Language Arts & Disciplines

SPEND LESS TIME STRUGGLING AND MORE TIME WRITING. What happens when you're writing book four and can't remember book one? You can waste hours re-reading book one OR you can refresh your memory in ten minutes by flipping through your series bible. The Writer's...

What is it to be a cat? What drives a cat to behave a certain way? Dr. Nhien Nguyen, a board-certified psychiatrist of 38 years, examines the peculiarities of feline behavior through personal observations of his family's indoor and outdoor cats. Having rekindled his...

Harboring dark secrets for too long will only affect your emotional development. That is why you should free yourself of these secrets. You might not want to tell anybody about them but you can write about them. Keep a diary that's for your eyes...

Being an effective, powerful, and entertaining speaker is the best thing you can do for your career and your personal power.In this special 7-Figure Speaker Training, I'm going to deliver to you the lowest hanging fruit, the easiest stuff you can implement today and...

Translation played an essential role throughout the Middle Ages, bridging the gap between literate and lay, and enabling intercourse between languages in multi-lingual Europe. Because of its universality and its vitality, and because it unlocked the door to antiquity's cultural heritage, medieval translation was...

Something is wrong with American journalism. Long before "fake news" became the calling card of the Right, Americans had lost faith in their news media. But lately, the feeling that something is off has become impossible to ignore. That's because the majority of our...

Completely revised edition of the ground-breaking travel writing book that provides a road map to success in the digital age. It dives headlong into the entrepreneurial world of blogging and digital books, while still acknowledging the real money to be made in declining print...

In this humorous and practical guide to public speaking, Mary Milla offers tips for moving your presentations out of the PowerPoint weeds. Drawing on more than two decades as a public speaking coach, Mary debunks common excuses and offers strategies to make your next...

Library education is changing. At a time when librarianship is increasingly seen as part of the information industry, Library and Information Science is also searching for its place in a new and rapidly developing university landscape.This book analyzes the development of the contemporary university...

Reference work often receives short shrift in the contemporary discourse and practice of librarianship. Reference Librarianship & Justice: History, Practice & Praxis highlights the unique position of reference librarianship, a liminal and dialectical space, potentially distinct from the power dynamics of classroom instruction and...

Feminist pedagogy employs strategies such as collaborative learning, valuing experiential knowledge, employing consciousness-raising about sexism and other forms of oppression, and destabilizing the power hierarchies of the traditional classroom. Ultimately, feminist library instruction seeks to empower learners to be both critical thinkers and critical...

Borne of a professional development workshop, Teaching for Justice highlights the commitment and efforts of LIS faculty and instructors who feature social justice theory and strategies in their courses and classroom practices. This book is geared towards LIS instructors who have begun to incorporate...

How to be a self-publishing successSecrets to self-publishing: How to Self-Publish for Under $100 is THE bible for getting published. Publishing expert and author, Cinquanta Cox-Smith offers all her tips and tricks on self-publishing a book on a reasonable budget. This book is especially...

Empower your Voice: For Women in Business, Politics and Life is written for the woman who wants to change the way she communicates with her voice and body. It is inspiring, inviting and informing as it lays out a process for real and lasting...

Do you want to know the secret to writing a non-fiction business book without wasting time or money? Write Your Book in a Flash shows business executives, entrepreneurs and thought leaders how to get focused fast, so you can write your book without tearing...

The Magic of Memoir is a memoirist's companion for when the going gets tough. Editors Linda Joy Myers and Brooke Warner have taught and coached hundreds of memoirists to the completion of their memoirs, and they know that the journey is fraught with belittling...

Ann Morgan writes in the opening of this delightful book, I glanced up at my bookshelves, the proud record of more than twenty years of reading, and found a host of English and North American greats starting down at me...I had barely touched a...

Dan Beckmann appears to be an average guy living a common life. That is, until he begins to share his extraordinary collection of surprising stories. He finds adventure the way he finds friends--everywhere. Through his witty, lighthearted, and entertaining tales, he reminds us that...

Now you can more easily locate records of religious events such as baptisms and marriages, as well as other ecclesiastical documents related to Catholic churches throughout America. Such documents are primary resources for valuable genealogical data. While the parish is the most fundamental unit...

Completely revised and updated, this book is a comprehensive guide to the vastly complex records for this major urban area. Thousands of immigrants around the world arriving in the U.S. found the rapidly growing Chicago city a new-found home. Chances are, you can find...