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Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (20th Edition) - Hardcover

$59.95

by Ebenezer Cobham Brewer (Author)'This is, in fact, not what you were looking for; but it's much more interesting' Terry Pratchett Much loved for its wit and wisdom since 1870, Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable takes you on a captivating adventure through its trademark blend of language, culture, myth and legend. Nowhere else could the histories of the guillotine and Guinness stout sit so comfortably alongside the KGB and the Keystone Kops. Brewer's is a catalogue of curiosities and ab...

Short Stories in English for Beginners - Paperback

$14.99

by Olly Richards (Author)An unmissable collection of eight unconventional and captivating short stories for young and adult learners. I love Olly's work - and you will too - Barbara Oakley, PhD, Author of New York Times bestseller A Mind for Numbers Short Stories in English for Beginners has been written especially for students from beginner to intermediate level, designed to give a sense of achievement, and most importantly - enjoyment Mapped to A2-B1 on the Common European Framework of Re...

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by Neil Cohn (Editor)Sequential images are as natural at conveying narratives as verbal language, and have appeared throughout human history, from cave paintings and tapestries right through to modern comics. Contemporary research on this visual language of sequential images has been scattered across several fields: linguistics, psychology, anthropology, art education, comics studies, and others. Only recently has this disparate research begun to be incorporated into a coherent understanding....

Spanish for Gay Men (Spanish that was never taught in the classroom!) - Paperback

$23.71

by Jonathan L. Charles (Author)After thirty plus years teaching high school and college Spanish, there are many things that have not been taught at those levels. Remember how frustrating it was wondering how to say words and phrases about sex, and especially gay sex? So, I decided to compile this book just for you so, you do not have to wonder any more! This book will include just about everything that you have ever wanted to know and much, much more! A great percent of the book was written o...

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Teaching Language and Promoting Citizenship - Paperback

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by Mairin Hennebry-Leung (Author), Angela Gayton (Author)This book explores the relationship between language education and citizenship through theoretical and pedagogical lenses, examining existing language education provision in the context of the needs of today's learners and societies. The robust analytical framework developed in the opening chapters provides the foundation for a range of practical suggestions for making the integration of language and citizenship a dynamic reality in the...

1,000 Character Writing Prompts: Villains, Heroes and Hams for Scripts, Stories and More - Paperback

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by Bryan Cohen (Author)From the author of 1,000 Creative Writing Prompts, this 300 page, 150,000+ word reference tool can serve writers who need characters and need them now If character development is your problem, this detailed reference tool for any writer is the solution. Imagine if every time you sat down to brainstorm for your stories, scripts and more, you had a notebook full of character ideas ready to spring to life on the page. This time-saving, idea-generating tome can ensure that...

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Complete Japanese Beginner to Intermediate Course: Learn to Read, Write, Speak and Understand a New Language - Hardcover

$44.99

by Helen Gilhooly (Author)Do you want to develop a solid understanding of Japanese and communicate confidently with others?Through authentic conversations, vocabulary building, grammar explanations and extensive practice and review, Complete Japanese will equip you with the skills you need to use Japanese in a variety of settings and situations, developing your cultural awareness along the way. What will I achieve by the end of the course?By the end of Complete Japanese you will have a solid ...

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Check Your English Vocabulary for TOEFL: Essential Words and Phrases to Help You Maximise Your TOEFL Score - Paperback

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by Rawdon Wyatt (Author)This workbook provides exercises to help students practise and build many of the English words and phrases that they will find useful for the popular TOEFL(R) (Test of English as a Foreign Language) examination, which is an entry requirement for non-native speakers at more than 6,000 universities and colleges worldwide. It has been written for students at intermediate level and above, and is particularly appropriate for anyone who plans to study or train in an English-...

