Syntactic Gradience: The Nature of Grammatical Indeterminacy By Bas Aarts
2007 | 295 Pages | ISBN: 0199219265 | PDF | 2 MB
This is the first exhaustive investigation of gradience in syntax, conceived of as grammatical indeterminacy. It looks at gradience in English word classes, phrases, clauses and constructions, and examines how it may be defined and differentiated. Professor Aarts addresses the tension between linguistic concepts and the continuous phenomena they describe by testing and categorizing grammatical vagueness and indeterminacy. He considers to what extent gradience is a grammatical phenomenon or a by-product of imperfect linguistic description, and makes a series of linked proposals for its theoretical formalization. Bas Aarts draws on, and reviews, work in psychology, philosophy and language from Aristotle to Chomsky., and writes clearly on a fascinating and important aspect of language and cognition. His book will appeal to scholars and graduate students of language and syntactic theory in departments of (English) linguistics, philosophy and cognitive science.
Super Simple Storytelling: A Can-Do Guide for Every Classroom, Every Day By Kendall Haven
2000 | 257 Pages | ISBN: 1563086816 | PDF | 2 MB
Aside from guides to more than 40 powerful storytelling exercises, you'll find the Golden List of what an audience really needs from storytelling, a proven, step-by-step system for successfully learning and remembering a story, and the Great-Amazing-Never-Fail Safety Net to prevent storytelling disasters. More than 15,000 educators from across the country have successfully used this system.
Elizabeth Tandy Shermer, "Sunbelt Capitalism: Phoenix and the Transformation of American Politics "
English | ISBN: 0812244702 | 2013 | 432 pages | PDF | 10 MB
Few Sunbelt cities burned brighter or contributed more to the conservative movement than Phoenix. In 1910, eleven thousand people called Phoenix home; now, over four million reside in this metropolitan region. In Sunbelt Capitalism, Elizabeth Tandy Shermer tells the story of the city's expansion and its impact on the nation. The dramatic growth of Phoenix speaks not only to the character and history of the Sunbelt but also to the evolution in American capitalism that sustained it.
Sun Tzu's The Art of War Plus The Art of Sales: Strategy for Salespeople by Gary Gagliardi
English | September 25, 2005 | ISBN: 1929194358 | 192 pages | PDF | 0.79 Mb
Over ten million salespeople work in America's most competitive and confrontational profession. This is a new, improved edition of Gagliardi's line-by-line adaptation of Sun Tzu's strategic lessons for salespeople.
Strive: Embracing the gift of struggle
by Adam Fraser
English | 2020 | ISBN: 0730337413 | 254 Pages | PDF EPUB | 7 MB
Marcia Esparza, "State Violence and Genocide in Latin America: The Cold War Years "
English | ISBN: 0415664578 | 2011 | 268 pages | PDF | 2 MB
This edited volume explores political violence and genocide in Latin America during the Cold War, examining this in light of the United States' hegemonic position on the continent.
Monica Prasad, "Starving the Beast: Ronald Reagan and the Tax Cut Revolution"
English | ISBN: 0871546922 | 2018 | 256 pages | PDF | 3 MB
Since the Reagan Revolution of the early 1980s, Republicans have consistently championed tax cuts for individuals and businesses, regardless of whether the economy is booming or in recession or whether the federal budget is in surplus or deficit. In Starving the Beast, sociologist Monica Prasad uncovers the origins of the GOP's relentless focus on tax cuts and shows how this is a uniquely American phenomenon.
Sir John Templeton; From Wall Street to Humility Theology By Robert L. Herrmann
1997 | 281 Pages | ISBN: 1890151009 | PDF | 2 MB
This is the story of John Templeton's life. Rather than a biography, it aims to present a description of a vision being realized, detailing how he journeyed from financial success to an understanding of the concept of spiritual progress.
Sicily '43: A Times Book of the Year by James Holland
English | September 3rd, 2020 | ISBN: 1787632938 | 600 pages | True EPUB | 31.00 MB
'Perfect territory for a military historian of Holland's talents' The Times
She Is Me: How Women Will Save the World by She Writes Press
English | August 11, 2020 | ISBN: 1631527150 | 224 pages | EPUB | 2.72 Mb
Women are entering the national and international arena more than ever today, from political campaigns to corporate boards to entrepreneurship, and their success is showing. Statistics show that when women lead countries, those countries are less apt to go to war. There is also a positive correlation between the number of women on corporate boards and greater profits. Women entrepreneurs have also been shown to generate higher revenues and create more jobs than male entrepreneurs. In She Is Me, veteran journalist Lori Sokol, PhD, introduces readers to thirty-five women hailing from all walks of life who have successfully utilized qualities like compassion, empathy, introspection, and solidarity to create change and transform lives. Through interviews with women including Gloria Steinem, Billie Jean King, and Nobel Peace Prize recipient Leymah Gbowee, readers will come to understand how these traits, which have long been considered soft and weak in our patriarchal culture, are actually proving more effective in transforming lives, securing our planet, and saving the world.