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In the six lessons of Why Memoir Matters: Learning from the Lives of Others, associate professor and author Tahneer Oksman guides you through enduring categories and themes within the genre of memoir, exploring how these deeply personal stories work and why they are so impactful. The course also addresses the ethical responsibilities of the memoir writer, in terms of writing about personal life details and what it means to tell the truth as a writer while sharing personal memories, shocking events, and even family secrets.

¡Hola amigos! Transform your language skills with the first installment of a brand-new series created just for audio. Join the Superpolyglotbros on a comprehensive and entertaining tour through your first steps in speaking Spanish. In this fully sound-designed audiobook you’ll learn the most important phrases for Spanish communication, arming yourself with everything you need for your next holiday or school trip or simply to impress. ¡Buen viaje!

Just before the small-time bootlegger Max Gerlach died, he tried to reveal his secret: he was the inspiration for the mysterious Jay Gatsby. It’s a nice story, but was he telling the truth? Veteran reporter Joe Nocera and producer Poppy Damon investigate this century-old literary mystery and uncover untold secrets about the Great American Novel.

It’s not just you. Stress levels are at an all-time high—so much so that a recently convened panel of medical experts in the US has recommended that all adults under the age of 65 be screened for anxiety. In How to Release Anxiety, Gabby Bernstein offers simple, actionable steps for feeling better, living with more ease, and showing up for those around us. Gabby’s unusual advice: Rather than manage your anxiety, what if you befriended it? Gabby posits that what we befriend, we can ultimately be at ease with. So she invites us to get curious.

No Calculator? No Problem! Mastering Mental Math , award-winning professor of mathematics and celebrated “mathemagician” Arthur T. Benjamin delivers 10 fun-filled lessons on how to do math in your head with confidence, accuracy, and speed - sometimes faster than a calculator. By the end of Professor Benjamin’s lessons, you’ll be able to add, subtract, multiply, and divide numbers faster than ever before. And with your newfound skills, you’ll soon find yourself amazing other people and, perhaps more important, yourself.

Join the Superpolyglotbros on the second step of your language learning journey with Fundamental Spanish. If you already know the basics of the language and are looking for a quick, easy and effective way to get your language skills up and running, then you’ve come to the right place. This next step offers another round of 30 lessons to expand on the basics of what you already know and increase your vocabulary even further, to get you that much closer to speaking Spanish like a pro. As always, the Superpolyglotbros will be there to guide you every step of the way!

Words. We use them all the time, every day, mostly without giving them much thought at all. We take for granted that they’re here at our disposal whenever we need them. But if you’ve ever wished you could communicate more effectively, words are the place to start. It’s incumbent upon you to choose the best words to accomplish your goals, because how you choose to communicate influences—well, everything! The power of communication shapes our professional goals, our relationships, and our lives—so the words we choose to use carry a great deal of power.

Education can be enriching and transformative. It can also be downright excruciating—even demoralizing. When it comes to learning, why are some of us lovers and some of us haters? Welcome to the world of educational psychology, which uses science to explore what causes people to engage and learn, and what we can do to make learning opportunities more enjoyable and impactful. Spoiler alert: Teachers can only do so much. Students, too, must take control of their learning. Unfortunately, many of us never, ahem, learned the skills to do just that.

How can we change our behaviours? The first step is understanding our habits. For better or worse, habits are the invisible building blocks of daily life. Research suggests that about 40% of what we do is repeated almost daily and yet most of the time we aren't really aware of what's happening.

The slap you in your face, stop you in your tracks, colour run from your face moment that changed everything.

The world is a complex place. A complex place where answers are sometimes hard to find. But in this podcast the economy professor Micael Dahlen asks the seemingly simple questions that lead you on a winding journey into the core of what it means to be a human being.

Il podcast cerca di rispondere alla domanda delle domande: che cos’è la felicità e, soprattutto, come la si può raggiungere? In ogni episodio Gianluca Gotto, scrittore e nomade digitale, affronta il concetto complesso di felicità concentrandosi sui diversi aspetti che la compongono, sugli studi scientifici che sono stati portati avanti e anche sugli esercizi che possiamo applicare alla nostra vita per provare a raggiungerla.

Ever get the feeling that not everything is cool with school? Best-selling author Neal Pollack is dissatisfied with what his teenage son, Elijah, is learning in his studies. Neal wants to fill in the gaps, while Elijah just wants him to chill out a little. Together, they embark on the father-son field trip of a lifetime, which includes stops in New York's poetry-slam scene, a medical-marijuana dispensary, and a convention to discuss evolution with 1,700 biologists.

When you add Extra Credit to your library you will receive all 10 episodes, each with a runtime of approximately 20 minutes.

Veteran journalist Jon Snow gives us unique, untold stories and fresh insight into some of the most poignant news moments in history. Using original news tapes from the ITN archive, Jon takes us behind the scenes of some of the most significant news events of his reporting career.

Anche la cosa più basilare come contare, per esempio "One, Two, Three", se pronunciata male in inglese può suonare incomprensibile... Qualcuno ha detto: "Uno che mastica l'albero"? Il problema principale per noi italiani è che l'IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) risulta complicato da comprendere e fatichiamo ad associare il suono corretto alle parole. John Peter Sloan questo lo sa bene ed ha inventato una rivoluzionaria lista di 20 simboli per aiutarci ad imparare la pronuncia perfetta. Ovviamente tutto nel suo inconfondibile stile: divertente, memorizzabile ed efficace.

Audible editor Katie O’Connor explores the craft of writing for the audio format with Audible Originals authors Samantha Allen, Lauren Blakely, Dennis Mahoney, and Ben H. Winters. Listen in as the authors discuss how they changed their approach to their work with audio in mind. You’ll also hear from two Audible Originals editors - Lara Blackman and Steve Feldberg - about how they collaborate with their authors and where they think the future of audio is going.

Le comédien et humoriste déjanté Paul Taylor, connu en France pour sa série télévisée What the Fuck France et son spectacle #Franglais, devient votre professeur d'anglais particulier ! Avec l'aide de l'Américaine Sarah Donnelly, professeure d'anglais, Paul et Sarah vous font redécouvrir l'apprentissage des langues dans un format 100 % audio adapté aux "Beginners". Si vous avez étudié la langue de Shakespeare au collège ou au lycée, mais que vous avez besoin de rafraîchir votre anglais en immersion avec deux "native speakers", ce programme est fait pour vous !

Le comédien et humoriste déjanté Paul Taylor, connu en France pour sa série télévisée "What the Fuck France" et son spectacle "#Franglais", revient sauver vos cours d'anglais ! Toujours accompagné par l'Américaine Sarah Donnelly, professeure d'anglais, Paul et Sarah vous proposent d'aller un cran plus loin pour cette deuxième saison adaptée au niveau "Intermediate".

Le comédien et humoriste déjanté Paul Taylor, connu en France pour sa série télévisée "What the Fuck France" et son spectacle #Franglais, devient votre professeur d’anglais particulier ! Avec l'aide de l'Américaine Sarah Donnelly, professeure d’anglais, Paul et Sarah vous font redécouvrir l’apprentissage des langues dans un format 100% audio adapté aux "Beginners".

We all fail. We all fall. We all need to know how to get back up. Few know this better than New York Times best-selling author Neil Pasricha. Before selling over a million copies of his Book of Awesome series and touring the world to teach Fortune 500 CEOs, Ivy league deans, and members of the royal family how to unlock a positive mind-set, Pasricha’s life hit rock bottom. In this Audible Original, you'll hear for the first time Neil's very personal story of failure and resilience - and you'll learn how you, too, can find the strength to get back up.