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  Today's Publisher's Pride is How to Improve Your Foreign Language Immediately by Boris Shekhtman, which reached #31 in study and teaching references . the successful practices of diplomats and international journalists now available to any language learner Book description: This is the fifth edition of a popular book that provides a unique set of tools designed to enhance an individual's success in communicati0n in a foreign language environment. The devices presented allow the speaker of a foreign language to demonstrate the level of his/her language more impressively, so impressively, in fact, that it appears that the speaker's language itself has improved overnight. These techniques were developed and tested by the author with adult professionals in such varied fields as journalism, diplomacy, government, and international business. Many of these professionals have attested to the efficacy of these tools in their own columns. "This book provides the most bang...

  Much of Shane's education came from home schooling. On the one hand, it was a way to cope that schools had already skipped him four grades and could just not keep up with him; skipping more grades seemed insane. At home, he could work at a suitable academic level and not worry about being in class with kids much older and desks too big. On the second hand, he could get a more thorough and insightful education than he could at school, for a number of reasons. So, when Shane was ten and had completed 8th grade social studies at school and, for various reasons, including a recent move, found himself in homeschool once again, the next obvious was US History. But what textbook? Which viewpoint? Southerners and Northerners have differing understandings of Civil War history. American and Brits have different understandings of the War of Independence. And so on and so forth.  Since Shane was a quick reader -- he could easily finish a textbook in a month, an obvious solution was mult...

  Tentative release date: November Book Description What happens when you don't plan to travel the world—but the world keeps asking you to come? From a barefoot childhood on a farm in rural Maine to unexpected assignments across the globe, Betty Lou Leaver has spent five decades answering one recurring question: Can you come help us? And so she went. She trained astronauts and cosmonauts, taught teachers in Brazil, rescued a dying child in Siberia, worked with diplomats in Central Asia, and built educational bridges across Cold War divides. Along the way, she encountered remarkable people, navigated unfamiliar cultures, collected unlikely souvenirs, and discovered that the most memorable journeys are rarely the ones we plan. In In with the East Wind: Unexpected Journeys , Volume 1: ABC Lands , the first volume of a five-volume international memoir, Leaver takes readers from her childhood roots in Acton, Maine, to Afghanistan, Armenia, Austria, Bahrain, Belarus, Brazil, Cambodia, Ca...

  This question is one that many Christians across traditions are asking. Christianity has always had divisions. The split between East and West in 1054, the Protestant Reformation, and countless denominational disagreements remind us that theological diversity is not new. What seems different today is that many of the fractures are occurring along lines that are not primarily theological. Some of the major pressures include: Political tribalism In many countries, especially the United States, political identity can become stronger than Christian identity. Christians who share the same creed may find themselves viewing one another primarily as political opponents. Churches can become associated with particular ideologies rather than with the Gospel itself. Digital fragmentation Social media rewards outrage, certainty, and conflict. Christians can easily find online communities that reinforce specific interpretations while dismissing others. The result is often less conversation and...