Language Arts & Disciplines

Libraries, long tasked with defending intellectual freedom, find themselves under siege with threats of censorship for carrying gender/sexuality-related materials or holding LGBTQ-related events. Efforts to censor materials and control programming arguably threaten to have a chilling effect on libraries' ability to carry out their...

Celts, Gaels, and Britons offers a miscellany of essays exploring three closely connected areas within the fields of Celtic Studies in order to shed new light on the ancient and medieval Celtic languages and their literatures. Taking as its inspiration the scholarship of Professor...

When Lt. Commander Bobby Thompson surfaced in Tampa in 1998, it was as if he had fallen from the sky, providing no hint of his past life. Eleven years later, St. Petersburg Times investigative reporter Jeff Testerman visited the rundown duplex Thompson used as...

This innovative book offers over 100 engaging and effective activities that busy teachers can use to help students become confident, comfortable, and proficient learners, acquirers, and communicators in new languages. Many activities can be adapted to different languages and levels in secondary-level language courses.Klimas...

Are you studying a subject in the humanities or social sciences? Do you have a long essay, dissertation, or thesis to write? This short guide is for international students, mature students, all students uncertain as to how to proceed. You won't have time to...

A thesaurus for adult learners of English. The American Heritage(R) Word Finder is a vocabulary builder designed for adult learners of English. This study guide provides students basic vocabulary to help them achieve their goals, such as entering an English-language university, doing well on...

Designed to offer an appealing anthology where there is an increased interest in connections between and among cultures, Across Cultures, strives to promote understanding of diverse cultures among students. The book advocates acceptance of the diversity of voices, while suggesting ways to probe the...

In recent years, graduate writing programs have increasingly paid attention to the benefits of writing initiatives that harness the power of peer presence, interaction, and collectivity. These social-by-design writing initiatives--which could be boot camps, writing groups, write-alongs, retreats, peer review sessions, or show-up-and-write gatherings--rely...

Unshakable is the life story, the naked truth of Joan McLeod. She is an overcomer who through it all is still standing. A woman who believes in promises kept. It is a story of resilience and perseverance. Of having dreams and achieving them. Of...

Trauma-informed practices have become an increasingly essential part of librarianship since the COVID-19 global pandemic. Trauma can result from a single negative event or repeated exposure to negative events over time and can manifest in many forms. Trauma-informed approaches to leadership seek to understand...

A new title in the beautiful collection of mini, foiled, and ruled and blank notebooks, each pack features three designs by some of the most popular artists. Beautiful and practical, these are perfect for all art lovers! The Thomas Kinkade Set of 3 Mini...

With the SWIRL Method, K-12 teachers can give students opportunities to SWIRL: speak, write, interact, read, and listen to English to become confident, competent, and proficient in English. SWIRL provides research-based, time-tested, practical, applicable activities, lessons, and strategies. Almost every lesson involves activities that...

Before writing the fifth Harry Potter book, J.K. Rowling created a seven-page handwritten outline of her original vision for the plot, offering an unprecedented glimpse into her writing process. In these early notes, there are noticeable differences in the characters, terminology, and plot, culminating...

Languages do not exist beyond their speakers, but the history of individual languages has often been told as if they had a life of their own, emerging from other languages, growing and sometimes dying. When applied to Spanish, this story line commonly begins in...

Languages do not exist beyond their speakers, but the history of individual languages has often been told as if they had a life of their own, emerging from other languages, growing and sometimes dying. When applied to Spanish, this story line commonly begins in...

Russian For Beginners by Charles Duff and Dmitri Makaroff is a useful and simplified introduction to grammar, with a 4,000-word vocabulary and 42 lessons in the basic principles of the language. It is the ideal guidebook for anyone who wants to learn Russian--especially the...

When was the last time you shook up your writing instruction? In Renew!: Become a Better and More Authentic Writing Teacher, author Shawna Coppola builds on the premise that our students are ever-changing, and so is our collective knowledge base.Author: Shawna CoppolaPublisher: RoutledgePublished: 05/31/2017Pages:...

A long overdue examination of Rub?n Dar?o's multilingual work and influences alongside the contexts and politics of canonization in world literature. Rediscovering Rub?n Dar?o through Translation addresses the peculiar obscurity of Dar?o by asking these questions: How can one of the most important writers...

NATIONAL BESTSELLER "A fresh and democratic take on language by a gifted teacher." --Mary Norris"[Jovin] never hectors, never finger-points; she enlightens and illuminates. This is lovely work." --Benjamin DreyerAn unconventional guide to the English language drawn from the cross-country adventures of an itinerant grammarian.When...

This book is an advanced critical introduction to Greek tragedy. It is written specifically for the reader who does not know Greek and who may be unfamiliar with the context of the Athenian drama festival but who nevertheless wants to appreciate the plays in...