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The Seven Basic Plots: Why We Tell Stories - Paperback

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by Christopher Booker (Author)This remarkable and monumental book at last provides a comprehensive answer to the age-old riddle of whether there are only a small number of 'basic stories' in the world. Using a wealth of examples, from ancient myths and folk tales via the plays and novels of great literature to the popular movies and TV soap operas of today, it shows that there are seven archetypal themes which recur throughout every kind of storytelling. But this is only the prelude to an inv...

Lateral Screenwriting: Using the Power of Lateral Thinking to Write Great Movies - Paperback

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by Lee A. Matthias (Author)Using the principles of Lateral Thinking for story-telling, author and screenwriter, Lee A. Matthias shows writers how to generate and develop their best ideas for movies and novels.Author BiographyDuring and after college, Lee Matthias worked as a theater projectionist, theater manager, and film programmer; in public relations; and as a literary agent selling to publishers and producers. He has had a number of magazine articles, one novel, and two "movie-length tal...

Adventure Journalism in the Gilded Age: Essays on Reporting from the Arctic to the Orient - Paperback

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by Katrina J. Quinn (Editor), Mary M. Cronin (Editor), Lee Jolliffe (Editor)These new essays tell the stories of daring reporters, male and female, sent out by their publishers not to capture the news but to make the news--indeed to achieve star billing--and to capitalize on the Gilded Age public's craze for real-life adventures into the exotic and unknown. They examine the adventure journalism genre through the work of iconic writers such as Mark Twain and Nellie Bly, as well as lesser-known...

Write a F*$%'ing Book Already: The Insider's Guide To Increasing Your Sales & Improving Your Career With A Book - Paperback

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by Doreen A. Kukral (Editor), Jim F. Kukral (Author)I'm not going to tread lightly. In fact, I'm going to be very terse with you. The reason you grabbed a copy of this book is that you already know, deep down in your heart, you need to write a book if you want to take your career or business to the next level. You've seen your competitors do it, yet you still don't take action. You've lost jobs because someone else branded themselves and built more credibility than you, yet you still don't ta...

Putting It Together: Researching, Organizing, and Writing the Synthesis Essay - Paperback

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by Barbara L. Murphy (Author)A step by step guide to creating a clear and thoughtful synthesis essay for both the senior high school student and the freshman in collegeAuthor BiographyBarbara L. Murphy taught AP English Language and other college-level courses at Jericho High School for over 23 years. She has been a reader of the AP English Language and Composition exam since 1993 and is an AP consultant for AP English Language and Composition. Barbara is also a consultant for the College Boa...

How to Read a Book: The Classic Guide to Intelligent Reading - Hardcover

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by Mortimer J. Adler (Author), Charles Van Doren (Author)With half a million copies in print, How to Read a Book is the best and most successful guide to reading comprehension for the general reader, completely rewritten and updated with new material. A CNN Book of the Week: "Explains not just why we should read books, but how we should read them. It's masterfully done." -Farheed Zakaria Originally published in 1940, this book is a rare phenomenon, a living classic that introduces and elucid...

Integrated Strategic Communication: Influencing and Changing Public Opinion and Behavior - Paperback

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by Robert J. Ristino Ph. D. (Author)Integrated Strategic Communication (ISC) is a primer on how to influence and win the support of key constituencies and, when required, change public policy vital to an organization's success. It presents a 10-step model for organizing and integrating communication strategies in support of strategic initiatives. This field-tested integrated strategic communication model is the result of the author's 40 years practicing and teaching public relations and marke...

Writing Good Sentences: a friendly manual - Paperback

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by Mildred M. Jeffrey (Author)This is a little self-help book for those who want to improve their everyday written English. It does not give much space to spoken English or rules for correct usage. Grammar is presented only as it affects sentence construction. Focus is on the achievement of sentence variety and on ways to avoid overloading, ambiguity, wordiness, fragmentation, and run-ons. Number of Pages: 210 Dimensions: 0.44 x 11 x 8.25 IN Publication Date: January 11, 2013

Prepositions by Example - The Quickest Way to Learn and Practice English Prepositions - Paperback

$40.37

by Andrew Bruckfield (Author)Welcome to the fascinating world of prepositions If you want to speak English fluently, you need to learn and practice prepositions. Pronunciation and vocabulary are important, but the real secret of speaking well is to know how to connect your words and ideas so that people are able to understand you and interact with you. This book is intended for students of English as a second or foreign language who are, or will soon be, using English for professional, academ...

