Author: Cal Newport
Publisher: Penguin Group
ISBN: 9780241520796
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
With carefully adapted text, new illustrations, language practise activities and additional online resources, the Penguin Readers series introduces language learners to bestselling authors and compelling content. Titles include popular classics, exciting contemporary fiction, and thought-provoking non-fiction. Digital Minimalism, a Level 7 Reader, is B2 in the CEFR framework. The longer text is made up of sentences with up to four clauses, introducing future perfect simple, mixed conditionals, past perfect continuous, mixed conditionals, more complex passive forms and modals for deduction in the past. Cal Newport is a professor of Computer Science at Georgetown University in the USA. He has written a number of books on computers and technology. This book is useful for anyone who is worried about the amount of time they are spending online and shows them how to use less technology in their life.
Penguin Readers Level 5: Wuthering Heights (ELT Graded Reader)
Author: Emily Brontë
Publisher: Penguin UK
ISBN: 024148233X
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 75
Book Description
Penguin Readers is an ELT graded reader series. Please note that the eBook edition does NOT include access to the audio edition and digital book. Written for learners of English as a foreign language, each title includes carefully adapted text, new illustrations and language learning exercises. Titles include popular classics, exciting contemporary fiction, and thought-provoking non-fiction, introducing language learners to bestselling authors and compelling content. The eight levels of Penguin Readers follow the Common European Framework of Reference for language learning (CEFR). Exercises at the back of each Reader help language learners to practise grammar, vocabulary, and key exam skills. Before, during and after-reading questions test readers' story comprehension and develop vocabulary. Wuthering Heights, a Level 5 Reader, is B1 in the CEFR framework. The text is made up of sentences with up to four clauses, introducing present perfect continuous, past perfect, reported speech and second conditional. It is well supported by illustrations, which appear regularly. It is winter in Yorkshire, England. A man rides through the snow to visit a house called Wuthering Heights. While there, the man learns about Catherine, who lived in the house years before. Catherine's story of love and sadness still affects the lives of those in the present. Visit the Penguin Readers website Register to access online resources including tests, worksheets and answer keys. Exclusively with the print edition, readers can unlock a digital book and audio edition (not available with the eBook).
Publisher: Penguin UK
ISBN: 024148233X
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 75
Book Description
Penguin Readers is an ELT graded reader series. Please note that the eBook edition does NOT include access to the audio edition and digital book. Written for learners of English as a foreign language, each title includes carefully adapted text, new illustrations and language learning exercises. Titles include popular classics, exciting contemporary fiction, and thought-provoking non-fiction, introducing language learners to bestselling authors and compelling content. The eight levels of Penguin Readers follow the Common European Framework of Reference for language learning (CEFR). Exercises at the back of each Reader help language learners to practise grammar, vocabulary, and key exam skills. Before, during and after-reading questions test readers' story comprehension and develop vocabulary. Wuthering Heights, a Level 5 Reader, is B1 in the CEFR framework. The text is made up of sentences with up to four clauses, introducing present perfect continuous, past perfect, reported speech and second conditional. It is well supported by illustrations, which appear regularly. It is winter in Yorkshire, England. A man rides through the snow to visit a house called Wuthering Heights. While there, the man learns about Catherine, who lived in the house years before. Catherine's story of love and sadness still affects the lives of those in the present. Visit the Penguin Readers website Register to access online resources including tests, worksheets and answer keys. Exclusively with the print edition, readers can unlock a digital book and audio edition (not available with the eBook).
