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by Alegría Zuluaga (Author)Ella es is a collection of heart aches and love notes all stringed along to make you smile wherever your heart may be. The romance, the heartbreak, the laughter, the adventure, the soul-searching all recorded in one of her many busted notebooks that she religiously carries in her mochila wherever she may be in the world, now in your hands for poetic pleasure.Alegría, the emotion she was given as a name. Alegría Zuluaga is a proud multi- ethnic woman- orgullosamente ...

The Last American Newspaper: An Institution in Peril, Through the Eyes of a Small-Town Editor - Paperback

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by Ken Tingley (Author)This book reveals what is happening in small communities across the United States as their newspapers struggle to survive. It is a celebration not just of journalism, but of the inspirational people who do it and the news and events of small towns. Importantly, it asks the question: who will be the community watchdog of the future? This book memorializes the American newspaper through the story of the Post-Star of Glens Falls, NY. The author, a devoted veteran of the Po...

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by Nicholas Delbanco (Author)Drawing lessons from writers of all ages and writing across genres, a distinguished teacher and writer reveals the enduring importance of writing for our time In this new contribution to Yale University Press's Why X Matters series, a distinguished writer and scholar tackles central questions of the discipline of writing. Drawing on his own experience with such mentors as John Updike, John Gardner, and James Baldwin, and in turn having taught such rising stars as...

Teaching and Learning in English Medium Instruction: An Introduction - Paperback

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by Jack C. Richards (Author), Jack Pun (Author) Teaching and Learning in English Medium Instruction provides an overview of the nature of English Medium Instruction (EMI) in both secondary and tertiary education. The book explores the nature of academic literacy in EMI the ways in which EMI is implemented in different contexts issues related to teaching and learning through the medium of English teaching challenges and coping strategies used by EMI teachers support for EMI ...

Democracy, Populism, and Neoliberalism in Ukraine: On the Fringes of the Virtual and the Real - Hardcover

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by Olga Baysha (Author)This book explores the reasons behind the unexpected rise to power of Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky, a former comedian with no political background, and offers an in-depth analysis of the populist messages he delivered to the Ukrainian people via his TV show.Taking a discourse analysis approach, the author draws on two main arguments of critical scholarship: the "populist explosion" of the recent decade came as a reaction to the inequalities and injustices of t...

Introducing Translation Studies: Theories and Applications - Paperback

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by Jeremy Munday (Author), Sara Ramos Pinto (Author), Jacob Blakesley (Author)Introducing Translation Studies remains the definitive guide to the theories and concepts that make up the field of translation studies. Providing an accessible and up-to-date overview, it has long been the essential textbook on courses worldwide. This fifth edition has been fully revised, and continues to provide a balanced and detailed guide to the theoretical landscape. Each theory is applied to a wide range of l...

French Immersion Ideologies in Canada - Paperback

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by Sylvie Roy (Author)French Immersion Ideologies in Canada looks at discourses that capture ideologies in the context of French immersion in Alberta, Canada, from a sociolinguistics for change lens.Author BiographySylvie Roy is professor in the Werklund School of Education at the University of Calgary. Number of Pages: 220 Dimensions: 0.5 x 9 x 6 IN Illustrated: Yes Publication Date: December 17, 2021

The Reverend Albert Cleage Jr. and the Black Prophetic Tradition: A Reintroduction of The Black Messiah - Hardcover

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by Earle J. Fisher (Author)Reverend Albert Cleage Jr. and the Black Prophetic Tradition probes the sermonic material in Albert Cleage Jr.'s groundbreaking book, The Black Messiah (1969) and explores how and what the book has contributed to the broader scope of Black Liberation Theology and Black religious rhetoric in the past and present.Author BiographyEarle Fisher is senior pastor of Abyssinian Baptist Church and adjunct instructor of religion, communication, and African American studies at...

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Seduced by Story: The Use and Abuse of Narrative - Paperback

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by Peter Brooks (Author)In this spiritual sequel to his influential Reading for the Plot, Peter Brooks examines the dangerously alluring power of storytelling. "There's nothing in the world more powerful than a good story. Nothing can stop it. Nothing can defeat it." So begins the scholar and literary critic Peter Brooks's reckoning with today's flourishing cult of story. Forty years after publishing his seminal work Reading for the Plot, his important contribution to what came to be known as...

