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  Speeches Lecture Presentation:...

  Leon Bahlsen

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  Do you need to give a talk or presentation for your work, school or studies? Whether it is a short presentation or a longer lecture in the context of a seminar - the conditions are the same.
  
  You are not one of those people who can speak without any fear in front of other people and deliver your presentation eloquently and confidently? On the contrary, are you nervous and have the feeling that you won't be able to get a word in edgewise? The good news is that speaking in front of other people can be learned!
  
  This guidebook deals with the basics of interpersonal communication. It helps you understand how communication breakdowns can occur and how to prevent them. Furthermore, this book covers the means and ways to make your speech really resonate with your audience.

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  Philosophy of Language - Words...

  Hector Davidson

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  Language plays a fundamental role in human life, functioning not only as a means of communication but as a structure that shapes the way we think, perceive, and understand the world. The philosophy of language seeks to unravel the complex relationships between words, meanings, and reality, exploring how language functions, how it conveys meaning, and how it relates to the world and our experiences. This chapter serves as an introduction to these foundational issues and provides an overview of the central questions and debates within the philosophy of language. 
  At its core, language is a system of symbols—words, phrases, and sentences—that represent concepts, objects, and actions. Understanding language, however, requires more than just examining its structure. It involves questioning how words acquire meaning, how those meanings change in different contexts, and how language can both represent and distort reality. This inquiry into meaning is not limited to how words correspond to things in the world, but also explores how they function in communication, how they shape thought, and how they reflect the underlying structures of human experience. 
  The structure of language itself is another crucial aspect. Language is governed by rules—such as syntax, grammar, and semantics—that allow words to be combined in meaningful ways. Syntax provides the framework for sentence structure, while grammar dictates how words should be used within that structure. Semantics, on the other hand, deals with the meaning of words and how they combine to form meaning within a sentence. Each of these aspects must be understood in relation to each other to grasp how language functions at a deeper level.

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  7 Shared Skills for Academic...

  MA Trivette II

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  Don’t let poor speaking and writing skills lower your Academic IELTS score! 
  Know how to sharpen these seven shared skills now, so you get an advantage for that high score you need. 
  Get the knowledge you need to build confidence for the success you seek – and deserve. 
  Let 7 Shared Skills for Academic IELTS Speaking-Writing be your go-to source for insights only a seasoned IELTS instructor can give. 
  Learn step by step the same advice I give and approaches I teach my own students. 
  Let a certified English instructor and veteran IELTS preparer help you avoid potential pitfalls awaiting unsuspecting exam candidates. 
  I know your frustration in preparing to maximize your exam Academic IELTS Speaking and Writing scores. 
  Be sure to download the guidebook with examples plus extra resources. 
  7 Shared Skills for Academic IELTS Speaking-Writing is great for those candidates just starting their preparation right before they take the test, or even those who need to take the test again. 
  Don’t waste your IELTS prep with just any textbook. 
  Learn from my over 13 years of preparing candidates for the high score that could help you study at your college of choice, win a scholarship, or show a potential employer you have strong English skills. 
  Get 7 Shared Skills for Academic IELTS Speaking-Writing for specific and detailed information that are keys to passing your exam!

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  The Ancient Art of Thinking For...

  Robin Reames

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  The discipline of rhetoric was the keystone of Western education for over two thousand years. Only recently has its perceived importance faded. 
   
    
   
  In this book, renowned rhetorical scholar Robin Reames argues that, in today's polarized political climate, we should all care deeply about learning rhetoric. Drawing on examples ranging from the destructive ancient Greek demagogue Alcibiades to modern-day conspiracists like Alex Jones, Reames breaks down the major techniques of rhetoric, pulling back the curtain on how politicians, journalists, and "journalists" convince us to believe what we believe—and to talk, vote, and act accordingly. Understanding these techniques helps us avoid being manipulated by authority figures who don't have our best interests at heart. It also grants us rare insight into the values that shape our own beliefs. Learning rhetoric, Reames argues, doesn't teach us what to think but how to think—allowing us to understand our own and others' ideological commitments in a completely new way. 
   
   
   
  Thoughtful, nuanced, and leavened with dry humor, The Ancient Art of Thinking for Yourself offers an antidote to our polarized, post-truth world.

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  Dictionary of Witchcraft

  Collin de Plancy

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  The original and authoritative A-to-Z reference guide to witchcraft, paganism, and magic, compiled by the famed nineteenth-century French occultist.   Following its original publication in 1818, Collin de Plancy’s Dictionnaire Infernal became a landmark study of witchcraft, pagan religions, and the occult. The first reference work to seriously document manifestations, magic, and superstitions, this historical dictionary details beings, characters, books, deeds, and causes that pertain to the manifestations and magic of trafficking with Hell, as well as divinations, occult sciences, grimoires, marvels, errors, prejudices, traditions, folktales, the various superstitions, and all manner of marvelous, surprising, mysterious, and supernatural beliefs.   A significant influence on the Romantic literary movement and notably consulted by author Victor Hugo, it remains an essential text for any student of the dark arts or demonology.

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  German for Holiday

  Jorg Hochfeld, Tomas Dvoracek

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  Thank you for your interest in the audiocourse German for Holiday by Audioacademyeu. The course is designed for beginners and slightly advanced learners and focuses on words and phrases you can use when travelling and especially on holiday.The course is based on contextual learning, which means that you will not only learn words, but also sentences in which you can use the words you have learned. In this course you will find a total of 600 words and practical sentences. If you are an absolut beginner, you will without a doubt appreciate a minicourse of the German pronunciation. The individual lessons are divided into the topics of travelling by car, travelling by plane, travel destinations, in a hotel, in a restaurant,on a trip,   shopping and chatting.  Listening to this course you can combine the pleasant with the useful - you will refresh your holiday vocabulary and revise your German in general at the same time.What is the best way to work with the course? Choose the lesson you want to start with. Each lesson contains six tracks. First,  familiarize yourself with the actual vocabulary (tracks 1 and 2). In order to get a better grip over the new expressions  in German, in track one you hear the  German word twice. Next, you have a  word  followed by a contextual sentence, again in both translation options (tracks 3 and 4).  Then you move on to complete sentences (tracks 5 and 6). ). Again, in track 5, you will hear the sentence in German twice. Once you have mastered translating sentences from English into German (lesson 6) in the time gap before the English translation, you have won. The words alone will help you in understanding the meaning, but using the mastered complete sentences will help you communicate much better.There is a script to this course available for free download at www.audioacademyeu.eu which will make your activities with the course much more effective. In its  introduction, you will find a learning guide along with helpful tips on how to make the lessons more effective and a lesson plan for you to record your learning progress. The script is divided thematically into three parts.  In the first part you will find a written version of the audio tracks you will listen to.  In the second part you will find the writing tests. For each lesson there is one test of vocabulary and one test of sentences. The key to both tests is available right after the tests too In the third part of the script you will find double-sided flashcards that you can cut out with scissors and practice even when you can't or don't want to listen. The course is narrated by native speakers - Jeff Short in English, Jorg Hochfeld and Anja Flaume in German.

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