Digital Minimalism
Author: Lilly Nolan
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781659862997
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 122
Book Description
If you want to know why you can't help but keep checking your phone and what harm it can cause your productivity and happiness, then keep reading... Do you know how many times you check your phone per day? Have you recently checked your screen time? A recent Deloitte survey found the average American checks their phone 47 times a day, and the top 20 % of smartphone users spend more than 4.5 hours on their phones. Just imagine how many tasks you can get done and how much quality time you can spend with your loved ones with 4.5 hours! Why You Have a Hard Time Focusing on the Important Things? Today, technology has become an important part of our life, and social media are just like paradoxes that can make you feel both connected and lonely. However, do you know that it can also bring mental clutter to your mind? Adam Alter, an assistant professor of marketing and psychology at NYU, says that technology is designed to be addictive and that the gratification it provides is similar to that of other addictive behaviors, such as drug abuse or gambling. His research also found that the more a person checks the mobile phone, the less happy he or she becomes. If you want a simple and clutter-free life, then you need to do a digital detox and start living a digital minimalist lifestyle! ★This Book is the Secret You've Been Looking For Digital Minimalism is a book that is designed to help you intentionally cut out the clutter in your life, give you more time, energy and attention to spend on the things that truly matter to you. It gives you freedom, and frees you up from needless possessions, tasks or extra societal expectations. Here's exactly what you will discover when you get your copy of "Digital Minimalism" today: ● Discover the one sign you didn't know about that tells you you're a tech addict ● The psychological facts explaining why it is so hard for you to put down your phone ● The shocking negative influences that social media may lead to and how you can avoid them ● Surprising advantages of decreasing digital use ● The top tips for limiting the digital clutter and controlling the use of technology ● 7 Useful APPs that can use technology to prevent you from technology. ● Simple ways to minimize interruptions from your smartphone ● How to focus on the important tasks without distractions like texts, notifications or news You may be worried that you won't be able to reduce the use of technology, while still staying in the social circle you are in. Don't worry! This book offers easy, actionable steps that you can start removing your clutter right away, WITHOUT sacrificing your social presence. Even if you are the kind of person who cannot live without your phone for one day, after reading this book, you can also start living a Digital Minimalist life! So, are you ready to take back control of your life, have laser-like focus and freedom to really enjoy your life? If you are, then scroll up, click the 'Buy now with 1-Click!' button now, and be prepared for a meaningful life! ★Buy the Paperback version, and get the Kindle eBook version included for FREE!★
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781659862997
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 122
Book Description
If you want to know why you can't help but keep checking your phone and what harm it can cause your productivity and happiness, then keep reading... Do you know how many times you check your phone per day? Have you recently checked your screen time? A recent Deloitte survey found the average American checks their phone 47 times a day, and the top 20 % of smartphone users spend more than 4.5 hours on their phones. Just imagine how many tasks you can get done and how much quality time you can spend with your loved ones with 4.5 hours! Why You Have a Hard Time Focusing on the Important Things? Today, technology has become an important part of our life, and social media are just like paradoxes that can make you feel both connected and lonely. However, do you know that it can also bring mental clutter to your mind? Adam Alter, an assistant professor of marketing and psychology at NYU, says that technology is designed to be addictive and that the gratification it provides is similar to that of other addictive behaviors, such as drug abuse or gambling. His research also found that the more a person checks the mobile phone, the less happy he or she becomes. If you want a simple and clutter-free life, then you need to do a digital detox and start living a digital minimalist lifestyle! ★This Book is the Secret You've Been Looking For Digital Minimalism is a book that is designed to help you intentionally cut out the clutter in your life, give you more time, energy and attention to spend on the things that truly matter to you. It gives you freedom, and frees you up from needless possessions, tasks or extra societal expectations. Here's exactly what you will discover when you get your copy of "Digital Minimalism" today: ● Discover the one sign you didn't know about that tells you you're a tech addict ● The psychological facts explaining why it is so hard for you to put down your phone ● The shocking negative influences that social media may lead to and how you can avoid them ● Surprising advantages of decreasing digital use ● The top tips for limiting the digital clutter and controlling the use of technology ● 7 Useful APPs that can use technology to prevent you from technology. ● Simple ways to minimize interruptions from your smartphone ● How to focus on the important tasks without distractions like texts, notifications or news You may be worried that you won't be able to reduce the use of technology, while still staying in the social circle you are in. Don't worry! This book offers easy, actionable steps that you can start removing your clutter right away, WITHOUT sacrificing your social presence. Even if you are the kind of person who cannot live without your phone for one day, after reading this book, you can also start living a Digital Minimalist life! So, are you ready to take back control of your life, have laser-like focus and freedom to really enjoy your life? If you are, then scroll up, click the 'Buy now with 1-Click!' button now, and be prepared for a meaningful life! ★Buy the Paperback version, and get the Kindle eBook version included for FREE!★
