Language Arts & Disciplines
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Communicating with Intelligence: Writing and Briefing for National Security, Second EditionWriting and briefing are fundamental to the intelligence profession. The ability to communicate clearly, concisely, and coherently is basic to all intelligence disciplines, even the most technical. Communicating with Intelligence, Third Edition is a handbook on writing and briefing intelligence based on the decades...
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The Shores of Wisdom: The Story of the Ancient Library of AlexandriaTwo thousand three hundred years ago the world's first great Library and international Culture Centre was created by the Pharaoh Ptolemy I Soter. The Shores of Wisdom tells the story of this ancient Library and Mouseion of Alexandria and how it influenced Western thought...
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Academic English Vocabulary For International StudentsThis book is designed to help you learn the most important and frequent vocabulary that you will need for reading academic textbooks in English and for passing the TOEFL test. The typical international student taking college-level courses in English probably only knows about 80%...
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Supporting Trans People in LibrariesAs trans people (including those on the nonbinary spectrum) start to feel safer expressing their identities in public, libraries are making an effort to show that they welcome people of all gender identities. Yet there are many potential barriers to actively supporting trans people,...
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Making the Most of Teen Library Volunteers: Energizing and Engaging CommunityAdvocating a flexible approach, this book speaks to every library, including both public and school libraries. From small libraries with no budget to large libraries with seemingly endless budgets and everything in between, all of the concepts covered can be scaled up or down...
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Storytime and Beyond: Having Fun with Early LiteracyLiteracy is a popular topic of discussion among librarians. Especially important is early literacy, what children know about reading and writing before they can actually read and write. In this book, experienced librarians Kathy Barco and Melanie Borski-Howard share hands-on techniques that they have...
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Mental Illness in Young Adult Literature: Exploring Real Struggles Through Fictional CharactersMental Illness in Young Adult Literature: Exploring Real Struggles through Fictional Characters highlights American young adult literature published since the year 2000 that features characters grappling with mental illness. Chapters focus on mental disorders identified by the most recent Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of...
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Makers with a Cause: Creative Service Projects for Library YouthBy creating for their community in the school library makerspace, young people not only develop academic and cognitive skills but also learn to value building a culture of caring. Award-winning author Gina Seymour discusses her initiative to empower students to take an active role...
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Crash Course in Contemporary ReferenceProfessional practices in the field of library reference services have changed dramatically in the past decade in response to shrinking print reference collections and evolving technology, search strategies, and user needs and interests. This new guide explains all the basics of reference services, covering...
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Applications of Social Research Methods to Questions in Information and Library ScienceWritten for the serious practicing librarian researcher and the LIS student, this volume fills the need for a guide focused specifically on information and library science research methods. By critically assessing existing studies from within library and information science, this book helps you acquire...
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Technology Handbook for School LibrariansBoth theoretical and practical, this book will provide you with a strong introduction to a variety of technologies that will serve you--and your patrons--well. Each chapter addresses a different aspect or kind of technology. You'll learn essential skills, planning and funding techniques, and what...
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Guided Inquiry: Learning in the 21st CenturyGuided inquiry is a way of thinking, learning, and teaching that changes the culture of a school into a collaborative inquiry community. Global interconnectedness calls for new skills, new knowledge, and new ways of learning to prepare students with the abilities and competencies they...
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Serving Those Who Served: Librarian's Guide to Working with Veteran and Military CommunitiesWhether you work in a public library, an academic library, a school library, or any other type of library, you are likely to encounter members of the veteran and military communities. This book is a starting point to help librarians, library administrators, and all...
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The Everything Guide to Writing Your First Novel: All the Tools You Need to Write and Sell Your First NovelFor an aspiring novelist, nothing is more intimidating than a blank page or computer screen. This step-by-step guide helps you get past that hurdle, start writing, and cross the finish line to first draft in only twenty-six weeks! This guide covers the entire novel-writing...
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Writing Voice: The Complete Guide to Creating a Presence on the Page and Engaging ReadersDevelop a voice that captures readers' attention All writers bring a unique set of skills to their work: One author might write outstanding characters, while another might dazzle with dialogue. You don't have to master every aspect of the craft in order to succeed,...
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Supernatural Horror in Literature & Other Literary EssaysThis volume collects H.P. Lovecraft's three major works on fantasy fiction: "Supernatural Horror in Literature" -- his survey of the weird and supernatural in fiction; and "Notes on Writing Weird Fiction" and "Notes on Writing Interplanetary Fiction" -- his how-to essays on crafting solid,...
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Intercultural Communication in ActionThe informative and wide-ranging essays in this second volume of Borgo Perspectives on Intercultural Communication, by authors from Britain, Bulgaria, Germany, India, Russia and Spain, look at intercultural communication in action--whether in television or the movies, in the press, on the internet, in student...
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Ten Days in a Madhouse"The insane asylum on Blackwell's Island is a human rat-trap. It is easy to get in, but once there it is impossible to get out." Twenty-three-year-old journalist Nellie Bly, describing New York City's most notorious mental institution, wrote those words in 1887 after getting...
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The Elements of Style: The Original EditionAsserting that one must first know the rules to break them, this classic reference book is an essential guide for students, teachers, editors, and writers. In this 1918 original edition, Strunk concentrates on specific questions of usage, the cultivation of good writing, and avoiding...
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Writing Across Culture: An Introduction to Study Abroad and the Writing ProcessThis book is about culture shock and the writing process. For a student, the relationship between writing and the challenge of living in a foreign culture may not be obvious. The purpose of Writing Across Culture is to aid the student in documenting and...
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