Language Arts & Disciplines
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Crash Course in Cataloging for Non-Catalogers: A Casual Conversation on Organizing InformationPeople who run small, rural libraries without formal education will use this book to help them make informed decisions about the organization of their library and the information it holds. This is one of the key tasks in any library. While many librarians may...
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Writing Begins with the Breath: Embodying Your Authentic VoiceIn this distinctive guide to the craft of writing, author Laraine Herring shows us how to tune into our bodies and connect with our emotions so that our writing becomes an expression of our full beings, rather than just an intellectual exercise. With warmth...
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The Metalogicon: A Twelfth-Century Defense of the Verbal and Logical Arts of the TriviumWritten in 1159 and addressed to Thomas Becket, John of Salisbury's The Metalogicon presents--and defends--a thorough study of the liberal arts of grammar, logic, and rhetoric. The very name Metalogicon, a coinage by the author, brings together the Greek meta (on behalf of) and...
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School Librarians and the Technology Department: A Practical Guide to Successful CollaborationSchool Librarians and the Technology Department: A Practical Guide to Successful Collaboration was inspired by the authors' collective realization that far too often librarians and technology specialists fail to collaborate successfully, and sometimes even find their groups at odds with one another. This book...
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Writing Spirit: Finding Your Creative SoulLynn V. Andrews takes the reader with her as she goes on inward journeys with the help of the Sisterhood of the Shields, and relates the stories of others. Join her as she is initiated into the Sisterhood and creates her own shield, which...
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Description & SettingBuild a Believable World How essential is setting to a story? How much description is too much? In what ways do details and setting tie into plot and character development? How can you use setting and description to add depth to your story? You...
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Developing Quality Dissertations in the Humanities: A Graduate Student's Guide to Achieving ExcellenceThis is one of three short booklets designed to be given to graduate students as they begin their studies. These booklets explain the purposes of the dissertation and the criteria by which it will be assessed. They help students understand the context of their...
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The Handy Communication Answer BookSpeaking, texting, talking, presenting, reading an audience, body language, negotiations, sales pitches, avoiding clich s and gaffes, and all forms of communicating are covered in this award-winning, engaging, and comprehensive guide to effective communication Powerful oratory. Persuasive arguments. Succinct business pitches. Speeches and emails....
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The Handy English Grammar Answer BookResearching, writing, and citing. Hiring, firing, and selling. Texting, blogging, and posting. Proper grammar and usage for every occasion is explored through nearly 500 answers to common questions on English grammar and language. The first, best place to turn for an overview of English...
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Relating: Dialogues and DialecticsThis book draws on the dialogism of social theorist Mikhail Bakhtin to develop a new approach which the authors term relational dialectics to the study of interpersonal communication. Emphasizing a social self instead of a sovereign self, multivocal oppositions instead of binary contradictions, and...
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Commonly Misspelled and Confused Words: Quickstudy Laminated Reference GuideA collection of the most popular misspelled, confused and misused words. Author: Erin BrennerPublisher: Quickstudy Reference GuidesPublished: 05/25/2003Pages: 6Binding Type: OtherWeight: 0.14lbsSize: 11.25h x 8.55w x 0.05dISBN: 9781572227880
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Protagoras and Logos: A Study in Greek Philosophy and RhetoricReassesses the philosophical and pedagogical contributions of ProtagorasProtagoras and Logos brings together in a meaningful synthesis the contributions and rhetoric of the first and most famous of the Older Sophists, Protagoras of Abdera. Most accounts of Protagoras rely on the somewhat hostile reports of...
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How to Write Like Chekhov: Advice and Inspiration, Straight from His Own Letters and WorkMaxim Gorky said that no one understood "the tragedy of life's trivialities" as clearly as Anton Chekhov, widely considered the father of the modern short story and the modern play. Chekhov's singular ability to speak volumes with a single, impeccably chosen word, mesh comedy...
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When Bad Grammar Happens to Good People: How to Avoid Common Errors in EnglishEver stumble when choosing between who and whom, affect and effect, lay and lie? Are you worried that how you speak or write is holding you back at work? Do you fear you're making frequent conversational errors, but just aren't sure what's correct? How...
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Better Vocabulary in 30 Minutes a DayWould you like to find new, exciting words to use in your speech and writing? Would you like to be a fascinating conversationalist? Would you like to be a Scrabble expert? Better Vocabulary In 30 Minutes a Day offers a lively and entertaining method...
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The Vocal Vision: Views on Voice by 24 Leading TeachersCoaches and DirectorsTwenty-four leading voice experts speak out on the changing role of voice on stage. Essay topics include: Re-Discovering Lost Voices - Thoughts on Theatre, Therapy, and the Art of Voice - Finding Our Lost Singing Voices - Voice Training, Where Have We Come From?...
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Studies in the Psalms: Literary-Structural Analysis with Application to TranslationUnderstanding Biblical Hebrew poetry is a formidable task and the complexity rises exponentially when attempting translation. This collection of studies examines both the analysis of select Psalms and their translation into English and a Bantu language. Wendland uses his "literary functional equivalence" (LiFE) approach...
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The Alphabet That Changed the World: How Genesis Preserves a Science of Consciousness in Geometry and GestureRabbinic tradition asserts that every letter of every word of the Torah is a word in itself. Author Stan Tenen demonstrates that each letter is also a hand gesture, and it is at this level that Hebrew forms a natural universal language. All people,...
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Your First Page: First Pages and What They Tell Us about the Pages That Follow Them: Revised Workshop and Classroom EditionYour First Page is unlike any other craft book on writing. It is based on the premise that practically everything that can go right or wrong in a work of fiction or memoir goes wrong or right on the first page. Those first 300...
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Business and Professional Writing: A Basic Guide - Second Canadian EditionUpdated and expanded, the second edition of Business and Professional Writing provides more information on ethics, security, and primary research. Author: Paul MacRaePublisher: Broadview Press IncPublished: 05/13/2019Pages: 432Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 1.30lbsSize: 8.80h x 6.60w x 0.90dISBN: 9781554814725About the AuthorPaul MacRae is an instructor of...
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