Download or read book Overwhelmed written by Brigid Schulte and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2014-03-13 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ______________________ 'Too much to do? Stop and read this' - Guardian 'For a fresh take on an eternal dilemma, Overwhelmed is worth a few hours of any busy woman's life – if only to ensure that she doesn't drop off the bottom of her own “To Do” list' - Mail on Sunday ______________________ In her attempts to juggle work and family life, Brigid Schulte has baked cakes until 2 a.m., frantically (but surreptitiously) sent important emails during school trips and then worked long into the night after her children were in bed. Realising she had become someone who constantly burst in late, trailing shoes and schoolbooks and biscuit crumbs, she began to question, like so many of us, whether it is possible to be anything you want to be, have a family and still have time to breathe. So when Schulte met an eminent sociologist who studies time and he told her she enjoyed thirty hours of leisure each week, she thought her head was going to pop off. What followed was a trip down the rabbit hole of busy-ness, a journey to discover why so many of us find it near-impossible to press the 'pause' button on life and what got us here in the first place. Overwhelmed maps the individual, historical, biological and societal stresses that have ripped working mothers' and fathers' leisure to shreds, and asks how it might be possible for us to put the pieces back together. Seeking insights, answers and inspiration, Schulte explores everything from the wiring of the brain and why workplaces are becoming increasingly demanding, to worldwide differences in family policy, how cultural norms shape our experiences at work, our unequal division of labour at home and why it's so hard for everyone – but women especially – to feel they deserve an elusive moment of peace. ______________________ 'Every parent, every caregiver, every person who feels besieged by permanent busyness, must read this book' - Anne-Marie Slaughter, author of Why Women Still Can't Have It All
Download or read book Little Blair It s Time To Play written by Dianne Pennell and published by FriesenPress. This book was released on 2024-08-21 with total page 417 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Julie and Samantha are known to the world. Powerful women, they are the envy of the business world for their success and their growth. They are the epitome for all women to follow. Julie and Samantha are the true soul mate sisters, now married to the love of their lives and together, building a beautiful family under one roof. They live in contentment of what they achieved. Never to allow happiness to leave their beautiful world now created. Each had vanished from their heart, the painful past, and vowing to never look back again. However, a storm is nearing. The fluffy clouds are turning gray. The air around them is feeling cold, as the past is creeping back with rain droplets that will soon be terrestrial in its power to hit upon their home once again. Blair didn't die as the tabloids announced to the world. Where had she disappeared for the past eighteen months? And now, Blair rides upon the storm to break the shelter of love and happiness that covers Julie and Samantha. Blair has her own vendetta ready as she's nearing her targets. No one takes Blair down. No one! Julie and Samantha are left to find cover from its advancing winds. Blair has weathered the brewing for a storm both women may not have power to handle, as they watch her ride the gray clouds closing in. Can Julie and Samantha survive the deadly storm? In the end, who will survive the wrath of Blair....
Download or read book Last Lecture written by Perfection Learning Corporation and published by Turtleback. This book was released on 2019 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book No Time Like the Present written by Kristen Sheley and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2002-10 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sam Foster has invented a time machine. He didn't mean to bring anything back from his first trip to the past, but he has returned home to 2005 with a pioneer girl from Oregon.
Download or read book Fables Reader s Theater eBook written by Alaska Hults and published by Creative Teaching Press. This book was released on 2004-03-01 with total page 97 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This series of Reader's Theater books provides high-interest scripts featuring everything from amusing fables and fairy tales to inspiring inventors and historical heroes. Each script comes with expicit fluency instruction, a list of key vocabulary, and engaging comprehension activities. Each book describes in simple terms how to direct instruction and coach students as they practice their lines. Each unit can stand alone as fluency instruction or tie in to a related content-area unit. These resources meet instructional objectives as outlined in the No Child Left BehindAct.
