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Overdue: Reckoning with the Public Library - Hardcover

$28.99

by Amanda Oliver (Author)"One part love letter, one part eulogy, Overdue tells the story of America's public library system . . . Amanda Oliver proves herself a vibrant new literary voice . . . This is a book for all book lovers." --Reza Aslan, author of Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth Who are libraries for, how have they evolved, and why do they fill so many roles in our society today? Based on firsthand experiences from six years of professional work as a librarian in high...

Cursive Handwriting Workbook for Teens: Handwriting practice workbook for young adults teens and tweens, practice letters words and sentences - 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: 106 Dimensions: 0.22 x 11.02 x 8.5 IN Publication Date: June 07, 2021

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The Universal Translator: Everything You Need to Know about 139 Languages That Don't Really Exist - Hardcover

$31.99

by Yens Wahlgren (Author)If you think about it, all languages are made up - some are just more open about it than others.In The Universal Translator, Yens Wahlgren heads up an expedition through time, space and multiple universes to explore the words that have built worlds. From the classic constructed languages of Star Trek and Tolkien to (literally) Orwellian Newspeakand pop-culture sensations such as Game of Thrones, The Witcher and The Mandalorian, this is your portal to over a hundred re...

Cursive Handwriting Workbook for Kids: cursive handwriting practice book for kids, learning & practice workbook to master letters, words & sentences i - Paperback

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by Sultana Publishing (Author)This Cursive Workbook helps Kids of all ages to start learning to write cursive letters words and sentences to improve their handwriting. Number of Pages: 102 Dimensions: 0.21 x 11.02 x 8.5 IN Publication Date: April 03, 2021

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The Three Languages of Politics: Talking Across the Political Divides - Paperback

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by Arnold Kling (Author)An inquiry into how we communicate issues and ideologies, and how language intended to persuade instead divides.Author BiographyArnold Kling received his PhD in economics from MIT in 1980. He is the author of several books, including Crisis of Abundance: Re‐thinking How We Pay for Health Care, published by the Cato Institute. He writes a monthly column for the Library of Economics and Liberty. Find him online at: arnoldkling.com. Number of Pages: 170 Dimensions: 0.7...

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301 Writing Ideas - Second Edition: Creative Prompts to Inspire - Paperback

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by Editors of Chartwell Books (Author)Conquer that blank page staring back at you! 301 Writing Ideas is a guided journal designed to get you writing right away, so you spend less time pondering and more time expressing your true thoughts and feelings. Whether you want to journal your thoughts and feelings, improve your writing skills, or write a novel, let the 301 diverse questions inspire you to get your thoughts out of your head and onto the page. And with so many prompts, you can turn you...

The First 500 Commonly Used Chinese Characters: Chinese Writing Workbook - Mastering The Most commonly Used Chinese Characters - Support Learning Chin - Paperback

$9.65

by Han Boyang (Author)You probably think learning how to write in Chinese is impossible. But you're about to learn that it's not impossible.The first 500 commonly used Chinese characters: When you first learn to write Chinese, you'll discover a very foreign writing system. You can do it. Especially if you're highly motivated.Handwriting practice is the proven and most widely used approach to learn and memorize Chinese characters and words.This book aims to broaden and deepen ones understandin...

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One True Sentence: Writers & Readers on Hemingway's Art - Hardcover

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by Mark Cirino (Editor), Michael Von Cannon (Editor), Ken Burns (Introduction by)A selection of the greatest sentences by the master, Ernest Hemingway. Sentences that can take a reader's breath away and are not easily forgotten. Each sentence has been selected and examined by authors such as Elizabeth Strout, Sherman Alexie, Paula McLain, and Russell Banks; filmmakers Ken Burns and Lynn Novick; Seán Hemingway, A. Scott Berg, and many others in this celebration and conversation between Hemingw...

