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  Enough Is Enuf - Our Failed...

  Gabe Henry

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  A brief and humorous 500-year history of the Simplified Spelling Movement from advocates like Ben Franklin, C. S. Lewis, and Mark Twain to texts and Twitter. 
  Why does the G in George sound different from the G in gorge? Why does C begin both case and cease? And why is it funny when a philologist faints, but not polight to laf about it? Anyone who has ever had the misfortune to write in English has, at one time or another, struggled with its spelling. 
  So why do we continue to use it? If our system of writing words is so tragically inconsistent, why haven’t we standardized it, phoneticized it, brought it into line? How many brave linguists have ever had the courage to state, in a declaration of phonetic revolt: “Enough is enuf”?  
  The answer: many. In the comic annals of linguistic history, legions of rebel wordsmiths have died on the hill of spelling reform, risking their reputations to bring English into the realm of the rational. This book is about them: Mark Twain, Ben Franklin, Eliza Burnz, C. S. Lewis, George Bernard Shaw, Charles Darwin, and the innumerable others on both sides of the Atlantic who, for a time in their life, became fanatically occupied with writing thru instead of through, tho for though, laf for laugh, beleev for believe, and dawter for daughter (and tried futilely to get everyone around them to do it too).  
  Henry takes his humorous and informative chronicle right up to today as the language seems to naturally be simplifying to fit the needs of our changing world thanks to technology—from texting to Twitter and emojis, the Simplified Spelling Movement may finally be having its day. 
  Supplemental enhancement PDF accompanies the audiobook.

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  My First Trip to Thailand:...

  Travel Guide Society

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  You have wanted to see Thailand for years, and now the map is open and every plan feels like a guess. How many nights in Bangkok, north or south first, Andaman coast or Gulf, and is that street food stall safe? The advice online contradicts itself, and you would rather arrive feeling ready than spend the first three days learning the hard way.
  
  This planning companion walks you through a two to three week route, from Bangkok's neighbourhoods and canals to Chiang Mai and the north, then out to the two island coasts that could not be more different. You get a spoken perfect day for Bangkok, for Chiang Mai and for an island day, straight talk about what to skip, realistic cost ranges, and clear guidance on the BTS and MRT, night trains, ferries and songthaews, plus how to time your trip around the monsoon and hot season.
  
  By the end you will know your route, your budget and your first evening. Press play, and start planning like someone who has already been.

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  That's Not Funny - How the Right...

  Nick Marx, Matt Sienkiewicz

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  A 2022 Best Comedy Book, Vulture 
   
   
   
  "Why do conservatives hate comedy? Why is there no right-wing Jon Stewart?" These sorts of questions launch a million tweets, a thousand op-eds, and more than a few scholarly analyses. That's Not Funny argues that it is both an intellectual and politically strategic mistake to assume that comedy has a liberal bias. Matt Sienkiewicz and Nick Marx take listeners—particularly self-described liberals—on a tour of contemporary conservative comedy and the "right-wing comedy complex." 
   
   
    
  In That's Not Funny, "complex" takes on an important double meaning. On the one hand, liberals have developed a social-psychological complex—it feels difficult, even dangerous, to acknowledge that their political opposition can produce comedy. At the same time, the right has been slowly building up a comedy-industrial complex, utilizing the irony-laden media strategies of liberals such as Jon Stewart, Samantha Bee, and John Oliver to garner audiences and supporters. Right-wing comedy has been hiding in plain sight, finding its way into mainstream conservative media through figures ranging from Fox News's Greg Gutfeld to libertarian podcasters like Joe Rogan. That's Not Funny taps interviews with conservative comedians and observations of them in action to guide listeners through media history, text, and technique.

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  The Language Guide for Travelers...

  YouGuide

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  The Language Guide for Travelers - Galician to Quechua is a practical phrasebook for travelers, pairing essential Galician and Quechua words and phrases for everyday situations - greetings, directions, dining, shopping, transport and emergencies. Compact, easy to navigate and made for real trips, it helps you communicate with confidence wherever your journey takes you.

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  Ultimate Guide to Hobby Farm...

  Sue Weaver, Chris McLaughlin,...

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  A single, information-packed volume with everything a hobby farmer needs to know about farm animals, this newly updated and comprehensive manual to selecting, caring for, and breeding livestock brings forth the expertise of five hobby farmers, each of whom has real-life on-the-farm experience with the animals discussed. Whether you're contemplating adding a small herd of sheep or goats to your existing hobby farm or you've always wondered about the benefits of raising angora rabbits or Muscovy ducks, this must-have resource provides the kind of guidance you need to begin a herd or flock and expand your pens and fencing. With exhaustive detail, the authors offer complete coverage of chickens, ducks, goats, sheep, cattle, pigs, and rabbits, including the housing, healthcare, special needs, advantages, and challenges of each. Also provided are strategies for marketing and selling your animals' meat, milk, eggs, fleece, or feathers, plus overviews on the animals' history, their behavioral traits, personal anecdotes, and more. New to this edition is updated information across all topics for the most complete and up-to-date insight in hobby farming, from shelter, care, health, and medicine to nutrition, behavior, marketing, and profit.

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  Keto Island Girl Living Healthy...

  Grace J Habib

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  How difficult is it to be healthy and maintain your health in a fast pace world such as this? Sometimes all it takes is a simple lifestyle, doing the things that you are already aware of; and that you know will benefit your health positively. The everyday things we can do, which is what the book "KETO ISLAND GIRL Living Healthy Being Healthy" is about, is recommended for both male and female, young and old, rich and poor. Here you will find the secrets to healthy living, so that if you are not yet sick you can maintain your health. But if you do become sick, you can work towards turning things around to become healthy again. Our bodies are wonderfully made, and it is not that difficult to be in good health. So if you want to live the way you were created to live, which is to be healthy, then read this book.                                                             --Grace Habib Author                 

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