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Workbook French Intermediate - Paperback

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by Assimil Editors (Editor)This easy-to-use workbook has been designed specifically for intermediate learners in French. It includes 180 fun-filled exercises (with answers) which follow a logical progression. You will be able to self-assess your level at the end of each chapter. Every aspect of the language has been covered, including grammar, spelling, vocabulary, syntax, pronunciation and accentuation. Tasks include matching, fill in the blanks, find the odd one, unscrambling exercises, cro...

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by Nate Marshall (Author)Sharp, lyrical poems celebrating the Black vernacular--its influence on pop culture, its necessity for familial survival, its rite in storytelling and in creating the safety found only within its intimacy "Terrific . . . illuminates life in this country in a strikingly original way."--Ron Charles, The Washington Post NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY NPR - The New York Public Library - TordotcomDefinition of finna, created by the author: fin-na /ˈfinə/ contr...

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Demagogue for President: The Rhetorical Genius of Donald Trump - Hardcover

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by Jennifer Mercieca (Author)JENNIFER MERCIECA is associate professor in the Department of Communication at Texas A&M University. She is the author of Founding Fictions and coeditor of The Rhetoric of Heroic Expectations: Establishing the Obama Presidency. She frequently appears as an expert commentator and consultant for national and international media outletsAuthor BiographyJENNIFER MERCIECA is associate professor in the Department of Communication at Texas A&M University. She is t...

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Elevated: The Global Rise of the N.B.A. - Paperback

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by Harvey Araton (Author), Jeff Van Gundy (Foreword by)Howard Beck. Marc Stein. Jonathan Abrams. Chris Broussard. Ira Berkow. George Vecsey. Mike Wise. Selena Roberts. Lee Jenkins. All have graced the pages of The New York Times, entertaining readers with their probing coverage of the N.B.A.: a stage on which spectacular athletes perform against a backdrop of continuous social change. Now, their work and more is collected in a new volume, edited and annotated by Hall of Fame honoree Harvey Ar...

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Speaking American: How Y'All, Youse, and You Guys Talk: A Visual Guide - Paperback

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by Josh Katz (Author)From the creator of the New York Times dialect quiz that ignited conversations about how and why we say the words we say, a stunning and delightful exploration of American language. Did you know that your answers to just a handful of questions can reveal where you grew up? When Josh Katz released his interactive dialect quiz in the New York Times in 2013, it became the most viewed page in the paper's history. Now a graphics editor, Katz harnessed the overwhelming response...

Planning and Designing the IP Broadcast Facility: A New Puzzle to Solve - Paperback

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by Gary Olson (Author)This book provides a comprehensive understanding of the technology architecture, physical facility changes and - most importantly - the new media management workflows and business processes to support the entire lifecycle of the IP broadcast facility from an engineering and workflow perspective. Fully updated, this second edition covers the technological evolutions and changes in the media broadcast industry, including the new standards and specifications for live IP p...

The School Librarian's Technology Playbook: Innovative Strategies to Inspire Teachers and Learners - Paperback

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by Stacy Brown (Author)Using concrete examples, The School Librarian's Technology Playbook offers strategies for school librarians to initiate and support innovative practices throughout their school community. The role of school librarians has evolved: no longer do they primarily support teachers with reading and literacy resources. Many librarians now support teachers in integrating technology tools and innovative teaching practices in their classrooms. At her school, author and learning co...

Understanding Attachment Styles in Communication Behavior - Paperback

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by Cynthia Kaiser (Author)This manuscript explores the role that the four distinct attachment styles (secure, dismissive, preoccupied and fearful-avoidant) play "in determining how people communicate in their personal relationships." A better understanding of different communication behaviors can help coaches "facilitate tools and strategies for successful communication in both organization and interpersonal environments." The book helps readers identify the different attachment styles and us...

