Language Arts & Disciplines

Idioms That Surprise Us: Food Idioms and Sayings ExplainedUnlock the Hidden Meanings Behind Everyday ExpressionsDiscover the Fascinating World of Food IdiomsHave you ever wondered why someone "spills the beans" or what it really means to "have bigger fish to fry"? Language is full of...

Reading this book you will discover how to: - become inspired to write - get started on your book - organise and plan your book - prepare and research your book - build your book team - create a dynamic title with a stand...

Want to speak and write English more like a native? Improve your English Grammar skills with this easy-to-follow grammar guide today If you are currently learning English or trying to improve your English skills for work or study reasons, then it's critically important that...

Empowerment and Black Deaf Persons is a collection of papers from a 1990 conference that brought together an audience of mostly Black Deaf and hearing people to address three themes: leadership and advocacy, the dynamics and dilemmas of being multiply marginalized, and issues related...

This Cursive Workbook helps Adults of all ages to start learning to write cursive letters words and sentences to improve their handwriting.Author: Sultana PublishingPublisher: Independently PublishedPublished: 05/26/2021Pages: 106Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.58lbsSize: 11.02h x 8.50w x 0.22dISBN: 9798510567458This title is not returnable

Useful for newcomers to the children's library staff as well as longtime children's librarians, the second edition of this popular handbook provides easy-to-follow instructions to make innovations in children's library materials work for you. Addressing everything from the basics of reference to the complex...

The most inclusive collection of creative nonfiction available, Contemporary Creative Nonfiction: The Art of Truth is the only anthology that brings together examples of all three of the main forms in the genre: the literary memoir, the personal essay, and literary journalism. Featuring a...

甲骨文字是中國古代殷商社會的通用文字，是中國發現最早、最成熟、最成系統的古文字，它源遠流長，延續至今，與當今中國漢字是一種因果關係 。2017 年 10 月，甲骨文被聯合國列入《世界記憶名錄》。甲骨文用文字的形式記錄了遠古時代的天文、地理、歷史、社會、軍事、戰爭、農牧、人事、疾病等文明百科，其中有文字的、有藝術的，以 " 源 " 的身份，滋養開啟了後世的各種文化與文明符號。因而，甲骨文是世界文庫光彩奪目的文化瑰寶，也是全人類共同的寶貴財富。無論是欣賞者、書寫者、研究者，專業的還是業餘的，各個不同層面的文化、藝術群體都用心探索在甲骨文的長河裡 ，都希望學習、學好甲骨文，親愛的朋友，這本《中國甲骨文》就是幫助你達到這一目標。 《中國甲骨文》收錄甲骨文字 1425 個，形音義皆具備。這些甲骨文 字是三千多年前殷商時代的社會通用文字，長期被深深地埋藏在地下，無人知曉，直到 1899 年才被發現。事實證明，今天壯美、成熟的中國漢字，正是 三千多年前孕育、誕生在中國殷商時代的 " 嬰兒 "，所以，從輩份上看，甲骨文字是中國漢字的 " 兒童文字 "。學甲骨文並不難，親愛的朋友，你一定會喜歡甲骨文，一定會學好甲骨文，一定能方便快捷地走進漢語世界。Oracle bone script is the universal script of ancient Chinese Yin-Shang society (1600-1046 BC). It is the earliest, most mature, and most...

One of the greatest military and political geniuses in western history, Julius Caesar stirs almost as much controversy today as he did in his own time. Neutrality toward Caesar may well be impossible-and according to James Reubel, it is undesirable. Reubel introduces students of...

A beautiful and intimate exploration of first and last words--and the many facets of how language begins and ends--from a pioneering language writer. With our earliest utterances, we announce ourselves--and are recognized--as persons ready for social life. With our final ones, we mark where...

This book explores a number of important themes within body language discourse. The authors analyse the role of hands, touch, facial expression, misconceptions, and fallacious arguments in body language training. Other issues addressed include body language between humans and machines, lie detection, reactance and...

This volume presents the Latin text of one of the great classics of Christian literature, accompanied by a commentary. Confessions is concerned with one human life as an example of what it is to be human and in search of God. In books I-IV,...

Occitan lyric poetry for language learnersA Troubadour Reader, a supplement to William D. Paden's Introduction to Old Occitan, provides a diverse selection of thirty medieval lyric poems in Occitan for language learners. Featuring poems by women, poems composed especially early or especially late in...

What roles do libraries play in supporting artistic expression? For librarian-artists, how does artistic practice influence their work as librarians and vice versa? And how does social justice, especially feminism, intersect with both artistic practice and librarianship? This edited collection consists of chapters by...

A pocket-sized, no-nonsense reference for writers, with advice on editing for clarity, grammar, punctuation, and mechanics.Author: Dawn Rodrigues, Myron C. TumanPublisher: W. W. Norton & CompanyPublished: 06/30/2006Pages: 96Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.20lbsSize: 8.00h x 4.50w x 0.20dISBN: 9780393929379This title is only available via back order

A New Rhetoric of Social Movements explains the rhetoric-visual, aural, verbal, and technological-of social change actors from a theoretical perspective that emphasizes the interrelationship of agitation and control and the spectrum of movement activities from the reformist to the revolutionary. Readers learn not only...

This remarkable, inexpensiveguide packs a comprehensive look at writing (and analyzing) arguments into 200 brief, accessible pages.Best-sellingauthors Lester Faigley and Jack Selzer offer clear, engaging chapters covering what argument is, how to read (and view) arguments critically, how to write a variety of persuasive...

A viral linguist's account of the ways our vocabularies are evolving, the Internet's influence on communication, and what our use of language reveals about the modern world From the rise of leetspeak and words such as unalive to the trend of adding "-core" to...

This volume recounts notable episodes of distortion throughout American history. It examines several of the lurid hoaxes and conspiracy theories that have inspired press coverage, as well as some of the political lies promoted by partisan gladiators, whether of the eighteenth century or today.Author:...

This edited collection of seven critical essays is focused on the changing dynamics of academic librarianship through the lens of Canadian professionals responding to the corporatization of their scholarly workplaces and the erosion of their communities of practice. The contributors' underlying concern is the...