Reading books is one of the basic things you must do if you want to really improve yourself.
I will be sharing a few lessons I learned from some of my favorite podcasters about how to choose books that will be useful for your journey.

FLO TALKS 

How to choose the right books to read?

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Между тем годы шли. У Анны Алексеевны было уже двое детей. Когда я приходил к Лугановичам, прислуга улыбалась приветливо, дети кричали, что пришел дядя Павел Константиныч, и вешались мне на шею; все радовались. Не понимали, что делалось в моей душе, и думали, что я тоже радуюсь. Все видели во мне благородное существо. И взрослые и дети чувствовали, что по комнате ходит благородное существо, и это вносило в их отношения ко мне какую-то особую прелесть, точно в моем присутствии и их жизнь была чище и красивее. Я и Анна Алексеевна ходили вместе в театр, всякий раз пешком; мы сидели в креслах рядом, плечи наши касались, я молча брал из ее рук бинокль и в это время чувствовал, что она близка мне, что она моя, что нам нельзя друг без друга, но, по какому-то странному недоразумению, выйдя из театра, мы всякий раз прощались и расходились, как чужие. В городе уже говорили о нас бог знает что, но из всего, что говорили, не было ни одного слова правды.
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Нескучные истории - Not boring stories

"О любви", А.П.Чехов, отрывок

Du bist zum Essen eingeladen? Was solltest du tun? Was darfst du auf keinen Fall machen?
In diesem Podcast erhältst du Tipps für das richtige Verhalten, die höflichsten Antworten und ein passendes Gastgeschenk.

Deutsch mit Sonia

Eingeladen in Deutschland - was ist höflich?

Title: The Woman Who Shrinks

Why does a capable woman feel smaller the moment she switches languages?
This episode uncovers the hidden reason confidence collapses in English — and how to reconnect with the version of you who leads effortlessly.

You’ll hear a story, a truth, and a reframe that might just bring your voice back home.

You can explore this work privately through my italki profile.
I review every application personally and only accept students I believe I can truly help.

I’m not here to chase clients—I’m here to catalyze transformations.
If this speaks to you, take the first step. I’ll know if it’s aligned.

“The Pro Behind the Words” - You don’t need new words. You need the REAL YOU who speaks them.

The Woman Behind the Words

We live in a world of rules. We see them everywhere when we travel by plane. No liquids! Wait here! Turn off your phones!

But what about those unspoken rules — the ones that aren't written down and no one is exactly sure about.

A travel expert from the US has been explaining her unspoken rules for the airplane journey.

TV host Samantha Brown shared her rules with CNN, including one that makes the middle seat feel a little more comfortable.

According to Brown, if you find yourself in one of the middle seats on a plane, you should get both of the armrests to yourself.

Sitting in the middle isn't always very popular and so Brown says these passengers should get "anything they want."

That means even if the people on the outside begin using those armrests, the person in the middle has the right to "slowly push them off!"

Brown says she likes the aisle seat best because she feels she has more space.

She added that people sitting by the window should have control of the window blind — whether it's up or down. And the others don't have the right to decide!

One thing that can make some passengers angry is people in front putting their seats back.

Brown has a rule for this — if the journey takes less than three hours, she doesn't put her seat back, but she does if it's a longer trip.

Practice Listening, Reading & Comprehension

Expert Shares the 'Unspoken Rules' of Plane Trips

In questo podcast parlo della mia persona preferita, com'era lei e perchè è stata cosi importante nella mia vita. Tempi verbali: presente, passato: passato prossimo, passato remoto. 

Vivendo tra due lingue

La mia persona preferita, mia nonna

日本語の先生のTinaです！
今日は、日本のへんな文化、食べ物の「3秒（びょう）ルール」を紹介します。
みなさんの国には、どんなルールがありますか？

レッスンの予約もお待ちしています♪
いっしょに、日本語の勉強をがんばりましょ〜！

Tina Japa Go!

Episode 15. 3秒ルール

In this episode you will learn vocabularies of lesson seven.

HSK2

HSK2-7 Vocabulary

f you're going to exercise, you have to stretch, right?

Well, maybe not.

The answer might depend on your goals, and what you mean by "stretch."

There are different types of stretches.

In what are known as "static" stretches, you hold a single position for perhaps as long as 60 to 90 seconds. These stretches are great for increasing flexibility.

But there are also "dynamic" stretches, where you repeatedly — but carefully — move your joints through their full range of motion.

Expert opinion on how to use these stretches has changed over the years. But it's now generally believed that dynamic stretching is best before you exercise, while static stretching is better after.

As Alisa Bowman writes for the Mayo Clinic, dynamic stretching helps improve blood flow and joint mobility, which gets your body ready to exercise. Studies have even found that dynamic stretching before exercise can improve your performance.

Meanwhile, some research has found that static stretching can temporarily weaken your muscles, which is why it's generally no longer recommended before certain sports — and especially not for high-performance athletes.

Instead, static stretches are typically recommended for helping to relax your muscles after exercise. Since you've been moving and increasing blood flow to your joints and muscles, you'll actually be more flexible, so you'll get more benefit from those stretches.

But while you may have been told that stretching will reduce soreness after you exercise, research has found that it really doesn't make much difference.

You've also probably been told to stretch to avoid injuries. But research doesn't seem to support that either — especially for static stretching.

Writing for WebMD, Sonya Collins says that, as long as you stretch sometime, it's fine if you don't do it around the time you exercise.

In fact, some experts say if you're short on time, it's better to exercise without doing any stretching than to cut your workout short!