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Rethinking the Asian Language Learning Paradigm in Australia - Hardcover

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by Kayoko Hashimoto (Editor)This edited book calls for a rethink of the current Asian language learning paradigm that frames Asian languages as strategic and economic tools, rather than an inherent part of Australian society. As an increasing number of Australians have Asian ancestry and speak languages other than English at home, it argues that we must reset the paradigm and understand Asian languages as intrinsically Australian to maximise existing linguistic and cultural assets. The interd...

Second Language Pronunciation: Different Approaches to Teaching and Training - Paperback

$30.22

by Ubirat? Kickh?fel Alves (Editor), Jeniffer Imare Alcantara de Albuquerque (Editor)In the field of second language (L2) acquisition, the number of studies focusing on L2 pronunciation instruction and perceptual/production training has increased as new classroom methodologies have been proposed and new goals for L2 pronunciation have been set. This book brings together different approaches to L2 pronunciation research in the classroom or in the language laboratory. 13 chapters, written by w...

The Write Nonfiction NOW! Guide to Writing a Book in 30 Days (Revised and Expanded) - Paperback

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by Nina Amir (Author), Linda Joy Myers (Author), Roy Peter Clark (Author)Why write a nonfiction book in a month? To get the first draft done, that's why. Maybe you have lots of ideas that you haven't gotten down on paper, published, and into the hands of eager readers. Perhaps you think you don't have the time or the skills to become an author. All too often, perfectly capable writers have such misconceptions, and they end up taking years to finish their book-if they finish at all. Don't let ...

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by Max R. Ekstrom (Editor), Keeley Schell (Editor)The Pierian releases new poems online monthly, and an annual omnibus in print. Dedicated to bold voices that shape language, The Pierian welcomes you to drink deep. Number of Pages: 78 Dimensions: 0.21 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN Publication Date: December 01, 2024

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by Paul L. Watson (Author)From the author of The World Needs More Poets, comes a second collection of poetry about the sometimes mundane, trivial, dramatic, yet valid feelings we have when reflecting on the relationship we have with ourselves and others. A realization and confession of what feels real in those moments.At times a thank you note, a love letter, and other times, a break-up letter. It's Fine I'm Mad centers around acknowledging, confronting, and making peace with the endless thou...

blueberry forecast: thirty three haikus about eggs and life - Paperback

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by Momin Mirza (Author)This is a collection of poems I wrote about eggs I ate during grad school, usually alone in my apartment in the evening. Each egg meal was completely different; sometimes I would just scramble an egg or two, and other times eggs would merely be one part or one ingredient in a larger meal. Each haiku is about food, but each haiku is also not about food, as the haikus often included broader themes from my life as well. Number of Pages: 28 Dimensions: 0.07 x 7 x 4.25 IN Pu...

The Craft of Criticism: Critical Media Studies in Practice - Paperback

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by Michael Kackman (Editor), Mary Celeste Kearney (Editor)With contributions from 30 leading media scholars, this collection provides a comprehensive overview of the main methodologies of critical media studies. Together, the chapters in this collection give media critics a complete toolbox of essential critical media studies methodologies.Author BiographyMichael Kackman is Associate Teaching Professor in the Department of Film, Television, and Theatre at the University of Notre Dame, where h...

How to Make a Living Freelance Writing - Paperback

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by James Rada (Author)Have you ever dreamed of being a full-time writer?I did. I left my full-time job as a marketing writer and became a full-time freelance writer. And honestly, I struggled. I quickly discovered there was a lot more to freelance writing than writing.Eventually, I took a job as a newspaper reporter. I enjoyed it because I could write and not worry about things like marketing, cash flow, finding keywords, writing queries, etc. Then the newspaper I worked for folded, and I fou...

Keywords in Design Thinking: A Lexical Primer for Technical Communicators and Designers - Paperback

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by Jason C. K. Tham (Editor)At a time when design thinking is viewed by many as itself a contested term, Keywords in Design Thinking explores keywords and associated practices related to the use of this critical concept in technical and professional communication. The chapters in this edited collection offer definitions stable enough to allow readers to determine the value of design thinking and to apply and examine its usefulness in the design of technical and professional discourse. The con...

