The Education & Learning category has 2,159 audiobooks on Listento.it, with an average listener rating of 4.3★ across 2,001 ratings. The most-rated is Bird by Bird.
The Etymologicon
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Do you know why… a mortgage is literally a death pledge? …why guns have girls’ names? …why salt is related to soldier? You’re about to find out… The Etymologicon (e-t?-‘mä-lä-ji-kän) is: *Witty (wi-te\): Full of clever humor *Erudite (er-?-dit): Showing knowledge *Ribald (ri-b?ld): Crude, offensive The Etymologicon is a completely unauthorized guide to the strange underpinnings of the English language. It explains: How you get from “gruntled” to “disgruntled”; why you are absolutely right to believe that your meager salary barely covers “money for salt”; how the biggest chain of coffee shops in the world (hint: Seattle) connects to whaling in Nantucket; and what precisely the Rolling Stones have to do with gardening. PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying reference material will be available in your Library section along with the audio.
©2012 Mark Forsyth (P)2014 Gildan Media LLC
Pimsleur Spanish Level 1 Lessons 1-5
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The Pimsleur method: the easiest, fastest way to learn Spanish. Completely portable, easily downloadable, and lots of fun. You’ll be speaking and understanding in no time flat! Pimsleur makes learning easy with: Thirty-minute core lessons you can take anywhere or do at home with Alexa Sync progress across devices Stream lessons or download to use in offline mode Individual progress tracking for one main account holder and up to three additional household members Car mode for easy driving and learning Compatible with Amazon Echo devices for working through lessons at home Why Pimsleur? Quick and easy - Only 30 minutes a day. Portable and flexible - Core lessons can be done anytime, anywhere, and easily fit into your busy life. Proven method - Works when other methods fail. Self-paced - Go fast or go slow - it’s up to you. Based in science - Developed using proven research on memory and learning. Cost-effective - Less expensive than classes or immersion and features all native speakers. Genius - Triggers your brain’s natural aptitude to learn. Works for everyone - Recommended for ages 13 and above. What you’ll learn This course includes lessons one through five from the Spanish Level One program featuring 2.5 hours of language instruction. Each lesson provides 30 minutes of spoken language practice, with an introductory conversation and new vocabulary and structures. Detailed instructions enable you to understand and participate in the conversation. Practice for vocabulary introduced in previous lessons is included in each lesson. The emphasis is on pronunciation and comprehension and on learning to speak Spanish. The Spanish language Spanish is the official language of 19 Latin American nations, as well as Spain, the Dominican Republic, and Cuba. Further, it’s one of the six official languages recognized by the United Nations. Pimsleur's Spanish programs teach an educated Latin American Spanish, featuring speakers from Colombia and Mexico. Students can expect to understand the lessons clearly and to be understood by Spanish speakers everywhere. PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying PDF will be available in your Audible Library along with the audio.
©2010 Pimsleur (P)2018 Simon & Schuster
Don't Worry, Retire Happy for Canadians
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That's right, Tom Hegna's Don't Worry, Retire Happy!: 7 Steps to Retirement Security message is now offered with the Canadian economy, retirement, and financial planning in mind. Make the most of your Old Age Security and Canadian Pension Plan, and learn everything you need to know about financial products. Simplify your retirement journey to just seven steps. Financial experts and Canada residents Jim Ruta and Michael Morrow contribute their years of experience helping Canadians retire happy. Join the millions of happy retirees and learn how you can avoid a just-in-case retirement. It's never too early or too late to start planning. Listen to Jim, Michael, and Tom each guide you!
©2018, 2019 Tom Hegna (P)2019 Tom Hegna
Teach Like a Pirate
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Based on Dave Burgess' popular Teach Like a Pirate seminars, this audiobook offers inspiration, practical techniques, and innovative ideas that will help you to increase student engagement, boost your creativity, and transform your life as an educator. You'll learn how to: Tap into and dramatically increase your passion as a teacher Develop outrageously engaging lessons that draw students in like a magnet Establish rapport and a sense of camaraderie in your classroom Transform your class into a life-changing experience for your students This groundbreaking inspirational manifesto contains more than 30 hooks specially designed to captivate your class and 170 brainstorming questions that will skyrocket your creativity. Once you learn the Teach Like a Pirate system, you'll never look at your role as an educator the same again.
