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Book SynopsisDrawing upon a rich scholarly heritage, Brill's Encyclopaedia of the Qur'ān (EQ) combines alphabetically-arranged articles about the contents of the Qur'ān. It is an encyclopaedic dictionary of qur'ānic terms, concepts, personalities, place names, cultural history and exegesis extended with essays on the most important themes and subjects within qur'ānic studies. With nearly 1000 entries in 6 volumes, the EQ is the first comprehensive, multi-volume reference work on the Qur'ān to appear in a Western language.Trade ReviewA Choice Outstanding Academic Title "McAuliffe's encyclopedia promises to become the central English-language reference work for qur'anic studies....The first volume fulfills the project's aim to summarize recent decades of scholarship and will without doubt fulfill another aim, to inspire new work in the decades to come. Enthusiastically recommended for all readership levels." – in: Choice, 2002 "The Encyclopaedia of the Qur'ān is an highly prestigious and competent volume from a superb publisher with contributions by the world’s leading experts. If readers were to own one volume on this topic, this work would be the encylopedia to own. The first volume is carefully and masterfully crafted and provides the expectation of valuable work to come…the scholarly community looks forward to future volumes." – Linda L. Lam-Easton, in: American Reference Book Annual 34 "The Encyclopaedia of the Qur'ān is a masterful, comprehensive book…" – in: Discourse, 2001 "The Encyclopaedia of the Qur'ān will be a truly collaborative enterprise, carried out by Muslims and non-Muslims, and its articles will present multiple approaches to the interpretation of the Qur'ān... A turn-of-the-millennium summative work for the state of qur'ānic scholarship." – in: Atlantic Monthly, 1999

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Book SynopsisThe Human Condition prompts our creative strivings beyond the natural round of life toward outstanding achievements. This book explains how the emergence of Human Condition lifts natural endowment of the individual to the level of excellence. It shows how natural forces and promptings of life transmute through creative Human Condition subliminal passions of the soul into innumerable streaks of spiritual significance.Table of ContentsTHEMATIC STUDY: LITERATURE AND THE PASSION OF VIRTUE; L. Kimmel. Part I. HISTORICAL AND CONTEMPORARY VIRTUES AS REFLECTED IN CHINESE LITERATURE; T-I Dow. REVISITING THE TRADITIONAL VIRTUES OF THE HERO: A PHENOMENOLOGICAL STUDY OF WILFRED OWEN’S DISABLED SOLDIER; B. Micallef. BEAUTY, TASTE AND ENLIGHTENMENT IN HUME’S AESTHETIC THOUGH; V.G. Rivas. Part II. VIRTUES OF THE HEART: FEODOR DOSTOEVSKY AND THE ETHIC OF LOVE; E. Cherkasova. THE WILLING SUBJECT AND THE NON-WILLING IN THE TAO TE CHING AND NIETZSCHE’S HYPERBOREAN: TAOIST AND DECONSTRUCTIVE CHALLENGES TO THE IDEA OF VIRTUE; B. Ross. SPIRITUAL VIRTUE IN MARILYNNE ROBINSON’S GILEAD; R.M. Painter. Part III. INHERENT AND INTENTIONAL INQUIRIES ON VIRTUES; A. Ashvo-Munoz. STRIVING AND ACCEPTING LIMITS AS COMPETING META-VIRTUES: GOETHE’S FAUST AND IBSEN’S THE WILD DUCK; R.J. Wilson III. HAPPINESS, DIVISION, AND ILLUSIONS OF THE SELF IN PLATO’S SYMPOSIUM; P. Weigel. THE VIRTUE OF RESPONSIBILITY: FEMININITY, TEMPORALITY, AND SPACE IN MICHAEL CUNNINGHAM’S THE HOURS; A. Ljung-Baruth. Part IV. ENLIGHTENMENT, HUMANIZATION AND BEAUTY IN THE LIGHT OF SCHILLER’S LETTERS ON THE AESTHETIC EDUCATION OF MAN; V.G. Rivas. BEYOND ADAPTATION: STOICISM, TRANSCENDENCE, AND MOVIEGOING IN WALKER PERCY AND STANLEY CAVELL; L.F. Rhu. BETWEEN THE IRONIC AND THE IRENIC: HAPPINESS, CONTINGENCY AND THE POETICS OF RECURRENCE; J. Baldacchino. PHENOMENOLOGICAL TEMPORALITY AND PROUSTIAN NOSTALGIA; R. Kaushik. Part V. ART AND AWARENESS; J. Jandovitz. THE IMAGE OF HISTORY IN THOUGHT; E. Escher. NARRATIVE, CONVENTION, AND REALITY 2; M. Holt. POLITICAL SYMBOLISM IN THE SAINT ANTOINE GATE, 1585-1672; W. Roberts. MUSIC THEORYAND PHENOMENOLOGY OF MUSICAL PERFORMANCE, A CASE STUDY: FIVE NOTES IN JOEL DURAND’S UN FEU DISTINCT; M. Beken

