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Korean Hangul Writing Practice Workbook: An Introduction to the Hangul Alphabet with 100 Pages of Blank Writing Practice Grids (Online Audio) - Paperback

$9.99

by Tuttle Studio (Editor)This is the ideal workbook for anyone who wants to learn to write the Korean Hangul script! It contains a basic introduction to the alphabet and all the sounds of the language, showing you how to write the letters and every possible syllable combination. This introduction is followed by over 100 pages of blank handwriting practice grids and lined paper for notes. This complete writing practice workbook includes: Guided writing exercises for Hangul letters, syllable...

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Beacons in the Darkness: Hope and Transformation Among America's Community Newspapers - Paperback

$18.99

by Dave Hoekstra (Author)Community journalism has long been a part of the lifeblood of America, but never have the stakes been so high for the people behind it. In Beacons in the Darkness, award-winning journalist Dave Hoekstra interviews the people trying to keep the lights on at community newspapers across the country amid buyouts, declining revenues, fake news, and a pandemic. This book is not another account of the death of local journalism--but rather a celebration of the community ties,...

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by Anthony Ekanem (Author)You can become a successful public speaker as a profitable sideline to your present job or business, or you can become a professional public speaker by making public speaking the focus of your career. It is up to you! Professional public speaking is a flexible and lucrative enterprise. Good public speakers make all o... Number of Pages: 64 Dimensions: 0.15 x 8 x 5 IN Publication Date: September 22, 2022

Everybody Sneezes and Sea Sponges Too!: The Environmental Journey of Santé Pristine - Paperback

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by Juliette Moon Ed D. (Author), Shutterstock Photos (Illustrator)Have you ever heard of the "Forbidden Fruit Effect" and how it relates to temptation, and choice? What if you happened upon essential nourishment that was forbidden? Inspired by sneezers across the globe, "Everybody Sneezes and Sea Sponges Too!" is a quirky story that features Santé Pristine, the most unlikely, daring, and vibrant character who defies all logic, especially after being confronted by the natural, but not so nice,...

Learn Japanese with Manga Volume Two: A Self-Study Language Guide (Free Online Audio) - Paperback

$19.99

by Marc Bernabe (Author), J. M. Ken Niimura (Illustrator)Learn to speak, read and write Japanese quickly using manga comics strips! If you enjoy manga, you'll love learning Japanese with this book. The language lessons are interspersed with entertaining manga comic strips that make it easy to learn and remember all the key vocabulary and grammar. The plot picks up where Learn Japanese with Manga Volume 1 left off -- following Nuria, a journalist who is sent to Tokyo to research a news story, ...

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Literature and the New Culture Wars: Triggers, Cancel Culture, and the Teacher's Dilemma - Hardcover

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by Deborah Appleman (Author)Our current "culture wars" have reshaped the politics of secondary literature instruction. Due to a variety of challenges from both the left and the right--to language or subject matter, to potentially triggering content, or to authors who have been canceled--school reading lists are rapidly shrinking. For many teachers, choosing which books to include in their curriculum has become an agonizing task with political, professional, and ethical dimensions. In Literatu...

Japanese Genkouyoushi Character Writing Workbook: Practice Hiragana, Katakana and Kanji - Includes Vertical Grids and Horizontal Lines for Notes (Comp - Paperback

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by Tuttle Studio (Editor)Learn to write Japanese the traditional way! This is the ideal workbook to use when learning to write Japanese in the traditional Genkouyoushi manner using vertical boxes. It includes a complete introduction to all 92 hiragana and katakana letters as well as the basic kanji needed for the AP and JLPT tests. The main body of the workbook has over 100 pages of blank vertical grids for handwriting practice as well as lined pages for notes. It also includes several pages...