©2015 Dave Burgess (P)2019 Dave Burgess
Learn French with Innovative Language's Proven Language System - Level 2: Absolute Beginner French
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Congratulations! You have just discovered the fastest and most fun way to learn a language! Are you ready to discover the secret to language learning success? Simply use our program and you will find it. Hundreds of thousands of language learners just like you have already discovered the power of our system. This program offers you a brand new way to learn a language. You'll be speaking from your very first lesson with our fun, easy to use, and innovative method. Further enhance and accelerate your learning experience by visiting innovativelanguage.com. Innovative language Learning has developed a number of features offered through its websites that make your learning experience more effective and fun.PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying reference material will be available in your Library section along with the audio.
©2009 Innovative Language Learning, LLC (P)2010 Innovative Language Learning, LLC
Alpha Money Strategies : AMS's Guide to Financial & Mental Freedom
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This audiobook will help you discover your passion in life and help you monetize it. I've also laid out how I've gotten my credit score over 800. I also teach you how I learned to ignore criticism online from haters once I started to make money. I also teach you my philosophy to investing and how I'm investing my money these days.
©2019 Alpha Male Strategies (P)2019 Alpha Male Strategies
The Elements of Eloquence
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From classic poetry to pop lyrics, from Charles Dickens to Dolly Parton, even from Jesus to James Bond, Mark Forsyth explains the secrets that make a phrase - such as "O Captain! My Captain!" or "To be or not to be" - memorable. In his inimitably entertaining and wonderfully witty style, he takes apart famous phrases and shows how you too can write like Shakespeare or quip like Oscar Wilde. Whether you’re aiming to achieve literary immortality or just hoping to deliver the perfect one-liner, The Elements of Eloquence proves that you don’t need to have anything important to say - you simply need to say it well. In an age unhealthily obsessed with the power of substance, this is a book that highlights the importance of style.
©2014 Mark Forsyth (P)2014 Gildan Media LLC
Pimsleur German Level 1 Lessons 1-5
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The Pimsleur® Method: the easiest, fastest way to learn a new language. Completely portable, easily downloadable, and lots of fun. You'll be speaking and understanding in no time flat! Each lesson in German Level 1 Lessons 1-5 provides 30 minutes of spoken language practice, with an introductory conversation and new vocabulary and structures. Detailed instructions enable you to understand and participate in the conversation. Each lesson contains practice for vocabulary introduced in previous lessons. The emphasis is on pronunciation and comprehension and on learning to speak German. PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying reference material will be available in your Library section along with the audio.
©2002 Simon & Schuster (P)2010 Simon & Schuster
Outlining Your Novel
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Let outlines help you write a better book! Writers often look upon outlines with fear and trembling. But when properly understood and correctly wielded, the outline is one of the most powerful weapons in a writer's arsenal. Outlining Your Novel: Map Your Way to Success will: Help you choose the right type of outline for you Guide you in brainstorming plot ideas Aid you in discovering your characters Show you how to structure your scenes Explain how to format your finished outline Instruct you in how to use your outline Reveal the benefits: Ensures cohesion and balance Prevents dead-end ideas Provides foreshadowing Offers assurance and motivation Dispel misconceptions: Requires formal formatting Limits creativity Robs the joy of discovery Takes too much time
©2011 K. M. Weiland (P)2014 K. M. Weiland
Pedagogy of the Oppressed: 50th Anniversary Edition
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First published in Portuguese in 1968, Pedagogy of the Oppressed was translated and published in English in 1970. Paulo Freire's work has helped to empower countless people throughout the world and has taken on special urgency in the United States and Western Europe, where the creation of a permanent underclass among the underprivileged and minorities in cities and urban centers is ongoing. This 50th anniversary edition includes an updated introduction by Donaldo Macedo, a new afterword by Ira Shor, and interviews with Marina Aparicio Barberán, Noam Chomsky, Ramon Flecha, Gustavo Fischman, Ronald David Glass, Valerie Kinloch, Peter Mayo, Peter McLaren, and Margo Okazawa-Rey to inspire a new generation of educators, students, and general audiences for years to come.
©1993 Paulo Freire; Copyright 2018 by Paulo Freire and contributors; Copyright Introduction 2018 by Donaldo Macedo; Copyright Afterword 2018 by Ira Shor (P)2018 Tantor
Learn Korean with Innovative Language's Proven Language System - Level 1: Introduction to Korean
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Congratulations! You have just discovered the fastest and most fun way to learn a language! Are you ready to discover the secret to language learning success? Simply use our program and you will find it. Hundreds of thousands of language learners just like you have already discovered the power of our system. This program offers you a brand new way to learn a language. You'll be speaking from your very first lesson with our fun, easy to use, and innovative method. Further enhance and accelerate your learning experience by visiting innovativelanguage.com. Innovative language Learning has developed a number of features offered through its websites that make your learning experience more effective and fun.PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying reference material will be available in your Library section along with the audio.