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Book SynopsisThis book examines a ubiquitous, yet under-researched, area of language education, i.e., language teachers' use of curriculum materials. It particularly focuses on EFL teachers' use of prescribed curriculum materials in higher education in Mainland China and presents a qualitative, multi-case study involving four Chinese EFL teachersand eight students (two students from each teacher’s class) at one university in Mainland China. Drawing on data from pre-lesson and post-lesson interviews with the teachers, lesson observations, and documents in three consecutive semesters at the target university, the book delineates the processes of materials useinclassroom settings. It also identifies four domains of factors that influenced the enactment of curriculum materials. Most importantly, by adopting Vygotsky’s (1978) mediation theory and Remillard’s (2005) participatory perspective, the book constructs a "curriculum enactment mediation model" to reveal the complex and mediated relations among teachers, learners, curriculum materials, and context. It also recommends practical implications for materials developers, teacher educators, administrators, and policymakers.Table of ContentsChapter 1 Introduction1.1 A global view on the role of textbooks in ELT1.2 Materials use as a research gap in English language education1.3 Aims of the study1.4 Research problems1.5 Structure of the bookChapter 2 Teachers’ use of materials: A sociocultural perspective2.1 Defining key concepts in the study2.1.1 Curriculum materials vs materials2.1.2 Materials use vs materials development2.2 The context of the study2.2.1 The evolution of college English (CE) curriculum in China2.2.2 Five generations of CE textbooks2.3 Research on materials use in ELT2.3.1 Teachers’ ways of using materials in ELT2.3.2 The influencing factors in teachers’ use of materials in ELT2.4 Research on materials use in mainstream education2.4.1 Teachers’ ways of using materials in mainstream education2.4.2 The educative role of curriculum materials in mainstream education2.4.3 The influencing factors in teachers’ curriculum enactment2.5 The theoretical framework of the study2.5.1 Theoretical underpinnings of teacher-curriculum studies 2.5.2 Theoretical underpinnings of this study2.6 SummaryChapter 3 The design of the study3.1 Qualitative multi-case study3.2 Selection of setting, participants and materials3.2.1 The target university3.2.2 Teacher and student participants3.2.3 Target textbook3.3 Data collection3.4 Data analysis3.5 Trustworthiness3.6 SummaryChapter 4 Teachers’ use of curriculum materials4.1 Teachers' use of curriculum materials in the pre-lesson phase4.1.1 Reading4.1.2 Evaluating4.1.3 Appropriating and adapting4.2 Teachers’ use of curriculum materials in the while-lesson phase4.2.1 Transforming4.2.2 Assessing4.2.3 Adapting4.2.4 Improvising4.3 Teachers’ use of curriculum materials in the post-lesson phase4.3.1 Reflecting4.3.2 Reconceiving4.5 SummaryChapter 5 Discussion5.1 The influences on teachers’ enactment of curriculum materials5.1.1 Teachers’ affordances and constraints5.1.2 Students’ affordances and constraints5.1.3 Curriculum affordances and constraints5.1.4 Contextual affordances and constraints5.2 Conceptualizing teachers’ enactment of curriculum materials 5.2.1 Mediations of teachers' use of curriculum materials in the pre-lesson phase 5.2.2 Mediations of teachers’ use of curriculum materials in while-lesson phase5.2.3 Mediations of teachers’ use of curriculum materials in post-lesson phase5.2.4 Mediated relations among teachers, learners, curriculum materials and context5.3 Curriculum enactment mediation model5.4 SummaryChapter 6 Conclusions and implications6.1 Significance of this research6.2 What are the good practices of enacting curriculum materials?6.3 Language teachers' knowledge of materials use6.4 Implications for professional development6.5 Implications for materials development6.6 Implications for teacher education6.7 Limitations and future researchReferencesAppendices

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Book SynopsisThis book provides a systematic, contrastive analysis of the segmentation and representation of English and Chinese Translocative Motion Events (TMEs), which possess Macro-Event Property (MEP). It addresses all the issues critical to understanding TMEs in English and Chinese, from event segmentation, MEP principles and the conceptual structure of TMEs and their constituents, to the representation of Actant, Motion, Path and Ground. The book argues that the corpus-based alignment for the TME segmentation in both languages, the parameters of Actant, Motion, Path and Ground and their relevant statistical description are particularly important for understanding English and Chinese TMEs. The linguistic materialization of Actant, Ground, Path and Motion, together with a wealth of tables and figures, offers convincing evidence to support the typological classification of English and Chinese. The book’s suggestions regarding the Talmyan bipartite typology and Bohnemeyer’s MEP contribute to the advancement of TME studies and language typology, and help learners to understand motion events and English-Chinese typological similarities and differences.Table of ContentsList of TablesList of FiguresList of AbbreviationsChapter 1 Introduction: Events, Motion Events and Translocative Motion Events1.1 Translocative Motion Events (TMEs) 1.1.1 Defining event1.1.2 TME 1.2 Purpose and Significance of the Study 1.2.1 Purpose of the study 1.2.2 Significance of the study 1.3 Framework and Methodological Issues1.4 The RoadmapChapter 2 MEP Principles and the Segmentation and Representation of the TMES 2.0 Introduction 2.1 Theoretical Issues 2.1.1 Talmyan dichotomy typology and motion event studies by other scholars 2.1.1.1 Talmyan dichotomy typology 2.1.1.2 Dichotomy or trichotomy 2.1.2 Event segmentation 2.2 Principles of MEP 2.2.1 The biuniqueness constraint 2.2.2 The macro-event linking principle 2.2.3 The referential uniqueness constraint 2.2.4 The unique vector constraint 2.2.5 The loss of MEP 2.2.6 A brief summary of Section 2.2 2.3 The Segmentation of Complex Motion Events and the TME Constructions with MEP2.3.1 The conceptual structure and types of motion events 2.3.2 The segmentation of complex motion events 2.3.3 The TME constructions with MEP 2.4 The Components of TMEs and Parameter-setting 2.4.1 Figure and parameter-setting 2.4.2 Motion and parameter- setting 2.4.3 Path and parameter-setting 2.4.4 Ground and parameter-setting 2.5 Tertium Comparationis and the Hypothesis for This Study2.6 Summary Chapter 3 Corpus Tagging and Statistical Work3.0 Introduction 3.1 Research Design 3.1.1 The parallel translation corpus 3.1.2 Sentence selection and tagging 3.1.3 Variables 3.2 English and Chinese TME Constructions3.2.1 The MEP sentences in English and Chinese texts 3.2.2 The subevent constructions in English and Chinese texts 3.3 Representing English and Chinese TME Constructions3.3.1 Who is moving 3.3.2 How to move 3.3.3 Which road to follow 3.3.4 Where to go 3.4 Summary Chapter 4 Contrasting the Representation of English and Chinese TMEs4.0 Introduction 4.1 The Representation of English and Chinese TMEs 4.1.1 English TMEs in the original texts 4.1.2 English TMEs in the translated texts 4.2.1 Chinese TMEs in the original texts 4.2.2 Chinese TMEs in the translated texts 4.2.3 At hand or in the distance? Part I: English and Chinese TME constructions in comparison 4.3 The TMEs Between English and Chinese 4.3.1 From English to Chinese 4.3.2 From Chinese to English 4.4 The Representation of Motion Event Components 4.4.1 The representation of Actants4.4.2 The representation of Motion4.4.3 The representation of Paths4.4.5 At hand or in the distance? Part II: English and Chinese TME component representation in comparison4.5 Beyond Surface Representation4.6 SummaryChapter 5 Conclusions5.0 Introduction5.1 Major Findings5.2 Theoretical Implications5.3 Limitations and Future StudyBibliography

