The Tiger That Isn't: Seeing Through a World of Numbers
UNABRIDGED (7 hrs and 2 mins)
By Michael Blastland, Andrew Dilnot
Narrated By Cornelius Garrett
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Numbers saturate the news, politics, and life. For good or ill, they are today's pre-eminent public language - and those who speak it rule. Quick and cool, numbers often seem to have conquered fact. But they are also hated, often for the same reasons. They can bamboozle not enlighten, terrorise not guide, and all too easily end up abused and distrusted. Potent but shifty, the role of numbers is frighteningly ambiguous. How can we sour our way through them? First, relax....
Vilnis says:
"Don't be numbed by numbers"
A fascinating book. On the face of it, it is about statistics, but actually it is about something far deeper - how we perceive and interpret the information that affects all our lives deeply...This simple, highly entertaining book will provide you with a practical sense of how to interpret much of what you hear in the press. You will never view a number in the same way again (and that is a very good thing).
SmartPass Audio Education Study Guide to Twelfth Night (Unabrdged, Dramatised)
UNABRIDGED (4 hrs and 50 mins)
By William Shakespeare, Simon Potter
Narrated By Full Cast featuring Joan Walker, Andy Greenhalgh, Lucy Robinson
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The multi-award winning SmartPass full-cast, unabridged performance with comprehensive commentary and analysis for any student to fully understand and appreciate the play.
Hatty says:
"Smart Pass"
Iv'e never been very interested or able to get my head around Shakespeare but this was fantastic! I only wish I had come across these audio books when I was at school. I really enjoyed this audio book and highly recommend it.
The Elements of Style: 60 Minutes to Better Writing & Grammar
UNABRIDGED (1 hr and 14 mins)
By William Strunk
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What you need to know about grammar and writing as taught widely in colleges, high schools, and grammar schools wherever American English is spoken!
William Strunk, Professor at Cornell, wrote his famous Little Book on good grammar and writing to simplify the subject for students far and wide. His famous motto was, "Omit needless words." This unabridged version follows this motto and can be listened to in just 60 minutes!
Economics matters. But with confusing things like GDP and interest rates, it's often hard to get you head around. So What do you really need to know about economics?
Marketing is shrouded in arcane mystery and buzzwords. It frightens many and bewilders others. Yet every business, from the hand-car-wash by the side of the road, to the world's most famous brands, engage in marketing every single day. This is an essential, reliable, speedy and up to date guide to the most robust and important concepts in marketing. This book shows you how to understand and do marketing without having to study a degree or a diploma in it.
You're busy. We get it. With VangoNotes you can study "in between" all the other things you need to get done. VangoNotes gives you the confidence you need to succeed in the classroom. They're flexible; just download and go. And, they're efficient. Use them in your car, at the gym, walking to class, wherever. Get yours today and start studying.
Grammar Girl's Quick and Dirty Tips for Better Writing
UNABRIDGED (5 hrs and 54 mins)
By Mignon Fogarty
Narrated By Mignon Fogarty
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Mignon Fogarty, a.k.a. Grammar Girl, is determined to wipe out bad grammar - but she's also determined to make the process as painless as possible. One year ago, she created a weekly podcast to tackle some of the most common mistakes people make while communicating. More than seven million episodes have now been downloaded, and Mignon has dispensed grammar tips on Oprah and appeared on the pages of the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, and USA Today.
Looking at how Britain pays its way in the world today. Like Andrew Marr's History of Modern Britain or Michael Palin's Himalaya, the book will have a coherence and life beyond the television series, looking at some issues in greater depth, and telling additional stories to illustrate some of the ideas. This book is about the things that Britain produces in order to pay its way in the world, from physical goods that we can see and feel, to intangible services that are much harder to quantify.
The Courage to Teach: Exploring the Inner Landscape of a Teacher's Life
UNABRIDGED (8 hrs and 33 mins)
By Parker J. Palmer
Narrated By Stefan Rudnicki
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This book builds on a simple premise: good teaching cannot be reduced to technique but is rooted in the identity and integrity of the teacher. Good teaching takes myriad forms but good teachers share one trait: they are authentically present in the classroom, in community with their students and their subject. They possess "a capacity for connectedness" and are able to weave a complex web of connections between themselves, their subjects, and their students, helping their students weave a world for themselves.
A Classical Education: The Stuff You Wish You'd been Taught at School
UNABRIDGED (4 hrs and 56 mins)
By Caroline Taggart
Narrated By Bill Wallis
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Is the Greek alphabet all Greek to you? Is geometry your Achilles heel and does your knowledge of Homer have more to do with The Simpsons than the Sirens? From engineering and architecture to drama and democracy, the world around us is founded on the principles and discoveries of the Ancient World, yet our understanding of it is episodic at best. But it's never too late to learn....
Would you / your teenager like a little help to revise and remember more easily? This four-track, self help hypnotherapy recording for students 12+ years and adult students could be just what you need if you are undertaking a course of formal study. You learn useful accelerated learning techniques for improving revision and recall, planning your time, active learning and self-testing. You also receive positive suggestions for calm, confidence, focus and concentration plus increased motivation to get down to your revision without delay.
SmartPass Plus Audio Education Study Guide to Romeo and Juliet (Unabridged, Dramatised, Commentary Options)
UNABRIDGED (7 hrs and 51 mins)
By William Shakespeare, Simon Potter
Narrated By Full-Cast featuring Joan Walker, Chris Kelham, Sara Bowes
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The multi-award-winning SmartPass study guide with and without commentary options. Full-cast, unabridged performance with comprehensive commentary and analysis for any student to fully understand and appreciate the play. The poetry of Shakespeare's star crossed lovers is poignantly performed and expertly explained in this unique production: "Passion lends them power."
