Language Power

As Dr. Marian explains, while you may well think you speak only one language, in fact your mind accommodates multiple codes of communication. Some people speak Spanish, some Mandarin. Some speak poetry, some are fluent in math. The human brain is built to use multiple languages, and using more languages opens doors to creativity, brain health, and cognitive control. Every new language we speak shapes how we extract and interpret information.

Master Filipino with Learn Filipino - Word Power 101. This audiobook is a completely new way to learn Filipino vocabulary fast. Start speaking Filipino in minutes with the powerful learning methods you will master in this book.

Master Spain-style Spanish with Learn Spanish - Word Power 101. This audiobook is a completely new way to learn Spain Spanish vocabulary fast - and for free! Start speaking Spain Spanish in minutes with the powerful learning methods you will master in this audiobook. The vocabulary words you'll find in Learn Spanish - Word Power 101 were hand-selected by our Spain Spanish language teachers as the top 101 most frequently used words in the Spain Spanish language.

The vocabulary words you'll find in Learn Russian - Word Power 101 were hand selected by our Russian language teachers as the top 101 most frequently used words in the Russian language. Hear the word to master the pronunciation. Then you'll see how the word is actually used in everyday speech with sample sentences and phrases. Learning Russian vocabulary has never been easier!

The vocabulary words you'll find in Learn Mexican Spanish - Word Power 101 were hand selected by our Mexican Spanish language teachers as the top 101 most frequently used words in the Mexican Spanish language. Hear the word to master the pronunciation. Then you'll see how the word is actually used in everyday speech with sample sentences and phrases. Learning Mexican Spanish vocabulary has never been easier!

In his last book, Turn the Ship Around!, Marquet told the incredible story of abandoning command-and-control leadership on his submarine and empowering his crew to turn the worst performing submarine to the best performer in the fleet. Now, with Leadership is Language he gives businesspeople the tools they need to achieve such transformational leadership in their organizations.

In a community struggling to overcome systemic poverty and violence, The Whole Language shows how those at Homeboy Industries fight despair and remain generous, hopeful, and tender. When Saul was thirteen years old, he killed his abusive stepfather in self-defense; after spending twenty-three years in juvenile and adult jail, he enters the Homeboy Industries training and healing programs and embraces their mission.

The vocabulary words you'll find in Learn Brazilian Portuguese - Word Power 101 were hand selected by our Brazilian Portuguese language teachers as the top 101 most frequently used words in the Brazilian Portuguese language. Hear the word to master the pronunciation. Then you'll see how the word is actually used in everyday speech with sample sentences and phrases. Learning Brazilian Portuguese vocabulary has never been easier!

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.

The vocabulary words you'll find in Learn Arabic - Word Power 101 were hand selected by our Arabic language teachers as the top 101 most frequently used words in the Arabic language. Hear the word to master the pronunciation. Then you'll see how the word is actually used in everyday speech with sample sentences and phrases. Learning Arabic vocabulary has never been easier!

Thirty seconds. Five steps. Reclaim your interpreting career. What if you could reclaim your interpreting career, avoid burnout, and find joy in the work you do...all due to a process that takes (sometimes less) than 30 seconds? With Pocket Power, you’ll discover a simple five-step practice, one that’s easy to remember, even easier to implement that will equip you with everything you need to transform your interpreting career.

Power French Verbs I is a cutting-edge, fast and easy to learn five one-hour lesson program that teaches authentic French verbs in native context. A variety of teaching approaches are employed to encourage the learner to speak. A trained English speaking American instructor guides the listener through the program in English while a trained and educated native French speaker teaches beginning to high-intermediate French verbs the way they are really spoken in France today.

Master Korean with Learn Korean - Word Power 101. This audiobook is a completely new way to learn Korean vocabulary fast - and for free! Start speaking Korean in minutes with the powerful learning methods you will master in this book. The vocabulary words you'll find in Learn Korean - Word Power 101 were hand selected by our Korean language teachers as the top 101 most frequently used words in the Korean language.

A variety of teaching approaches are employed to encourage the learner to speak. A trained English speaking American instructor guides the listener through the program in English while a variety of trained and educated native Latin-American Spanish speakers teach beginning to high-intermediate Spanish verbs the way they are really spoken in the Spanish-speaking world today.

The vocabulary words you'll find in Learn Italian - Word Power 101 were hand selected by our Italian language teachers as the top 101 most frequently used words in the Italian language. Hear the word to master the pronunciation. Then you'll see how the word is actually used in everyday speech with sample sentences and phrases. Learning Italian vocabulary has never been easier!

Ellenberg chases mathematical threads through a vast range of time and space, from the everyday to the cosmic, encountering, among other things, baseball, Reaganomics, daring lottery schemes, Voltaire, the replicability crisis in psychology, Italian Renaissance painting, artificial languages, the development of non-Euclidean geometry, the coming obesity apocalypse, Antonin Scalia's views on crime and punishment, the psychology of slime molds, what Facebook can and can't figure out about you, and the existence of God.

The vocabulary words you'll find in Learn French - Word Power 101 were hand selected by our French language teachers as the top 101 most frequently used words in the French language. Hear the word to master the pronunciation. Then you'll see how the word is actually used in everyday speech with sample sentences and phrases. Learning French vocabulary has never been easier!

Want to break free of beginning-level French and really learn to communicate effectively with native French speakers at an entirely different level? Welcome to Power French 2 Accelerated!

Word Power is an easy-to-follow series of vocabulary lessons from master linguist Peter Funk. His proven techniques will dramatically help you to improve your vocabulary and express yourself more clearly and forcefully. You will also gain the confidence that comes from having exactly the right word for every situation.

We think of Alexander Graham Bell as the inventor of the telephone, but that’s not how he saw his own career. As the son of a deaf woman and, later, husband to another, his goal in life from adolescence was to teach deaf students to speak. Even his tinkering sprang from his teaching work; the telephone had its origins as a speech reading machine. The Invention of Miracles takes a new look at an American icon, revealing the astonishing true genesis of the telephone and its connection to another, far more disturbing legacy of Bell’s.