Language Arts & Disciplines

Academic Writing, Real World Topics fills a void in the writing-across-the-curriculum textbook market. It draws together articles and essays of actual academic prose as opposed to journalism; it arranges material by topic instead of by discipline or academic division; and it approaches topics from...

There's no running out of sugar when you have this planner around! Designed especially for bakers, this themed daily planner makes a useful addition in the kitchen. If you make cakes professionally, you need this planner to organize your schedule and ensure that no...

It may be starred, beeped, and censored -- yet profanity is so appealing that we can't stop using it. In the funniest, clearest study to date, Benjamin Bergen explains why, and what that tells us about our language and brains. Nearly everyone swears-whether it's...

Specialized collections for tweens, or middle schoolers, are relatively new and becoming increasingly popular. This Practical Guide gives librarians everything they need to create such a collection. Beginning with a brief description of the early adolescent brain and developmental stages, and a history of...

This book offers insights into changes brought about by the enormous growth of the internet. There are new ways to share cultural heritage materials through online finding aids, exhibits, and other initiatives. What has been accomplished across libraries, archives, and museums? The authors consider...

Previously published as The Ultimate Guide on How to Write a Short Story Do you struggle to write your a story? Do you lose track of whatever to say whenever you sit down to write your story? Here's a guide to your rescue. It...

Caracteres chinos b sicos propone un m todo nuevo y sencillo para estudiar los caracteres chinos. Si bien para la mayor a de los estudiantes del chino el estudio de los caracteres es la parte m s dif cil, y de hecho muchos extranjeros...

The 100 most used English verbs with 3600 phrase examples: Past, Present and Future. Focus your English learning on the most frequently used verbs. Learn just the 100 verbs you need for everyday life to talk about the past, the present and the future....

"If any book can relieve anxieties about actually doing research, this is it. Accessible, informed, and incredibly useful." - Professor Simon Cottle, School of Journalism, Media and Cultural Studies, Cardiff University "The best book available for students facing up to the challenge of writing...

A Pictorial Guide to Learning the Alphabets using American Sign Language with children's illustrations is a soft-cover book that teaches the 26 basic alphabets from A-Z. This is an indispensable and simplistic guide that makes learning fun and easy for children and adults alike....

Los secretos para aprender ingl s ha sido ideado para que cualquier persona pueda dominar el idioma y lanzarse a hablarlo con fluidez y entusiasmo. Sherry D. Wheeler, profesora de esta materia con una experiencia de m s de cuarenta a os, no ha...

First published in 1958, this is a simple and concise Navajo-English only dictionary. It has over 9000 entries and contains many useful every day expressions. It was originally intended for the native Navajo speaker to learn English and for non-Navajos who want to acquire...

The Elements of Style by William Strunk, Jr. is a prescriptive American English writing style guide comprising eight "elementary rules of usage", ten "elementary principles of composition", "a few matters of form", a list of forty-nine "words and expressions commonly misused", and a list...

The Womanist Preacher: Proclaiming Womanist Rhetoric from the Pulpit performs a close textual analysis of five womanist sermons to answer the question: how does womanist preaching attempt to transform/adapt the tenets of womanist thought to make it rhetorically viable in the church? And what...

Friedrich Engels is best known for contributing to Marxism, particularly with Marx on the Communist Manifesto. In this work, he talks about socialism as a political theory and backs it up with statistics.Author: Friedrich EngelsPublisher: Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublished: 01/10/2014Pages: 38Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.14lbsSize:...

*Includes pictures of important people, places, and events. *Explains the route of the Pony Express and accounts from Pony Express riders. *Includes footnotes and a bibliography for further reading. "I, name], do hereby swear, before the Great and Living God, that during my engagement,...

In this volume, Eric J. Tully provides a foundational analysis of the text of Hosea. Hosea is distinguished by the detailed and comprehensive attention paid to the Hebrew text. Tully's analysis is a convenient pedagogical and reference tool that explains the form and syntax...

Now available as part of a 4-in-1 compilation. Get 4 books for the price of 2. The ISBN of the 4-in-1 compilation is 150318420X.BRIEF DESCRIPTION This is a highly detailed guide with several step-by-step instructions for how to format and publish your book both...

A provocative, must-read investigation that both appreciates the importance of--and punctures the hype around--big-time contemporary American athletics In an increasingly secular, fragmented, and distracted culture, nothing brings Americans together quite like sports. On Sundays in September, more families worship at the altar of the...

This expanded edition adds sixteen new exercises designed to inspire creativity and help poets hone their skills. Each exercise includes a clearly-stated learning objective, historical background matter on the particular subgenre being explored, and an example written by undergraduates at Western Kentucky University. The...