Language Arts & Disciplines
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Basic Tagalog: Learn to Speak Modern Filipino/ Tagalog - The National Language of the Philippines: Revised Third Edition (with Online Audio)Basic Tagalog is a friendly and accessible resource, providing beginning language learners with support, structure and thorough explanations. This is the most complete language course available for Tagalog--in one easy volume! This new edition has free online native-speaker audio recordings and dialogues in the...
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Barnhart Concise Dictionary of Etymology"[A] combination of readability with scholarship. . . of exceptional quality." --American Library Association (Reference Books Bulletin)As all lovers of language know, words are the source of our very understanding of ourselves and the world around us.Often, however, our use of language is so...
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Ancestoring: Understanding Records, Family, and Ourselves: Understanding Records, Family, and Ourselves: Understanding Records, Families, and OurselveAncestoring is divided into three parts. Understanding Records affirms the importance of placing records in their historical context. Understanding Family helps us to ask the question, "Why?" and to be objective and nonjudgmental when uncovering our ancestors' decisions and actions. Understanding Ourselves helps us...
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15-Minute Mandarin Chinese: Learn in Just 12 WeeksLearn Mandarin Chinese in just 15 minutes a day with this revolutionary language learning system, now with an accompanying free app that is available in the App Store and Google Play.Practicing your language skills is quick, easy, and fun with 15-Minute Mandarin. There's no...
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Good Writing: 36 Ways to Improve Your Sentences36 ways to improve your writing Two writers show you how to turn a worthy sentence into a memorable one. Starting where The Elements of Style leaves off, Good Writing can improve your book, your essay, your memo, your blog post, speech, or script....
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Good Writing: 36 Ways to Improve Your Sentences36 ways to improve your writing Two writers show you how to turn a worthy sentence into a memorable one. Starting where The Elements of Style leaves off, Good Writing can improve your book, your essay, your memo, your blog post, speech, or script....
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Vietnamese for Beginners: Learning Conversational Vietnamese (Free Online Audio)The complete Vietnamese language guide designed to get you speaking, reading and writing quickly! This comprehensive and engaging language guide gives beginning learners everything they need to speak, read and write Vietnamese with minimum fear or fuss. Learners will appreciate the extensive introduction to...
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The Unfolding of Language: An Evolutionary Tour of Mankind's Greatest InventionBlending the spirit of Eats, Shoots & Leaves with the science of The Language Instinct, an original inquiry into the development of that most essential-and mysterious-of human creations: Language Language is mankind's greatest invention-except, of course, that it was never invented." So begins linguist...
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The Ultimate RPG Villain Backstory Guide: Prompts and Activities to Create Compelling Antiheroes, Enemies, and Bad GuysEnter your villain era with this indispensable resource for game masters and players eager to breathe life into their campaigns with captivating villains and complex antiheroes. In the varied and diverse worlds of tabletop RPGs, there are a myriad of genres, play styles, and...
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The School Librarian's Guide to (Almost) EverythingBecause school librarians assume so many roles--leader, advocate, instructional partner, teacher, information specialist, and program administrator--their responsibilities vary widely. It's impossible to be an expert in everything related to the job, especially when some issues or tasks might only pop up a few times...
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The Infinite Loop: Archives and Time Travel in the Popular ImaginationThe fascination with time travel and its consistent popularity within the science fiction genre is deeply rooted in science fiction writers' and readers' passion for history and, by extension, for libraries and other kinds of archives. However, time travel, archives, and history intersect in...
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Teaching Information Literacy by Discipline:: Using and Creating Adaptations of the FrameworkThe Framework for Information Literacy for Higher Education has broad applicability that can be customized for different areas of study. Librarians have created companion documents and subject-specific information literacy applications that show the ways the Framework applies to their various fields. In nine thorough...
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On Air: The Triumph and Tumult of NPRAn "engrossing and entertaining...major work of media history" (The New York Times Book Review) that reveals the unlikely story of one of America's most celebrated but least understood media empires. Founded in 1970, NPR is America's most powerful broadcast news network. Despite being overshadowed...
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Learn Welsh Phrasebook and Basic GrammarLearn Welsh now! This booklet has all you need to start: a phrasebook, a pronunciation guide, a basic grammar and English / Welsh vocabularies. Try out your Welsh and impress the locals and your friends while learning the basic elements of one of Europe's...
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Create Your Writer Platform: The Key to Building an Audience, Selling More Books, and Finding Success as an AuthorCreating a platform isn't just beneficial--it's essential! In today's world of blogging, websites, Twitter feeds, and Facebook updates, building a writer platform from the ground up can seem a daunting task. Never fear--author and editor Chuck Sambuchino provides expert, practical advice for increasing your...
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Crafting the Personal Essay: A Guide for Writing and Publishing Creative Non-FictionAward winning essayist Scott Russell Sanders once compared the art of essay writing to "the pursuit of mental rabbits"--a rambling through thickets of thought in search of some brief glimmer of fuzzy truth. While some people persist in the belief that essays are stuffy...
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Trope Thesaurus: Mystery and ThrillerCalling All Sleuths, Spies, and Serial Killers!Love red herrings, hidden identities, and secrets? Want to indulge your armchair detective instincts? Check out The Trope Thesaurus: Mystery & Thriller by USA Today Bestselling authors Jennifer Hilt and Sara Rosett. Join us as we unlock the...
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They Say / I SayMillions of students love "They Say / I Say" because it offers lively and practical advice they can use throughout their college career (and beyond). Now, students will learn how to use narrative to energize their "I Say," navigate generative AI tools responsibly, and...
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The Story of Stories: The Million-Year History of a Uniquely Human ArtAn irresistible and enchanting journey through human history--from mankind's earliest fires to the latest smart phones--that tells the surprising and untold story of storytelling.Joan Didion told us, "We tell ourselves stories in order to live." And yet, the story of stories has never been...
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The Age of Movies: Selected Writings of Pauline Kael: A Library of America Special PublicationA master film critic is at her witty, exhilarating, and opinionated best in this career-spanning collection featuring pieces on Bonnie and Clyde, The Godfather, and other modern movie classics "Film criticism is exciting just because there is no formula to apply," Pauline Kael once...
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