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Boasting a wide array of topical assignments, Creating Compelling Conversations features more than 80 standalone worksheets and communicative activities. Organized into eight thematic sections, all activities are reproducible and address a broad range of topics in both daily and academic life.

An abridged special edition of our culturally-specific 2015 conversation book, Essential Speaking Activities streamlines the communicative techniques used in prior Compelling Conversations books and provides easier access to new Japanese English language learners.

Moments: Selected Poems shares poignant poetry by Toni Aberson. Written over a half century, these reflective poems describe crucial moments, raise questions, and provide insights. Short, direct, and evocative, these selected poems convey a gentle spirit striving to live authentically and understand a turbulent, beautiful world.The selected Aberson poems include: Some Old Greek; Death Has No Season; Soft Moles; Death in Life; Beach Parade; My Mother; My Father; When My Mother Died; The Sea Turtle; I’m Relaxing on My Patio, and many other personal favorites of the author. Two philosophical poems – The Process and Pink Posies: Process and Product bookend the collection.