©Innovative Language Learning, LLC (P)2010 Innovative Language Learning, LLC
Learn Spanish with Innovative Language's Proven Language System - Level 2: Absolute Beginner Spanish
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Congratulations! You have just discovered the fastest and most fun way to learn a language! Are you ready to discover the secret to language learning success? Simply use our program and you will find it. Hundreds of thousands of language learners just like you have already discovered the power of our system. This program offers you a brand new way to learn a language. You'll be speaking from your very first lesson with our fun, easy to use, and innovative method. Further enhance and accelerate your learning experience by visiting innovativelanguage.com. Innovative language Learning has developed a number of features offered through its websites that make your learning experience more effective and fun.PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying reference material will be available in your My Library section along with the audio.
©2007 Innovative Language Learning, LLC (P)2010 Innovative Language Learning, LLC
The Gift of Dyslexia
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This program explains the concepts of Davis Dyslexia Correction for people who would rather listen than read. At the age of 38, Ronald D. Davis made a discovery about a perception that enabled him to read a book cover to cover: for the first time. The methods he developed have helped thousands of children and adults around the world to overcome reading, writing, study, and attention problems. You will have a step-by-step procedure to correct procedural difficulties and confusions about written language. The two basic techniques discussed are Orientation Counseling and Symbol Mastery. Many parents with no special training have achieved excellent results by using this program. PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying reference material will be available in your Library section along with the audio.
©1994, 2000 Ronald D. Davis (P)1994, 2000 Ronald D. Davis
ITIL® 4 Foundation: The Definitive Guide for ITIL ® 4 Foundation Certification
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IT Service Management (ITSM) bridges the world of business with the world of technology. In ITSM For Project Managers, we traces the modern evolutions in information technology that precipitated the need and inspiration for ITSM. We cover detailed chapters on the below topics: "The IT Service Value System (SVS)" "Service Management" "Seven Guiding Principles" "Four Dimensions of Service Management" "Continual Improvement" "IT Best practices"
©2018, 2019 iCertify Training (P)2018, 2019 iCertify Training
Bird by Bird
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An essential volume for generations of writers young and old, Bird by Bird is a modern classic. This 25th anniversary edition will continue to spark creative minds for years to come. For a quarter century, more than a million readers and listeners - scribes and scribblers of all ages and abilities - have been inspired by Anne Lamott’s hilarious, bighearted, homespun advice. Advice that begins with the simple words of wisdom passed down from Anne’s father - also a writer - in the iconic passage that gives the book its title: “Thirty years ago my older brother, who was ten years old at the time, was trying to get a report on birds written that he’d had three months to write. It was due the next day. We were out at our family cabin in Bolinas, and he was at the kitchen table close to tears, surrounded by binder paper and pencils and unopened books on birds, immobilized by the hugeness of the task ahead. Then my father sat down beside him, put his arm around my brother’s shoulder, and said, ‘Bird by bird, buddy. Just take it bird by bird.’”
©2019 Anne Lamott (P)2019 Random House Audio
Pimsleur Spanish Level 1 Lessons 6-10
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Surprise your friends! Astonish your family! With Pimsleur, you’ll be speaking and understanding Spanish like a native in no time. Thirty minutes a day is all it takes! Pimsleur makes learning easy. Thirty-minute core lessons you can take anywhere or do at home with Alexa Sync progress across devices Stream lessons or download to use in offline mode Individual progress tracking for one main account holder and up to three additional household members Car mode for easy driving and learning Compatible with Amazon Echo devices for working through lessons at home Why Pimsleur? Quick and easy - Only 30 minutes a day. Portable and flexible - Core lessons can be done anytime, anywhere, and easily fit into your busy life. Proven method - Works when other methods fail. Self-paced - Go fast or go slow - it’s up to you. Based in science - Developed using proven research on memory and learning. Cost-effective - Less expensive than classes or immersion and features all native speakers. Genius - Triggers your brain’s natural aptitude to learn. Works for everyone - Recommended for ages 13 and above. What you’ll learn: This course includes lessons 6-10 from the Spanish Level One program featuring 2.5 hours of language instruction. Each lesson provides 30 minutes of spoken language practice, with an introductory conversation and new vocabulary and structures. Detailed instructions enable you to understand and participate in the conversation. Practice for vocabulary introduced in previous lessons is included in each lesson. The emphasis is on pronunciation and comprehension and on learning to speak Spanish. The Spanish language Spanish is the official language of 19 Latin American nations, as well as Spain, the Dominican Republic, and Cuba. Further, it’s one of the six official languages recognized by the United Nations. Pimsleur's Spanish programs teach an educated Latin American Spanish, featuring speakers from Colombia and Mexico. Students can expect to understand the lessons clearly and to be understood by Spanish speakers everywhere. PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying PDF will be available in your Audible Library along with the audio.
