Youve Got Mail From Japan

Sakura lives in Japan. She wants to make new friends, teach her own culture and learn new cultures. Would you like to be Sakura's penfriend and introduce your culture? Update: March 30th, 2024

ANNABELLE'S FATHER WANTS her to master her computer keyboard. Annabelle thinks the chore will be more tolerable if she writes letters to someone. She chooses Gran, her great-grandmother. Of course, Gran is most definitely not online, so Annabelle prints and mails her letters off. At first, Gran takes her time answering--and she's in the habit of repeating herself--but soon the two are keeping up a steady correspondence. Letter by letter, a true, tender friendship evolves. Annabelle and Gran talk about everything: parents, movies, school, the past and the present. When Annabelle divulges a big secret--the reason she and her best friend are no longer speaking--Gran remembers a similar situation. And when Gran needs foot surgery, Annabelle begins to worry.

A collection of personal letters between Molly Levite Griffis and her friend, best-selling author Billie Letts, that celebrate the joys and hardships of small town life.

I believe with every fiber of my being that our Lord Jesus Christ is aware and does care. Divorce, loneliness, remarriage, joy, widowhood, grief, marriage once more Lucy Dunn Blount experienced all of those within a five-year period of her life. In Precious Pilgrim, Youve Got Mail, she shares with honesty and imagination the truths from God she learned through her struggles and also through everyday delights and trials. The reason for my writing is to encourage, Lucy says. She offers readers, fellow precious pilgrims, the chance to discover real faith and hope and love in her story. Take a look at many resources, letters and podcasts on Lucy's website: http://livingtreasure.org/ Click here to see Lucy's other book: http://bookstore.authorhouse.com/Products/SKU-000623499/I-Love-You-Greater-than-Space.aspx

Packed with travel information, including more listings, deals, and insider tips:CANDID LISTINGS of hundreds of places to eat, sleep, drink, and danceRELIABLE MAPS to help you get around Manhattan and the other four boroughsTHE BEST NIGHTLIFE, including comedy clubs, sultry jazz joints, and the hippest barsSTRAIGHT TALK about how to save money in the city--and when to splurgeFESTIVALS, concerts, and public events throughout the yearSHOPPING tips for chic boutiques, cut-rate outlets, and knock-off look-alikes

Why do consumers pay a premium price for a brand? Is it better quality, the look and feel, or is it the brand's social standing? Author Nigel Hollis believes the answer to all those questions is "yes." Yet the vast majority of brands today trade on past equity and transient buzz. And marketers focus on plan execution rather than creating meaningful differentiation rooted in the brand experience. This lack of meaning is creating a market full of commodities rather than products that instill loyalty. But loyalty (i.e., repeat business) is the key to long term success, and that requires focusing on meaningful differentiation: functional, emotional, or societal. Here, brand expert Nigel Hollis focuses on the four components of a meaningfully different brand: purpose, delivery, resonance, and difference.This unique model will be applied to two very different brand models: premium priced and value priced. The models will show readers how to amplify what their brand stands for across all the brand touch points including: findability, affordability, credibility, vitality, and extendibility. The book will include cases of global brands such as Dyson, Johnnie Walker, Geico, Volkswagen, and more.

Instilling brand loyalty among consumers is the key to long-term success, and requires focusing on meaningful differentiation: functional, emotional, or societal. Supported by data analyses, case studies and interviews, The Meaningful Brand explores the four components of a distinguished brand: purpose, delivery, resonance, and difference.

America's global cultural impact is largely seen as one-sided, with critics claiming that it has undermined other countries' languages and traditions. But contrary to popular belief, the cultural relationship between the United States and the world has been reciprocal, says Richard Pells. The United States not only plays a large role in shaping international entertainment and tastes, it is also a consumer of foreign intellectual and artistic influences.Pells reveals how the American artists, novelists, composers, jazz musicians, and filmmakers who were part of the Modernist movement were greatly influenced by outside ideas and techniques. People across the globe found familiarities in American entertainment, resulting in a universal culture that has dominated the twentieth and twenty-first centuries and fulfilled the aim of the Modernist movement--to make the modern world seem more intelligible."Modernist America" brilliantly explains why George Gershwin's music, Cole Porter's lyrics, Jackson Pollock's paintings, Bob Fosse's choreography, Marlon Brando's acting, and Orson Welles's storytelling were so influential, and why these and other artists and entertainers simultaneously represent both an American and a modern global culture.

"Heartfelt and at times heart-rending, SEAWEED AND SHAMANS details Brenda Paik Sunoo's journey through grief into solace. Written with courage and generosity, her collection of essays traverses personal memory and Korean-American history, as well as the thoughts and drawings garnered from diary entries of the child she lost. A testimony to the endurance of faith and art, life and love. SEAWEED AND SHAMANS is a gift of healing.