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The Hidden Inequities in Labor-Based Contract Grading - Paperback

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by Ellen C. Carillo (Author)Current Arguments in Composition SeriesThe Hidden Inequities in Labor-Based Contract Grading intervenes in the increasingly popular practice of labor-based grading by expanding the scope of this assessment practice to include students who are disabled and multiply marginalized. Through the lens of disability studies, the book critiques the assumption that labor is a neutral measure by which to assess students and explores how labor-based grading contracts put certa...

Speaking My Soul: Race, Life and Language - Paperback

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by John Russell Rickford (Author)Speaking My Soul is the honest story of linguist John R. Rickford's life from his early years as the youngest of ten children in Guyana to his status as Emeritus Professor of Linguistics at Stanford, of the transformation of his identity from colored or mixed race in Guyana to black in the USA, and of his work championing Black Talk and its speakers.This is an inspiring story of the personal and professional growth of a black scholar, from his life as an immig...

How to Be Your Own Best Editor: An Essential Toolkit for Everyone Who Writes. - Paperback

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by Barry Tarshis (Author)In contrast to most how-to-writing books, How to be Your Own Best Editor focuses on one of the most imposing challenges you need to confront as a writer: editing your own work. With insight, precision, and wit, author Barry Tarshis introduces you to concepts and easy-to-use mental tools that will enable do more than simply spot typos or uncover grammar errors when your reviewing something you've just written. What you'll learn how to do instead once you're read this b...

Painting the Past: A Guide for Writing Historical Fiction - Paperback

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by Meredith Allard (Author)Do you want to write historical fiction? Join Meredith Allard, the executive editor of The Copperfield Review, the award-winning literary journal for readers and writers of historical fiction, as she shares tips and tricks for creating believable historical worlds through targeted research and a vivid imagination. Give in to your daydreams. Do the work. Let your creativity loose into the world so you can share your love of history and your passion for the written w...

300 Colorful Words Picture Book - Reading English Gujarati Starter Vocabulary List: Full colored cartoons basic vocabulary builder (animal, numbers, f - Paperback

$17.53

by Vienna Foltz Prewitt (Author)A robust vocabulary improves all areas of communication - listening, speaking, reading and writing. Vocabulary is critical to a child's success for these reasons: ... Vocabulary helps children to think and learn about the world. Expanding a child's knowledge of words provides unlimited access to new information. This colorful cartoon picture flashcards provides 300+ basic words for kids need to know. Learn to read first basic words in bilingual picture books Nu...

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Must Know High School Vocabulary - Paperback

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by Jane R. Burstein (Author)The 500 words you must know before college!Must Know High School Vocabulary is more than just a vocabulary workbook. It gives you the edge you'll need now--from improving your reading comprehension for high school and future college course work to scoring higher on AP and college entrance exams. Its user-friendly approach presents challenging aspects of the topics, exceptions to any rules, and clear answer explanations that will all help you build vocabulary quickl...

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A Trip to the Post Office with Sesame Street (R) - Library Binding

$37.78

by Christy Peterson (Author)Readers will love heading to the post office with their favorite Sesame Street characters to discover how mail works! They'll also learn how to write and send a letter. Number of Pages: 24 Dimensions: 0.3 x 10.3 x 7.9 IN Illustrated: Yes Publication Date: January 01, 2022

Tracing Numbers 1-100 for Kindergarten and Preschoolers: Numbers tracing book for preschoolers and kids, practice tracing numbers 1-100 - Paperback

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by Tracing Books (Author)A write numbers workbook for kids 2-6, this tracing workbook for toddlers and kids is a powerful tool for kindergarten, homeschool, and preschool activities.It's a fun tracing activity book for toddlers and kids that will help children learn numbers 1-100 and practice fine motor skills.Using this pen control tracing book for preschoolers can improve the pencil control for toddlers, they will learn to write numbers 1-100 and to recognize each number.Your kids will like...