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The Wayward Writer: Summon Your Power to Take Back Your Story, Liberate Yourself from Capitalism, and Publish Like a Superstar: Summon Your Power to T - Paperback

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by Ariel Gore (Author)Author BiographyAriel Gore is a journalist, memoirist, novelist, nonfiction author, and teacher. She is the author of 10 books, including F*ck Happiness, and the creator of the zine Hip Mama, a winner of the American Alternative Press award. Her anthology Portland Queer: Tales of the Rose City won the LAMBDA Literary Award in 2010 and her own writing has been called eloquent, sensitive, and revolutionary. She also keeps a website, www.arielgore.com and teaches online wor...

On Writing and Failure: Or, on the Peculiar Perseverance Required to Endure the Life of a Writer - Paperback

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by Stephen Marche (Author)Writing is, and always will be, an act defined by failure. The best plan is to just get used to it. Failure is a topic discussed in every creative writing department in the world, but this is the book every beginning writer should have on their shelf to prepare them. Less a guide to writing and more a guide to what you need to continue existing as a writer, On Writing and Failure: Or, On the Peculiar Perseverance Required to Endure the Life of a Writer describes the ...

Student-Centered Literacy Assessment in the 6-12 Classroom: An Asset-Based Approach - Paperback

$55.06

by Sean Ruday (Author), Katie Caprino (Author)In this practical and accessible book, you'll learn how to create equitable and meaningful assessments in your instruction through an inquiry-based approach. Ruday and Caprino reimagine what asset-based literacy assessments can be and what they look like in practice by understanding that effective, asset-based literacy assessments must center on students: they must incorporate students' unique perspectives, ideas, and experiences in meaningful and...

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by Micheline Aharonian Marcom (Author), Fowzia Karimi (Illustrator)Small Pieces is a collaboration between novelist Micheline Aharonian Marcom and writer and visual artist Fowzia Karimi, pairing Marcom's short stories--miniatures as Marcom calls them--with Karimi's watercolors. The work is a conversation between two artists in text and image, side by side.Author BiographyMicheline Aharonian Marcom is the author of seven novels, including a trilogy of books about the Armenian genocide and its ...

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by Sean Scully (Author)A rumination on authority and its limitations, about what we think we know - and the spaces in between. In Confessions of Narcissus, Scully suggests that our demand for narrative coherence is one of the things that makes our lives so difficult to bear, that when William Hazlitt declared, "It is we who are Hamlet", he was telling us something about Shakespeare's universality that is worth considering: Hamlet does not just give voice to our own fears and anxieties, he als...

Creating Welcoming Learning Environments: Using Creative Arts Methods in Language Classrooms - Hardcover

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by Jane Andrews (Editor), Maryam Almohammad (Editor)In a world where migration is a daily reality, the ways in which affirming educational experiences can be provided for all children remain high on the agendas of schools, colleges and teachers. This book provides practical ideas for how children, young people and parents can feel welcomed and affirmed in their multilingual identities and all learners can feel intrigued and excited by the linguistic diversity of the world's people. The book w...

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The Holocaust & the Exile of Yiddish: A History of the Algemeyne Entsiklopedye - Hardcover

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by Barry Trachtenberg (Author)In the early 1930s in Berlin, Germany, a group of leading Eastern European Jewish intellectuals embarked upon a project to transform the lives of millions of Yiddish-speaking Jews around the world. Their goal was to publish a popular and comprehensive Yiddish language encyclopedia of general knowledge that would serve as a bridge to the modern world and as a guide to help its readers navigate their way within it. However, soon after the Algemeyne entsiklopedye (G...

PLOTTO Genie: The Endless Story - Paperback

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by Robert C. Worstell (Author)There's a Single Story In All Books.Master this, and you have endless stories coming to you to write - for the rest of your life.If you've ever watched a horrible movie, or quit a bad novel in disgust, it's partially your own fault. Make that our fault.As a culture, we demand more and more entertainment in our lives. So now we have multiple channels of shows that can be accessed any time of the day or night. We have millions of books available for incredibly inex...

