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  Continuing in what seems to be coming a trend -- we keep coming across videos of readers -- teachers and language learners -- who have fallen in love with     How to Improve Your Foreign Language Immediately  by  Boris Shekhtman . The falling in love is not surprising; this book is the darling of diplomats and international journalists, both groups of individuals that Boris spent his life teaching. What is a little more surprising is the number of people who have quietly made videos about the book and its contents -- and which we stumble across upon occasion, such as today. Here is one such video: How to Use Language Islands to Reach Fluency Faster - YouTube The book contains seven tools, one of which is "islands." While the assumption may be -- and often is -- that these tools can help improve language proficiency at intermediate and advanced levels, it can also improve proficiency at the very lowest and very highest levels. With islands (which are essentiall...

  Gewanda Parker, author of  It Only Hurts When I Can't Run , talks about  The Power of Choice: Creating a Life of Purpose and Fulfillment - YouTube  in a recent video. Short and worth watching! A paperback edition of Gewanda's book is available at the  MSI Press webstore . For more posts about Gewanda and her book, click  HERE . Sign up for the MSI Press LLC newsletter Follow MSI Press on  X ,  Face Book , and  Instagram .   Interested in publishing with MSI Press LLC? Check out information on  how to submit a proposal . Interested in receiving a free copy of this or any MSI Press LLC book  in exchange for  reviewing  a current or forthcoming MSI Press LLC book? Contact editor@msipress.com. Want an  author-signed copy  of this book? Purchase the book at 25% discount (use coupon code FF25) and concurrently send a written request to orders@msipress.com. Want to communicate with one of our authors? You can! Fi...

  Blessings on Dia de Muertos wished to all by MSI Press and the late Sula (parish cat at Old Mission) -- hey, she can do that, this is the day that the souls who have passed on come back for a bit. Listen HERE to a short video about Sula and Day of the Dead. For more posts about Sula and her books, click HERE .  Sign up for the MSI Press LLC newsletter Follow MSI Press on  Twitter ,  Face Book , and  Instagram .   Interested in publishing with MSI Press LLC? Check out information on  how to submit a proposal . Interested in receiving a free copy of this or any MSI Press LLC book  in exchange for  reviewing  a current or forthcoming MSI Press LLC book? Contact editor@msipress.com. Want an  author-signed copy  of this book? Purchase the book at 25% discount (use coupon code FF25) and concurrently send a written request to orders@msipress.com. 

  Knowing how to respond to others' emotional states is the essence of emotional intelligence. But how do we actually learn it? Executive leadership coach and MSI Press author Kris Girrell suggests that the path to becoming intimately aware of our emotions may be a little bumpier than we bargained for, but in the end results in stronger relationships.  Listen to the TedTalk  HERE . Kris is the author of the recently released Learning to Feel  (currently #8 (Amazon hot new releasrs) as well as the award-winning book Typhoon Honey. For more posts about Kris, click HERE .                                             Sign up for the MSI Press LLC newsletter Follow MSI Press on  Twitter ,  Face Book , and  Instagram .   Interested in publishing with MSI Press LLC? Check out information on  how to submit a proposal . Interested in ...

  Gewanda Parker, author of  It Only Hurts When I Can't Run , has made a very helpful youtube:   The Meaning of Life: Reflections on Eternity and Purpose .  Take a listen -- it is short and powerful. For more posts about Gewanda and her book, click  HERE . Sign up for the MSI Press LLC newsletter Follow MSI Press on  Twitter ,  Face Book , and  Instagram .   Interested in publishing with MSI Press LLC? Check out information on  how to submit a proposal . Interested in receiving a free copy of this or any MSI Press LLC book  in exchange for  reviewing  a current or forthcoming MSI Press LLC book? Contact editor@msipress.com. Want an  author-signed copy  of this book? Purchase the book at 25% discount (use coupon code FF25) and concurrently send a written request to orders@msipress.com. Want to communicate with one of our authors? You can! Find their contact information on our  Authors' Pages .

  Well, golly, here is one we missed, but some things never go out of date. Like your heart. Like living from it. Like improved relationships. Like greater wisdom. Nanette Hucknall covers it all in her award-winning book, How to Live from Your Heart, including the difference between mind and heart .  She also talks about the influence that breast cancer some decades ago had on her life: "It changed her whole life," she says.  You can listen to her interview with the Urban Update program HERE . For more posts about Nanette and her books, click HERE . Sign up for the MSI Press LLC newsletter Follow MSI Press on  Twitter ,  Face Book , and  Instagram .   Interested in publishing with MSI Press LLC? Check out information on  how to submit a proposal . Interested in receiving a free copy of this or any MSI Press LLC book  in exchange for  reviewing  a current or forthcoming MSI Press LLC book? Contact editor@msipress.com. Want an  a...

