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The Routledge Handbook of Corporate Social Responsibility CommunicationThis handbook is a resource for students, faculty, and researchers who are focused on understanding the role communication plays in the formation and execution of corporate social responsibility (CSR) activities. Bringing together authors who are thought-leaders and emerging scholars from diverse theoretical and methodological...
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Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral. By Phillis Wheatley, Negro Servant to Mr. John Wheatley, of Boston, in New EnglandThe 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization of epic proportions...
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Arte de Traduzir de Latim para PortuguêsSinopse: A Arte de Traduzir de Latim para Português, Reduzida a Princípios foi o primeiro manual de tradução em língua portuguesa. Para esta edição, atualizou-se a ortografia e acrescentaram-se notas explicativas para orientar o leitor. O livro foi publicado originalmente em Lisboa, na Impressão...
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Plant Your Words JournalThe Plant Your Words Journal is a canvas for poets, writers, and all those curious about exploring one's relationship with our natural world. Plant Your Words Journal has excerpts from Plant Your Words, drawing inspiration from the poetry collection by award-winning poet, Heidi Sander...
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To Be Real: Truth and Racial Authenticity in African American Standup ComedyTo Be Real: Truth and Racial Authenticity in African American Standup Comedy examines Black standup comedy over the past decade as a stage for understanding why notions of racial authenticity--in essence, appeals to "realness" and "real Blackness"--emerge as a cultural imperative in African American...
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The Rule of Metaphor: The Creation of Meaning in LanguagePaul Ricoeur is widely regarded as one of the most distinguished philosophers of our time. In The Rule of Metaphor he seeks 'to show how language can extend itself to its very limits, forever discovering new resonances within itself'. Recognizing the fundamental power of...
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Testi trevigiani della prima metà del TrecentoIl trevigiano è una delle varietà venete medievali meno conosciute in quanto i testi a oggi noti si sono dimostrati per varie ragioni insufficienti ai fini di una descrizione linguistica. Nella prima parte del libro si dà edizione di un quaderno di conti relativo...
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Write That BookWRITE THAT BOOK... It's easier than you think! Do you need to successfully write, publish, and market an eBook or novel?Are you launching a product, starting a business, or beginning a new career? 'Write That Book' is the must-read kick-start for aspiring writers. Giving...
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The Foundation of Plot: A Wait, Wait, Don't Query (Yet!) BookStructure underlies every story, but without a strong foundation, even well-written sentences can fail to result in a marketable manuscript. The Foundation of Plot defines the components of a story arc, details the differences between plot and story, and covers common errors writers make....
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Free Speech and Hate Speech in the United States: The Limits of TolerationFree Speech and Hate Speech in the United States explores the concept and treatment of hate speech in light of escalating social tensions in the global twenty-first century, proposing a shift in emphasis from the negative protection of individual rights toward a more positive...
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Authorship as Promotional Discourse in the Screen Industries: Selling GeniusThis book discusses the use of authorship discourses and author figures in the promotion and marketing of media content, dealing with the U.S. mainstream media, including franchise film, network television, and triple-A video games. The research takes a unique approach studying ideas of authorship...
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Mixing and Unmixing Languages: Romani Multilingualism in KosovoMixing and Unmixing Languages uses the politics and practices of language to understand social hierarchies and social change in a post-conflict and post-socialist context. The book focuses on Roma in Prizren, Kosovo, where the author conducted long-term ethnographic fieldwork, using language learning as a...
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The Routledge Handbook of Spanish Pragmatics: Foundations and InterfacesThe Routledge Handbook of Spanish Pragmatics is the first volume to offer a comprehensive overview of advances in Spanish Pragmatics, addressing different types of interaction and the variables, both social and linguistic, that can affect them. Written by a diverse set of experts...
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Innovation in Audio Description ResearchThis state-of-the-art volume covers recent developments in research on audio description, the professional practice dedicated to making audiovisual products, artistic artefacts and performances accessible to those with supplementary visual and cognitive needs. Harnessing the power of the spoken word, the projects covered in this...
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Rhetoric, Fantasy, and the War on TerrorDrawing on psychoanalytic and semiotic perspectives, this book examines discourses mediating the global War on Terror, including governmental speeches, legal documents, print and broadcast journalism, and military memoirs. The book argues that these discourses motivate, and are motivated by, a myth of imminent harm...
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Whistleblowing, Communication and Consequences: Lessons from The Norwegian National LotteryWhistleblowing, Communication and Consequences offers the first in-depth analysis of the most publicized, and morally complex, case of whistleblowing in recent European history: the Norwegian national lottery, Norsk Tipping. With contributions from the whistleblower himself, as well as from key voices in the field,...
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Generational Gaps in Political Media Use and Civic Engagement: From Baby Boomers to Generation ZThis book investigates news use patterns among five different generations in a time where digital media create a multi-choice media environment. The book introduces the EPIG Model (Engagement-Participation-Information-Generation) to study how different generational cohorts' exposure to political information is related to their political engagement...
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Fresh Perspectives on Major Issues in PragmaticsThis book showcases new and innovative developments and approaches in pragmatics, spotlighting perspectives from an international range of emerging scholars undertaking cutting-edge research pushing the field in new directions. The volume begins by taking stock of the most up-to-date developments in pragmatics research, as...
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Translation in the Arab World: The Abbasid Golden AgeThe Translation Movement of the Abbasid Period, which lasted for almost three hundred years, was a unique event in world history. During this period, much of the intellectual tradition of the Greeks, Persians, and Indians was translated into Arabic-a language with no prior history...
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Speakership: The art of oration, the science of influenceIn a world where information is everywhere, it's no longer enough to inform. You must inspire. It's no longer enough to manage; you must lead. Speakership is the new leadership imperative, the missing link between strategy and execution. It's the difference between wanting people...
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