How to Write a Stellar Executive Resume is a step-by-step guide that empowers readers to create an effective and stand out from the crowd as a top candidate for an executive position. Brenda Bernstein, a Certified Executive Resume Master and author of the #1 Bestseller How to Write a Killer LinkedIn Profile, shares the tips and tricks she’s learned from more than two decades of helping job seekers get connected with the right position.
This descriptive history surveys the entire canon of Old and Middle English literature, and provides both general reader and student with the basis for a sympathetic understanding of this impressive body of work. It gives a detailed account of the first Anglo-Saxon creative ventures from "Beowulf" and the Cynewulfian poems to the works of Alfred, Aelfric, and Wulfstan. It discusses the effects of the Norman Conquest, the early Middle English romances, the origins of the Arthurian legends, the medieval dramas, "Piers Plowman", the Pearl Poet, John Gower, and the monumental works of Geoffrey Chaucer.
Now in a new edition, this unique interactive introduction to the study of phonetics shows students how to examine the entire range of human sounds through a series of 124 introspective experiments carried out in their own vocal tracts. It systematically covers all types of speech modification (breath, voice, whisper, creak), articulation (the ways in which the air stream is finally modulated to generate specific types of sound), and prosodic features (stress, syllable, tone, intonation). This text also includes a chapter on sound systems--the ways in which particular languages utilize and systematize the universal sound-producing potential of humans.
Customs of the World: Using Cultural Intelligence to Adapt, Wherever You Are (The Great Courses)
Taught by an international adviser to leaders of Fortune 500 companies, nonprofits, and governments, this eye-opening course reveals how you can actively improve your cultural intelligence in an increasingly globalized world.
