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by Sharon Jones (Author)The national bestseller. Write. Burn. Repeat. Now with new covers to match whatever mood you're in. "This book has made me laugh and cry, filled me with joy, and inspired me." -TikTok user camrynbanks Instagram, WhatsApp, Snapchat, TikTok, VSCO, YouTube...the world has not only become one giant feed, but also one giant confessional. Burn After Writing allows you to spend less time scrolling and more time self-reflecting. Through incisive questions and thought experime...

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TSI Study Guide 2021-2022: TSI Prep Book and 3 Complete Practice Tests for the Texas Success Initiative Exam [Updated for the New Outline] - Paperback

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by Joshua Rueda (Author)Test Prep Books' TSI Study Guide 2021-2022: TSI Prep Book and Practice Test Questions for the Texas Success Initiative Exam [Updated for the New Outline] Made by Test Prep Books experts for test takers trying to achieve a great score on the TSI exam. This comprehensive study guide includes: Quick Overview Find out what's inside this guide! Test-Taking Strategies Learn the best tips to help overcome your exam! Introduction Get a thorough breakdown of what the test is...

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TSI Study Guide 2021 and 2022: TSI Prep Book with Practice Test Questions for the Texas Success Initiative [Updated for the New Outline] - Paperback

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by Matthew Lanni (Author)APEX Test Prep's TSI Study Guide 2021 and 2022: TSI Prep Book with Practice Test Questions for the Texas Success Initiative [Updated for the New Outline] APEX Test Prep believes that preparing for the TSI 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 ...

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No Straight Thing Was Ever Made - Hardcover

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by Urvashi Bahuguna (Author)From a writer of astonishing talents, No Straight Thing Was Ever Made bravely discusses the many facets of living with mental illnessAs a person with mood disorders that sprung up in her late teens, Urvashi Bahuguna had to navigate being the first person in her Indian family to admit to and seek help for a mental illness. The changes and challenges which came with this admission and the actions that followed not only impacted who she became as a person but also ev...

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In the Mouth of the Wolf: A Murder, a Cover-Up, and the True Cost of Silencing the Press - Hardcover

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by Katherine Corcoran (Author)Shortlisted for the Juan E. Mendez Book Award for Human Rights in Latin America "Chilling and nuanced ... a murder mystery but also, more important, a portrait of a nation where no one knows what to believe, or whom to trust."--Mark Bowden, The New York Times Book Review "Epic ... deeply reported and riveting."--NPR Online Former AP Mexico bureau chief Katherine Corcoran's pulsating investigation into the murder of a legendary woman journalist on the verge of exp...

The Routledge History of Literature in English: Britain and Ireland - Paperback

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by Ronald Carter (Author), John McRae (Author)The Routledge History of Literature in English covers the main developments in the history of British and Irish literature, with accompanying language notes which explore the interrelationships between language and literature at each stage. With a span from AD 600 to the present day, it emphasises the growth of literary writing, its traditions, conventions and changing characteristics, and includes literature from the margins, both geographical an...

Translation, interpreting, cognition - Hardcover

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by Tra&co Group (Editor)Cognitive aspects of the translation process have become central in Translation and Interpreting Studies in recent years, further establishing the field of Cognitive Translatology. Empirical and interdisciplinary studies investigating translation and interpreting processes promise a hitherto unprecedented predictive and explanatory power. This collection contains such studies which observe behaviour during translation and interpreting. The contributions cover a vas...

Klan of Devils: The Murder of a Black Louisiana Deputy Sheriff - Hardcover

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by Stanley Nelson (Author)In the summer of 1965, several Ku Klux Klan members riding in a pickup truck shot two Black deputies on patrol in Washington Parish, Louisiana. Deputy Oneal Moore, the driver of the patrol car and father of four daughters, died instantly. His partner, Creed Rogers, survived and radioed in a description of the vehicle. Less than an hour later, police in Mississippi spotted the truck and arrested its driver, a decorated World War II veteran named Ernest Ray McElveen. T...