Download or read book The Complete Concordance to Shakspeare written by Mary Cowden Clarke and published by . This book was released on 1845 with total page 882 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book 8000 written by Kenneth Paul and published by 人類智庫. This book was released on 2016-03-01 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 《8000 句英語會話日常生活每天說》分為5大章，21個部分，涉及到社會、生活、工作、娛樂等各個方面，囊括了近200個不同的場景，收錄8,000多句實用句 型。同時每個句子後都列出至少一個同義句，方便讀者運用。許多句中也列出重點單字和片語，讓讀者在學習會話的同時，也能夠輕鬆學習句中的單字和片語。本書 所收錄的句子都是最道地也最流行的，特別推薦給有口語基礎，想讓自己的英文會話能力更進步的人。 本書特色 ●主題最多元 不管是搭訕、點菜、問路還是匯款，這些生活場景，你天天都用得到！ ●24小時貼心服務 從早上起床到晚上下班回家，你所需要的表達方式，隨時都找得到！ ●例句最豐富 164個主題，每個主題下平均有25個句子，由於句子不會只有一種表達方式， 所以每個句子下至少提供一個同義句。 ●外國人天天都在用 和中式英文說掰掰！由外籍英語教師審定，學習最道地、最in的表達方式！ 目錄 Chapter 1 日常交際 Part 1 見面問候 初識搭訕 自我介紹 保持聯絡 朋友見面 談工作 談故鄉 Part 2連絡感情 盛情邀約 登門拜訪 互相幫助 選購與贈送禮物 致謝 告別 Part 3 娛樂狂歡 生日派對 在酒吧 在舞會 在遊樂場 在動物園 在博物館 Part 4 歡度節日 新年 情人節 母親節 父親節 萬聖節 聖誕節 其他節日 Part 5 電話通訊 撥接電話 打錯電話 電話故障 轉接電話 留言 結束電話 Chapter 2 閒聊片刻 Part 1 談論天氣 陽光明媚 高溫酷暑 下雪下雨 陰冷潮濕 其他天氣 Part 2 談學習教育 新學期開始 學習情況 學習方法 遇到難題 同學關係 在圖書館 考試 獎學金 論文 畢業 升學 Part 3 興趣愛好 看電影 看電視 讀書看報 養寵物 下棋玩遊戲 聽音樂 繪畫 打球 唱歌 爬山 游泳 跑步 滑雪溜冰 野餐露營 Part 4 喜怒哀樂 高興 讚美 悲傷 懷疑 信任 告誡 安慰 擔心 羞愧 討厭 憤怒 道歉 Part 5 常見閒聊主題 夢想 吸煙 烹飪 家事 健康 減肥 時尚元素 明星 鄰居 愛情 友誼 成功 環境污染 壓力 科技 網路 Chapter 3 休閒生活 Part 1 逛街購物 在服裝店 在鞋帽店 在超級市場 在日常用品店 在花店 在數位產品店 在古董店 Part 2 享受美食 餐廳訂位 點菜 結帳 Part 3 快樂假期 健行 開車自助旅行 搭乘交通工具出遊 參觀名勝古蹟 欣賞自然風光 Part 4 美容美髮 剪頭髮 美髮 護膚 購買化妝品 美甲修眉 整形 Chapter 4 公共場所 Part 1 在郵局 郵寄包裹 郵政儲蓄業務 Part 2 在銀行 存錢 領錢 匯款 貸款 開通帳戶 貨幣兌換 支票業務 信用卡業務 繳納費用 掛失 Part 3 在醫院 預約掛號 就診 吃藥打針 諮詢 住院 動手術 探病 出院 注意事項 Part 4 在馬路上 迷路與問路 指引方向 塞車 停車 違反交通規則 車子拋錨 交通事故 Chapter 5 職場生涯 Part 1職場新鮮人 找工作 預約面試 參加面試 面試結果 工作協議 培訓 Part 2 熟悉工作環境 了解工作內容 諮詢與指導 報告工作狀況 上下班 加班 請假 出差 加薪與升遷 福利待遇 職位調動 解雇 辭職 Part 3 商務活動 預約會面 接待客戶 參觀公司 介紹產品或服務 談判協商 簽訂合約 慶祝合作 為客戶送行 序 推薦序 希望英文對話能力突飛猛進，看這本就對了 Kenneth Paul 《8000句英語會話 日常生活每天說》是會話工具書，書中提供在各種情境下皆可使用的實用對話，從個人關係、個人理財到職場對話。這本書主要是針對有英文口語基礎，想提升會話能力的學習者使用，擴充他們的對話內容，使對話更流暢。 我帶過很多交換學生的班級以及成人會話班，我的學生在對話中有時會停頓、不知如何表達，我認為這本書對我的學生來說，再適合不過了。 本書有五章，又分為164個相關主題，每個主題下大約有25個例句，每個例句都有至少一個同義的句子，困難的單字和片語也會提供定義。 這種不先提供句型，而是直接提供同義句的作法，讓學生不會只是背誦句型，而可以直接學習相關句子。由於書中提供大量外國人常用的表達方式，所以學生可 以學習在各種不同的場景中合適的英文表達方式。至於內容的正確性，由於我本人審定本書中所有的句子，我可以保證所有表達方式皆很常用。 我認為這本書有兩個最大的優勢，首先是主題很廣，不像其他書可能為了迎合讀者而把主題的範圍簡單化，本書的會話包羅萬象，從日常交際、閒聊片刻、休閒 生活與興趣、個人財務、健康到職場生涯。再者是提供同義句，讀者可挑選自己比較喜歡的句子在生活中使用，不會只有一個句子可以運用。 由於本書的廣度和實用程度極佳，所以我很推薦這本書給想在國外生活的人閱讀。書上的主題和日常生活息息相關，每位讀者都可從豐富的內容中獲益。對於目前在上英文會話課的學生來說，本書的內容對課本或是課堂都是很好的補充。看了這本書，你的會話能力必定會突飛猛進！ 作者序 最完整的生活會話大全 人類智庫編輯群 很多人學了多年英語，但真正要跟老外交流時，卻是結結巴巴、語無倫次，絞盡腦汁說出來的句子，外國人還是聽不懂，這時不免讓人感慨：「英文口語真是讓 人傷透腦筋！」究其原因，不難發現，大多數的人都把時間花在記憶單字，他們單靠死記硬背，但從不開口，或者只會花時間閱讀，殊不知這些學習方法對英語學習 而言，其實效果不佳。 那麼怎樣才能學好英文會話呢？一本簡單實用的英語會話書是不可或缺的。《8000句英語會話 日常生活每天說》就是這樣的一本好書，它的特色在於場景豐富，所收錄的句子都是最道地也最流行的。 本書共分為5大章，21個部分，涉及到社會、生活、工作、娛樂等各個方面，囊括了近200個不同的場景，收錄8,000多句實用句型。同時，我們深知 每句話不會只有一種表達方式，所以在每個句子後都列出同義句，方便讀者運用。許多句中也列出重點單字和片語，讓讀者在學習會話的同時，也能夠輕鬆學習句中 的單字和片語。 本書編排合理，每一章節都是獨立的。讀者可以不按章節順序學習，而是從自己最有興趣的看起，或者根據自身需要來挑選對你而言最重要的章節，這樣學習起 來會更有效率。另外，學習時，可以挑選某個場景，先不看書，而是盡可能地去想與此場景相關的基本句子，然後再和書上列出的句子相比較，查漏補缺，加深記 憶，從而使學習事半功倍。 衷心希望本書能提供廣大英語學習者最完善的英語會話，讓您在和英文人士溝通時暢通無礙。
