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Level One contains frequently used words and phrases offering approximately 2500 words and expressions, featuring nouns, verbs, adjectives, and adverbs.Ver livro
Ready to move on from basic Russian and learn to speak more like a native? This audiobook is your answer! Perhaps you have a family member from Russia, are planning a trip there, or simply wish to go beyond the basics, but found that language apps, CD courses, or online classes take too much time, move too slowly, or too fast. Maybe the teaching method just wasn’t “clicking” with you? Well, no more! With this audiobook’s help, you’ll be immersed in this fascinating language, the country’s history, and how this language has grown and changed – and why. We’ll even ensure you are ready for this intermediate course by providing a quiz to determine if you need to brush up on the basics or move forward, learning many everyday phrases, greetings, questions, travel help, and much more. Discover how this language was initially developed, enrich your knowledge about its heritage and the cultural changes that brought new and different linguistic evolution, and then jump right into mastering its present use beyond the basics. You’ll quickly pick up on its present-day conversational Russian without becoming overwhelmed with dull or rigid exercises; the helpful reviews and self-paced approach are practical, keeping you intrigued enough to move to the next topic, fully understanding what you’ve just learned. Sure, you may have completed the building blocks for this language, but let’s move beyond and become fluent in everyday phrases, getting around town, eating out, and conversing with the people in Russian – or wherever you find this fascinating language spoken. You’ll build your skills with specialized exercises and a plethora of samples involving everyday situations – and be speaking intermediate Russian with ease in no time! Click the “add to cart” button, and start your journey to mastering Intermediate Russian!Ver livro
Are you an academic, author, or blogger or anyone else who wants to make writing a breeze? The Zettelkasten method is the perfect way to harness the power of technology to remember what you read and boost creativity. Invented in the 16th century, and practiced to its fullest extent by a German sociologist who wrote more than seventy books and hundreds of articles, the Zettelkasten method is exploding in popularity. Writers of all types are discovering that digital tools make the method more powerful than ever, turning your digital life into an “external brain,” or “bicycle for the mind.” In Digital Zettelkasten: Principles, Methods, & Examples, blogger and nonfiction author David Kadavy shares a first-principles approach on how to adapt the Zettelkasten method to simple digital tools of your choice.How to structure your Zettelkasten? Kadavy borrows an element of the Getting Things Done framework to make sure nothing you want to read falls through the cracks.Naming convention pros/cons. Should you adopt the classic “Folgezettel” technique, or do digital tools make it irrelevant for your workflow?Reading workflow. The exact steps to follow to turn what you read into detailed notes you can mix and match to produce writing.Staying comfortable. Build a workflow to maintain your Zettelkasten without being chained to your computer.Examples, examples, examples. See real examples of notes that illustrate concepts, so you can build a Zettelkasten that fits your workflow and tools. Digital Zettelkasten: Principles, Methods, & Examples is short, to the point, with no fluff, so it won’t keep you from what you want – to build your Zettelkasten!Ver livro
A clear, supportive and comprehensive guide to writing a play – based on the author's long-running playwriting masterclasses, as taught at the UK's National Theatre. This book leads you through everything you need to know, including: -The theatrical tools and techniques you can use to bring your play to life on the stage (and how these differ from writing for film and TV) -Discovering and trusting your writing process, with a range of approaches for developing your initial idea into a completed script -Understanding your characters, including their goals and central conflicts, and using emotional logic to connect them to your story -Finding the dramatic structure and theatrical setting that best suits your play -The key elements of constructing a great scene, including how to invoke tension, deepen characterisation and create effective transitions -Writing engaging, active dialogue by finding each character's voice, balancing exposition with subtext, and rooting what a character says in their specific context Throughout, you'll find examples from classical and modern plays, plus insights from other contemporary playwrights into their own writing journeys. Each chapter provides a set of exercises to help you practise what you've learnt. There's also advice on what to do once you've finished your script – including redrafting, receiving feedback and taking notes – and how to navigate your play's progress towards production. Whether you're an emerging playwright or embarking on your first-ever play, The Playwright's Journey will help you develop your creativity, strengthen your connection to your material, and transform your idea into a fully formed play that feels alive on the page – and the stage. 'A very, very smart book which left me nodding in sage agreement with every chapter... [Lays] bare the most complex, convoluted ideas with exquisite lucidity, wit and empathy... A substantial and rare aesthetic achievement which every aspiring playwright, producer and director should read and respect' Joe Penhall 'Kind, good, sane and useable advice, brilliantly written' Blanche McIntyreVer livro
This expanded work by international best-selling author William Stanek helps you unleash your writing and presentation skills. It's a book for everybody who wants to learn to tap into their writing potential and get the task at hand done. Whether you are writing essays, creating reports, developing articles or preparing presentations, this audio guide will help you every step of the way.Ver livro
Brenda Peterson has discovered writing a memoir as a powerful tool for uncovering elements of your psyche that may have eluded every other attempt at self-examination. It forces you to see your life from an entirely different perspective.Ver livro
