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Ann cook has 67 books on goodreads with 3821 ratings. The second edition of the highly acclaimed american accent training, now on 5 audio cds, is for foreignborn students and business people working, traveling or studying in the united states and canada. Unfortunately i would spend the entire driving only listening to the lectures. American accent training free online course part 2 of 5 american accent training.