The New Professional Court Interpreter: a practical manual - Paperback

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by Tony Rosado (Author)The purpose of this manual is to assist the new professional court interpreter during those first few months when the interpreter is learning how to be a professional interpreter. After passing the certification exam, and even after graduating from college, the new interpreter will face, for the first time, the reality of working within the legal system as an officer of the court.Author BiographyTony Rosado is a Federally, Colorado, and New Mexico certified court interp...

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by Ian McKenzie (Author)"Black, dry, irreverent, ironic, self-mocking" are all words that have been used to describe Australian humour. This humour is reflected in the unique slang that is used by Aussies. The author has compiled a comprehensive catalogue of Australian colloquialisms and has included not only explanations of their meanings, but in several cases short stories and examples of them.Author BiographyIan McKenzie has been an educator for most of his working career. With experience ...

Loving Grammar: Mr. Lund's Guide to Professional Clamdigging - Paperback

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by Steven Lund (Author)If you think grammar is "old school" and doesn't matter, consider all the writing people do these days with blogs, email, Facebook and Twitter - not to mention college papers, professional writing, office memos and those endless online job applications. Everyone is writing more and more, and the writing that grabs our attention is not awkward and embarrassing but clear and solid - written by people who understand grammar. Whether grammar is your delight or your dilemma-...

Debate & Dialogue: The Essentials of Argumentation - Paperback

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by Mariusz Ozminkowski (Author)This is a brief introduction to argumentation and debate. It is based on the principle that arguments are not only advocacy of certain position, but also a part of dialogue in finding the best answers to the most difficult questions. The book explores methods in developing arguments on the questions of fact, value, and policy. It emphasizes the point that argumentative skill can be practiced best when working on matters related to policymaking: in finding practi...

1,000 Creative Writing Prompts for Seasons: Ideas for Blogs, Scripts, Stories and More - Paperback

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by Bryan Cohen (Author)There's no worse feeling for a writer than running smack into a case of writer's block. One of the best ways to get around the problem is to surround yourself with ideas. 1,000 Creative Writing Prompts for Seasons: Ideas for Blogs, Scripts, Stories and More gives you exactly one thousand idea-generating prompts that focus on the coldest, warmest, toughest and funniest days of the four seasons. This book covers many different aspects of spring, summer, fall and winter in...

A Detailed Guide to Self-Publishing with Amazon and Other Online Booksellers: How to Print-on-Demand with CreateSpace & Make eBooks for Kindle & Other - Paperback

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by Chris McMullen (Author)Now available as part of a 4-in-1 compilation. Get 4 books for the price of 2. The ISBN of the 4-in-1 compilation is 150318420X.BRIEF DESCRIPTION: This is a highly detailed guide with several step-by-step instructions for how to format and publish your book both as a paperback book with Amazon (and other major online booksellers) and as an eBook with Kindle (and a variety of other eReaders).The book is both highly informative (like describing how to set the margins w...

Gay Press, Gay Power: The Growth of LGBT Community Newspapers in America - Paperback

$33.75

by Chuck Colbert (Author), Jorjet Harper (Author), John D'Emilio (Introduction by)This book provides an overview of the history of LGBT community newspapers and magazines in America. It provides a specific focus on weekly and biweekly newspapers, but also assesses the LGBT state of print media overall. Finalist for the 2013 Lambda Literary Awards; Top 10 selection for the American Library Association Over the Rainbow Project Book List, a committee of the GLBT Round Table of the ALA. The book ...

