Speaking American

Whether your goals are social or professional, Accent: American will effectively teach you how to articulate Standard American English clearly and confidently. American English may be difficult, but I've done my best with this book to make it simple, easy, and fun for everyone.

"Emotional, beautiful, wonderful. Debbie Johnson at her finest." --Milly Johnson, Sunday Times bestselling author From Debbie Johnson, the author of the Comfort Food Café series, comes an emotionally rich, laugh-out-loud funny novel about the journey of self-discovery, family reunions, and...

Oakland-bred LaVeesha “Vee” Gilliam (Coco Jones) is a determined single mother of an autistic son and a gifted aspiring coder. When Vee loses her job as a food-services worker at the onsite restaurant at Grapengine, a large Silicon Valley tech company, she’s unable to pay for her son’s much-needed specialized education. By a twist of fate, mistaken identity, and her tech skills, Vee meets Troy Wilson (Keith Powers), the company’s wealthy founder and CEO and a wunderkind in the tech industry, who believes that Vee is a college-educated techie who works at his company.

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 ...

THE VOCABULARY BOOK FOR PEOPLE WHO DO NOT WANT A WORKBOOK. You already speak English. The grammar holds up and the listening is fine. But the right word arrives a beat too late, or it does not arrive at all, and a sentence that should have landed cleanly comes out approximate. This book was built for that problem, and nothing else. MOST WORD LISTS ARE PADDED. THIS ONE WAS CUT. Every headword was checked against published language-level frameworks before it earned a place. Words a B1 reader already owns were removed. So were the fossils that pad out most vocabulary books, the ones no living ...

Every set in this book utilizes a verified, practical three-step framework engineered to ensure deep comprehension and long-term retention: Target Language & Definitions: Each section begins with a clear list of target expressions paired with simple, universal definitions that bypass overwhelming dictionary jargon. Part 1: Dialogue Familiarization: You will instantly see the phrases operating in real-time within realistic, two-person dialogues. These exercises feature shifting characters and distinct scenarios, followed by an immediate check-up quiz to train your contextual reading skills. ...

This program is read by the author. A candid, riveting account of the Trump White House, on the front lines and behind the scenes. Sarah Huckabee Sanders served as White House Press Secretary for President Donald J. Trump from 2017 to 2019. A trusted confidante of the President, Sanders advised...

To understand the differences between British and American culture, you must understand that the two countries have everything in common except the language itself. The line has been blurred in the technological age, as we see US English words crop up increasingly in the UK. However, the bulk of the British English language has stayed true to its original form. Across the entirety of the British Isles, the language shifts, and changes to suit the current town or city of the occupant.

Advanced English Conversations (Book 3 New Edition): Speak English Like a Native is a highly practical, functionally driven textbook designed specifically for intermediate to advanced learners who want to achieve true fluency, efficiency, and confidence in their spoken English. Authored by Robert Allans, this comprehensive guide bypasses rigid grammatical theory to focus directly on mastering the complex idioms, phrasal verbs, and subtle expressions that form the backbone of natural, native-level communication. The core framework of the book is built around a series of active, real-world ...

Fox News star Lawrence Jones delivers the common sense book America needs more than ever in this definitive takedown of the left’s never-ending attacks on masculinity. A generation ago it was understood that men and women were unique, yet interdependent, and designed by God to be that way...

Karys Winslow is used to surviving with her back against the wall. Past-due bills, eviction threats, and a life that never seems to soften have taught her one thing: nothing good lasts, and nobody stays. Then Vaughn Easton steps in. Powerful, precise, and impossible to resist, Vaughn is not the kind of man who makes temporary moves. The moment he sees Karys, something in him locks. What begins as help quickly becomes something far more intimate, far more consuming. Vaughn does not merely protect her—he surrounds her, studies her, and strips away every lie she has ever told herself about ...

Care to have a good command of spoken English? If you’re willing to, look no further. You’re in good hands now! As a matter of fact, listening comes on top of the list when it comes to mastering a second language (this is how we learned our first language in the first place). Thus, exposing ourselves to extended periods of audible language input can never be underestimated. Besides, if we’re keen to take our spoken English to the next level, we are expected to focus on the language as a whole. In other words, it pays to study the grammar, the vocabulary, the phrasal verbs, the idioms ...

Plain Speaking is a book based on conversations between Merle Miller and the thirty-third President of the United States, Harry S. Truman. From these interviews, as well as others who knew him over the years, Miller transcribes Truman’s feisty takes on everything from his personal life, military service, and political career to the challenges he faced in taking the office during the final days of World War II and the beginning of the Cold War.

FINALIST FOR THE FINANCIAL TIMES AND MCKINSEY BUSINESS BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD An essential tool for individuals, organizations, and communities of all sizes to jump-start dialogue on racism and bias and to transform well-intentioned statements on diversity into concrete actions—from a leading...

A Boston Globe Most Anticipated Fall Book In this urgently needed guide, the PBS host, award-winning journalist, and author of We Need to Talk teaches us how to have productive conversations about race, offering insights, advice, and support. A self-described “light-skinned Black Jew,”...

In Speaking with the Dead in Early America, historian Erik R. Seeman undertakes a 300-year history of Protestant communication with the dead. Seeman chronicles the story of Protestants' relationships with the deceased from Elizabethan England to puritan New England and then on through the American Enlightenment into the middle of the nineteenth century with the explosion of interest in Spiritualism. He brings together a wide range of sources to uncover the beliefs and practices of both ordinary people, especially women, and religious leaders.

FEATURED IN THE NETFLIX DOCUMENTARY BIG CHICKEN: A FAST FOOD CONSPIRACY Winner of the J. Anthony Lukas Work-in-Progress Award, and a New Yorker best book of the year, a “startling glimpse into the meatpacking industry’s abuse of undocumented and incarcerated workers” (The New York Times...

Where Gilded Age Titans, Wall Street Bankers, and Visionary Leaders Defined Modern Enterprise What made the minds that built the American industrial machine and modern global commerce tick? In Modern Eloquence: Business, Industry, and Professions (Volume V), readers are given a front-row seat to the most pivotal business addresses, lectures, and summit speeches of the early twentieth century. Compiled during the formative era of modern capitalism, this anthology captures the raw insight, strategic philosophy, and persuasive power of the titans, financiers, and innovators who shaped the ...

Step into the golden age of public speaking with a timeless masterclass in wit, charisma, and intellectual repartee. Modern Eloquence: Volume III – After-Dinner Speeches (N–W) gathers the finest post-banquet addresses delivered by legendary figures of literature, politics, law, and business. Founded by iconic Speaker of the House Thomas B. Reed and edited by renowned Columbia scholar Ashley H. Thorndike, this landmark anthology preserves the art of the after-dinner speech at its zenith. Delivering a speech over coffee and cigars was once the ultimate test of an orator's skill—...

Coinciding with the twentieth anniversary of his inauguration and the commission of the USS George H.W. Bush, a collection of the forty-first president’s speeches. Here, in his own words, is the record of George H.W. Bush’s presidency. Chosen and annotated by former President Bush, these...