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Publishers Weekly Book Publishing Almanac 2022: A Master Class in the Art of Bringing Books to Readers - Paperback

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by Publishers Weekly (Author)Announcing the first edition of Publishers Weekly Book Publishing Almanac 2022. Designed to help authors, editors, agents, publicists, and anyone else working in book publishing understand the changing landscape of book publishing, it is an essential reference for anyone who works in the industry. Written by industry veterans and co-published with Publishers Weekly magazine, here is the first-ever book to offer a comprehensive view of how modern book publishing ...

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Children's Writer's & Illustrator's Market 33rd Edition: The Most Trusted Guide to Getting Published - Paperback

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by Amy Jones (Editor)The Most Trusted Guide to the World of Children's Publishing, fully revised and updated The 33rd edition of Children's Writer's and Illustrator's Market is the definitive and trusted guide for anyone who seeks to write or illustrate for kids and young adults. If you're a writer or an illustrator for young readers and your goal is to get published, CWIM is the resource you need. In this book, you'll find more than 500 listings for children's book markets, including publis...

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Guide to Literary Agents 30th Edition: The Most Trusted Guide to Getting Published - Paperback

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by Robert Lee Brewer (Editor)The Best Resource Available for Finding a Literary Agent, fully revised and updated No matter what you're writing--fiction or nonfiction, books for adults or children--you need a literary agent to get the best book deal possible from a traditional publisher. Guide to Literary Agents 30th edition is your go-to resource for finding that literary agent and earning a contract from a reputable publisher. Along with listing information for more than 1,000 agents who rep...

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Novel & Short Story Writer's Market 40th Edition: The Most Trusted Guide to Getting Published - Paperback

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by Amy Jones (Editor)The best resource for getting your fiction published, fully revised and updated Novel & Short Story Writer's Market is the go-to resource you need to get your short stories, novellas, and novels published. The 40th edition of NSSWM features hundreds of updated listings for book publishers, literary agents, fiction publications, contests, and more. Each listing includes contact information, submission guidelines, and other essential tips. This edition of Novel & Sh...

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Poet's Market 34th Edition: The Most Trusted Guide to Publishing Poetry - Paperback

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by Robert Lee Brewer (Editor)The Most Trusted Guide to Publishing Poetry, fully revised and updated Want to get your poetry published? There's no better tool for making it happen than Poet's Market, which includes hundreds of publishing opportunities specifically for poets, including listings for book and chapbook publishers, print and online poetry publications, contests, and more. These listings include contact information, submission preferences, insider tips on what specific editors want,...

Cursive Handwriting for Adults: Cursive Handwriting Practice Paper for Adults, Learn Cursive Handwriting - Paperback

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by Sultana Publishing (Author)This Cursive Workbook helps Adults of all ages to start learning to write cursive letters words and sentences to improve their handwriting. Number of Pages: 122 Dimensions: 0.26 x 11.02 x 8.5 IN Publication Date: April 06, 2021

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Christian Writers Market Guide - 2022 Edition: Your Comprehensive Resource for Getting Published - Paperback

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by Steve Laube (Author)An Essential Resource for Getting Published Foreword by Jerry B. Jenkins The Christian Writers Market Guide - 2022 Edition is the most comprehensive and recommended resource on the market for finding an agent, an editor, a publisher, a writing coach, a podcast, a writing course, or a place to sell whatever you are writing. Wherever you are in your writing journey the Guide will help you find what you are looking for. Nearly 1,000 listings including more than 200 book ...

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Write a Must-Read: Craft a Book That Changes Lives--Including Your Own - Hardcover

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by Aj Harper (Author)A book is not about something. A book is for someone. You want to write a nonfiction book that matters. A book readers love and rave about. A book they underline, dog-ear, and highlight. A must-read. How do you do that, when you've never written a book like that before? When you aren't sure what content to include in a nonfiction book, or how to organize it? And when you're not sure if your idea is worth pursuing in the first place? At the heart of the answers to all thes...