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by Ayeshia Pompey (Author)Our Black Girl Reading Journal is the perfect companion for all the books your reading. Write down insights, quotes, and highlights that you want to remember while reading. This journal can also be used to write down goals, dreams, and to do lists. The journal is 6x9 with blank lined pages. For more journals that spark joy visit us at www.thejoyfulpaperco.com or our Etsy shop www.thejoyfulpaperco.etsy.com. Number of Pages: 102 Dimensions: 0.21 x 9 x 6 IN Publication ...

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by Diana Hacker (Author), Nancy Sommers (Author)Rules for Writers supports students from a wide range of backgrounds with accessible explanations, step-by-step advice, class-tested examples, and opportunities to practice and build their writing, grammar, and research skills--all at a tremendous value. Number of Pages: 624 Dimensions: 0.94 x 7.87 x 5.59 IN Illustrated: Yes Publication Date: October 11, 2021

French Short Stories: Improve and grow your French vocabulary with these 20 exciting short novels - Paperback

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by Fabien Arnaud (Author)Ready To Learn The French Language quickly and in a practical way with exciting short novels? It is no secret that language proficiency grows through practice. The more you practice a foreign language, the more comfortable you will become with it. For beginner French speakers, it is important not only to expand your vocabulary, but also to build confidence in your ability to speak, read, and master the language.The 21 captivating French stories in this book (I have in...

Networked Collective Actions: The Making of an Impeachment - Paperback

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by Hyunjin Seo (Author)The summer of 2016 saw one of the most significant citizen protests in the history of democratic South Korea, eventually culminating in the impeachment and conviction of then President Park Geun-hye for corruption. Concerns about the president's behavior were raised in a polarized media environment with low public trust, where extreme right-wing media outlets amplified conspiracy theories and false claims in opposition to impeachment. How then was it possible for pro-im...

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Reframing Rhetorical History: Cases, Theories, and Methodologies - Paperback

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by Kathleen J. Turner (Editor), Jason Edward Black (Editor), Kathleen J. Turner (Preface by)A collection of essays providing insights into new directions in rhetorical history Kathleen J. Turner's 1998 multicontributor volume Doing Rhetorical History: Concepts and Cases quickly became a foundational text in the field, and the studies in the book have served as an important roadmap for scholars undertaking such scholarship. In the decades since its publication, developments in rhetorical-hist...

Latin in Modern Fiction: Who Says It's a Dead Language? - Paperback

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by Henryk Hoffmann (Author)The goal of this book is to prove that Latin is not a dead language by demonstrating how prevalent and strong it still is in modern Western culture. In order to do so, the author, an English philologist with a long experience as a Latin educator, catalogues, explains and interprets Latin quotations and references in a multitude of twentieth- and twenty-first-century literary works by-primarily-mainstream authors (from Aldous Huxley to Saul Bellow to John Irving), cr...

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by Matthew Reynolds (Editor)Translation can be seen as producing a text in one language that will count as equivalent to a text in another. It can also be seen as a release of multiple signifying possibilities, an opening of the source text to Language in all its plurality. The first view is underpinned by the regime of European standard languages which can be lined up in bilingual dictionaries, by the technology of the printed book, and by the need for regulated communication in political, a...

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Sound Writing: Experimental Modernism and the Poetics of Articulation - Paperback

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by Tobias Wilke (Author)Considers the avant-garde rethinking of poetic language in terms of physical speech production. Avant-garde writers and artists of the twentieth century radically reconceived poetic language, appropriating scientific theories and techniques as they turned their attention to the physical process of spoken language. This modernist "sound writing" focused on the bodily production of speech, which it rendered in poetic, legible, graphic form. Modernist sound writing aims...

Managing Grey Literature: Technical Services Perspectives - Paperback

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by Michelle Leonard (Editor), Susan E. Thomas (Editor)An important resource for scholarly research, grey literature is relevant to every discipline. It's also often more current than commercial publications. Unfortunately, though it provides a richness of content, this type of scholarly resource is often overlooked when conducting research. This book aims to change that, describing the importance of grey literature and offering a holistic approach to successfully integrating it into library c...

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by Simon Heffer (Author)50 speeches from every period of British history from the medieval era to the present and a fascinating dip-in history title that will both inspire readers and give them a greater understanding of British history. The speechmakers are: King Henry V; Queen Elizabeth I; King Charles I; Oliver Cromwell; Earl of Shelburne; Edmund Burke (3); Charles James Fox (2); William Pitt (2); Warren Hastings; William Wilberforce; R.B. Sheridan; Robert Peel; Charles Grey; Thomas Carlyl...

