Is This Seat Taken?


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“Now, what do I do?!” I dare say, there is not a single person who at least once in his or her life has not faced an unexpected situation, a newfound reality, a daunting challenge, or veiled opportunity and not wondered what to do. You may feel that you have made poor choices, that your opportunities have passed you by, or that you’re playing musical chairs, the music has stopped, and all the seats are taken. This book is for those individuals like you who have come to a fork in the road, chosen a path, and found themselves twenty to thirty (or more) years later in a destination they didn’t quite recognize. But the stories are relevant for anyone, at any age, at any station in life who has awakened and wondered what they are going to do next or how will they move forward. I want to offer hope, inspiration, and applicable lessons as derived from the lives of well known, and not-so-famous men and women who found new and unexpected success—by many definitions—late in life. My hope is that these remarkable transformational stories will light a spark—whether you are twenty-five or sixty-five—to take back the reins of your life and become clear on exactly what you are going to do now and how you wish to contribute to the world. The music has not stopped, and there is still time to find your seat.




Is This Seat Taken? No, I Saved it for You


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When a seat is saved for us, a door is opened to a new learning opportunity. Real life. Author Kristin S. Kaufman has had the good fortune in her life to have many seats saved for her—both literally and figuratively. In this final book of her Is This Seat Taken?trilogy, Kristin invites you to come along with her as she revisits the moments in her life when she discovered the unmistakable wisdom revealed through the “seats” in which she found herself seated, from an empty folding chair at her high school reunion to the most formative roles of her career. Real lessons. In this, her most compelling and deeply personal book yet, Kristin shares with you her own struggles and victories to help illuminate the powerful life lessons that reveal themselves through everyday experiences—but only if you know how to look. A call-and-response story. Kristin invites you on her personal journey, offering questions along the way to motivate and inspire you to discover the lessons in your own life, gained from experiences such as: • Suffering the loss of a parent • Learning to make friends as an adult • Striving for career success • Ending abusive or toxic relationships • Growing up with small-town values




Is This Seat Taken? (new adult, sweet romance)


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Jules Russo's childhood wish finally comes true when Adam Blake asks her out. Her new date may not live up to her preconceived ideas--he may just be more. Who knew that saving seats, peanut butter and jelly, and street signs could lead to forever? Is This Seat Taken? is a sweet new adult romance at 12,600 words in length (short story/ short novella). Keywords: contemporary romance, romance, inspirational romance, clean romance, college romance, romantic comedy, romcom, crush, flirt, sweet romance short story, new adult romance short story, inspirational romance short story, clean romance short story, college romance short story, chick lit, novelette, short novella, humor, new adult love story, sweet love story, inspirational love story, clean love story, college love story




Pvt. Wars


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THE STORY: Three G.I.s recovering from Vietnam injuries, while away their time on the terrace of an Army hospital. Gately, a hillbilly, fiddles compulsively with a disemboweled radio; Silvio, a streetwise, big-city type, is addicted to flashing (even though his sex organs have suffered-he thinks-irremediable battle damage); while Natwick, a prissy rich kid from Long Island, writes letters to his mother telling her how much he wants to become a close friend of Gately (while omitting mention of how actively Silvio dislikes him). Comprised of a series of brief blackout scenes, the play blends these into a meaningful mosaic as the three tease, torment, entertain, exasperate and, on occasion, solace each other-maintaining throughout a hilarity which belies their deep concern about the uncertainties of the civilian world to which they will soon be returning. For full-length version, check index for correct page number.




Is this Seat Taken?


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Angličtina – věty a fráze pro každou situaci


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Chcete si jen zopakovat běžné anglické fráze?Nebo chcete svou angličtinu při konverzaci trochu "okořenit"?Připomeňte si základní anglické fráze a naučte se i další ustálená spojení, která dodají Vaší angličtině ten správný říz.




Basic Spoken Chinese Practice Essentials


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Use this one-of-a-kind practice guide together with any Chinese book or language program, and dramatically enhance your speaking and listening skills. No matter what book or course you're using to learn Chinese, it takes a lot of practice. Here is a wealth of effective practice activities--including more than 16 hours of audio material!--to help polish your spoken Mandarin Chinese. This book corresponds to Basic Spoken Chinese and allows you to move from complete beginner level to basic proficiency. Downloadable content features over 16 hours of audio material, as well as (printable) PDF files of hundreds of additional practice pages and exercises. Basic Spoken Chinese Practice Essentials includes carefully designed activities to help solidify every aspect of your spoken Chinese skills, including: Pronunciation exercises. Vocabulary and Grammar summaries. Substitution drills. Transformation and Response drills. Role Play & Listening Comprehension exercises. Dictation exercises. Translation exercises. The downloadable content contains: 16 hours of audio by native Mandarin speakers. Printable practice pages. Printable exercises and activities. Together with or after this book, you can use Basic Written Chinese if you want to learn Chinese reading and writing. It introduces the highest-frequency characters and words in a systematic way. About the Series Respected Chinese language expert Dr. Cornelius Kubler, who has taught diplomats, business people and students, presents a learning system that uses separate but integrated "tracks" to help you efficiently master the basics of spoken and written Chinese. The materials in the Basic Spoken Chinese series allow you to move from complete beginner level to intermediate fluency.




New Research on Cohesion and Coherence in Linguistics


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The study of text cohesion and coherence has been a topic of heated discussion in Linguistics since the 1990s. Western linguists have developed two major theoretical frameworks to describe the relationship between the two concepts: one posits that cohesive devices are important means to ensure cohesion; the other argues that coherence does not rely on cohesion. Yet neither has complete explanatory power over reality; nor can they solve real-life problems. This title proposes a creative, concrete, and highly operational theoretical model that unites cohesion and coherence using authentic English or Chinese examples. The authors clarify the concepts of coherence and expand the scope of the research by focusing on a variety of internal and external factors, such as psycho-cognitive and socio-cultural factors. Moreover, the authors propose that the new theoretical paradigm can be applied to a range of other disciplines, including translation and foreign language teaching. This title has been one of the most cited works on cohesion and coherence in China. Students and scholars of discourse analysis, linguistics, and language education will find this an invaluable reference.




소통영어 퀴즈 (에디션 3)


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영어 회화가 쉬운 일이 아니다. 외국인과 영어로 대화를 할 때 여러가지 표현들이 머리에서 뱅뱅 도는데, 막상 입으로는 나오지를 않고, 가슴이 답답해지고 진땀 내며 고생하게 되는 경우를 경험하게 된다. 이러한 일은 영어 회화를 암기위주로 공부를 많이 하는 경우에 주로 발생한다. 영어 회화는 암기가 아니라 반복이어야 하며, 공부가 아니라 연습이 있어야 한다. 따라서 소통 영어의 학습은 암기보다는 반복, 한꺼번에 오랜 시간보다는 매일 조금씩, 부담 없이 재미를 붙일 수 있게 하는 방식이 되어야한다. 이에 따라 "소통 영어 퀴즈"는 생활속에서 마주치는 다양한 영어 표현을 퀴즈 형식을 통하여 효과적으로 익힘으로써 영어 소통에 자신감을 가지고, 깊이 있는 영어 대화를 구사할 수 있도록 사례 중심으로 구성하였다.




日常英会話話しかけ&返事のバリエーションを増やす


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日常的な会話だからこそ、表現のバリエーションを増やして、ネイティブのように自然な会話がしたい!ネイティブが実は使い分けている表現の、ニュアンスの違いをつかみたい...という人に最適な、「話しかけ」と「返事」をセットで覚える表現集。