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

$26.98

by Lingvora Books (Author)Dutch: Real-Life Conversations for BeginnersDutch: Real-Life Conversations for Beginners book enhances your conversation skills in Dutch 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 translation follows the Dutch sen...

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Palaeography for Family and Local Historians - Paperback

$45.00

by Hilary Marshall (Author)Author BiographyHilary Marshall is a genealogist. Number of Pages: 216 Dimensions: 0.7 x 10.7 x 8 IN Illustrated: Yes Publication Date: October 01, 2010

Create A Signature You Love: A Step-by-step Guide to Designing and Perfecting the Best Signature for You - Paperback

$37.78

by Brooke Vega (Author)Equal parts penmanship instruction and art-therapy, Create a Signature You Love is a fun and easy program that will retrain your hand to write in smooth, precise strokes and rewire your brain to enjoy and succeed in creative projects.In her candid narrative style, author Brooke Vega walks you through her own journey from "I'm not an artistic person" to "I can learn to be artistic and have fun doing it."Step-by-step, she'll show you how she transformed her own signature ...

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SAT Prep Book 2021 and 2022: SAT Study Guide with 2 Practice Tests for the College Board Exam [4th Edition Preparation] - Paperback

$36.45

by Matthew Lanni (Author)APEX Test Prep's SAT Prep 2021 and 2022 with Practice Tests: SAT Study Guide for the College Board Exam [4th Edition Book]APEX Test Prep believes that preparing for the SAT 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 SAT study gu...

The House of the Net: The Magical Symbolism of the Hieroglyphs - Paperback

$36.00

by Wendy Berg (Author)When Jean-François Champollion rediscovered how to translate the Egyptian hieroglyphs in the early nineteenth century he described them as "....a complex system, a writing that is figurative, symbolic, and phonetic all within the same text, a single sentence, I would even say a single word." Since then, although his discoveries have led to the translation of most of the ancient Egyptian texts, the emphasis in modern scholarship is to regard the hieroglyphs purely as soun...

First-Person Journalism: A Guide to Writing Personal Nonfiction with Real Impact - Hardcover

$80.98

by Martha Nichols (Author) 　 A first-of-its-kind guide for new media times, this book provides practical, step-by-step instructions for writing first-person features, essays, and digital content. Combining journalism techniques with self-exploration and personal storytelling, First-Person Journalism is designed to help writers to develop their personal voice and establish a narrative stance. The book introduces nine elements of first-person journalism-passion, self-reporting, stance, observa...

PSAT 8/9 Prep 2021 and 2022 with Practice Test Questions: PSAT 8th and 9th Grade Study Guide [Includes Detailed Answer Explanations] - Paperback

$41.38

by Andrew Smullen (Author)Exampedia's PSAT 8/9 Prep Book 2021-2022: PSAT 8/9 Study Guide with Practice Test Questions [Includes Detailed Answer Explanations] College acceptances and scholarships hinge on collenge entrance exam performance. The PSAT 8/9 exam is the pefect way to begin preparing for these high-stakes exams. With Exampedia study guides, you will have everything you need to ace your tests, get accepted into your dream university, and rack up scholarship that could save you thousa...

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GMAT Prep Book 2021 and 2022: GMAT Study Guide with Practice Test Questions [6th Edition Exam Review] - Paperback

$46.17

by Joshua Rueda (Author)Test Prep Books' GMAT Prep Book 2021 and 2022: GMAT Study Guide with Practice Test Questions [6th Edition Exam Review] Made by Test Prep Books experts for test takers trying to achieve a great score on the GMAT 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 and what's on it! Analytical Wri...

Cursive Handwriting for Teens: Cursive Writing for Young Adults, Learn & Practice Writing in Cursive ( Writing Book for Teens) - Paperback

$8.08

by Sultana Publishing (Author)This Cursive Workbook helps Teens 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 26, 2021

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

$26.98

by Lingvora Books (Author)Afrikaans: Real-Life Conversations for BeginnersAfrikaans: Real-Life Conversations for Beginners book enhances your conversation skills in Afrikaans 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 translation follows t...

