Language Arts & Linguistics & Literacy

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The Secrets of Character: Writing a Hero Anyone Will Love - Paperback

$21.00

by Matt Bird (Author)An insightful and actionable guide to creating a hero that readers will fall in love with, from the author of The Secrets of Story The hardest yet most essential element of writing great fiction is character - specifically, creating a central hero who is relatable, compelling, and worth the reader's precious time. In this entertaining and practical guide, popular blogger, writing coach and screenwriter Matt Bird breaks down what makes characters embraceable and unforgetta...

Literacy for Learning: A Handbook of Content-Area and Disciplinary Literacy Practices for Middle and High School Teachers - Paperback

$90.72

by Gregory Ed D. Berry (Author), Charlene K. Aldrich (Revised by)Literacy for Learning, 2nd edition, introduces a model of instruction for content area learning that moves from the science of reading to strategic reading, and then through content area literacy into disciplinary literacy. The updates to this edition include more recent scholarship, and a new digital component featuring resources and strategies.Author BiographyAfter a career of teaching reading and writing to students of all ag...

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Beginning Japanese Phrases Writing Practice Pad: Learn Japanese in Just Minutes a Day! - Paperback

$14.99

by William Matsuzaki (Author)Five minutes a day is all it takes to begin learning Japanese! Beginning Japanese Phrases Writing Practice Pad is the perfect interactive resource for busy people who want to start learning Japanese or students looking for a fun way to review what they've learned. This interactive paper pad helps even those completely unfamiliar with the language learn and write 336 essential Japanese phrases--in just a few minutes a day! Each tear-out sheet introduces a common Ja...

Gondor Writers' Centre Creative Writing Guide -Turning Your Idea into A Story - Paperback

$27.00

by Elaine Ouston (Author)Writing a great story of any kind requires as much technical skill as it does imagination, but these skills can be learned. Like all professions, to be the best at what you do, you have to work at it.The Gondor Writers' Centre Creative Writing Guides will help you learn these technical skills as well as help you waken your imagination.The guides are clearly written and easy to understand and will help anyone with the dedication and desire to write to master the techni...

The Dyslexia Guide for Adults: Practical Tools to Improve Executive Functioning, Boost Literacy Skills, and Develop Your Unique Strengths - Paperback

$14.99

by Marci Peterson (Author)Learn how to thrive with dyslexia as an adult No matter when you're diagnosed, living with dyslexia can be a challenge-but it can also make you a unique and creative thinker. The Dyslexia Guide for Adults helps you boost your confidence with advice for embracing your greatest strengths. With these proven strategies and exercises, you'll learn to understand yourself better as you navigate social situations, the workplace, and beyond. Dyslexia in adulthood-Find out ho...

$28.78

by Hellen Anvil (Author)Phonics Activity Book Help your child learn to read with fun and engaging exercises! Building phonics skills is the first step to reading success. This phonics learning letters workbook is an engaging, interactive way to introduce young children to the world of letters and their sounds (phonetics for pre-k). Why you'll love The Phonics for kids ages 4-8 book? Because it is: - Colorful and illustrated―Pictures, examples, and the answer key pages are a helper in making t...

A Little Book about Books: Quotes for the Bibliophile in Your Life - Hardcover

$8.95

by Orange Hippo! (Author), Orange Hippo! (Editor)Bibliophiles everywhere will find something contained herein which will delight them - over 200 one-liners and quotes, as well as great lines from great works have been brought together and put into this small but perfectly formed little book about books. Number of Pages: 192 Dimensions: 0.8 x 5.5 x 4.6 IN Publication Date: September 06, 2022

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Alforque's Bisaya-English Thesaurus-Dictionary: Volume 1 - Paperback

$27.00

by Vivian Y. Alforque (Author), Anecito S. Alforque (Author)ABOUT THIS BOOK This book is a product of the love and passion of the Bisaya language and its intent to preserve it. The authors wish to share this desire to fellow Bisaya and other Bisaya-Speaking tribes in the Visayas and Mindanao Regions where the Bisaya vernacular is widely spoken and understood. This book, named Alforque's Bisaya-English Thesaurus-Dictionary is intended to enrich the user's vocabulary and mastery of both the Bis...

