Language Arts & Disciplines

A timely and urgent inquiry by one of global literature's leading lights In this concisely argued and illuminating book, the PEN/Faulkner Award-winning author Rabih Alameddine takes the subject of politics and art head-on, questioning the very premise of dividing these two pillars of culture...

If you are a leader-in any sense of the word-or aspire to be an effective one, the world desperately needs you. Perhaps you are an elected or appointed official. Or you run a library. Or you coach a Little League team. While leaders do...

Author: Microcosm Pub Et AlPublisher: Microcosm PublishingPublished: 10/15/2024Pages: 128Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 9.00lbsSize: 8.75h x 7.00w x 0.34dISBN: 9781648414442About the AuthorGerta Oparaku Egy is an Albanian artist residing in Springfield, Oregon. She studied Set and Costume Design in the Academy of Fine Arts in Tirana,...

A highly entertaining journey through one of the most quirky features of the English Language: collective nouns. Discover the history behind these fascinating phrases, many of which we still use to this day. Why are geese in a gaggle? Are lions actually proud? And...

A global exploration of the many writing systems that are on the verge of vanishing, and the stories and cultures they carry with them. If something is important, we write it down. Yet 85% of the world's writing systems are on the verge of...

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...

A History of the Roman People offers students a comprehensive, up-to-date, readable introduction to the whole span of Roman history. Richly illustrated, this fully updated volume takes readers through the mists of Roman prehistory and a survey of the peoples of pre-Roman Italy to...

The monograph explores the semantic and morphosyntactic representation of affectedness, i.e., the property of an event participant to undergo change, in transitive predicates. Specifically, it provides a first in-depth investigation of how affectedness, the notion of path, and resultativity determine Differential Object Marking (DOM)...

The syntax of the English Adjective is fully embraced in the following brief rule, together with the exceptions, observations, and notes, which are, in due order, subjoined. The rules for the agreement of Pronouns with their antecedents are four; hence this chapter extends from...

Finally, a single volume that comprehensively introduces and addresses the most pressing issues and opportunities in young adult (teen) library services. Perpetually in the shadow of service to children, and historically riven by fractious relationships between public and school libraries, young adult services continue...

Welcome to Nola's world, where the first day of school feels both exciting and a little scary. Meet Nola, the new student who is nervous about everything from big things to small things, especially during lunch. Where will she sit?In this heartwarming children's book,...

A peek inside the writerly testing grounds of Sue Grafton, Kim Stafford, Maureen Stanton, and othersThis collection of essays by well-established professional writers explores how their notebooks serve as their studios and workshops--places to collect, to play, and to make new discoveries with language,...

Author: ContemporaryPublisher: McGraw-Hill CompaniesPublished: 12/20/2010Pages: 192Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.75lbsSize: 11.20h x 8.70w x 0.40dISBN: 9780076586325

Students apply the skills and strategies they're mastering to rich authentic text, with stories and informational selections by award-winning authors and illustrators. Students integrate knowledge by reading across texts using the anchor text and its paired selection for each week. This package includes unit...

Students apply the skills and strategies they're mastering to rich authentic text, with stories and informational selections by award-winning authors and illustrators. Students integrate knowledge by reading across texts using the anchor text and its paired selection for each week. This package includes unit...

Students apply the skills and strategies they're mastering to rich authentic text, with stories and informational selections by award-winning authors and illustrators. Students integrate knowledge by reading across texts using the anchor text and its paired selection for each week. This package includes unit...

Firsthand accounts of COVID-19's devastating effects on working-class communities of colorThe first months of the COVID-19 pandemic were filled with talk of heroes, the frontline workers who kept the country functioning. "And when they write those history books, the heroes of the battle will...

Touchstone, together with Viewpoint, is a six-level English program, based on research from the Cambridge English Corpus. Touchstone uses a corpus-informed syllabus ensuring students are learning the language that people really use. Activities include a strong focus on inductive learning, personalized practice, and encouraging...

Three Talks is the first prose collection by the award-winning poet and educator Brenda Hillman. These short essays on six M's of the art of poetry make the form accessible in a novel way, exploring words that might appear incompatible but become dancing partners...

The Wound and the Stitch traces a history of imagery and language centered on the concept of woundedness and the stitching together of fragmented selves. Focusing particularly on California and its historical violences against Chicanx bodies, Loretta Victoria Ramirez argues that woundedness has become...