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English Pronunciation Models in a Globalized World

Accent, Acceptability and Hong Kong English

by Andrew Sewell ...

Series series Routledge Studies in World Englishes
This book explores the topics of English accents and pronunciation. It highlights their connections with several important issues in the study of English in the world, including intelligibility, identity, and globalization. The unifying strand is provided by English pronunciation models: what do these models consist of, and why? The focus on pronunciation teaching is combined with sociolinguistic ... Read more

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This book explores the topics of English accents and pronunciation. It highlights their connections with several important issues in the study of English in the world, including intelligibility, identity, and globalization. The unifying strand is provided by English pronunciation models: what do these models consist of, and why? The focus on pronunciation teaching is combined with sociolinguistic
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Blake's 7: Lucifer

by Paul Darrow, Jason Haigh-Ellery, Nicholas Briggs, Cavan Scott, Andrew Mark Sewell, Anthony Lamb, Terry Nation ...

Many legends surround the aftermath of the collapse of The Federation, including the fate of Kerr Avon... What happened to Avon after the death of Blake and the crew of the Scorpio? Paul Darrow's vivid re-imagining picks up Avon's story at the final moments of the final episode of Blake's 7 and follows him on his fight for survival, this time with no crew and no ship to help him. The adventure ... Read more

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Many legends surround the aftermath of the collapse of The Federation, including the fate of Kerr Avon... What happened to Avon after the death of Blake and the crew of the Scorpio? Paul Darrow's vivid re-imagining picks up Avon's story at the final moments of the final episode of Blake's 7 and follows him on his fight for survival, this time with no crew and no ship to help him. The adventure
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The Golden Girls

Tales from the Lanai

by Taylor Cole Miller, Peter C. Kunze, Jessica Hoover, Kate Fortmueller, Andrew Owens, Claire Sewell, Beth L Boser, Jared Clayton Brown, Ashleé Clark, Ken Feil0, Alfred L. Martin Jr.2, Eleanor Patterson Jr.3 ...

The Golden Girls: Tales from the Lanai is an accessible collection that explores the cultural, industrial, and historical impact of that beloved American sitcom. Edited by Taylor Cole Miller and Alfred L. Martin, Jr., this anthology brings together a diverse range of voices that model different media studies approaches to researching and critically analyzing television texts. The Golden Girls ... Read more

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The Golden Girls: Tales from the Lanai is an accessible collection that explores the cultural, industrial, and historical impact of that beloved American sitcom. Edited by Taylor Cole Miller and Alfred L. Martin, Jr., this anthology brings together a diverse range of voices that model different media studies approaches to researching and critically analyzing television texts. The Golden Girls
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Black Beauty

by Anna Sewell ...

Narrated by Digital Voice Andrew E ...

Unabridged

5 hours 10 min

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.Black Beauty by Anna Sewell is a timeless classic told from the unique perspective of a horse. Through the life story of Black Beauty—from his early days in a gentle countryside home to his hardships pulling cabs in the harsh streets of London—the novel explores themes of kindness, cruelty, dignity, and empathy. With each new owner, Beauty experiences ... Read more

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This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.Black Beauty by Anna Sewell is a timeless classic told from the unique perspective of a horse. Through the life story of Black Beauty—from his early days in a gentle countryside home to his hardships pulling cabs in the harsh streets of London—the novel explores themes of kindness, cruelty, dignity, and empathy. With each new owner, Beauty experiences
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Black Beauty

by Anna Sewell ...

Narrated by Andrew James Roberts ...

Unabridged

5 hours 27 min

This heartfelt story of a horse’s life is an enduring classic. Inspired bya missionto encourage sympathy and kindness to animals, Anna Sewell’s story is one you will never forget. Follow Black Beauty’s journey from a young foal to his encounters with people of all backgrounds and dispositions.In a story that is both poignant and memorable, this is one of the most famous animal stories to ever be ... Read more

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This heartfelt story of a horse’s life is an enduring classic. Inspired bya missionto encourage sympathy and kindness to animals, Anna Sewell’s story is one you will never forget. Follow Black Beauty’s journey from a young foal to his encounters with people of all backgrounds and dispositions.In a story that is both poignant and memorable, this is one of the most famous animal stories to ever be
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Educated in Tyranny

Slavery at Thomas Jefferson's University

by Maurie D. McInnis, Louis P. Nelson, Benjamin Ford, James Zehmer, Jessica E. Sewell, Andrew Johnston, Kirt von Daacke0 ...

From the University of Virginia’s very inception, slavery was deeply woven into its fabric. Enslaved people first helped to construct and then later lived in the Academical Village; they raised and prepared food, washed clothes, cleaned privies, and chopped wood. They maintained the buildings, cleaned classrooms, and served as personal servants to faculty and students. At any given time, there ... Read more

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From the University of Virginia’s very inception, slavery was deeply woven into its fabric. Enslaved people first helped to construct and then later lived in the Academical Village; they raised and prepared food, washed clothes, cleaned privies, and chopped wood. They maintained the buildings, cleaned classrooms, and served as personal servants to faculty and students. At any given time, there
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The New Negro

An Interpretation

by Alain Locke ...

