Language Arts & Disciplines

A FLAME TREE NOTEBOOK. Beautiful and luxurious the journals combine high-quality production with magnificent art. Perfect as a gift, and an essential personal choice for writers, travellers, students and poets. Features a wide range of well-known and modern artists, with new artworks published throughout...

Have you ever had the feeling that Russian grammar rules are keeping you from properly learning the language?Are you stumbling when trying to learn its conjunctions and grammatical tools? To be honest, most foreign language learners who attempt to grasp the rules of the...

Black, Indigenous, and Peoples of Color--reimagine library and information science through the lens of critical race theory. In Knowledge Justice, Black, Indigenous, and Peoples of Color scholars use critical race theory (CRT) to challenge the foundational principles, values, and assumptions of Library and Information...

A library user can't access an article. Your log in credentials won't work. In the realm of electronic resources everything runs smoothly--until suddenly, without warning, it doesn't. Invariably, systems will break down, but a trial and error approach to finding out what's wrong is...

In the words of novelist Harlan Ellison, The trick is not becoming a writer. The trick is staying a writer. New York Times bestselling author and British Academy Award nominee J. Michael Straczynski knew he wanted to be a writer ever since he was...

Food is more than just a basic human need--learning about it and enjoying it can be important social activities. With ties to information needs, social justice, and the maker movement, food literacy initiatives are a natural fit for libraries. And, as this book demonstrates,...

New public library directors quickly learn what seasoned directors already know: running a library means you've always got your hands full--balancing the needs of staff, patrons, facilities, library boards, and other stakeholders with professional responsibilities like community interactions, legal and financial requirements, and whole...

Practical English Usage is recommended for any teacher, trainee teacher, or advanced-level student looking for answers to questions about the English language. The material is now organised in two parts (grammar and vocabulary), making it easier than ever to find the answers, either online...

Former comedy club host, online philosophy professor, and keynote speaker, Dr. Matt Deaton, demystifies public speaking as nothing more than idea transfer. His ambitiously titled The Best Public Speaking Book covers everything from preparation to posture, microphones to mindset, hand gestures to hecklers. And...

Winner, Bronze, 2020 Foreword Indies, Political and Social Sciences Winner, 2021 PROSE Award for Government & Politics "Deserves a place alongside George Orwell's 'Politics and the English Language'. . . . one of the most important political books of this perilous summer."--The Washington Post...

How did a loner destined for a niche domestic audience become one of the most famous writers alive? A fascinating look at the business of bringing a best-selling novelist to a global audience (The Atlantic)―and a "rigorous" exploration of the role of translators and...

Transform your international communication skills with this unique, easy-to-read guide.Is that clear? is a small and user-friendly guide for any native English speaker working or socialising with international colleagues and friends.Condensed into bitesize chapters, this indispensable book explores the common barriers to effective international...

This 64-page, large print book provides dementia-friendly adaptations of Katherine Mansfield's best loved short stories. The poetic voice of Mansfield is retained and the stories brought to life with illustrations by by C zanne, Van Gogh, Klimt, Macke and Modigliani. It has been included...

James Agee brought to bear all his moral energy, slashing wit, and boundless curiosity in the criticism and journalism that established him as one of the commanding literary voices of America at mid-century. In 1944 W. H. Auden called Agee's film reviews for The...

Lonely Planet's Vietnamese Phrasebook & Dictionary is your passport to the most relevant Vietnamese phrases and vocabulary for all your travel needs. Order your coffee with authority, bargain like a pro at the market, and know what you're eating from street stalls, all with...

The great classic work, A Course in Miracles, is devoted to teachings about who we are, our relationships to God and with each other, and the actually mental nature of our bodies and the world. There are three constituent parts to the Course: The...

There are more outlets than ever for writers to spread their messages and share their work, more opportunities to speak out and be seen. Writers expose themselves freely and willingly in a way that would have been unfathomable fifty years ago, and more people...

While a student, Franz Kappus began sending his poetry to a young Rainer Maria Rilke, seeking his advice. The resultant ten letters from Rilke, published after his death, contain words of luminous intimacy where Rilke shapes the ecstasy of youthful desire into a consideration...

A war correspondent's bestselling, "commanding . . . eye-opening account" of five years on the Middle East frontlines (Publishers Weekly, starred review). In 1998, Joris Luyendijk was stationed just outside of Cairo. It wasn't for his journalism skills. It was because he was fluent...

Learn the Art of Storytelling"A step-by-step guide for writers struggling to create fiction from their life . . . delivers on its promise with such honesty, simplicity, and beauty."--William Kent Krueger, New York Times bestselling author#1 Bestseller in Self-Help, CreativityShortlisted for an Agatha Award...