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GRE Prep 2021 and 2022: GRE Study Book with Practice Test Questions for the Graduate Record Exam [6th Edition Review Guide] - Paperback

$44.15

by Matthew Lanni (Author)APEX Test Prep's GRE Prep 2021 and 2022: GRE Study Book with Practice Test Questions for the Graduate Record Exam [6th Edition Review Guide] APEX Test Prep believes that preparing for the GRE 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 T...

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The GED Tutor Study Guide 2021 and 2022 All Subjects: GED Test Prep with 3 Full-Length Practice Exams [4th Edition Review] - Paperback

$48.20

by Matthew Lanni (Author)APEX Test Prep's GED Tutor Study Guide 2021 and 2022 All Subjects: GED Test Prep with 3 Full-Length Practice Exams [4th Edition Review]Preparing for your test shouldn't be harder than the test itself. To that end, our APEX Test Prep team packs our guides with everything you needThis includes testing tips, straightforward instruction, comprehensive material, practice questions, and detailed answer explanations. All these are used to help study for the GED exam.We want ...

The Journey to the West, Books 13, 14 and 15: Three Classic Stories in Simplified Chinese and Pinyin, 1500 Word Vocabulary Level - Paperback

$31.61

by Jeff Pepper (Author), Xiao Hui Wang (Translator)This book contains the full text of the 13th, 14th and 15th stories in our Journey to the West series for people learning to read Chinese. The three stories told here are unchanged from our original versions except for minor editing and reformatting.In The Magic Ginseng Tree, the Buddhist monk Tangseng is visited in a dream by someone claiming to be the ghost of a murdered king. Tangseng's chief disciple Sun Wukong offers to go to the king's ...

The Sentences That Create Us: Crafting a Writer's Life in Prison - Hardcover

$76.95

by Caits Meissner (Editor), America Pen (Author)The Sentences That Create Us provides a roadmap for incarcerated people and their allies to have a thriving writing life behind bars--and through walls--drawing on the unique insights of over 50 justice-involved contributors and their allies to offer advice, inspiration and resources.Author BiographyFounded in 1922, PEN America stands at the intersection of literature and human rights to protect free expression in the United States and worldwide...

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Communication Ethics and Tenacious Hope: Contemporary Implications of the Scottish Enlightenment - Paperback

$90.00

by Ronald C. Arnett (Author), Thomas M. Lessl (Foreword by)WINNER, 2022 National Communication Association Top Single-Author Book of the Year in the Communication Ethics Division! Tenacious hope, the heart of a just and free society During the Enlightenment, Scottish intellectuals and administrators met the demands of profit and progress while shepherding concerns for self and other, individual and community, and family and work. Communication Ethics and Tenacious Hope captures the "unity o...

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Rhyme's Rooms: The Architecture of Poetry - Hardcover

$30.00

by Brad Leithauser (Author)From the widely acclaimed poet, novelist, critic, and scholar, a lucid and edifying exploration of the building blocks of poetry and how they've been used over the centuries to assemble the most imperishable poems. "Anyone wanting to learn how to remodel, restore, or build a poem from the foundation up, will find this room-by-room guide on the architecture of poetry a warm companion." --Tomás Q. Morín, author of Machete We treasure our greatest poetry, Brad Leithaus...

The One-Year Novelist: A Week-By-Week Guide To Writing Your Novel In One Year - Paperback

$12.94

by L. M. Lilly (Author)Thinking of writing a novel this year? Writing and finishing a novel can feel overwhelming. And, if you're like most writers, you need to fit writing around other responsibilities and goals.Maybe you're working at a separate job or profession, raising a family, or pursuing a degree (or all of the above).But there's good news.No matter what else is happening in your life, you can write a novel in a year.The One-Year Novelist workbook walks you through the steps week-by-w...

