Language Arts & Disciplines

Japanese for Beginners is a straightforward learning guide which enables beginners to pick up a functional knowledge of spoken Japanese very quickly and easily. This complete Japanese language package has helped many thousands of people learn to speak colloquial Japanese. It is designed for...

A surprising and entertaining explanation of how the words we use (even the ones we don't notice) reveal our personalities, emotions, and identities. In The Secret Life of Pronouns, social psychologist and language expert James W. Pennebaker uses his groundbreaking research in computational linguistics-in...

Now with new material on inclusive language, peer review, sample essay prompts, and more, this indispensable guide helps you hone your writing skills for success in college and in life. Every student knows that writing a successful college paper is no small undertaking. To...

Author: James Scott BellPublisher: Writer's Digest BooksPublished: 10/06/2004Pages: 234Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.60lbsSize: 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.80dISBN: 9781582972947Review Citation(s): Library Journal 09/01/2004 pg. 164Foreword 03/01/2005 pg. 57Foreword 08/19/2009Library Journal 02/01/2016 pg. 38

A new edition of the concise version of one of the most acclaimed writing handbooks--now with the MLA Style section fully revised to take account of the extensive 2016 changes. Author: Corey Frost, Karen Weingarten, Doug BabingtonPublisher: Broadview Press IncPublished: 08/15/2017Pages: 368Binding Type: SpiralWeight:...

Reading Strategies for College and Beyond provides students with simple, practical reading strategies designed to improve comprehension of academic works and promote collegiate success. Grounded in an understanding that academic textbooks can be structurally complex, this book presents reading strategies that help students develop...

Spanning over 250 years of history, Black Ink traces black literature in America from Frederick Douglass to Ta-Nehisi Coates in this "breathtaking anthology celebrating the power of the written word to forge change" (O, The Oprah Magazine).Throughout American history black people are the only...

Fisher & Frey's answer to close and critical reading Learn the best ways to use text-dependent questions as scaffolds during close reading and the big understandings they yield. But that's just for starters. Fisher and Frey also include illustrative video, texts and questions, cross-curricular...

All of your Common Core needs in one comprehensive, reproducible resource. Master Common Core writing with the help of this all-in-one 120-page resource. Help students tackle each type of writing with mini-lessons organized by standard. Teach students to plan and self-evaluate with included practice...

Quick reference guide to the essentials of two of the most highly used writing style guides for college-level students. The most frequently used elements of the 7th edition of the American Psychological Association's publication manual are combined with elements of the 9th edition of...

"To consecrate the union between elsewhere and possibility, the poet demanded of himself permanent abstinence from something impossible" Poetics of Relation, Edouard GlissantTofu Ink Arts Press is very excited about the possibilities our poets and artists share in their fabulous work for our Volume...

Learn to get your ideas across clearly and correctly--the easy way English Grammar All-in-One For Dummies is packed with everything you need to know to communicate with confidence--in your writing, on standardized tests, at work, on social media, and everywhere else. Strong verbal and...

In the book publishing tradition of preserving the full record of significant events and documents, THE TRIAL combines the significant day-by-day antitrust trial coverage and insider analysis from Publishers Lunch with an edited version of the full public testimony and other key pre- and...

A sardonic spin on the ABC book, A is for Anarchist is a sharp knife in a drawer full of safety scissors. Wryly written by critically acclaimed rapper billy woods and sublimely illustrated by artist m. musgrove, A is for Anarchist upends the traditional...

Kids will LOVE these ten super-engaging stories that teach parts of speech, proper use of commas and quotation marks, and so much more. Include a skill-building teaching guide filled with lessons, reproducibles, and mini-book versions of each story. A great way to help every...

Author: Stephen HakePublisher: Stephen Hake GrammarPublished: 07/09/2013Pages: 160Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.75lbsSize: 10.80h x 8.10w x 0.40dISBN: 9780544044241This title is not returnable

The new 12th edition of Scholastic Journalism is fully revised and updated to encompass the complete range of cross platform multimedia writing and design to bring this classic into the convergence age. Incorporates cross platform writing and design into each chapter to bring this...

Through the ages, libraries have not only accumulated and preserved but also shaped, inspired, and obliterated knowledge. Now they are in crisis. Former rare books librarian and Harvard metaLAB visionary Matthew Battles takes us from Boston to Baghdad, from classical scriptoria to medieval monasteries...

Does the idea of a world in which facts mean nothing cause anxiety? Fear? Maybe even paranoia? Disinformation: The Nature of Facts and Lies in the Post-Truth Era cannot cure all the ills of a post-truth world, but by demonstrating how the emergence of...

This book offers Step-by-step directions for both the educator and learner and all necessary handouts, including directions and worksheets. The reader can use the book to quickly and easily set up centers. Some centers require only photocopies and basic materials to get started. Guidance on how to create cross-curricular centers that target the AASL Standards and other content-area standards. A table is provided to...