Language Arts & Disciplines
-
Now Write! Mysteries: Suspense, Crime, Thriller, and Other Mystery Fiction Exercises from Today's Best Writers and TeachersThe essential handbook for writers of whodunits, techno- thrillers, cozies, and everything in between-featuring never-before- published personal writing exercises from some of today's bestselling and award-winning mystery writers. Now Write Mysteries, the fourth volume in the acclaimed Now Write writing guide series, brings together...
- Dhs. 103.75 AED
- Dhs. 103.75 AED
- Unit price
- per
-
How Language Works: How Babies Babble, Words Change Meaning, and Languages Live or DieSteven Pinker meets Bill Bryson in this landmark exploration of language. In the author's own words, How Language Works is not about music, cookery, or sex. But it is about how we talk about music, cookery, and sex-or, indeed, anything at all. Language is...
- Dhs. 129.69 AED
- Dhs. 129.69 AED
- Unit price
- per
-
Showing & Telling: Learn How to Show & When to Tell for Powerful & Balanced WritingWrite vibrant scenes and essential summaries"Show--don't tell." How many times have you heard this standard bit of writing advice? It's so common in writing courses and critiques that it has become a cliche. Writers are often told to write scenes, dramatize, cut exposition, cut...
- Dhs. 112.59 AED
- Dhs. 112.59 AED
- Unit price
- per
-
The Thorn Necklace: Healing Through Writing and the Creative ProcessFor devotees of Bird by Bird and The Artist's Way, a memoir-driven guide to healing through the craft of writing Francesca Lia Block is the bestselling author of more than twenty-five books, including the award-winning Weetzie Bat series. Her writing has been called transcendent...
- Dhs. 168.59 AED
- Dhs. 168.59 AED
- Unit price
- per
-
War Is Beautiful: The New York Times Pictorial Guide to the Glamour of Armed Conflict** (in which the author explains why he no longer readsThe New York Times) Bestselling author David Shields analyzed over a decade's worth of front-page war photographs from TheNew York Timesand came to a shocking conclusion: the photo-editing process ofthe paper of record, by...
- Dhs. 259.02 AED
- Dhs. 259.02 AED
- Unit price
- per
-
Two Strange Beasts: Leviathan and Behemoth in the Second TempleThe ancient myth of a battle between a Divine Warrior and a primordial monster undergoes significant development in postbiblical and rabbinic literatures. This development is the focus of the present study.Author: WhitneyPublisher: BrillPublished: 01/01/2006Pages: 230Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.70lbsSize: 9.10h x 6.00w x 0.60dISBN: 9781575069142This...
- Dhs. 425.22 AED
- Dhs. 425.22 AED
- Unit price
- per
-
Teaching Adolescent WritersIn an increasingly demanding world of literacy, it has become critical that students know how to write effectively. From the requirements of standardized tests to those of the wired workplace, the ability to write well, once a luxury, has become a necessity. Many students...
- Dhs. 321.47 AED
- Dhs. 321.47 AED
- Unit price
- per
-
Teaching Arguments: Rhetorical Comprehension, Critique, and ResponseNo matter wherestudents' lives lead after graduation, one of the most essential tools we can teach them is how to comprehend, analyze, and respond to arguments. Students need to know how writers' and speakers' choices are shaped by elements of the rhetorical situation, including...
- Dhs. 397.86 AED
- Dhs. 397.86 AED
- Unit price
- per
-
Socratic Circles: Fostering Critical and Creative Thinking in Middle and High SchoolThe benefits and importance of Socratic seminars are widely recognized, but little has been written on how to make them happen successfully in the classroom. In Socratic Circles: Fostering Critical and Creative Thinking in Middle and High School, author Matt Copeland provides real-world examples...
- Dhs. 308.83 AED
- Dhs. 308.83 AED
- Unit price
- per
-
The American Sign Language Handshape Starter: A Beginner's GuideBeginning signers now can improve their recognition of the most commonly used signs with this easy-to-follow handbook. The American Sign Language Handshape Starter illustrates 800 of the most frequently used signs, arranging them by the 40 standard handshapes used in American Sign Language (ASL)....