Improve Your Memory and Relax in Exams: Feel Calmer and Focused When Revising and Sitting Exams
ORIGINAL (1 hr and 24 mins)
By Anne Morrison
Narrated By Anne Morrison
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Do you worry about forgetting things? Are you afraid of sitting exams and tests? Do you wish you could be calmer and more focused? This audio contains tracks that will help you relax and feel calmer about studying for and sitting exams or tests. You are guided through a self-hypnosis process that helps you create a place of relaxation that you can go to in your minds eye. The improve-your-memory audio will guide you through steps that you can take to help you feel calmer about remembering and recalling information.
The Antipope: The First Part of the Brentford Trilogy
UNABRIDGED (9 hrs and 35 mins)
By Robert Rankin
Narrated By Robert Rankin, Andy Greenhalgh, David Gooderson
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You could say it all started with the red-eyed tramp with the slimy fingers who put the wind up Neville, the part-time barman, something rotten. Or when Archroy's wife swapped his trusty Morris Minor for five magic beans while he was out at the rubber factory.
Edward H. Spence
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Andrew Alexandra
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Aaron Quinn
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Anne Dunn
Media, Markets, and Morals
UNABRIDGED (7 hrs and 2 mins)
By Edward H. Spence, Andrew Alexandra, Aaron Quinn, and others
Narrated By Reay Kaplan
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Media, Markets, and Morals provides an original ethical framework designed specifically for evaluating ethical issues in the media, including new media. The authors apply their account of the moral role of the media, in their dual capacity as information providers for the public good and as businesses run for profit, to specific morally problematic practices and question how ethical behavior can be promoted within the industry.
Would you / your teenager like a little help to revise and remember more easily? This four-track, self help hypnotherapy recording for students 12+ years and adult students could be just what you need if you are undertaking a course of formal study. You learn useful accelerated learning techniques for improving revision and recall, planning your time, active learning and self-testing. You also receive positive suggestions for calm, confidence, focus and concentration plus increased motivation to get down to your revision without delay.
Rub Your Belly And Breathe: How to Release Stress, Restore Calm and Relax Deeply.
ORIGINAL (17 mins)
By Anne Marshall
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This delightfully soothing and deeply restorative breathing exercise is designed to help you step out of the stresses of the day, and into a place of deep and restful relaxation. With a play time of just 14 minutes, this audio is short enough to listen to whenever you are feeling tense, uptight, or stressed and long enough to be able to take you to a place of inner comfort and ease. Used often this is an excellent stress management tool to help you stay balanced, grounded and calm.
The Story of the Olympics: Macmillan Readers Pre-Intermediate
UNABRIDGED (1 hr and 34 mins)
By Rachel Blandon
Narrated By Rachel Blandon
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The Olympic Games are the most famous sporting event in the world, but how much do you know about their history? In this Macmillan Reader, Rachel Bladon tells the unofficial story of the Olympics, from the games' beginnings back in ancient Greece through to the billion-dollar international event that they have become in the present day.
From planning your project, to collecting and analysing data - this audiobook has everything you need for doing research whatever your course of study. A practical resource you can listen to again and again.
Don't start an essay without listening to this first. Taking you through the complete process; from what to do before you begin, to using feedback constructively to improve your next essay, this audiobook will help you improve this essential skill and boost your confidence.
Make the most of all the reading you do at university by listening to this audiobook. Unpicking the myths surrounding this core skill, Reading Skills helps you decide what to read, how to read it and, crucially, what your lecturers expect of you.
A Christmas Carol: An Accurate Retelling of Charles Dickens' Timeless Classic
ABRIDGED (36 mins)
By Charles Dickens, Gill Tavner
Narrated By Graham Bill
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A Christmas Carol is one of a series of retellings of classic literature by publisher Real Reads. True to the original plot, characters and themes, Real Reads also imitate the the original author's style. An intelligent, lively and enjoyable introduction to this classic and much-loved Christmas tale.Miserable old Ebeneezer Scrooge hates Christmas. Can somebody so selfish, so harsh and so horribly lonely ever change his ways? In one terrifying night, poor Scrooge is haunted by four ghosts.
Globish: How the English Language Became the World's Language
UNABRIDGED (10 hrs and 24 mins)
By Robert McCrum
Narrated By Simon Shepherd
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What were the beginnings of the English language? Why has American culture spread so successfully and will it continue to do so even as the country's power apparently wanes? Why are the West Indies no longer any good at cricket? What difference did slavery make to the way we speak English today?
There is no better time than the present to take charge of those areas of your life you have always wanted to improve upon and in this 4 track audio Anne Marshall shares with you some of the basic tools of self-coaching to help you do just that.In track one you will begin to discover some of the many benefits that can be gained by engaging with your own inner coach and you will have the chance to complete a simple exercise to help you identify what your most precious goals might be as well as discovering if you are really willing to achieve them.
Penelope Davies
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Frima Fox Hofrichter
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Joseph Jacobs
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Ann Roberts
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David Simon
VangoNotes for Janson's History of Art, 7/e, Vol. 1
ORIGINAL (5 hrs and 31 mins)
By Penelope Davies, Frima Fox Hofrichter, Joseph Jacobs, and others
Narrated By Stow Lovejoy, Jessica Tivens
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You're busy. We get it. With VangoNotes you can study "in between" all the other things you need to get done. VangoNotes gives you the confidence you need to succeed in the classroom. They're flexible; just download and go. And, they're efficient. Use them in your car, at the gym, walking to class, wherever. Get yours today and start studying.
You're busy. We get it. With VangoNotes you can study "in between" all the other things you need to get done. VangoNotes gives you the confidence you need to succeed in the classroom. They're flexible; just download and go. And, they're efficient. Use them in your car, at the gym, walking to class, wherever. Get yours today and start studying.