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How to Write Essays for Standardized Tests: Advice and Examples for Ap, Act, and Other Common High School Exam Essays - Paperback
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by The Princeton Review (Author)Master essays for standardized tests with The Princeton Review!No matter how much writing you've done in school, the timed essays you'll face on standardized tests present a whole new challenge. This essential guide expertly analyzes what graders are looking for across each of these standardized high school tests and then helps you swiftly and effectively meet their requirements. Steady your nerves and start preparing with: - Comprehensive coverages of AP, ACT...
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GED Study Guide 2021 All Subjects: GED Test Prep Book with 2 Practice Exams [6th Edition Preparation] - Paperback
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by Joshua Rueda (Author)Test Prep Books' GED Study Guide 2021 All Subjects: GED Test Prep Book with 2 Practice Exams 6th Edition Preparation] Taking the GED test? Want to get a good score? Written by Test Prep Books, this comprehensive study guide includes: Quick Overview Test-Taking Strategies Introduction Mathematical Reasoning Reasoning Through Language Arts Science Social Studies Practice Questions Detailed Answer Explanations Studying is hard. We know. We want to help. You can ...
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ACCUPLACER Study Guide 2021-2022: ACCUPLACER Test Prep and Practice Exam Questions [3rd Edition] - Paperback
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by Matthew Lanni (Author)APEX Test Prep's ACCUPLACER Study Guide 2021-2022: ACCUPLACER Test Prep and Practice Exam Questions 3rd Edition]APEX Test Prep believes that preparing for the ACCUPLACER exam shouldn't be harder than the test itself.To that end, we pack our products with everything you need. This includes testing tips, clear instruction, comprehensive material, practice questions, and detailed answer explanations.We want you to succeed. Get a copy of our APEX Test Prep ACCUPLACER stu...
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Out of the Beaks of Birds: Our Crazy, Pesky...Verbs - Hardcover
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by Cinda Klickna (Author), Jim Edwards (Illustrator)Selected as a 2023 Independent Press Award - Distinguished FavoriteEnjoy the world of colorful birds as they chirp, cheep, and squawk throughout various short stories. Five different varieties of birds are used in the stories; each story focuses on the use of a certain verb. The verb tenses are printed in the color of the bird in the story. Also included are facts about each of the five varieties of birds, along with pictures and links to ...
Artful Truths: The Philosophy of Memoir - Paperback
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by Helena de Bres (Author)Offers a philosophical perspective on the nature and value of writing a memoir. Artful Truths offers a concise guide to the fundamental philosophical questions that arise when writing a literary work about your own life. Bringing a philosopher's perspective to a general audience, Helena de Bres addresses what a memoir is, how the genre relates to fiction, memoirists' responsibilities to their readers and subjects, and the question of why to write a memoir at all. Al...
Marketing Strategy for Authors - Paperback
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by Tao Wong (Author)Marketing Strategy for Authors is designed to illuminate the process of developing a marketing strategy as an author in the 21st century. It provides a high level, strategic overview of the components of a comprehensive marketing plan that is flexible, focused and uniquely tailored to an author's writing career.Organized into a simple and easy-to-understand format, it covers the 4 Ps of Marketing while providing helpful examples and relevant practical applications of marke...
A Bibliography for After Jews and Arabs - Paperback
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by Ammiel Alcalay (Author)Ammiel Alcalay's groundbreaking work, After Jews and Arabs, published in 1993, redrew the geographic, political, cultural, and emotional map of relations between Jews and Arabs in the Levantine/Mediterranean world over a thousand-year period. Based on over a decade of research and fieldwork in many disciplines-including history and historiography; anthropology, ethnography, and ethnomusicology; political economy and geography; linguistics; philosophy; and the histo...
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Research Methods in Library and Information Science - Paperback
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by Lynn Silipigni Connaway (Author), Marie L. Radford (Author)The seventh edition of this frequently adopted textbook features new or expanded sections on social justice research, data analysis software, scholarly identity research, social networking, data science, and data visualization, among other topics. It continues to include discipline experts' voices. The revised seventh edition of this popular text provides instruction and guidance for professionals and students in library and inform...
