Audiobooks narrated by Andrew Heisler

Rebrand Yourself, Retell Your Story: Personal Branding for Career Success

Personal branding is a key factor in career success in the digital world today. It distinguishes us from other industry professionals, makes us stand out to employers, clients and collaborators, and gives us a competitive advantage in getting jobs, connections and sideline hustles. But what exactly is a personal brand? How do we go about creating one? And for those of us who are looking to pivot to new opportunities, how do we refresh our branding? (Re)brand Yourself, (Re)tell Your Story is your indispensable guide to the journey of personal branding. Author Yasser Mattar shows that skills and competencies are the unique value-add that we bring to an enterprise – but they are in danger of being overlooked if not communicated clearly. That is why we need to craft a memorable brand persona, and use storytelling techniques to structure a compelling brand story, in order to highlight our winning attributes. A personal brand is the best investment you can make for your career. If you do it right, you’ ll find that you’ re never just an employee of a company anymore – you’ re a brand in your own right.

Yasser Mattar (Author), Andrew Heisler (Narrator)

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American Sign Language for Beginners

This audiocourse, titled 'American Language for Beginners,' is meticulously designed to introduce learners to the foundational aspects of American Sign Language (ASL), one of the most widely used languages among the deaf and hard-of-hearing communities in the United States. Spanning several comprehensive lessons, this course starts by teaching common signs and then reviews the ASL alphabet and numbers, where each is described in detail, ensuring that learners can grasp the hand shapes and movements associated with each character. After that more handshapes are described, with a thematic focus including: sports, weather, travel, clothing, directions and foods. The course includes lessons on non-manual signals like facial expressions and body movements, which are crucial for conveying tone and context in ASL. The course also uses brief quizzes to reinforce learning. Additionally, there are sections devoted to cultural aspects of the deaf community, offering insights into the history and diversity in ASL communication. Throughout the course, the narrator’s voice is calm and encouraging, making complex concepts approachable for beginners. This comprehensive approach ensures that learners not only understand ASL basics but also gain a broader appreciation for the language and culture of the deaf community.

David Danforth (Author), Andrew Heisler (Narrator)

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From Standard To Stellar - Elevating Your English Vocabulary

Embark on a journey to elevate your language skills with this comprehensive audio-course for adult learners. This 5-session course is designed to enhance your vocabulary, providing you with new words and their meanings, such as desolate, kinetic, and ebullient. It's suitable for personal enrichment and professional success, and also serves as an advanced course for ESL learners. Each of the 5 20-30 minute lessons introduces a selection of words that add sophistication to communication. The course includes reviews, delving into synonyms, antonyms, and etymology, ensuring a thorough understanding of usage and context. The audio format benefits auditory learners and busy individuals, allowing learning while commuting or exercising. Delivered by skilled narrators, the course ensures that pronunciation, spelling, and meaning are clearly understood, covering 150 challenging words. Interactive elements are included to reinforce learning, encouraging listeners to answer questions and engage with the content. This course isn't just about memorizing words; it's about empowering effective communication, critical thinking, and deep understanding. It's ideal for all adults aiming to refine their English, from professionals to lifelong learners interested in the intricacies of language.

Sophia Mitchell (Author), Andrew Heisler, Mary Shilston (Narrator)

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Test-Ready Vocabulary

This audiobook serves as a powerful tool for individuals preparing for the standardized college exams, focusing on the mastery of vocabulary that is crucial for achieving high scores on standardized tests. With an emphasis on frequently-tested, challenging words, the content is structured to facilitate easy learning and retention, suitable for test-takers at the college application level. Listeners are guided through a curated selection of words, complete with definitions, synonyms, antonyms, and example sentences that illustrate proper usage in context. The audio format allows for an engaging and interactive learning experience. The five lessons of 30-40 minutes each are divided into manageable sections. This structure supports incremental learning, enabling listeners to build their vocabulary steadily and effectively. Additionally, the audiobook includes strategic tips based on word-stems and Greek and Latin roots to help decipher unfamiliar words during the test, enhancing critical thinking and problem-solving skills. Words are revisiting in different ways throughout the course to promote nuanced understanding of their meaning. Beyond mere memorization, this audiobook emphasizes understanding the nuances of the English language, helping listeners to develop an intuitive sense for word choice and usage. It is an invaluable resource for anyone aiming to elevate their verbal reasoning and writing abilities, ensuring they are well-prepared not just for test day, but for future academic and professional communication. With its neutral and informed approach, this audiobook is a versatile resource that can be revisited time and again for continued vocabulary enrichment. Whether on the go, during a workout, or in the comfort of your home, this audiobook is your companion in achieving a higher level of vocabulary proficiency for the GRE, SAT, and beyond.

