Language Arts & Disciplines

Do you struggle dealing with people to trigger the desired action?Do you think you lack effective communication skills to convince people? If yes, your search ends here. A bold promise, but keep reading... Identifying covert emotional manipulation is tricky. This powerful book carries methods...

Trace Letters and Numbers WorkbookLearn To Write Alphabet A-Z (Uppercase and Lowercase) and Number 1-10 Writing Practice for Pre K, Kindergarten, and Kids Ages 3-5Features: This workbook shows children how to write alphabet lowercase and uppercase A to Z letters, number 1 - 10...

Marketing and Social Media: A Guide for Libraries, Archives, and Museums, Second Edition is a much-needed guide to marketing for libraries, archives, and museum professionals in the social media age. This book serves as both an introductory textbook and as a guide for working...

Artisan Pocket Journals, the new series from Flame Tree in a range of hues to suit the mood and the moment. They're hand crafted with decorated edges overflowing with petals and teasing vines. A unique blend of the practical and beautiful, with two ribbons...

College-ruled composition notebook (120 pages), with a cover showing an oil painting by John Singer Sargent. The subject of the painting, Millicent, Duchess of Sutherland, was one of the most celebrated and progressive members of London society.Author: John Singer SargentPublisher: Nigel GourlayPublished: 07/15/2020Pages: 122Binding...

This report is the fourth on the state of local news produced by the Hussman School of Journalism and Media at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. It measures what has been lost, while also assessing what must be done if we...

Write more with less pain! Why Aren't You Writing?: Research, Real Talk, Strategies, & Shenanigans describes research on how bright and otherwise fairly normal people lose their minds when it comes to writing, and then shows the reader how to stop being one of...

Creating a unique, immersive setting one culture at a timeA guide for authors, gamers, and hobbyistsWritten to help fantasy and science fiction storytellers, game designers, gamers, and hobbyists, CULTURES AND BEYOND (THE ART OF WORLD BUILDING, #3) is a how-to guide for filling an...

Learn Hundreds of Standardized Test (SSAT/ISEE/COOP/ASVAB/GRE....) Vocabulary words Quickly with roots *Learn important Greek and Latin roots and vocabulary words derived from these.*Get to really know the words, acquire and internalize vocabulary for use and not to simply memorize a word list.*Consolidate your learning...

Do your sentences fail to sound the way you want? Are they lackluster, with flat characters and settings? Is your prose full of bad habits and crutches? In The Anatomy of Prose, you'll discover: A step-by-step guide to creating descriptions that sing The key...

"Those who can't be bothered with another dry grammar guide owe it to themselves to give this a look."-Publishers Weekly Grammar rules! Good Grammar is the Life of the Party: Tips for a Wildly Successful Life will convert certified grammar goofballs into bonafide word...

An engaging and authoritative introduction to an increasingly important and popular literary genre Prose Poetry is the first book of its kind--an engaging and authoritative introduction to the history, development, and features of English-language prose poetry, an increasingly important and popular literary form that...

Qu ocurre cuando un libro se re ne con su lector? C mo el acto de leer tiene repercusiones sobre nuestros estados de nimo y nuestra salud? De qu forma el biblioterapeuta, mediante el libro, su interpretaci n y el di logo al que...

A unique comic-illustrated exploration of the rich vocabulary derived from body parts in Arabic We are all married to our bodies, for better, for worse, for richer, for poorer, in sickness and in health. As a result, the body is a hard-wired, powerful presence...

An educative volume with essays about the process of creating fictional story; interviews with authors, editors, publishers, and a Pulitzer Prize winner on the writing process; and original short stories that illustrate concepts and techniques of storytelling in prose. Major topics include: characterization, narration,...

The son of a "black" father and a "white" mother, Thomas Chatterton Williams found himself questioning long-held convictions about race upon the birth of his blond-haired, blue-eyed daughter--and came to realize that these categories cannot adequately capture either of them, or anyone else. In...

Documenting Rebellions is a study of four archives that were constituted with a common desire to preserve the memory and evidence of lesbian and gay people. They are The Lesbian Herstory Archives (New York), The ONE National Gay and Lesbian Archives (Los Angeles), the...

The sit-ins of the American civil rights movement were extraordinary acts of dissent in an age marked by protest. By sitting in at "whites only" lunch counters, libraries, beaches, swimming pools, skating rinks, and churches, young African Americans and their allies put their lives...

Difficulties learning the Maltese language? Maltese doesn't seem to make much sense? You can't find a good grammar book? The explanations you receive complicate your learning? A book for beginnersThis book explains the Maltese grammar in an easy way. Not too much explanations. Not...

Despite the criticisms that have been leveled at news organizations in recent years and the many difficulties they face, journalism matters. It matters, argues Schudson, because it orients people daily in the complex and changing worlds in which they live. It matters because it...