The Dynamics of Political Communication: Media and Politics in a Digital Age - Hardcover
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by Richard M. Perloff (Author)The third edition of The Dynamics of Political Communication continues its comprehensive coverage of communication and politics, focusing on problematic issues that bear on the functioning of democracy in an age of partisanship, social media, and political leadership that questions media's legitimacy.The book covers the intersections between politics and communication, calling on related social science disciplines as well as normative political philosophy. This n...
RDA Glossary - Paperback
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by The Rda Steering Committee (Rsc) (rsc) (Author)Developed and maintained by the RDA Steering Committee (RSC) as part of its oversight of the standard, this glossary will be a useful tool for both training and daily reference.The four-year RDA Toolkit Restructure and Redesign Project included a major expansion of the standard to align RDA: Resource Description and Access with the IFLA Library Reference Model, which is the conceptual basis of RDA. This expansion included the addition of sever...
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A Braided Heart: Essays on Writing and Form - Paperback
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by Brenda Lynn Miller (Author)A Braided Heart provides a friendly, personal, and smart guide to the writing life. It also offers clear and original instruction on craft elements at the forefront of today's emerging forms in creative nonfiction: from the short-short, to the braided form, to the hermit crab essay. An acknowledged expert in these forms, Brenda Miller gives writers practical advice on how to sustain and invigorate their writing practice, while also encouraging readers to explore ...
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The Crime Without a Name: Ethnocide and the Erasure of Culture in America - Hardcover
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by Barrett Holmes Pitner (Author)In this incisive blend of personal narrative and philosophical inquiry, journalist and activist Barrett Holmes Pitner seeks a new way to talk about racism in America. Can new language reshape our understanding of the past and expand the possibilities of the future? The Crime Without a Name follows Pitner's journey to identify and remedy the linguistic void in how we discuss race and culture in the United States. Ethnocide, first coined in 1944 by Jewish exile ...
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Dad, You Are My Superhero: A Memory Journal - Paperback
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by New Seasons (Author), Publications International Ltd (Author)Capture wonderful memories and family history with this guided journal. Each page contains a prompt about Dad's life, on topics ranging from family lore to his childhood to his advice, hopes, and dreams. This guided journal will help Dad share his story and trigger discussions of family traditions. Makes a wonderful gift that may become a family keepsake. 160 pages Number of Pages: 160 Dimensions: 0.5 x 8.4 x 6.1 IN Publicati...
Public Speaking for Beginners: An Effective Guide to Overcome Fear and Anxiety and Help You Build Your Speaking Confidence at Work, School, and Socia - Paperback
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by Cameron Wills (Author)Does the mere thought of speaking in front of an audience give you goosebumps, butterflies, and heart palpitations? If you want to overcome all of these, then you need this book in your life.For a lot of people, public speaking is a terrifying thing. Preparing to speak is the easy part. You either familiarize yourself with the topic, create cue cards to help you remember the things you need to talk about, or in some cases, memorize your speech. But when it's time to s...
Essential Sight Words for Kids Learning to Write and Read: Activity Workbook That Help Children Recognize, Write And Learn More Than 100 High Frequenc - Paperback
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by Talkha Chafii (Author)If you need a simple work book for your child to learn to read, write and can also draw, this book is just for you. This book is perfect for children of all ages who want to learn to read and write with fun.Gain mastery over writing using an easy dot-to-dot tracing methodPractice learning to read and write each High Frequency Sight WordFun and cheerful illustrations to keep your child excited and engagedWorkbook is organized in a skill building way to boost your kid's...
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Moliere: The Complete Richard Wilbur Translations, Volume 1: The Bungler / Lover's Quarrels / The Imaginary Cuckhold, or Sganarelle / The School for H - Hardcover
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by Moliere (Author), Richard Wilbur (Translator), Adam Gopnik (Foreword by)For the 400th anniversary of Moliere's birth, Richard Wilbur's unsurpassed translations of Molière's plays--themselves towering achievements in English verse--are brought together by Library of America in a two-volume edition One of the most accomplished American poets of his generation, Richard Wilbur (1921-2017) was also a prolific translator of French and Russian literature. His verse translations of Molière's plays...
