Language Arts & Disciplines

Narrative Theory: Core Concepts and Critical Debates addresses two frequently asked questions about narrative studies: "what is narrative theory?" and "how do different approaches to narrative relate to each other?" In engaging with these questions, the book demonstrates the diversity and vitality of the...

Book Synopsis: Written from a four-year-old child's point of view and experience. The book addresses the question: "What is a funeral?" "Why is everyone so sad?" and "Will we ever see our loved one again?" The answer to "Will we ever see Grandpa again?"...

Lonely Planet's Sinhala Phrasebook and Dictionary is your handy passport to culturally enriching travels with the most relevant and useful Sinhalese phrases and vocabulary for all your travel needs. Ask for recommendations of tucked-away beaches, bargain at a vegetable market, and mingle at local...

Although you can get by in Iceland without speaking the language, knowing just a few essential phrases can help you make friends, enjoy service with a smile, and discover richer, more rewarding travel experiences. Fast Talk Icelandic is the concise language guide that is...

New title in the Flame Tree Notebook collection, combining beautiful art with high-quality production, with lined pages, a pocket at the back, two ribbon bookmarks and a solid magnetic flap. Perfect as a gift, or personal choice for notetakers and journal users of all...

New title in the Flame Tree Notebook collection, combining beautiful art with high-quality production, with lined pages, a pocket at the back, two ribbon bookmarks and a solid magnetic flap. Perfect as a gift, or personal choice for notetakers and journal users of all...

As part of the profession's ongoing EDISJ efforts to redress librarianship's problematic past, practitioners from across the field are questioning long-held library authorities and standards. They're undertaking a critical and rigorous re-examination of so-called "best" practices and the decisionmakers behind them, pointing out heretofore...

Both literal and highly lyrical, hieroglyphics bring alive a distant world, with descriptions of the natural environment, the art, the society, the religious beliefs, and even the philosophical basis of a culture that flourished 5,000 years ago. Presenting and explaining almost 600 of the...

This volume will be the first full-length exploration in any language of the details of the history of the Japanese language written by experts in the different subfields of linguistics. Overall, while including factual and background information, the volume will focus on presenting original...

Respected Emmy Award-winning investigative journalist and New York Times bestselling author of Stonewalled, The Smear, and Slanted exposes the corruption that has ruled the pharmaceutical industry and news media for decades.Through blatant lies, deep cover-ups, and high-level collusion with government and media, Big Pharma...

Feminist Technical Communication introduces readers to technical communication methodology, demonstrating how rhetorical feminist approaches are vital to the future of technical communication. Using an intersectional and transcultural approach, Erin Clark fuses the well-documented surge of work in feminist technical communication throughout the 1990s with...

Learn how to argue from the masters. This book is a complete course on the art of argument, taught by the greatest practitioners of it: Churchill, Lincoln, and hundreds of others from the golden age of debate in England and America. The book's concise...

Experiencing Accents: A Knight-Thompson Speechwork(R) Guide for Acting in Accent presents a comprehensive and systematic approach to accent acquisition for actors.Author: Philip Thompson, Tyler Seiple, Andrea CabanPublisher: RoutledgePublished: 11/13/2023Pages: 244Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.80lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.56dISBN: 9781032324142About the AuthorPhilip Thompson is Professor...

Get to the bottom of the English language with this complete guide written just for adults. This book has everything you need to learn phonics, which is an important part of learning to read and write in English. It breaks down difficult language ideas...

Panegyric, the art of publicly praising prominent political figures, occupied an important place in the Roman Empire throughout late antiquity. Orators were skilled political actors who manipulated the conventions of praise giving, taking great license with what they chose to present (or omit). Their...

Emoji are now ubiquitous in our interactions on social media. But how do we use them to convey meaning? And how do they function in social bonding? This unique book provides a comprehensive framework for analysing how emoji contribute to meaning-making in social media...

This established text and teacher resource is now in a revised and updated third edition, with a broader focus on whole-class instruction as well as small-group and individualized intervention. The evidence-based Interactive Strategies Approach (ISA) provides a clear framework for supporting literacy development in...

An extensive dictionary (almost 1800 pages) of the Upriver dialects of Halkomelem, an Amerindian language of B.C., giving information from almost 80 speakers gathered by the author over a period of 40 years. Entries include names and dates of citation, dialect information, phonological, morphological,...

Volume 3 of the 2024 annual print-on-demand version of the Dewey Decimal Classification includes Schedules 600-999.DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION, 2024 (Schedules 600-999) (Volume 3 of 4)Author: Alex KyriosPublisher: OCLCPublished: 03/01/2024Pages: 1188Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 4.07lbsSize: 9.61h x 6.69w x 2.32dISBN: 9781556533068This title is not returnable

Volume 2 of the 2024 annual print-on-demand version of the Dewey Decimal Classification includes Schedules 200-599.DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION, 2024 (Schedules 200-599) (Volume 2 of 4)Author: Alex KyriosPublisher: OCLCPublished: 03/01/2024Pages: 1182Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 4.05lbsSize: 9.61h x 6.69w x 2.31dISBN: 9781556533051This title is not returnable