The Strategic Communication Imperative: For Mid- And Long-Term Issues Management - Paperback

$84.22

by James Mahoney (Author)This book proposes a model for directly aligning strategic communication with organisational business planning to enable effective management of mid- to long-term organisational issues. It argues that current conceptualisations of strategic communication need to be extended to locate it more precisely within definitions of strategy and as an essential element of mid- and long-term business planning. This approach re-positions strategic issues communication in a profes...

Special Effects: Short Takes on Stylish Prose - Paperback

$116.19

by Zachary Jack (Author)Special Effects: Short Takes on Stylish Prose tackles the dilemma dedicated writers have faced for generations: how to make words on the page as compelling as images on the screen. Perfect for film buffs and TV enthusiasts who want to improve their writing, this innovative handbook reveals how cinematics can transform syntactics. Packed with 40 proven strategies designed to make serious and scholarly texts "read" as seamlessly and enjoyably as great movies, and accompa...

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Imaginary Languages: Myths, Utopias, Fantasies, Illusions, and Linguistic Fictions - Hardcover

$29.95

by Marina Yaguello (Author), Erik Butler (Translator)An exploration of the practice of inventing languages, from speaking in tongues to utopian schemes of universality to the discoveries of modern linguistics. In Imaginary Languages, Marina Yaguello explores the history and practice of inventing languages, from religious speaking in tongues to politically utopian schemes of universality to the discoveries of modern linguistics. She looks for imagined languages that are autonomous systems, com...

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by Noam Chomsky (Author), Andrea Moro (Author)Two distinguished linguists on language, the history of science, misplaced euphoria, surprising facts, and potentially permanent mysteries. In The Secrets of Words, influential linguist Noam Chomsky and his longtime colleague Andrea Moro have a wide-ranging conversation, touching on such topics as language and linguistics, the history of science, and the relation between language and the brain. Moro draws Chomsky out on today's misplaced euphoria ...

Plurilingual Pedagogies for Multilingual Writing Classrooms: Engaging the Rich Communicative Repertoires of U.S. Students - Paperback

$89.08

by Kay M. Losey (Editor), Gail Shuck (Editor)A much-needed resource on plurilingual pedagogies, this book counters the common dominant English-only approach found in writing and composition classrooms by identifying practices and pedagogies that support multilingual students. Providing a window into a range of contexts and classrooms where students' full identities are honored, contributors offer research-grounded strategies and pedagogies that allow students to harness all of their language ...

The Trouble with English and How to Address It: A Practical Guide to Designing and Delivering a Concept-Led Curriculum - Paperback

$43.72

by Zoe Helman (Author), Sam Gibbs (Author)This essential book will help English teachers to address the challenges and opportunities in creating a powerful, knowledge-rich, concept-led curriculum, which draws on lived experience and engages with cognitive science and other educational research. It explores persistent problems in the teaching of English, why we have struggled to address them and how we can go about creating a curriculum which enables all pupils to achieve.Written by experience...

A Sociolinguistic History of Scotland - Paperback

$49.50

by Robert McColl Millar (Author)Robert McColl Millar examines how language has been used in Scotland since the earliest times. While primarily focusing on the histories of the speakers of Scots and Gaelic, and their competition with the encroaching use of (Scottish) Standard English, he also traces the decline and eventual 'death' of Pictish, British and Norn. Four case studies illustrate the historical development of North East Scots, Scottish Standard English, Shetland Scots and Glasgow Sco...

Aesthetic as Science of Expression and General Linguistic - Paperback

$30.17

by Benedetto Croce (Author)This book has been considered important throughout the human history, and so that this work is never forgotten we have made efforts in its preservation by republishing this book in a modern format for present and future generations. This whole book has been reformatted, retyped and designed. These books are not made of scanned copies of their original work and hence the text is clear and readable. Number of Pages: 272 Dimensions: 0.61 x 9 x 6 IN Publication Date: Ju...