Narrated by York Whitaker, Robin Eller, Charon Normand-Widmer, Ron Butler, J. D. Jackson, Sean Crisden, Cary Hite, Bill Andrew Quinn, Leon Nixon, Earl Sewell, Rhett Samuel Price, Lynch Travis, Dez Walker, Patryce Williams, Kevin R. Free ...

Unabridged

13 hours 38 min

This anthology edited by the American writer, philosopher, and patron of the arts Alain Locke brings together some of the most influential pieces of African American works from the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Featuring the voices of Zora Neale Thurston, W. E. B. Du Bois, and Langston Hughes, Locke included commentary on the emergence of the New Negro Movement, also known as the ... Read more

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This anthology edited by the American writer, philosopher, and patron of the arts Alain Locke brings together some of the most influential pieces of African American works from the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Featuring the voices of Zora Neale Thurston, W. E. B. Du Bois, and Langston Hughes, Locke included commentary on the emergence of the New Negro Movement, also known as the
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The Gift of Black Folk

The Negroes in the Making of America

by W. E. B. Du Bois ...

Narrated by Mirron Willis ...

Unabridged

8 hours 40 min

“The Negro worked as farm hand and peasant proprietor, as laborer, artisan, and inventor and as servant in the house, and without him, America as we know it, would have been impossible.”—W. E. B. Du BoisAlthough the Civil War marked an end to slavery in the United States, it would take another fifty years to establish the country’s civil rights movement. Dr. W. E. B. Du Bois was among the first ... Read more

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“The Negro worked as farm hand and peasant proprietor, as laborer, artisan, and inventor and as servant in the house, and without him, America as we know it, would have been impossible.”—W. E. B. Du BoisAlthough the Civil War marked an end to slavery in the United States, it would take another fifty years to establish the country’s civil rights movement. Dr. W. E. B. Du Bois was among the first
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Unsung America

Immigrant Trailblazers and Our Fight for Freedom

by Prerna Lal, Allegra McLeod ...

Narrated by Priya Khajuria ...

Unabridged

6 hours 38 min

Real immigrant perspectives of America’s immigration system, perfect for fans of The Book of Awesome Women, Dear America, or American Like Me.Positive and heroic stories. Far too often, immigrants are demonized and scapegoated, when they should be celebrated as heroes and revolutionaries. This audiobook strings together both triumphant and painful tales of immigrants who blazed trails and broke ... Read more

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Real immigrant perspectives of America’s immigration system, perfect for fans of The Book of Awesome Women, Dear America, or American Like Me.Positive and heroic stories. Far too often, immigrants are demonized and scapegoated, when they should be celebrated as heroes and revolutionaries. This audiobook strings together both triumphant and painful tales of immigrants who blazed trails and broke
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After the Blue Hour

by John Rechy ...

Narrated by Cooper North ...

Unabridged

5 hours 49 min

Fleeing a turbulent life in Los Angeles, John accepts an invitation to a private island from an admirer of his work. There, he joins Paul, his imposing host in his late thirties, his beautiful mistress, and his precocious teenage son. Browsing Paul's library and conversing together on the deck about literature and film during the spell of evening's "blue hour," John feels surcease, until, with ... Read more

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Fleeing a turbulent life in Los Angeles, John accepts an invitation to a private island from an admirer of his work. There, he joins Paul, his imposing host in his late thirties, his beautiful mistress, and his precocious teenage son. Browsing Paul's library and conversing together on the deck about literature and film during the spell of evening's "blue hour," John feels surcease, until, with
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The Railway Children

by E. Nesbit ...

Narrated by Virginia Leishman ...

Unabridged

6 hours 43 min

The Railway Children is the magical children's classic that has charmed readers for over a century. Follow the adventures of three siblings as they begin a new life in the countryside and discover the wonders of the railway behind their home.After their father suddenly disappears, Bobbie, Peter, and Phyllis are forced to leave their London home and move to the countryside with their mother. ... Read more

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The Railway Children is the magical children's classic that has charmed readers for over a century. Follow the adventures of three siblings as they begin a new life in the countryside and discover the wonders of the railway behind their home.After their father suddenly disappears, Bobbie, Peter, and Phyllis are forced to leave their London home and move to the countryside with their mother.
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The Alice B. Toklas Cook Book

by Alice B. Toklas ...

Narrated by Carol Monda, Romy Nordlinger, Mark Bramhall ...

Unabridged

10 hours 38 min

“I’m drenched in cream, marinated in wine, basted in cognac, and thoroughly buttered by the end of The Alice B. Toklas Cook Book.”—Eula Biss, New York Times bestselling author of Having and Being HadA beautiful new edition of the classic culinary memoir by Alice B. Toklas, Gertrude Stein’s romantic partner, with a new introduction by beloved culinary voice Ruth Reichl.Restaurant kitchens h... ... Read more

$28.99 USD

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“I’m drenched in cream, marinated in wine, basted in cognac, and thoroughly buttered by the end of The Alice B. Toklas Cook Book.”—Eula Biss, New York Times bestselling author of Having and Being HadA beautiful new edition of the classic culinary memoir by Alice B. Toklas, Gertrude Stein’s romantic partner, with a new introduction by beloved culinary voice Ruth Reichl.Restaurant kitchens h...
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