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A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens Book Preview I t was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair, we had everything before us, we had nothing before us, we were all going direct to Heaven, we were all going direct the other way—in short, the period was so far like the present peri- od, that some of its noisiest authorities insisted on its being received, for good or for evil, in the superlative degree of comparison only. More

Pride and Prejudice Jane Auston 's novel Book   Preview Reading Jane Austen as a Moral Philosopher Thomas Rodham keenly observes Jane Austen’s exacting ethical expertise.  Jane Austen (1775-1817) wrote delicious romantic comedies about middle-class girls looking for good husbands among the landed gentry of Regency England. But if that were all there was to it we wouldn’t make her any more seriously now than the genre hack published by Mills and Boon. What’s so special about her novels that we are still reading them today? It’s not just their literary quality. Austen was also a brilliant moral philosopher who analysed and taught a virtue ethics for middle-class life that is surprisingly contemporary. Appreciating this can help us understand why she wrote the way she did, and how and why we should read her today. Austen’s Literary Situation Austen is justly celebrated as a literary icon both for her genius and for her role in inventing the modern novel. Her ...

Sociolinguistics Fundamental Concepts  Fundamental Concepts . While the study of sociolinguistics  is very broad, there are a few fundamental  concepts  on which many sociolinguistic inquiries  depend.  More...

What is Sociolinguistics What are sociolinguisƟcs? What do sociolinguists study? Why does someone use one language instead of another? What are varieƟes? Can a language become exƟnct? What can we do to keep a language alive? Do men and women talk differently?  More... Macro LinguisƟcs and Micro LinguisƟcs MicrolinguisƟcs deal with phoneƟcs, grammar, etc. on the individual example level; MacrolinguisƟcs deals with comparaƟve studies among languages, language families, large influences on language development. Microlinguistics refers to phoneƟcs, phonology, grammar, and semanƟcs, whereas macro linguistics covers sociolinguisƟcs, discourse analysis More...

JANE AUSTON'S MORAL VISIONS Jane Austen (1775-1817) wrote delicious romantic comedies about middle-class girls looking for good husbands among the landed gentry of Regency England. But if that were all there was to it we wouldn’t take her any more seriously now than the genre hacks published by Mills and Boon. What’s so special about her novels that we are still reading them today? It’s not just their literary quality. Austen was also a brilliant moral philosopher who analysed and taught a virtue ethics for middle-class life that is surprisingly contemporary. Appreciating this can help us understand why she wrote the way she did, and how and why we should read her today. MORE

This is Water "David Foster Wa! ace"  CLICK HERE FOR PREVIEW There are these two young fish swimming along, and they happen to meet an older fish swimming the other way, who nods at them and says, “Morning, boys, how's the water?” And the two young fish swim on for a bit, and then eventually one of them looks over at the other and goes, “What the hell is water?”

CROSS-CULTURAL COMMUNICATION What is cross-cultural communication? The phrase cross-cultural communication describes the ability to successfully form, foster, and improve relationships with members of a culture different from one's own. It is based on knowledge of many factors, such as the other culture's values, perceptions, manners, social structure, and decision-making practices, and an understanding of how members of the group communicate--verbally, non-verbally, in person, in writing, and in various business and social contexts, to name but a few. More