Learning English World

The Art of Victory is a manual for survival and prosperity in the midst of current social, technological, and environmental changes. Like Sun Tzu's Art of War, this book is a guide for business and social leaders, broad in scope but specific enough to apply to everyday life. Drawing on decades of experience working with and advising the highest levels of political and military leadership, Copley offers his 28 Maxims of Victory to understand how civilizations and societies naturally evolve.

Was the 2000 presidential campaign merely a contest between Pinocchio and Dumbo? And did Dumbo miraculously turn into Abraham Lincoln after the events of September 11? In fact, Kathleen Hall Jamieson and Paul Waldman argue in The Press Effect, these stereotypes, while containing some elements of the truth, represent the failure of the press and the citizenry to engage the most important part of our political process in a critical fashion.

Perfect Pronunciation: The World Ocean taps into kids’ passion for the wonders of the ocean and its resident animals to turn English instruction into a pause-resister. While using modern pedagogy to ensure a proper foundation and sequencing of material, it wraps the lessons in fun detail. Kids get to use their newly-acquired English skills to find out more about bodies of water covering 70 percent of the Earth’s surface. Creating material and lessons that tap into children’s innate motivation has been shown time and again to increase commitment to language learning.

This is a wonderful history of books and how they evolved over time. Very listenable and not dense. It provides the listener with a great arc of how we moved from clay tablets to illuminated texts to movable type to the modern era.

二ケタを超す国々で公演を行っているアイドル・グループわーすたの小玉梨々華さん、廣川奈々聖さん、三品瑠香さんが旅の思い出を英語でプレゼンテーションします。

日本人の英会話上達のために長年情熱を傾けてきたYuki Rhinehartさんが世界を舞台に活躍し始めたアイドル・グループ わーすた（The World Standard）と英会話レッスンを始めました。

If you want to discover the captivating history of the Age of Discovery, then pay attention.... The Age of Discovery began in the early part of the 15th century and carried on through most of the 17th century. It is sometimes also referred to as the Age of Exploration. This was a time when the people of Europe began to travel, discover, and explore more of the world than ever before, mapping and naming the places they found. They bravely went out on the seas to learn about the world, often never sure if they would find anything at all, let alone ever return home.

The Roman Republic, and later the Roman Empire, was an unusual conqueror because it would absorb and assimilate elements of the cultures it dominated. A standing practice was to allow the defeated to continue practicing their culture and religion so long as they paid their taxes on time. Such a procedure was part of why Christianity would seep into the Roman Empire around the 1st century CE, for example. For the Etruscans, this meant they influenced aspects of Roman civilization, one of the most powerful cultures in the history of the Western world.

A great collection of short stories based on the theme of love. Stories by famous writers including Katherine Mansfield and Oscar Wilde.

This series for GCSE History follows the Edexcel specification and will furnish you with all the information required for your coursework and exam. It's a fascinating subject, and our series has been designed not only to provide you with the necessary information but also to bring the subject to life with music and sound effects.

Learning to Be Good is a series of books that teach important living skills to children ages three to eight. The series is built around a collection of animal friends who interact with each other. The Learning to Be Good stories are intended to teach and reinforce positive relationships and help develop the living skills children need to grow into responsible adults. In The Best Butterfly Catcher in the World, Bru learns a tough lesson about pride.

The work of academics can matter and be influential on a public level, but the path to becoming a public intellectual, influential policy advisor, valued community resource, or go-to person on an issue is not one that most scholars are trained for. The Public Professor offers scholars ways to use their ideas, research, and knowledge to change the world.

One of the first true novels in the English language, Robinson Crusoe is the famous adventure of a castaway and his desert-island companion, Friday.

In its long history, the English language has had many lawmakers - those who have tried to regulate or otherwise organize the way we speak. The Lexicographer's Dilemma poses a pair of questions: What does proper English mean? And who gets to say what's right? Our ideas of correct or proper English have a history, and today's debates over the state of the language - whether about Ebonics in schools, the unique use of language in a South Park episode, or split infinitives in the Times - make sense only in historical context.

The 21st century is a world in constant change. In A New Culture of Learning, Doug Thomas and John Seely Brown pursue an understanding of how the forces of change, and emerging waves of interest associated with these forces, inspire and invite us to imagine a future of learning that is as powerful as it is optimistic.

Is your little one a whirlwind of curiosity, pointing at everything and demanding to know its name? Turn those questions into a playful learning adventure with The World is Full of Nouns!

Get started writing for magazines, and learn to make a living at it. Through examples, explanations and tips, Writing Articles About the World Around You demonstrates how to generate original and saleable article ideas using information that is part of your everyday life. Even if you live in Nowheresville, you'll learn how to recognize topics and angles that can interest editors at magazines and newspapers. Learn to use your experience, on-the-job knowledge, and everyday life to develop how-to articles, reviews and opinion pieces, and more.

Who knew that the great country of Canada is named for a mistake? How about "bedswerver", the best Elizabethan insult to hurl at a cheating boyfriend? By exploring the delightful back stories of the 250 words in Wordcatcher, listeners will be lured by language and entangled in etymologies. It takes a special wordcatcher to create a treasure chest of remarkable words and their origins, and any word lover will relish the stories that Cousineau has discovered.

Spanish is the fourth most popular language. Therefore, it’s a great new language to learn giving you the most opportunity. Whether you’re planning on traveling to Spain or just want to learn another language, this book guides you towards learning a basic to intermediate level of Spanish.

BrainGymJr is a child development platform that teaches children how to think, not what to think. We orient children to think independently, creatively and adopt a solution-oriented approach. This is done through reinforcement of age-appropriate content in the form of puzzles, challenges and conversational learning through interactive stories.