Mark Edick

Once it was normal for author Mark Edick to drink and take drugs. Now it is normal for him not to drink or take drugs. In this book, the concept of 'normal' is not simply a comparison between extremes

A poignant and moving account of the author's journey through recovery and his struggles with fear. Includes wisdom gleaned from his life experiences and his twelve-step recovery program. The reader l

Discover the food and farming culture of New York's Hudson Valley region.

The eight essays in this volume were first presented at a May 2000 conference at the Massachusetts Historical Society, Boston. Nine American historians consider ways in which Massachusetts immigrant c

Although it’s the birthplace of American wine, Hudson Valley vintages have yet to meet with the renown of those produced by the neighboring Finger Lakes and Long Island. In the 1600s, French Huguenots

This book offers a collective biography of the 204 members of the Harvard College classes of 1771 through 1774, men whose lives intersected with the War for Independence and the other formative events

On April 4, 1768, about one hundred angry Harvard College undergraduates, well over half the student body, left school and went home, in protest against new rules about class preparation. Their action

All states are not created equal, at least not when it comes to their influence on American history. That assumption underlies Massachusetts and the Civil War. The volume's ten essays coalesce around

John Adams and Thomas Jefferson realized the value of education, of books, and of libraries in a democracy. What is the role of books and reading in the thoughts and actions of Adams and Jefferson? Ho

These essays mark the maturation of scholarship on Margaret Fuller (1810-1850), one of the most important public intellectuals of the nineteenth century and a writer whose works have been much revived

These essays mark the maturation of scholarship on Margaret Fuller (1810-1850), one of the most important public intellectuals of the nineteenth century and a writer whose works have been much revived

Historians commonly point to the 1965 Immigration and Nationality Act as the inception of a new chapter in the story of American immigration. Whereas the previous system (itself based on the Immigrati

日本兩個半月熱賣10萬冊！ X（推特）上一年獲得93萬人次按讚的超強英文學習法！ ◎see、watch、look都是「看」；speak、say、talk都是「說」，差在哪裡？ ◎開心可以用happy，也可以用glad、pleased、joyful……怎麼正確使用？ ◎story是故事也是建築物樓層；capital是首都也是資金，一字多意怎麼背？ ◎上班是go to work？回家卻是go home，為何不用加to？ ◎desert（沙漠）跟dessert（甜點），你到現在還是常搞混？ 本書作者Mark（村木幸司），是日本英文教練協會認證教練， 初入職場時他為了工作需要，特別找母語人士補習英文， 補了幾年，多益（TOEIC）還是只有三百多分。 後來他靠「看圖像」學英文，能力大幅提升，甚至被公司派駐海外。 這套「圖像英文學習法」一發布到網路上，網友直呼：「應該收錄在教科書！」 目前追蹤人數已超過6萬。 ◎國中程度就卡關？用圖像克服！ ．做和製造的多重宇宙 do、act、execute……都是「做」； make、create、generate……都能翻成「製造」， 用法差在哪？答案藏在語感裡。 ．時態好難？看圖，就變得超簡單！ 現在式和進行式有什麼不同？過去式和完成式差在哪？ 畫一條「時間線」你就能瞬間搞懂。 usually、often、sometimes，中文都是「有時候」，怎麼判斷程度高低？ 作者教你「百分比」記憶法，輕鬆判斷好簡單。 in Sunday、on Sunday、at Sunday哪個對？ on a bus、in a bus，還是by a bus，超困擾！ 善用「空間圖」，讓你記一輩子。 ◎開口說，先從日常生活練起！ 起床用get up（從醒來到起身）， 如果還躺在床上就是wake up（從睡眠狀態睜開眼）； 上學用go to school，回家用go home，go後面加不加to，怎麼判斷？ ◎多益（TOEIC）測驗常考字，靠圖表搞懂！ story是「故事」也是「建築物樓層」； capital是「首都」也是「資金」； book除了當名詞「書」，也可以當動詞「預約」。 英文有多義詞的特性，只記一個意思當然不夠用， 怎麼記單字最輕鬆？ 英文認證教練的「圖像學習法」，多益分數從300分輕鬆翻倍。 英文認證教練的「圖像學習法」，多益從300分輕鬆翻倍。 原本只能

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