Language Arts & Disciplines

Unlock Your Path to Publishing Success in 2025!Dreaming of seeing your children's stories in print? Book Markets for Children's Writers 2025 is your all-in-one book publishing guide to breaking into the industry and navigating the rapidly changing publishing world. With this updated, trusted resource...

The best-selling script analysis book for thirty-five years Considered an essential text since its publication thirty-five years ago, this guide for students and practitioners of both theater and literature complements, rather than contradicts or repeats, traditional methods of literary analysis of scripts. Ball developed...

Bibliophiles everywhere will find something contained herein which will delight them - over 200 one-liners and quotes, as well as great lines from great works have been brought together and put into this small but perfectly formed little book about books.Author: OhPublisher: OhPublished: 09/06/2022Pages:...

From the 1910s to the 1970s, author and linguist J. R. R. Tolkien worked at creating plausibly realistic languages to be used by the creatures and characters in his novels. Like his other languages, Sindarin was a new invention, not based on any existing...

One of the great Catholic philosophers of our day reflects on the way language has been abused so that, instead of being a means of communicating the truth and entering more deeply into it, and of the acquisition of wisdom, it is being used...

Transform your down time into 'do time'. The most successful language learners create a habit of studying on a regular basis. 50 English Coffee Breaks makes it easy to master a simple routine of improving your English by effortlessly integrating it with your calming...

Natalie Goldberg, author of the bestselling Writing Down The Bones, teaches a method of writing that can take you beyond craft to the true source of creative power: The mind that is "raw, full of energy, alive and hungry." Here is compassionate, practical, and...

Ramp up your role-playing game (RPG) and make your character your own with this fun, interactive workbook--an essential addition to any player's gaming kit. You've chosen your class, bought your weapons, and rolled for your stats, and you're now the proud owner of your...

Who sets language policy today? Who made whom the grammar doctor? Lacking the equivalent of l'Académie française, we English speakers must find our own way looking for guidance or vindication in source after source. McGuffey's Readers introduced nineteenth-century students to "correct" English. Strunk and...

Grounded in the science of reading, this book is a practical field guide to intentional instruction that enhances reading comprehension skills for all learners. The activity book covers every section of the Blueprint: vocabulary, syntax and sentence comprehension, text structures, background knowledge, and levels...

Organized into ten sections with each devoted to a poetic concept, The Practicing Poet begins with "Discovering New Material," "Finding the Best Words," "Making Music," "Working with Sentences and Line Breaks," "Crafting Surprise," and "Achieving Tone." The concepts become progressively more sophisticated, moving on...

Spoiler: There's no secret code for writing a bestselling novel.But there are fundamental principles of story structure that will make your novel work.Once you understand these fundamentals, writing a novel transforms from a chaotic, enigmatic roller coaster into a succinct and sensible process.Whether you're...

Iconic fashion moments from the world's most exclusive event Since 1948, The Met Gala has attracted an A-list crowd to the steps of New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art on the first Monday in May each year.It's the biggest event on the fashion calendar,...

Information professionals work in dynamically changing environments with a diverse range of patrons, which can sometimes present stressful situations. This book seeks to aid staff in information and geritage organisation in steering through challenges by fostering a culture grounded in kindness and wellbeing, promoting...

"A fascinating look into the origins of modern man."--Publishers WeeklyA book that solves the mystery of the people who spread the ancient mother tongue that gave us English and the other languages spoken by half of humanity today"Authoritative."--New York Times - "A masterpiece."--Wilson Quarterly...

What is the heroine's journey? How is it different from the hero's journey? What makes Harry Potter different from Star Wars? Twilight from Wonder Woman?New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Gail Carriger uses her comedic style to explore the mythological foundation of...

Put your editing skills into practice with this new companion to the handbook on every copyeditor's desk.The Copyeditor's Workbook--a companion to the indispensable Copyeditor's Handbook, now in its fourth edition--offers comprehensive and practical training for both aspiring and experienced copyeditors. Exercises of increasing difficulty...

This easy-to-use guide explains how to recruit, nourish, and fortify writers of color through innovative reading, writing, workshop, critique, and assessment strategies.Author: Felicia Rose ChavezPublisher: Haymarket BooksPublished: 01/05/2021Pages: 216Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.60lbsSize: 8.40h x 5.50w x 0.70dISBN: 9781642592672Review Citation(s): Publishers Weekly 10/19/2020About the AuthorFelicia...

Requiem for a Redbird is a collection meant to take its readers through five distinct yet interwoven sections; it's a book, in Bush's own words, that is unapologetically both Appalachian and Black. Bush came to sort their work into poems whose main themes begin...

An empowering, step-by-step guide to crafting compelling college admission essays that stand out and showcase your unique story.The college essay is a defining moment in the admission process that offers students the chance to showcase their unique stories and voices beyond grades and test...