American English Grammar

A new history of US education through the nineteenth century that rigorously accounts for Black, Native, and white experiences; a story that exposes the idea of American education as “the great equalizer” to not only be a lie, but also a myth that reproduces past harms. Education is the...

Real-Life American English Short Stories for CEFR A2 Learners is a high-beginner e-book designed to help you move confidently from A1 into A2 through connected, real-world American English—anytime, anywhere. In this A2 volume, you continue with the same familiar characters as they navigate everyday life in the United States, including work, school, health, transportation, and community situations. The stories add more detail, more natural dialogue, and a wider range of real-life contexts while staying clear and accessible for high-beginner learners. As you read, you will expand practical ...

This Kindle e-book includes Stories 1–10 from the Real-Life American English Short Story Series (A1–C2)—a CEFR-aligned reading series designed to build practical English step by step. Follow recurring characters like Rosa, Carlos, Maria, Omar, and Ms. Brown as they navigate everyday life in the United States—home, work, school, transportation, healthcare, and community life. Unlike random graded readers, these stories are built for measurable progress. Each one uses General American (GenAm) spelling, grammar, and vocabulary, introduces high-frequency language, and teaches grammar in...

Designed for C2 near-native learners, this e-book delivers a curated set of sophisticated American English short stories in a streamlined, story-only format. Each text features layered narratives, shifting perspectives, implied meanings, and rich cultural references—written in high-level yet contemporary General American English that remains readable and natural. Across informal, professional, and reflective situations, the stories model advanced collocations, natural phrasal verbs, figurative language, and precise register shifts so you can sharpen your sense of tone, style, and nuance. ...

Do lobsters feel pain? Did Franz Kafka have a funny bone? What is John Updike's deal, anyway? And what happens when adult video starlets meet their fans in person? David Foster Wallace answers these questions and more in essays that are also enthralling narrative adventures. Whether covering the...

Your voice matters. Let’s make sure it’s heard—clearly and confidently. Grammar Guardians: Navigating Common Errors for African-American Authors is your essential guide to mastering the mechanics of writing without compromising your culture or identity. Written by cultural editor and storyteller Icarus Carpaccio, this book empowers BIPOC writers to embrace their voice while tackling common grammatical pitfalls. From subject-verb agreement to misplaced modifiers and apostrophe confusion, Grammar Guardians breaks it down with clarity, compassion, and cultural relevance. Inside you’ll ...

Real-Life American English Short Stories for CEFR B1 Learners is an intermediate story-only e-book for learners who are ready to move beyond basic dialogues and read narratives that feel real—written in clear, natural American English. At the B1 level, progress comes from longer stories with meaningful choices, real problems, and turning points you can recognize from everyday life. In this volume, you follow connected stories set in the United States as familiar characters face work decisions, money choices, school challenges, friendships, and major life changes. The situations are ...

This AudioFile Earphones Award-winning recording of Alison Larkin's best-selling autobiographical novel about an adopted English woman who finds her birth parents and herself in the US is followed by an exclusive interview with the author. In addition to being a best-selling novelist and comedienne, Alison Larkin is also the award-winning narrator of over 200 audiobooks.

Discover & Enjoy America’s Past Like Never Before with An Immersive, Entertaining Journey into United States Early History! Step back into enchanting, early America & bring your family, friends, & history buffs on a thrilling adventure: the first European explorers to the United States birth! Much more than a game—it’s an interactive experience that blends entertainment, education, hilarity & healthy, friendly competition. You’ll Love: 1. 776+ Engaging, Entertaining Questions – Packed with hundreds of multiple-choice questions & long, intriguing, interesting fact filled, often ...

Transform Your Thanksgiving into a Feast of Laughter, Learning, & Legendary Fun! 🦃🍁 Why settle for just turkey & pie when you can add a side of brain-boosting, belly-laughing trivia to your holiday table? This book is your ultimate Thanksgiving companion, packed with 101+ trivia questions with incredibly fun and funny detailed answer explanations that will entertain kids, challenge adults, & spark hilarious debates over who really knows their Pilgrim history. From fascinating facts about the First Thanksgiving to funny turkey tidbits, this quiz is the perfect way to bond while ...

"This listen is for lovers of words, lovers of a great story, and lovers of a great narration. Hillary Huber does a fantastic job capturing this wonderful novel about twin girls, their love for each other, and their eventual rivalry." -- AudioFile Magazine An enchanting, comic love letter to...

Do lobsters feel pain? Did Franz Kafka have a funny bone? What is John Updike's deal, anyway? And what happens when adult video starlets meet their fans in person? David Foster Wallace answers these questions and more in essays that are also enthralling narrative adventures. Whether covering the...

In 2003, the book Nigger started an intense conversation about the uses and implications of that epithet. The N Word moves beyond that short, provocative book by revealing how the word has both reflected and spread the scourge of bigotry in America.

This book presents the most important elements of English grammar in a clear and simple manner. The book addresses all those who want to learn English, regardless of age, offering, through clear explanations and algorithms, a better and faster understanding of English grammar. Each lesson is accompanied by examples and exercises. The book contains 900 exercises.

This audiobook contains grammar points with examples for learners. With many chapters on various grammatical theories, A Grammar of the English Tongue is the complete guide to the correct usage of English. A Grammar of the English Tongue can help you get the basic skills you need for a career and for further educational pursuits.

In this edition: Present and past tenses; Singular and plural tenses; Singular and plural nouns; Singular and plural pronouns; Modal verbs and their usages; and Perfect tenses are carefully explained with example sentences in sentence constructions.

Splendiferous Speech explores the main sources of the American vernacular - the expanding western frontier, the bumptious world of politics, and the sensation-filled pages of popular 19th-century newspapers. It's a process that started with the earliest English colonists (first word adoption - the Algonquian raccoon) and is still going strong today. Author Rosemarie Ostler takes listeners along on the journey as Americans learn to declare linguistic independence and embrace their own brand of speech.

Even if you have never spoken or written in Spanish, no need to worry because this book was designed specifically for people like you. In fact, by purchasing this book, you will have the big advantage that only this book offers, that it is the parallel translation of the stories in English, which will definitively cancel any difficulty in understanding and memorizing the text that you might encounter by purchasing other books.

What would it mean for your studies or career to be able to read freely in English? How about understanding more vocabulary? These short stories in English for beginners are designed to improve your English quickly and easily.

Scientists have shown bilingualism to be brain-changing. It can also be life-changing. In America's Bilingual Century, author Steve Leveen takes you on a journey of reinvention - of yourself, your children, and the country - that takes place when we embrace bilingualism. Based on a decade of research and hundreds of interviews with experts and successful bilinguals, Steve found that a new America is emerging: One where more and more people are speaking English and another language.