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Speak French Fluently with the Most Complete, Up-to-date All-Audio Course Available LEARN FRENCH ON THE GO'LEARN ANYWHERE If you have trouble finding time to fit in language lessons, All-Audio French is the perfect solution. Developed by the experts at Living Language', this program is designed for people on the move. You can learn French as you drive, work around the house, or exercise at the gym. SHORT, EASY-TO-FOLLOW LESSONS'NO READING REQUIRED An English-speaking narrator guides you through 35 short lessons'just listen and repeat after native French speakers. VOCABULARY'GRAMMAR'DIALOGUES'CULTURE Begin with vocabulary and grammar basics before hearing a lively dialogue that includes the most current French idioms and usage. Interactive exercises reinforce what you've learned. You'll also learn some intriguing facts about French customs and culture. HANDY LISTENER'S GUIDE No reading required, but our newly expanded 112-page listener's guide is a handy visual reference for spelling and text of all the dialogues. The guide also provides a brief grammar summary and a glossary of grammatical terms. MORE ONLINE PRACTICE: visit: www.livinglanguage.com/bonus/allaudio/french for bonus exercises, grammer review and culture notes!

Living Language, Living Language (audio) (Author), Living Language (Narrator)

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How To Talk To Anyone, Anytime, Anywhere: The Secrets of Good Communication

Some find talking to others uncomfortable, difficult, or intimidating. Here is a way to overcome these communication challenges. How to Talk to Anyone, Anytime, Anywhere is the key to building confidence and improving communication skills. Written by Larry King, this guide provides simple and practical advice to help make communication easier, more successful, and even more enjoyable. Anecdotes from a life spent talking--on television, radio, and in person,--add to the fun and value of the book. Learn what famous talkers say and how the way they say it makes them so successful. Lessons include: • How to overcome shyness and put other people at ease • How to choose an appropriate conversation topic for any situation • How to ace a job interview, run a meeting, and mingle at a cocktail party • What the most successful conversationalists have in common • The one great question you can ask to enhance your conversation with anyone, anytime, anywhere

Larry King (Author), Larry King (Narrator)

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Activism With Heart And Soul: A Dialogue With Alice Walker, Part 1 Of 2

Part one of two. Speaking from the heart on a wide range of topics—poetry and writing, Mexico and The South, family and relationship, Buddhism and spiritual teachers, power and greed, politics and social change, death and transformations, and much more—Walker addresses these challenging times and how to live in balance.

Alice Walker (Author), Michael Toms (Narrator)

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Activism With Heart And Soul: A Dialogue With Alice Walker, Part 2 Of 2

Part two of two. Speaking from the heart on a wide range of topics—poetry and writing, Mexico and The South, family and relationship, Buddhism and spiritual teachers, power and greed, politics and social change, death and transformations, and much more—Walker addresses these challenging times and how to live in balance.

Alice Walker (Author), Michael Toms (Narrator)

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Speak Up With Confidence: How to Prepare, Learn, and Deliver Effective Speeches

As a one-time speech writer for President Johnson, and in his current position as president of the M.P.A.A., Jack Valenti has written and delivered speeches in all kinds of settings. Originally published in 1982, Speak Up with Confidence is an indispensable resource for anyone who wants to write and deliver a speech that people will listen to and remember.

Jack Valenti (Author), Jack Valenti (Narrator)

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The Power of Story in Social Change

Susan Griffin (Author), Michael Toms (Narrator)

