Language Arts & Disciplines

"If any book can relieve anxieties about actually doing research, this is it. Accessible, informed, and incredibly useful." - Professor Simon Cottle, School of Journalism, Media and Cultural Studies, Cardiff University "The best book available for students facing up to the challenge of writing...

A Pictorial Guide to Learning the Alphabets using American Sign Language with children's illustrations is a soft-cover book that teaches the 26 basic alphabets from A-Z. This is an indispensable and simplistic guide that makes learning fun and easy for children and adults alike....

Los secretos para aprender ingl s ha sido ideado para que cualquier persona pueda dominar el idioma y lanzarse a hablarlo con fluidez y entusiasmo. Sherry D. Wheeler, profesora de esta materia con una experiencia de m s de cuarenta a os, no ha...

First published in 1958, this is a simple and concise Navajo-English only dictionary. It has over 9000 entries and contains many useful every day expressions. It was originally intended for the native Navajo speaker to learn English and for non-Navajos who want to acquire...

The Elements of Style by William Strunk, Jr. is a prescriptive American English writing style guide comprising eight "elementary rules of usage", ten "elementary principles of composition", "a few matters of form", a list of forty-nine "words and expressions commonly misused", and a list...

The Womanist Preacher: Proclaiming Womanist Rhetoric from the Pulpit performs a close textual analysis of five womanist sermons to answer the question: how does womanist preaching attempt to transform/adapt the tenets of womanist thought to make it rhetorically viable in the church? And what...

Friedrich Engels is best known for contributing to Marxism, particularly with Marx on the Communist Manifesto. In this work, he talks about socialism as a political theory and backs it up with statistics.Author: Friedrich EngelsPublisher: Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublished: 01/10/2014Pages: 38Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.14lbsSize:...

*Includes pictures of important people, places, and events. *Explains the route of the Pony Express and accounts from Pony Express riders. *Includes footnotes and a bibliography for further reading. "I, name], do hereby swear, before the Great and Living God, that during my engagement,...

In this volume, Eric J. Tully provides a foundational analysis of the text of Hosea. Hosea is distinguished by the detailed and comprehensive attention paid to the Hebrew text. Tully's analysis is a convenient pedagogical and reference tool that explains the form and syntax...

Now available as part of a 4-in-1 compilation. Get 4 books for the price of 2. The ISBN of the 4-in-1 compilation is 150318420X.BRIEF DESCRIPTION This is a highly detailed guide with several step-by-step instructions for how to format and publish your book both...

A provocative, must-read investigation that both appreciates the importance of--and punctures the hype around--big-time contemporary American athletics In an increasingly secular, fragmented, and distracted culture, nothing brings Americans together quite like sports. On Sundays in September, more families worship at the altar of the...

This expanded edition adds sixteen new exercises designed to inspire creativity and help poets hone their skills. Each exercise includes a clearly-stated learning objective, historical background matter on the particular subgenre being explored, and an example written by undergraduates at Western Kentucky University. The...

Most of us never realize how many words and expressions used in everyday English have a fascinating nautical origin. This charming pocketbook explains the practical ship-board beginnings of over 200 such phrases--colorful, bizarre and surprising--and how they came ashore. For anyone with an interest...

Offering guidance on writing poetry, nonfiction, and fiction, Environmental and Nature Writing is a complete introduction to the art and craft of writing about the environment in a wide range of genres. With discussion questions and writing prompts throughout, Environmental and Nature Writing: A...

Dear Novelist: Would you like your readers to live your stories, not merely read them? Deep Point of View anchors your readers inside the point of view character(s) of your novel. This handbook shows you how to perform the transformation from ordinary narrative to...

Mexico today is one of the most dangerous places in the world to report the news, and Mexicans have taken to the street to defend freedom of expression. As Benjamin T. Smith demonstrates in this history of the press and civil society, the cycle...

Visualiza y recuerda la gram tica inglesa de una vez por todas Los phrasal verbs te resultan confusos? No acabas de entender la diferencia entre ciertos tiempos verbales? Este libro contiene 3.000 ejercicios para aprender, recordar y usar la gram tica inglesa. Una gu...

A complete copy of the legendary psychedelic underground newspaper originally published in the Haight Ashbury during the Summer of Love The San Francisco Oracle, published in the Haight Ashbury from 1966 to 1968, was one of the most unique and beautiful publications of the...

The definitive reference in the field, this volume synthesizes current knowledge on writing development and instruction at all grade levels. Prominent scholars examine numerous facets of writing from sociocultural, cognitive, linguistic, neuroscience, and new literacy/technological perspectives. The volume reviews the evidence base for widely...

Filling an important need for K-12 educators, this highly practical book provides a step-by-step guide to cognitive strategy instruction, one of the most effective instructional techniques for struggling learners. The authors present well-validated strategies that target self-regulated learning and study skills as well as...