Sophia Mitchell (Author), Andrew Heisler, Mary Shilston (Narrator)

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Word Athletes: Training For Linguistic Fitness and Agility, A 9th Grader's Vocabulary Builder

This 10-session course is tailored to enhance the vocabulary of 9th graders, focusing on their educational needs and developmental stage. It covers over 100 words, such as 'feign,' 'zoology,' 'stolid,' 'renegade,' 'rapport,' and 'insidious,' chosen for their relevance to both academic curricula and everyday language. Each 15-minute session is designed to fit into a busy academic schedule while being interactive and engaging, catering to various learning styles. The course employs a multi-faceted approach to vocabulary building. Words are introduced with definitions, used in sentences, and incorporated into short stories, helping students contextualize and understand them in narrative forms. Interactive elements like questions and discussions encourage active use of the words, aiding in memorization and understanding of their nuances. The course also introduces synonyms, expanding vocabulary and highlighting subtle differences in meaning and usage, essential for effective communication and language skills. The structure of the course allows revisiting vocabulary in different sessions, each time with a new approach. This repetitive, varied method solidifies understanding, enabling students to confidently use these words in academic and everyday contexts.

Sophia Mitchell (Author), Andrew Heisler, Mary Shilston (Narrator)

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Elevate Your English

A resource for learners of the English language to expand their vocabulary through 5 20-minute sessions of increasingly complex by commonly used English words. To help learning and retention of words are approached in multiple ways using definitions, sentence usage, questions, stories, opposites, similar words and other techniques. Session 1 starts with more basic words such as opponent, cable, additional, triumph and rare. Session 2 covers words like gingerly, upset, globe, shabby and actual. Session 3 includes words like reassure, hearty, condone, deprive and faulty. Session 4 includes words such as superior, ordinary, particular, diverge and invert. Session 5 includes collide, vow, mimic, monotonous, variable and adhere as well as quiz content on words covered previously. Through each content segment is relatively short and the words and learning approach change frequently within each session to keep the content fresh and interesting. If you are an intermediate to advanced English-speaker then this is an ideal way to round out your vocabulary and deepen your understanding of other words you are starting to become familiar with.

Sophia Mitchell (Author), Andrew Heisler, Mary Shilston (Narrator)

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Vocabulary Advancement

This five session guide builds your vocabulary for college by presenting challenging words in multiple settings. Learning new vocabulary is a multi-stage process involving multiple interactions with new words in context. This course achieves this by explaining words through their definitions as you would expect, but then presenting them in stories, with their opposites, explaining relevant Greek and Latin word stems, semantic scales and using other proven techniques to rapidly expand your vocabulary via challenging, but commonly used words. This can be helpful for college readiness or test prep. Words include acrimonious, maudlin, nefarious, quixotic and pernicious. The audiobook includes over 100 grade-appropriate words. Each session is around 15 minutes long, making this a quick and easy way to grow your vocabulary and come back for a refresher as often as you need.

Sophia Mitchell (Author), Andrew Heisler, Mary Shilston (Narrator)

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Adult Vocabulary Boost

A guide for adults to expand their vocabulary through a range of activities and and exercises to increase familiarity with more challenging but useful words. Examples of the level of words included are laconic, elated, divulge, bellicose, despondent, jeopardize and opulent. This audio course will broaden your vocabulary by over a hundred words and deepen your understanding of words that you already know. Vocabulary is approached in multiple ways to build a firm understanding, this includes: stories, definitions, synonyms, word stems, word origins, sentence usage, quiz questions and other methods to build out your vocabulary. The sessions vary in length from 20-40 minutes, the later sessions are longer as review of prior content is included to help aid retention and committing words to long-term memory. This is an ideal way to strengthen your command of the English language.