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Mark Twain

Ernest Hemingway called Huckleberry Finn “the best book we’ve ever had. There was nothing before. There’s been nothing as good since.” Critical opinion of this book hasn’t dimmed since Hemingway uttered these words; as author Russell Banks says in these pages, Twain “makes possible an American literature which would otherwise not have been possible.” He was the most famous American of his day, and remains in ours the most universally revered American writer. Here the master storytellers Geoffrey Ward, Ken Burns, and Dayton Duncan give us the first fully illustrated biography of Mark Twain, American literature’s touchstone, its funniest and most inventive figure. This book pulls together material from a variety of published and unpublished sources. It examines not merely his justly famous novels, stories, travelogues, and lectures, but also his diaries, letters, and 275 illustrations and photographs from throughout his life. The authors take us from Samuel Langhorne Clemens’s boyhood in Hannibal, Missouri, to his time as a riverboat worker—when he adopted the sobriquet “Mark Twain”—to his varied careers as a newspaperman, printer, and author. They follow him from the home he built in Hartford, Connecticut, to his peripatetic travels across Europe, the Middle East, and the United States. We see Twain grieve over his favorite daughter’s death, and we see him writing and noticing everything. Twain believed that “The secret source of humor itself is not joy but sorrow. There is no humor in heaven.” This paradox fueled his hilarity and lay at the core of this irreverent yet profoundly serious author. With essays by Russell Banks, Jocelyn Chadwick, Ron Powers, and John Boyer, as well as an interview with actor and frequent Twain portrayer Hal Holbrook, this book provides a full and rich portrayal of the first figure of American letters.

Dayton Duncan, Geoffrey C. Ward, Ken Burns (Author), Bill Meisle (Narrator)

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The New Joys of Yiddish: Completely Updated

More than a quarter of a century ago, Leo Rosten published the first comprehensive and hilariously entertaining lexicon of the colorful and deeply expressive language of Yiddish. Said to give body and soul to the Yiddish language, The Joys of Yiddish went on to become an indispensable tool for writers, journalists, politicians, and students, as well as a perennial bestseller for three decades.Rosten described his book as a relaxed lexicon of Yiddish, Hebrew, and Yinglish words often encountered in English, plus dozens that ought to be, with serendipitous excursions into Jewish humor, habits, holidays, history, religion, ceremonies, folklore, and cuisine the whole generously garnished with stories, anecdotes, epigrams, Talmudic quotations, folk sayings, and jokes. To this day, it is considered the seminal work on Yiddish in America a true classic and a staple in the libraries of Jews and non-Jews alike. With the recent renaissance of interest in Yiddish, and in keeping with a language that embodies the variety and vibrancy of life itself, The New Joys of Yiddish brings Leo Rosten's masterful work up to date. Revised for the first time by Lawrence Bush in close consultation with Rosten's daughters, it retains the spirit of the original with its wonderful jokes, tidbits of cultural history, Talmudic and Biblical references, and tips on pronunciation and enhances it with hundreds of new entries, thoughtful commentary on how Yiddish has evolved over the years, and an invaluable new English-to-Yiddish index. In addition, The New Joys of Yiddish includes wondrous and amusing illustrations by renowned artist R.O. Blechman.From the Hardcover edition.

Leo Calvin Rosten, Leo Rosten (Author), A Full Cast (Narrator)

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The Princeton Review Word Smart Genius Edition: Building a Phenomenal Vocabulary

The fun way to improve English grammar and vocabulary and to improve standardized test scores! The humorous, irreverent style makes these programs perfect for getting students back into the swing of school. Laugh-out-loud examples, reviews, monologues, and short quizzes make the information easy to absorb.

Julian Fleisher, Michael Freedman, The Princeton Review (Author), Julian Fleisher, Michael Freedman (Narrator)

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The Princeton Review Word Smart: Building a More Educated Vocabulary

Adam Robinson, Julian Fleisher (Author), Adam Robinson, Julian Fleisher (Narrator)

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The Princeton Review Grammar Smart: An Audio Guide to Perfect Usage

Julian Fleisher, Living Language (audio), The Princeton Review (Author), Unknown (Narrator)

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The Word Smart II

Some interesting word facts: • The word 'noisome' had nothing whatsoever to do with noise. • 'Ordinance' and 'ordnance' have two distinct meanings. • An 'errant' fool is a fool who is lost, while an 'arrant' fool is one whose foolishness is obvious. Word Smart II exposes hundreds of examples like these, so you will never be surprised by vocabulary again. All of the 848 entries in Word Smart II belong in an impressive vocabulary. Learning and using these words effectively can help you to get better grades, score higher on tests, and communicate more confidently at work. Includes: • Concise, accurate definitions • Great examples and stories that teach words in context • Mnemonics to make it all stick

Living Language (audio), The Princeton Review (Author), Unknown (Narrator)

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