A Handbook for African Mother-Tongue Bible Translators - Hardcover

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by Isaac Boaheng (Author), Aloo Osotsi Mojola (Foreword by), John D. K. Ekem (Introduction by)'A Handbook for African Mother-Tongue Bible Translators' examines key theoretical and practical issues to equip readers with the basic skills required to translate the Bible naturally, accurately, faithfully and clearly into their mother tongues. Since accurate translation enhances the interpretation and application of Scripture, the book will also improve the hermeneutical ability of the reader. The...

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Janet Malcolm: The Last Interview: And Other Conversations - Paperback

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by Melville House (Editor), Katie Roiphe (Introduction by)A provocative collection of interviews with the sublimely talented author of The Journalist and the Murderer The legendary journalist, Janet Malcolm, opened her most famous work The Journalist and the Murderer with the line: "Every journalist who is not too stupid or too full of himself to notice what is going on knows that what he does is morally indefensible." Ever since its publication in 1980, she only increased her reputation as a...

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Comforts of the Abyss: The Art of Persona Writing - Hardcover

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by Philip Schultz (Author)Throughout his growth as a writer, acclaimed poet Philip Schultz has battled with the dark voice in his head--the "shitbird," as his late friend the poet Ralph Dickey termed it--that whispers his insecurities and questions his ability to create. Persona writing, a method of borrowing the voice and temperament of accomplished writers, offers him imaginative distance and perspective on his own negative inclinations.In this candid and generous book, Schultz reflects on ...

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Write for Your Life: A Guide to Clear and Purposeful Writing (and Presentations) - Hardcover

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by Charles Wheelan (Author)How would you create a winning pitch for your latest investment idea? Or persuasively argue for a major policy change? Or successfully ask your boss for a raise? The answer: clear and effective communication, whether in writing or through a presentation.Best-selling author Charles Wheelan has spent decades mastering effective communication skills in his work as a writer, college professor, journalist, speechwriter, political candidate, and public speaker. In Write f...

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Speed Write Your Life Story: From Blank Spaces to Great Pages in Just 90 Days - Paperback

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by Mark Victor Hansen (Author), Steve Gottry (Author)This book will help you write your life story in just 90 days, while spending only 22 minutes per day. Number of Pages: 110 Dimensions: 0.4 x 8.7 x 5.8 IN Publication Date: October 12, 2021

Conversation Strategies and Communicative Competence - Paperback

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by Christian Jones (Author)The book reports on research into teaching conversation strategies as a means of developing communicative competence. The introductory chapter defines key terms and positions this book's aims and arguments. The next four chapters each describe a different study examining the teaching of conversation strategies in a different way: a learner corpus investigation of strategies used by both learners and users of English as a lingua franca; a materials evaluation study b...

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Oxford Eap Advanced Student Book & DVD ROM Pack [With DVD ROM] - Paperback

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by Oxford (Author) Number of Pages: 239 Dimensions: 0.39 x 11.69 x 8.42 IN Publication Date: September 12, 2013

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Oxford Eap Advanced Teachers Book Pack and DVD ROM Pk - Paperback

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by Oxford (Author)This book will prepare learners to study effectively in English at university level. It provides practice in developing essential skills for academic study, such as critical thinking, effective note-taking, citation and referencing, and essay-writing. This teacher's handbook provides support that both experienced and less-experienced EAP teachers will find useful.--From back cover. Number of Pages: 135 Dimensions: 0.34 x 11.72 x 8.31 IN Publication Date: November 07, 2013

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Oxford Eap Upper Intermediate Teachers Book & DVD ROM Pk [With DVD ROM] - Paperback

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by Oxford (Author) Number of Pages: 152 Dimensions: 0.5 x 11.4 x 8.1 IN Publication Date: June 07, 2012

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Oxford Eap Elementary Student Book and DVD ROM Pack [With DVD ROM] - Paperback

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by Edward De Chazal (Author), John Hughes (Author) Dimensions: 0.34 x 11.75 x 8.34 IN Publication Date: January 21, 2015

Oxford Eap Intermediate Students Book and DVD ROM Pack [With DVD ROM] - Paperback

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by Oxford (Author) Number of Pages: 223 Dimensions: 0.39 x 11.77 x 8.4 IN Publication Date: January 31, 2013

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by Oxford (Author) Dimensions: 0.3 x 11.71 x 8.4 IN Publication Date: November 08, 2012

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by Oxford (Author) Dimensions: 0.21 x 11.68 x 8.35 IN Publication Date: November 08, 2012