Author: Francis Thayer Russell
Publisher: General Books
ISBN: 9781458942746
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Languages : en
Pages : 232
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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: lungs are the bellows to supply the air, and that, when the chest is flexible, and the muscles moving it strong and pliable, the voice will be accordingly benefited by it. CHAPTER III. ARTICULATION. After securing the proper management of the breath, distinct articulation is the next excellence to be sought by the public speaker. This has reference, first, to the simple action of the muscles in the articulating process. Like a well-formed joint, the syllable fits into its place in the word, and so moves without hindrance to the ear. Imperfect or unfinished articulation might be termed disjointed. The syllables do not fit into their sockets. And it should be observed that, inasmuch as this relates purely to the muscular action, it is distinct from enunciation, which has reference to the sound of the syllable, or pronunciation, which decides the correct accent, etc., according to established usage. Faulty articulation is the result of an imperfect action of the will-power, through inadvertence or inattention, for, in almost every instance, it is a possible thing to articulate, if the speaker wills to do so. Too much care given to this matter becomes quite apparent as a defect. The schoolmaster's pedantic and labored style is plainly the result of paying too close attention to the mechanical action in speech. The following exercises are set down as valuable in this connection: 1. A useful drill-exercise is to give the action of the organs in the articulation of the letters of the alphabet by forming the syllables silently as they occur in a word, but uttering no sound. Articulate the alphabet in this way, not whispering the elements, nor naming them, but giving them simply the function of silent formation. Let this be repeated with varying degrees of force, from modera...
Author: Francis Thayer Russell
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Category : Oratory
Languages : en
Pages : 374
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Author: Whitley Strieber
Publisher: Tor Books
ISBN: 1429914858
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 394
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In the #1 New York Times bestselling tradition of Communion, Whitely Strieber returns with a terrifying novel of alien occupation We are not alone. Millions of people are confronting aliens that authorities say do not exist. Meet the Three Thieves, a group of Grays assigned to duty in a small Kentucky town. They have been preparing a child for generations. Innocent Conner Callaghan will face the ultimate terror as he struggles to understand who he has been bred to be, and what he must do to save humanity. Colonel Michael Morax strives to keep the secret of the Grays from the public for reasons so sinister, yet believable, that they read like truth. And Lauren Glass, government "empath" to the last surviving captive Gray, known only as B for Bob, has a unique ability to communicate with this captive Gray. But when B for Bob suddenly escapes the highly secure underground Air Force facility that he's been captive in for years, a frantic race begins, as the government must outmaneuver the Grays to keep the secret of their presence intact. The Grays is a mind-bending journey behind the curtain of secrecy that surrounds the subject of aliens, written by the field's great master, Whitley Strieber. If you've never so much as thought about the subject before, this book will make you think deeply, not only about the mystery of who the Grays are, but who exactly we are. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
Author: Richard Powers
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
ISBN: 0374706549
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 462
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Winner of the National Book Award From the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of The Overstory and the Oprah's Book Club selection Bewilderment comes Richard Powers's The Echo Maker, a powerful novel about family and loss. “Wise and elegant . . . The mysteries unfold so organically and stealthily that you are unaware of his machinations until they come to stunning fruition . . . Powers accomplishes something magnificent.” —Colson Whitehead, The New York Times Book Review On a winter night on a remote Nebraska road, twenty-seven-year-old Mark Schluter has a near-fatal car accident. His older sister, Karin, returns reluctantly to their hometown to nurse Mark back from a traumatic head injury. But when Mark emerges from a coma, he believes that this woman—who looks, acts, and sounds just like his sister—is really an imposter. When Karin contacts the famous cognitive neurologist Gerald Weber for help, he diagnoses Mark as having Capgras syndrome. The mysterious nature of the disease, combined with the strange circumstances surrounding Mark’s accident, threatens to change all of their lives beyond recognition. In The Echo Maker, Richard Powers proves himself to be one of our boldest and most entertaining novelists.
Author: Edward Amherst Ott
Publisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 275
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Author: Julia Cook
Publisher: Boys Town Press
ISBN: 193449058X
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 34
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Isabella is a spirited girl who enjoys shouting out her thoughts, ideas and feelings. In fact, she loves using her loud voice so much; it’s earned her the nickname “Decibella!” Young readers will be entertained as they see how Isabella learns the “five volumes” of voice and discovers that different situations require a different tone. This book shows kids how and when to use their five voices – whisper, 6-inch, table-talk, strong speaker and outside. It is part of the Communicate with Confidence series, which emphasizes skills to help young children be better communicators.
Author: Carol Burnell
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781636350288
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Languages : en
Pages :
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An interactive, multimedia text that introduces students to reading and writing at the college level.
Author: Edward Amherst Ott
Publisher:
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Category : Elocution
Languages : en
Pages : 296
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Author: Francis Thayer Russell
Publisher:
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Category : Preaching
Languages : en
Pages : 367
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Author: Steven Pressfield
Publisher: Black Irish Entertainment LLC
ISBN: 1936891077
Category : Self-Help
Languages : en
Pages : 147
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The Story Behind THE LEGEND OF BAGGER VANCE If you've read his books THE WAR OF ART and TURNING PRO, you know that for thirty years Steven Pressfield (GATES OF FIRE, THE AFGHAN CAMPAIGN etc.) wrote spec novel after spec novel before any publisher took him seriously. How did he finally break through? Ignoring just about every rule of commercial book publishing, Pressfield's "first" novel not only became a major bestseller (over 250,000 copies sold), it was adapted into a feature film directed by Robert Redford and starring Matt Damon, Will Smith, and Charlize Theron. Where did he get the idea? What magical something did THE LEGEND OF BAGGER VANCE have that his previous manuscripts lacked? Why did Pressfield decide to write a novel when he already had a well established screenwriting career? How does writing a publishable novel really work? Taking a page from John Steinbeck's classic JOURNAL OF A NOVEL, Steven Pressfield offers answers for these and scores of other practical writing questions in THE AUTHENTIC SWING.