  Yes, we have quite a collection of short videos of Sula, parish cat at Old Mission San Juan Bautista, thanks to Stacey Gentry, Sula's official photographer. For some Caturday/Saturday fun, just click HERE and select the videos you like -- or all of them! For more posts about Sula, her life well lived, and her books, click HERE , including Surviving Cancer, Healing People , which won a Literary Titan gold medal. And, with Easter coming up, don't forget about Sula's Easter book! Sula, the now-famous church cat, tackles a mysterious topic for her fifth book: What is Easter, what is its meaning, what are the beliefs behind Catholic behaviors associated with the Lenten season and Easter, why is it called the Paschal mystery? Sula answers these questions with history, dogma, humor, and charm. And, of course, with pictures, lots and lots of people-cat pictures. The sections of the book--Ash Wednesday, Lent, Palm Sunday, Holy Thursday, Good Friday, Easter Vigil and East Mornin...

  Listen to the broadcast on APS radio HERE  with Gregg Bagdade, author of Mental Health Mayday . For more posts about Gregg and his book, click HERE . Sign up for the MSI Press LLC newsletter Follow MSI Press on  Twitter ,  Face Book , and  Instagram .   Interested in publishing with MSI Press LLC? Check out information on  how to submit a proposal . Interested in receiving a free copy of this or any MSI Press LLC book  in exchange for  reviewing  a current or forthcoming MSI Press LLC book? Contact editor@msipress.com. Want an  author-signed copy  of this book? Purchase the book at 25% discount (use coupon code FF25) and concurrently send a written request to orders@msipress.com. 

  It's short. It's entertaining. It is a Caturday special. Listen to the great, fun trailer for How My Cat Made Me a Better Man (Feig); click HERE . It will make you laugh, just like the book does. Book of the Year finalist Legacy award winner, humor, Kops-Fetheling International Book Awards To read more posts about this unique cat and the book about her, click HERE . te: As a memorial to Carl, and simply because it is truly needed, MSI Press is now hosting a web page,  Carl's Cancer Compendium , as a one-stop starting point for all things cancer, to make it easier for those with cancer to find answers to questions that can otherwise take hours to track down on the Internet and/or from professionals. The web page is in its infancy but expected to expand into robustness. To that end, it is expanded and updated weekly. As part of this effort, each week, on Monday, this blog will carry an informative, cancer-related story -- and be open to guest posts:  Cancer Diary . ...

  Julie Gentile, author of  108 Yoga and Self-Care Practices for Busy Mamas  and  How to Stay Calm in Chaos , recently conducted a workshop on Health and Wellness at the Laker Leadership Conference. Interested? You can watch the presentation  HERE . For more posts about Julie and her books, click  HERE . Sign up for the MSI Press LLC newsletter Follow MSI Press on  Twitter ,  Face Book , and  Instagram .   Interested in publishing with MSI Press LLC? Check out information on  how to submit a proposal . Interested in receiving a free copy of this or any MSI Press LLC book  in exchange for  reviewing  a current or forthcoming MSI Press LLC book? Contact editor@msipress.com. Want an  author-signed copy  of this book? Purchase the book at 25% discount (use coupon code FF25) and concurrently send a written request to orders@msipress.com.

  Bertha Cooper is a speaker par excellence. She has spoken to many groups and continues to speak to them. Her most recent presentations have been about each of her books, sponsored by the Soroptimist International of Sequim this past month:    One of our favorite presentations by Bertha here at MSI Press was recorded on Youtube by Norwester Rotary. Listen...you will get really good advice (along with information and insights that you might first encounter here). HERE is the link. For more posts about Bertha and her books, click HERE . For more books on aging, click HERE .

Continuing in what seems to be coming a trend -- we keep coming across videos of readers -- teachers and language learners -- who have fallen in love with How to Improve Your Foreign Language Immediately by Boris Shekhtman. The falling in love is not surprising; this book is the darling of diplomats and international journalists, both groups of individuals that Boris spent his life teaching. What is a little more surprising is the number of people who have quietly made videos about the book and its contents -- and which we stumble across upon occasion, such as today. The latest we have found is an entertaining as well as informative video by an English teacher, Charles Wood and editor of Language Tutor Online, who talks about applying the every simple and very effective principles in the books. You can listen to it HERE . For more posts about Boris Shekhtman and his books, click HERE .

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  Watch Dr. Sabzecvary's YouTube presentation  HERE . For more posts about Dr. Sabzevary, his lectures, and his book, click  HERE .

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Want to expand on the topics in Introductory Lectures on Religious Philosophy ? Watch Dr. Sabzecvary's YouTube presentations HERE . For more posts about Dr. Sabzevary, his lectures, and his book, click HERE .

Julie Gentile, certified yoga instructor and author of 108 Yoga and Self-Care Practices for Busy Mama s , has prepared several yoga videos to help thoe moms to stay in shape and build their yoga skills. Check them out! Stand Up for Your Self-Care YouTube Channel Main Page https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQUqKtnNf7VT3_Uq0_Y6DNQ 15-Minute Feel-Good Yoga Practice https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yNXCpfViK-M&t=434s 5-Minute Yoga Break https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mgnly57T1vo&t=141s Scan Your Senses in 2 Mindful Minutes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=STqg1mPTdkM&t=62s  A Self-Care Book for Busy Moms https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GY7tYe9ARMM&t=1s For more posts by and about Julie and her books, click HERE .