Education & Learning

'Soaring with compassion, intelligence and hard-won wisdom. Ireland's most important contemporary voice.' LOUISE KENNEDY, author of Trespasses 'Amazing. I couldn't put it down.' ELAINE FEENEY, author of As You Were 'Every woman needs to read this book. Every man needs to read this book.' EDEL...

Finally finish the first draft of your novel with a method that maximizes efficiency, speed, and joy—from the author of Save the Cat! Writes a Novel. After months (or years) of writing, are you left with nothing but a folder full of false starts? Do you have a novel you were once excited to...

Speak Spanish Like Crazy: The 60-Day Spanish Fluency Challenge is a powerful daily audio training program designed to help English speakers start thinking and speaking in Spanish more naturally. Narrated by Juan Pablo—known as “The Voice of Real Latin American Spanish”—along with other native Spanish speakers, this audiobook immerses you in authentic conversational Spanish through structured listening and speaking practice.

Speak Spanish Like Crazy: The 100-Hour Spanish Fluency System is a complete Spanish audio course designed to take you from beginner Spanish to advanced conversational Spanish. Many people try to learn Spanish through apps or textbooks but still struggle to understand native speakers. This program focuses on listening and speaking practice, helping you train your brain to understand real Spanish and respond naturally.

Compreender e memorizar informações importantes pode ser um grande desafio, mas Sönke Ahrens afirma que a escrita é uma técnica poderosa para ajudar nesses processos. Para o autor, todo esforço intelectual começa com uma nota. Nesta obra, que já inspirou estudiosos e escritores no mundo inteiro, o pesquisador alemão, cuja experiência e conhecimento o tornaram um líder na sua área, revela de que modo a simples atividade de elaboração de notas pode ser usada como uma ferramenta para aprimorar a compreensão de informações, o processo de aprendizagem e acelerar o raciocínio.

Davidsons Audiobooks presents: Series 65 - The Complete Audio Study Guide. Turn your commute, workout, or daily routine into focused preparation for the Uniform Investment Adviser Law Examination. Step into the world of investment advice, fiduciary responsibility, and financial judgment with an audiobook designed for real life. Whether you are commuting, exercising, or doing chores, this comprehensive Series 65 study guide transforms ordinary moments into structured learning time. Built around the current NASAA and FINRA exam framework, it covers the real shape of the exam.

Just Enough Spanish is a practical, confidence-building guide designed for travelers, beginners, and curious learners who want to understand and speak real Spanish—without memorizing endless vocabulary lists or complicated grammar rules.

Davidsons Audiobooks presents: Life & Health Insurance License. The Complete Audio Study Guide. Turn every commute, workout, and daily routine into a step toward your insurance career. Step into the world of financial protection, risk management, and client service with this comprehensive audio study guide designed for the Life & Health Insurance licensing exam. Whether you’re commuting to work, exercising, or handling everyday chores, this audiobook transforms your time into focused, effective preparation; helping you absorb critical concepts while living your life.

Are you a newly licensed driver? You passed the test and earned your license. But now what? Whether you are a young driver or someone who learned later in life, there is a big difference between driving with an instructor and driving on your own for the first time. Many real world situations simply are not covered in traditional lessons. What do you do when another driver makes a poor decision that affects you? How do you plan a trip to a new place or choose a safe place to park at night?

O crítico ensina o ouvinte a ler como crítico. Ora, ler como crítico não é um prazer ou, ao menos, é um prazer muito particular, entremeado de muita aridez. Mas o que você quer é ler bem, de forma útil, proveitosa e agradável? Este é outro objetivo, é outro ponto de vista, e é somente a essa arte que se dedica este pequena obra que escrevi.

Na Instrução dos principiantes, Hugo apresenta o treinamento em que eram conduzidos, sob a guia do mestre de noviços, os recém-chegados à escola, cujo objetivo era aprender “o bom termo e a medida adequada em todas as palavras e ações”, isto é, a disciplina: como se comportar e governar o corpo — no caminhar, nos gestos, na fala, no tratamento dos outros e nos modos à mesa. Esse aprendizado de autodomínio corporal era anterior ao estudo das letras descrito no Didascalicon, pois, segundo o mestre, “os movimentos desordenados do corpo refletem a corrupção e a dissolução da mente”.