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Book SynopsisGo! Chinese now comes with a second edition offering new and improved content! As a multi-level, fully integrated Chinese language program, it is specially designed for students in elementary schools with little or no Chinese background. Students will develop all four language skills across the three modes of communication (interpretive, interpersonal, and presentational) while gaining an appreciation of Chinese culture. They will also have opportunities to compare different cultures, make connections with other discipline areas, and extend their learning experiences to their homes and communities.Go! Chinese Textbook 3 offers 10 beautifully illustrated lessons focusing on topics relevant to the everyday life. Each lesson introduces basic vocabulary and simple sentence structures with emphasis on listening and speaking. Activities such as role play, interviews, games, pair work, and language exchanges are incorporated to allow students to communicate in meaningful contexts.

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Book SynopsisCombining coverage of the writing process with professional readings, Wyrick/Field/Wick's "Steps to Writing Well with Additional Readings" has helped students learn to write academic essays. It presents rhetorical strategies for composing essays in an easy-to-follow progression of useful lessons and activities. With over 70 student and professional readings and hands-on activities, it gives writers the models and practice they need to write essays with confidence. The 12th edition features visual learning aids, student writing samples on timely topics, assignments using sources and rhetorical strategies and discussions of multimodal texts and online databases. It also reflects guidelines from latest 9th edition "Manual of the Modern Language Association" and 7th edition "2020 Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association." Now available: MindTap digital learning solution.

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Book SynopsisPinpoints how dogwhistles and figleaves, two kinds of linguistic trick, distort political discourse and normalize racismIt is widely accepted that political discourse in recent years has become more openly racist and more accepting of wildly implausible conspiracy theories. Dogwhistles and Figleaves explores ways in which such changes--both of which defied previously settled norms of political speech--have been brought about. Jennifer Saul shows that two linguistic devices, dogwhistles and figleaves, have played a crucial role. Some dogwhistles (such as 88, used by Nazis online to mean Heil Hitler) serve to disguise messages that would otherwise be rejected as unacceptable, allowing them to be transmitted surreptitiously. Other dogwhistles (like the 1988 Willie Horton ad) work by influencing people in ways that they are not aware of, and which they would likely reject were they aware. Figleaves (such as just asking questions) take messages that could easily be recognized as unacceptablTrade ReviewIt's a scrupulous look at a damaging linguistic phenomenon that often hides in plain sight. * Publishers Weekly *What is interesting about Saul's study is the instability of meaning it reveals, the layers of deception employed not only by speakers, but by listeners, who are occasionally deluding themselves ... clear, engaging and very readable. * Roisin Kiberd, Irish Independent *There is no doubt that our current political climate is posing a threat to democracy. It is not only that we are polarized, but polarization is fueled by an onslaught of (often thinly veiled) manipulative speech and falsehoods. Media consumers absorb distorting messages without even being aware of it, and speakers are not held responsible. Dogwhistles and Figleaves provides an essential tool for seeing how our ability to communicate and to coordinate is being undermined. This theoretically rich and highly readable book is essential for those who value democracy, and the kind of public discourse that makes it possible. * Sally Haslanger, Ford Professor of Philosophy and Women's and Genders Studies, Massachusetts Institute of Technology *Table of ContentsIntroduction Part 1: Racism 1: White Racism, White Folk Racial Theory, and White Racial Discourse 2: Racist Dogwhistles 3: Figleaves for Racism Part 2: Falsehood 4: The Rise of Blatant Falsehood and Wild Conspiracism 5: Figleaves, Dogwhistles, and Falsehood 6: Obvious Falsehoods Without Deniability 7: Dogwhistles, Figleaves, and the Fight Against Racism and Blatant Falsehood

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Book SynopsisThe Art of Comic Book Writing strips away the mysteries of this popular artform and provides real-world advice and examples for those looking to write for the comics medium. Mark Kneece provides a set of guidelines favoured by many comic book publishers and uses a unique trial and error approach to show the potential pitfalls they might encounter.

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Book SynopsisCommunication is complicated, and so is the ethics of communication. We communicate about innumerable topics, to varied audiences, using a gamut of technologies. The ethics of communication, therefore, has to address a wide range of technical, ethical and epistemic requirements. In this book, Onora O''Neill shows how digital technologies have made communication more demanding: they can support communication with huge numbers of distant and dispersed recipients; they can amplify or suppress selected content; and they can target or ignore selected audiences. Often this is done anonymously, making it harder for readers and listeners, viewers and browsers, to assess which claims are true or false, reliable or misleading, flaky or fake. So how can we empower users to assess and evaluate digital communication, so that they can tell which standards it meets and which it flouts? That is the challenge which this book explores.Trade Review'This book tackles one of the most crucial ethical issues facing us in the age of online communication and digital information. It is clear, concise and yet deep and insightful.' Maria Baghramian, University College DublinTable of ContentsPart I. Complex Communication: 1. Presuppositions of Communication; 2. Acts and Content, Norms and Harms; 3. Communication and New Technologies; 4. Digital Hopes; Part II. Norms and Standards in a Connected World: 5. Duties and Rights 1: Freedom of Expression; 6. Duties and Rights 2: Rights to Privacy; Part III. Politics and Connectivity: 7. Power and Anonymity.

