Townsville lined the footpath as we marched down to the quay. This clipping from the paper shows us young and strong and clean. And there's me in my slouch hat, with my SLR and greens. God help me, I was only nineteen.John Schumann's unforgettable lyrics about the Vietnam War are etched in our memories and into our history books. Now they've been warmly brought to life by one of Australia's best-loved illustrators.

The Interactional Instinct explores the evolution of language from the theoretical view that language could have emerged without a biologically instantiated Universal Grammar. In the first part of the book, the authors speculate that a hominid group with a lexicon of about 600 words could combine these items to make larger meanings. Combinations that are successfully produced, comprehended, and learned become part of the language. Any combination that is incompatible with human me...

This book constitutes a timely contribution to the existing literature by presenting a relatively comprehensive, neurobiological account of certain aspects of second language acquisition. It represents the collaborative efforts of members of the Neurobiology of Language Research Group in the Applied Linguistics and TESL Department at UCLA. Members of the group are trained in neurobiology and then use this knowledge to develop biological accounts of various aspects of applied linguistics.

Psychophysiological Methods in Language Research: Rethinking Embodiment in Studies of Linguistic Behaviors by Bahiyyih Hardacreis a guide for adopting a transdisciplinary and multidimensional approach to language research. Language research areas that could benefit from psychophysiological methods are first/second/foreign language learning, teaching, use, assessment, performance, anxiety, motivation, attitudes, ideologies, perceptions, and identities, among others. To aid researchers in de...

Out there in the remote desert, a lone nomad name Anshan was walking on the desert floor, watching the stars as they shine above him. He have been roaming for the last ten years of his life, ever since that day when his love were killed before his very eyes and was force out of the city that he loved and was rise in. But little of his knowledge a one called Salva was heading toward the land, and when he arrives he will bring about great destruction upon it. But out of both of their knowled...

This novel is inspired by the Chinese Danmei novels.Cloudsoar City is a place for crouching tigers and hidden dragons. It is a place where all species, be it beasts, humans, demons, or spirits, come to seek out a better life.In this city, one has to fight to gain what they want and oppose or succumb to a faction of the princes that compete for the throne. Intrigues and selfish desires alleviated their strength, but to navigate through these schemes ...

Tong Yi works for Huli Transport, a company that specializes in rides and transportation for those who aren't quite human.When the newest job comes up—delivering a message to Zhang Guo Lao, one of the Eight Immortals—Tong Yi assumes the job will be tricky because the immortal likes to play games.He has no idea that Zhang Guo Lao isn't the only one interested in "dancing" with him.Read the second story about Tong Yi and the Immortals' War, "War On All Fronts...

Tong Yi waits for something to happen—for his brother to return from the war zone, for his boss to trust him again, for his magical training to be expanded.Something. Anything.Then powerful wizard Uncle Bei takes him to The Sweet Shop—a magic shop more special and strange than Tong Yi has ever imagined.Tong Yi finally returns to the war zone as well, delivering a message to a client he'd never expected.But he must now make a decision about the war, about his...

Ando Sora could negotiate any deal in Ambermarle, no matter how reluctant the parties were.He was the best. Everyone agreed. But the one thing he had never been able to negotiate was his love life.Hounded by his parents, Sora found himself falling in love with both Samurakami Michi and Barir Aya.The problem was that he knew that they would never love him as much as they loved each other.

"The Celestial White Lotus Goddess" is a mythical fantasy novel set in ancient China, where the world was populated by gods, goddesses, and spirits of all kinds. The story revolves around Pai Lian Hua, a beautiful and powerful goddess who was born from a lotus flower in front of a heavenly temple where Buddha prayed. With her mercy, kindness, and magical abilities, Pai Lian Hua lived for thousands of years in a peaceful and harmonious place, far from the troubles of the mortal world.

“Follow a positive and soulful approach to life, not a materialistic one, because that's what defines the real you and that's how you extract the most out of your life's teachings.Life teaches us at every step; Duty is ours, to look beyond the horizon.”- Mubarak SandhuThere are a lot of things for which life gives a second opportunity to improvise and succeed, but making a debut in any field does not fall on this list. It happens just once, followed by repetitive attem...

Robbie's father is a spitfire pilot who was shot down during World War II and is now a POW. At only seventeen, Robbie lies about his identity to enlist in the Royal Canadian Air Force under the guise of going to a boarding school so that his mother doesn't find out. He starts training in Brandon, Manitoba, but after acing all his classes, he's dealt a disappointing blow when he's assigned to be a navigator on a Lancaster. He wanted to be a pilot, just like his father, but the commanders of...