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Learn the right way to say what you mean in dozens of daily situations. You already speak English. With Speak English Around Town, you'll learn to speak it better...and to express yourself more like a native speaker of English.

What's the secret to speaking English better? It's mastery of those tricky idioms and phrases that are so common in English. And learning these idioms and phrases will not only help you speak better, it will help you understand Americans better. In this course, you'll join an American family as they go about their day-to-day lives. Along the way, you will master over 300 of today's most common English idioms and expressions!

A Guardian Guide Cultural Book of the Year 2023 An Irish Times Music Book of the Year 2023 'A deep, engrossing history' The Observer 'A fascinating deep dive' Jeremy Deller From the illicit reggae blues dances and acid-rock free festivals of the 1970s, through the ecstasy-fuelled Second Summer...

From 1875 to 1881, James B. Gillett served as one of the Texas Rangers, the lawmen of the Old West. Looking back 40 years later, he tells of his numerous clashes with Native American warriors in the West Texas borderlands, of the Mason County War and the Horrell-Higgins feud, and of dangerous missions into Mexico. Originally published in 1921.

The Gunmen of the American Wild West Collection brings to life the history of the frontier west of the Mississippi in the latter parts of the 19th century. The gunmen ranged from lawmen to cowboys, ranchers, and outlaws. Most of the outlaws in the Old West preyed on banks, trains, and stagecoaches. Although spread thin, the law was present, usually on the level of deputy US marshal, county sheriff, and the town marshal or constable.

Be more effective on the job! Communicate like a native speaker of English! American English speakers use many phrases and expressions on the job. If you don’t know these expressions, you’re left out of the conversation. You’re out of it...and nothing makes you feel so much like a foreigner. Speak Business English Like an American will help you speak Business English like an American - quickly and confidently. You’ll hear the idioms & expressions used in everyday speech in American workplaces.

More Speak English Like an American brings you another 300+ idioms and expressions you need to know for everyday life and for business success! If you liked Speak English Like an American, you're going to love More Speak English Like an American! In More Speak English Like an American, you'll follow the story of an American business as its employees come up with new product ideas, travel to China, throw themselves into office romances, and have exciting adventures.

Creating A Role is the third book - alongside the international bestseller An Actor Prepares and Building A Character - in the series of influential translations that introduced Stanislavski's acting 'system' to the English-speaking world. Here Stanislavski describes the elaborate preparation that an actor must undergo before the actual performance itself. Now published in the Bloomsbury Revelations series to mark the 150th anniversary of Stanislavski's birth, the book includes the director's analysis of such works as Othello and Gogol's Inspector General.

Men Talking Frankly is a light-hearted & frank conversation with men about men uncovering all things unspoken from the mouths of males. That said, it is the girls asking the questions, so a somewhat more nuanced approach, as distinct to boy’s talk. As we all know, women talk freely about their feelings whilst secret men’s business is often unspoken. Hosts Traci Whitaker and Di Gillett ask the sometimes-uncomfortable questions about men’s views on dating & relationships. In Season 1, Traci co-hosts with renown broadcaster, George Donikian, who will drop in from time to time. At times ...

Alzheimer’s Caregivers Absolutely perform like Jugglers! Caregivers are the jugglers, sometimes caregivers juggle five caregiving demands at one time and we are not doing the juggling as an act of entertainment we are organizing our loved one’s life Yes, we are also sprinters, we run from one room to another making sure everything is in the right place so there loved one won’t fall and hurt themselves, and from appointment to appointment with our loved ones. Caregivers could be likened to magicians; we can make a meal so fast sometimes you would think it was magic. We are individuals who...

Caregivers are like Transformers. Looking back over the ten years of my caregiving days. I indeed, did some Self-Transforming. Self-transforming that I am talking about here, refers to the process of equipping myself with the knowledge about Alzheimer’s disease, resources, services, how to partner with our doctors personal and relational skills to make my home and work environment sink together. My home had become a workplace because I had to hire in-home caregivers to assist me with the care of my mother. In-home caregiver, they must have a license from the county that they ...

Join two Friends as they chat about sports, games, even sometimes food and recipes they have been making!

Successfully securing their new feathery companion should’ve meant the end to their secret mission was near, but Christoffer Johansen learns it's only just the start. With superstitious river-trolls and bickering white ravens on the one hand, and a shockingly gleeful brownie and witch on the other, he can hardly make hide nor hair of what’s to come. Something, though, is coming, and it glides sinisterly just beneath the surface.

Welcome to Motherhood & Making Money. A podcast for parents attempting to navigate the sometimes middy waters of 'making a living' and raising a family. In this podcast we speak to real parents doing amazing things in their business or careers in the hopes of educating & empowering you to take control of your own financial freedom. If you like the podcast, we'd love to chat with your when the episode ends - you can find us at www.motherhoodandmakingmoney.co.uk

TV/Radio Show on the raw and uncut side of real estate. Special Guests and online classes. Host Lisa (Puerto) Gillett, Licensed CA Real Estate Broker, Professional Agent Trainer, Award Winning Author and Entrepreneur, Super Agent® https://lasuperagent.com DRE #01736957

Explore tech news about emerging technology for the Metaverse, Augmented, Virtual, Mixed, and Extended Reality technology, Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, and NFT's.

After the Force is a unique and intriguing book where stories are told from the perspective of first contact at crime scenes as observed by police officers who have served in municipal, provincial, and federal police services.

In these divided times in which politicians, the press, and social media combine to create more and more anger against "the other side", what do we do? How can we live in peace in a divided country? And how can we help ourselves and our societies be less divided? In this book, acclaimed psychiatrist, Richard Gillett reveals practical ways you can regain your peace of mind - even in the face of distrust and anger, transcend prejudices, mend broken bridges with friends or family, and turn frustration at divisive politics into personal and social effectiveness.

The Texas Rangers were created by Stephen F. Austin in 1823. The Rangers have taken part in many of the most important events of Texas history, such as preventing the assassination of presidents William Howard Taft and Porfirio Díaz in El Paso, and in some of the best-known criminal cases in the history of the Old West, like those of gunfighter John Wesley Hardin, bank robber Sam Bass, and the outlaws Bonnie and Clyde.

Just a couple of boys talkin' nonsense for our one to two views. New episodes every week.... ish.