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The inspiring stories of six people who changed history, including Voltaire, the French writer who believed in equality for all; Charlotte Brontë, the British novelist who wrote Jane Eyre; Mark Twain, the American who wrote Huckleberry Finn and Tom Sawyer; Jacques Prévert, the writer known in France as 'the People's Poet'; Ayn Rand, whose writing expressed her own philosophical ideas; and Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, who wrote about life in a Soviet Labour Camp.

Personal financial planning is an ongoing process that involves examining all existing resources, developing a plan to use them, and systematically implementing the plan to achieve your goals. While young adults yield immense spending power, many lack the financial knowledge necessary to manage their money wisely.

In Beastly Brains, Nancy Castaldo delves into the minds of animals and explores animal empathy, communication, tool use, and social societies through interviews and historical anecdotes. Researchers from Charles Darwin to Jane Goodall have spent years analyzing the minds of animals, and today's science is revolutionizing old theories and uncovering surprising similarities to our own minds. Humans are not alone in our ability to think.

Just 75 years ago, the American government did something that most would consider unthinkable today: It rounded up over 100,000 of its own citizens based on nothing more than their ancestry and, suspicious of their loyalty, kept them in concentration camps for the better part of four years. How could this have happened? Uprooted takes a close look at the history of racism in America and carefully follows the treacherous path that led one of our nation's most beloved presidents to make this decision.

In curiously parallel lives, Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr were both orphaned at an early age. Both were brilliant students who attended college - one at Princeton, the other at Columbia - and studied law. Both were young staff officers under General George Washington, and both became war heroes. Politics beckoned them, and each served in the newly formed government of the fledgling nation. Why, then, did these two face each other at dawn in a duel that ended with death for one and opprobrium for the other?

With 2016 promising to be an interesting and hotly contested election year, Votes of Confidence offers young listeners an essential guide to the past, present, and future of American elections.

Preparing for interviews in the job market is something seldom learned in classrooms, but it is overwhelmingly important for long-term success. Learning the skills necessary for getting the job is something you can start now. Learn all the tips and tricks you need in order to land the summer job you've had your eye on or to get that camp counselor position you've always wanted. In this book you will find sample questions and possible answers that you can adapt to fit your every need.

After the success of the first edition of Learn by Reading, we decided to bring you the second volume. This book uses the second volume in the Mind Dimensions series as the underlying text. If you haven't listened to volume one, we recommend you start there. Though you could still get the educational benefits by starting from this volume, you will be missing critical information required for enjoyment of the story - and in our opinion, enjoyment is critical to the learning process.

Les meilleurs devoirs au bac français contiennent une réflexion structurée, nourrie des pensées des plus grands auteurs. Et ce qui fait vraiment la différence, c'est l'utilisation pertinente de citations. Ce livre audio vous propose 100 citations choisies pour vous donner des armes solides quel que soit le sujet. Théâtre, poésie, ou roman : les plus grands auteurs viennent à votre secours avec des définitions parfaitement claires, des arguments chocs, et des phrases clé incontournables dans vos révisions.

Warum sind wir Menschen so verschieden? Sind wir nicht merkwürdig, wir Menschen, mit verschiedenartigem Aussehen, anderen Sprachen und unterschiedlichen Religionen? Der Evolutionsbiologe Josef H. Reichholf greift das Thema Evolution anhand der alltäglichen Erfahrungen auf, die junge Menschen z.B. bei ihren Mitschülern machen: Jeder Einzelne ist anders, dazu kommt die äußerliche Verschiedenheit durch Kinder asiatischer oder schwarzafrikanischer Herkunft.

Go to any movie shelf in a DVD store, book store, on demand video, and you are sure to stumble upon at least a dozen different zombie-themed offerings. Grotesquely rotten corpse remains, moving in staggering stuttered walks, terror inducing facial growls, hands like claws held out to catch the unwary, and strategically placed blood splotches all over their bodies - This is the common media interpretation when it comes to the modern myth of the zombie. Why are these renowned creatures so popular and sweeping in mainstream as a whole?

Introducing the most comprehensive audio course for ACCUPLACER vocabulary on the market. Learn how to master proper spelling, pronunciation, definitions and synonyms/antonyms through the use of these unique audio exercises. This course contains three levels (easy, medium, and difficult) that each consists of 10 powerful exercises covering 100 words each. You'll learn high-frequency words that have appeared in previous ACCUPLACER tests, increasing your chances to earn better test results!

In questo AudioBook che fa parte della collana dedicata alla letteratura italiana, esploriamo l'incredibile mondo di Gabriele d'Annunzio. Il Prof. vi parla di lui, "il Vate" e dei suoi romanzi più significativi: "Il Piacere", "La Venere delle rocce", "Le Novelle". Poi esplora la sua immensa opera poetica: "Le Lodi" e le celebri liriche in esse contenute. Prima tra tutte, "La pioggia nel pineto", forse la sua poesia più bella, la più suggestiva. In questo AudioBook dedicato a d'Annunzio, il Prof. vi racconta la vita di questo eclettico scrittore, poeta, artista, creativo, della sua ricerca continua verso l'eccellenza e l'eccentricità nella vita come nella sua produzione artistica.

Auf anschauliche und spielerische Weise erklärt der Gedächtnistrainer und Autor Ulrich Bien, wie Schüler sich Vokabeln gehirn-gerecht einprägen können...

Das Römische Reich - der mächtigste Staat aller Zeiten, währte 1200 Jahre...

Vers 1300, les marchands, autrefois méprisés, sont les maîtres des villes. Ceux que l'on surnommait "les pieds poudreux" sont désormais sédentaires et l'on envie leur richesse. Les techniques commerciales se diversifient : des changeurs fixent le cours des monnaies, la lettre de change et le crédit apparaissent.

Ascoltando si impara!... Anche la letteratura, con il Prof. In questo AudioLibro, che fa parte della collana dedicata alla letteratura, ci avvicineremo alla vita di Giovanni Pascoli e alle sue opere più significative, più o meno note, introdotte da un'accurata spiegazione. Il carattere, la carriera, le relazioni personali del grande poeta, sono qui evidenziate e analizzate, e offrono una visione completa, e per certi versi innovativa, rispetto alla classica immagine scolastica del Pascoli del fanciullino.

Ascoltando si impara! Anche la letteratura, con il Prof. In questo AudioLibro, che fa parte della collana dedicata alla letteratura, ci avvicineremo alla vita di Giovanni Pascoli e alle sue opere più significative, più o meno note, introdotte da un'accurata spiegazione. Il carattere, la carriera, le relazioni personali del grande poeta, sono qui evidenziate e analizzate, e offrono una visione completa, e per certi versi innovativa, rispetto alla classica immagine scolastica del Pascoli del fanciullino.

Theodor Fontane begann seine Karriere als Apotheker. Doch das Schreiben lag ihm im Blut und so wurde er Journalist und später Schriftsteller. Er war gezwungen, für den preußischen König zu arbeiten, gegen den er sich einst aufgelehnt hatte. Doch in seinen Werken kritisierte er die Gesellschaft, in der er lebte und die Kriege, die er hautnah erlebte...

L'héritage grec, c'est assurément Athènes, la philosophie et la démocratie. C'est aussi Sparte qui, avant de s'enfermer dans la discipline guerrière, aimait la poésie, la musique et la danse. C'est le rayonnement de la brillante civilisation crétoise, l'ouverture sur la mer et sur le monde. La Grèce a connu des âges sombres et des luttes fratricides, mais elle avait fait de la beauté un art de vivre pour éduquer le citoyen et le rendre responsable dans la cité.