Language Arts & Disciplines

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...

This set includes two essential resources for writers and editors: The Copyeditor's Handbook, now in its fourth edition, and The Copyeditor's Workbook, the new companion to the bestselling Handbook. Unstuffy, hip, and often funny, The Copyeditor's Handbook: A Guide for Book Publishing and Corporate...

Learn about Japanese culture while improving your language skills! Japanese Folktales for Language Learners presents 22 traditional stories in parallel Japanese and English versions on facing pages, with detailed notes and exercises aimed at beginning to intermediate learners. This book can be used as...

This book gives students an answer to the question, "What does my professor want from this essay?" Using a single poem by William Carlos Williams as the basis for the process of writing a paper, it walks students through the processes of reading, brainstorming,...

First published fifty years ago, mile Benveniste's two-volume Probl mes de linguistique g n rale revolutionized the study of linguistics and remains among the most influential texts in the field. This expanded edition of the first volume presents the original English translation by Mary...

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: 09/12/2019Pages: 136Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.61lbsSize: 10.70h x 8.10w x 0.40dISBN: 9780544268135Audience: Ages 4-8This...

The new, updated edition of the handbook that should be on every copyeditor's desk. Unstuffy, hip, and often funny, The Copyeditor's Handbook has become an indispensable resource both for new editors and for experienced hands who want to refresh their skills and broaden their...

You'll be laughing your way through these feel-good stories that will bring some sunshine into your life! Chicken Soup for the Soul has gathered some great storytellers to document the mishaps and misadventures of everyday life and celebrate humanity's ability to laugh at itself....

The Core Skills Language Arts series is designed to help students master core language skills, writing skills, and research skills they will need to excel in all academic areas and increase test scores. Each lesson is presented in a "Rule-Example-Practice" format to encourage independent...

"[Warren's] curiosity and embrace of the unpredictable, as well as her delight in both the archaic and the homespun, animate Strange to Say, a tour of English that savors the language's mutability."―Wall Street Journal "A great read for those who appreciate seeing the whimsy...

Can learning how our minds work make you a better writer? For thousands of years, writers in all media have been taught theories and rules about writing based on tradition, philosophy, esthetics, poetics, scholarship, mysticism, whim, pet peeves, and arbitrary dictates. Often they've been...

Sylvia Beach was intimately acquainted with the expatriate and visiting writers of the Lost Generation, a label that she never accepted. Like moths of great promise, they were drawn to her well-lighted bookstore and warm hearth on the Left Bank. Shakespeare and Company evokes...

A collection that brings together Spivak's wide-ranging writings on translation for the first time. Living Translation offers a powerful perspective on the work of distinguished thinker and writer Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak, revealing how, throughout her long career, she has made translation a central concern...

An updated and expanded edition of the acclaimed writing guide for scientists The Scientist's Guide to Writing explains the essential techniques that students, postdocs, and early-career scientists need to write more clearly, efficiently, and easily. Now fully updated and expanded, this incisive primer offers...