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The Black Side of the River: Race, Language, and Belonging in Washington, DC - Hardcover

$32.35

by Jessica A. Grieser (Author)In The Black Side of the River, sociolinguist Jessi Grieser draws on ten years of interviews with dozens of residents of Anacostia-a historically Black neighborhood in Washington, DC-to explore the impact of urban change on Black culture, identity, and language.Author BiographyJessi Grieser is an assistant professor of rhetoric, writing, and linguistics at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. She is a sociolinguist who specializes in discourse analysis, geosem...

The Plot Thickens: 8 Ways to Bring Fiction to Life - Paperback

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by Noah Lukeman (Author)"Noah Lukeman, one of the top literary agents in New York, gave writers a great gift."--James Frey (regarding The Plot Thickens)"This will certainly help writers of any kind defeat rejection and possibly score."--Writers.com (regarding The First Five Pages)Many books have been written about how to get published. But few have been written by literary agents, who receive thousands of submissions each year and who grapple with them on a daily basis. Even fewer have been w...

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The Language Game: How Improvisation Created Language and Changed the World - Hardcover

$30.00

by Morten H. Christiansen (Author), Nick Chater (Author)Forget the language instinct--this is the story of how we make up language as we go Language is perhaps humanity's most astonishing capacity--and one that remains poorly understood. In The Language Game, cognitive scientists Morten H. Christiansen and Nick Chater show us where generations of scientists seeking the rules of language got it wrong. Language isn't about hardwired grammars but about near-total freedom, something like a game ...

Diversity and Rabbinization: Jewish Texts and Societies between 400 and 1000 CE - Paperback

$51.77

by Gavin McDowell (Editor), Ron Naiweld (Editor), Daniel Stökl Ben Ezra (Editor)This volume is dedicated to the cultural and religious diversity in Jewish communities from Late Antiquity to the Early Middle Age and the growing influence of the rabbis within these communities during the same period. Drawing on available textual and material evidence, the fourteen essays presented here, written by leading experts in their fields, span a significant chronological and geographical range and cover...

Trace Letters Workbook For Kids: Cursive Handwriting Workbook for Kids & Beginners to Cursive Writing Practice (Cursive Writing Books for Kids) - Paperback

$7.27

by Harry Redmon (Author)This adorable cursive handwriting workbook is also filled with fun illustrations and positive affirmations that help each girl believe in themselves and stay engaged and interested in learning and sticking with the process. The lucky girl who gets to learn cursive with this book won't be able to help but feel amazing about themselves!Here's a preview of what you'll get from this great cursive writing practice book for girls: Dot to dot illustrated exercises that show h...

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Speak Not: Empire, Identity and the Politics of Language - Hardcover

$40.00

by James Griffiths (Author)As globalisation continues languages are disappearing faster than ever, leaving our planet's linguistic diversity leaping towards extinction. The science of how languages are acquired is becoming more advanced and the internet is bringing us new ways of teaching the next generation, however it is increasingly challenging for minority languages to survive in the face of a handful of hegemonic 'super-tongues'. In Speak Not, James Griffiths reports from the frontlines ...

Violence in the Films of Stephen King - Hardcover

$170.10

by Tony Magistrale (Editor), Michael J. Blouin (Editor), Michael J. Blouin (Contribution by)Contributors analyze the theme of violence in the film adaptations of Stephen King's work, ranging from his earliest movies to the most recent, through a variety of lenses. Author BiographyTony Magistrale is professor of English at the University of Vermont. Michael J. Blouin is associate professor of English and the humanities at Milligan University. Number of Pages: 232 Dimensions: 0.56 x 9 x 6 IN Il...

alphabet for kids 2-4 years: Alphabet Activity Book Tracing and Pen Control and Tracing, Wipe Clean Learning Books for kids - Paperback

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by Kira Pato (Author)this book for learning kids forTeaching your child how to hold and use a pen is a key skill that you can encourage with this (wipe-clean) workbook. On each page there is a simple activity to do and the exercises build in complexity throughout the book. Included with the book is a special pen, and the wipe-clean pages enable children to practice over and over to improve their pen control and writing skills. this early-learning workbook will support your child as they prepa...