Digital Minimalism
Author: Cal Newport
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0525536515
Category : Self-Help
Languages : en
Pages : 305
Book Description
A New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Publishers Weekly, and USA Today bestseller "Newport is making a bid to be the Marie Kondo of technology: someone with an actual plan for helping you realize the digital pursuits that do, and don't, bring value to your life."--Ezra Klein, Vox Minimalism is the art of knowing how much is just enough. Digital minimalism applies this idea to our personal technology. It's the key to living a focused life in an increasingly noisy world. In this timely and enlightening book, the bestselling author of Deep Work introduces a philosophy for technology use that has already improved countless lives. Digital minimalists are all around us. They're the calm, happy people who can hold long conversations without furtive glances at their phones. They can get lost in a good book, a woodworking project, or a leisurely morning run. They can have fun with friends and family without the obsessive urge to document the experience. They stay informed about the news of the day, but don't feel overwhelmed by it. They don't experience "fear of missing out" because they already know which activities provide them meaning and satisfaction. Now, Newport gives us a name for this quiet movement, and makes a persuasive case for its urgency in our tech-saturated world. Common sense tips, like turning off notifications, or occasional rituals like observing a digital sabbath, don't go far enough in helping us take back control of our technological lives, and attempts to unplug completely are complicated by the demands of family, friends and work. What we need instead is a thoughtful method to decide what tools to use, for what purposes, and under what conditions. Drawing on a diverse array of real-life examples, from Amish farmers to harried parents to Silicon Valley programmers, Newport identifies the common practices of digital minimalists and the ideas that underpin them. He shows how digital minimalists are rethinking their relationship to social media, rediscovering the pleasures of the offline world, and reconnecting with their inner selves through regular periods of solitude. He then shares strategies for integrating these practices into your life, starting with a thirty-day "digital declutter" process that has already helped thousands feel less overwhelmed and more in control. Technology is intrinsically neither good nor bad. The key is using it to support your goals and values, rather than letting it use you. This book shows the way.
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0525536515
Category : Self-Help
Languages : en
Pages : 305
Book Description
A New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Publishers Weekly, and USA Today bestseller "Newport is making a bid to be the Marie Kondo of technology: someone with an actual plan for helping you realize the digital pursuits that do, and don't, bring value to your life."--Ezra Klein, Vox Minimalism is the art of knowing how much is just enough. Digital minimalism applies this idea to our personal technology. It's the key to living a focused life in an increasingly noisy world. In this timely and enlightening book, the bestselling author of Deep Work introduces a philosophy for technology use that has already improved countless lives. Digital minimalists are all around us. They're the calm, happy people who can hold long conversations without furtive glances at their phones. They can get lost in a good book, a woodworking project, or a leisurely morning run. They can have fun with friends and family without the obsessive urge to document the experience. They stay informed about the news of the day, but don't feel overwhelmed by it. They don't experience "fear of missing out" because they already know which activities provide them meaning and satisfaction. Now, Newport gives us a name for this quiet movement, and makes a persuasive case for its urgency in our tech-saturated world. Common sense tips, like turning off notifications, or occasional rituals like observing a digital sabbath, don't go far enough in helping us take back control of our technological lives, and attempts to unplug completely are complicated by the demands of family, friends and work. What we need instead is a thoughtful method to decide what tools to use, for what purposes, and under what conditions. Drawing on a diverse array of real-life examples, from Amish farmers to harried parents to Silicon Valley programmers, Newport identifies the common practices of digital minimalists and the ideas that underpin them. He shows how digital minimalists are rethinking their relationship to social media, rediscovering the pleasures of the offline world, and reconnecting with their inner selves through regular periods of solitude. He then shares strategies for integrating these practices into your life, starting with a thirty-day "digital declutter" process that has already helped thousands feel less overwhelmed and more in control. Technology is intrinsically neither good nor bad. The key is using it to support your goals and values, rather than letting it use you. This book shows the way.
