Language Arts & Disciplines

Learn about Arabic culture while improving your language skills! This fascinating book presents 28 traditional Arabic tales in parallel English and Arabic versions on facing pages. The stories all have charming black & white illustrations, and include: The Blue-Eyed Yamamah: The story of a...

Barron's AP English Literature and Composition Premium, 2026 includes in-depth content review and practice. Written by Experienced Educators Learn from Barron's--all content is written and reviewed by AP experts Build your understanding with comprehensive review tailored to the most recent exam Get a leg...

Inspired by Jami Attenberg's wildly popular literary movement #1000WordsofSummer, this "encouraging handbook" (Publishers Weekly) features essays on creativity, productivity, and writing from acclaimed authors including Roxane Gay, Lauren Groff, Celeste Ng, Meg Wolitzer, and Carmen Maria Machado. In 2018, novelist Jami Attenberg, faced with...

The essential guide to crafting the winning college admissions essay that only you could write, from America's favorite writing coach. Most high school students never have received any instruction in how to write a personal essay. Yet at a time when getting admitted to...

The must-have guide for songwriters, revised and updated with expanded chapters, 50 fun songwriting exercises, and examples from more than 20 chart-toppings songs. A staple for songwriters for nearly two decades, Writing Better Lyrics provides effective tools for everything from generating ideas, to understanding...

A selection of George Orwell's politically charged essays on language and writing that give context to his dystopian classic, 1984 Throughout history, some books have changed the world. They have transformed the way we see ourselves--and each other. They have inspired debate, dissent, war...

Develop and perfect your own fantasy character for online worlds, social videos, in-person meetups, self-published novels, and more with The Ultimate Fantasy Character Creator. Take your inspiration to new heights with this fantasy character creation guide! In a genre with so much imaginative potential,...

Winner of the International Lannan Literary Award for Nonfiction Animal tracks, word magic, the speech of stones, the power of letters, and the taste of the wind all figure prominently in this intellectual tour de force that returns us to our senses and to...

The bestselling guide from the maker of the TOEFL(R) test--fully updated to reflect recent changes to the testThe Official Guide to the TOEFL iBT(R) Test is the most complete and reliable guide to the test that is used to meet English-language proficiency requirements at...

Master modern calligraphy and create stunning invitations, artworks, and labels with this essential guide from The Postman's Knock. This all-in-one guide reveals the secret to creating stunning letter art, with essential tips, expert advice, and inspiring projects from Lindsey Bugbee, the creator of The...

Discover the Untold Secrets Bestselling Authors Don't Want You to KnowHave you ever dreamed of writing a book that amplifies your brand, accelerates your business, or transforms your life-but felt held back by time, money, or self-doubt? If so, you're not alone.In The Author's...

- More than 70,000 entries - Thoroughly revised and updated - 2,500 new words and meanings - More than 400 photographs and illustrations - Expert guidance on correct usage YOU ARE YOUR WORDS The words you use define you. Make the most of them...

An alarming exposé of the new challenges to literary freedom in the age of social media--when anyone with an identity and an internet connection can be a censor. In That Book Is Dangerous!, Adam Szetela investigates how well-intentioned and often successful efforts to diversify...

#1 Speed Reading Book for 4 Straight YearsThis has become the go to book for students, teachers, educators, professionals, and home-school parents & children, to rapidly improve their reading.It offers simple tips to not only accelerate reading speed, but also understanding and memory.Unlike other...

An indispensable and distinctive book that will help anyone who wants to write, write better, or have a clearer understanding of what it means for them to be writing, from widely admired writer and teacher Verlyn Klinkenborg. Klinkenborg believes that most of our received...

Prior to the Civil War, the fastest mail between the West Coast and the East took almost thirty days by stagecoach along a southern route through Texas. Some Californians feared their state would not remain in the Union, separated so far from the free...

Updated to include the 196 new kanji approved by the Japanese government in 2010 as "general-use" kanji, the sixth edition of this popular text aims to provide students with a simple method for correlating the writing and the meaning of Japanese characters in such...

NATIONAL BESTSELLER "A fresh and democratic take on language by a gifted teacher." --Mary Norris"[Jovin] never hectors, never finger-points; she enlightens and illuminates. This is lovely work." --Benjamin DreyerAn unconventional guide to the English language drawn from the cross-country adventures of an itinerant grammarian.When...

Because libraries are community spaces that provide access to information, resources, and programming for people of all ages and backgrounds, conflicts between patrons, verbal or physical altercations, and other difficult situations can occur. These situations can be traumatic for those involved, whether patrons or...

"This beautifully written book by Maryellen MacDonald demonstrates how 'word-work' shapes both our experience of the world and the very brain that produced our capacity to articulate and generate our best thoughts."--MARYANNE WOLF, author of Proust and the Squid and Reader Come Home Humans...