Modern Language Testing

Modern Language Testing
Author: Rebecca M. Valette
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt P
Total Pages: 372
Release: 1977
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
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How to Sleep Well

How to Sleep Well
Author: Neil Stanley
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 251
Release: 2018-07-27
Genre: Self-Help
ISBN: 0857087851

It has never been more important to sleep well. Stop sabotaging your own sleep and finally wake up energised and refreshed How to Sleep Well is a guidebook that can change your sleep and help you live your life more fully. Whether you struggle to fall asleep, sleep too lightly, wake too often or simply cannot wake up, this book can help you get on track to sleeping well and living better. It all starts with the science of sleep: how much you really need, what your body does during sleep and the causes behind many common sleep problems. Next, you’ll identify the things in your life that are disrupting your sleep cycle and learn how to mitigate the impact; whether the pressure of workplace or you simply cannot quiet your own mind, these expert tips and tricks will help you get the sleep you need. Finally, you’ll learn how to support healthy sleep during the waking hours — what works with or against your sleep — and you’ll learn when the problem might be best dealt with by your GP. Don’t spend another restless night waiting for a bleary, groggy morning and sleepy day. Take control of your sleep tonight! Learn how sleep — or a lack thereof — affects every aspect of your life Identify the root causes of your sleep issues and cut them off at the source Discover the sleep advice that works, and the tips that are just plain daft. Create a healthy, calming bedtime routine that will help you get the rest you need Sleep affects everything. Work and school performance, relationships, emotional outlook, your appearance and even your health. Sleeping poorly or not sleeping enough can dramatically impact your quality of life, but most sleep problems can be solved with a bit of self-adjustment. How to Sleep Well puts a sleep expert with over 36 years’ experience at your disposal to help you finally get the restful, restorative sleep you need to live better and be productive.

Playing Blackjack to Win

Playing Blackjack to Win
Author: Roger Baldwin
Publisher: Cardoza
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2008-11-25
Genre: Games & Activities
ISBN: 9781580422512

This new edition of the rarest and most influential blackjack book in the history of the game brings together the most famous contributors in the game. Privately published in 1957 in an extremely limited quantity, this was the first book ever to print the correct winning strategies for the game of blackjack. This instant collector’s item includes a foreword by blackjack legend Edward O. Thorp, whose best-selling classic, Beat the Dealer (which relied on the original Playing Blackjack to Win), changed the public’s perception of 21 forever, plus an introduction and additional material from Arnold Snyder (Blackbelt in Blackjack, Big Book of Blackjack), along with new material from the authors.

Hewett Cottrell Watson

Hewett Cottrell Watson
Author: Frank N. Egerton
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 310
Release: 2016-07-01
Genre: History
ISBN: 1317243811

First published in 2003. Hewett Cottrell Watson was a pioneer in a new science not yet defined in Victorian times – ecology – and was practically the first naturalist to conduct research on plant evolution, beginning in 1834. The correspondence between Watson and Darwin, analysed for the first time in this book, reveals the extent to which Darwin profited from Watson’s data. Darwin’s subsequent fame, however, is one of the reasons why Watson became almost forgotten. This biography traces both the influences and characteristics that shaped Watson’s outlook and personality, and indeed his science, and the institutional contexts within which he worked. At the same time, it makes evident the extent of his real contributions to the science of the plant ecology and evolution.

Tools for Conviviality

Tools for Conviviality
Author: Ivan Illich
Publisher: Marion Boyars Publishers
Total Pages: 110
Release: 2021-11-30
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9781842300114

Ivan Illich argues for individual personal control over life, the tools and energy we use. A work of seminal importance. The conviviality for which noted social philosopher Ivan Illich is arguing is one in which the individual's personal energies are under direct personal control and in which the use of tools is responsibly limited. A work of seminal importance, this book claims our attention for the urgency of its appeal, the stunning clarity of its logic and the overwhelmingly human note that it sounds.

Sticker Girl Rules the School

Sticker Girl Rules the School
Author: Janet Tashjian
Publisher: Henry Holt and Company (BYR)
Total Pages: 193
Release: 2017-10-10
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1627793399

Jump into Book 2 of this magical middle grade adventure series with Sticker Girl Martina Rivera! A Chipmunk Ballerina. A Treasure Chest Full of Jewels. A Zombie DJ. These are just a few of the many stickers ready to be peeled off Martina Rivera's new sticker sheet and come to life in Book 2 of the Sticker Girl series, Sticker Girl Rules the School. With a newfound confidence in hand, Martina is thinking about running for student council. Of course, her rambunctious sticker sidekick Craig—a talking cupcake—thinks this is a great idea and volunteers her to run for class president. As Martina soon discovers, running a campaign is a piece of cake compared to organizing a class trip and managing a horde of unruly stickers determined to create chaos within her group of friends. A magical new adventure awaits with Sticker Girl! A Christy Ottaviano Book

Marvel Studios Ultimate Sticker Collection

Marvel Studios Ultimate Sticker Collection
Author: Dorling Kindersley Publishing Staff
Publisher: DK Publishing (Dorling Kindersley)
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2019-02-05
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 9780241357507

Using stunning film images from popular Marvel Studios movies, this exciting sticker book for children showcases the adventures of Marvel heroes the Avengers. Meet Earth's Mightiest Heroes - Captain America, Iron Man, Thor, Black Widow, and Spider-Man - and their powerful enemies, including the Mad Titan Thanos and the mischievous Loki. Learn about the Super Heroes' incredible powers, their awesome vehicles, and their advanced technology. Discover Doctor Strange's magical mysteries, go on an amazing adventure with the Guardians of the Galaxy, and join Captain Marvel's fight against the sinister Skrulls. Marvel Studios Ultimate Sticker Collection features stickers of all the heroes, villains, locations, and vehicles from more than 10 years of Marvel Studios movies. Have fun finding the stickers for each page and create your own scenes, or re-create your favourite moments from the epic battles. (c)2019 MARVEL

Valley of Genius

Valley of Genius
Author: Adam Fisher
Publisher: Hachette+ORM
Total Pages: 387
Release: 2014-11-04
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1455559016

"This is the most important book on Silicon Valley I've read in two decades. It will take us all back to our roots in the counterculture, and will remind us of the true nature of the innovation process, before we tried to tame it with slogans and buzzwords." -- Po Bronson, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Nudist on the Late Shift and Nurtureshock A candid, colorful, and comprehensive oral history that reveals the secrets of Silicon Valley -- from the origins of Apple and Atari to the present day clashes of Google and Facebook, and all the start-ups and disruptions that happened along the way. Rarely has one economy asserted itself as swiftly--and as aggressively--as the entity we now know as Silicon Valley. Built with a seemingly permanent culture of reinvention, Silicon Valley does not fight change; it embraces it, and now powers the American economy and global innovation. So how did this omnipotent and ever-morphing place come to be? It was not by planning. It was, like many an empire before it, part luck, part timing, and part ambition. And part pure, unbridled genius... Drawing on over two hundred in-depth interviews, Valley of Genius takes readers from the dawn of the personal computer and the internet, through the heyday of the web, up to the very moment when our current technological reality was invented. It interweaves accounts of invention and betrayal, overnight success and underground exploits, to tell the story of Silicon Valley like it has never been told before. Read it to discover the stories that Valley insiders tell each other: the tall tales that are all, improbably, true.