The second edition of the highly acclaimed American Accent Training, now on 5 audio CDs, is for foreign-born students and business people working, traveling or studying in the United States and Canada. Through extensive intonation and pronunciation exercises, students learn how to speak with a standard American Accent. At the same time, listening comprehension improves dramatic...(展开全部)

Back in print, this daring novel constitutes a rhapsodic hymn to women's bodies and women's relationships. "That rare work in fiction . . . the art and the courage are of the highest level." —The Boston Globe

Training Ain't Performance is a whimsical, entertaining, and solidly written book that takes on the subject of human performance in the workplace. From its first chapter, Show Me the Money, to its concluding chapters, Hit or Myth: Separating Fact from Workplace Performance Fiction, readers are gently guided toward an understanding of human performance improvement and how t...(展开全部)

Thoroughly updated and revised, the third edition of this essential resource for training professionals is packed with new and valuable features for delivering cost-effective, high-impact training. Like previous editions, Creative Training Techniques Third Edition covers all the important basics: Presentation preparation, learner motivation, visual aids, group involvement, cr...(展开全部)

The Triathlete’s Training Bible provides triathletes of all abilities with every detail they must consider when planning a season, lining up a week of workouts, or preparing for race day. Using this comprehensive guide, triathletes will develop a personalized, self-coached training plan that will guide them to success in the sport.

布雷特.康特拉斯 出生于美国凤凰城，在北亚利桑那大学获得了学士学位，并在亚利桑那州国立大学获得硕士学位，目前正在攻读新西兰奥克兰理工大学的体育学博士学位。他是一位著名的力量调节训练师及健身训练专家，他在美国各地均进行过讲座及培训。他也是一个著名的专栏作家，为《男性健身》、《肌肉训练》、《有氧运动》等多家杂志撰写文章。

Gary Sisson draws on his thirty-five years of experience to lay out a simple, systematic approach to OJT that can be understood and applied by anyone in any organization-- managers, line or staff supervisors, employees and both internal and external human resource and training professionals.

Bringing together forty-two groundbreaking essays--many of them already classics--The Lesbian and Gay Studies Reader provides a much-needed introduction to the contemporary state of lesbian/gay studies, extensively illustrating the range, scope, diversity, appeal, and power of the work currently being done in the field. Featuring essays by such prominent scholars as Judith Butl...(展开全部)

Trigger Warning: My Lesbian Feminist Life is both an engaging autobiography and a fascinating account of feminist history, from the heady days of the Women’s Liberation Movement through to the backlash against radical feminism as neoliberal laissez-faire attitudes took hold. Fast forward to the current re-examination of feminism in light of the #MeToo movement and an emerging n...(展开全部)