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Book SynopsisWhat matters in people’s social lives? What motivates and inspires our society? How do we enact what we know? Since the first edition published in 1980, Content Analysis has helped shape and define the field. In the highly anticipated Fourth Edition, award-winning scholar and author Klaus Krippendorff introduces readers to the most current method of analyzing the textual fabric of contemporary society. Students and scholars will learn to treat data not as physical events but as communications that are created and disseminated to be seen, read, interpreted, enacted, and reflected upon according to the meanings they have for their recipients. Interpreting communications as texts in the contexts of their social uses distinguishes content analysis from other empirical methods of inquiry. Organized into three parts, Content Analysis first examines the conceptual aspects of content analysis, then discusses components such as unitizing and sampling, and concludes by showing readers how to trace the analytical paths and apply evaluative techniques. The Fourth Edition has been completely revised to offer readers the most current techniques and research on content analysis, including new information on reliability and social media. Readers will also gain practical advice and experience for teaching academic and commercial researchers how to conduct content analysis. Table of ContentsPreface to the Fourth Edition Introduction PART I. CONCEPTUALIZING CONTENT ANALYSIS Chapter 1. History 1.1 Some Precursors 1.2 Quantitative Newspaper Analysis 1.3 Early Content Analysis 1.4 Propaganda Analysis 1.5 Content Analysis Generalized 1.6 Computer Text Analysis 1.7 Qualitative Approaches Chapter 2. Conceptual Foundation 2.1 Definition 2.2 Epistemological Elaborations 2.3 Examples 2.4 Framework 2.5 Contrasts and Comparisons Chapter 3. Uses and Inferences 3.1 Traditional Overviews 3.2 Extrapolations 3.3 Standards 3.4 Indices and Symptoms 3.5 Linguistic Re-Presentations 3.6 Conversations 3.7 Institutional Processes 3.8 Areas of Likely Success PART II. COMPONENTS OF CONTENT ANALYSIS Chapter 4. The Logic of Content Analysis Designs 4.1 Content Analysis Designs 4.2 Designs Preparatory to Content Analysis 4.3 Designs Going Beyond Content Analysis Chapter 5. Unitizing 5.1 Units 5.2 Types of Units 5.3 Ways of Defining Units 5.4 Productivity, Efficiency, and Reliability Chapter 6. Sampling 6.1 Sampling in Theory 6.2 Sampling Techniques Applicable to Texts 6.3 Sample Size Chapter 7. Recording/Coding 7.1 The Function of Coding and Recording 7.2 Coder Qualifications 7.3 Coder Training 7.4 Crowdcoding 7.5 Approaches to Defining the Semantics of Data 7.6 Records Chapter 8. Data Languages 8.1 The Place of Data Languages in Analytical Efforts 8.2 Definitions 8.3 Variables 8.4 Nominal Variables 8.5 Ordered Variable 8.6 Metrics 8.7 Mathematical Operations Chapter 9. Analytical Constructs 9.1 The Role of Analytical Constructs 9.2 Sources of Certainty 9.3 Types of Constructs 9.4 Sources of Uncertainty PART III. ANALYTICAL PATHS AND EVALUATIVE TECHNIQUES Chapter 10. Analytical/Representational Techniques 10.1 Counts 10.2 Cross-Tabulations, Associations, and Correlations 10.3 Multivariate Techniques 10.4 Factor Analysis and Multidimensional Scaling 10.5 Images, Portrayals, Semantic Nodes, and Profiles 10.6 Contingencies and Contingency Analysis 10.7 Clustering Chapter 11. Computer Aids 11.1 What Computers Do 11.2 How Computers Can Aid Content Analyses 11.3 Text Analyses 11.4 Computational Content Analyses 11.5 Qualitative Data Analysis Support 11.6 Frontiers Chapter 12. Reliability 12.1 Why Reliability? 12.2 Reliability Designs 12.3 Agreement on Coding Predefined Units 12.4 Accuracy, Surrogacy, and the Decisiveness of Majorities 12.5 The Reliability of Text Mining and Information Retrieval 12.6 Agreement on Unitizing and Coding Finite Continua 12.7 Agreement on Multi-Valued Coding 12.8 Statistical Properties of a Chapter 13. Validity 13.1 Validity Defined 13.2 A Typology for Validating Evidence Chapter 14. A Practical Guide 14.1 Designing an Analysis 14.2 Writing a Research Proposal 14.3 Applying the Research Design 14.4 Narrating the Results Glossary References Index About the Author

