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The Global Citizen Beginner Vocabulary Mastery audiobooks are intentionally and judiciously structured for vocabulary definition and pronunciation learning, retention, and recall for individuals who are completely new to the language!

In How to Write Short , Roy Peter Clark turns his attention to the art of painting a thousand pictures with just a few words. Short forms of writing have always existed - from ship logs and telegrams to prayers and haikus. But in this ever-changing Internet age, short-form writing has become an essential skill. Clark covers how to write effective and powerful titles, headlines, essays, sales pitches, Tweets, letters, and even self-descriptions for online dating services.

Hundreds of thousands of teachers have used this highly practical guide to help K-12 students enlarge their vocabulary and get involved in noticing, understanding, and using new words.

In 2018, novelist Jami Attenberg, faced with a looming deadline, needed writing inspiration. Using a bootcamp model, she and a friend set out to write one thousand words daily for two weeks straight. They opened this practice to Attenberg’s online community and soon hundreds then thousands of people started using the #1000WordsofSummer hashtag to track their work and support one another. What began as a simple challenge between two friends has become a literary movement—write 1,000 words per day without judgement, or bias, or concerns about writer’s block, and see what comes of it.

A survey of the quirks and quandaries of the English language, focusing on our strange and wonderful grammar. Why do we say "I am reading a catalog" instead of "I read a catalog"? Why do we say "do" at all? Is the way we speak a reflection of our cultural values? Delving into these provocative topics and more, Our Magnificent Bastard Tongue distills hundreds of years of fascinating lore into one lively history.

Do you work and live with people who are hard to convince? Who dismiss ideas before even thinking about them? Do you want to know how to influence people, without being manipulative? Want to find out how people get motivated, make decisions, how to be more persuasive with everyone? Shelle Rose Charvet, best-selling author, shows you how to match your language to people around you (in your work, with your colleagues, your boss and your clients, and at home, with your partner, family and other relationships).

Want to write your first book but don't know where to start? Don't worry! This book is what you need. With How to Write Your First Book, you'll learn everything you need to know to go from a blank page to a published book. From finding the perfect theme and structure for your book to creating memorable characters and compelling plots, this step-by-step guide will take you through the writing process from start to finish. Additionally, we also address the challenges of creative writing, such as overcoming creative block and keeping the reader's interest. And to help you turn your manuscript ...

Discover the colorful, brilliant, dazzling life of an adjective! In this imaginative picture book, young grammarians are introduced to these busy words that describe nouns.

Listen to the key words and phrases in French, then repeat, practise and refine! A relaxing way to pick up the language. All essential words and phrases for modern life in France are here, with topics covering home life, work and school environments, shopping, food and drink, sport and leisure, transport, technology and the environment. Great care has been given to represent modern French culture and enhance your experience of France and its people, including food and drink, customs, celebrations and festivals.

Praise for Alice Crowley's writing: "I LOVED THE IMAGINATION OF THIS AUTHOR!" ~Satisfied Kindle Reader "FIVE STARS!" ~ Multiple Fans "Alice Crowley is one of our best living authors!" ~ G. Taylor Ciedre is just a young professional woman in the big city when she meets the hunk of her life named Shane, who rescues her from a gang of vampire aliens who are hell-bent on harvesting the blood of all earthlings. And to the victors go the spoils. After Shane saves the day, Ciedre demands he show her the ancient art of the erotic fist. And this mutant's fists are bigger than any mortal male's...

Whether you are a native speaker or, more importantly, an EFL (English as a Foreign Language) or ESL (English as a Second Language) learner, mastering correct grammar collocations—word combinations and pairings—is essential. Without this skill, your speech and writing will sound unnatural and strained. This book organises collocations (word partnerships) thematically, making vocabulary learning more efficient.· Learn essential verb + noun combinations used in everyday situations, like "bed" and "nightstand," instead of encountering them years apart in your studies.· This book offers ...

In The Sense of Style, the best-selling linguist and cognitive scientist Steven Pinker answers these questions and more. Rethinking the usage guide for the 21st century, Pinker doesn’t carp about the decline of language or recycle pet peeves from the rulebooks of a century ago. Instead, he applies insights from the sciences of language and mind to the challenge of crafting clear, coherent, and stylish prose.

In this book, award-winning author and creative entrepreneur Joanna Penn takes you step-by-step through the process of writing, publishing, and marketing a successful non-fiction book. Whether you’re just starting out or looking to level up your author career, How to Write Non-Fiction gives you the tools and confidence to write the book you’re meant to write.

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).

This book helps young learners build confidence by reading simple sentences using the most common sight words—perfect for early readers just starting out.

This course on Hawaiian teaches Hawaiian words and phrases to younger children. The focus is on simple words that can be put to daily use. Content is organized into 10 daily sessions, starting with learning new words and phrases and then reviewing them over subsequent sessions. This is an ideal way to start your child learning the Hawaiian language.

A step ahead from Level 1, this book introduces slightly longer sentences and new sight words to help kids improve reading fluency and understanding.

"I LOVED THE IMAGINATION OF THIS AUTHOR!"~Satisfied Kindle Reader "FIVE STARS!"~ Multiple Fans "Alice Crowley is one of our best living authors!"~ G. Taylor Hazel is working for a giant, huge, strapping corporation when she is suddenly promoted all the way up to the top, working under her CEO billionaire boss. Now Hazel learns that her love interest, a man named Gary, has signed on for a genetic biotech experiment, which is slowly turning him into a beast-man. The only thing standing in the way of Gary completely going wild and losing his mind is Hazel's hungry, hot body. Turn up the heat ...

We live our lives word by word - to build our relationships, to convey our points of view, to object to wrongs done to us or to others, to comfort our children and our friends. We also use the wrong words - sometimes unknowingly - and get ourselves into situations we'd rather not be in. As Stephen R. Covey points out in his introduction: "Words sell and words repel; Words lead and words impede; Words heal and words kill."

In Other Words is a revelation. It is at heart a love story—of a long and sometimes difficult courtship, and a passion that verges on obsession: that of a writer for another language. For Jhumpa Lahiri, that love was for Italian, which first captivated and capsized her during a trip to Florence after college. Although Lahiri studied Italian for many years afterward, true mastery always eluded her.