©2010 Pimsleur (P)2010 Simon & Schuster
Pimsleur French Level 1 Lessons 6-10
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Surprise your friends! Astonish your family! With Pimsleur®, you’ll be speaking and understanding like a native in no time. And 30 minutes a day is all it takes! With this newest edition of French 1, we reflect the general trend in France toward casual interaction and have updated vocabulary and structures. What you are learning is neither stilted “textbook” French, nor “street” French, but rather everyday French as spoken in France. This course includes Lessons 6-10 from the French Level 1 program featuring 2.5 hours of language instruction. Each lesson provides 30 minutes of spoken French language practice, with an introductory conversation, and new vocabulary and structures. Detailed instructions enable you to understand and participate in the conversation. Practice for vocabulary introduced in previous lessons is included in each lesson. The emphasis is on pronunciation and comprehension, and on learning to speak French. Reading Lessons are included and provide you with an introduction to reading French. A Reading Booklet and is included with your download. The French Language French is spoken by 55 million speakers in France, 3 million in Belgium, 1.5 million in Switzerland, 6.5 million in Canada, and 5 million in former French and Belgian colonies. It is an official language in 44 countries and an official language of the United Nations. An estimated 50 million people around the world speak French as a second language. PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying PDF will be available in your Audible Library along with the audio.
©2018 Simon & Schuster, Inc. Pimsleur® is an imprint of Simon & Schuster Audio, a division of Simon & Schuster, Inc. Mfg. in USA. All rights reserved. (P)2018 Pimsleur
Pimsleur German Level 1 Lessons 6-10
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Surprise your friends! Astonish your family! With Pimsleur, you'll be speaking and understanding like a native in no time. Thirty minutes a day is all it takes. German Level 1 Lessons 6-10 builds on material taught in prior units. Each lesson provides 30 minutes of spoken language practice, with an introductory conversation and new vocabulary and structures. Detailed instructions enable you to understand and participate in the conversation. Each lesson contains practice for vocabulary introduced in previous lessons. The emphasis is on pronunciation and comprehension and on learning to speak German. Reading lessons begin in unit ten and provide you with an introduction to reading German. These readings are designed to teach you to sound out words with correct pronunciation and accent. PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying reference material will be available in your Library section along with the audio.
©2002 Simon & Schuster (P)2010 Simon & Schuster
The Secrets of Story
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The Secrets of Story is a revolutionary and comprehensive writing guide for the 21st century, focused on clever ways to get an audience to fully identify with an all-too-human hero. Authors will learn to how to cut through pop culture noise and win over a jaded modern audience by rediscovering the heart of writing: shaping stories that ring true to our shared understanding of human nature. Providing conversational advice that spans multiple disciplines - from fiction to film to creative nonfiction - Matt Bird's insightful techniques allow characters to come alive and stories to reach a new level of appeal.
©2016 Matt Bird (P)2016 HighBridge, a division of Recorded Books
The Innovator's Mindset
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Kids walk into schools full of wonder and questions. How you, as an educator, respond to students' natural curiosity can help further their own exploration and shape the way they learn today and in the future. The traditional system of education requires students to hold their questions and compliantly stick to the scheduled curriculum. But our job as educators is to provide new and better opportunities for our students. It's time to recognize that compliance doesn't foster innovation, encourage critical thinking, or inspire creativity - and those are the skills our students need to succeed. In The Innovator's Mindset, George Couros encourages teachers and administrators to empower their learners to wonder, to explore - and to become forward-thinking leaders. If we want innovative students, we need innovative educators. In other words, innovation begins with you. Ultimately, innovation is not about a skill set: it's about a mindset. The Innovator's Mindset is for you if: You are a superintendent, district administrator, or principal who wants to empower your staff to create a culture of innovation You are a school leader - at any level - and want to help students and educators become their personal best You are a teacher who wants to create relevant learning experiences and help students develop the skills they need to be successful You'll be inspired to: Connect with other innovative educators Support teachers and leaders as learners Tap into the strength of your learning community Create ongoing opportunities for innovation Seek more effective methods for measuring progress And, most importantly, embrace change and use it to do something amazing
©2015 George Couros (P)2018 Dave Burgess Consulting, Inc.