There is no second chance for making a first impression. Within a few seconds, it is decided whether a contact with a certain person intensifies or whether is stays superficial - and in many cases forever. Good contacts bring people in their personal, social and professional context further. Those who do not manage to win sympathy, benevolence, and respect from their fellow human beings, fight a losing battle. This book presents the most important factors of success that determine whether ...

Many tutorials and online courses transfer knowledge on interesting and important topics. Often the creators are indeed experts in their field but have no idea of how knowledge is transferred properly, and which aspects need to be considered when creating good online media. The result is often devastating. Bounce rates of up to 90% are the norm on many courses. Actual interesting content is not perceived because the form of presentation puts prospects to flight. In this book the experience...

A luminous and heartfelt collection of mourning poetry.Over the course of two decades and six books, Peter Markus has been making fiction out of a lexicon shaped by the words brother and fish and mud. In an essay on Markus's work, Brian Evenson writes, "If it's not clear by now, Markus's use of English is quite unique. It is instead a sort of ritual speech, an almost religious invocation in which words themselves, through repetition, acq...

From one of Michigan’s foremost writers comes a powerful, soulful meditation on grief, loss, the natural world, and the relationship between humans and everything around usIn Peter Markus’s new collection of poems, the loss of the father has become the river that shapes the landscape that the speaker behind these poems is looking to navigate and explore. He finds fellowship and solace in the subject that drives many of these poems: birds, fish, and the ever-present...

Twenty-three writers reflect on their experiences working with public school students as part of Detroit's innovative InsideOut Literary Arts Project.The InsideOut Literary Arts Project (iO) began in 1995 in five Detroit high schools, with weekly classroom visits by a writer-in-residence, the publication of a literary journal for each school, and the mission of encouraging students to use poetry to "think broadly, create bravely, and share their voices with the wid...

The world of the child is a world where things aren't what they always seem to be. In The Fish and the Not Fish, Peter Markus brings us back inside that not-so-simple space and its slippery way of seeing and saying, a place that is primal and mythic in its re-making.

Essential advice and resources for helping kids with dyslexiaThe Dyslexia Checklist is a valuable guide for parents and teachers that can help them better understand children and teenagers with dyslexia and other reading- and language-based disabilities. The book relays the most current research available and is filled with practical strategies, supports, and interventions. Using these tools teachers and parents can accommodate the needs and strengthen the...

The National Book Award finalist. " Limón's poems are like fires: charring the page, but leaving a smoke that remains past the close of the book." — The MillionsBright Dead Things examines the chaos that is life, the dangerous thrill of living in a world you know you have to leave one day, and the search to find something that is ultimately "disorderly, and marvelous, and ours."A book of bravado and introsp...

Based on her inspiring, viral 2018 commencement speech to Barnard College’s graduates in New York City, New York Times bestselling author, two-time Olympic gold medalist and FIFA World Cup champion Abby Wambach delivers her empowering rally cry for women to unleash their individual power, unite with their pack, and emerge victorious together.Abby Wambach became a champion because of her incredible talent as a soccer player. She became an icon because of he...

Josh Malerman’s debut novel Bird Box is a terrifying, Hitchcockesque psychological horror that is sure to stay with you long after reading.This is a book extract including chapter 1 of Bird Box.Malorie raises the children the only way she can; indoors.The house is quiet. The doors are locked, the curtains are closed, mattresses are nailed over the windows.They are out there. She might let them in.The children sleep in the be...

Does the TOEFL iBT seem like a difficult test to you, especially to get a high score?Well, the TOEFL is actually not as difficult as what most people say.So, how can you obtain a high score on the TOEFL iBT?Learn how to CORRECTLY identify and answer every question in the test.The TOEFL iBT High Score System is a preparation system which contains only the information you need, to go into the TOEFL knowing exactly how to identify and answer every question with...

For more than three decades, bestselling author Louise Erdrich has enthralled readers with dazzling novels that paint an evocative portrait of Native American life. From her dazzling first novel, Love Medicine, to the National Book Award-winning The Round House, Erdrich’s lyrical skill and emotional assurance have earned her a place alongside William Faulkner and Willa Cather as an author deeply rooted in the American landscape.In Books and Is...