Sophia Mitchell (Author), Andrew Heisler, Mary Shilston (Narrator)

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Vocabulary Voyage: Expanding Word Usage For 10th Graders

This audiobook is intended to develop understanding and comprehension of more advanced vocabulary for a 10th grader looking to broaden their exposure to the English language. The sort of words that are included in this title, for example, are pragmatic, meticulous and harbinger. One must be exposed to a word multiple times in different context to start to understand it and use it correctly. That's why this 10-session audiobook uses a number of different techniques to describe words from their definitions to using them in context in stories and sentences, providing synonyms as well as antonyms and many other methods. This repeated interaction with the words in the course, means that you approach vocabulary from different angles making it easier to retain the words that are learned and promoting a broader understanding of meaning in context. This course will expand the listeners' vocabulary by over 100 age-appropriate and challenging words. This content may also be useful in preparation for parts of certain standardized testing where vocabulary is tested, as well as advanced learners of English as a Second Language (ESL). This proven course is an ideal, effective and age-targeted way to broaden vocabulary.

Sophia Mitchell (Author), Andrew Heisler, Mary Shilston (Narrator)

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Word Explorers: Mapping The Language Landscape, A Vocabulary Expander for 8th Graders

This ten-session course broadens vocabulary for 8th graders in multiple ways including definitions of words, usage in context, stories, quiz questions and pairing of words with similar ones. This is an ideal way to foster vocabulary development. Vocabulary included in this 8th grade course includes terms such as juxtapose, velocity, technical, surmise, validate, abhor and many others. 8th grade is a target level for this course, but depending on a child's vocabulary development it may be useful for other or younger children. This course is part of a progressive series that enables progressive vocabulary learning from course to course. Sessions start by introducing new vocabulary and later in the course words are examined in different ways and understanding of the vocabulary is tested.

Sophia Mitchell (Author), Andrew Heisler, Mary Shilston (Narrator)

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The U.S. Constitution and Subsequent Amendments: Presented Verbatim In Chronological Order

This is a comprehensive audio recording providing a clear and concise presentation of the United States Constitution, the Bill of Rights, and all 27 amendments. This educational resource is ideal for individuals wanting to gain a deeper understanding of the foundational legal document that has guided the development of the United States. The recording begins with an accurate reading of the original text of the Constitution, including the Preamble, which establishes the purpose and guiding principles of the government. Listeners will have the opportunity to explore the intricate balance of power among the three branches of government: the legislative, executive, and judicial. Following the main body of the Constitution, the recording delves into the Bill of Rights, which comprises the first ten amendments. These amendments outline the fundamental freedoms and protections afforded to citizens, such as freedom of speech, the right to bear arms, and protection from unreasonable searches and seizures. Finally, the audio recording presents the 17 additional amendments that have been adopted since the Bill of Rights, reflecting the evolving needs and values of the United States. These amendments address various issues, such as the abolition of slavery, women's suffrage, the amendment for prohibition and it's subsequent repeal, and the establishment of the federal income tax. The clear and engaging narration helps make the complex language of the Constitution accessible to a wide range of audiences, including students, teachers, legal professionals, and history enthusiasts.

Founding Fathers (Author), Andrew Heisler (Narrator)

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An Introductory Guide To American Sign Language: Learn the Alphabet, Numbers and Common Words In ASL

Are you interested in learning a new language that is visual and expressive? If so, then ASL might be the perfect language for you. ASL is not only the third most commonly used language in the United States, but it is also the primary language of the deaf and hard-of-hearing community. This introductory guide teaches you the basics of ASL, including the letters, numbers, and some common words used in everyday conversation. You will also learn some background information on the language, its history, and how it is used in the deaf and hard-of-hearing community in the U.S. and internationally. Throughout the course, we provide clear instruction for the common signs as well as offering opportunities to review your knowledge. Whether you're looking to expand your language skills for personal growth, career advancement, or to communicate better with friends or family members who are deaf or hard-of-hearing, this is the ideal way to learn the basics of ASL on your own schedule.

David Danforth (Author), Andrew Heisler (Narrator)

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Audiobooks Narrated by Andrew Heisler