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Moliere: The Complete Richard Wilbur Translations - Hardcover
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by Moliere (Author), Richard Wilbur (Translator), Adam Gopnik (Foreword by)For the 400th anniversary of Moliere's birth, all of Richard Wilbur's unsurpassed translations of Molière's plays--themselves towering achievements in English verse--are brought together for the first time in this two-volume gift set. One of the most accomplished American poets of his generation, Richard Wilbur (1921-2017) was also a prolific translator of French and Russian literature. His verse translations of Molièr...
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Reader's Digest Word Power Is Brain Power: More Than 100 Quick Quizzes and Fun Facts - Hardcover
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by Reader's Digest (Editor)A collection of Word Power quizzes and other fun language and grammar facts that will appeal to word nerds, knowledge hunters, and students of all ages. Want to sound smarter in business meetings? Finally beat your brainy uncle at Word Cookies? Ace that standardized test? Whatever your reasons for wanting to improve your vocabulary, you won't find a funner way of doing so than Word Power (and yes, "funner" is really a word!). For instance, do you know what these...
Book Proposals That Sell: 21 Secrets to Speed Your Success - Paperback
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by W. Terry Whalin (Author)In Book Proposals That Sell, Terry reveals 21 secrets to creating a book proposal that every author needs in order to create one that sells. Number of Pages: 190 Dimensions: 0.44 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN Publication Date: October 05, 2021
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Swallowed by a Whale: How to Survive the Writing Life - Hardcover
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by Huw Lewis-Jones (Editor)This new title from British Library Publishing answers budding writers' and readers' burning questions on the writing process, from philosophical outlooks to practical advice. It covers an extremely wide range of genres including adult fiction bestsellers, children's authors and illustrators, poets, essayists and biographers. "Fiction was invented the day Jonah arrived home and told his wife that he was three days late because he had been swallowed by a whale." - Ga...
SINHALA Alphabet Book for Kids: SINHALA VOWELS Letter Tracing Workbook with English Translations and Pictures 54 Pages 13 SINHALA VOWELS Pictures n Wo - Paperback
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by Mamma Margaret (Author) A perfect Workbook For Children To Learn How To Write SINHALA Vowels/Alphabets This is a beautiful 54 Page book for children of ages 4+ to learn SINHALA VOWELS/ Alphabets through practicing letter tracing. The Book Contains: The book details each of the 13 SINHALA VOWELS (Alphabets/Letters), the English phonetics, the commonly used word in SINHALA, its associated English word for easy understanding and reference with pictures.This picture book details all 13 SINHALA...
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An Illustrated Book of Loaded Language: Learn to Hear What's Left Unsaid - Hardcover
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by Ali Almossawi (Author), Alejandro Giraldo (Illustrator)Public discourse? More like public discord. The battle cries of our culture wars are rife with "loaded language"--be it bias, slant, or spin. But listen closely, or you'll miss what Ali Almossawi finds more frightening still: words that erase accountability, history, even identity through what they leave unsaid. Speaking as wise old Mr. Rabbit, Almossawi leads us through a dark forest of rhetoric--aided by Orwell, Baldwin, and a squee-...
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Signs & Symbols of the World: Over 1,001 Visual Signs Explained - Paperback
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by D. R. McElroy (Author)This informative and engaging illustrated reference provides the stories behind 1,001 signs and symbols, from ancient hieroglyphs to modern-day political and subculture symbols. What in the world does Ω mean? And what about its meaning might have led my coffee date to tattoo it on his entire forearm? Where did the symbol ∞ originate, and what was its first meaning? How did the ampersand symbol & come about and how was it applied daily in book publishing? And what...
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How to Write Like Tolstoy: A Journey Into the Minds of Our Greatest Writers - Paperback
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by Richard Cohen (Author)A thought-provoking journey inside the minds of the world's most accomplished storytellers, from Shakespeare to Stephen King NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY THE SPECTATOR - "Richard Cohen's book acted as a tonic to me. It didn't make me more Russian, but it fired up my imagination. I have never annotated a book so fiercely."--Hilary Mantel "There are three rules for writing a novel," Somerset Maugham is said to have said. "Unfortunately, no one knows what t...