Download or read book Report written by Massachusetts. Department of Labor and Industries. Division of Statistics and published by . This book was released on 1872 with total page 612 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The First 20 Hours written by Josh Kaufman and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2013-06-13 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Forget the 10,000 hour rule— what if it’s possible to learn the basics of any new skill in 20 hours or less? Take a moment to consider how many things you want to learn to do. What’s on your list? What’s holding you back from getting started? Are you worried about the time and effort it takes to acquire new skills—time you don’t have and effort you can’t spare? Research suggests it takes 10,000 hours to develop a new skill. In this nonstop world when will you ever find that much time and energy? To make matters worse, the early hours of practicing something new are always the most frustrating. That’s why it’s difficult to learn how to speak a new language, play an instrument, hit a golf ball, or shoot great photos. It’s so much easier to watch TV or surf the web . . . In The First 20 Hours, Josh Kaufman offers a systematic approach to rapid skill acquisition— how to learn any new skill as quickly as possible. His method shows you how to deconstruct complex skills, maximize productive practice, and remove common learning barriers. By completing just 20 hours of focused, deliberate practice you’ll go from knowing absolutely nothing to performing noticeably well. Kaufman personally field-tested the methods in this book. You’ll have a front row seat as he develops a personal yoga practice, writes his own web-based computer programs, teaches himself to touch type on a nonstandard keyboard, explores the oldest and most complex board game in history, picks up the ukulele, and learns how to windsurf. Here are a few of the simple techniques he teaches: Define your target performance level: Figure out what your desired level of skill looks like, what you’re trying to achieve, and what you’ll be able to do when you’re done. The more specific, the better. Deconstruct the skill: Most of the things we think of as skills are actually bundles of smaller subskills. If you break down the subcomponents, it’s easier to figure out which ones are most important and practice those first. Eliminate barriers to practice: Removing common distractions and unnecessary effort makes it much easier to sit down and focus on deliberate practice. Create fast feedback loops: Getting accurate, real-time information about how well you’re performing during practice makes it much easier to improve. Whether you want to paint a portrait, launch a start-up, fly an airplane, or juggle flaming chainsaws, The First 20 Hours will help you pick up the basics of any skill in record time . . . and have more fun along the way.
