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Being a Host Family and opening your home to an International Student for a homestay may be one of the most rewarding experiences of your family’s life. Through ongoing interaction with your International Student, your family will have an opportunity to gain exposure to your guest’s culture and way of life. At the same time, your family gets to share warm hospitality and your country’s way of life. Additionally, you don’t need to have kids in the home to be a Host Family! Many Host Families have no children or are empty nesters. And lastly, an added benefit is that Homestays are set up...

Writing fact-based nonfiction for large general audiences requires two different skills: the ability to conduct rigorous research and to craft engaging prose. Tilar J. Mazzeo is one of the few people with extensive experience in both arenas, as a tenured academic and a New York Times best-selling author whose books have been made into a major motion picture and translated into more than 15 languages. She is also a sought-after writing coach with a passion for helping others communicate their expertise more broadly.

Is a college education worth tens of thousands, even hundreds of thousands of dollars? Is an Ivy League school any better than your local college? Do those rankings really mean anything? How can you understand the system to have a better chance of getting in? You'll hear some fascinating information and get some very surprising answers in this special collection from the pages of The Atlantic, much of it written by current and former college presidents.

The ability to stand up and give a presentation, a speech, a lesson or a toast in a way that captures your audience's attention and actually makes them think, feel or do something as a result is one of the most effective ways to stand out at work and in life. This book is a shortcut to making you shine on stage when you are under the spotlight or presenting on screen. It is a practical guide to giving presentations that will take away the fear factor by providing the tips, techniques and tools to create and deliver presentations you'll enjoy giving and your audience will want to hear.

In Ausgabe 4/2025 von Spotlight Audio nehmen wir Sie mit auf eine Reise durch England, um Orte abseits der bekannten Touristenpfade zu erkunden. Entdecken Sie die verborgenen Schätze der Londoner Underground-Kunstszene, wandern Sie durch die wilden Landschaften der Fens und erkunden Sie den historischen Charme von Bristol und Bath. Besuchen Sie die wilde und zerklüftete Isle of Man, klettern Sie auf faszinierende Felsformationen in Northumberland und tauchen Sie ein in die Welt der Bloomsbury Group.