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Listen Up!: Unlocking The Secret Languages of Intuitives, Creatives and Anaytical ThinkersMore people are on the same page than you may think. They just may be speaking different languages. When you consider how every community, industry, and culture of any kind has its own culture and language, then the way to successfully navigate any conversation...
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Jack's Handy List of Idioms: VOL. 1 # - L or EPUB VOLS. 1 & 2 # - ZJack Forbes has exhibited a profound penchant for turning a phrase in his native English language. You might even say he's taken the bull by the horns in putting English language idioms to work just for you! Without further ado, Jack Forbes proudly showcases...
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Exploring the Translatability of Emotions: Cross-Cultural and Transdisciplinary EncountersThis book offers an in-depth, cross-cultural and transdisciplinary discussion of the translatability of social emotions. The contributors are leading philosophers, semioticians, anthropologists, communication and translation theorists from Europe, America and Australia. Part I explores the translatability of emotions as a culturally embedded social behaviour...
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Short Stories About Cats in Intermediate German: 15 Purr-fect Stories for German Learners (B1-B2 CEFR)"Purr-fect Your German Language Skills with Heartwarming Cat Stories"Looking for a fun and effective way to improve your German language skills? Look no further than Short Stories about Cats in Intermediate German!Book features: 15 Short Stories About Cats in Intermediate German CEFR level B1-B2...
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Practical English Composition IIThe object of this book is to teach high-school boys and girls how to write plain newspaper English. Next to letter-writing, this is at once thesimplest and the most practical form of composition. The pupil who does preëminently well the work outlined in this...
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Handbook of Cognitive Semantics, Vol. 1: With a Foreword by Leonard TalmyCognitive semantics is an interdisciplinary approach to the study of meaning and mind. The Handbook of Cognitive Semantics is the first reference work in the field. Edited by Thomas Fuyin Li, with a detailed taxonomy of the field by Leonard Talmy, it provides an...
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Information Literacy and the Digitalization of the WorkplaceThis book examines the role of Information literacy in the digital workplace context. It discusses a set of information handling skills and competencies that employees and managers must need to excel at a workplace undergoing digital transformation.Author: Gunilla WidenPublisher: Facet PublishingPublished: 06/01/2023Pages: 222Binding Type:...
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Media Writing: A Practical IntroductionNow updated in a second edition, this highly accessible and practical guide to media writing brings together a range of different professional contexts, enabling students to develop a solid understanding of the practices that will enable them to excel in any media writing field...
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Records, Information and Data: Exploring the Role of Record-Keeping in an Information CultureThis dynamic book considers whether and how the management of records (and archives) differs from the management of information (and data).Author: Geoffrey YeoPublisher: Facet PublishingPublished: 05/31/2018Pages: 224Binding Type: PaperbackISBN: 9781783302260Review Citation(s): Choice 02/01/2019About the AuthorGeoffrey Yeo is an Honorary Senior Research Fellow in the...
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Dubious Pundits: Presidential Politics, Late-Night Comedy, and the Public SphereOver the last decades of the 20th century, and into the 21st, humor on late-night TV became a more influential part of the United States' political conversations. Not only did viewers talk about what the shows were saying, but serious journalists in newspapers and...
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Supplementary Grammar Notes to an Introduction to Modern Japanese: Part 1This book contains notes on vocabulary and grammar to supplement An Introduction to Modern Japanese (IMJ). However, the author has taken the liberty to include some additional vocabulary and grammatical items. She has also rearranged the order of appearance of some vocabulary and grammatical...
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Fundamentals of Library SupervisionPrevious edition authored by Joan Giesecke and Beth McNeil.Author: Beth McNeilPublisher: ALA Neal-SchumanPublished: 05/03/2017Pages: 256Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.75lbsSize: 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.40dISBN: 9780838915547Review Citation(s): Library Journal 10/15/2017This title is only available via back order
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Being Indispensable: A School Librarian's Guide to Becoming an Invaluable LeaderIn New on the Job, experts Toor and Weisburg helped newbies make the transition to real-world school librarianship. Being Indispensable is all about staying one: without a proactive approach, school librarians, facing a severe economic downturn and budget cuts, run the risk of becoming...
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Testing Your Grammar, Revised EditionTesting Your Grammar provides the most comprehensive review of the grammatical structures of English and is excellent practice for students taking English language proficiency exams. Testing Your Grammar covers all of the major aspects of English grammar -- count and non-count nouns, agreements, verb...
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Assessment Myths: Applying Second Language Research to Classroom TeachingThis volume was conceived as a "best practices" resource for assessment in the way that Vocabulary Myths by Keith S. Folse is one for reading and vocabulary teachers. Like others in the Myths series, this book combines research with good pedagogical practices. The book...
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Connecting Speaking & Writing in Second Language Writing InstructionConnecting Speaking & Writing in Second Language Writing Instruction provides both a theoretical perspective on the importance of L2 learners' development of written language as well as practical strategies for incorporating social interaction into the writing classroom. Weissberg provides a compelling argument for rethinking...
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Disciplinary Discourses: Social Interactions in Academic WritingWhy do engineers "report" while philosophers "argue" and biologists "describe"? In the Michigan Classics Edition of Disciplinary Discourses: Social Interactions in AcademicWriting, Ken Hyland examines the relationships between the cultures of academic communities and their unique discourses. Drawing on discourse analysis, corpus linguistics, and...
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Doing Sociolinguistics: A Practical Guide to Data Collection and AnalysisDoing Sociolinguistics: A practical guide to data collection and analysis provides an accessible introduction and guide to the methods of data collection and analysis in the field of sociolinguistics. It offers students the opportunity to engage directly with some of the foundational and more...
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An Irish-Speaking Island: State, Religion, Community, and the Linguistic Landscape in Ireland, 1770-1870After 1770, Ireland experienced the establishment of modern forms of Irish Catholicism, new engagement by the public with the political process, and the growth of the modern state, represented by new legal and educational systems. An Irish-Speaking Island investigates the role in these developments...
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Author Fears and How to Overcome ThemHow many times have you said 'your writing's crap' or shied away from calling yourself an author? Take comfort in knowing your author fears are valid, other writers feel the same way you do but are not letting fear stop them from putting themselves...
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