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by Anna Quindlen (Author)NATIONAL BESTSELLER - In this clarion call to pick up a pen and find yourself from "one of our most astute chroniclers of modern life" (The New York Times Book Review), #1 New York Times bestselling author Anna Quindlen shows us how anyone can write, and why everyone should. What really matters in life? What truly lasts in our hearts and minds? Where can we find community, history, humanity? In this lyrical new book, the answer is clear: through writing. This is a boo...

The Story of Lady Juliana Harley, a Novel. In Letters. By Mrs. Griffith. In two Volumes. ... of 2; Volume 1 - Hardcover

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by Griffith (Author)The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization of epic proportions to preserve these invaluable works in the largest archive of its kind. Now for the first time these high-quality digital copies of original 18th century manuscripts are available ...

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Catching Fire: A Translation Diary - Paperback

$15.95

by Daniel Hahn (Author)An energizing real-time journey through the translation of Never Did the Fire and the process of literary translation.In Catching Fire, the translation of Diamela Eltit's Never Did the Fire unfolds in real time as a conversation between works of art, illuminating both in the process. The problems and pleasures of conveying literature into another language--what happens when you meet a pun? a double entendre?--are met by translator Daniel Hahn's humor, deftness, and deep...

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

$17.99

by Tri C. Tran (Author), Tram Le (Author), Nguyen Thi Hop (Illustrator)A great story can lead a reader on a cultural and linguistic journey--especially if it's in two languages! Vietnamese Stories for Language Learners introduces 40 traditional Vietnamese folktales with bilingual Vietnamese and English versions presented on facing pages. Each story is followed by cultural notes, vocabulary lists, and a set of discussion questions and exercises for further comprehension. Online audio recording...

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Teaching Through the Archives: Text, Collaboration, and Activism - Paperback

$81.00

by Tarez Samra Graban (Editor), Wendy Hayden (Editor), Ryan Skinnell (Foreword by)Disruptive pedagogies for archival research In a cultural moment when institutional repositories carry valuable secrets to the present and past, this collection argues for the critical, intellectual, and social value of archival instruction. Graban and Hayden and 37 other contributors examine how undergraduate and graduate courses in rhetoric, history, community literacy, and professional writing can successful...

Academic Writing Now: A Brief Guide for Busy Students - Second Edition - Paperback

$48.53

by David Starkey (Author)The second edition of Academic Writing Now provides current MLA and APA citation guides and updated and improved student exercises. Back JacketAcademic Writing Now: A Brief Guide for Busy Students is a rhetoric designed to cover the basics of a college writing course in a concise, student-friendly format. Anything inessential to the business of college writing has been excluded. Each chapter concentrates on a crucial element of composing an academic essay and is capab...

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How to Read (and Write About) Poetry - Second Edition - Paperback

$53.39

by Susan Holbrook (Author)Susan Holbrook's friendly and welcoming introduction to poetry now includes more contemporary poems and updated MLA citation guidance. Back JacketHow to Read (and Write About) Poetry invites students and others curious about poetry to join the critical conversation about a genre many find a little mystifying, even intimidating. In an accessible, engaging manner, this book introduces the productive questions, reading strategies, literary terms, and secondary research ...

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Digital Writing: A Guide to Writing for Social Media and the Web - Paperback

$46.91

by Daniel Lawrence (Author)Digital Writing is a concise, affordable, and rhetorically informed guide to professional writing in digital media. Back JacketThis concise guidebook offers a rhetorical framework for writing and analyzing content for social media and the web. In the age of disinformation and hyper-targeted digital advertising, writers and teachers of writing must be prepared to delve into the digital world with a critical and strategic perspective. This book offers an interdiscipli...

