XGift By: Oramary This book is about human uniqueness, oneness, resolve, cunning, and sacrifice; characteristics needed to successfully preserve our way of life, and extend our species beyond the final finality all must face. The book illustrates how our history of violence toward one another honed these characteristics. The book illustrates how by honing them, humanity can survive if and when we must face a final conflict. The story points out the necessity to plan ahead for the finality, real problems that must be faced and solved to successfully extend the species. It is hoped that the reader will appreciate these characteristics and realize that while humanity has historically fought one another, we are a single species. And to survive, humanity must act as one.

An English-Ukrainian phrasebook and dictionary in ebook format with the following features: 1. Phrases and terms grouped under key word(s) that they contain. 2. Key words, in red font, arranged in alphabetical order, as in a dictionary. (No categories as in most phrasebooks.) 3. Tiny x's in front of the key words to prevent mass results in searches. (When searching, type an x and then the word.) 4. English pronunciation of Ukrainian in blue font. 5. Statements and clickable facts about Ukraine under related key words. Example, under the word "author", the statement: "Ten famous Ukrainian authors are... (10 names, each clickable). Most of the clicks go to Wikipedia articles. 6. A very large Ukrainian-English menu guide, which equals 157 printed pages. 7. An extensive appendix with easy-to-read explanations of Ukrainian grammar. 8. Other appendices on Ukrainian pronunciation, cardinal and ordinal numbers. clock and calendar time, adult weights and heights, clothing sizes, metric system, common Ukrainian signs and labels, and comments by prominent Ukrainians. Winner of the Gold Medal for non-fiction/reference in the 2016 Global Ebooks Awards, this English-Ukrainian phrasebook & dictionary contains 1,912 Kindle pages, a large Ukrainian-English menu guide, hyperlinks to facts about Ukraine, and 12 appendices on various aspects of the language.

The twenty-five crisp and amusing short stories in this collection prove that elementary readings in French can also be entertaining. Some are original anecdotes and others adaptations of traditional French of French-Canadian stories, some are from anonymous sources, and some by acknowledged masters such as LaFontaine. All are distinguished by the classic literary virtue of the French—precision, economy, and the traditional Gallic twist. A delightful series of line drawings by Antje Lingner aptly reflects the spirit of the book. This collection is designed for reading in Grades XI and XII, and for introductory courses at the University or Extension course level. To encourage a quick response and facility in reading, the stories emphasize the idiomatic and rely heavily on dialogue, avoiding as much as possible an over-literary syntax. The text employs elementary vocabulary and constructions throughout and is representative in all respects of the spoken language today. The emphasis on conversational organization in the stories will be immediately apparent, and it is this feature that should be exploited in the classroom and other group situations. On a series of four long-playing records the entire text has been transcribed for use in oral and phonetics classes. The readings are given slowly but naturally and with a relish which catches the drama and humour of the material. The combination of text and recordings offers a most valuable method of acquiring aural familiarity with spoken French. The stories are supplemented with vocabulary, notes and exercises. For each story there is supplied a series of questions that lend themselves to oral answers and discussion; in addition there is a short exercise reviewing grammatical forms, with special emphasis on the verb, as well as a brief passage for prose translation into French.