How to Write a Movie in 21 Days (Revised Edition): The Inner Movie Method - Paperback

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by Viki King (Author)In this classic bestselling screenwriting guide--now revised and updated--author and film consultant Viki King helps screenwriters go from blank page to completed manuscript through a series of clever and simple questions, ingenious writing exercises, and easy, effective new skills.Viki King's Inner Movie Method is a specific step-by-step process designed to get the story in your heart onto the page. This method doesn't just show how to craft a classic three-act story but...

Rhetorical Realism: Rhetoric, Ethics, and the Ontology of Things - Paperback

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by Scot Barnett (Author)Rhetorical Realism responds to the surging interest in nonhumans across the humanities by exploring how realist commitments have historically accompanied understandings of rhetoric from antiquity to the present. For a discipline that often defines itself according to human speech and writing, the nonhuman turn poses a number of challenges and opportunities for rhetoric. To date, many of the responses to the nonhuman turn in rhetoric have sought to address rhetoric's co...

Videogames, Identity and Digital Subjectivity - Paperback

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by Rob Gallagher (Author)This book argues that games offer a means of coming to terms with a world that is being transformed by digital technologies. As blends of software and fiction, videogames are uniquely capable of representing and exploring the effects of digitization on day-to-day life. By modeling and incorporating new technologies (from artificial intelligence routines and data mining techniques to augmented reality interfaces), and by dramatizing the implications of these technologi...

Professional Communication and Network Interaction: A Rhetorical and Ethical Approach - Paperback

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by Heidi A. McKee (Author), James E. Porter (Author)Digital technologies and social media have changed the processes, products, and interactions of professional communication, reshaping how, when, with whom, and where business professionals communicate. This book examines these changes by asking: How does rhetorical theory need to adapt and develop to address the changing practices of professional communication? Drawing from classical and contemporary rhetorical theory and from in-depth inter...

ABC Alphabet Handwriting tracing for preschoolers with Cute Animal ages 3-5: workbook handwriting Letter Tracing Practice Alphabet Educational ABC Wri - Paperback

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by Sophia Kingcarter (Author)Handwriting Workbook, Letter Tracing Books for Kids Ages 3-5Letter Tracing Book for Preschoolers, Alphabet Tracing, Letter Tracing Book Handwriting Alphabet for Preschoolers alphabet tracing, abc writing practice books, abc practice writingABC Letter Tracing for Preschoolers. This fun book is the perfect start for any child to learn how to write all the letters from the English alphabet (both uppercase and lowercase).ABC Letter Tracing for Preschoolers Features: ...

Poland and the Holocaust in the Polish-American Press, 1926-1945 - Paperback

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by Magdalena Kubow (Author)Contrary to the common notion that news regarding the unfolding Holocaust was unavailable or unreliable, news from Europe was often communicated to North American Poles through the Polish-language press. This work engages with the origins debate and demonstrates that the Polish-language press covered seminal issues during the interwar years, the war, and the Holocaust extensively on their front and main story pages, and were extremely responsive, professional, and v...

Origen: An Introduction to His Life and Thought - Hardcover

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by Ronald E. Heine (Author)The late second and early third century was a turbulent time in the Roman Empire and in the relationship between the empire and the church. Origen was the son of a Christian martyr and was himself imprisoned and tortured in his late life in a persecution that targeted leaders of the church. Deeply pious and a gifted scholar, Origen stands as one of the most influential Christian teachers in church history, and also one of the most controversial. This introduction to...

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by Coulter H. George (Author)What could Greek poets or Roman historians say in their own language that would be lost in translation? After all, different languages have different personalities, and this is especially clear with languages of the ancient and medieval world. This volume celebrates six such languages - Ancient Greek, Latin, Old English, Sanskrit, Old Irish, and Biblical Hebrew - by first introducing readers to their most distinctive features, then showing how these linguistic tra...

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The Oxford Handbook of Cuneiform Culture - Paperback

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by Karen Radner (Editor), Eleanor Robson (Editor)The cuneiform script, the writing system of ancient Mesopotamia, was witness to one of the world's oldest literate cultures. For over three millennia, it was the vehicle of communication from (at its greatest extent) Iran to the Mediterranean, Anatolia to Egypt. Ihe Oxford Handbook of Cuneiform Culture examines the Ancient Middle East through the lens of cuneiform writing. The contributors, a mix of scholars from across the disciplines, explore...

