Bøger af Dennis King

The key to great story telling is a good ear. All the best storytellers have it: an ability to hear a story where others only hear a narrative. Dennis King has it in spades, and that is what comes through loud and clear in this very personal collection of stories from his hometown of Georgetown, PEI, CANADA. Dennis hears "the story" in every neighbor's voice and in every quirky, funny, and touchingly poignant incident, that illustrates the everyday life of a small town. Their stories are all here...told with a love and respect and an understanding that can only come from having been an intimate part of it all. Dennis' pride of place comes shining through, and in almost every story, the hero is Georgetown. If you love the stories of Stephen Leacock, Garrison Keillor, or Stuart McLean, you'll love the stories of Dennis King.

Where will your soul spend eternity? Millions all over the world will make the right decision for Christ, and be a part of the rapture of the church, and spend eternity in heaven. But that will only be a fraction of the world's population, billions won't be ready (Matthew 7:13-14) there is still hope. Find out what you must do to be saved, lest you miss the greatest event since the resurrection of Jesus Christ.

Seminar paper from the year 2017 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Linguistics, grade: 1,0, University of Flensburg, course: Selected Areas of English Linguistics for TEFL Teachers, language: English, abstract: In this paper, I will analyze the animated sitcom Family Guy in terms of three linguistic features and how they relate to creating humor. The sitcom is an example of (scripted) authentic English language. The paper is divided into five sections. After this introduction, I will provide relevant theoretical background knowledge. I will start by reminding the reader of the concept of pragmatics and then introduce three pragmatic theories. First, I will present Speech Act Theory with its differentiation of the locutionary act, the illocutionary act and perlocutionary act as well as the differentiation between direct and indirect speech acts. Second, I will depict the Cooperative Principle with its four maxims (quantity, quality, relation and manner), the four types of non-observance of these maxims (flouting, violating, opting out and infringing) and the notion of implicature. Third, I will introduce the concept of politeness including positive and negative face and the idea of face-threatening acts that need to be compensated by politeness strategies. In section three, I will present Family Guy and its characters and state why using a sitcom is beneficial for my analysis. In section four, I will present and analyze eleven excerpts from various episodes in terms of the creation of humor based on pragmatic features. I will end this paper with a conclusion, in which I will present thirteen ¿humor formulas¿ that I was able to deduce from the analysis.

The window is brief. The seeds of athletic talent must fall on fertile fields at just the right time in a young baller's life. THE DAILY B'ALMANAC is a compendium of basketball knowledge and life skills written specifically for the millions of serious young basketball players world-wide. Formatted as a daily journal/devotional, the brief instructional paragraphs touch on virtually every basketball skill and situation encountered in this global sport. More importantly, THE DAILY B'ALMANAC provides strategies and language for sensitive issues that arise in every young athlete's life and is designed to help them navigate through the confusion of adolescence. Many of these topics have never been addressed with the concise honesty offered in this book and frankly, could be applied at any level of competition.

REFUSE TO BE ORDINARY: 10 Championship TraitsWhat does a champion look like? Surprisingly, a true champion may not be the kid who holds the trophy over his head. A champion is a student infected by a dream whose passion, discipline, competitiveness, poise, pride, humility, character, confidence, and courage separate him from the ranks of the ordinary. The author is not a celebrity coach who has written a book trying to cash in on a recent national championship. He's a blue-collar teacher/coach whose entire career has been spent in the trenches of public education devoted to the grassroots mission of helping boys become men. REFUSE TO BE ORDINARY takes the reader inside the locker room, inside the huddle of final timeouts, inside the American classroom, and inside the head of a veteran teacher who was inspired by the unique young men and women he taught and coached. Through specific reflection and personal stories of inspiration, this book reveals an intense slice of American amateur athletics never before documented with such a specific lens. 10 CHAMPIONSHIP TRAITSDREAMS - Champions dream in high definition. PASSION - Champions self-ignite.COMPETITIVENESS - Champions crave challenges.DISCIPLINE - Champions embrace repetition, habit and sacrifice.POISE - Champions relax.PRIDE - Champions care.HUMILITY - Champions show gratitude.CONFIDENCE- Champions visualize victory.CHARACTER - Champions choose right. COURAGE- Champions conquer fear.