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Stories Are What Save Us: A Survivor's Guide to Writing about Trauma - Paperback
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by David Chrisinger (Author), Brian Turner (Foreword by), Angela Ricketts (Afterword by)A seasoned writer and teacher of memoir explores both the difficulties inherent in writing about personal trauma and the techniques for doing so in a compelling way.Since 2013, David Chrisinger has taught military veterans, their families, and other trauma survivors how to make sense of and recount their stories of loss and transformation. The lessons he imparts can be used by anyone who has ever experienc...
Ebooks and Editors: What you need to know - Paperback
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by Kevin Callahan (Author)What is the editor's role in the production of an ebook? How does role of a proofreader change with an ebook? Editor and ebook designer, Kevin Callahan addresses these questions in this second edition of Ebooks and Editors: What You Need to Know.The ebook designer, copyeditor, and proofreader are all on the same team making books for multitudes of readers: travelers picking up a paperback at the airport, library patrons borrowing ebooks, and blind readers using text-...
IS BASEBALL HOLY? Jack Kerouac and the National Pastime - Paperback
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by Gregory Stephenson (Author)Representations of baseball in Jack Kerouac's letters, journals, fiction, poetry & essays. Perspectives on the spiritual dimensions of the sport, drawn from articles and books by scholars in the field. Number of Pages: 42 Dimensions: 0.09 x 8.27 x 5.83 IN Publication Date: February 16, 2021
Paper Hacking 101: 101 Quick, Actionable Tips to Make Academic Writing Less Painful - Paperback
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by Deleuzienne (Author)Have you ever stayed up all night to finish a paper? Wasted hours chasing after sources that weren't even relevant? Had your grade marked down for citation formatting errors or proofreading mistakes? Asked yourself if there was a better way to write papers? Then this book's for you. The good news is there IS a better way to write. Deleuzienne, academic writing veteran and author of HACKING PAPERS, is back with the good news in the form of 101 tips to help students optim...
Wild Woman - Memoir in Pieces - Paperback
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by Cindy Cunningham (Author), Valley Haggard (Editor), Llewellyn Hensley (Illustrator)Cindy Cunningham's memoir, Wild Woman: Memoir in Pieces is the story of how a precocious child, raised by the Bible and emotionally absent parents, survives a violation that steals her youth and sends her on a journey of bad boys and dangerous girls, mental institutions, losing her daughter, and a deadly dance with addiction. Exploring the realms of sexual abuse, suicide, loss, and mental illness, we follow ...
Teaching and Researching Writing - Paperback
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by Ken Hyland (Author)The new edition of Ken Hyland's text provides an authoritative guide to writing theory, research, and teaching. Emphasising the dynamic relationship between scholarship and pedagogy, it shows how research feeds into teaching practice. Teaching and Researching Writing introduces readers to key conceptual issues in the field today and reinforces their understanding with detailed cases, then offers tools for further investigating areas of interest. This is the essential res...
Representations of Lethal Gender-Based Violence in Italy Between Journalism and Literature: Femminicidio Narratives - Hardcover
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by Nicoletta Mandolini (Author)This book discusses femicide in Italy, and the cultural conversations that have resulted from feminist discourse on lethal violence against women entering the mainstream, by analyzing journalistic inquiries and literary works produced after 2012. In a global and national context where activism's goals are mainly discursive this study deepens our understanding of the role played by written narratives in the critique of a public interest matter such as gender-base...
Public Libraries and Marxism - Hardcover
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by Joe Pateman (Author), John Pateman (Author)Public Libraries and Marxism provides a Marxist analytical framework for understanding public libraries and presents a set of proposals for transforming the capitalist libraries of today. Evaluating the strengths and weaknesses of this Marxist framework, the authors also provide a critical examination of the history, theory and practice of libraries in the Soviet Union and North Korea. Considering what a Marxist library service would look like i...