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Book SynopsisA concise, portable guide for communicating in Arabic Today, Arabic is spoken in more than 20 countries, and more than one billion people study Arabic for religious reasons. This practical guide offers help on basic Arabic words and phrases and eases communication with Arabic speakers.Table of ContentsIntroduction 1 About This Book 1 Conventions Used in This Book 2 Foolish Assumptions 3 Icons Used in This Book 3 Where to Go from Here 4 Chapter 1: I Say It How? Speaking Arabic 5 Taking Stock of What’s Familiar 5 Discovering the Arabic Alphabet 7 All about vowels 7 All about consonants 10 Tackling Tough Letters and Words 15 Addressing Arabic Transcription 15 Chapter 2: Grammar on a Diet: Just the Basics 17 Introducing Nouns, Adjectives, and Articles 17 Getting a grip on nouns 18 Identifying adjectives 18 Discovering definite and indefinite articles (and the sun and moon) 19 Understanding the interaction between nouns and adjectives 21 Creating Simple, Verb-Free Sentences 23 To be or not to be: Sentences without verbs 23 Building sentences with common prepositions 25 Using demonstratives and forming sentences 26 Forming “to be” sentences using personal pronouns 28 Creating negative “to be” sentences 30 “To be” in the past tense 32 Working with Verbs 33 Digging up the past tense 33 Examining the present tense 36 Peeking into the future tense 39 Chapter 3: Numerical Gumbo: Counting of All Kinds 41 Talking Numbers 41 Discovering Ordinal Numbers 43 Telling Time in Arabic 45 Specifying the time of day 46 Specifying minutes 47 Referring to Days and Months 49 Money, Money, Money 52 Opening a bank account 52 Using the ATM 54 Exchanging currency 55 Chapter 4: Making New Friends and Enjoying Small Talk 57 Greetings! 57 You say hello 58 I say goodbye 58 How are you doing? 59 I’m doing well! 59 Making Introductions 60 Asking “What’s your name?” 60 Responding with “My name is .” 60 Talking about Countries and Nationalities 61 Asking “Where are you from?” 61 Answering “I am from .” 62 Asking Questions 63 Talking about Yourself and Your Family 65 Talking about Work 67 Shooting the Breeze: Talking about the Weather 69 Chapter 5: Enjoying a Drink or a Snack (or a Meal!) 73 All about Meals 73 Breakfast 74 Lunch 76 Dinner 81 Enjoying a Meal at Home 82 Dining Out 83 Perusing the menu 83 Placing your order 85 Finishing your meal and paying the bill 87 Chapter 6: Shop ’til You Drop! 89 Going to the Store 89 Browsing the merchandise 90 Getting around the store 91 Asking for a Particular Item 92 Comparing Merchandise 95 Comparing two or more items 95 Picking out the best item 98 Shopping for Clothes 100 Chapter 7: Making Leisure a Top Priority 103 Visiting Museums 103 Going to the Movies 106 Touring Religious Sites 109 A few rules to keep in mind 109 The Hajj 110 Sporting an Athletic Side 111 Going to the Beach 115 Playing Musical Instruments 115 Popular Hobbies 116 Chapter 8: When You Gotta Work 119 Landing a Job 119 Managing the Office Environment 122 Interacting with your colleagues 124 Giving orders 129 Supplying your office 131 Picking Up the Phone 132 Dialing up the basics 132 Beginning a phone conversation 132 Asking to speak to someone 133 Making business appointments 133 Dealing with voice mail 135 Chapter 9: I Get Around: Transportation 137 Traveling by Plane 137 Making reservations 137 Getting some legwork out of the verb “to travel” 140 Registering at the airport 141 Boarding the plane 143 A brief departure on the verb “to arrive” 144 Going through immigration and customs 145 Getting Around on Land 147 Hailing a taxi 148 Taking a bus 149 Boarding a train 150 Asking for Directions 151 Asking “where” questions 151 Answering “where” questions 151 Asking with courtesy 153 Could you repeat that? 153 Using command forms 155 Chapter 10: Laying Down Your Weary Head: Hotel or Home 159 Choosing the Right Accommodation 160 Making a Reservation 162 Figuring out the price 163 Indicating the length of your stay 164 Checking In to the Hotel 165 Checking Out of the Hotel 167 Life at Home 168 Chapter 11: Dealing with Emergencies 171 Shouting Out for Help 171 A little help with the verb “to help” 172 Lending a hand 175 Getting Medical Help 176 Locating the appropriate doctor 176 Talking about your body 177 Explaining your symptoms 178 Getting treatment 179 Acquiring Legal Help 180 Chapter 12: Ten Favorite Arabic Expressions 183 marHaba bikum! 183 mumtaaz! 183 al-Hamdu li-llah 184 inshaa’ allah 184 mabruk! 185 bi ‘idni allah 185 bi SaHHa 185 taHiyyaat 186 muballagh 186 tabaaraka allah 187 Chapter 13: Ten Great Arabic Proverbs 189 al-’amthaal noor al-kalaam 189 ‘a’mal khayr wa ‘ilqahu fii al-baHr 189 ‘uTlubuu al-’ilm min al-mahd ‘ilaa al-laHd 190 yad waaHida maa tusaffiq 190 al-Harbaa’ laa Yughaadir shajaratuh hattaa yakun mu’akkid ‘an shajara ‘ukhraa 190 khaTa’ ma’roof ‘aHsan min Haqiiqa ghayr ma’roofa 191 as-sirr mithel al-Hamaama: ‘indamaa yughaadir yadii yaTiir 191 al-’aql li an-niDHaar wa al-kalb li as-simaa’ 192 kul yawm min Hayaatuk SafHa min taariikhuk 192 li faatik bi liila faatik bi Hiila 192 Index 193

