Language Instruction Audiobooks

Brazilian Portuguese For Tourists: A Language Course For Brazilian Travel

This ten-session language course is expertly designed to boost your proficiency in speaking and understanding Brazilian Portuguese, an essential skill for tourists in Brazil. It begins with fundamental elements like greetings, introductions, and numbers, then gradually introduces situational vocabulary relevant to typical tourist experiences. You'll learn to navigate restaurants, hotels, and airports confidently, ensuring effective communication in these crucial contexts. The course's structure is meticulously planned to progressively enhance your language skills. Starting with basic words and phrases, it slowly ramps up to more complex vocabulary, striking a balance between building confidence and increasing linguistic sophistication. This progressive approach bolsters your speaking capabilities and comprehension. Emphasizing practical, real-world language application, the course focuses on phrases and vocabulary critical for tourists. You'll cover everything from asking directions to ordering food, making hotel reservations, and casual conversations. This real-life relevance means the language skills you acquire are immediately useful for your travels in Brazil. Interactive and engaging, the course includes a variety of speaking and comprehension exercises. These are designed to reinforce each session's content, solidifying your ability to use Brazilian Portuguese competently. Completing the course equips you with a solid Brazilian Portuguese foundation, equivalent to the A1-A2 level on the CEFR scale, perfect for a rewarding tourist experience in Brazil. Whether wandering through Rio de Janeiro's vibrant streets, exploring Salvador's historical sites, or delving into São Paulo's bustling markets, this course empowers you to journey through Brazil with confidence and ease.

Catarina Barros (Author), Bianca Neves, Catarina Barros (Narrator)

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[Chinese] - HSK Level 6 : 20 Writing Short Essays (Book n.1): HSK Level 6 Short Essays

Introduction Dear friend, congratulations! Your Chinese proficiency has reached a new level. You will definitely be able to understand many conversations and read many articles. However, you may often see some very familiar words, but you don't know what they really mean in this sentence, let alone those professional words. If you pass the HSK6 exam, most of the above problems will be easily solved. At this stage of learning, you need to master more Chinese knowledge and apply this knowledge to listening, speaking, reading and writing. We have published this set of books specifically for reading and writing, each essay is about 400 characters. We hope that this set of books can help you improve these skills. At the same time, we also wish you all the best to pass the exam. 前言亲爱的朋友，恭喜你!你的汉语水平又上了一个新台阶。你一定能听得懂很多对话、看得懂许多文章了。但是，你可能经常看到一些非常熟悉的词语，但是不知道它在这句话中的真正含义，更别说那些专业的词汇了。如果你通过了HSK6考试，以上的大部分问题就会迎刃而解。在这一学习阶段，你需要掌握更多的汉语知识，并且把这些知识运用到听、说、读、写中。我们针对读和写专门出版了这套书，希望这套书能帮助大家提高这些技能，同时，也预祝大家顺利通过考试。

Chemon Chen, Nyna Liu (Author), Chemon Chen (Narrator)

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[Chinese] - HSK Level 6 : 20 Writing Short Essays (Book n.2): HSK Level 6 Short Essays

Chemon Chen, Nyna Liu (Author), Chemon Chen (Narrator)

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How to Read Faster: 7 Easy Steps to Master Speed Reading Techniques, Reading Comprehension & Fast Re

Why read 200 words per minute when you can double that speed with a little practice and the proper techniques? This guide covers everything you need to know about reading comprehension and speed reading. Through painstaking research, we have developed a 7-step strategy to help people double their reading speed! YOU WILL LEARN: • The fundamentals of speed reading. • Factors that affect reading comprehension. • Causes of reading difficulties in children and adults. • Solutions which you can employ to combat reading difficulties. • Benefits you can enjoy by learning to read fast. • Main techniques to improve speed reading. • Tips & tricks to improve your reading speed & comprehension. You will find a lot of practical wisdom in this guide to help you overcome the problem of slow reading and poor comprehension. As a result, you will be able to reverse any wrong reading techniques you may have developed earlier in life and become more skilled at reading fast the right way!

