Language Arts & Disciplines

"Drs. Van Zaalen and Reichel, internationally renowned experts about cluttering, have drawn on their extensive experience in working with people who clutter to prepare a comprehensive guide that covers everything a clinician needs to know about cluttering, from theory to diagnosis to treatment and...

"The new edition of this essential work has raised the bar on an already excellent text about cataloguing." - Library Journal, Starred ReviewThe fifth edition of the classic Cataloging and Classification covers the analysis and representation of methods used in describing, organizing, and providing...

This title has been endorsed by Cambridge Assessment International Education - Reinforce learning, deepen understanding and encourage self-reflection in practical workbook activities. - Provide extra practice and self-assessment: Each Workbook is intended to be used by the learner for practice and homework, plus the...

A FLAME TREE NOTEBOOK. Beautiful and luxurious the journals combine high-quality production with magnificent art. Perfect as a gift, and an essential personal choice for writers, notetakers, travellers, students, poets and diarists. Features a wide range of well-known and modern artists, with new artworks...

What happens in the brain when learning a second language? Can speaking more than one language provide cognitive benefits over a lifetime? What implications does an increase in bilingualism have for society? And what are the factors that can promote and support bilingualism in...

Bringing together research from queer linguistics and lexicography, this book uncovers how same-sex acts, desires, and identities have been represented in English dictionaries published in Britain from the early modern to the inter-war period. Moving across time - from the appearance of the first...

The revised and expanded edition of this bestseller is a comprehensive, easy-to-read resource that explores the theory and practice of ESL assessment. Written for anyone working with English-language learners (elementary and secondary, mainstream and ESL), this new edition of Assessment and ESL presents ideas...

If it's a person, place, or thing--/Your dad, Detroit, a diamond ring, /If it's a boat or coat or clown, /It's simple, Simon, it's a noun! In this 20th anniversary edition of A Mink, a Fink, a Skating Rink, author Brian Cleary and illustrator...

Essential sign language knowledge for use in conversation, this 6-page laminated guide covers the most important aspects of communicating in ASL. Includes photo examples of often-used words and phrases to illustrate concepts of action and/or movement that make communication clear while adding emotional emphasis...

This book provides a comprehensive and impartial overview of the state of American journalism and news-gathering in the 21st century, with a special focus on the rise-and meaning-of "fake news."A part of ABC-CLIO's Examining the Facts series, which uses evidence-based documentation to examine the...

If terms like "transitive verb," "objective case," and "dangling participle" make your eyes glaze over, this book is for you. The only grammar guide to recognize that most adults have forgotten all the rules they learned in school, Action Grammar focuses on what you...

"One of those guides that will always be there when you need it most, like a best friend" - Readers' FavoriteBeat your writers block, and kick start creativity with over 1000 Sci-Fi writings prompts!Sometimes all we need is a spark. The story idea that...

Ray Bradbury advised you should write a short story every week. With these 101 flash fiction prompts, you can write almost the same amount (with 2 prompts a week) but have a lot more guidance and fun! The AuthorTubers behind the semimonthly "Flash Fiction...

Allison Fallon's Write Your Story provides a simple framework that will help readers capture, in writing, the depth of life events and, in turn, to make sense of their lives. Once you understand yourself and your life, you will live with more purpose and...

Are you ready to start writing the stories that live inside you? Open the pages of this handy writing guide to gain practical and accessible insights to help you put pen to paper and fingers to keys! Whether you're a budding author or a...

Ugo Igbo Language Children's Dictionary is an aesthetically illustrated literary work to enable Igbo children and lovers of Igbo language to learn, sustain, and perpetuate the Igbo language unto eternity. A wonderful companion for learners and enthusiasts. It has a concise explanation of words...

This book analyses the history of the popular discourse in the United States concerned with the U.S. military and its engagement in foreign wars from the Spanish-American War through to the U.S. invasions of Iraqand the War on Terror. Author: Luke PetersonPublisher: Anthem PressPublished:...

The only textbook of its kind, this all-in-one introduction guides you through the history, theories and practices of creative writing you need to know to teach this ever-expanding and infinitely rewarding subject successfully in higher education. Asking you to think reflectively about the discipline...

A behind-the-scenes look at the struggles between visual journalists and officials over what the public sees--and therefore much of what the public knows--of the criminal justice system. In the contexts of crime, social justice, and the law, nothing in visual media is as it...

The secrets of a former Newsnight producer who found her way to Buckingham Palace 'A cracking read' Lorraine Kelly 'Riveting' Sunday Telegraph 'Behind every great interview is a great booker - Sam McAlister is one of the unsung heroes of television news' Piers Morgan...