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Book SynopsisDrawing on a dozen years of research among managers, officers, and politicians in the public realm and the private sector, among the nonprofits, and in teaching, Heifetz presents clear, concrete prescriptions for anyone who needs to take the lead in almost any situation, under almost any organizational conditions, no matter who is in charge.Trade ReviewLeadership Without Easy Answers is a masterwork of great subtlety, and of punch and practicality. Leadership is not value-free, Mr. Heifetz writes… [The author puts] soul and values squarely back into a vital topic, leadership. -- Tom Peters * New York Times Book Review *Ronald Heifetz brings knowledge of an astonishingly wide range of disciplines to this study of leadership… As a musician, a cellist, he understands that the quality of a performance depends on the audience as well as on the instrumentalist… As a psychiatrist, Heifetz understands that communities cannot be pushed beyond their capacity to adapt… These insights give to Heifetz’s book an originality and vivacity one rarely associates with studies on leadership. He illustrates his theses with an extraordinary range of cases and examples… Leadership Without Easy Answers reminds us of democracy’s rich potential. It is a bold book and an encouraging one. I hope some of our leaders are out there learning. -- Shirley Williams * Times Higher Education Supplement *Ronald Heifetz has written an interesting and timely book, in which he moves away from the idea of leaders as visionaries and saviors to stressing leadership as an activity as opposed to a position of authority or a set of personal characteristics. -- Robert Hooijberg * Journal of Leadership Studies *This pioneering study constitutes one of the most insightful and innovative approaches to leadership studies in over a decade… Heifetz masterfully presents his new leadership model by intertwining general theory and prescriptive practical guidance through fertile historical and workplace case studies. Heifetz’s goal is nothing less than a summoning for a new social contract that seeks to revitalize America’s civic ethos by adopting leadership strategies to empower the citizenry rather than to merely enhance the authority of the leader… The upshot of this study should place it in the front line in leadership historiography for years to come. -- R. J. Lettieri * Choice *Heifetz presents a new theory of leadership for both public and private leaders in tackling complex contemporary problems. Central to his theory is the distinction between routine technical problems, which can be solved through expertise, and adaptive problems, such as crime, poverty, and educational reform, which require innovative approaches, including consideration of values. Four major strategies of leadership are identified: to approach problems as adaptive challenges by diagnosing the situation in light of the values involved and avoiding authoritative solutions, to regulate the level of stress caused by confronting issues, and to shift responsibility for problems from the leader to all the primary stakeholders. The theory is applied to an analysis of historical accounts of local, national, and international events. An innovative and thoroughgoing work; highly recommended. * Library Journal *A superb book for any age, but particularly for our current one, where society is so desperately in need of its wisdom and expertise. Leadership Without Easy Answers should be required reading for top managers in all sectors—private, public, and nonprofit. I hope it will also be widely read by the citizenry that is so much in need of an attitude shift on the nature of authority. This book is also very much about citizenship. -- M. Scott Peck, author of The Road Less TraveledAlive with insights, concepts, new ideas, just teeming with the kind of creative approach to the study of leadership that I and of course many others esteem. In a field in which there has been a great deal of repetitious work, Heifetz strikes out in ground-breaking directions. -- James MacGregor Burns, author of LeadershipRemarkably thoughtful, provocative, and useful. This book will be seen as a major contribution that provides a rare interdisciplinary view of leadership in context. Leaders as well as serious students of the process of leadership and the development of leaders need to have this book on their shelves. -- General Walter Ulmer, U.S. Army (Ret.), President and CEO, Center for Creative Leadership, Greensboro, North CarolinaHeifetz turns out to be one of the most thoughtful scholars on leadership. His direct and relevant concepts are pathbreaking. -- James David Barber, author of Presidential CharacterOriginal and penetrating in its analysis of leadership. This is an excellent book. Important and valuable. -- John Gardner, former Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare and founder of Common CauseLeadership Without Easy Answers should go a long way toward clearing up many confusions about leadership. Long a master teacher of leaders, Heifetz’s courses and Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government have been standing-room only for years. Read this book and see why. -- Peter Senge, author of The Fifth Discipline: The Art and Practice of the Learning OrganizationTable of Contents* Foreword by Richard L. Neustadt * Introduction Part I. Setting the Frame * Values in Leadership * To Lead or Mislead? * The Roots of Authority Part II. Leading with Authority * Mobilizing Adaptive Work S Applying Power * On a Razor's Edge * Failing Off the Edge Part III. Leading Without Authority * Creative Deviance on the Frontline * Modulating the Provocation Part IV. Staying Alive * Assassination * The Personal Challenge * Notes * Acknowledgments * Index

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Book SynopsisA guide to the world's primates covers nearly 300 species, from the feather-light and solitary pygmy mouse lemurs of Madagascar - among the smallest primates known to exist - to regal mountain gorillas of Africa. This book features 72 splendid color plates, facing-page descriptions of key features of each family, and 86 color distribution maps.Trade Review"I can think of no better introduction to the non-human primates than Jean-Jacques Petter's and Francois Desbordes' Primates of the World... The text is authoritative and readable and includes very good sections on the evolution of primates and the roles of environment and competition in influencing primate adaptations. There are also excellent chapters on territorial behavior, social organization, and sociality. The book is richly and beautifully illustrated by Francois Desbordes, and there are excellent life histories for each primate species. Primates of the World belongs on the shelf of anyone who wants to expand his or her understanding of human origins and of anyone who is captivated by the rich personal experiences, long-term detailed field observations, and passionate conservation messages of Diane Fossey and Jane Goodall."--Wayne Mones, Perch/Audubon Magazine's Blog "This volume holds a treasure... Primates indeed contains 72 illustrated plates describing, by continent, the major primate species inhabiting our planet... [E]ach drawing, precise and magnificent, unveils their morphology, their colors, their postures... [A] splendid and fascinating book."--Rafaele Brillaud, Science & Vie "Those who love beautiful nature plates--in the tradition of Audubon and his birds--will be delighted by this landmark book... [D]azzling illustrated plates."--Rachel Mulot, Sciences et Avenir "A masterpiece. Francois Desbordes's 72 watercolor plates are pure marvels, in the great tradition of scientific pictures of the 19th century."--Marc Giraud, L'Oiseau Magazine "Primates of the World by Jean-Jacques Petter & Francois Desbordes is a beautifully illustrated guide that is perfect for those who are interested in primates and a great reference guide to use for primate classes."--Raymond Ho, Prancing Papio "'The' reference everyone interested in primates should have by their bedside."--Sylvie Nandelec, Scoop on Primates "This text offers readers brief yet substantial information on almost 300 species of primates... Introductory material provides significant information that is relevant across the primate species, including material on the origins of various primates, predators, social habits, classifications, and more... Appropriate for students or general readers interested in enhancing their knowledge of primates."--Booklist "Beautiful... Readers will be fascinated by what Petter describes as the 'dazzling diversity of primates,' and they'll be dazzled by the stunning illustrations. Highly recommended."--Cynthia Lee Knight, Library Journal "[B]eautifully produced... [I]t is the array of stunningly detailed watercolour illustrations by Francois Desbordes that makes the volume truly outstanding... [A] joy to hold and leaf through, and will appeal to bibliophiles as well as primatophiles."--Ian Redmond, BBC Wildlife "I wish I had this book available to me when I took a graduate course on primatology in the 1970s at the University of Richmond."--RK, Wildlife Activist "This book is a combination of values. The first part is a readable text that can be enjoyed at leisure. The last half is a reference volume for the species most travellers are likely to encounter. The whole book gives a fascinating insight into this intriguing and intelligent group of mammals. It is good value for the price."--Emard Crescent, Canadian Field Naturalist "This is not a volume one would reference for details of primate systematics or biogeography, but as a beautiful introduction to the diversity of color and form seen among living primates, it is a stunning success."--John G. Fleagle, Quarterly Review of Biology "The design of the book is excellent, with color-coding employed nicely in the finely detailed range maps and in the classification section, and with the plates featuring high-quality reproductions on heavy paper. The plates are the real heart of the book and Francois Desbordes's wonderful watercolors will excite anybody interested in wildlife art."--Discovery "[I]t would act as a good foundation for anyone hoping to study primates. It is also written lightly enough that it will not bamboozle the casual user. Therefore, it should find a home in libraries whose patrons are zoologists (primarily for the plates and population maps), but also in a public library for those members of the public wishing to expand their horizons."--Stuart Bentley, Reference Reviews "Desbordes's illustrations are phenomenal... It should be considered the most accessible guide to the world's primates... Buy it--it's great!"--Darren Naish, Scientific AmericanTable of ContentsFascinating Primates The Beginning of an Adventure 1 In Search of Our Origins 4 The Precursors of Mammals 6 Evolution of Madagascar's Lemurs 9 The Role of the Forest and Primate Adaptation 15 Predators 22 Primate Territories and Social Organization 26 Primate Sociability and Recognition Signals 28 Classification of Primates 36 Primates by Continent: Plates and Descriptions of Species Madagascar 48 South America 72 Asia 104 Africa 142 Bibliography 182 Index of Species 184

