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  Memories of the Future - (Post)...

  Tara Brabazon

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  What has happened to Cultural Studies in the last 50 years?  This book answers this question.  Part biography, part polemic, Memories of the Future asks how - today - activism and courage can return to research, teaching and citizenship.

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  Learn French Fast for Beginners

  Mark Noble, Paul Frobose

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  Learning a new language can seem difficult, if not impossible at the very beginning. If you’re an adult, then it probably seems even scarier. You may have had a bad experience trying to learn a second language in school. You’ve wanted to learn French for some time now. It could just be because you’re in love with the language or you may live in an area where French is routinely spoken. Regardless of the reason, your desire to learn a second language is genuine, and it has driven you here.It’s easier than you thinkYou’re not going to pull out your hair while learning French. It won’t be long until you amaze your friends and family by speaking French to them. It’s entirely possible that you could even hold a conversation with a native French speaker within a mere matter of weeks.Learn the most common words spoken in publicIt seems that learning a foreign language is difficult because there are so many words to learn. In fact, this isn’t the truth at all. There are only about 1,000 words that you need to learn. If you learn just these words, it’s possible to have a conversation with just about anyone. You’ll be talking to strangers in no time, and it will even surprise you.A second language opens up a new world of opportunitiesLearn phrases that you’ll use every daySpeak to the locals while travelingPlace orders at your favorite restaurantsHave casual conversations in FrenchYou may live in a community where French is widely spoken. If so, then you already have a feeling of what you’re missing out on. It’s an even bigger deal if you’re a businessperson who’s losing out on profits. Think about all the lost sales that you’ve had up until this point. You can be one step ahead of the competition by merely speaking the language of those who are seeking products or services.

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  From scarcity to abundance - A...

  Maricela Soberanes

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  FROM SCARCITY TO ABUNDANCE 
  WHAT IF your limiting believes disappeared overnight? 
  WHAT IF there was no "victim syndrome' to hide behind? 
  WHAT IF you realize you are enough and deserving? 
  WHAT IF living life to the full potential was your only option? 
  WHAT IF you you assume one hundred percent ownership of your resources and your life? 
  With the tools provided in this book, you will feel empowered to take action and begin to write your own success story. 
  This book is written for those aspiring entrepreneurs chained to their "comfort zone" and tormented with self-imposed limiting believes. 
  This book is written through the eyes of a young girl as she witnesses her mother overcome poverty, physical abuse, scarcity of essential resources, and societal suppression. Based on true stories which took place over two decades, starting in the 1980s between Mexico City and the province of Mexico. The young girl was the fourth generation and destined to continue the cycle of scarcity. Through the mentorship, continued encouragement, and support received through her mother and grandmother, she escaped to a mindset of abundance. 
  The survivalist skills she developed and the life principles passed on from generation to generation are the only tools she inherits to break the chains that keep most people in similar situations tied to their "comfort zone." Now, as an adult, the young girl's lenses of innocence are removed. She abstracts the principles that helped her go from scarcity to abundance and shares them here to empower the readers to do the same. She calls them the Mastermind principles: the grouped principles of resilience, tenacity, accountability, visualization, and self-imposed responsibility. The author invites you to follow these principles to break away from any chains that keep you from living a life of abundance and holistic wealth. 
  ~Wealth is a state of mind. Maricela S.

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  Cancel Wars - How Universities...

  Sigal R. Ben-Porath

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  An even-handed exploration of the polarized state of campus politics that suggests ways for schools and universities to encourage discourse across difference.  
   
  College campuses have become flashpoints of the current culture war and, consequently, much ink has been spilled over the relationship between universities and the cultivation or coddling of young American minds. Philosopher Sigal R. Ben-Porath takes head-on arguments that infantilize students who speak out against violent and racist discourse on campus or rehash interpretations of the First Amendment. Ben-Porath sets out to demonstrate the role of the university in American society and, specifically, how it can model free speech in ways that promote democratic ideals. 
   
  In Cancel Wars, she argues that the escalating struggles over “cancel culture,” “safe spaces,” and free speech on campus are a manifestation of broader democratic erosion in the United States. At the same time, she takes a nuanced approach to the legitimate claims of harm put forward by those who are targeted by hate speech. Ben-Porath’s focus on the boundaries of acceptable speech (and on the disproportional impact that hate speech has on marginalized groups) sheds light on the responsibility of institutions to respond to extreme speech in ways that proactively establish conversations across difference. Establishing these conversations has profound implications for political discourse beyond the boundaries of collegiate institutions. If we can draw on the truth, expertise, and reliable sources of information that are within the work of academic institutions, we might harness the shared construction of knowledge that takes place at schools, colleges, and universities against truth decay. Of interest to teachers and school leaders, this book shows that by expanding and disseminating knowledge, universities can help rekindle the civic trust that is necessary for revitalizing democracy.

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  Siddhartha

  Hermann Hesse

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  Siddhartha is one of the great philosophical novels. Profoundly insightful, it is also a beautifully written story that begins as Siddhartha, son of an Indian Brahman, leaves his family and begins a lifelong journey towards Enlightenment. On the way he faces the entire range of human experience and emotion: he lives with ascetics, meets Gotama the Buddha, learns the art of love from Kamala the courtesan, and is transformed by the simple philosophy of the ferryman Vasudeva whose wisdom comes not from learned teachings but from observing the River. Herman Hesse (1877-1962) was a German-Swiss novelist, poet, and painter. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1946.

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  The REWRITE Method - The Parent...

  TD Flenaugh

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  The REWRITE Method: The Parent and Educator Guide for Getting Middle Schoolers to 
  Fall in Love with Writing is the ultimate writing improvement book! It is a simple guide that will give you step-by-step instructions on how to get your child from hating writing to loving it. 
  - Learn how to accelerate progress by focusing on your child’s writing strengths  
  - Learn how to motivate young writers  
  - Challenge your young authors to elevate their craft with creative structure and real-world tasks.   
   - Establish a writing practice that will grow writing from elementary level to secondary level proficiency and beyond!

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