Finishing this book, which won the Pulitzer in 1974, shortly before his own premature death, Becker called it "a bid for the peace of my scholarly soul." There are no sound effects, nor is there any crackle of dialogue, but I listened five times. Never strident or hectoring, Raymond Todd has a voice you can enjoy, even when you don't yet quite understand. "The idea of death, the fear of it, haunts the human animal," Becker writes. It's not that we're horny and don't know it, as Freud postulated. We're going to die and pretend not. To understand is to free humans from their blindest and most destructive impulses.

Successful teams know where they're headed and why they're going there. Does yours? Listeners learn how to develop trust and teamwork, how to nurture team identity and commitment, how to help your team solve problems and make decisions, how to manage conflict and resolve differences. Plus, listeners will learn how to craft a vision, set meaningful goals and convert their team's "purpose" into an action plan.

Barack Obama's first book, Dreams from My Father, was a compelling and moving memoir focusing on personal issues of race, identity, and community. With his second book The Audacity of Hope, Obama engages themes raised in his keynote speech at the 2004 Democratic National Convention, shares personal views on faith and values and offers a vision of the future that involves repairing a "political process that is broken" and restoring a government that has fallen out of touch with the people. We had the opportunity to ask Senator Obama a few questions about writing, reading, and politics

This is Complete Collection of LongMan New Concept English (Books + audio files):
Book 1: First Things First
Book 2: Practice and Progress
Book 3: Developing Skills
Book 4: Fluency in English