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  12 Laws of Being Human

  Manhardeep Singh

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  What does it really mean to be human? Embrace these 12 Laws of Being Human to harness your innate power and become unstoppable.The audiobook is narrated with to-the-point language and tone with the intent to reach the listener in a clear way.12 Laws of Being Human will help you:Understand your impact on the whole worldHave awareness of how each one of us is connectedBe unstoppable in the face of challengesBecome resilientDefine who you want to be12 Laws of Being Human is an intriguing self-realization audiobook. If you like self-improvement, therapeutic, life changing audiobooks, then you’ll love Manhardeep Singh’s indispensable work.Buy 12 Laws of Being Human and take hold of the most precious gift you have got as being human.This audiobook is skillfully narrated by Manish Dongardive. Produced and published by Echo Point Books & Media, an independent bookseller in Brattleboro, Vermont. ©2022 Manhardeep Singh (P)2024 Echo Point Books & Media, LLC

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  The Crimes of England

  Gilbert Keith Chesterton

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  The Crimes of England by Gilbert Keith Chesterton is a provocative and sharply argued collection of essays in which Chesterton examines the moral, political, and cultural contradictions he perceives within modern English society.
  
  With his characteristic wit, paradox, and fearless reasoning, Chesterton challenges prevailing assumptions about progress, governance, and national identity. Rather than offering simple condemnation, he constructs layered arguments that question the foundations of contemporary social and political thinking, urging readers to reconsider what is often accepted as inevitable or unquestionable.
  
  Across these essays, Chesterton blends satire with serious reflection, addressing issues such as institutional responsibility, cultural change, and the ethical consequences of modern ideologies. His writing is both intellectually engaging and stylistically vivid, turning abstract debates into accessible and memorable commentary.
  
  The Crimes of England stands as a powerful example of Chesterton's social criticism, offering a distinctive perspective that combines moral philosophy with literary flair. It remains a compelling read for those interested in political thought, cultural analysis, and early twentieth-century intellectual debate.

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  SŬbmarine-Ër - 30 Years of...

  Jerry Pait, Compiled by Robert...

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  An American submarine hero’s sometimes irreverent story of Cold War action on diesel and nuke submarines, how he tested their ballistic missiles, and salvaged the Space Shuttle Challenger. 
  “The book is like an old friend telling stories over dinner.” — Priscilla Bettis, Amazon Reader 
  Lieutenant Commander Jerry Pait's semi-autobiographical collection of sixty stories recounts his thirty years in and around the U.S. Navy's submarine fleet. Ranging from light-hearted to wrenching, all are poignant inside looks at naval operations rarely seen by outsiders. Topics include the real story behind the shuttle Challenger tragedy, risking his own life underwater, discovering a Soviet spy living across the street, surviving when a DELTA Rocket engine ignites, critical missions, and the everyday lives of men and women of the fleet. Dive into Sŭbmarine-ër for hijinks and breathtaking adventure with this poignant memoir by a true American hero.

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  A Rare Recording of Marshall...

  Marshall McLuhan

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  Marshall McLuhan (1911 - 1980) was a Canadian professor, philosopher, and bestselling author. He made major contributions to the study of media theory. McLuhan is well-known for his expression "the medium is the message," from his 1964 book, "Understanding Media: The Extensions of Man." He also popularized the term “global village,” and he predicted the World Wide Web almost 30 years before it was invented. This recording is from one of his lectures.

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  With Her Own Hands - Women...

  Nicole Nehrig

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  Knitting, sewing, embroidery, quilting―throughout history, these and other forms of textile work have often been dismissed as merely "women's work" and attached to ideas of domesticity and obedience. Yet, as psychologist and avid knitter Nicole Nehrig explores in this captivating book, textile work has often been a way for women to exercise power. When their voices were silenced and other avenues were closed off to them, women used the tools they had―often a needle and thread―to seek freedom. 
   
  With Her Own Hands brings together remarkable stories of women who have used textiles as a means of liberation, from an eighteenth-century Quaker boarding school that used embroidered samplers to teach girls math and geography to the Quechua weavers working to preserve and revive Incan traditions today, and from the Miao women of southern China who, in the absence of a written language, pass down their histories in elaborate "story cloths" to a midcentury British women's postal art exchange. Textiles have been a way for women to explore their intellectual capacities, seek economic independence, create community, process traumas, and convey powerful messages of self-expression and political protest. 
   
  Heartfelt and deeply moving, With Her Own Hands is a celebration of women who have woven their own stories―and a testament to their resilience.

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  Task-based grammar teaching of...

  Susanne Niemeier

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  The focus on communication in TBLT often comes at the expense of form. This book enhances the task-based approach by connecting it to insights from (cognitive) grammar, which sees grammar as meaningful. It shows how grammar teaching can be integrated into a communicative lesson in a non-explicit way. Learners are involved in situations that they may also encounter outside their classrooms and are given communicative tasks they are to work on and solve. What teachers need to invest for preparing such lessons is their own creativity, as they have to come up with meaningful communicative situations which guide the learners into using a specific structure. The book discusses the didactic and linguistic theories involved and translates the theoretical perspectives into actual teaching practice, focusing on the grammatical phenomena tense (present tense, past tense, present perfect), aspect, modality, reported speech, conditionals, passive voice, prepositions, phrasal verbs, verb complementation, pronouns and articles.

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