Títulos em Educação e Aprendizagem

Through their many best-selling books, Natalie Goldberg and Julia Cameron have done nothing less than deepen the way millions of us experience the art and practice of writing and creativity. Now, with The Writing Life, Cameron and Goldberg join forces for the first time in this revealing dialogue that speaks to our common search for an everyday spirituality.

Most of us dread standing up in front of a crowd. In fact sociologists rank public speaking as our greatest fear. But there's good news. You can overcome this and other fears through the Vocal Awareness® System that Arthur Joseph has spent over four decades successfully developing. Now, in Voice of a Leader, Joseph offers proven methods to create a paradigm shift in the way you present yourself.

Here is a new collector's edition of this modern classic as you have never heard it before, read by Natalie Goldberg herself and then infused with her most personal reflections about this "magic manual" for all writers. Try these ingenious, Zen-based exercises to expand your writing skills - or just for fun.

Without superior levels of energy it's impossible to get to personal and professional greatness. Yet most of us go through our days only half awake. Take your energy, and your life, to the next level with The Energy Explosion. This Five Element program will dramatically improve your energy and productivity in as little as 14 days.

We often think surrender means defeat - yet Dr. Judith Orloff has learned that surrender is the key to a powerful, effective, joyous way of being. "Surrender allows us to let go of our compulsion to overthink, doubt our intuition, and hold back from our complete experience of living," teaches Dr. Orloff. With The Ecstasy of Letting Go, she presents a practice-based audio to help us apply the insights of her best seller The Ecstasy of Surrender to our everyday lives.

Artful reading-the way we read novels and short stories-is less about reading for specific information and more about reading to revel in the literary experience. Learning the skills and techniques of artful reading can improve your life in many ways, whether you're a fiction reader, an aspiring writer, a book club member, or a student.And the best part: These skills are not difficult or unwieldy; rather, they are well within your reach.

This course offers an overview of the English language that is literary, historical, cultural, political, and scientific in its scope and designed to give you greater insight into the written and spoken word.The lectures provide a thorough understanding of the history of the English language - from its origins as a dialect of the Germanic-speaking peoples through the literary and cultural documents of its 1,500-year span to the state of American speech today.

Learn to speak authentic French from a charming and talented 16-year-old American high school student and her certified, trained and degreed native French teacher. This delightful program will leave you smiling and speaking and understanding more authentic French than many other programs that cost 10 times the money.

L'école est le dernier rempart de la République ; l'école a abdiqué de tout rôle civique. Entre ces deux figures, le débat public oscille depuis de longues années, modernes contre classiques, "pédagogues" contre "républicains".

Here are four of this famous author's speeches, recorded live. Known for his award-winning fiction, Elmer Kelton is highly sought after as a keynote speaker. His vast knowledge of, and passion for, the subjects he uses as backdrops for his novels is evident in these finely-crafted, humorous talks.

A superb, high-quality hypnosis audio program combining skilled hypnotherapy techniques with state of the art digital recording technology. Using post-hypnotic suggestions and powerful echoed affirmations, this recording has been designed to help the listener feel completely calm and composed when taking an examination or test of any kind. It will help you to achieve a peak performance state when it really counts, while taking your examination.

Heading off on holiday or a business trip? Looking for a language safety net to get yourself out of sticky situations? Fed up not knowing how to order a drink or a meal? Join Elisabeth Smith and her student Andy for an in-flight Spanish lesson as they head off abroad. This course is fast, fun and easy. There’s no grammar or writing practice. Instead it focuses on practical spoken Spanish so you can communicate with ease. Learn the 50 most essential words and phrases; just what you need to be understood and enjoy your trip.

Everybody wants to be happy. Everybody is on a happiness quest. For many, happiness is measured in moments. Experiences. It's elusive. Unsustainable. What about you? What makes you happy? Something comes to mind for each of us. In this six-session audio Bible study (guide separately), pastor Andy Stanley examines the ways in which we tend to define happiness and explains how that definition influences the way we pursue it. He reveals that happiness is about who, not what, and that happy people are at peace with God, with others, and with themselves.

The main aim of this course is to cultivate basic literacy in the principal religions of Asia: Hinduism, Buddhism, Confucianism, and Daoism. This course explores the origins of these religious traditions in Asia and their transplantation to the United States. The course focuses on three related issues: why religion matters, what the term "religion" means, and how Asian religions - especially Buddhism and Confucianism - wonderfully complicate that term.

In Understanding the Holocaust, Professor David Engel examines the encounter between Germany's Third Reich and the Jews of the 20 European countries that fell under Nazi domination between 1933 and 1945. The results of this encounter stretch human comprehension to the limit and raise frightening questions about the human condition. When it was over, two-thirds of Europe's Jews, some 5.8 million people, had died - and their deaths had occurred amid the most gruesome of circumstances.

Whether offered at colleges, to businesses or corporations, or to the public, seminars can be a huge income booster for any speaker. Better yet, they are a great way to start or try new material. In one hour, Burgett provides the bedrock basics, then focuses on the right subject, a fetching description and grabber title, and how to find the right market or sponsor. Replace risk with profit while filling in those unbooked days each month.

The Learn in Your Car language series is the first system ever designed to teach a language in your car...or anywhere...without a textbook. Simple and effective, you can learn to converse in another language while driving, walking, or doing tasks around the house. Each course is organized the way you learn best - by learning words and phrases - and building these into sentences and clear conversations. Arrange hotel accommodations, order in restaurants, change money, and feel more at home next time you travel!

This specially formatted guided meditation program is in a script format that can be used in several ways. You may use it as a resource or reference. This is also a helpful tool for if you're interested in recording a hypnosis session for personal use only. You can tailor the script as you go based on what works for you personally. It's an easy way of both learning and breaking bad habits while you sleep through the night.

Public Speaking Confidence is a superb, high-quality hypnosis recording by the UK’s best-selling self-help audio author, Glenn Harrold, with a supplementary track by Aly Harrold. Track 1, “Become the Speaker You Know You Can Be!” is a 35-minute recording by Aly Harrold. This recording is full of tips and technical information to help you excel on your path to being an amazing public speaker.

A subcommittee of the Kansas Board of Education holds hearings on whether the state's science curriculum should permit alternate theories to be taught alongside evolution. During the first three days of hearings, proponents of intelligent design present their views. They are represented by a retired lawyer, John Calvert, who heads the Intelligent Design Network of Shawnee Mission, Kansas.