Language Power

Carefully designed by leading experts in the field, here is a vocabulary building program that provides the inside edge on learning new words, understanding word usage and pronunciation and making a powerful vocabulary part of your everyday life.

In The Invisible Toolbox, Kim shares with parents the single most important thing they can do to foster their child's future-learning potential and nurture the parent-child bond that is the foundation for a child's motivation to learn. She is convinced that the simple act of reading aloud has a far-reaching impact that few of us fully understand and that the importance of that act has recently been further occluded by our nearly universal saturation in technology.

How to interpret and understand the true intentions of others without any effort even if you have failed at every previous attempt. Way too often I’ve placed trust in people who didn’t deserve it at all! Realizing that you’ve been fooled or used, misunderstanding other people’s feelings can be extremely unpleasant. But then I found out that I could learn to identify personality types and quickly analyze the person I was dealing with.

After 20 years of higher education and then a great multi-track career, the author now provides insight into what makes for college success. The Mentored Action Plan (MAP) he presents in this book can be used by nearly any student to guarantee an academic and career advantage over contemporaries around the world. The plan makes all the difference for students who compete for the best college placements and career positions.

In "Business Spotlight Audio" 04/2023 für April hören Sie Artikel und Interviews aus der Welt des Business-Englisch. Mit Übungen verbessern Sie Ihre sprachlichen und kommunikativen Kompetenzen. Der Career Coach erklärt, warum es wichtig ist, nicht nur gut reden, sondern auch aktiv zuhören zu können und wie das gelingt. In Interviews geht es um die Fragen, ob Paare ihre Finanzen zusammenlegen sollten und was wäre, wenn der öffentliche Nahverkehr für alle kostenlos wäre. Ein junger Unternehmer gibt Tipps für die Gründung eines Start-ups.

J. D. Buck was a prominent theosophist, an influential Freemason, as well as a writer on both subjects. In this particular piece from 1897, he writes about the importance of self-discipline and how it's tied in with the concept of power. He writes about controlling one's feelings and conquering one's passions in order to achieve and maintain the ability of self-mastery. He also talks about universal brotherhood, a concept important to theosophists and Freemasons alike.