Language Arts & Disciplines
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Deconstructing Penguins: Parents, Kids, and the Bond of Reading"Books are like puzzles," write Lawrence and Nancy Goldstone. "The author's ideas are hidden, and it is up to all of us to figure them out." In this indispensable reading companion, the Goldstones-noted parent-child book club experts-encourage grownups and young readers alike to adopt...
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Ezra Pound: TranslationsEzra Pound is destined to rank as one of the great translators of all time. Ranging through many languages, he chose for translation writers whose work marked a significant turning point in the development of world literature, or key poems which exemplify what is...
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Bridges to Understanding: Envisioning the World Through Children's BooksThis is the fourth volume sponsored by the United States Board on Books for Young People, following Children's Books from Other Countries (1998), The World Through Children's Books (2002), and Crossing Boundaries (2006). This latest volume, edited by Linda M. Pavonetti, includes books published...
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Policy Debate: A Guide for High School and College DebatersIn Policy Debate: A Guide for High School and College Debaters, Shawn F. Briscoe introduces educators, coaches, and students at the high school and college levels to the concepts at the foundation of policy debate, also known as cross-examination debate, and uses conceptual analysis...
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Guiguzi, China's First Treatise on Rhetoric: A Critical Translation and CommentaryWhen Gorgias, Plato, and Aristotle were discussing and defining rhetoric in ancient Greece, many students in China, including Sun Bin, a descendent of Sun Tzu, who wrote The Art of War, were learning the techniques of persuasion from Guiguzi, "the Master of the Ghost...
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Lapsing Into a Comma: A Curmudgeon's Guide to the Many Things That Can Go Wrong in Print--and How to Avoid ThemNo writer's or editor's desk is complete without a battered, page-bent copy of the AP Stylebook. However, this not-so-easy-to-use reference of journalistic style is often not up-to-date and leaves reporters and copyeditors unsatisfied. Bill Walsh, copy chief for the Washington Post's business desk, addresses...
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Six-Way Paragraphs in the Content Areas: Advanced LevelSix-Way Paragraphs in the Content Areas teaches the essential skills and techniques needed to organize, understand, and apply information in four general categories: the humanities, social studies, science, and mathematics.Author: McGraw HillPublisher: McGraw-Hill CompaniesPublished: 02/12/2001Pages: 240Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.95lbsSize: 9.90h x 7.00w x 0.50dISBN:...
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The Rustle of LanguageAuthor: Roland BarthesPublisher: Farrar, Strauss & Giroux-3plPublished: 01/01/1987Pages: 384Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 1.25lbsSize: 9.04h x 6.10w x 0.97dISBN: 9780809015276About the AuthorRoland Barthes (1915-1980) was a French cultural and literary critic, whose clever and lyrical writings on semiotics made structuralism one of the leading movements of...
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Before Words: Wordless Picture Books and the Development of Reading in Young ChildrenIn this book, the author challenges reductive views of emergent literacy prevalent in many of today's kindergarten and pre-K classrooms. As an alternative, Lysaker explains how reading wordless books with young children helps them to develop a range of comprehension abilities that are important...
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Practicing What We Teach: How Culturally Responsive Literacy Classrooms Make a DifferenceThis accessible book features K-12 teachers and teacher educators who report their experiences of culturally responsive literacy teaching in primarily high-poverty, culturally nondominant communities. These extraordinary teachers show us what culturally responsive literacy teaching looks like in their classrooms and how it advances children's...
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You Can Write Your Family HistoryYour ancestors are composed of more than vital records and family group sheets. Behind the names and dates are tales of love, loss, resolve and sweeping change--of history itself. Their stories are what will make them real to your present-day (and future) relatives, the...
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Let's Speak Chickasaw: Chikashshanompa' Kilanompoli' [With CD (Audio)]An important member of the Muskogean language family, Chickasaw is an endangered language spoken today by fewer than two hundred people, primarily in the Chickasaw Nation of south-central Oklahoma. Let's Speak Chickasaw Chikashshanompa' Kilanompoli' is both the first textbook of the Chickasaw language and...
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The Secret Miracle: The Novelist's HandbookThe world's best contemporary writers--from Michael Chabon and Claire Messud to Jonathan Lethem and Amy Tan--engage in a wide-ranging, insightful, and oft- surprising roundtable discussion on the art of writing fiction Drawing back the curtain on the mysterious process of writing novels, The Secret...
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Arabic in a Flash Kit Volume 1: A Set of 448 Flash Cards with 32-Page Instruction Booklet [With Flash Cards]Arabic in a Flash: Volume 1 is an excellent Arabic language learning resource for beginning-intermediate students of Arabic. These user-friendly Arabic flash cards continue to develop the language skills of beginning Arabic students and others interested in learning Arabic. Volume 1 has a strong...
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Making Out in Indonesian Phrasebook & Dictionary: An Indonesian Language Phrasebook & Dictionary (with Manga Illustrations)Making Out in Indonesian Phrasebook & Dictionary is a fun and accessible guide to Indonesian as it's spoken in real life. Freshly written by Tim Hannigan--whose features and travel articles appear regularly in newspapers and magazines in Indonesia and beyond--this is your guide to...
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English Made Easy Volume One: British Edition: A New ESL Approach: Learning English Through PicturesThis is a fun and user-friendly way to learn English English Made Easy is a breakthrough in English language learning--imaginatively exploiting how pictures and text can work together to create understanding and help learners learn more productively. It gives beginner English learners easy access...
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Elementary Tagalog Workbook: Tara, Mag-Tagalog Tayo! Come On, Let's Speak Tagalog! (Online Audio Download Included)Tara, Mag-Tagalog Tayo Come On, Let's Speak Tagalog Elementary Tagalog's comprehensive approach will help students master basic Tagalog (Filipino) without frustration. From learning to read Tagalog words and pronounce its sounds to using correct grammar, communicating in dialogues and building vocabulary, learners will be...
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Colloquial Kansai Japanese: The Dialects and Culture of the Kansai Region: A Japanese Phrasebook and Language GuideThis is a compact and convenient guide to learning the Kansai dialect of the Japanese language Maido, maido and welcome to the Kansai region of western Japan. Whether visiting or living in this area, you will quickly notice the locals aren't speaking standard Japanese...
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Japan's Cultural Code Words: 233 Key Terms That Explain the Attitudes and Behavior of the JapaneseJapan's Cultural Code Words offers a study of Japanese society through analysis of key terms and concepts that define Japanese attitudes and behaviors. Japan's traditional culture is so powerful that it continues to be the prevailing force in molding and tuning the national character...
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The Words of Selves: Identification, Solidarity, IronyMarlene Dietrich had the last line in Orson Welles's A Touch of Evil: What does it matter what you say about other people? The author ponders the question: What does it matter what you say about yourself? She wonders why the requirement to be...
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