Language Arts & Disciplines

Every story starts with a character who is motivated by a need and has a goal that can resolve it. Whether their objective is to find a life partner, bring a killer to justice, overthrow a cruel regime, or something else, conflict transforms a...

"Delightful." --Mary Norris, The New YorkerA page-turning, existential romp through the life and times of the world's most polarizing punctuation markThe semicolon. Stephen King, Hemingway, Vonnegut, and Orwell detest it. Herman Melville, Henry James, and Rebecca Solnit love it. But why? When is it...

Having trouble understanding or conversing with native German speakers? If so, try this book The purpose of this book is to provide the reader with conversational dialogues in German that use 100 percent real German. As language learners ourselves, we understand the desire to...

Strengthen your grade 5 students' comprehension and vocabulary skills! The 25 engaging reading selections in Read and Understand with Leveled Texts, Grade 5 are leveled according to Lexile(R) criteria, so you can easily match texts to students' abilities. Reading selections are accompanied by follow-up...

How we arrived in a post-truth era, when "alternative facts" replace actual facts, and feelings have more weight than evidence.Are we living in a post-truth world, where "alternative facts" replace actual facts and feelings have more weight than evidence? How did we get here?...

In his first book since the bestselling Fermat's Enigma, Simon Singh offers the first sweeping history of encryption, tracing its evolution and revealing the dramatic effects codes have had on wars, nations, and individual lives. From Mary, Queen of Scots, trapped by her own...

Our Search For Meaning examines the intellectual history of western civilization as it is portrayed in literature and philosophy within the context of the ALAS Questions: What is truth? What is justice? What does it mean to be human? What is the good life?...

Level up your campaign with these interactive activities and instructions for maximizing your storytelling skills so you can enjoy the ultimate RPG experience. Get your next campaign rolling right with The Ultimate RPG Guide Boxed Set. This collection has advice and activities for every...

These all-inclusive skills resources provide the focused practice students need to apply, reinforce, and review skills in reading, math, and test-taking. Answer key included.Author: Houghton Mifflin HarcourtPublisher: Steck Vaughn School SupplyPublished: 02/18/2014Pages: 128Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.57lbsSize: 10.60h x 8.00w x 0.40dISBN: 9780544267718Audience: Ages 4-8This...

A practical guide to effective grant writing for researchers at all stages of their academic careers Grant funding can be a major determinant of promotion and tenure at colleges and universities, yet many scholars receive no training in the crucial skill of grant writing....

APA Simplified was written specifically for the new 7th edition of the APA Publication Manual, and concisely covers: Finding appropriate research using online resources, databases, and textbooksWriting your student or professional paper from opening paragraph to conclusionCorrectly citing sources with one, two, and three...

An Essential Resource for Getting Published Foreword by Jerry B. Jenkins The 2023 Christian Writers Market Guide is the most comprehensive and recommended resource on the market for finding an agent, an editor, a publisher, a writing coach, a podcast, or a writing course....

Our Beginner Box Set is a great bundle of supportive reference guides and practice books to introduce English for beginners including key language skills, grammar, and vocabulary. Ideal for English test preparations or ESL lesson plans, the Course Books use visual teaching methods to...

Write It Up is for anyone writing an empirical article in APA Style(R), from beginners facing their first article to old dogs looking for new writing strategies. Your academic writing will be more influential if you approach it reflectively and strategically. Based on his...

Volume 4 of the 2022 annual print-on-demand version of the Dewey Decimal Classification includes the Relative Index.Dewey Decimal Classification, 2022 (Relative Index) (Volume 4 of 4).Author: Alex KyriosPublisher: OCLCPublished: 01/19/2022Pages: 1016Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 3.49lbsSize: 9.61h x 6.69w x 2.00dISBN: 9781556532511This title is not returnable

Providing comfort food and inspiration for the aspiring novelist, How To Write a Novel in 20 Pies offers novelist and writing coach Amy Wallen's insider secrets on living the writing life. Filled with chapters about writing, revising, submitting to an agent, and book promotion,...

APEX Test Prep's SAT Reading / Writing and Language Workbook: SAT English Study Guide, Practice Test Questions, Essay Prompts, and Detailed Answer Explanations [2nd Edition Prep Book] APEX Test Prep believes that preparing for the SAT exam shouldn't be harder than the test itself....

An indispensable guide to welcoming children--from babies to teens--to a lifelong love of reading, written by Pamela Paul and Maria Russo, editors of The New York Times Book Review. Do you remember your first visit to where the wild things are? How about curling...

Mastering grammar is now easier than ever with this fully illustrated guide that covers the most important rules in grammar and punctuation--making even the most confusing rules easy to understand. This illustrated guide to English grammar gives you everything you need for a better...

For anyone who has ever searched for the right word at a crucial moment, the revised third edition of this bestselling guide offers a smart and succinct way to say everything One million copies sold How to Say It(R) provides clear and practical guidance...