Learning Crystals

At one time, Corrie ten Boom would have laughed at the idea that she had a story to tell. For the first 50 years of her life, nothing out of the ordinary ever happened to her. She was a spinster watchmaker living contentedly with her sister and their elderly father in the tiny house over their shop in Haarlem. Their uneventful days, as regulated as their own watches, revolved around their abiding love for one another. But with the Nazi invasion and occupation of Holland, everything changed....

In this unique new history of the world's most ubiquitous language, linguistics expert David Crystal draws on words that best illustrate the huge variety of sources, influences, and events that have helped to shape our vernacular since the first definitively English word was written down in the fifth century ("roe", in case you are wondering). Featuring Latinate and Celtic words, weasel words and nonce-words, ancient words ("loaf") to cutting edge ("twittersphere") and spanning the indispensable words that shape our tongue ("and", "what") to the more fanciful ("fopdoodle"), Crystal takes us along the winding byways of language.

With a language disappearing every two weeks and neologisms springing up almost daily, an understanding of the origins and currency of language has never seemed more relevant. In this charming volume, a narrative history written explicitly for a young audience, expert linguist David Crystal proves why the story of language deserves retelling. From the first words of an infant to the peculiar modern dialect of text messaging, A Little Book of Language ranges widely, revealing language's myriad intricacies and quirks.

This audiobook will teach you all the essential information you need in order to learn everything about the healing powers of crystals. You will discover the things you can do and can't do with your crystals. You will learn how to choose the crystals that would work for you and how to use them.

In Making Sense, David Crystal confronts the foe of many: grammar. Once taught relentlessly to all students in the English-speaking world, grammar disappeared from most school curricula, so that terms such as preposition and conjunction now often confound children and adults alike.

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Cryptocurrencies are back! After the enormous rise of bitcoin and other coins at the end of 2017, we are looking at an industry that won’t go away. In the summer of 2019, bitcoin rose from $3,000 to around $12,000. Since then, the other coins have equally risen and dropped, and fluctuating values are now hot and fascinatingly bullish. For those who want to learn more about this crazy, risky, but worthy industry of coin trading or passive investing, there is this guide, filled with more information so you can understand what you’re getting yourself into.

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Even if you’ve never used Wicca magic in your life, this book will provide you all the tools necessary to start practicing this kind of magic right now! By the time you make it through this book and learn these techniques, you will be well on your way to coming up with your own spells, rituals, and moon magic!

Crystal therapy or crystal healing is a sort of vibrational medicine. Crystal therapy necessitates the application of crystals or gemstones to help healing. Gemstones hold spiritual and healing attributes that may be tapped intoan assortment of ways. Crystals may be carried or worn on the individual, or placed in a location where their therapeutic vibrations may be felt by whosoever is nearby. Healers likewise place stones on their clients' reclined bodies to equilibrate the chakras and aura. Find out more here.

Do you want to discover the history of Wicca and all that surrounds it? With Wicca for Beginners you will discover the secrets of this religion, with its magic and spells; it will be a complete guide for beginners to learn all about Wicca. Interest in Wicca, witchcraft, and contemporary magic has increased exponentially in recent decades. Inside Wicca for Beginners, you will find all the information you need to get started on the right foot.

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Whatever you're writing, you have to make it clear. You could be writing a website, a brochure, or a client presentation. You could be preparing a job application, an email, or a classified ad. Or you might be writing an article or a book. Whatever it is, the clearer you make it, the better your results will be. How to Write Clearly will help. It's an authoritative yet easy-to-digest guide that will make your nonfiction writing more colorful, expressive, and precise. Writing is more than just words on a page. It's a process of communication.

Crystals have been found on the face of Earth since the dawn of history. They can make you happier, open up your mind and heart, and even heal you mentally and physically. The power of crystals can be harnessed to evoke the specific energies of your body and help raise your energy vibration, manifest success, and block diseases and negative emotions.

In our modern, money-driven world, it’s easy to miss the most important things in life. While we’re on the rush towards money, power, and status, we often take for granted the world around us. Instead of appreciating the sun, we appreciate clothing brands. This audiobook covers everything you need to know about Wicca, how to become a Wiccan, how to craft spells, and much, much more. If you’re tired of the exhausting race of modern life, if you feel that something is missing, if you simply want to change the way you perceive the world, this book was written exactly for you!

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The entire universe is made of energy constantly flowing, and your body is no exception. With this audiobook, you will get the key to unlock this new dimension, using ancient knowledge to better understand and heal yourself. Nowadays, we rely only on pills to take care of our health, but for millennia, before modern scientific medicine, people have used the chakras and their influence on the life force to get better. Only you have the power to truly change yourself, and this audiobook is here to give the right set of knowledge to do so!

We all have a bit of magic inside us - it is the energy that flows within us. When you say the word "magic", most people will conjure up an image of a stage magician. When you refer to "witchcraft magic", it is seen in a whole different light, or rather, in a darker way. Witches are depicted by the crones of Shakespeare's imagination - all gnarled and flying on brooms. They are the number one costume choice for Halloween. Contrary to popular belief and the strange imagination of writers from ancient times, most witches are ordinary people.