Troye Bates (Author), Emanuel Webb (Narrator)

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[German] - Besser sprechen auf Knopfdruck: Mit einfachen Methoden Ihren Wortschatz erweitern, Ausdru

Rhetorik: Mit optimaler Kommunikation in jeder Situation glänzen und ganz einfach berufliche und private Ziele erreichen Präsentationen treiben Ihnen den Schweiß auf die Stirn und gehören nicht zu Ihren beruflichen Höhepunkten? In Diskussionen kommt es oft zu unnötigen Missverständnissen? Und beim Party-Smalltalk fällt Ihnen jedes Mal wieder nichts ein? Dann schnappen Sie sich diesen Ratgeber und wecken Sie den Rhetorik-Star in sich! Gute Kommunikation ist der Schlüssel zum Erfolg: Ob erfolgreiches Bewerbungsgespräch, brillante Rede, überzeugendes Argument in der Diskussion, einfühlsames Agieren im Streit oder charmante Plauderei beim Firmenevent – wer rhetorisch gewandt ist, ist klar im Vorteil. Zum Glück ist das keine Gabe des Schicksals, sondern lässt sich problemlos von jedem erlernen, und dieses Buch zeigt Ihnen, wie. Machen Sie sich zunächst mit den Grundlagen gelungener Kommunikation vertraut und erfahren Sie anschließend, welche Rolle Körpersprache, Selbstkommunikation, Wortschatz und vieles mehr spielen. Mit sofort umsetzbaren Praxistipps sowie zahlreichen effektiven Übungen feilen Sie anschließend an Ihrer eigenen Redekunst und werden Schritt für Schritt zum Rhetorik-Profi. Öffentliches Sprechen ist so gar nicht Ihres? Kein Problem! Denn die kinderleicht anwendbaren Techniken und Strategien führen Sie einfühlsam an jede Gesprächssituation heran und zeigen Ihnen, wie Sie Ihren ganz persönlichen Kommunikationsstil entwickeln. Dieses Buch ermöglicht Ihnen Ihren ganz persönlichen rhetorischen Befreiungsschlag und nimmt Präsentationen, Familienfeiern und Geburtstags-Smalltalk den Schrecken. Ob Sie Ihre Karriere vorantreiben möchten, beruflichen Alltags-Anforderungen begegnen müssen oder einfach generell Ihre kommunikativen Fähigkeiten verbessern wollen – dieser Ratgeber geleitet Sie sicher durch das wilde Fahrwasser der zwischenmenschlichen Interaktion.

Sebastian Van Ravenswaay (Author), Frank Schmalbach (Narrator)

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What Works in Community News: Media Startups, News Deserts, and the Future of the Fourth Estate

A groundbreaking study of the journalism startups that are solving the local news crisis one community at a time A must-read for activists, entrepreneurs, and journalists who want to start local news outlets in their communities Local news is essential to democracy. Meaningful participation in civic life is impossible without it. However, local news is in crisis. According to one widely cited study, some 2,500 newspapers have closed over the last generation. And it is often marginalized communities of color who have been left without the day-to-day journalism they need to govern themselves in a democracy. Veteran journalists Ellen Clegg and Dan Kennedy cut through the pessimism surrounding this issue, showing readers that new, innovative journalism models are popping up across the country to fill news deserts and empower communities. What Works in Community News examines more than a dozen of these projects, including: - Sahan Journal, a digital publication dedicated to reporting on Minnesota's immigrant and refugee communities; - MLK50: Justice Through Journalism, a nonprofit news outlet in Memphis, TN, focused on poverty, power, and public policy; - New Haven Independent / WNHH / La Voz Hispana de Connecticut, a digital news project that expanded its reach in the New Haven community through radio and a Spanish-language partnership; - Storm Lake Times Pilot, a print newspaper in rural Iowa innovating with a hybrid for-profit/nonprofit model; and - Texas Tribune, once a pioneering upstart, now one of the most well-known-and successful-digital newsrooms in the country. Through a blend of on-the-ground reporting and interviews, Clegg and Kennedy show how these operations found seed money and support, and how they hired staff, forged their missions, and navigated challenges from the pandemic to police intimidation to stand as the last bastion of collective truth-and keep local news in local hands.

