English Grammar

Castilian Spanish Phase 1, Unit 1 contains 30 minutes of spoken language practice, with an introductory conversation, and isolated vocabulary and structures. Detailed instructions enable you to understand and participate in the conversation. The lesson contains full practice for all vocabulary introduced in this unit.

Start speaking Swedish in minutes, and grasp the language, culture and customs in just minutes more with Survival Phrases – Swedish, a completely new way to learn Basic Swedish fast! Survival Phrases - Swedish will have you speaking with proper pronunciation from the very first lesson and prepare you with cultural insight, travel tips and other information to utterly shock and amaze your friends and family, travel companions and people you meet along the way.

Professionals and entrepreneurs do a great job of keeping up appearances. But if they're honest with themselves, they're short on living the life they really want. Train Your Brain for Success provides the perspective to analyze how you got where you are and, more importantly, learn the skills to get where you truly desire to be. Train Your Brain for Success explains specific ways of thinking and acting that will get anyone where they want to go, fast.

This audiobook provides an introduction to the Quechua language as used throughout South America in Peru, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, and elsewhere. Topics covered include numbers, colors, greetings, questions, places, foods and many other areas of vocabulary that you can use daily. Vocabulary is split across 28 daily sessions to help you first learn and then recall key Quechua words and phrases.

Even the most erudite among us use words like apocryphal, facetious, ironic, meteorite, moot, redundant, and unique incorrectly every day. Don’t be one of them. Using examples of misuse from leading newspapers, prominent public figures and famous writers, among others, language gurus Ross Petras and Kathryn Petras explain how to avoid these perilous pitfalls in the English language.

This book is a personal spelling dictionary for kindergarten, first grade, and second grade, containing over 700 high-frequency words including, sight words, commonly misspelled words, and academic content words.

Listening to a language while asleep can help supercharge your vocabulary. Learn easily with the power of pleasant repetition. With the Learn Urdu While Sleeping audiobook, you'll absorb over 430 Urdu words and phrases effortlessly.

In this wildly entertaining A to Z of verbal acrobatics, Gyles takes you on a whirlwind tour of our mother tongue – from the origins of words and correct grammar and punctuation, to similes, euphemisms and record breaking tongue twisters (try getting your mouth around floccinaucinihilipification!). An idiosyncratic blend of history, word play, anecdote, and hyperbole, all in 60-second instalments, this is Gyles Brandreth at his word-perfect, Just-a-Minute best. You’ll never mix your metaphors again...

To write a successful book, you need to find and work with an editor who shares your passion for your work and your message and who will help you make your book sing. And sing a smash hit. A blockbuster of a message, clearly and carefully constructed so readers love you and your work and leave you five-star Amazon reviews only because they don’t have more stars to give.

In Romaine Wasn’t Built in a Day, linguist Tschann takes us on a journey from the vineyards of Avignon to the shores of Tahiti to the port of Mocha on the Red Sea coast to explore the history of the history of the words we use for the food we eat. Chock full of linguistic did-you-knows and delectable trivia, this is your go-to gift for history buffs, crossword fiends, and Scrabble diehards. This is the surprising and sometimes hilarious history of food, told through the lens of the fascinating evolution of language.

How to Read 100 Books a Year isn’t just about speed—it’s about strategy. If you’ve ever dreamed of reading more but felt overwhelmed by time constraints, this book is your guide. Drawing from personal experience and practical techniques, Pierre shares insights on how to make reading an enriching, lifelong habit. From tackling the classics to managing your time effectively, this book breaks down the myths of speed reading, offers proven techniques to maximize comprehension and retention, and provides a roadmap to help you engage with 100 books a year—without sacrificing depth or enjoyment.

One of the more difficult things about working with native English speakers is their use of expressions, or idioms. What’s a “dog and pony show”? What does it mean to “leave someone in the lurch” or to “take a beating”? Unfortunately, you can’t stop English speakers from using these idioms, so you need to understand them yourself! Each of the more than 500 idioms in this book is presented, in alphabetical order, with its meaning and a business example. Recommended for intermediate to advanced English speakers.

You will learn English through stories, like native English speakers do. This book is for English language learners who are interested in learning English grammar and learning English vocabulary in a natural and interesting way. Each story has specially placed English grammar and English vocabulary to help you improve your English.

Have you ever wondered how some people can skim through a book in minutes, pick up dozens of facts and ideas, and recall them with pinpoint accuracy, even months or years later? With Smart Reading, you won't need to wonder any more.

In The Invisible Toolbox, Kim shares with parents the single most important thing they can do to foster their child's future-learning potential and nurture the parent-child bond that is the foundation for a child's motivation to learn. She is convinced that the simple act of reading aloud has a far-reaching impact that few of us fully understand and that the importance of that act has recently been further occluded by our nearly universal saturation in technology.

Imagine feeling like a master of your own reading experience. This guide is your secret weapon. It's packed with proven techniques and strategies from cognitive science and reading experts. You'll learn how to highlight effectively, take notes that stick, and actively engage with the text to unlock deeper comprehension. Think of it like a cheat code for your brain. Unlock the power of active reading and finally conquer the challenge of retaining what you read. This is your chance to become a truly intelligent reader.

Spelling can be very challenging for kids, especially when more videos are being watched than books are being read these days. Luckily, spelling and reading comprehension are two things that can still be taught in a fun and interactive way that people of all ages can enjoy.

Isn’t it crazy that 500 million hours of videos are watched every single day? And that kids and adults in the US spend 10 times more hours watching these videos compared to reading books?Because of this, adults and children are struggling with reading and spelling more than ever before. Having a fun learning audiobook like ours allows for a greater, all-in-one learning experience, unmatched by any other book in the industry.

Spelling can be very challenging for kids, especially since they watch more videos than read books, these days. Luckily, spelling and reading comprehension are two things that can still be taught in a fun and interactive way that people of all ages can enjoy. Having a fun, educational audiobook like ours allows for a greater, unmatched, all-in-one learning experience not offered by any other book in the industry.

Use your mind's natural rhythm to learn a language with Rhythms Easy Scottish Gaelic from EuroTalk. It's naturally easier to learn something when it's set to rhythmic music, so that is exactly what we've done. Rhythms put your mind painlessly to work: you don't even need to focus! Simple words and phrases are set to a varied pattern of rhythms and music designed to help you learn and to keep you engaged so that you won't just switch off after five minutes.