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On the surface a murder mystery—a detective’s search for the killer of five people in Denver—Expectation is also, among other things, a meditation on the relationship between language and music.In his newest novel, Jeffrey DeShell draws on the musical innovations of Arnold Schoenberg—by turns traditional, serial, and atonal—to inform his grammar and language. Moving progressively through specific Schoenberg compositions, DeShell complicates the surface of his text into lyr...

In this sharply observed novel set in and around London, three college friends, now in their thirties, must come to terms with the gap between the lives they imagined for themselves and reality in the face of marriage, fertility struggles, and loss.In her first year of motherhood after an unplanned pregnancy, Cate is constantly exhausted, spiraling into self-doubt and postpartum anxiety. Her husband Sam seems oblivious, but maybe she’d prefer he re...

Learn German with the Augsburg Saga – A1.1 Interlinear German–English ReaderWhen the Romans LeftLearn German through story, history, and calm, carefully graded A1-level language — with immediate English support when you need it.When the Romans Left is the first book in the Augsburg Saga and an ideal starting point for adult beginners.It is written in clear A1 German and presented in an

Do you want to become more fluent in English?Do you want to understand everyday language and not just 'textbook' English?I taught English for many years and saw that many students get stuck at the high beginner/intermediate stage. They learn the basics and then can't move forward. This problem used to really frustrate me because I had lots of excellent students who were just stuck and eventually they would give up.I thought for a long time about what was wrong and th...

Edited by Ruth Wisse, translated by Maier Deshell and Norbert Guterman This seminal American work from the Yiddish literary canon, in a restored English edition, offers the luminous narrative of the author's journey home to his Polish birthplace. In 1934, with World War II on the horizon, Jacob Glatstein (1896 –1971) traveled from his home in America to his native Poland to visit his dying mother. One of the foremost Yiddish poets of the day, he used his journey as the basis for two autobi...

ERG: Expectation Reality Gap - 10 Steps to Understanding and Peace" is an insightful exploration into the often-overlooked spaces between our hopes and the reality we encounter. This book delves into the heart of why our expectations often diverge from actual outcomes and how such gaps can be navigated with grace, wisdom, and spiritual insight. Each of the 10 steps outlined offers a path toward not only recognizing and accepting these gaps but also bridging them in a manner that brings per...

Our Hope and Expectation explores the Advent season and celebrates the joy of the twelve days of Christmas and the day of Epiphany. It includes daily devotions based on year B scripture readings (in the Revised Common Lectionary) for Sundays and festival days between the first Sunday of Advent (November 29, 2020) and Epiphany (January 6, 2021). In addition to devotions, the book offers household blessings and prayers to enrich your preparations and celebrations.

Learn German with the Augsburg Saga – B1.1 Interlinear German–English ReaderBorn in WarLearn German through story and carefully graded B1-level language — with immediate English support when you need it.Born in War is the first book of the B1 level in the Augsburg Saga.It is written in clear, carefully structured B1 German and presented in an interlinear German–English format, sentence by sentence.Each German ...

This book can also help one become ready for the job market. Nowadays, when English is one of the most basic skills required by companies all over the world, you must be fluent in the language in order to communicate with clients all over the world.In this book Author Ashley beautifully writes how you can strengthen your English language skills and take your career to the next level. My heartfelt congratulations to Ashley from TLC Capricorn Mastermind for releasing her first book to...

Real English-speaking people don't speak like your textbook… so it's no wonder you feel unprepared when it's your turn to speak!Try the StoryLearning method, and dive into a real-world, gripping drama between six characters that helps you learn natural spoken English in the process. Created by Olly Richards, internationally-renowned language teacher and author, this proven method of the immersive experience not only entertains, it gives you the sk...

Based on the Speech Plasma Method, the book is designed to teach students to speak English at intermediate level. The volume contains twenty short stories and special training drills. This volume will enable foreign students of English to feel more comfortable with the language at a more advanced level. The book is a collection of stories told by native speakers of English in everyday conversational manner. The stories are accounts of incidents or ideas which the people interviewed conside...

These are Jeffrey Ford's personal selections spanning the decades of his career and representing his many styles—genre hybrids, literary approaches to SF/F/H tropes, forays into the New Weird as one of its early practitioners, realist-auto-biographical/fantastic/ horror mash-ups, and straight-on fantasy stories. Ford is at home across the map of speculative fiction but is tied to, and claims allegiance to, no country.If you are looking for a collection in which every story is a win...