Cursive Handwriting Workbook for Teens: Learning Cursive with Inspirational Quotes for Teens, Tweens and Young Adults, 3 in 1 Cursive Writing Tracing - Paperback

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by D. Ines Publishing (Author)This workbook is for teenagers and young adults who are looking to build cursive writing skills, you will find various writing exercises in over 100 pages supported by easy illustrated dot to dot method to make learning cursive simple and enjoyable.What's inside?Part 1: Tracing the cursive letters in both lowercase and capital forms to master how to correctly write each letterPart 2 & 3: Linking letters to make a selection of simple and complex words extracte...

Best of the Journals in Rhetoric and Composition 2020 - Paperback

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by Jessica Pauszek (Editor), Kristi Girdharry (Editor), Charles Lesh (Editor) Best of the Journals in Rhetoric and Composition 2020 represents the result of a nationwide conversation-beginning with journal editors but expanding to teachers, scholars and workers across the discipline of rhetoric and composition-to select essays that showcase the innovative and transformative work now being published in the field's journals. Representing both print and digital journals, the essays featured here...

Introducing English for Research Publication Purposes - Paperback

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by John Flowerdew (Author), Pejman Habibie (Author)There has been growing scholarly research and interest in writing for academic publication over the past decade and the field of English for Research Publication Purposes (ERPP) has established itself as an important domain within English for Academic Purposes (EAP). This introductory volume provides a comprehensive view of what ERPP encompasses as a scholarly field, including its disciplinary boundaries, competing discourses within the field...

Contours of the Flesh: The Semiotics of Pain - Paperback

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by Darlene M. Juschka (Author)In the Eurowest, pain is discursively framed as something that elides discourse and therefore is outside language. In this framing, pain, as outside language, is given asocial and ahistorical status understood to be beyond human construction. Indeed, played out in systems of belief and practice, pain acts as a medium for reciprocal relations with the metaphysical other since it too is understood as originating and sharing a part in the 'authentic' or 'real' from ...

Copyediting 101: Grammar, Style & Practice - Paperback

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by Ashan R. Hampton (Author)Are you interested in copyediting? Is it like proofreading? What do copyeditors do? Well, if any of these questions have crossed your mind, this book is for you! Practically speaking, copyeditors not only correct simple grammar errors or typos, but shape otherwise mediocre writing into compelling error-free copy-sentence by sentence. In fact, anyone who wants to write a book or publish written content can benefit from learning the art of streamlining sentences by d...

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by Beth Carter (Author)Once Upon A Time...Help!Are you in a panic after penning your debut novel, nonfiction book, memoir, or children's book? Are you at a loss as to how to get published? Is deciding between a traditional publisher or going the indie route terrifying? Do you wonder how to attract agents, editors, or find readers?If you answered "yes" to any of these questions, I WROTE A BOOK. NOW WHAT? will become your new, dog-eared best friend. Written with humor and much-needed encouragem...

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Gesture in Language: Development Across the Lifespan - Hardcover

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by Aliyah Morgenstern (Editor), Susan Goldin-Meadow (Editor)When do human beings begin producing gestures, and how do they evolve throughout our cognitive and social development? This book investigates the rich and complex ways in which gesture precedes language development and then is used in conjunction with language across the lifespan. Some experts argue that gesture is a part of language, while others argue it is a partner to language. But all agree that gesture plays a major role in l...

German Grammar: Reviewed and Retold: Germany's Cultural History from Siegfried to Today - Paperback

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by Ulf Schütze (Author), Lisa Süßenbach (Author)German Grammar: Reviewed and Retold is a user-friendly grammar/workbook designed to give German learners a great basis to build an in-depth knowledge of spoken and written German. Bridging the gap between grammar, storytelling, and culture, learners of the German language discover Germany's cultural history as well as life in Germany today, while absorbing grammatical structures through reading and practice. This grammar is based on recent Seco...