Egyptian Glyphary: Hieroglyphic Dictionary and Sign List - Paperback

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by Bill Petty (Author)The Egyptian Glyphary is part of Museum Tours' series "The Essentials" ... books that anyone serious about the study of Egyptology will find useful.This unique Egyptian language dictionary is called a Glyphary to distinguish it from dictionaries that list entries in strictly alphabetical order. Rather, it lists words based on the hieroglyphic signs that they contain, resulting in easier word look-up. One can find a word without knowing its beginning letter or its transli...

The Complete Romeo and Juliet: An Annotated Edition of the Shakespeare Play - Hardcover

$48.94

by Donald J. Richardson (Author)Among teenagers Romeo and Juliet appears to be the most popular of the Shakespeare tragedies. Perhaps this is because of the age of the protagonists. I suspect it is something far deeper than that, however. The depth of passion evinced by both Romeo and Juliet is familiar to most adolescents, and their isolation from the world of adults is also recognized by contemporary teens. Capulet's ranting when dealing with Juliet's nascent independence is no doubt famili...

Anagrams for Crosswords: A Collection of Word Anagrams - Paperback

$32.58

by Annavarapu Gopalakrishna (Author)Even the manliest will suffer from ailments Sweat imparts body odour to armpits He has money aplenty to pay the penalty When education is auctioned and teachers become cheaters, naturally the student will be stunted Does the lameness of nameless salesmen affect their maleness? The gardener garnered the crop The getaway car was parked near the gateway When the designer was asked to redesign, he promptly resigned On being swindled one's faith in others dwindl...

Ancient Rhetoric and the New Testament: The Influence of Elementary Greek Composition - Hardcover

$80.98

by Michael Wade Martin (Author), Mikeal C. Parsons (Author)For the ancient Greeks and Romans, eloquence was essential to public life and identity, perpetuating class status and power. The three-tiered study of rhetoric was thus designed to produce sons worthy of and equipped for public service. Rhetorical competency enabled the elite to occupy their proper place in society.The oracular and literary techniques represented in Greco-Roman education proved to be equally central to the formation o...

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by Liban A. Ahmad (Author)Somali Grammar Revision is intended for the intermediate or advanced level learners of Somali language. It covers the eleven Somali grammatical categories. The verb and the adjective, 20% of Somali grammatical categories, constitute more than 80% of written and spoken Somali because use of tenses affects both grammatical categories. Somali Grammar Revision: - highlights differences in usage of many aspects of written and spoken Somali - introduces variant past tense ...

500 Popular English Idioms and Their Best Spanish Equivalents: A compilation of the most popular English idioms used in everyday context with their be - Paperback

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by Carlos Hernandez (Author)This handy book is a collection of the most popular English idioms used in everyday context with their best equivalents widely used in all Spanish-speaking countries. From humor to emotional states, from family issues to business situations, this compilation covers a variety of subjects. Would you like to know how to say phrases like "Every trick in the book" in Spanish? Then this handy reference book will be a valuable tool at your disposal. Number of Pages: 156 D...

Talk the Talk: The Slang of 67 American Subcultures - Paperback

$29.63

by Luc Reid (Author)America is rich with subcultures that have knowledge, celebrations, and language all their own. Talk the Talk opens a window onto the language and ideas of these groups. Whether you read it for entertainment, for reference, or to learn about subcultures that catch your interest, Talk the Talk is a unique resource that provides clear, descriptive, carefully-researched definitions for terms like ... simp heister: A ferris wheel, probably so called because the ride "heists" (...

The Cow Says Moo: Ten Tips to Teach Toddlers to Talk: An Early Intervention Guide - Paperback

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by Madelyn Bythell (Author), Vicky McErlean (Author)Is my child a late talker or should I be concerned? My child pulls me to what he wants instead of talks, should I be worried? Will sign language stop my child from talking? Do these questions sound familiar? You are not alone. Millions of parents ask the same questions about their child's speech every day Empower yourself to help your child now with The Cow Says Moo, an early intervention guide that will teach you the best, easy-to-use, pro...