Systems Librarianship: A Practical Guide for Librarians - Paperback

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by Brighid M. Gonzales (Author)Geared toward interested LIS students, new graduates, and new Systems Librarians, this book lays out basic foundational knowledge, as well as practical information on common projects like migrating a system and technology planning, that will guide new Systems Librarians as they begin their careers in library technology.Author BiographyBrighid M. Gonzales earned her MLIS in 2014 from San Jose State University and has been working as the Systems and Web Services L...

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Envisioning the Future of Reference: Trends, Reflections, and Innovations - Paperback

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by Diane Zabel (Editor), Lauren Reiter (Editor)Offering a broad overview of consequential changes in the landscape of reference services, this guide also provides practical guidance on how to meet the new challenges they present. For the past decade, librarians have been lamenting the demise of reference services. Encouraging recent research shows that reference librarians are actually in more demand than ever; however, nearly everything about reference has changed--from technologies, tools, ...

Detecting Deception: Tools to Fight Fake News - Hardcover

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by Amanda Sturgill (Author)Teaching fact checking and verification is an essential part of journalism education. When a confusing media environment includes statements like "Truth is not truth" and "The president offered alternative facts," students need to go beyond traditional reporting standards. They need to be trained to consider the presentation of reality in deciding if a statement is misleading or patently false. Detecting Deception applies the concepts of logical argumentation to sup...

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Intermediate Chinese Characters: Learn 300 Mandarin Characters and 1200 Words (Free Online Audio and Printable Flash Cards) Ideal for Hsk + AP Exam Pr - Paperback

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by Haohsiang Liao (Author), Kang Zhou (Author)Learn the Mandarin Chinese characters and words in everyday use in China This book helps you to quickly learn the intermediate-level Chinese characters you need to know if you want to live or work in China, or progress to the next level with your language skills. Alongside 1200 closely-related vocabulary and phrases, it presents the characters in a series of 20 easy lessons--giving clear pronunciations, English definitions and a writing guide sho...

Continuing Mandarin Chinese Textbook: The Complete Language Course for Intermediate Learners - Paperback

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by Cornelius C. Kubler (Author)Continuing Mandarin Chinese Textbook is a new intermediate-level course in Mandarin which enables you to quickly learn the next level of the language--following the first book in the series, Elementary Mandarin Chinese Textbook. The 24 lessons in this book are meant to be used in 3 hours per week of class instruction over one academic year. Students will need another 2-3 hours of outside practice and review for every hour of class time using the materials in the...

Continuing Mandarin Chinese Workbook: Learn to Speak, Read and Write Chinese the Easy Way! (Includes Online Audio) - Paperback

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by Cornelius C. Kubler (Author)This workbook is designed to accompany the Continuing Mandarin Chinese Textbook and offers a wealth of carefully-designed practice activities to help you solidify every aspect of your Chinese skills in listening, speaking, reading, and writing. It includes copious drills, exercises, and other practice materials. Online audio and video files are available for use in the relevant exercises. The lessons in this workbook correspond to the 24 lessons in the Continuin...

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Contemporary Japanese Textbook Volume 2: An Introductory Language Course (Includes Online Audio) - Paperback

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by Eriko Sato (Author)Contemporary Japanese is a textbook series for beginning students of Japanese at the college or high school level. It is intended for classroom use as well as self-study. Each lesson in the books is very short--meant to be covered in just an hour--and has a single, clearly-defined objective. All lessons make use of the "active discovery" approach which encourages rapid learning through "guess and try" problem-solving and participation as opposed to rote memorization. Thi...