Do you understand Spanish but struggle to speak it fluently in real conversations? Can you follow grammar explanations and recognize vocabulary, yet hesitate when it's time to respond naturally? This book helps you move from intermediate knowledge to confident, real-world communication. Conversational Spanish for Intermediate Learners Made Easy is a structured Spanish practice book built around everyday situations you're likely to encounter in Spanish-speaking environments.

Next Generation NCLEX-RN: A Simplified Study Guide is a complete NCLEX preparation program designed to walk you through every concept, framework, and strategy you need — from clinical judgment and prioritization to delegation and safety rules — in a clear, educator-guided format you can study anytime, anywhere.

Davidsons Audiobooks presents: Journeyman Electrician-The Complete Audio Study GuideMaster the code, calculations, and craft-Perfect for Commuting, Exercising, and Doing Chores! Step into the trade with a study guide built for the way you actually live. Whether you’re driving to the jobsite, training at the gym, or working through the rhythm of daily chores, this audiobook turns ordinary time into focused preparation for the Journeyman Electrician licensing exam.

Muitos de nós cultivamos habilidades aparentemente desconexas – advogados que tocam piano, médicos amantes de culinária, designers fascinados por tecnologia. Essa multiplicidade não é apenas uma peculiaridade pessoal, mas uma característica compartilhada por muitos. Leonardo Da Vinci é um exemplo famoso, mas poucos sabem que Einstein tocava violino, Shakespeare era fascinado pela ciência e Samuel Morse, o engenheiro que inventou o aparelho precursor do telefone, também era pintor e professor de belas artes.

Why do we believe in the views of a political party or leader? How can we better understand vaccine hesitancy or denial of climate change science? What drives extremist or conspiracist beliefs? This vital and timely new text provides a compelling survey of the science behind how people form...

‘I loved it’ KIT DE WAAL, author of The Best of Everything ‘Generous, intelligent, full of wisdom and insight’ LILY DUNN, author of Sins of My Father * A transformative guide to creative writing and the power of paying attention. The way we use language to tell stories reveals a lot...

Slow Looking provides a robust argument for the importance of slow looking in learning environments both general and specialized, formal and informal, and its connection to major concepts in teaching, learning, and knowledge. A museum-originated practice increasingly seen as holding wide...

FINDING OUR WORDS: Words That Made America is a collection of some of the most inspiring words spoken by American leaders since our founding. Every speech is launched with a prefacing essay by Tracy Lee Simmons, acclaimed journalist who has written widely for The New York Times, The Washington Post, National Review, and is the author of Climbing Parnassus: A New Apologia for Greek and Latin. In the essays, Simmons shows how each speech fits into the broad mosaic of the American story.

The fourth edition of David Grant's bestseller is an insightful exploration of neurodiversity, illuminating the lived experiences of the estimated 15–20% of the population who are neurodivergent. Taking a lifestyle approach, Grant provides a compassionate understanding of diagnostic categories...

Improve your French while solving intriguing short mysteries. These detective stories have been specially designed for language learners using the parallel text method. First you will hear the narrative in fluid, authentic French, then the complete English translation, and after that you will hear the French a second time with greater comprehension. This structure allows for continuous study without needing to constantly pause and consult a dictionary.

School principals are constantly being pulled in different directions. How do you focus on the things that matter most? In this inspiring book from Danny Steele, creator of the popular Steele Thoughts blog, and Todd Whitaker, bestselling author and speaker, you'll learn how to center your...

Teachers deal with change on a regular basis, but there are some principles at the core of teaching that remain constant and that have the biggest impact on student achievement. In this inspiring book from Danny Steele, creator of the popular Steele Thoughts blog, and Todd Whitaker, bestselling...

Part spiritual formation and part reflection on craft, Sacred Margins: On the Spiritual Life of a Writer draws from Scripture, vast reading, and decades of experience in publishing to explore the interior life of the writer—the hidden places where words are formed long before they reach the page. Steve Laube journeys into profound facets of the writing life: the yearning to create, the alchemy of memory, the wonder of imagination, and the transparency of broken places.

First published in 1987, this book brings together two renowned educators, Paulo Freire and Ira Shor, who describe their own experiences in liberating the classroom from its traditional constraints, including discussion of Freire's work in Guinea-Bissau and Shor's work in the USA. They...