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Brought to you by Penguin. Career ladders and jobs for life are a thing of the past Today, we're living in a world of squiggly careers, where moving frequently and fluidly between roles, industries, locations, and even careers, is becoming the new normal. Squiggly careers can feel stressful and...

'The thrill is that you're actually figuring it out on your own. You're engaging with another language, not just parroting it... It's an excellent way to start, and leaves the listener thinking, Hey, Ich kann do dis.' - New Yorker, David Sedaris, humorist and author, on learning German with the...

Stylish Academic Writing showcases a range of scholars from the sciences, humanities, and social sciences who write with vividness and panache. Individual chapters take up specific elements of style, such as titles and headings, chapter openings, and structure, and close with examples of transferable techniques that any writer can master. 

The Workbook for Students includes 365 lessons, one for each day of the year. It is not necessary, however, to do the lessons at that tempo, and one might want to remain with a particularly appealing lesson for more than one day. The practical nature of the Workbook is underscored by the introduction to its lessons, which emphasizes experience through application rather than a prior commitment to a spiritual goal.

Brought to you by Penguin. We used to go to work to learn to do the job. Now learning IS the job. Whatever your career, staying relevant and adaptable is essential to your success. And your unexpected role model for learning at work? A lobster. In Learn Like a Lobster, Sunday Times bestselling...

What you understand, you know; and what you know, you don't forget. - Michel Thomas Experience significant results in a remarkably short period of time thanks to the unique Michel Thomas Method, perfected over 50 years by celebrated psycholinguist, Michel Thomas. The method works in tune with...

A unique and perfectly brilliant way of learning languages. - Stephen Fry in Rescuing the Spectacled Bear Looking for a convenient intermediate language course that fits your lifestyle and gets you speaking a new language in a matter of weeks, not years? The original no-books, no-homework...

This House of Grief is a heartbreaking audiobook by one of Australia's most admired authors. Anyone can see the place where the children died. You take the Princes Highway past Geelong, and keep going west in the direction of Colac. Late in August 2006, soon after I had watched a magistrate commit Robert Farquharson to stand trial before a jury on three charges of murder, I headed out that way on a Sunday morning, across the great volcanic plain.

Have you heard that language is violence and that science is sexist? Have you read that certain people shouldn't practice yoga? Or been told that being obese is healthy, that there is no such thing as biological sex, or that only White people can be racist? Are you confused by these ideas, and do you wonder how they have managed to challenge the logic of Western society? In this probing volume, Helen Pluckrose and James Lindsay document the evolution of the dogma that informs these ideas, from its coarse origins in French postmodernism to its refinement within activist academic fields.

Helen Garner visits the morgue, and goes cruising on a Russian ship. She sees women giving birth, and gets the sack for teaching her students about sex. She attends a school dance and a gun show. She writes about dreaming, about turning 50 and the storm caused by The First Stone. Her story on the murder of the two-year-old Daniel Valerio wins her a Walkley Award.

Welcome to Talking Their Language, the podcast that bridges the gap between educators and the diverse students they teach. Hosted by Helen Bodell from Twinkl EAL, an experienced educator and passionate advocate for inclusive multilingual learning, this show is dedicated to exploring innovative teaching strategies, effective communication techniques, and culturally responsive practices that resonate with every learner.Join Helen as she engages with expert guests, shares inspiring stories, and offers practical tips to help educators create meaningful connections with their students. Whether ...

If you already have the basics and want to learn more Japanese, this advanced beginner audio course will boost your confidence to speak and understand. Practise the most frequent words and expressions for: making business introductions, having formal conversations, staying in a Japanese inn, eating in a Japanese restaurant, visiting a fish market, talking about your daily routine, discussing the weather, talking about past events, giving permission, making a thank you.

Brought to you by Penguin. 'An insightful guide, filled with actionable advice to empower leaders hoping to improve their professional abilities and make meaningful change in their lives' Richard Branson 'What I love about this book is that it gives us the tools to guide ourselves and know that...

This new edition of a classic is the go-to reference for anyone concerned with the developmental progress of preschool children. It provides the knowledge required for understanding children's developmental progress with age and within each developmental domain. Including new sections on atypical development for each of the core domains of development and additional material on the development of attention and self-regulation, this fifth edition integrates findings from the latest research throughout.

The inspiring stories of 6 people who changed history. Contents: Mayer Amschel Rothschild who started a bank which made his family rich Cornelius Vanderbilt who became one of the richest people in the USA W. K. Kellogg who started the world’s biggest cereal company Elizabeth Arden who built...

An easy way to learn the Amharic Ethiopian language. Each episode provides a course and breaks down the basic phrases and grammar needed to begin having full conversations in Amharic.

If you’re interested in teaching musical skills and literacy through singing then this is the place for you. My name is Helen Russell from Doremi Connect and I’m going to help you achieve your goals using the Kodály approach. I teach piano and group music classes to children and adults. In the classroom and as part of after-school clubs. So if you're like me, then you will love to use these resources in your teaching. Helen is the founder of Doremi Connect, an online community for music teachers to develop their skills and connect with like-minded Kodály geeks. To connect with Helen and ...

The inspiring stories of 6 people who changed history. Contents: Harriet Tubman, the slave who helped hundreds of other slaves to escape Emmeline Pankhurst who wanted women to be able to vote Maria Montessori, the doctor who found a new way to teach children Helen Keller, the deaf and blind...

Welcome to our brand new podcast On Golden Shores, a podcast all about pregnancy, birth and the fourth trimester. Golden Shores is our holistic pregnancy and birth course. It’s a unique course built on the foundations of our knowledge and experience of both working with hundreds of women in this realm - and - our own experiences of transitioning into motherhood. We built the course we wish we’d had. We were tired of seeing women get shafted by the birth industry. The promise that if you held the ‘right’ mindset and used the ‘right’ language then birth would unfold in a certain ...

To begin with, what the hell is a novel? It's basically a tiny world, where characters are born, live and (sometimes) die. To write one all you need is a notebook and a pen - but along the way you'll want to learn about good writing habits, planning, mastering descriptions and dialogue and how to pull it all together. This book will guide you through the process and orient you towards the goal of publication. From absolute beginner to novelista, this book will change the way you write and think about writing.