Language Arts & Disciplines
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Reading Stories for Comprehension Success: Senior High Level, Reading Levels 10-12A flexible, high-interest program that can be used with all regulare and special students, grades 10-12. Each volume provides over 45 factual stories with related teaching materials, 15 at each level.Author: Katherine L. HallPublisher: John Wiley & SonsPublished: 12/13/2004Pages: 447Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 2.50lbsSize: 11.00h...
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The Savvy Author's Guide to Book Publicity: A Comprehensive Resource -- From Building the Buzz to Pitching the PressHere is an essential reference for writers -- from the self-published to those published by major houses -- written by a leading book publicist who pitches books to media every day of her working life. Tapping into her years publicizing such authors as pediatrician...
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Medieval Arthurian Epic and Romance: Eight New TranslationsThis volume offers newly translated texts that exemplify the two most important traditions of Arthurian literature in the Middle Ages. Encompassing such key works such as Lawman's Brut and Wace's Romance of Brut, written in Middle English and Old French, respectively, the Arthurian Epic...
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Creation of Narrative in Tabletop Role-Playing GamesDespite the rise of computer gaming, millions of adults still play face to face role playing games, which rely in part on social interaction to create stories. This work explores tabletop role playing game (TRPG) as a genre separate from computer role playing games....
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High School Journalism: A Practical GuideHigh school journalists share the same objectives as professional reporters--finding the story, writing the story, and packaging the story so that it appeals to an audience. Understanding how to best accomplish these objectives is key to the student on the newspaper, yearbook or Web...
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Fan Fiction and Fan Communities in the Age of the Internet: New EssaysFans have been responding to literary works since the days of Homer's Odyssey and Euripedes' Medea. More recently, a number of science fiction, fantasy, media, and game works have found devoted fan followings. The advent of the Internet has brought these groups from relatively...
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American Journalism: History, Principles, PracticesNews consumers made cynical by sensationalist banners--AMERICA STRIKES BACK, THE TERROR OF ANTHRAX--and lurid leads might be surprised to learn that in 1690, the newspaper Publick Occurrences gossiped about the sexual indiscretions of French royalty or seasoned the story of missing children by adding...
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Political Writing: A Guide to the Essentials: A Guide to the EssentialsWriting well, and persuasively, is not only a discipline that can be learned, it is one deeply rooted in the classical arts of rhetoric and polemic. This book introduces the essential skills, rules, and steps for producing effective political prose appropriate to many contexts,...
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Artists Write to Work: A Practical Guide to Writing about Your ArtArtists need to write, every day, to support their studio practice and careers. Working artists know this. Newly minted art graduates and emerging artists learn this the hard way--usually when a gallerist asks for basic documents like an artist resume, biography, and statement to...
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Bilingual Grammar of English-Spanish Syntax: With Exercises and a Glossary of Grammatical Terms, 3rd EditionThis third edition of this text presents the major grammatical contrasts between English and Spanish in a simple and direct manner that is ideal for teachers of either language. This book addresses difficult grammatical topics for the English speaker, such as the question of...
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Introduction to Spanish Translation, Second EditionIntroduction to Spanish Translation is designed for a third or fourth year college Spanish course. It presents the history, theory and practice of Spanish-to-English translation (with some consideration of English-to-Spanish translation). The very successful first edition of the text evolved from the author's experiences...
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The Handbook of Creative WritingThe inspirational resource for tutors, students and other creative writing professionals, now in a new edition. 54 chapters cover the 3 central areas of writing creatively: theories of creativity; the craft of writing; and creative writing as a business. With contributions from over 50...
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The Arabic LanguageCovering all aspects of the history of Arabic, the Arabic linguistic tradition, Arabic dialects, sociolinguistics and Arabic as a world language, this introductory guide is perfect for students of Arabic, Arabic historical linguistics and Arabic sociolinguistics. Concentrating on the difference between the two types...
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An Introduction to Old EnglishAn accessible overview of the first centuries in the history of the English languageCombining a wide variety of short texts with a coherent and up-to-date assessment of the forms of language which remain as the foundation of English today, this introduction offers a unique...
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New Zealand EnglishThis book is a comprehensive but accessible description of English as it is spoken in New Zealand. New Zealand English is one of the youngest native speaker varieties of English, and is the only variety of English where there is recorded evidence of its...
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A Glossary of PhonologyThis pocket-sized alphabetical guide to phonology provides an introduction to the range of phenomena studied in phonology and the main theoretical frameworks for engaging in phonological analysis. The entries are concise and clear, providing an overview of one of the main area of linguistic...
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Pragmatic TurnIn this major new work, Richard J. Bernstein argues that many of the most important themes in philosophy during the past one hundred and fifty years are variations and developments of ideas that were prominent in the classical American pragmatists: Charles S. Peirce, William...
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Empire and CommunicationsIt's been said that without Harold A. Innis there could have been no Marshall McLuhan. Empire and Communications is one of Innis's most important contributions to the debate about how media influenced the development of consciousness and societies. In this foundational work, he traces...
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Check Your English Vocabulary for Banking & FinanceThis workbook is designed to help non-native English speakers improve their knowledge and understanding of core banking and financial terminology. Self-study exercises and practical exercises for classroomuse are included, making it easy to test your classroom knowledgeat home. It uses a variety of engaging...
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The Extreme Novelist: The No-Time-to-Write Method for Drafting Your Novel in 8 WeeksTHE EXTREME NOVELIST is all about getting a novel written despite the time-sucking distractions of today's world.Every year, through no fault of their own, intelligent, dedicated writers feel the frustration of wanting to write their book-length fiction and fall short of their dreams of...
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