Dan Kennedy, Ellen Clegg (Author), Chris Baetens (Narrator)

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1000 Words: A Guide to Staying Creative, Focused, and Productive All-Year Round

Inspired by Jami Attenberg's wildly popular literary movement #1000WordsofSummer, this writer's guide features encouraging essays on creativity, productivity, and writing from acclaimed authors including Roxane Gay, Lauren Groff, Celeste Ng, Meg Wolitzer, and Carmen Maria Machado. In 2018, novelist Jami Attenberg, faced with a looming deadline, needed writing inspiration. Using a bootcamp model, she and a friend set out to write one thousand words daily for two weeks straight. They opened this practice to Attenberg's online community and soon hundreds then thousands of people started using the #1000WordsofSummer hashtag to track their work and support one another. What began as a simple challenge between two friends has become a literary movement—write 1,000 words per day without judgment, or bias, or concerns about writer's block, and see what comes of it. 1000 Words is the book-length extension of this movement. It is about becoming—and staying—motivated, discovering yourself and your creative desires, and approaching your craft from a new direction. It features advice from more than fifty well-known writers, including New York Times bestsellers, Pulitzer Prize winners, and stars of the literary world. Framing these letters are words of wisdom and encouragement, plus specific strategies, from Attenberg on how to carve out a creative path for yourself all year round. Paired with vibrant word art illustrations, 1000 Words is an accessible and motivational craft book that allows you to open any page and get a quick and fulfilling hit of inspiration. Featuring Roxane Gay, Bryan Washington, Susan Orlean, Maris Kreizman, Sara Novic, Rumaan Alam, Lauren Oyler, Emma Straub, Christopher Gonzales, Benjamin Percy, Mira Jacob, Laura van den Berg, Carmen Maria Machado, Courtney Sullivan, Rebecca Carroll, Ada Limon, R.O. Kwon, Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney, Elissa Watusha, Alexander Chee, Maggie Shipstead, Deesha Philyaw, Jasmine Guillory, Kristen Arnett, Attica Locke, Megan Abbott, Min Jin Lee, Lauren Groff, Andrew Sean Greer, Camille Dungy, Megan Giddings, Isaac Fitsgerald, Hannah Tinti, Michael H. Weber, Celeste Ng, Elizabeth McCracken, Will Leitch, Maurice Carlos Ruffin, Morgan Parker, Kiese Laymon, Melissa Febos, Alissa Nutting, Liz Moore, Laila Lalami, Megan Mayhew Berman, Rebecca Makkai, Meg Wolitzer, Mychal Denzel Smith, Josh Gondelman, and Dantiel W. Moniz.

Tbd, Various (Author), André Santana, Jami Attenberg, Joy Osmanski, Kamali Minter (Narrator)

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The Cooking of Books: A Literary Memoir

It is not often that an author and his editor strike up a relationship which survives forty years of epistolary exchanges and intellectual sparring. The strangely enduring and occasionally fractious friendship which developed between the famously outspoken historian Ramachandra Guha and his reticent editor Rukun Advani is the subject of this quite eccentric and thoroughly compelling literary memoir. It started in Delhi in the early 1980s, when Guha was an unpublished PhD scholar, and Advani a greenhorn editor with Oxford University Press. It blossomed through the 1990s, when Guha grew into a pioneering historian of the environment and of cricket, while also writing his pathbreaking biography of Verrier Elwin. Over these years Advani was Guha’s most constant confidant, his most reliable reader. He encouraged him to craft and refine the literary style for which Guha became internationally known – narrative histories which have made vast areas of scholarship popular and accessible. Four decades later, though he no longer publishes his books, Advani remains Guha’s most trusted literary adviser. Yet they also disagree ferociously on politics, human nature, and the shape of their commitment to India. They usually make up – because it just wouldn’t do to allow such an odd relationship to die. Built around letters and emails between an outgoing and occasionally combative scholar and a reclusive editor prone to private outbursts of savage sarcasm, this book is never short of the kind of wit, humour, and drollery that has been strangled by contemporary political correctness.