Cursive Handwriting for Adults: cursive book for adults - Paperback

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The Foundations of Gentry Life: The Multons of Frampton and Their World 1270-1370 - Paperback

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by Peter Coss (Author)In The Foundations of Gentry Life, Peter Coss examines the formative years of the English gentry. In doing so, he explains their lasting characteristics during a long history as a social elite, including adaptability to change and openness to upward mobility from below. Revolving around the rich archive left by the Multons of Frampton in South Lincolnshire, the book explores the material culture of the gentry, their concern with fashion and their obsession with display. ...

Dark Psychology 2021: How to Read and Influence People - Hardcover

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by Robert Ramirez (Author)**55% OFF for Bookstores!! LAST DAYS***Dark Psychology 2021Your Customers Never Stop to Use this Awesome Book!Do you want to find out how the human mind can be affected?Have you ever heard of dark psychology and its techniques?Do you want to understand how people can manipulate others and get them to do what they want?This complete guide on Dark Psychology will introduce you to manipulative techniques and the secrets of persuasion, which is crucial if you want to kee...

What English Language Teachers Need to Know Volume III: Designing Curriculum - Paperback

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by Maryann Christison (Author), Denise E. Murray (Author)Designed for pre-service and novice teachers in ELT, What English Language Teachers Need to Know Volumes I, II, and III are companion textbooks organized around the key question: What do teachers need to know and be able to do in order to help their students to learn English? Thoroughly revised and updated, the second edition of Volume III explores the contexts for ELT curricula; explains key processes in curriculum design; and sets out...

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Ruth: A Guide to Reading Biblical Hebrew (an Intermediate Hebrew Reader's Edition with Exegetical and Syntactical Aids) - Paperback

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by Adam J. Howell (Author)Maintain your Hebrew. Too often, a former Hebrew student is a lapsed Hebrew student. The paradigms, the syntactical forms, and even the alphabet can be hard to recall. The way to make Hebrew stick, like any language, is to continue to put it to use.In Ruth: Guide to Reading Biblical Hebrew, Adam J. Howell helps intermediate readers of Hebrew work through the text of Ruth with exegetical and syntactical aids. With Howell as a guide, students will be able to mine the r...

The Weird Tales Story: Expanded and Enhanced - Paperback

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by Bob McLain (Editor), Adrian Cole (Contribution by), Darrell Schweitzer (Contribution by)The Weirdest Story Ever ToldIn this definitive history and analysis of Weird Tales magazine, Robert Weinberg's original narrative is expanded and enhanced with contributions from a who's who of pulp scholars, including S.T. Joshi, Darrell Schweitzer, Mike Ashley, Rob Roehm, Bobby Derie, Jason Ray Carney, Adrian Cole, Morgan Holmes, and Terence E. Hanley.The new material includes chapters on the most inf...

Show, Don't Tell: How to write vivid descriptions, handle backstory, and describe your characters' emotions - Paperback

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by Sandra Gerth (Author)In this book, Sandra Gerth draws on her experience as an editor and a best-selling author to show you how to show and tell you when to tell. Each chapter includes concrete examples and exercises that will hone your writing skills. Whether you're a novice writer working on your first story or an established author who has already learned the basics of showing and telling, this book will help you to: Grasp the difference between showing and telling. Understand why showi...

Danish: Real-Life Conversations for Beginners (with audio) - Paperback

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by Lingvora Books (Author), Lingvo Books (Author)Danish: Real-Life Conversations for BeginnersDanish: Real-Life Conversations for Beginners book enhances your conversation skills in Danish language.30 conversation units considered for beginner to pre-intermediate levels: Each unit is broken down into dialogues, thematic words, phrasebook and exercises. Here is the flow of book content: Each unit starts with short dialogue for warming up and longer dialogue for more reading. English transla...