Wonder
Author: R. J. Palacio
Publisher: Puffin Books
ISBN: 9780241397893
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Penguin Readers introduces language learners to bestselling authors and compelling content. Wonder, a Level 3 Reader, is A2 in the CEFR framework. August "Auggie" Pullman has been home-schooled all his life. Now he is starting fifth grade at a school in New York City. He doesn't want other students to look at him, but that isn't easy when he looks like he does.
Publisher: Puffin Books
ISBN: 9780241397893
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Penguin Readers introduces language learners to bestselling authors and compelling content. Wonder, a Level 3 Reader, is A2 in the CEFR framework. August "Auggie" Pullman has been home-schooled all his life. Now he is starting fifth grade at a school in New York City. He doesn't want other students to look at him, but that isn't easy when he looks like he does.
Penguin Readers Level 2: Sundiata the Lion King and Other Royal Tales (ELT Graded Reader)
Author: Ladybird
Publisher: Penguin UK
ISBN: 0241512638
Category : Young Adult Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 46
Book Description
Penguin Readers is an ELT graded reader series. Please note that the eBook edition does NOT include access to the audio edition and digital book. Written for learners of English as a foreign language, each title includes carefully adapted text, new illustrations and language learning exercises. Titles include popular classics, exciting contemporary fiction, and thought-provoking non-fiction, introducing language learners to bestselling authors and compelling content. The eight levels of Penguin Readers follow the Common European Framework of Reference for language learning (CEFR). Exercises at the back of each Reader help language learners to practise grammar, vocabulary, and key exam skills. Before, during and after-reading questions test readers' story comprehension and develop vocabulary. Sundiata the Lion King and Other Royal Tales a Level 2 Reader, is A1+ in the CEFR framework. Sentences contain a maximum of two clauses, introducing the future tenses will and going to, present continuous for future meaning, and comparatives and superlatives. It is well supported by illustrations, which appear on most pages. The people in these four stories come from different places. But they have many of the same hopes and problems. They have to be brave, and they often have to fight for their family or kingdom. Visit the Penguin Readers website Register to access online resources including tests, worksheets and answer keys. Exclusively with the print edition, readers can unlock a digital book and audio edition (not available with the eBook).
Publisher: Penguin UK
ISBN: 0241512638
Category : Young Adult Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 46
Book Description
Penguin Readers is an ELT graded reader series. Please note that the eBook edition does NOT include access to the audio edition and digital book. Written for learners of English as a foreign language, each title includes carefully adapted text, new illustrations and language learning exercises. Titles include popular classics, exciting contemporary fiction, and thought-provoking non-fiction, introducing language learners to bestselling authors and compelling content. The eight levels of Penguin Readers follow the Common European Framework of Reference for language learning (CEFR). Exercises at the back of each Reader help language learners to practise grammar, vocabulary, and key exam skills. Before, during and after-reading questions test readers' story comprehension and develop vocabulary. Sundiata the Lion King and Other Royal Tales a Level 2 Reader, is A1+ in the CEFR framework. Sentences contain a maximum of two clauses, introducing the future tenses will and going to, present continuous for future meaning, and comparatives and superlatives. It is well supported by illustrations, which appear on most pages. The people in these four stories come from different places. But they have many of the same hopes and problems. They have to be brave, and they often have to fight for their family or kingdom. Visit the Penguin Readers website Register to access online resources including tests, worksheets and answer keys. Exclusively with the print edition, readers can unlock a digital book and audio edition (not available with the eBook).