Ramachandra Guha (Author), Sam Dastor (Narrator)

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Why Animals Talk: The New Science of Animal Communication

Brought to you by Penguin. Why Animals Talk is an exhilarating journey through the untamed world of animal communication. Drawing on the author's extensive research and observations of animals in the wild, the book shatters conventional wisdom and invites you to experience communication through the eyes of animals themselves. From the majestic howls of wolves and the enchanting chatter of parrots to the melodic clicks of dolphins and the spirited grunts of chimpanzees, these diverse and seemingly bizarre expressions are far from mere noise. In fact, they hold secrets that we are just beginning to decipher. For example, wolves - just like humans - possess unique accents that distinguish their howls, and not only do dolphins give themselves names, but they also respond excitedly to recordings of the whistles of long-lost companions. Why Animals Talk unravels the mysteries of animal communication, and in doing so reveals profound insights into our own language and how it relates to the world around us. ©2024 Arik Kershenbaum (P)2024 Penguin Audio

Arik Kershenbaum (Author), John Hastings, TBD (Narrator)

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Publish Your Purpose: A Step-By-Step Guide to Write, Publish, and Grow Your Big Idea

Strategic Advice from a Nonfiction Publishing Expert How many times have you thought, 'I should write a book,' but weren't sure where to start or if anyone would read it? Perhaps you want to become a thought leader, boost your brand and career, inspire and empower others like you to feel seen or heard, or even change the world. Whether your reasons for writing a book are personal, professional, or a mix of both, getting your story out there can be transformational for you, your career, and your readers. Much like a degree from a reputable university, having a published book gives you credibility and positions you as the expert that you are. In Publish Your Purpose, Grace presents a step-by-step guide to writing and publishing your book. Encouraging and supportive, she takes you through the writing and publishing process, from big idea to book launch. Learn how to clarify your purpose and vision, set achievable goals, gain confidence, and create a productive writing routine. Based on her experience as an author and publisher, you'll uncover wisdom about the publishing industry, marketing strategies, and the pros and cons of different publishing options. Writing a book is a journey that takes time and effort, but that doesn't mean you need to do it alone. With these tools and guidance, you can start-and finish the journey of publishing your purpose. Let Jenn T. Grace be your guide.

Jenn T. Grace (Author), Jenn T. Grace (Narrator)

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Elite Online Publishing Strategic Writing System: Write Your Book to Build Your Business

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice. Are you feeling the pain of struggling to effectively write a book that can truly build your business? Do you find yourself agitated by the challenges of crafting a strategic writing system that converts readers into loyal customers? Look no further! Our comprehensive book, 'Strategic Writing System: How to Write Your Book to Build Your Business,' is the ultimate solution you've been searching for. In this powerful guide, we reveal the secrets of creating a book that not only showcases your expertise but also drives growth for your business. Say goodbye to the frustration of poorly written books that fail to resonate with your audience. This book is designed to transform your writing skills and elevate your brand to new heights. Developed by renowned publishing experts Jenn Foster and Melanie Johnson, this system brings together years of experience to empower aspiring authors like you. Take Action Now: Don't let the pain of struggling with writing and building your business continue. Embrace the solution that will turn your passion for writing into a lucrative endeavor. With 'Strategic Writing System: How to Write Your Book to Build Your Business,' you can transform your life and career.

Jenn Foster, Melanie Johnson (Author), Digital Voice Michelle G (Narrator)

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7 Costly Mistakes When Choosing a Publisher: Self-Publishing Secrets That Will Save You Thousands

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice. You've written a book and you're ready to get it published. But where do you start? How do you find the right publisher? And once you've found one, how do you make sure you don't make any costly mistakes? Thankfully, help is on hand from publishing experts Jenn Foster and Melanie Johnson. In their new book, '7 Costly Mistakes when Choosing a Publisher', they detail the seven most common mistakes authors make when choosing a publisher - and how to avoid them. From not doing your research to forgetting to negotiate your royalties, this book is essential reading for any author looking to get their book published. Foster and Johnson share their insider knowledge and expertise to help you make the best decisions for your book - and ensure that you keep control of your rights and royalties. With clear, practical advice and plenty of insider tips, this book is an essential read for anyone considering self-publishing or going down the traditional route. Avoid the costly mistakes others have made - pick up your copy today!

Jenn Foster, Melanie Johnson (Author), Digital Voice Michelle G (Narrator)

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