How to Write an Effective Query Letter: Plus Advice on Approaching Acquiring Editors and Literary Agents - Paperback

$16.13

by Tina Foster (Author)Think of the query as your sales pitch when approaching an Acquiring Editor at a publishing house, or a Literary Agent when seeking representation. There are dos and don'ts that Editors and Agents look for when vying for their interest in your project. Learn the best ways to approach Acquiring Editors and Literary Agents, and what turns them off. Number of Pages: 96 Dimensions: 0.2 x 8 x 5 IN Publication Date: April 29, 2021

Articles in the World's Languages - Hardcover

$247.93

by Laura Becker (Author)Die Buchreihe Linguistische Arbeiten hat mit über 500 Bänden zur linguistischen Theoriebildung der letzten Jahrzehnte in Deutschland und international wesentlich beigetragen. Die Reihe wird auch weiterhin neue Impulse für die Forschung setzen und die zentrale Einsicht der Sprachwissenschaft präsentieren, dass Fortschritt in der Erforschung der menschlichen Sprachen nur durch die enge Verbindung von empirischen und theoretischen Analysen sowohl diachron wie synchron mö...

Fire It Up!: How to Become the Most Engaging Speaker in the Room - Paperback

$13.48

by Reginal Smith (Author)What's worse than listening to a boring presentation? How about giving a boring Presentation....Fire It Up!!! Will help you to crush that next presentation or speech. To be successful and keep moving up, you have to become a highly effective communicator. You will find everything you need to quickly become a gifted and dynamic speaker. The methods, skills, and exercieses will help you to revet the attention of anyone who hears you. Whether you are experienced presente...

Daily Journaling: A Simple Straightforward Guide to Journal Consistently in 10 Minutes a Day - Paperback

$21.58

by Emily Calabresi (Author)Have you ever tried journaling before but just haven't been able to stick with it? Then you need to keep reading...We've all been there...you get a brand new journal and are so excited to start writing in it. You open it up just to be utterly intimidated by that first blank page staring back at you.Maybe you summon your courage and are able to get past that first page and write in your journal for a day or two but then the novelty wears off. Your journal entries dwi...

Please Plant This Book Coast To Coast - Paperback

$34.54

by Susan Kay Anderson (Author)This book is the result of my meeting Virginia Brautigan Aste and sitting down and interviewing her over the course of six years. Our conversations continued as we built a friendship at our teaching jobs at a small school in Pahoa, Hawaii and by meeting for breakfast at the local cafe. What is in this book are essays, photographs, and Virginia's story. Her narrative highlights her years growing up in California and then her adventures before, during, and after be...

Arabic Political Discourse in Transition - Hardcover

$135.00

by El Mustapha Lahlali (Author)10 years since the eruption of the Arab Spring, El Mustapha Lahlali explores the dialectical relationship between discourse and social change during and post the conflict. In particular, he examines how Arabic public and political discourse shapes and is shaped by the wider social, cultural and political environment. Back JacketExplores the role of language in the on-going social, cultural and political changes of the Arab world Ten years since the eruption of t...

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Ka Po'e Mo'o Akua: Hawaiian Reptilian Water Deities - Paperback

$45.36

by Marie Alohalani Brown (Author)Tradition holds that when you come across a body of fresh water in a secluded area and everything is eerily still, the plants are yellowed, and the water covered with a greenish-yellow froth, you have stumbled across the home of a mo'o. Leave quickly lest the mo'o make itself known to you! Revered and reviled, reptiles have slithered, glided, crawled, and climbed their way through the human imagination and into prominent places in many cultures and belief syst...