Language Arts & Disciplines

Author: Nick HutchisonPublisher: Reading Revolution PublishingPublished: 11/01/2023Pages: 288Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.85lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.60dISBN: 9798988090908

Access and reference services are central to engaging with historical resources. As more people encounter archives for scholarly and avocational research, as part of creative pursuits, or to exercise their rights as citizens to access records, the possibilities for how collections are used will...

Oral Communication: A Lecture Guide provides students with a comprehensive yet accessible guide to effective communication and public speaking. The texts help readers understand their role, as well as the role of their audience, during the communication process. With this new knowledge, students learn...

Neo-Firthian theories - which include Systemic Functional Linguistics and its congeners - have, unlike other functionally oriented theories, engaged minimally with linguistic typology and have made little impact on the wider discipline. This book offers a programmatic and Neo-Firthian informed typological investigation that points...

A richly crafted ethnography, Moving Words reveals how Berlin's status as a global city is tightly bound up with its reputation as a cosmopolitan capital for the arts.Author: Andrew BrandelPublisher: University of Toronto PressPublished: 08/25/2023Pages: 284Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.90lbsSize: 8.98h x 5.83w x 0.71dISBN:...

Mary Ann Shadd Cary was a courageous and outspoken nineteenth-century African American who used the press and public speaking to fight slavery and oppression in the United States and Canada. Part of the small free black elite who used their education and limited freedoms...

In the global research community, English has become the main language of scholarly publishing in many disciplines. At the same time, online machine translation systems have become increasingly easy to access and use. Is this a researcher's match made in heaven, or the road...

New title in the colourful Artisan Art Notebook collection by Flame Tree Studio, in a range of hues to suit the mood and the moment, crafted with decorated edges and featuring beautiful art on the cover. Artisan Art Notebooks, the new Journals from Flame...

What does it mean for a library to be without borders? This remarkable collection of essays, drawn from the Library History Seminar sponsored by the Library History Round Table (LHRT), explores the roles that libraries have played in the communities they serve, well beyond...

An exploration of the practice of inventing languages, from speaking in tongues to utopian schemes of universality to the discoveries of modern linguistics. In Imaginary Languages, Marina Yaguello explores the history and practice of inventing languages, from religious speaking in tongues to politically utopian...

This book shows how place-based organizing and community action can solve complex problems like long-term recovery after disaster. Jack L. Harris proposes a framework for expanding interorganizational collaborations with communities after disaster through changes in government disaster policy and institutional messages.Author: Jack L. HarrisPublisher:...

An engaging historical exploration of the bizarre words and phrases that are sprinkled throughout the English language. The huge variety of colorful phrases contained in the English language are notoriously varied and, often, notably odd. From blue-blooded (an invention of aristocratic Spaniards) to limelight...

Author: Laura Wagner, Cecile McKeePublisher: Cambridge University PressPublished: 06/29/2023Pages: 273Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 1.00lbsSize: 9.61h x 6.69w x 0.59dISBN: 9781108794923This title is not returnable

In another surreal and unprecedented year in which even the most seasoned commentators have struggled to keep pace with the news cycle, letter writers to The Daily Telegraph have once again provided their refreshing and witty take on events. Now in its fifteenth year,...

What would it mean to truly "get free" as an educator? How can we identify and challenge bias in our reading and writing curriculum and instruction? How can we support students in becoming empathetic, engaged individuals who can communicate with the world through reading...

Author: Anthony R. DimaggioPublisher: Cambridge University PressPublished: 08/10/2023Pages: 280Binding Type: HardcoverWeight: 1.24lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.69dISBN: 9781316512456This title is not returnable

You hold the key to profoundly transforming your relationships.Our daily lives and communications lack clarity. This is a huge problem in long-term relationships, regardless of whether they involve entrepreneurs, managers, political leaders, or romantic partners. When you don't fully understand what someone says or...

How to use this book?On each page you will see a unique drawing Color in the doodle and come up with a creative short story for each on Author: Sarah MillerPublisher: Independently PublishedPublished: 02/04/2020Pages: 30Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.18lbsSize: 10.00h x 8.00w x 0.06dISBN: 9798609205889This...

Copyright issues continue to perplex librarians and educators. The difficulties and confusion in applying the U.S. Copyright Act became especially apparent when Covid hit and many universities turned to remote learning. This book provides advice on how to analyze and apply the law to...

Children love stories. Bring the magic of good storytelling into your classroom with Classic Tales, and they'll love their English lessons too. This new edition of the award-winning series uses traditional tales to bring English to life through more than 30 beautifully illustrated stories...