English Class

Austen wrote, 'I am going to take a heroine whom no-one but myself will much like' and thus introduces the handsome, clever, rich - and flawed, Emma Woodhouse. Emma is perfectly content with her life and sees no need for either love or marriage; nothing however delights her more than matchmaking her fellow residents of Highbury. But when she ignores the warnings of her good friend Mr. Knightley and attempts to arrange a suitable match for her protegee Harriet Smith, her carefully laid plans soon unravel and have consequences that she never expected.

In recent years, numerous studies have shown that bright, charming, seemingly confident and socially skilled teenagers from affluent, loving families are experiencing epidemic rates of depression, substance abuse, and anxiety disorders - rates higher than in any other socioeconomic group of American adolescents. Materialism, pressure to achieve, perfectionism, and disconnection are combining to create a perfect storm that is devastating children of privilege and their parents alike.

During the formative years of the Industrial Revolution, English workers and artisans claimed a place in society that would shape the following centuries. But the capitalist elite did not form the working class - the workers shaped their own creations, developing a shared identity in the process. Despite their lack of power and the indignity forced upon them by the upper classes, the working class emerged as England's greatest cultural and political force.

What's a city boy to do when he wakes up with a mysterious system glowing before his eyes? As the system forces worlds to merge, Drake confronts his past and new reality, where sharp wit and brutal killings go hand in hand. He’ll face countless enemies and unexpected allies, with choices that will shape the future of his planet. But before the real adventure begins, he has to survive this ridiculous tutorial and master his spells. Join Drake in this exciting LitRPG Adventure filled with deadly battles, mystical forces, and a high-stakes struggle for survival in a world reshaped by the system.

Newly widowed and stuck in a middle-aged funk, Poppy has been running on cookies, infomercials, and one-sided chats with her cat for months. There's no way on earth she's attending her 25-year class reunion - especially after receiving a very bizarre letter from Barbie, the popular cheerleader who taunted her all through high school. At least, not until Poppy's best friend practically drags her to the event.... Using the dreaded homecoming as an excuse to visit her eccentric Aunt Ginny, Poppy vows to leave Cape May with pride and Spanx intact. Too bad Barbie is still the queen of mean.

Rose McKenzie may be far from Earth with no way back, but she's made a powerful ally—a fellow prisoner with whom she's formed a strong bond. Sazo's an artificial intelligence. He's saved her from captivity and torture, but he's also put her in the middle of a conflict, leaving Rose with her loyalties divided. Captain Dav Jallan doesn't know why he and his crew have stumbled across an almost legendary Class 5 battleship, but he's not going to complain. The only problem is, all its crew are dead—all except for one strange, new alien being.

In a world awash in educational chess content, knowing how to study the game most effectively can be challenging. As the Perpetual Chess Podcast host, USCF Master Ben Johnson has spent hundreds of hours talking chess with many of the world’s top players and most accomplished trainers. In the popular Adult Improver Series, he has spoken with dozens of passionate amateurs who have elevated their games significantly while pursuing chess as a hobby.

As Ayanokouji and his classmates begin their second year at the Advanced Nurturing High School, they're greeted by a fresh gauntlet of exams and a fresh batch of rather unique first-year students. They'll have to get to know each other quickly, because the first special exam pairs the first-years with the second-years on a written test--with only the second-years facing expulsion if their team performs poorly! Worse yet? It seems one of the new first-years is also from the White Room. Can Ayanokouji avoid expulsion while sussing out the identity of this hidden foe?

The system isn’t done with Drake, pushing him and the other participants beyond limits they never knew existed. Killing monsters, surviving ambushes, and leveling up have become routine as Drake fights his way to the tutorial's end. But what awaits beyond the final trial? What kind of world will he step into? And what kind of power will the system grant to those who survive? One thing is certain—there’s no going back.

Viv and Rex's plans to return to community college and get their PI license hit an unexpected snag when their instructor, a seasoned private investigator, winds up dead the first day. Now, instead of studying for midterms, they’re cramming to crack the case.

Today there is so much more competition for people's attention in the field of Pilates. In this book, you will discover a variety of teaching tools and ways to teach classes that ignite curiosity about movement. You will help them to value movement as more than a series of minutes, hours or repetitions before they can get to the next thing on their to-do list. Helping your clients take ownership of their movement choices outside of the studio is where the real value is in any form of movement teaching. When you are teaching others, you are doing something that MATTERS. You are contributing ...

Students of the prestigious Tokyo Metropolitan Advanced Nurturing High School are given remarkable freedom—if they can win, barter, or save enough points to work their way up the ranks!

With a heart of gold—and the suspense of a classic crime novel—this true story memorializes one man’s split-second decision to chart a new course for generations to come, proving that courage and honor do have the power to make a better life.

NATIONAL BESTSELLER A Good Morning America Book Club Pick A New York Times Most Anticipated Books of Fall From the New York Times bestselling author who inspired the hit Netflix series about a struggling mother barely making ends meet as a housecleaner, a “raw and inspiring” (People) memoir...

The Photography Masterclass book will teach you how to take amazing images and even sell them, whether you use a smartphone, mirrorless or DSLR camera. Photography Masterclass is a book designed to teach you the ins and outs of photography, even if you have little to no experience with it, to help create beautiful images that help you stand out from the crowd. Master Photography Techniques to Create Extraordinary Images! While there are plenty of digital photography books that focus on specific styles or how to use gear, it's hard to find a comprehensive book like this one, which is for ...

This is the third edition (2023-2027) of the popular All Ham and No Spam® General Class license manual. It includes the latest updates through December 2023. Other study guides include three wrong multiple-choice answers for every question. You have to slog through over 1,000 wrong answers! That is Spam! The Easy Way is a concise explanation of every question with only the correct answers, hints and cheats to help you remember. The right answers will jump out when you take the test. The wrong answers will look strange because you have never seen them. Don't waste your time on Spam! ...

Ready to earn more, work on your own schedule, and build a career that lasts? Your CDL could be the key to a better life and this guide shows you exactly how to get there. You’re balancing work, family, and bills, but you’re ready for a change. You want stability, freedom, and control over your future.

Following a remarkable epoch of greater dispersion of wealth and opportunity, we are inexorably returning towards a more feudal era marked by greater concentration of wealth and property, reduced upward mobility, demographic stagnation, and increased dogmatism. If the last 70 years saw a massive expansion of the middle class, not only in America but in much of the developed world, today that class is declining and a new, more hierarchical society is emerging. The new class structure resembles that of Medieval times.

An inherited estate. A hostile steward. A corpse in the forest—and a past that refuses to stay buried. Newly married and eager to begin their life together, Zoe and Quinton Coleville arrive at Cedarbrook, Quinton’s ancestral estate. But the welcome is anything but warm. Two days later, a body is found near the crumbling shell of the old manor house hidden deep in the woods. A shadowy figure seen in the West Wood only fuels the local legend of a Coleville ghost watching the estate, protecting its secrets, unable to rest. With their friends on the way to visit—and quickly drawn into the...

I ran away with nothing—no money, no family, nowhere safe to go. But when a stranger in a three-piece suit steps out of the darkness, eyes burning into me like a brand, I know I’ve just made a new kind of mistake. Sutton Hale isn’t a man. He’s a force. A billionaire with a god complex, a twisted sense of morality, and a possessiveness that makes my skin prickle and my stomach flip. He takes me in like he’s been waiting for me, feeds me, clothes me, wraps me up in a world of silk and sin and safety. But safety comes at a price. I’m not allowed to leave. Not allowed to argue. And ...