Penguin Readers Starter Level: Romeo and Juliet (ELT Graded Reader)
Author: William Shakespeare
Publisher: Penguin UK
ISBN: 0241482992
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 56
Book Description
Penguin Readers is an ELT graded reader series. Please note that the eBook edition does NOT include access to the audio edition and digital book. Written for learners of English as a foreign language, each title includes carefully adapted text, new illustrations and language learning exercises. Titles include popular classics, exciting contemporary fiction, and thought-provoking non-fiction, introducing language learners to bestselling authors and compelling content. The eight levels of Penguin Readers follow the Common European Framework of Reference for language learning (CEFR). Exercises at the back of each Reader help language learners to practise grammar, vocabulary, and key exam skills. Before, during and after-reading questions test readers' story comprehension and develop vocabulary. Romeo and Juliet, a Starter level Reader, is A1 in the CEFR framework. Starter level is ideal for readers who are learning English for the first time. Short sentences contain a maximum of two clauses, using the present simple and continuous tenses, possessives, regular and irregular verbs, and simple adjectives. Illustrations support the text throughout, and many titles at this level are graphic novels. There is no sun this morning. It is not here. It is sad for Juliet and her Romeo. Romeo loves Juliet and Juliet loves Romeo. But their families are enemies and they cannot marry. Visit the Penguin Readers website Register to access online resources including tests, worksheets and answer keys. Exclusively with the print edition, readers can unlock a digital book and audio edition (not available with the eBook).
Publisher: Penguin UK
ISBN: 0241482992
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 56
Book Description
Penguin Readers is an ELT graded reader series. Please note that the eBook edition does NOT include access to the audio edition and digital book. Written for learners of English as a foreign language, each title includes carefully adapted text, new illustrations and language learning exercises. Titles include popular classics, exciting contemporary fiction, and thought-provoking non-fiction, introducing language learners to bestselling authors and compelling content. The eight levels of Penguin Readers follow the Common European Framework of Reference for language learning (CEFR). Exercises at the back of each Reader help language learners to practise grammar, vocabulary, and key exam skills. Before, during and after-reading questions test readers' story comprehension and develop vocabulary. Romeo and Juliet, a Starter level Reader, is A1 in the CEFR framework. Starter level is ideal for readers who are learning English for the first time. Short sentences contain a maximum of two clauses, using the present simple and continuous tenses, possessives, regular and irregular verbs, and simple adjectives. Illustrations support the text throughout, and many titles at this level are graphic novels. There is no sun this morning. It is not here. It is sad for Juliet and her Romeo. Romeo loves Juliet and Juliet loves Romeo. But their families are enemies and they cannot marry. Visit the Penguin Readers website Register to access online resources including tests, worksheets and answer keys. Exclusively with the print edition, readers can unlock a digital book and audio edition (not available with the eBook).
The Extraordinary Life of Serena Williams
Author: Shelina Janmohamed
Publisher: Penguin UK
ISBN: 0241433924
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 129
Book Description
The story of a game-changing tennis champion. Serena Williams began playing tennis when she was just a child, and is now an Olympic champion who's won more Grand Slam singles titles than anyone else. Throughout her life she's battled many things, from life-threatening illnesses and sports injuries to sexism and racism in the tennis world. Now she's an icon in sport, fashion and activism, an inspiration to every young person who has dared to dream big. Collect them all! Packed full of incredible stories, fantastic facts and dynamic illustrations, Extraordinary Lives shines a light on important modern and historical figures from all over the world. The Extraordinary Life of Michelle Obama The Extraordinary Life of Malala Yousafzai The Extraordinary Life of Rosa Parks The Extraordinary Life of Freddie Mercury The Extraordinary Life of Greta Thunberg The Extraordinary Life of Amelia Earhart The Extraordinary Life of Nelson Mandela
Publisher: Penguin UK
ISBN: 0241433924
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 129
Book Description
The story of a game-changing tennis champion. Serena Williams began playing tennis when she was just a child, and is now an Olympic champion who's won more Grand Slam singles titles than anyone else. Throughout her life she's battled many things, from life-threatening illnesses and sports injuries to sexism and racism in the tennis world. Now she's an icon in sport, fashion and activism, an inspiration to every young person who has dared to dream big. Collect them all! Packed full of incredible stories, fantastic facts and dynamic illustrations, Extraordinary Lives shines a light on important modern and historical figures from all over the world. The Extraordinary Life of Michelle Obama The Extraordinary Life of Malala Yousafzai The Extraordinary Life of Rosa Parks The Extraordinary Life of Freddie Mercury The Extraordinary Life of Greta Thunberg The Extraordinary Life of Amelia Earhart The Extraordinary Life of Nelson Mandela