Amazon Keywords for Books: How to Use Keywords for Better Discovery on Amazon - Hardcover

$35.98

by Dale Roberts (Author)You wrote the book. The cover is on point. Why isn't it selling? The answer is simple: Nobody knows it exists. Amazon is a market place and when someone goes there to find a new book, they do a search, and that's where the keywords become crucial. You need them for: Meta Data (7-keywords) Description (Help Amazon's Algorithm) Running AMS ads You'll learn: The importance & function of keywords How to fill the 7 backend keyword slots in KDP Why keyword relevance d...

The Amazon Self Publisher: How to Sell More Books on Amazon - Hardcover

$50.38

by Dale Roberts (Author)You wrote the book.And now it's published.But you're not getting any sales! What gives?!Most people would have you believe self-publishing on Amazon is easy. Yet, why aren't you seeing the results they claim you should get?Your lack of book sales comes down to 3 culprits: Keywords Marketing and promotion Book reviews It's time you put all your self-publishing woes to bed and finally increase your book sales for good.Enter The Amazon Self-Publisher series.You'll learn:...

Holiday Romance: Level 600 Reader (J) - Paperback

$17.28

by Charles J. H. Dickens (Author), Josh MacKinnon (Adapted by), John McLean (Editor)Holiday Romance Level 600 Reader (J) is a modernized and simplified version of Charles Dickens' four-part novella Holiday Romance (1868). Encouraging freedom of imagination, it is narrated by four children-William Tinkling (aged eight), Nettie Ashford (aged six and a half), Robin Redforth (aged nine), and Alice Rainbird (aged seven). The children meet, fall in love, and live out their fantasies while on holida...

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by I Talk You Talk Press (Author)A graded reader for learners of English (EFL)Level 1 - A1/A2 Starter (1)Word count: 4,816 Yuka Nakata studies English. Her family owns a ryokan (Japanese-style hotel) near Kyoto. Now it is August. Yuka is helping her family at the ryokan. Yuka is happy. She can meet many guests and she can practice her English. Many things happen at the ryokan. Two guests go out for a day, but don't come back. Can Yuka find them? A guest loses his passport. Can Yuka help him? ...

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by Mark McGinn (Author), Rachelle Ramirez (Editor)Introducing New Zealand's Jonah Solomon, a cop In the broody, bloody, and brilliant tradition of Ian Rankin's Detective Inspector John RebusDetective Sergeant Jonah Solomon is used to navigating the ruins of Christchurch, New Zealand, a city nowhere near recovery more than a year after a devastating earthquake. He's also used to navigating the prejudice that keeps plenty of doors closed to Māori officers like him. Most of his colleagues think ...

Venetian Inscriptions: Vernacular Writing for Public Display in Medieval and Renaissance Venice - Hardcover

$158.40

by Ronnie Ferguson (Author)Carved on stone, painted on canvas, wood or porcelain, stitched on fabric, written on parchment or printed on paper, the 109 inscriptions in this unique collection preserve the surviving public writing of Venice's individuals and collectivities in the Middle Ages and Renaissance. They celebrate the completion, authorship or sponsorship of buildings, sculptures, paintings, reliquaries and shrines. They caption the splendid mappa mundi of Fra Mauro and Jacopo de' Barb...

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Taxonomies: Practical Approaches to Developing and Managing Vocabularies for Digital Information - Paperback

$147.58

by Helen Lippell (Editor)Taxonomies have become more widely-understood and used in the last decade as organisations seek to manage and exploit their information. The rise in understanding of the potential of semantic models has also led to an increase in demand for controlled vocabularies and ontology models. While education in classification and categorisation is becoming more and more mature, it does not necessarily prepare taxonomists for the everyday realities of working with stakeholders...

Enduring Presence: William Hogarth's British and European Afterlives: Book 1: Aesthetic, Visual and Performative Cultures - Paperback

$85.23

by J. B. Bullen (Other), Caroline Patey (Editor), Cynthia E. Roman (Editor) Number of Pages: 336 Dimensions: 0.75 x 9 x 6 IN Publication Date: August 10, 2021