Arabic for Beginners: A Guide to Modern Standard Arabic (Free Online Audio and Printable Flash Cards) - Paperback

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by Sarah Risha (Author)A complete beginning language course for Modern Standard Arabic! This is an ideal introductory textbook--quickly teaching you everything you need to get started learning this beautiful and popular language. Spoken by over 400 million people, Arabic is the world's 5th most spoken language. Each of the 20 lessons in this book includes: A real-life, practical dialogue that increases your proficiency and ability to communicate, and online audio recordings. The free online ...

Malayalam Consonants Coloring & Letter Tracing: Learn Malayalam Alphabets Malayalam alphabets writing practice Workbook - Paperback

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by Mamma Margaret (Author)This is a beautiful book for children of ages 4+ to learn Malayalam Alphabets ( Consonants/ Vya janaksharangal ) and where kids color and have fun while learning at the same time . The book details each Alphabet and the commonly used words with them.We have gone 'above and beyond' to create something special which we are very proud of. This lovingly created children's coloring/colouring book also makes thoughtful birthday or Christmas gifts/presents for friends or fa...

Go Deep. Take Chances.: Embracing the Muse and Creative Writing - Paperback

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by Roger Armbrust (Author)What are the drivers of creative writing:: passion, drive, and fear of rejection? What is the cardinal rule: honesty (to a vision, a voice)? Armbrust, an editor and creative-writing instructor, argues that the struggle to write is reflective of the deeper spiritual consciousness of the writer. He challenges writers to address their inner demons, being honest to their truest selves, and to wrestle their eepest doubts in their quest to produce the best literature. "O...

100 Flash Fiction Writing Prompts: A workbook for writers and authors of micro-fiction - Paperback

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by Brindie Books (Author)Your challenge should you choose to accept it...Any good writer will tell you that if you want to be a writer you need to write Build your writing skills, stretch your imagination, and challenge yourself to write 100 flash fiction morsels of goodness (or evil) using the genre, setting and object prompts provided on each page in this wonderfully fun prompt book.In this prompt book for writers and authors you'll find: 100 pages of prompts with college-ruled lines benea...

The Downton Abbey Lexicon Primer: For the Curious American Mind of a British Costume Drama Addict - Paperback

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by Susan Elizabeth Jones (Author)Based on the author's love of history, language, PBS, Great Britain, and all things Downton Abbey, the Downton Lexicon Primer is a fun and informative guidebook to the idioms, axioms, phrases, and vocabulary of the early 20th century, British vernacular as heard episodes of PBS' hit series Downton Abbey. Includes vernacular spoken in both major motion picture films. Number of Pages: 70 Dimensions: 0.15 x 11 x 8.5 IN Publication Date: January 01, 2020

New Testament Greek for the Beginner Answer Key - Paperback

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by R. A. Sheats (Author)Answer key to the New Testament Greek for the Beginner Workbook, featuring answers to all exercises, paradigms, and parsing practice.Written for students with no prior knowledge of foreign languages, New Testament Greek for the Beginner breaks down the rudiments of the Greek language into easy and understandable terms, avoiding the mysterious and daunting terminology so often associated with ancient language study.Employing a simplistic teaching style, New Testamen...

Equality and Justice: An Engaged Conversation, a Troubled World - Paperback

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by Michael Chehade (Author), Alex Granner (Author), Ahmed Abdelhakim (Author)The Twiza Project emerged as a collaborative effort among faculty in North America, North Africa, and the Middle East. The project attempts to speak back to the sectarian divisions, often coupled with polarized debate, that have radicalized a politics seemingly premised on bigotry and hate. Such politics, the project believes, have led to an increase of hate crimes in local communities and a rise in global intoleranc...

On Writing and Publishing Your Book: A How-To Guide - Paperback

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by Joe Chianakas (Author)This guided resource provides tips on getting an agent, finding publishers, and step-by-step lessons for self-publishing. Additionally, the book features tips on revising, creative writing strategies, and dozens of marketing ideas. Author Joe Chianakas has worked with indie publishers and is represented currently by literary agents, but has also self-published. Having experience in all of these areas, his goal is simply to help authors navigate the writing and publish...