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A Trip to the Post Office with Sesame Street (R) - Paperback

$8.99

by Christy Peterson (Author)Readers will love heading to the post office with their favorite Sesame Street characters to discover how mail works! They'll also learn how to write and send a letter. Number of Pages: 24 Dimensions: 0.1 x 9.6 x 7.5 IN Publication Date: January 01, 2022

300 Vocabulario Básico en Imágenes. Infantil Bilingüe Español-Alemán Ilustrado en Color: Una divertida manera de aprender y jugar con las primeras pal - Paperback

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by Carrie Whiteman Friesen (Author)A robust vocabulary improves all areas of communication - listening, speaking, reading and writing. Vocabulary is critical to a child's success for these reasons: ... The size of a child's vocabulary in kindergarten predicts the ability to learn to read. Vocabulary helps children to think and learn about the world. Number of Pages: 42 Dimensions: 0.11 x 11 x 8.5 IN Publication Date: June 22, 2021

Refuse to Be Done: How to Write and Rewrite a Novel in Three Drafts - Paperback

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by Matt Bell (Author)They say writing is rewriting. So why does the second part get such short shrift? Refuse To Be Done will guide you through every step of the novel writing process, from getting started on those first pages to the last tips for making your final draft even tighter and stronger. From lauded writer and teacher Matt Bell, Refuse to Be Done is encouraging and intensely practical, focusing always on specific rewriting tasks, techniques, and activities for every stage of the pro...

Feminist Circulations: Rhetorical Explorations across Space and Time - Paperback

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by Jessica Enoch (Editor), Danielle Griffin (Editor), Karen Nelson (Editor)Lauer Series in Rhetoric and CompositionSeries Editors: Thomas Rickert and Jennifer BayThe scholars in FEMINIST CIRCULATIONS: RHETORICAL EXPLORATIONS ACROSS SPACE AND TIME work at the nexus of gender, power, and movement to explore the rhetorical nature of circulation, especially considering how women from varying backgrounds and their rhetorics have moved and have been constrained across both space and time. Among the...

The Handbook of Language Assessment Across Modalities - Hardcover

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by Tobias Haug (Editor), Wolfgang Mann (Editor), Ute Knoch (Editor)Historically, research on spoken language testing dates back to the late 1920s with the majority of work starting around the time of World War II. In contrast, signed language assessment research is a young area, nested within signed language linguistics, deaf education, and applied linguistics. To this day, very few signed language tests that can be used in applied contexts are available for learners of a signed language. Thi...

Doce historias muy cortas para mejorar tu vocabulario - Paperback

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by Alfredo Herrero de Haro (Author)This book has been designed specifically for students of Spanish as a foreign language at an intermediate level. The main objective is to improve vocabulary, whilst revising grammar and introducing students to literature in Spanish at an accessible level. Each of the 12 short stories highlights a certain grammatical structure(s) and comes with exercises covering vocabulary, reading comprehension, and literary analysis. This allows students to practise readin...

8 Steps to Side Characters: How to Craft Supporting Roles with Intention, Purpose, and Power Workbook - Paperback

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by Sacha Black (Author)Do your characters fail to bring your story to life? Are they flat, boring or have no depth? Is your story lacking a little cohesion or sparkle?In 8 Steps to Side Characters: How to Craft Supporting Roles with Intention, Purpose, and Power, Sacha Black showed writers how to breathe life into their characters in an easy to follow and humorous, step-by-step guide.This workbook puts those lessons to use by building on each chapter in textbook, and guiding you through the ...

Assessment as Information Practice: Evaluating Collections and Services - Paperback

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by Gaby Haddow (Editor), Hollie White (Editor)Assessment as Information Practice provides information about a range of collection and service-based assessment approaches that can be applied in different contexts to benefit institutions and the users they serve by enhancing quality, efficiency, and effectiveness. With contributions from practitioners and researchers in Australia, New Zealand, Thailand, and the United States, the chapters discuss practical and theoretical aspects of assessment ...

