Do you want to learn the fastest way to speak Spanish fluently as a beginner without endless hours of memorization? Then keep reading....After English, Spanish is the second most spoken language in the world with over 480 million speakers.Without a doubt, being able to speak Spanish opens doors to countless opportunities previously unavailable to you - from personal, professional, social, or romantic opportunities.The challenge is that most other audiobook training pro...

If you want to learn Portuguese quickly and easily, impress all your friends, and master everyday Portuguese conversation…then this two-in-one audiobook bundle contains everything you need to get started!Love Portuguese culture? Planning to travel (for business or leisure) and want to be able to hold real conversations?Maybe you’ve previously tried to learn Portuguese before but gave up?We understand where you’re coming from.In our experience, many students we h...

If you want to learn Spanish quickly and easily, then keep reading.Love Spanish culture? Planning to travel (for business or leisure) and want to be able to hold real conversations?Maybe you’ve previously tried to learn Spanish before but gave up.We understand where you’re coming from.In our experience, many students we had have taken a program or two before us but found them either too difficult, time-consuming, or confusing.They either contained to...

Julia Bauer, a 22-year-old first-year art teacher in a native school, lives with her parents and brother Paul in southern Arizona. After a tragic accident and a personal disappointment, Julia agrees to accompany her grieving mother to visit her sister Elizabeth in New Harmony, Indiana. She enjoys gardening with the community around a new labyrinth, but uncharacteristic behavior by her mother and revelations about family history astonish her. An unexpected invitation offers an opportunity t...

When the last candle burns out, Lila doesn’t just face the dark—she meets it.Plagued by a childhood fear of nightfall, young Lila finds herself face-to-face with a mysterious figure made of shadows… who offers not terror, but understanding. As the world outside her window teeters on the edge of war and her own family begins to unravel, Lila is offered a choice: to remain in the safety of fear, or step into the unknown and be transformed.Narrated by Grace Noble with warmth a...

Chris Burwell charts one man's career in aviation from joining the RAF in 1969 aged eighteen, to having responsibility for training pilots for the world's major airlines nearly fifty years later.After training at RAF Cranwell and RAF Valley and a tour as a flying instructor on Jet Provosts, he joined the Harrier Force, flying on front-line squadrons in the United Kingdom and Germany during the Cold War and as an instructor on the Harrier Conversion Unit. Detachments to Belize in 19...

Design for resilience in a digital world and explore how integrating human factors into cybersecurity reduces errors, fortifies defenses, and aligns protection strategies with authentic human behavior. Key FeaturesOffers frameworks to reduce security fatigue, mitigate burnout, and manage mental workloads across cybersecurity teamsGet practical strategies for building security systems that align with human behaviors and limitationsBridges human ...

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.In the realm of philosophical exploration lies a contentious topic: the ethics of population control. Delving into the depths of ethical considerations surrounding the management of populations, this thought-provoking book is poised to challenge conventional wisdom and ignite intellectual debates. Through profound insights and philosophical discussions, it barbers the line between moral dilemmas and utilitarian ideals. Divided into care...

In the last ten years, there has been a resurgence of interest in repression and violence within states. Paths to State Repression improves our understanding of why states use political repression, highlighting its relationship to dissent and mass protest. The authors draw upon a wide variety of political-economic contexts, methodological approaches, and geographic locales, including Cuba, Nicaragua, Peru, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Israel, Eastern Europe, and Africa. This book is inva...

Paradigms and Sand Castles demonstrates the relationship between thoughtful research design and the collection of persuasive evidence in support of theory. It teaches the craft of research through interesting and carefully selected examples from the field of comparative development studies.Barbara Geddes is Professor of Political Science at the University of California, Los Angeles.

What drives politics in dictatorships? Milan W. Svolik argues authoritarian regimes must resolve two fundamental conflicts. Dictators face threats from the masses over which they rule - the problem of authoritarian control. Secondly from the elites with whom dictators rule - the problem of authoritarian power-sharing. Using the tools of game theory, Svolik explains why some dictators establish personal autocracy and stay in power for decades; why elsewhere leadership changes are regular an...

Why do people become extremists? What makes people become so dismissive of opposing views? Why is political and cultural polarization so pervasive in America? In Going to Extremes, renowned legal scholar and best-selling author Cass R. Sunstein offers startling insights into why and when people gravitate toward extremism. Sunstein marshals a wealth of evidence that shows that when like-minded people gather in groups, they tend to become more extreme in their views than they were b...