- Dhs. 142.65 AED
- Dhs. 142.65 AED
- Unit price
- per
-
Better Sentence Writing in 30 Minutes a DayDo your sentences run longer than a page? Or do they hang in the air, waiting for a subject, an object or some punctuation to finish them off? This easy-to-use guide to sentence writing not only teaches you how to overcome run-ons and sentence...
- Dhs. 96.93 AED
- Dhs. 96.93 AED
- Unit price
- per
-
Teaching Information Literacy and Writing Studies: Volume 1, First-Year Composition CoursesThis volume, edited by Grace Veach, explores leading approaches to foregrounding information literacy in first-year college writing courses. Chapters describe cross-disciplinary efforts underway across higher education, as well as innovative approaches of both writing professors and librarians in the classroom. This seminal work unpacks...
- Dhs. 370.06 AED
- Dhs. 370.06 AED
- Unit price
- per
-
Tone Analysis for Field LinguistsTone, the use of pitch to provide phonological contrast between morphemes, plays an integral role in the structures of many languages. This book teaches linguists a tried-and-proven methodology for analyzing tone in any part of the world. Significant features: - Delivers the most comprehensive...
- Dhs. 288.95 AED
- Dhs. 288.95 AED
- Unit price
- per
-
Understanding Biblical Hebrew Verb Forms: Distribution and Function across GenresThis work is the first thorough study of tense, aspect, and modality (TAM) in light of the discourse functions of biblical Hebrew. Commonly used grammars of biblical Hebrew treat each verb tense or aspect form with little attention to their different functions in different...
- Dhs. 518.40 AED
- Dhs. 518.40 AED
- Unit price
- per
-
Analyzing the Psalms, 2nd EditionThe purpose of this textbook is to introduce Bible students and translators to the basic compositional structure and literary style of Hebrew poetry, especially the lyric-liturgical poetry found in the Book of Psalms. Wendland follows a "discourse analysis" approach--examining different aspects of the poetic...
- Dhs. 303.75 AED
- Dhs. 303.75 AED
- Unit price
- per
-
The Art of History: Unlocking the Past in Fiction and NonfictionOne has to look no further than the audiences hungry for the narratives served up by Downton Abbey or Wolf Hall to know that the lure of the past is as seductive as ever. But incorporating historical events and figures into a shapely narrative...
- Dhs. 77.79 AED
- Dhs. 77.79 AED
- Unit price
- per
-
Understanding Data and Information Systems for RecordkeepingContent management systems, data warehouses, relational databases -- the ways an institution can organize and store its information are changing rapidly. Here is a comprehensive guide to the new technologies that can help us better organize vital documents and information for preservation, search, and...
- Dhs. 741.10 AED
- Dhs. 741.10 AED
- Unit price
- per
-
Developing 21st Century Literacies: A K-12 School Library Curriculum Blueprint with Sample LessonsHere is a guide that shows you how to help students develop the critical thinking and learning skills necessary for effective and engaged citizens in the 21st Century. It provides tools and strategies to deliver a cutting-edge school library curriculum. Langhorne and Rehmke survey...
- Dhs. 694.79 AED
- Dhs. 694.79 AED
- Unit price
- per
-
Academic Writing, Real World TopicsThis new reader connects contemporary scholarly essays in multiple disciplines with helpful rhetorical instruction. Author: Michael Rectenwald, Lisa CarlPublisher: Broadview Press IncPublished: 05/28/2015Pages: 720Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 2.05lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.20dISBN: 9781554812462About the Author Michael Rectenwald is full Professor of Liberal Studies and...
- Dhs. 616.51 AED
- Dhs. 616.51 AED
- Unit price
- per
-
Collaborating for English Learners: A Foundational Guide to Integrated PracticesLooking for a silver bullet to accelerate EL achievement? There is none. But this, we promise: when EL specialists and general ed teachers pool their expertise, your ELs' language development and content mastery will improve exponentially. Just ask the tens of thousands of Collaboration...
- Dhs. 358.11 AED
- Dhs. 358.11 AED
- Unit price
- per