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"This book is the most complete examination of pterosaurs that I have seen and when the last page is turned the reader has a comprehensive understanding of the beast, from history to biology, to life style to extinction. One is even taken on an imaginary pterosaur safari. Move over Jurassic Park!"---David Gascoigne, Travels with Birds"A most enjoyable and comprehensive account demonstrating how art and scientific enquiry combine to help inform, enlighten and educate. Highly recommend."---Mike Walley, Everything Dinosaur"[The] reconstructions of fully fl eshed-out pterosaurs in various poses, exhibiting various behaviors, adds mightily to understanding ofthese bizarre animals. . . . Highly recommended."---J.C. Kricher, Choice

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"Whether you’re an armchair naturalist, a member of your local zoo, or expect to encounter these animals in the wild, this is a book you should not be without."---TravelswithBirds.com, David Gascoigne

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"An important philosophical contribution highlighting the thoughts of one of the more important postwar advocates of liberalism in the 20th century." * Library Journal *

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"How does globalism affect the books we read, and the way we read them? A leading scholar investigates." * New York Times Book Review *"Few scholars active today can claim to have done as much as David Damrosch to shape the discipline of comparative literature in the United States. . . . Damrosch writes with great clarity and care, vividly bringing individual figures and their ideas to life. . . . [He] not only displays the breadth of his own personal canon, but also argues compellingly for the idea that our understanding of a given text is always enhanced by comparing it with other texts, whether or not the pairings are conventional or expected."---Alexander Beecroft, Modern Philology

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Book SynopsisIn the mad, money-driven world of football, some rather interesting and sometimes shocking kits have been worn upon the field of play. This book is a full-colour celebration of some of the most outrageous strips foisted upon the poor players and the loyal fans, both for club and country, from clashing colours and disastrous designs to surprising sponsors and back luck omens. Written by a leading authority on kit design and with anecdotes from fans, this book is a wry look back at some of the more bizarre decisions taken by marketing companies and clubs alike. Ranging from Victorian outfits to modern-day efforts, The Worst Football Kits of All Time is also a history of the kit, the game and some of the many characters who have played, watched, loved and despaired at this most noble (and sometimes ignoble) of sports. Set to delight fans old and young alike, this book makes the perfect gift and an excellent reference guide. Illustrated with photographs, carica

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Book SynopsisA gorgeous reissue of one of the most beloved classics of the twentieth century, published in celebration of Norton’s 100th anniversaryTrade Review"The Norton centenary edition of Rilke's Letters to a Young Poet is a beautiful hardback of an essential text and a great gift to any aspiring writer." -- Anne Enright - The Observer

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Book SynopsisPoetry is increasingly democratic in its use of different formats, but it can be difficult to know how to navigate the range of options available. In a competitive field, this information is not always easy to access, and many poets make mistakes. This handbook is here to help.How do you make the finances work? Should you release a pamphlet or a full collection? Which promoters should you work with? How can you get your work reviewed? How do you maintain a public profile if performance isn't for you? What mentoring and publication options are open for mid-career poets? The Poetry Writers'' Handbook will answer all these questions and more. It provides: - practical advice on managing income and funding a career - detailed information on printing and distribution, marketing and publicity, and submission to editors, reviewers and prizes- up-to-date contacts for funding organisations, prizes, publishers and magazines for poets and their work.It gives a clear and up-to-date picture oTable of Contents1 Small Worlds: an introduction to the world of poetry 2 Getting published: magazines, prizes and pamphlets 3 Getting published: full poetry collections 4 To self-publish, or not? 5 Performance poetry: background and history 6 Performance poetry: owning the stage 7 The business of poetry 8 Marketing your book 9 A community of poets Bibliography Glossary Directory - who to contact Index

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Book SynopsisSpecific Models Covered:Yamaha 4-stroke Motocross Bikes 1998-2008; Models ; WR250F 249cc 2001-2008; WR400F 399cc 1998-2000; WR426F 426cc 2000-2002; WR450F 449cc 2003-2008; YZ250F 249cc 2001-2008; YZ400F 399cc 1998-2000; YZ426F 426cc 2000-2002; YZ450F 449cc 2003-2008; Engine Petrol: 4-stroke 249cc, 399cc, 426cc, 449cc.

