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  Alphabet Juice

  Roy Blount

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  Ali G: How many words does you know?Noam Chomsky: Normally, humans, by maturity, have tens of thousands of them.Ali G: What is some of 'em?—Da Ali G ShowDid you know that both mammal and matter derive from baby talk? Have you noticed how wince makes you wince? Ever wonder why so many h-words have to do with breath?Roy Blount Jr. certainly has, and after forty years of making a living using words in every medium, print or electronic, except greeting cards, he still can't get over his ABCs. In Alphabet Juice, he celebrates the electricity, the juju, the sonic and kinetic energies, of letters and their combinations. Blount does not prescribe proper English. The franchise he claims is "over the counter." Three and a half centuries ago, Thomas Blount produced Blount's Glossographia, the first dictionary to explore derivations of English words. This Blount's Glossographia takes that pursuit to other levels, from Proto-Indo-European roots to your epiglottis. It rejects the standard linguistic notion that the connection between words and their meanings is "arbitrary." Even the word arbitrary is shown to be no more arbitrary, at its root, than go-to guy or crackerjack. From sources as venerable as the OED (in which Blount finds an inconsistency, at whisk) and as fresh as Urbandictionary.com (to which Blount has contributed the number-one definition of "alligator arm"), and especially from the author's own wide-ranging experience, Alphabet Juice derives an organic take on language that is unlike, and more fun than, any other.

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  Everyday Urdu for Beginners -...

  Innovative Language Learning, ...

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  ***Important: With this Audiobook, you’re entitled to a bonus Audiobook: The Introductory Urdu Basic Bootcamp (5 Lessons)***
   
  
   
  You want to learn Urdu and actually speak the language, right?
   
  
   
  Then, let’s start talking about your everyday life.
   
  
   
  You can talk about in English. Now, you’ll do it in Urdu.
   
  
   
  This Audiobook is perfect for upper beginner learners who know some Urdu already. With it, you get the key to speaking practical Urdu: 400+ practical phrases across 10 chapters. You’ll be able to talk about your day — from morning to night. 
   
  
   
  How does it work?
   
  Every chapter covers a daily scenario like “morning activities, “going to work,” “at night.” And in each one, you learn a TON of phrases. For example, for mornings: I wake up, I shower, I have breakfast, I leave the house, and much much more. 
   
  
   
  Imagine being fluent enough to talk about your day in Urdu!
   
  
   
  What you get:
   
  • 105 minutes of lessons in total
   
  • 115+ page Companion PDF eBook
   
  • BONUS Gift Inside! Urdu Basic Bootcamp Audiobook
   
  
   
  Results you can expect:
   
  • Talk about your daily life in Urdu
   
  • Boost your Urdu vocabulary 
   
  • Improve your Urdu speaking and listening skills
   
  
   
  Download the PDF and read along

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  Learn Indonesian While Sleeping

  Innovative Language Learning, ...

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  Can you learn while sleeping? Studies* say that… yes you can. 
   
  
   
  Listening to a language while asleep can help supercharge your vocabulary.
   
  
   
  Learn Easily with the Power of Pleasant Repetition
   
  
   
  With the Learn Indonesian While Sleeping Audiobook, you’ll absorb over 430 Indonesian words and phrases effortlessly. 
   
  
   
  You can use this Beginner-Level Audiobook to
   
  • Relax while listening to Indonesian phrases and translations
   
  • Relieve stress. Just listen in — No confusing grammar rules 
   
  • Wind down before bed to help you fall asleep
   
  • And of course — learn words passively — in your sleep.
   
  
   
  How does it work? Just press play... and listen to the gentle voice of a native teacher. 
   
  
   
  Our teacher repeats each word and phrase multiple times... so you’ll retain them better… whether you’re awake or in bed. For best results, listen while awake first. Then, listen while falling asleep.
   
  
   
  What Will You Learn? You’ll Master 430+ Beginner Words & Phrases Including
   
  • Basic Greetings
   
  • Numbers in Indonesian
   
  • Common Questions and Answers
   
  • Words for Introducing Yourself
   
  • Basic Verbs & Adjectives
   
  • And much more
   
  
   
  The Learn Indonesian While Sleeping Audiobook includes
   
  • 13 Beginner-Level Audio Lessons 
   
  • 7+ Hours of Lessons in Total
   
  • Accompanying PDF eBook with all of the words, phrases and translations
   
  
   
  * Züst, Mark Alain et al. “Implicit Vocabulary Learning during Sleep is Bound to Slow-Wave Peaks.” Current Biology. October 21, 2019.
   
  
   
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  Learn Spanish Phrases For...

  Authentic Language Books

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  If you are looking into learning Spanish in a fast, simple way without entering a classroom then you have chosen the perfect book. Learn Spanish Phrases for Beginners is a comprehensive and simple program for learning Spanish with fast, simple, and interactive lessons. Learn Spanish Phrases With Step By Step Spanish Conversations Quick And Easy In Your Car Lesson By Lesson to have native-level fluency in no time. 
  With this book you will learn Spanish phrases for beginners through lessons that will help you develop your vocabulary and teach you how to communicate and hold short conversations. You will also learn basic interactions in different, useful topics for travel. 
  The following book on conversational Spanish will give you the necessary tools for learning a new language in simple and quick lessons. It’s time to begin the adventure of learning Spanish, through simple and quick lessons you can listen to in your car.Inside You Will FindHow to ask where things are and understand directions so you can get to different places using Spanish with native-like fluency in no timeHow to use public transportation to be able to move around a Spanish-speaking city or help Spanish-speaking people navigate English-speaking citiesLearn quick Spanish, understand vocabulary and interactions, and learn correct pronunciation with these simple audio lessonsGet this book NOW and embrace these simple, yet effective language lessons that will have you speaking Spanish like a native in no time!

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  Terry Nation - The Man Who...

  Alwyn W. Turner

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  A “splendidly entertaining” biography of the British tv writer acclaimed for his invention of a fictional alien race for Doctor Who (Dominic Sandrook, author of State of Emergency—The Way We Were: Britain 1970–1974). 
   
  The Daleks are one of the most iconic and fearsome creations in television history. Since their first appearance in 1963, they have simultaneously fascinated and terrified generations of children, their instant success ensuring, and sometimes eclipsing, that of Doctor Who. They sprang from the imagination of Terry Nation, a failed stand-up comic who became one of the most prolific writers for television that Britain ever produced. Survivors, his vision of a post-apocalyptic England, so haunted audiences in the Seventies that the BBC revived it over thirty years on, and Blake’s 7, constantly rumored for return, endures as a cult sci-fi classic. But it is for his genocidal pepperpots that Nation is most often remembered, and now, more than 50 years after their creation they continue to top the Saturday-night ratings. Yet while the Daleks brought him notoriety and riches, Nation played a much wider role in British broadcasting’s golden age. He wrote for Spike Milligan, Frankie Howerd and an increasingly troubled Tony Hancock, and as one of the key figures behind the adventure series of the Sixties—including The Avengers, The Saint and The Persuaders!—he turned the pulp classics of his boyhood into a major British export. In The Man Who Invented the Daleks, acclaimed cultural historian Alwyn W. Turner, explores the curious and contested origins of Doctor Who’s greatest villains, and sheds light on a strange world of ambitious young writers, producers and performers without whom British culture today would look very different.

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  Webster's English Language...

  Betty Kirkpatrick

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  An invaluable reference companion that gives guidance on English language, with help on spelling, grammar and usage. Helpful for formal communication, email and letter writing, with practical guidance on usage, style, sentence construction, writing and composing letters.

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