Dictating to the Mob The History of the BBC Advisory Committee on Spoken English
Jurg R. Schwyter, "Dictating to the Mob: The History of the BBC Advisory Committee on Spoken English"
English | ISBN: 0198736738 | 2016 | 256 pages | PDF | 30 MB
The BBC's Advisory Committee on Spoken English was set up to provide an authoritative guide to pronunciation and the use of language for BBC announcers. The results of its deliberations were published for general consumption in a pamphlet called Spoken English. Based on primary sources, the compelling story of the Advisory Board during its crucial first 13 years is told here for the first time. It reveals how board members, including George Bernard Shaw and Julian Huxley, soon discovered that standardization and regulation of spoken language is extremely challenging and highly controversial.

Designing Games and Gamification for Learning
Designing Games and Gamification for Learning
English | 2020 | ISBN: 978-87-403-3489-0 | 86 pages | EPUB | 1.58 MB
"An Hour of Play: A Quick Guide to Designing Games and Gamification for Learning" by Vasilis Gkogkidis offers a series of actionable ideas and concepts to help you create learning games for your audiences. Moving away from traditional teaching methods and death by PowerPoint training, games and gamification have been at the forefront of innovative teaching and learning methods both in educational and organisational contexts. Embark on a creative endeavour leading to enhanced learning, engagement and learners' participation.

Cross Stitch or Die Tryin' 30 Patterns for Hip Hop Lovers
Cross Stitch or Die Tryin': 30 Patterns for Hip Hop Lovers by Kate Blandford
English | January 15, 2023 | ISBN: 9188369706 | True EPUB | 92 pages | 54.9 MB
Filled with the illest cross stitch patterns with a hip hop twist, Cross Stitch or Die Tryin' is a must for all crafty hip hop fans. Whether you're living the thug life or bringing da ruckus, as long as you've still got love for the streets you'll find classic hop hop quotes and statements that make dope wall art, patches and cushions. Why not make a homemade gift for a hip hop loving friend? Stitching up classics like Drop it Like it's Hot, Mo Money Mo Problems or Sippin' on Gin and Juice to adorn your kitchen wall is a no-brainer!

Creative Love 10 Ways to Build a Fun and Lasting Love
Jeremy Roloff, "Creative Love: 10 Ways to Build a Fun and Lasting Love"
English | ISBN: 0310096464 | 2021 | 208 pages | EPUB | 6 MB
An essential follow-up to their New York Times bestselling book, A Love Letter Life, Jeremy and Audrey Roloff introduce Creative Love, a timeless relationship book for couples that offers practical advice for creating a fun, fulfilling, and forever love story. You may know the Roloffs from the television show Little People, Big World, their Behind the Scenes podcast, or following their growing family online.

Craft GraphQL APIs in Elixir with Absinthe Flexible, Robust Services for Queries, Mutations, and Subscriptions
Craft GraphQL APIs in Elixir with Absinthe: Flexible, Robust Services for Queries, Mutations, and Subscriptions by Bruce Williams, Ben Wilson
English | May 1, 2018 | ISBN: 1680502557 | 304 pages | MOBI | 2.63 Mb
Your domain is rich and interconnected, and your API should be too. Upgrade your web API to GraphQL, leveraging its flexible queries to empower your users, and its declarative structure to simplify your code. Absinthe is the GraphQL toolkit for Elixir, a functional programming language designed to enable massive concurrency atop robust application architectures. Written by the creators of Absinthe, this book will help you take full advantage of these two groundbreaking technologies. Build your own flexible, high-performance APIs using step-by-step guidance and expert advice you won't find anywhere else.