs, to say nothing of light reconnaissance planes. Tanks, a common feature on the battlefield by 1918, had not previously existed outside of the realm of science fiction stories written by authors like H.G. Wells. Machine guns had gone from being heavy, cumbersome pieces with elaborate water-cooling systems to single-man-portable, magazine-fed affairs like the Chauchat, the Lewis Gun and the M1918 BAR.  
  These technological developments led to an imbalance. Before the introduction of the man-portable light machine gun (which took place in the second half of the war), not to mention tanks (which also joined the fight late in the game), defensive firepower vastly outweighed offensive capability. Massed batteries of artillery, emplaced heavy machine guns, barbed wire entanglements, and bewildering fortifications meant that ground could not be taken except at incredible cost.  
  Fighting in World War I analyzes the technological advancements in weaponry that produced the deadliest conflict in history up to that time, and the adjusting tactics that the combatants came up with on land, at sea, and in the air. 

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  Haberdashery

  Sally Cook

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  Haberdashery looks at elements of the Rag Trade from Medieval times with the earliest haberdashers of the 1300s to tailoring in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries along with secret pattern making, famous drapers such as famous writer  H.G. Wells and the earliest tailoring guidebook of the 1530s, It also looks at early pattern making for home seamstresses from the 1860s, the history of the safety pin and aspects of the contemporary fashion industry.

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  Breakfast with the Scavengers

  Ben Rhys Palmer

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  In Ben Rhys Palmer's joyful debut collection, discombobulated robots rub shoulders with philosophising hyenas, orangutan brides, Mesopotamian fish gods, and a psychotherapist from outer space.
  
  A Welsh poet based in Mexico, his poems about Mexico capture the magic and vibrancy of a country André Breton once described as 'the most surrealist in the world.' Other poems pay homage to Welsh cult heroes John Cale and Adrian Street, and Ben's plucky ancestor, Rebecca Howells, who emigrated to Patagonia after her husband was killed in a mining explosion at Blaengwawr Colliery.
  
  At once funny, tender, and beautifully bizarre, Breakfast with the Scavengers explores love, loss, loneliness, our never-ending quest for connection, and those blink-and-you-miss-them moments of transcendence that can light up our lives.

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  Stop Nail Biting Hypnosis -...

  Adrian Berry

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  You have made the promise so many times. 
  You have painted on the bitter polish. You have tried the acrylics. You have worn gloves to bed. You have sat on your hands in meetings. You have hidden your fingers in photos. You have apologized to nail technicians. 
  And still, somewhere in a moment of stress, or boredom, or focus, your hand has drifted to your mouth. Again. Without you ever quite deciding. 
  I want you to hear something before we go further. 
  You are not weak. You are not gross. You are not undisciplined. 
  What you are dealing with is real. It is a body-focused repetitive behavior, a recognized neurological pattern that lives in the same part of your nervous system that controls anxiety, focus, and self-soothing. You did not choose this habit. It chose you, somewhere far back, when your body needed a way to discharge feelings it could not yet name. 
  The reason willpower has never worked is because nail biting does not happen in the part of your brain that willpower can reach. By the time you notice your fingers are at your mouth, you have already been at it for thirty seconds. You did not decide. Your hand simply went there. 
  That is exactly how nervous systems work. They learn responses to feelings through repetition, until those responses become so automatic they fire before your conscious mind even knows the feeling has arrived. 
  You cannot fight an automatic response with willpower. You can only replace it. 
  That is what this program does. 
  For the next four hours, you will not be lectured. You will not be shamed. You will be guided gently into the deeply relaxed state where your subconscious opens. And in that state, carefully crafted affirmations will begin to rewire the pattern at its source. New responses to old feelings. New stillness in your hands. New peace in your nervous system. 
  One day, sooner than you think, you will look down and see something you have not seen in years. A small white edge at the tip of your nail. And then it will keep growing.

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  ADHD Workbook: The Practical...

  Seor Janice

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  Have you read several books on managing ADHD in children, but despite countless efforts to help your child cope and comprehend better in school by paying attention to instructions and detail information, you’re still struggling with everyday issues like homework, chores, getting him or her concentrate when been talked to, and simply getting along without pushback and power struggles?What if you could work with your child, motivating and engage your kids in the process, to create positive change once and for all? For millions of kids who live with ADHD, feelings of loneliness, frustration, and helplessness are all too common. This book is designed for parents and teachers to help kids with ADHD develop essential skills for managing their ADHD symptoms, while also providing a powerful message of hope and encouragement for their future.This book is to help kids reframe the way they think about their ADHD issue, and discover that they have special talents that are unique to them. With fun activities that engage their busy minds, This book offers parents, teachers a better understanding of kids with ADHD, their ADHD, and the simple things they can do to feel more confident and in control.

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