Language Arts & Disciplines

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

A bookseller is the being who is most aware of the futility of a book, and of its importance.--Hector Yánover Like most of our cultural institutions and workers, bookshops and booksellers have worked hard in the last few years to respond to political and...

Test Prep Books' SAT Prep Questions Book 2021-2022: 3 SAT Practice Tests with Detailed Answer Explanations for the College Board Exam 3rd Edition] Made by Test Prep Books experts for test takers trying to achieve a great score on the SAT exam. Quick Overview...

Amidst uncertain times rife with challenges and potential catastrophes, prudently managing risk will bolster your library's resilience in the face of adversity. And by being attentive to lowering risk, you'll help keep insurance costs in check. This succinct manual for trustees and administrators offers...

This is the second revised edition of A Student's Companion to Old Irish Grammar, which originally appeared in 2013. This book, written in an intentionally informal style, aims to make Old Irish grammar more accessible to students of all backgrounds. It can serve as...

What is narrative? How does it work and how does it shape our lives? H. Porter Abbott emphasizes that narrative is found not just in literature, film, and theatre, but everywhere in the ordinary course of people's lives. This widely used introduction, now revised...

The investment in global collaboration technology now exceeds US$45 billion. Professionals who work across cultures face some of the most cognitively, psychologically and emotionally difficult challenges, regardless of whether they work virtually or in person. And they often face these challenges without the help...

The contributors to the third volume of the series Words, Bones, Genes, Tools explore the antiquity and continuity of cultural traditions and linguistic areas since the Paleolithic. The authors work in the fields of archaeology, genomics, linguistics and evolutionary anthropology.Author: Hugo Reyes-CentenoPublisher: Kerns VerlagPublished:...

There's no denying that Helen Thomas was a larger-than-life personality, but more importantly, she was a trailblazer for women in journalism. Professionally, she reported on more presidential administrations than anyone in history, and she rightfully earned her place--front row, center--as the Dean of the...

In 14 original essays, The Oxford Illustrated History of the Book reveals the history of books in all their various forms, from the ancient world to the digital present. Leading international scholars offer an original and richly illustrated narrative that is global in scope....

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Fascinating fiction starts with characters who make readers care. This Live Wire Writer Guide presents a simple, effective technique to sharpen your hook, charge your scenes, and amplify your voice whether you're a beginner or an expert.Most writing manuals skirt craft questions with gimmicks...

The purpose of this book is to provide a brief introduction to the Gaelic language with a selective discussion of its main features. In contrast to native speakers, who absorb the language as children, adults who are learning Gaelic from scratch often derive much...

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Qu ocurre en la mente para que ciertas palabras activen el instinto de compra? Por qu hay textos que venden millones y otros que pasan desapercibidos? C mo podemos redactar para conectar y fidelizar utilizando el neuromarketing?Vivimos en un mundo digital donde nos enfrentamos...

At the time of its publication, How Language Began received high acclaim for capturing the fascinating history of mankind's most incredible creation. Deemed a "bombshell" linguist and "instant folk hero" by Tom Wolfe (Harper's), Daniel L. Everett posits that the near- 7,000 languages that...

This major reference work, first published in 1946, is a fully documented, alphabetical listing of over 8,000 Scottish family and personal names. Black's definitive guide includes spelling variations, an abundance of fascinating historical specifics, and a glossary of obsolete Scot words. This classic reference...

How to Make Memories into Memoirs, Ideas into Essays, and Life into Literature From drawing a map of a remembered neighborhood to signing a form releasing yourself to take risks in your work, Roorbach offers innovative techniques that will trigger ideas for all writers....

Award winning essayist Scott Russell Sanders once compared the art of essay writing to the pursuit of mental rabbits--a rambling through thickets of thought in search of some brief glimmer of fuzzy truth. While some people persist in the belief that essays are stuffy...

Ethnologue(R) is the comprehensive reference work that catalogs all the knownliving languages in the world today. It has been an active research project for morethan 60 years. Thousands of linguists and other researchers all over the world relyon and have contributed to the Ethnologue(R)....