Language Arts & Disciplines
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Language Unlimited: The Science Behind Our Most Creative PowerAll humans, but no other species, have the capacity to create and understand language. It provides structure to our thoughts, allowing us to plan, communicate, and create new ideas, without limit. Yet we have only finite experiences, and our languages have finite stores of...
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Harvard University Press: A HistoryA university press is a curious institution, dedicated to the dissemination of learning yet apart from the academic structure; a publishing firm that is in business, but not to make money; an arm of the university that is frequently misunderstood and occasionally attacked by...
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Help! My Kids Don't All Speak English: How to Set Up a Language Workshop in Your Linguistically Diverse ClassroomNancy Akhavan provides the inspiration, theory, and practical know-how that teachers need to support language development within a workshop setting. By creating structures that capture time for rich talk and student thinking, she brings English learners into full participation in the classroom community. Laurie...
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Serious Daring: Creative Writing in Four GenresTop Three Reasons to Adopt This Book * Flexible Structure. This innovative text features a flexible organization that allows for different course structures and various teaching approaches. * Practical Lessons. In addition to a comprehensive introduction to Creative Writing craft, the book provides practical...
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Give Me a Break: How I Exposed Hucksters, Cheats, and Scam Artists and Became the Scourge of the Liberal Media...Working as a correspondent for 20/20 and Good Morning America, John Stossel confronted dozens of scam artists: from hacks who worked out of their basements to some of America's most powerful executives and leading politicians. His efforts shut down countless crooks -- both famous...
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Grooming, Gossip, and the Evolution of LanguageWhat a big brain we have for all the small talk we make. It's an evolutionary riddle that at long last makes sense in this intriguing book about what gossip has done for our talkative species. Psychologist Robin Dunbar looks at gossip as an...
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Check Your English Vocabulary for Computers and Information TechnologyThis workbook is designed to help non-native English speakers improve their knowledge and understanding of core computing and I.T. terminology. Self-study exercises and practical classroom activities are included, making it easy to revise classroom knowledge at home. It uses a variety of engaging activities...
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Handwriting Workbook: Ages 7-9This fun range of Maths and English activity books really helps to boost your child s progress at every stage of their learning. The series aims to build up important skills in line with their learning at school.Each activity is designed to give your...
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The Writing of God: Secret of the Real Mount SinaiThe Writing of God presents proof of the seminal event of the Old Testament, when God handed down to Moses the word and the "writing of God" (Exodus 32:16), known as the Sinai Covenant. The location of the real Mount Sinai has been long...
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The Call of Stories: Teaching and the Moral ImaginationThe Call of Stories presents a study of how listening to stories promotes learning and self-discovery.Author: Robert ColesPublisher: HarperOnePublished: 01/05/1990Pages: 212Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.50lbsSize: 8.40h x 5.40w x 0.80dISBN: 9780395528150About the AuthorColes, Robert: - Robert Coles is a winner of the National Medal of...
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Multimodal Composing in Classrooms: Learning and Teaching for the Digital WorldTaking a close look at multimodal composing as an essential new literacy in schools, this volume draws from contextualized case studies across educational contexts to provide detailed portraits of teachers and students at work in classrooms. Authors elaborate key issues in transforming classrooms with...
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Oh, China!: An Elementary Reader of Modern Chinese for Advanced Beginners - Revised EditionOh, China! meets the needs of advanced beginners or "heritage learners" who already speak some Chinese but require instruction in reading and writing fundamentals before moving to the intermediate level. In this fully revised edition, state-of-the-art lessons go over the basics of standard Mandarin...
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How to Write Anything: A Complete GuideNeed to know how to format your résumé for that job application? How do you write a cover letter that will stand out? Wondering how to request a letter of recommendation for graduate school? Trying to craft a get-well note that will really help?...
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Just a Journalist: On the Press, Life, and the Spaces BetweenIn this timely book, a Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter trains an autobiographical lens on a moment of remarkable transition in American journalism. Just a few years ago, the mainstream press was wrestling with whether labeling waterboarding as torture violated important norms of neutrality and objectivity....
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Just Say NU: Yiddish for Every Occasion (When English Just Won't Do)In his New York Times bestseller, Born to Kvetch, author Michael Wex led readers on a hilariously edifying excursion through Yiddish culture and history. With Just Say Nu, he shows us how to use this remarkable language to spice up conversations, stories, presentations, arguments,...
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The Way to Write for Children: An Introduction to the Craft of Writing Children's LiteratureIn addressing the way to write for children, Joan Aiken starts at the beginning. Is writing a children's book as simple as it looks? Do you want to write for children or about them? Do you want to write a picture book for young...
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The Late Talker: What to Do If Your Child Isn't Talking YetEvery parent eagerly awaits the day his or her child will speak for the first time. For millions of mothers and fathers, however, anticipation turns to anxiety when those initial, all-important words are a long time coming. Many worried parents are reassured that their...
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Developmental Editing: A Handbook for Freelancers, Authors, and PublishersEditing is a tricky business. It requires analytical flair and creative panache, the patience of a saint and the vision of a writer. Transforming a manuscript into a book that edifies, inspires, and sells? That's the job of the developmental editor, whose desk is...
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A Novel in a Year: From First Page to Last in 52 WeeksAn essential guide for every aspiring novelist!The thought of writing a full-length novel can be daunting. But in A Novel in a Year, Louise Doughty makes a seemingly vast and unconquerable task manageable by walking aspiring authors through the different aspects of writing technique...
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The Secret Life of Words: How English Became EnglishAN ECONOMIST BOOK OF THE YEAR The Secret Life of Words is a wide-ranging account of the transplanted, stolen, bastardized words we've come to know as the English languag. It's a history of English as a whole, and of the thousands of individual words,...
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