Download or read book The Smith College Monthly written by and published by . This book was released on 1902 with total page 662 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Complete Works of Mary Elizabeth Braddon written by Mary Elizabeth Braddon and published by e-artnow. This book was released on 2019-09-06 with total page 11087 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: e-artnow presents to you this meticulously edited Mary Elizabeth Braddon collection: Novels: The Trail of the Serpent Lady Audley's Secret Aurora Floyd The Captain of the Vulture John Marchmont's Legacy Eleanor's Victory Henry Dunbar The Doctor's Wife Birds of Prey Charlotte's Inheritance Run to Earth Fenton's Quest The Lovels of Arden A Strange World The Cloven Foot Vixen Mount Royal Phantom Fortune The Golden Calf Wyllard's Weird Mohawks All Along the River Gerard (The World, the Flesh, and the Devil) London Pride His Darling Sin The Infidel Beyond These Voices Short Stories: Ralph the Bailiff and Other Stories: Ralph the Bailiff Captain Thomas The Cold Embrace My Daughters The Mystery of Fernwood Samuel Lowgood's Revenge The Lawyer's Secret My First Happy Christmas Lost and Found Eveline's Visitant – A Ghost Story Found in the Muniment Chest How I Heard my Own Will Read Flower and Weed and Other Tales: Flower and Weed George Caulfield's Journey The Clown's Quest Dr. Carrick If She Be Not Fair to Me The Shadow in the Corner His Secret Thou Art the Man Milly Darrell Good Lady Ducayne At Chrighton Abbey Children's Book: The Christmas Hirelings My First Novel by M. E. Braddon
Download or read book The Gregg Shorthand Magazine written by and published by . This book was released on 1916 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Greatest Historical Romance Novels of All Time written by Jane Austen and published by e-artnow. This book was released on 2021-04-02 with total page 15445 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: e-artnow presents to you the collection of the great love stories of the past, the best historical novels in one edition:_x000D_ Uarda: A Romance of Ancient Egypt (Georg Ebers)_x000D_ The New Abelard: Love in the Times of Cathedrals (Robert Williams Buchanan)_x000D_ Hildebrand: The Days of Queen Elizabeth (Anonymous) _x000D_ Love-at-Arms (Rafael Sabatini) _x000D_ The Making Of A Saint (W. Somerset Maugham) _x000D_ The Cloister and the Hearth (Charles Reade) _x000D_ The Princess of Cleves (Madame de La Fayette)_x000D_ The Forest Lovers (Maurice Hewlett) _x000D_ Malcolm (George MacDonald) _x000D_ Scarlet Letter: Love in the Colonial Period (Nathaniel Hawthorne) _x000D_ The Wild Irish Girl (Lady Sydney Morgan) _x000D_ Sophia (Stanley John Weyman) _x000D_ Paul and Virginia (Bernardin de Saint-Pierre) _x000D_ Memoirs of Emma Courtney (Mary Hays) _x000D_ Powder and Patch (Georgette Heyer)_x000D_ The Black Moth: A Romance of the XVIIIth Century (Georgette Heyer)_x000D_ The History of Miss Betsy Thoughtless (Eliza Haywood)_x000D_ Fantomina (Eliza Haywood)_x000D_ Olinda's Adventures (Catharine Trotter Cockburn)_x000D_ Belinda (Maria Edgeworth)_x000D_ Dangerous Liaisons (Pierre Choderlos de Laclos)_x000D_ Evelina (Fanny Burney)_x000D_ Pamela Trilogy_x000D_ Mary (Mary Wollstonecraft)_x000D_ Jane Austen:_x000D_ Pride & Prejudice_x000D_ Sense & Sensibility_x000D_ Mansfield Park_x000D_ Emma_x000D_ Persuasion_x000D_ Miss Marjoribanks & Phoebe, Junior (Mrs. Olifant)_x000D_ Vanity Fair (Thackeray)_x000D_ Mr. Rowl (D. K. Broster)_x000D_ The Battle of the Strong (Gilbert Parker)_x000D_ Kitty Alone (Sabine Baring-Gould) _x000D_ Sentimental Education (Gustave Flaubert) _x000D_ Lady Anna (Anthony Trollope)_x000D_ The Manoeuvring Mother (Lady Charlotte Bury)_x000D_ Ramona (Helen Hunt Jackson) _x000D_ Jane Eyre (Charlotte Brontë)_x000D_ Wuthering Heights (Emily Brontë)_x000D_ The Tenant of Wildfell Hall (Anne Brontë)_x000D_ The Lady of the Camellias (Alexandre Dumas)_x000D_ The Portrait of a Lady & The Wings of the Dove (Henry James)_x000D_ Anna Karenina (Leo Tolstoy)_x000D_ The Age of Innocence (Edith Wharton)_x000D_ Tess of the d'Urbervilles (Thomas Hardy)_x000D_ Bel Ami (Guy de Maupassant) _x000D_ The Squatter and the Don (María Ruiz de Burton) _x000D_ Maria Chapdelaine (Louis Hémon)_x000D_ The Four Feathers (A. E. W. Mason) _x000D_ The Miranda Trilogy (Grace Livingston Hill)_x000D_ The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