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Bespoke: A Guide to Cycle-Speak and Saddle Slang - Hardcover

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by Tom Bromley (Author)Bespoke presents 175 of the most lyrical, humorous and down-right vulgar terms complete with detailed usage and origin notes, with entries fully cross-referenced across cycling's main languages and destinations. Some sports lend themselves to language: cycling is one of them. With its rich history and culture, and its professional roots across the continent and beyond, cycling has developed a terminology that goes well beyond borders, producing a lexicon all of its ow...

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Voicing Politics: How Language Shapes Public Opinion - Paperback

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by Efrén Pérez (Author), Margit Tavits (Author)Why your political beliefs are influenced by the language you speak Voicing Politics brings together the latest findings from psychology and political science to reveal how the linguistic peculiarities of different languages can have meaningful consequences for political attitudes and beliefs around the world. Efrén Pérez and Margit Tavits demonstrate that different languages can make mental content more or less accessible and thereby shift polit...

The Ethnomethodology Program: Legacies and Prospects - Paperback

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by Douglas W. Maynard (Editor), John Heritage (Editor)It's been more than fifty years since Harold Garfinkel created the field of ethnomethodology--a discipline that offers a new way of understanding how people make sense of their everyday world. Since his book Studies in Ethnomethodology published in 1967, there has been a substantial--although often subterranean--growth in ethnomethodological (EM) work. Studies in and appreciation of ethnomethodological work continue to grow, but the breadt...

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by Giosue Baggio (Author)An accessible introduction to the study of language in the brain, covering language processing, language acquisition, literacy, and language disorders. Neurolinguistics, the study of language in the brain, describes the anatomical structures (networks of neurons in the brain) and physiological processes (ways for these networks to be active) that allow humans to learn and use one or more languages. It draws on neuroscience, linguistics--particularly theoretical lingui...

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Once Upon a Time in the Academic Library: Storytelling Skills for Librarians - Paperback

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by Maria Barefoot (Editor), Sara Parme (Editor), Elin Woods (Editor)It could be argued that to tell stories is to be human. Storytelling evolved alongside us to provide entertainment via literature, plays, and visual arts. It helps shape society through parables, moral tales, and religion. Storytelling plays a role in business, law, medicine, and education in modern society. Academic librarians can apply storytelling in the same way that teachers, entertainers, lawyers, and businesspeople ha...

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by Kate Eichhorn (Author)A concise introduction to content and the content industry, from the early internet to the Instagram egg. From the time we roll out of bed to check overnight updates to our last posts, likes, and views of the previous day, we're consuming and producing content. But what does the term "content" even mean? When did it become ubiquitous? And at what cost? In this volume in the MIT Press Essential Knowledge series, Kate Eichhorn offers a concise introduction to content an...

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The Truth about China: Propaganda, Patriotism and the Search for Answers - Paperback

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A thrilling and provocative account of unfolding tensions between China and the West, filled with the people, stories and sticky situations from Bill Birtles' five years as Australian Broadcasting Company correspondent. 'People abroad always thought things were much scarier in China than they really were. What threw me, though, was the urgency of the diplomats in Beijing. They live it, they get it. And they wanted me out.' Bill Birtles was rushed out of China in September 2020, forced to see...

News Media and the Financial Crisis: How Elite Journalism Undermined the Case for a Paradigm Shift - Hardcover

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by Adam Cox (Author)This book explores how leading news media responded to the 2008 financial crisis and its aftermath, showing how journalists regularly framed discussions about post-crisis regulatory reform in ways that reinforced the same market liberal policy paradigm that had ushered in the crisis. Drawing on an analysis of nearly three years of news coverage and on interviews with journalists who covered the financial crash for major media groups, Adam Cox demonstrates how this framing ...

A Student Guide to Writing Research Reports, Papers, Theses and Dissertations - Paperback

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by Cathal Ó. Siochrú (Author)This useful guide for students combines all the guidance, advice and key tips needed to write successful research reports, theses or dissertations, exploring, in detail, each of the elements involved in writing an academic paper. The book will guide you through all the key sections of a report including the introduction, literature review, method, results, discussion and more. Each chapter contains instructions and advice aimed at three different levels of report ...

