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Public speaking can be terrifying. For David Nihill, the idea of standing in front of an audience was scarier than cliff jumping into a thorny pit of spiders and mothers-in-law. Without a parachute or advanced weaponry. Something had to change.

In what doesn't sound like the best plan ever, David decided to overcome his fears by pretending to be a comedian called "Irish Dave" for one full year, crashing as many comedy clubs, festivals, and shows as possible.

In Making Sense, David Crystal confronts the foe of many: grammar. Once taught relentlessly to all students in the English-speaking world, grammar disappeared from most school curricula, so that terms such as preposition and conjunction now often confound children and adults alike.

We all know eloquence when we hear it. But what exactly is it? And how might we gain more of it for ourselves? This entertaining and, yes, eloquent audiobook illuminates the power of language from a linguistic point of view and provides fascinating insights into the way we use words. David Crystal, a world-renowned expert on the history and usage of the English language, probes the intricate workings of eloquence in this lively analysis. Crystal focuses on the here and now of eloquent speaking - from pitch, pace, and prosody to jokes, appropriateness, and how to wield a microphone.

In a time of rising social isolation, ideological division, and technological upheaval, libraries stand at a crossroads. In Triptych: Death, AI, and Librarianship, acclaimed scholar R. David Lankes—joined by Jain Orr and Qianzi Cao—delivers a bold, urgent, and deeply human call to action for the library profession. Structured around three provocative lectures, this book challenges librarians to move beyond traditional service models and embrace their role as agents of social transformation.

Best-selling author David Shields analyzed over a decade’s worth of front-page war photographs from The New York Times and came to a shocking conclusion: The photo-editing process of the “paper of record”, by way of pretty, heroic, and lavishly aesthetic image selection, pulls the wool over the eyes of its readers; Shields forces us to face not only the the media's complicity in dubious and catastrophic military campaigns but our own as well.

Packed with real-world examples, practical exercises, and expert tips, How to English: Public Speaking and Presentation Skills helps you turn anxiety into presence—and presentations into powerful moments of connection.

Have you always wanted to speak up but others shut you down? Have you always felt that you had something to say, you just didn’t know what it was? Have you always known you were meant to make a difference in the world, you just didn’t know how? It sounds like you are meant to be a speaker. And there has never been a better time to start. This book will teach you everything you need to know in order to set the foundations for a successful speaking journey.

You are on a mission for your team, you along only in a supporting role. Suddenly the team member who is supposed to give the key presentation is in an accident and can't make it in time. Your team leader gives you the job of preparing the speech and delivering it the next day. There is a problem, you haven't given a speech in years. You have to prepare and deliver it from scratch.

In Ass: A Linguistic Journey, we dive cheeks-first into the absurd, hilarious, and surprisingly enlightening history of English’s most versatile monosyllable. From its humble beginnings in Old English and Latin livestock to its modern glory as internet slang, ass has kicked, kissed, busted, dragged, and memed its way into every corner of the language.

A book serves as the best marketing medium to promote your expertise, experience, skills, or knowledge. So, if you have a book in you, writing it might benefit you and your business in a host of ways. Then, you have to focus on selling it: The more you do that, the more you'll see a return on your investment. Your book is the legacy you create to be remembered by. So get started today.

Are ready to discover the best ways to improve your focus?! Is it safe to say that you get irritated in light of the fact that you can’t seem to concentrate for long periods of time and are not keeping on top of things in your everyday life? You can't seem to get out of that never ending hole of switching between various different things? The only way to get over this is to take that leap into learning how to solve your focus problems. This book is ideal for somebody wanting to learn the best ways of how to organize your life and get everything back to efficient, working order.

Vril is truly the essence of the active verb, the powerful sentence, and the narrative that moves people to action. It is the energy behind the words, which makes the mind react in a positive and uplifting fashion. As the Buddhists say, our words are actions, and should be approached soberly, cautiously, compassionately, and empathetically.