Download or read book Plan Your Walt Disney World Vacation in No Time written by Douglas S. Ingersoll and published by Que Publishing. This book was released on 2005 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This title's wallet-sized, tear-out cards help make Walt Disney World vacation plans portable. The guide includes restaurant ratings, experience and ride ratings based on age, easy-to-read park maps, and more.
Download or read book No Time for Ribbons written by Craig Trebilcock and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2008-09-29 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: War-weary Army Sergeant Gus Warden kills an Iraqi civilian on the final mission of his year in Iraq, mistaking the man for a terrorist. Returning home to Texas, guilt-ridden and unable to turn off the war, Warden struggles to rejoin a society where he no longer fits. When his manipulative brigade commander, Colonel Burr, uses the shooting to gain his unit publicity by nominating Warden for the Silver Star, Warden is suddenly trapped between becoming a fraudulent war hero and betraying the wartime buddies who covered for his wartime mistake. As he faces the most difficult choice of his life, Warden must try to separate himself from the horrific memories of his past and, for the first time in his life, put personal feelings before the mission. This powerful and thought-provoking novel is built upon the actual post-war experiences of the US Army veterans who served in the Iraq War. This is the second installment in the One Weekend A Month trilogy, which examines through the searing truth of fiction how the War on Terrorism is changing America and its soldiers.
Download or read book Visual Education written by University of Oklahoma. University Extension Division. Dept. of Visual Education and published by . This book was released on 1923 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book In the Arms of Baby Hop written by Kenneth Attaway and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2006-10 with total page 418 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many times in my adult life, I have had what I would call an "awake out-of-body experience." During these times, I was peeking in at my life in a dream state; thinking this cannot be my life. I found myself asking the questions of what happened to the child who outsmarted the world and what happened to the teen who had all the answers and confidence to boot, and the young adult who never settled for can't. Well, somewhere along the way, the only thing left of who I was once was, were just shreds of an almost non-existent life. Now, don't get me wrong, there were some good times along the way, but it certainly was not always smooth sailing. But what came later in life was no comparison to the early years. Not that long ago, my life was filled with disappointment, brokenness, worry, anxiety, and fear. I survived breakups and breakdowns, sadness and pain, grief and loss beyond description, all of which led to a one-way ticket to Depression Central. Getting off the road to depression was very difficult for me, but there is no job too hard for God. If you can relate to the paralyzing despair that I went through, then please know that I fellowship with you and understand the grip depression and anxiety can have on your life. However, I want you to know that your destination does not have to be a one-way ticket to the land of despair, instead, your journey can bring you to a place of joy and peace if you simply trust and believe in God.