The Institutions Changing Journalism: Barbarians Inside the Gate - Paperback

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by Patrick Ferrucci (Editor), Scott A. Eldridge II (Editor)Bringing together original contributions from a worldwide group of scholars, this book critically explores the changing role and influence of institutions in the production of news. Drawing from a diverse set of disciplinary and theoretical backgrounds, research paradigms and perspectives, and methodologies, each chapter explores different institutions currently impacting journalism, including government bodies, businesses, technol...

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by Eric Crawford (Author), Wilbur Cross (Author), Emory Shaw Campbell (Introduction by)A history of the rich culture of the Gullah people-a story of upheaval, endurance, and survival in the Lowcountry of the American South.Gullah Culture in America chronicles the history and culture of the Gullah people, African Americans who live in the Lowcountry region of the American South. This book, written for the general public, chronicles the arrival of enslaved West Africans to the sea islands of So...

Learning Languages in Early Modern England - Paperback

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by John Gallagher (Author)In 1578, the Anglo-Italian author, translator, and teacher John Florio wrote that English was 'a language that wyl do you good in England, but passe Dover, it is woorth nothing'. Learning Languages in Early Modern England Learning Languages in Early Modern England is the first major study of how English-speakers learnt a variety of continental vernacular languages in the period between 1480 and 1720. English was practically unknown outside of England, which meant tha...

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The Year's Best Sports Writing 2022 - Paperback

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by J. A. Adande (Editor), Glenn Stout (With)J.A. Adande, ESPN personality and Director of Sports Journalism at Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism, has curated an essential anthology showcasing incredible feats and diverse perspectives across the world of sports. Selected from a wide range of newspapers, magazines, and digital publications during the previous year, these stories capture enduring moments while celebrating the craft of writing at its most sublime. This extra...

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A Lucky Life: Gretzky, Crosby, Kawhi, and More from the Best Seat in the House - Hardcover

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by Steve Simmons (Author)For the past 40 years, Steve Simmons has had the best seat in the house, documenting the greatest sports moments in Canada and around the world. He was there when Wayne Gretzky won his first Stanley Cup. When Tiger Woods hit the first drive of his career at the Greater Milwaukee Open. When Usain Bolt crossed the Olympic finish line in an ecstatic blur. He was there when Sidney Crosby scored the Golden Goal in 2010. When Kawhi Leonard hit the shot. When Joe Carter hit...

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TOEFL Preparation Book 2022-2023: Exam Study Guide with 3 TOEFL iBT Practice Tests for Reading, Listening, Speaking, and Writing/Essay [Includes Audio - Paperback

$72.90

by Joshua Rueda (Author)Test Prep Books' TOEFL Preparation Book 2022-2023: Exam Study Guide with 3 TOEFL iBT Practice Tests for Reading, Listening, Speaking, and Writing/Essay [Includes Audio Links] Made by Test Prep Books experts for test takers trying to achieve a great score on the TOEFL iBT 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...

Shaping Learners' Pronunciation: Teaching the Connected Speech of North American English - Paperback

$89.08

by James Dean Brown (Author), Dustin Crowther (Author)A straightforward entry to understanding crucial components of phonological literacy, this essential text explains the theoretical and practical rationale for teaching connected speech (CS) and offers useful pedagogical applications. Brown and Crowther describe the basic phonemes (including consonants, vowels, and diphthongs) of spoken North American English and examine word stress, utterance stress, and timing, as they are related to CS. ...

The Short Story And Novel Notebook: Workbook for Writers and Novelists - One-Page Outliner Worksheets and Ideas List - Prepare Plan and Explore Ideas - Paperback

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by Christian Stahl (Author)As writers, we sometimes struggle to find new ideas, or once we have them, to structure and write them down immediately so we won't forget them. There are times when we may have too many ideas, and at other times, not enough. The problem all writers have is that every idea needs to be brought into order. Either we start writing our ideas and concepts down right from the beginning, so we can continue to work on them, or we are left with nothing. The Novel Notebook pr...