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The Power of Body Language is your practical, personal playbook for getting what you desire from others—and zoning in on what others are saying to you without words. In an insightful and engaging narrative peppered with fascinating facts, nationally renowned body-language expert Tonya Reiman illuminates the hidden meaning behind specific gestures, facial cues, stances, and body movements, giving you a life-changing, career-saving, troubleshooting skill.

Learning a language is hard, but Easy Stories in English makes it easy! Ariel Goodbody introduces each story, explaining difficult vocabulary and talking about their life. Thanks to their high energy and clear pronunciation, the stories are entertaining and simple to understand. Whether you’re a beginner, intermediate or advanced learner, there’s something for everyone. The stories cover a wide range of genres, such as fairy tales, myths and legends, drama, comedy, romance, horror, science fiction and action. There is a balance of children’s stories, as well as more mature themes for ...

In these 24 thought-provoking lectures, you'll investigate how social differences based on factors such as region, class, ethnicity, occupation, gender, and age are inseparable from language differences. Further, you'll explore how these linguistic differences arise, and how they both reflect and generate our social systems.

Explore the world of names: What is something that literally everything in existence has in common? It all has a name! With this audiobook, you can learn the origins of these names. From countries and cities to toys and animals to even planets, learn the etymology of interesting words in a fun and entertaining way. Learn new things: Why is New York called New York? Name Explain has the answer for you.

From the person behind the popular YouTube channel NameExplain comes the second volume of his best-selling book The Origin of Names, Words and Everything in Between. This new book is a fun, interesting, and educational journey through the world of etymology. It covers a huge array of names from a variety of topic areas and includes a bunch of random facts behind the names. From first names, to bodies of water - there's no name big or small, important or obscure that won't be explained.

Thomas Gilovich offers a guide to the fallacy of the obvious in everyday life. Illustrating his points with examples, and supporting them with the latest research findings, he documents the cognitive, social, and motivational processes that distort our thoughts, beliefs, judgments and decisions.

This is the story of Dr. Geneva Smitherman, aka "Dr. G," the pioneering linguist often referred to as the "Queen of Black Language." In a series of narrative essays, Dr. G writes eloquently and powerfully about the role of language in social transformation and the academic, intellectual, linguistic, and societal debates that shaped her groundbreaking work as a Black Studies O.G. and a Womanist scholar-activist of African American Language.

Surprising, entertaining, and illuminating, this is a must-listen for armchair travelers and word nerds. Our dictionaries are full of hidden histories, tales, and adventures from all over the world - if you know where to look.

Most of us use the term sense of place often and rather carelessly when we think of nature or home or literature. Our senses of place, however, come not only from our individual experiences but also from our cultures. Wisdom Sits in Places, the first sustained study of places and place explores place, places, and what they mean to a particular group of people, the Western Apache in Arizona. For more than 30 years, Keith Basso has been doing fieldwork among the Western Apache, and now he shares with us what he has learned of Apache place-names.

Der neue Song im Radio, ein witziger Werbetext, die wichtige Firmenmail – Englisch ist einfach überall und Sie wollen endlich auch mitreden können? Allerdings ist vom drögen Schulunterricht leider nicht viel hängen geblieben und jetzt wünschen Sie sich eine Möglichkeit, die Sache noch einmal ganz unkompliziert anzugehen? Herzlichen Glückwunsch, dann haben Sie mit diesem Hörbuch genau die richtige Wahl getroffen! Mit den vergnüglichen Übungen der acht Lektionen können Sie problemlos auf Ihrem Niveau einsteigen und das Sprachenlernen wird zum Kinderspiel.

Whether you’re just starting your French journey or brushing up on the basics, this podcast is your friendly companion to mastering the French language — one episode at a time.Hosted in a clear, slow, and engaging format, Fluent in French helps you learn practical vocabulary, essential grammar, pronunciation tips, and everyday conversation skills. From introducing yourself and talking about the weather to ordering in a café and exploring French culture — we’ve got you covered!Each episode is designed for complete beginners and casual learners, with English explanations and real French...

This Russian-language audio course includes elements of Russian grammar, vocabulary, and cultural content complete with dialogues and texts recorded by native Russian speakers together with English guides in every module.

Second volume in the popular Easy Russian series, offering Russian language learning in easy-to-absorb audio format, designed specifically for English speakers. The audio course features phonetics, elements of Russian grammar, rich cultural content, and native Russian speakers. It can be used as a standalone course or in combination with other training materials. No additional software or special equipment necessary.