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A romantic poem written from a man to his faraway lover. Author and Illustrator Ivan Borodin reconciles their differences, assuming the roles of passionate and devoted partner, supernatural being, teacher and guide. With 'A Letter From the Night', the reader travels through time and space as a highly specific affair carries implications that are nothing short of universal.

John is an artist with a broken heart. He finds a mannequin in a cardboard box. When he drags the abandoned model into his studio, it comes to life, offering a new start. With "Sometimes It's Magic", author and illustrator Ivan Borodin explores the themes of love, passion, art and the endless possibilities found within each passing moment.

With this course, I've put together the common mistakes that Spanish speakers often make while speaking American English. I've supplied explanations on how to avoid these errors, and provided sentence drills to help adapt new speech habits.Speakers of Latin languages will find this concise program a constant revelation, and will quickly improve their American Accent.The lessons constantly review and incorporate all previously introduced concepts. In the hour it takes to go through this program, the accent of the foreign speaker is significantly reduced."Accent Reduction for Spanish Speakers" focuses on the exact needs of the Spanish speaker, rapidly leading to clearer speech.This program is also extremely helpful for speakers of Portuguese and Italian.These lessons are supported and demonstrated by a series of YouTube videos, allowing the reader to follow along with the online program, internalizing both the theory and practical applications of the sound changes.

Finally, the go-to handbook for pulling off a convincing New York Accent.Hollywood dialect coach Ivan Borodin invites you to benefit from twenty years of preparing actors for stage and screen. The New York born instructor outlines the major aspects of this famously aggressive accent, including: *Monotone delivery*Increased nasality*Favoring the upper lip*'Yuge' changes*Unraveling contractionsAfter going through this program, you'll have the audience convinced you're a New Yorker mid-way through your first sentence.This course is innovatively supported by free-to-access YouTube videos. Study this book while a veteran dialect coach spoon feeds you the subtleties of the accent.Interested in mastering a New York accent? Then this course will take you there in a very different way. Benefit from the best of two decades of experience. Awaken the New Yorker in you with this straightforward publication from a dialectician with a profound love of accents.'Speak with a New York Accent' takes the exotic art of performing with dialects and delivers easy-to-follow lessons. Break all barriers to learning the New York accent with this book, and at your next audition the casting directors will be scraping their jaws off the floor.This program is also extremely helpful for comedians and voice-over artists.Ivan Borodin has taught dialects and accent reduction since 1993 at Los Angeles City College and Los Angeles Valley College Community Services, and several other schools. He has worked as a dialect coach on several films, including 'The Truth about Angels'.

With this easy-to-follow guide, you'll breeze through the vowel and consonant changes needed to speak with the cadences of Matt Damon, Katherine Hepburn or a Kennedy, evoking images of either Irish pub crawls or Ivy League bow ties."Learn a Wicked Awesome Boston Accent" is the perfect tool for adding Boston to your repertoire of dialects.

Doc Allman lives his life with precision, practicing medicine in the Deep South. He goes about his business, although he is both lonely and painfully inept with women.Tara Doyle limps into his exam room with a broken nose, delivered to her courtesy of her abusive husband. She presents herself to Doc as a sexual opportunity.Doc dives into the affair with no long-term expectations, wary of a scandal, but he soon begins to urge Tara to exit her marriage, which brings on unexpected complications. "Violent Delights" challenges the notions of love, marriage, and the crimes that both imprison and exonerate us all.

Learning to speak with an American accent shouldn't be as hard as dragging a sled with a pile of bricks.American-born speech instructor Ivan Borodin has helped Russian speakers sound American for over two decades. He understands your pain and despair regarding the pronunciation of American English.You've faced it for a long time, but accent reduction has grown more sophisticated. Speed up your progress with this concise manual, which comes fully supported by a free series of YouTube videos.Why waste a lifetime trying to piece together an education on clear speech? It is all contained within the pages of 'Accent Reduction for Speakers of Russian'.

St. Patrick's Day comes once a year, but there's always a reason to break into an Irish Brogue.Whether you're an actor required to tinge your voice in emerald bravado, or you're a barfly hoping to catch the attention of a head-turning blonde, this manual will lead you to soaring success.Master dialectician Ivan Borodin has taught accents in Hollywood for two decades, compiling the lightning-rod vowels and consonant shifts needed to pull off the Brogue.This illustrated guidebook comes fully supported by a series of YouTube videos. Get ready to tell tall tales, make hearts trip inside their wet T-shirts, and convince everyone that you're charmed with the luck of the Irish.