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Every age and social strata has its bad eggs, rule-breakers, and nose-thumbers. As acclaimed popular historian and author of How to Be a Victorian Ruth Goodman reveals in her madcap chronicle, Elizabethan England was particularly rank with troublemakers, from snooty needlers who took aim with a cutting "thee" to lowbrow drunkards with revolting table manners. Goodman draws on advice manuals, court cases, and sermons to offer this colorfully crude portrait of offenses most foul.  

Über Scheinargumente. Über Sprachtricks. Über kognitive Verzerrungen und wie man sich gegen Manipulationen im Alltag wehrt.

More than three decades after his death, John Steinbeck remains one of the nation's most beloved authors. Yet few know of his career as a journalist who covered world events from the Great Depression to Vietnam. Now, this original collection offers a portrait of the artist as citizen, deeply...

Alemán. Gramática fácil es un audio que recoge los conceptos gramaticales más importantes de la lengua germana en un formato claro y sencillo y representado a través de frases de traducción.

Wer mit der Stimme arbeitet, braucht Training. Ihre Wirkung auf andere hängt zu 38 % vom Klang Ihrer Stimme ab und nur zu 7% vom Inhalt...

Improve your Portuguese skills and grow your vocabulary with these 10 entertaining Brazilian Portuguese short stories! The best part of learning a new language is experiencing the culture and diving into activities that will enrich your life and vocabulary. The best way to learn a new language is by reading, and in this Portuguese book, you will find yourself listening to each captivating story that will engage your mind and help you improve your Portuguese.

Phineas Finn, a handsome young man of 23, comes to England to make his fortune in parliamentary politics. But despite all his aspirations, Finn is haunted by ethical questions as his personal convictions conflict with his duty towards his party. Loyalty versus honor, love versus money, and privacy versus prominence: our eponymous hero faces a variety of dilemmas as he navigates his way through the House of Commons.

Whatever you're writing, you have to make it clear. You could be writing a website, a brochure, or a client presentation. You could be preparing a job application, an email, or a classified ad. Or you might be writing an article or a book. Whatever it is, the clearer you make it, the better your results will be. How to Write Clearly will help. It's an authoritative yet easy-to-digest guide that will make your nonfiction writing more colorful, expressive, and precise. Writing is more than just words on a page. It's a process of communication.

Experience the second episode of the Baumgartner & Momsen detective story series for German learners on your stereo or headphones, at home or on the go! The narration style and speed of this audiobook is aimed at providing learners with real-world spoken German that is clearly understandable, not too fast but also not too slow.

Wissenschaftlich schreiben leicht gemacht - In 5 Schritten zur perfekten Haus- oder Abschlussarbeit. Wie du wissenschaftliche Arbeiten mühelos zu Papier bringst. Inklusive vorgefertigten Satzanfängen und Phasen! Rund 30 % aller Studierenden geben ohne einen Bachelorabschluss in der Tasche das Studium auf. Der Grund? Allzu oft sind es Probleme mit dem wissenschaftlichen Schreiben. Denn wer wissenschaftlich nicht gut schreiben kann, fürchtet selbst kleine Hausarbeiten. Von der Bachelor- oder Masterarbeit ganz zu schweigen.

Deathworld centers on Jason dinAlt, a professional gambler who uses his somewhat erratic psionic abilities to tip the odds in his favor. He is challenged by a man named Kerk Pyrrus (who turns out to be the ambassador from the planet Pyrrus) to turn a large amount of money into an immense sum by gambling at a government-run casino. He succeeds and survives the planetary government's desperate efforts to steal back the money.

The three novels that make up this trilogy have long been recognized as masterpieces of 20th-century literature, and Galsworthy as one of its leading exponents. But don’t let that be the reason you put off listening to this wonderful work. There are passion and lust in these pages, high art and low comedy, and unthinking violence that ride alongside ever-correct manners. Scandal, tragedy, despair, rape, accidental death, marriage, remarriage and a healthy leavening of births all unfold against a rolling backdrop of a world war.

The crew of a European ship discovers the utopian island of Bensalem, having gotten lost in the Pacific Ocean somewhere near Peru. The crew spend time learning about the ways of the people of Bensalem, a very chaste group of Christians. The most important part of the island is their university, a state-sponsored scientific institution known as Salomon's House. The narrator is chosen from amongst the crew to get a one-on-one explanation of the way their society works, and he learns about the various buildings and jobs that exist on Bensalem.

NOW AVAILABLE ON AUDIO! Before he gave us the “one of a kind classic” (The Wall Street Journal) memoir On Writing, Stephen King wrote a nonfiction masterpiece in Danse Macabre, “one of the best books on American popular culture” (Philadelphia Inquirer). From the author of dozens of #1...

Discover the inimitable genius of Ray Bradbury as he explores the art of writing, the power of creativity, and the timeless appeal of storytelling in this collection of essays that are part masterclass, part memoir, featuring a new introduction by Dan Chaon. In Zen in the Art of Writing, Ray...

Lernen Sie Hindi zu sprechen ist ein Audio-Kurs für Anfänger oder für alle, die sich schwer tun, fließend Hindi zu sprechen. Der Schwerpunkt dieses Kurses liegt darin, von der ersten Stunde an das Sprechen von Konversationshindi zu üben. Der Kurs ist in 30 Lektionen, 6 Wiederholungslektionen und 3 Hörverständnislektionen unterteilt. Jede Lektion enthält nützliche alltägliche Ausdrücke, die sich auf ein bestimmtes Thema beziehen.

Historic levels of polarization, a disaffected and frustrated electorate, and widespread distrust of government, the news media, and traditional political leadership set the stage in 2016 for an unexpected, unlikely, and unprecedented presidential contest. Donald Trump’s campaign speeches and other rhetoric seemed on the surface to be simplistic, repetitive, and disorganized to many. As Demagogue for President shows, Trump’s campaign strategy was anything but simple.

Inspector Nayland Smith has unearthed a plot that could mean the end of civilization as we know it. He's just arrived in London, chasing the greatest criminal mind ever to come from the East. But when he arrives to warn Sir Crichton Davies that he is in danger, he finds he is too late. Sir Crichton has become the first victim of the insidious Dr. Fu-Manchu.

Du träumst davon, ein Expertenbuch zu schreiben und damit deine Sichtbarkeit und Glaubwürdigkeit als Expertin bzw. Experte zu steigern? Aber irgendwie fehlen dir das Know-How und der Mut, den ersten Schritt zu wagen? Und einen Verlag hast du natürlich auch nicht an der Hand!? Du bist nicht allein. Viele Experten scheuen sich davor, sich den Herausforderungen eines Buchprojekts zu stellen, geschweige denn das Buch selbst zu veröffentlichen. Doch mit diesem Hörbuch ändert sich das!

“Still Writing offers up a cornucopia of wisdom, insights, and practical lessons gleaned from Dani Shapiro's long experience as a celebrated writer and teacher of writing. The beneficiaries are beginning writers, veteran writers and everyone in between.” —Jennifer Egan From Dani Shapiro...