Language Arts & Disciplines

A Mystery Writers of America Edgar Award Finalist for Best Critical/Biographical Work Discover the secrets to crafting an unforgettable mystery To piece together the puzzle of your mystery novel, you need patience, resilience, a solid understanding of the craft, and a clear blueprint for...

Drilled to Write offers a rich account of US Army cadets navigating the unique demands of Army writing at a senior military college. In this longitudinal case study, J. Michael Rifenburg follows one cadet, Logan Blackwell, for four years and traces how he conceptualizes...

A boom in book self-publishing has increased work for editors and opened a host of opportunities for them to develop services, with their range of skills and technical abilities, that self-publishers will want to pay for. This guide offers an overview of self-publishing and...

**Please note that this student edition is not intended to be a stand-alone product. You will need the corresponding teacher's edition for important teaching support, instruction, and answer keys. The student edition offers an alternative to photocopying the reproducible student pages found in the...

Expanding on their presentations at the 10th conference of the European Association for the Teaching of Academic Writing (EATAW), the contributors to this peer-reviewed edited collection explore and reflect on the conference theme Academic Writing at Intersections - Interdisciplinarity, Genre Hybridization, Multilingualism, Digitalization, and...

Changing Conceptions, Changing Practices demonstrates that it is possible for groups of faculty members to change teaching and learning in radical ways across their programs, despite the current emphasis on efficiency and accountability. Relating the experiences of faculty from disciplines as diverse as art...

Child psychology as a scientific enterprise is about 100 years old, but while numerous textbooks and practical guides are available, the more meditative questions about the nature of a child's mind are rarely asked. This book explores some of the enduring questions in developmental...

Frustrated with low book sales? Do you aspire to widen your audience and expand your readership? Have you tried and failed to get a Bookbub deal? If you answered yes to any of those questions, then this book can help.Most writers struggle with book...

Transnational Research in Technical Communication considers the complexities of intercultural projects from a compelling perspective: first-hand narrative reflections. Readers go behind the scenes as scholars share their experiences crossing a variety of borders in their efforts to engage in knowledge-making endeavors. Interwoven through each...

Conventional grammar and syntax are ignored in this avant-garde poetry collection by the masterfully lyrical writer e.e. cummings, featuring 25 originally unpublished pieces from his first volume of poetry. Exploring traditional ideas of love, nature, and death, alongside examinations of sexuality, e.e. cummings' third...

Despite the fact that Miao-Yao (or Hmong-Mien) is one of the major language families of East and Southeast Asia, this work is only the second full-length descriptive grammar of any Miao-Yao language published in English. It focuses on Xong, a language belonging to the...

Die Reihe DaZ-Forschung stellt aktuelle Forschungen zum Deutsch-als-Zweitsprache-Erwerb sowie zu Bildungschancen im Kontext von Migration und Mehrsprachigkeit in Form von Monographien oder Sammelbänden vor. Die Bandbreite reicht von empirischen und theoriebildenden Studien bis hin zu anwendungsbezogenen Arbeiten aus dem Kontext der Zweitspracherwerbsforschung, angewandten Linguistik,...

The authors of The Story of French are back with a new linguistic history of the Spanish language and its progress around the globe. Just how did a dialect spoken by a handful of shepherds in Northern Spain become the world's second most spoken...

You don't need a Master's Degree in Psychology to make your characters pop off the page! All you need is this book.Author Letitia Washington achieved her Master's Degree in Psychology while writing fiction. In her studies, she recognized the benefits of analyzing and understanding...

Flash cards are an easy and interesting way for your childen recognize the world around them. Approved worldwide by child psychologists teachers and parents themselves flashcards are ideal for very young children and those up to 7 years of age. During a child's formative...

Baro Af Soomaaliga book (Learn Somali Language) is easy to follow and understand book that teaches you about Somali language. "Learn Somali Language" makes it easier than ever to improve your journey toward mastering Somali language reading, writing and speaking. Language learners of all...

I Write functions as an introductory textbook for English Composition I, typically the first of two required composition classes for almost any four-year university student. The text has a very specific creator (university faculty who have a history with the English language and certain...

If your vocabulary needs building but you don't like to read, this book is for you. That's because people remember the meanings of unfamiliar words only if they learn them in context-by reading. And the fastest and most painless way of putting that idea...

Here is a proven book to help scholars master writing as a productive, enjoyable, and successful experience -- Author, Robert Boice, prepared this self-help manual for professors who want to write more productively, painlessly, and successfully. It reflects the author's two decades of experiences...

Storytime audiences grow ever more diverse, and it's important that the materials used in programs reflect that richness of experience. Multiculturalism need not be an occasional initiative attached to particular holidays. In this book best-selling authors MacMillan and Kirker offer a new paradigm for...