Thai Stories for Language Learners: Traditional Folktales in English and Thai (Free Online Audio) - Paperback

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by Jintana Rattanakhemakorn (Author), Dylan Southard (Author), Patcharee Meeshukon (Illustrator)The most enjoyable way to learn about an unfamiliar culture is through its stories--especially when they're told in two languages! Thai Stories for Language Learners introduces 28 entertaining Thai stories with bilingual Thai and English versions presented on facing pages. The stories are adapted from traditional folktales with roots in the Thai oral tradition, classic Thai literature, and Thai v...

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Blurb Your Enthusiasm: A Cracking Compendium of Book Blurbs, Writing Tips, Literary Folklore and Publishing Secrets - Hardcover

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by Louise Willder (Author)A dazzling dictionary of book blurbs, filled with writing tips, literary folklore and publishing secrets A TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR 'A small masterpiece. There is something funny, notable or awe-inspiring on every single page' Jenny Colgan, Spectator A joyful celebration of books - the perfect gift for bibliophiles, word lovers and anyone who's ever wondered, should you judge a book by its cover? We love the words in books - but what about the words on them? How do the...

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Flutes of Fire: An Introduction to Native California Languages Revised and Updated - Paperback

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by Leanne Hinton (Author)An essential book on California's Indigenous languages, updated for the first time in over 25 years.Before outsiders arrived, about one hundred distinct Indigenous languages were spoken in California, and many of them are in use today. Since its original publication in 1994, Flutes of Fire has become one of the classic books about California's many Native languages. It is written to be approachable, entertaining, and informative--useful for people doing language revit...

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Chicken Soup for the Soul: Too Funny!: 101 Hilarious Stories to Brighten Your Days - Paperback

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by Amy Newmark (Author)You'll be laughing your way through these feel-good stories that will bring some sunshine into your life! Chicken Soup for the Soul has gathered some great storytellers to document the mishaps and misadventures of everyday life and celebrate humanity's ability to laugh at itself. There's no holding back in these pages, so prepare for lots of good, clean (and not so clean) fun. This is storytelling at its funniest! No one is safe in these true stories-- from spouses to ...

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Advances in Educational Interpreting - Hardcover

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by Elizabeth A. Winston (Editor), Stephen B. Fitzmaurice (Editor)In this follow up to Educational Interpreting: How It Can Succeed, published in 2004, Elizabeth A. Winston and Stephen B. Fitzmaurice present research about the current state of educational interpreting in both K-12 and post-secondary settings. This volume brings together experts in the field, including Deaf and hearing educational interpreters, interpreter researchers, interpreter educators, and Deaf consumers of educational in...

The Little Ants Learn the Greek Language - Shapes: Greek Vocabulary and Shapes Practice Book - Paperback

$19.58

by Irini Zhupa Zendeli (Author)This early language practice guide is perfect for eager early learners. The guide includes over 50 practice pages of the Greek language and greek shapes with phonetic pronunciation, and tons of coloring opportunities Enjoy connecting the dots and learning the shapes which you learn new vocabulary words of the shapes. Instructors don't need to speak Greek themselves to be able to use this guide with the students. The phonetic pronunciation allows students and in...

Office of Assertion: An Art of Rhetoric for Academic Essay - Paperback

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by Scott F. Crider (Author)Scott F. Crider addresses the intelligent university student with respect and humor. A short but serious book of rhetoric, it is informed by both the ancient rhetorical tradition and recent discoveries concerning the writing process. Though practical, it is not simply a how-to manual; though philosophical, it never loses sight of writing itself. Crider combines practical guidance about how to improve an academic essay with reflection on the purpose - educational, po...

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by Richard R. Day (Author)Extensive Reading is the ideal companion for teachers who would like to add the substantial benefits of extensive reading to their language programmes. It explains the research that shows how reading for pleasure helps learners to improve their English, and guides teachers through the different approaches they can use. In addition, five extensive reading case studies describe projects in a range of learning environments. Number of Pages: 120 Dimensions: 0.3 x 10.9 x ...