Language Arts & Disciplines

A complete guide to the art and craft of creative nonfiction-from one of its pioneer practitionersThe challenge of creative nonfiction is to write the truth in a style that is as accurate and informative as reportage, yet as personal, provocative, and dramatic as fiction....

With the threat to intellectual freedom increasing around the country, this book takes a look at the first ever school book ban case to be decided by the high courts, and offers insights into how we can use history to help the future. In...

Foreword by Cynthia Sturgis LandrumThe development of cultural competency skills and social awareness benefits LIS students, their future employers, and the library profession at large―not to mention library customers and society as a whole. Cooke's freshly updated text introduces readers to the contexts and...

Unmasking the rituals and cultural norms that define communities of artificial intelligence (AI) workers, Humans of AI demonstrates that there would be no AI without human intervention.Not a day goes by without breathless commentary on the increasing power of this innovative technology. Hype flows...

Author: Maggie SmithPublisher: Washington Square PressPublished: 06/23/2026Pages: 272Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.26lbsSize: 8.31h x 5.41w x 0.71dISBN: 9781982170899About the AuthorMaggie Smith is the award-winning New York Times bestselling author of nine books of poetry and prose, including A Suit or a Suitcase, You Could Make...

A singular and indispensable reference tool, The Describer's Dictionary--now expanded and updated--has served for over twenty years as the go-to resource for writers who are determined to capture the world in just the right words. The dictionary uses a unique reverse definition-to-term format that...

In spite of the double burden of racial and gender discrimination, African-American women have developed a rich intellectual tradition that is not widely known. Patricia Hill Collins' Black Feminist Thought has become a landmark book and the first to skilfully synthesize the many strands...

The classic million-copy bestselling handbook on reading aloud to children--revised and updated Recommended by "Dear Abby" upon its first publication in 1982, millions of parents and educators have turned to Jim Trelease's beloved classic for more than three decades to help countless children become...

Since the fall of 2014, The Advice King has been one of the most widely read sections of alt-weekly the Nashville Scene. The Advice King Anthology contains the best of those columns, with new In-the-Meantime notes, a new introduction, and a foreword by writer...

This book addresses the preservice educators who are in preparation for their journey as dual language teachers in credential programs or certification courses and in-service teachers who want to achieve a higher level of knowledge and expertise in teaching Spanish language and literacy.Author: Jill...

SAT Vocabulary: A New Approach covers key vocabulary for the Reading test, Writing and Language test, and Essay of the redesigned (2016) SAT. Written by two leading test-prep authors, this book offers an approach that is aligned with the new SAT's focus on vocabulary...

Poetry as Knowledge in Librarianship draws on poetry to illustrate its role in library and information science professionals' intertwined personal and professional streams of life journeys. The edited collection explores the power of poetry as a "voice" in transforming librarians' lives and shaping their...

Learning Centers for School Libraries presents innovative, engaging, and fun ideas to target the AASL National School Library Standards and content-area standards. It contains almost everything needed to set up learning centers in a school library. The ideas are flexible and can fit different grade levels and...

A sweeping history of America's first media revolution: the rise of the newspaper, and the transformation of a fledgling republic into the world's first information superpower. "Takes us beyond the familiar New York papers and editors to a whole continent bursting with the thirst...

The Brilliant Activities for Creative Writing series of books provides a flexible, but structured resource for developing writing skills, which both you and your pupils will enjoy. The activities address many of the Programmes of Study for writing composition in the 2014 National Curriculum...

As its sister title, A Californian's Guide to the Trees Among Us, did for arboreal varieties, this new guidebook introduces casual birders to 120 of California's most easily seen bird species--native and exotic alike--as found in a mix of urban, suburban, and traditionally natural...

Thinking Critically About What Matters lays out an original perspective on critical thinking, defined as the values-based decision-making process of (i) making up our own minds about what matters in life and (ii) making choices in the real world based on our own authentically...

Everything you need to learn Japanese quickly! Learning Japanese is a complete language learning package designed for people who want to learn to communicate in Japanese quickly and easily--whether on your own or with a teacher. The book introduces all the basics of the...

A history of the rich culture of the Gullah people-a story of upheaval, endurance, and survival in the Lowcountry of the American South.Gullah Culture in America chronicles the history and culture of the Gullah people, African Americans who live in the Lowcountry region of...

'The most honest account of addiction I have read. This is an invaluable book'. - Tony Adams. What is an addict? Who is susceptible, and why? How can I recover from addiction? Growing up in a fractious and dysfunctional family, life wasn't easy for...