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Words on the Move opens our eyes to the surprising backstories to the words and expressions we use every day. Did you know that silly once meant "blessed"? Or that ought was the original past tense of owe? Or that the suffix -ly in adverbs is actually a remnant of the word like? And have you ever wondered why some people from New Orleans sound as if they come from Brooklyn?

Are you struggling to walk your dog or puppy? Do you feel stressed or overwhelmed with your dog right now? Is your puppy struggling with walks? Do you have a scared, nervous, or reactive dog? Does your dog get overexcited when you go for a walk? Have you got a dog that can’t go for a walk due to surgery or illness or old age? It might come as a surprise, but traditional "walks" are a human invention and aren't helpful for many of our dogs. Whether you want to help your own dog or you work with dogs, this book will show you alternatives to walks.

Welcome to "Learn Brazilian Portuguese", a podcast that brings you practical lessons in Brazilian Portuguese, focusing on the informal language used in day-to-day life. Each lesson covers essential language skills for everyday conversations with practical tips and cultural insights. Start your Portuguese learning journey with LBP. Bora aprender Português!

Academic Ableism brings together disability studies and institutional critique to recognize the ways that disability is composed in and by higher education and rewrites the spaces, times, and economies of disability in higher education to place disability front and center. For too long, argues Jay Timothy Dolmage, disability has been constructed as the antithesis of higher education, often positioned as a distraction, a drain, a problem to be solved.

If you're the parent of a "smart but scattered" teen, trying to help him or her grow into a self-sufficient, responsible adult may feel like a never-ending battle. Now you have an alternative to micromanaging, cajoling, or ineffective punishments. This positive guide provides a science-based program for promoting teens' independence by building their executive skills - the fundamental brain-based abilities needed to get organized, stay focused, and control impulses and emotions.

On the morning of April 29, 1986, a fire alarm sounded in the Los Angeles Public Library. As the moments passed, the patrons and staff who had cleared out of the building realized this was not the usual false alarm. As one fireman recounted later, “Once that first stack got going, it was good-bye, Charlie.” The fire was disastrous: It reached 2,000 degrees and burned for more than seven hours. By the time it was extinguished, it had consumed 400,000 books and damaged 700,000 more.

Apprenez le français en écoutant des nouvelles et des histoires courtes à propos de la France. — Learn French through news and short stories about France.Bonjour !Je m'appelle Nicolas. Je suis professeur de français depuis plus de 20 ans au Japon. Chaque semaine, je vous parle pendant quelques minutes de l'actualité et de la culture françaises. Pourquoi "Escargot" ? Parce que je parle lentement et de façon simple pour que vous compreniez tout. Et puis parce que c'est un plat français délicieux. Bon appétit !Bonjour !My name is Nicolas. I've been a French teacher for more than 20 ...

Maîtrisez les fondamentaux de la préparation physique en un temps record ⚡️Je suis Aurélien Broussal-Derval, préparateur physique de haut niveau (fédérations internationales, athlètes olympiques, sportif de haut niveau).↳ Tous les lundis à 7h, je vous livre les notions essentielles de la préparation physique issues de mon expérience de vingt ans dans le haut niveau en 3 minutes top chrono !Ce podcast est fait pour vous✅ Sportifs engagés, coachs sportifs, étudiants, préparateurs physiques, kinés du sport, prof d’EPS et curieux sur les sciences du sport de tout bord !✅ ...

30 Days to a More Powerful Vocabulary quickly became a bestseller in its category back in 2015. Now, in this updated and revised edition—which now contains the 700 most important words you need to master—you'll quickly learn why this title has been such a positive impact in the personal and professional lives of tens of thousands in the English-speaking world.

"Químicos Portugueses pelo Mundo" é um podcast que explora as fascinantes jornadas de químicos portugueses que estão a deixar a sua marca em diversas partes do globo. Cada episódio destaca um profissional que, com o seu talento e dedicação, tem contribuído significativamente para o avanço da química em diferentes países e contextos. Descubra as histórias inspiradoras desses cientistas, os seus desafios e conquistas, e o impacto que o seu trabalho está a ter no mundo.

Welcome to the Luavo podcast! An educational space about expressive voice. Here, each episode is a portal to new areas of understanding and exploration of the vocal universe. Presented by actress and broadcaster Cintya Chaves, this podcast is a space for learning about the use of voice in the most varied situations. Cintya Chaves, is a professor at San Francisco State University and has worked with Voice Over since 2016. She started working in São Paulo with dubbing and commercials for radio and TV and today she also records for meditation apps and bedtime stories. This podcast is recorded ...

In this no-nonsense guide, primary reading expert and classroom teacher Lindsay Kemeny shares seven ways K-3 teachers can modify what they are currently doing to transform their reading instruction.

Discover how to close the knowing-doing gap and transform your school or district into a high-performing professional learning community (PLC). The powerful audiobook edition of this comprehensive action guide from experts Richard DuFour, Rebecca DuFour, Robert Eaker, Thomas W. Many, and Mike Mattos updates and expands on new and significant PLC topics.

The Eternal City and Beyond: Exploring the Magnificence of Italy At the heart of the Mediterranean, a nation steeped in antiquity and cultural splendor beckons to travelers from around the globe. Italy, a land where the echoes of ancient empires resonate through vibrant cities and rolling countryside, where art and architecture attain divine form, and where la dolce vita is celebrated with every sip of wine and every savored bite of exquisite cuisine. To journey through this captivating country is to embark on an odyssey through the very foundations of Western civilization itself. The Eternal ...

Even under ideal conditions, teaching is tough work. Facing unrelenting pressure from administrators and parents and caught in a race against time to improve student outcomes, educators can easily become discouraged (or worse, burn out completely) without a robust coaching system in place to support them.

According to the Swiss National Science Foundation, listening to a newly acquired foreign language while sleeping can enhance memory retention of the material learned. The auditory stimulation during our slumber helps solidify our memories.

Why America's sons are underachieving, and what we can do about it. Something is happening to boys today. From kindergarten to college, American boys are, on average, less resilient and less ambitious than they were a mere 20 years ago. The gender gap in college attendance and graduation rates has widened dramatically. In Boys Adrift, Dr. Leonard Sax delves into the scientific literature and draws on more than 20 years of clinical experience to explain why boys and young men are failing in school and disengaged at home.

People Skills is a communication-skills handbook that can help you eliminate these and other communication problems. Author Robert Bolton describes the twelve most common communication barriers, showing how these "roadblocks" damage relationships by increasing defensiveness, aggressiveness, or dependency. He explains how to acquire the ability to listen, assert yourself, resolve conflicts, and work out problems with others. These are skills that will help you communicate calmly, even in stressful emotionally charged situations.

Developed by experienced professors and professionally narrated for easy listening, this course is a valuable tool when preparing for your Law School Admission Test (LSAT). The audio is focused and high-yield, covering the most important topics you need to know to succeed on the LSAT. The material is accurate, up-to-date, and broken down into bite-sized chapters. There are quizzes and key takeaways sections following each chapter to review questions commonly tested and drive home key points.

People are now exposed to more information than ever before, provided both by technology and by increasing access to every level of education. These societal gains, however, have also helped fuel a surge in narcissistic and misguided intellectual egalitarianism that has crippled informed debates on any number of issues. Today, everyone knows everything and all voices demand to be taken with equal seriousness, and any claim to the contrary is dismissed as undemocratic elitism.