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  How Poetry Can Transform Our Lives

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  Jane Hirshfield believes that poetry can play a transformative role in our lives. “What poems are doing is counterbalancing the mainstream tenor of our culture, which is to do, to be active, to be energetic and to prove one’s self… and one of the messages underlying all poems that move us is that we have nothing at all to prove.” She offers her perspective on beauty and how it cannot exist alone. She takes us behind the scenes into the mind of the poet, and treats us to some of her own poems and her thinking behind them. She also reminds us that a reader can benefit from a poem without knowing what the poet is thinking, but by thinking for him- or herself. Poetry encourages us to ask questions, open up to the unknown, and see our vulnerabilities. Her own process includes the constant practice of questioning, searching, and listening. Poems can present life to us through a different lens, she says. “One of the things that poetry helps us with is to remain open to what is not sure, what is not guaranteed, what makes us feel vulnerable.”

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  Learn Chinese - Level 1:...

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  Absolutely new to Chinese? Don’t know where to start?
   
  Welcome to Introduction to Chinese, Volume 1
   
  
   
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  Master the basics of Chinese conversation the fun, fast and easy way!
   
  
   
  Start speaking Chinese in minutes, and learn key vocabulary, phrases, and grammar in just minutes more with Introduction to Chinese. Our native Chinese hosts break down all the sentences, grammar and more in a simple, easily understandable way! 
   
  
   
  Introduction to Chinese will arm you with Chinese and cultural insight to utterly shock and amaze your Chinese-speaking friends and family, teachers, and colleagues.
   
  
   
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  uTalk Cornish

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  It's naturally easier to learn something when it's set to rhythmic music, so that is exactly what we've done. 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. It will give you an easy road into starting to learn a completely new language.  If you just want a few simple words and phrases before going abroad, Rhythms is all you need. It covers absolute essentials such as how to greet people, basic directions, getting around, food and drink. You'll hear everything spoken by both a male and a female native speaker and there will be plenty of opportunity for you to test how well you're doing with the review stages built in at key points in each track.
  Rhythms can be used anytime, anywhere: listen in the car or on the train, walking the dog, doing housework or exercising at the gym. Absorbing a language couldn't be easier and uTalk Rhythms has over 120 different languages to choose from.

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  Learn Spanish with Camila -...

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  A Beginner’s Guide to Learning Spanish 
    
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  Learning a foreign language becomes easy when you know your reason why you want it. If you have a strong desire to learn, it will be easy, and with determination you will surely reach your goal! 
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  36 real authors give us an in depth look at their successes, their mistakes, and their careers as writers. 
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  Bite-Sized Spanish in Ten...

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  Fast – Easy – EffectiveMy trained native Spanish speakers and I can show you how to speak Spanish faster and easier than you ever thought possible, from any location, and during your otherwise wasted down time with my #1 rated Bite-Sized Spanish audio program. 
  10 Minutes a Day Is All You NeedWith this fast and easy-to-use audio program, you begin immediately to speak authentic Spanish in just 10 minutes a day, using your otherwise wasted down time. Time you spend waiting in traffic, on trains, for the dentist, from any location! And 10 minutes a day is all you need! 
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  Learn While Driving, at the Gym, From Any LocationYou don’t need a computer, an hour or even a half hour of free time. You learn Spanish while waiting or while on the run, from any location, for pennies a day, one easy bite at a time. Remember. Just 10 minutes a day from any location will do the trick.

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