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Book SynopsisMushroom guru Gary Lincoff escorts you through the cultural and culinary history of the mushroom, hunting and identifying wild mushrooms, mushroom safety, and on to preparing and serving the fungi. Stunning photographs and Lincoff’s fascinating anecdotes from the field will make you an instant mycophile. Gathering edible wild food is a wonderful way to forge a connection to the Earth. Mushrooms are the ultimate local food source; they grow literally everywhere, from mountains and woodlands to urban and suburban parks to your own backyard.The Complete Mushroom Hunter, Revised will enrich your understanding of the natural world and build an appreciation for an ancient, critically relevant, and useful body of knowledge. With great expertise, Lincoff provides a complete overview of edible mushrooms: from the mushroom’s earliest culinary awakening, through getting equipped for mushroom forays, to preparing and serving the fruits of the foray, wherever you live. Inside you’ll find: A brief, colorful history of mushroom hunting worldwide How to get equipped for a mushroom foray A completely illustrated guide to the common wild edible mushrooms and their poisonous look-alikes, with information of psychedelic and psychotherapeutic mushrooms An illustrated guide to medicinal mushrooms Where to find your fare, and how to identify them How to prepare and serve your fungi Thirty delicious recipes Five appendices offer even more mushroom knowledge, with information on how to make mushroom artwork, mushroom cultivation, less common edible varieties, and winter hunting; plus find an essential guide to major poisonous mushrooms, symptoms of poisoning, and treatment. Whether you’re just starting out with the hobby or an experienced mycophile looking to add to your collection, The Complete Mushroom Hunter, Revised is your ideal guide.

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Book SynopsisSpanish in 30 Days - Concise Language Course You''re a beginner and you want to learn the basics of the Spanish language as fast and effectively as possible? If so, "Spanish in 30 Days" is the best choice, because this language course was developed especially for self-studying beginners and refreshers. The course consists of 30 consecutive lessons, ordered in four major thematic fields. Lessons are in a fun, diary-like format, designed to fit seamlessly into your daily schedule. The audio CD runs for 60 minutes and the contents can be easily downloaded to your iPod or MP3 player.Following through the lessons transports you to life in Spanish where you will learn how to meet and greet people, carry out everyday tasks, and find and start work. Exercises and examples progressively build a solid foundation of essential grammar and vocabulary alongside knowledge of the country and its culture. For an easy and motivating start Topics from everyday life, travel and job Enjoyable continued story Book flaps with important vocabulary For listening and practising Audio-CD Dialogues in two speech rates Spoken by native speakers For your personal learning success Self-evaluation at the end of each lesson With lessons for repetition, indermediate and final tests

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Book SynopsisThe Craft is an indispensable guide to both the ‘how’ and ‘why’ of poetic craft in the 21st century, and essential writing-desk companion for poets at all stages. The book covers practical techniques – the nuts of bolts of putting poems together, mastering poetic forms such as sonnets, sestinas, prose poems and golden shovels, how to choose titles for your poems and the art of long sequences. It also explores the idea of ‘craft’ itself - knowing how pentameters dance is important, but by no way is it the only dimension of ‘craft’ that the poet starting out today has to consider. What about sound and the skills involved in performing your work? What about truth and fabrication, and the ethics of using real life in your work? What about the politics of the word ‘craft’ itself? With essays on poetry from Moniza Alvi, Dean Atta, Liz Berry, Caroline Bird, Malika Booker, Debjani Chatterjee, Jane Commane, Rishi Dastidar, Carrie Etter, Will Harris, Tania Hershman, Peter Kahn, Gregory Leadbetter, Karen McCarthy Woolf, Roy McFarlane, Harry Man, Claire Pollard, Peter Raynard, Roger Robinson, Jacqueline Saphra, Joelle Taylor, Marvin Thompson, Julia Webb, and Antosh Wojcik.

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Book SynopsisEnglish File's unique, lively and enjoyable lessons are renowned for getting students talkingEnglish File, fourth edition, has been built on tried and trusted methodology and contains uniquely motivating lessons and activities that encourage students to discuss topics with confidence. This Elementary Student's Book with Online Practice is suitable for CEFR language level A1+.NEW TO THIS EDITIONNew and updated texts, topics, and listenings, based on feedback from English File teachersEach Student Book comes with access to new Online Practice, providing learners with extra practice and activities for each FileOnline Practice includes new Sound Bank videos, with the unique opportunity to watch a native speaker pronounce the sound, and new interactive videos where students can take part in the drama themselvesNew video listening activities are integrated into each even-numbered File. These short documentaries and dramas make class time more dynamic and excitingThe Classroom Presentation To

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Book SynopsisRelevant, personalized practice for people at work With Business Result Second Edition, students practise language that is relevant to their work context, so they can use what they learn in real work situations. NEW Talking Point discussion lessons are based on an interesting business concept, process or approach that is relatable for any student in any business profession. The personalized Talking Point tasks allow students to apply the concept to their own working contexts, and provide the opportunity to use language from the unit. NEW Viewpoints integrate video into the lesson to bring business English to life - and build communication skills for business. Each video lesson relates to content in the units and builds up to a communicative task. In the Upper-intermediate and Advanced levels the videos feature authentic interviews with leading academics, business experts, and course participants from Saïd Business School, University of Oxford https://

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Book SynopsisNew volume of the best-selling review of the year made up of the wry and astute observations of the unpublished Telegraph letter writers. Table of ContentsIntroduction Family trials and tribulations A year in politics That’s entertainment Travel in lockdown Britain Home thoughts on abroad Sporting triumph and disaster Royal blushes Use and abuse of language Dear Daily Telegraph

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Book SynopsisDeveloped directly with the IB to be fully integrated with the revised MYP Language Acquisition framework, for first teaching in 2020. This comprehensive, inquiry-based resource equips learners to acquire and practice essential language skills while developing wider conceptual and contextual awareness. An inquiry-led, concept-based approach applies key and related concepts to relevant learning material, helping you fully deliver the MYP approach and build meaningful conceptual connections. Fully comprehensive, the resource addresses all the topics suggested in the MYP Language Acquisition Framework to help learners progress confidently into the Diploma Programme.

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Book SynopsisFact: most people would rather die than present in public. According to the National Institute of Mental Health, 75% of people rank fear of speaking in public as their number-one fear. In second place: death. For many people, presenting arouses fear of failure, of forgetting their content, of appearing nervous, of being ignored or judged by their audience, of encountering the unexpected, of technology, of going on too long or drying up. And too many presentations are lifeless, pointless and go on far too long. Yet 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 supremely practical guide to giving presentations th

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