Language in Its Social Context: An Introduction to Sociolinguistics - Paperback

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by James a. Walker (Author)This textbook provides an accessible overview of the field of sociolinguistics. Blending qualitative and quantitative approaches and including examples drawn from different contexts and societies all over the world, the author introduces progressively complicated topics to help students build their confidence and understanding gradually as they work through the book. The chapters cover all the core topics on an introductory sociolinguistics course, including languag...

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Reading and Relevance, Reimagined: Celebrating the Literacy Lives of Young Men of Color - Paperback

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by Katie Sciurba (Author), Alfred W. Tatum (Foreword by)What do we mean when we say that a text is relevant to a young person or to a group of young people? And how might a reimagining of relevance, shaped through the voices of young men of color, enhance literacy teaching and learning? Based on case studies of six young Black, Latino, and South Asian men and their reading experiences, this book reconceptualizes the term relevance as it applies to and is applied within literacy education (mid...

Dancing with Metaphors in the Pulpit - Hardcover

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by Rodney Wallace Kennedy (Author)Dancing with Metaphors in the Pulpit is a prequel to the writing and delivery of the sermon. The work of invention which includes the gathering of material is the primary focus of the book. The hard work of preaching takes place in the thinking, reading, and writing. The cross-disciplinary study provided here covers lessons learned by preachers and by novelists, poets, philosophers, and rhetoricians. Number of Pages: 224 Dimensions: 0.63 x 9 x 6 IN Publicatio...

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Lesbian: Politics, Culture, Existence - Paperback

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by Susan Hawthorne (Author)Across almost 50 years of writing, Susan Hawthorne's essays on lesbian culture and politics take the reader on a journey through the concerns of radical feminists engaged in the Women's Liberation Movement. Not only does she trace the experiments of lesbians creating a vibrant woman-loving culture, but she also traces the backlash against lesbians and a history of violence perpetrated by the state, corporations and individual men. She begins with a recollection of a...

New Horizons in Artificial Intelligence in Libraries - Hardcover

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by Edmund Balnaves (Editor), Leda Bultrini (Editor), Andrew Cox (Editor)There is increasing use of AI technologies in many aspects of library operations and types of libraries. This ranges across public, national, research, academic and special libraries and includes public and reference services, automated classification, special and research collections, archives and customer service through chatbots and discovery systems. Vendors are also adding elements of AI in new and existing library p...

Mano a Mano: Português para Falantes de Espanhol: Volume 1 - Básico - Paperback

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by Ana Cecília Cossi Bizon (Author), Elizabeth Maria Fontão Do Patrocínio (Author), Leandro Rodrigues Alves Diniz (Author)Mano a Mano: Portugu?s para Falantes de Espanhol vem preencher uma importante lacuna no mercado editorial: a car?ncia de livros did?ticos que, considerando as necessidades espec?ficas de falantes de espanhol, favore?am um desenvolvimento mais r?pido de sua profici?ncia em portugu?s. A cole??o re?ne uma s?rie de caracter?sticas favor?veis ? aprendizagem do portugu?s em dife...

Partisan Rhetoric and Polarization: The Year in C-SPAN Archives Research, Volume 10 - Paperback

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by Robert X. Browning (Author)Partisan Rhetoric and Polarization: The Year in C-SPAN Archives Research, Volume 10 features chapters written from a variety of perspectives that address divisions in American politics. The topics range widely, including TikTok, abortion, the middle class, the January 6 riot, and partisan rhetoric in Congress. The unifying theme of the volume is that each author uses C-SPAN videos to examine how members of Congress and other elites speak and act on these issues. ...

Preserving Disability: Disability and the Archival Profession - Paperback

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by Gracen Brilmyer (Editor), Lydia Tang (Editor)Preserving Disability: Disability and the Archival Profession weaves together first-person narratives and case studies contributed from disabled archivists and disabled archives users, bringing critical perspectives and approaches to the archival profession. Contributed chapters span topics such as accessibility of archives and first-person experiences researching disability collections for disabled archives users; disclosure and accommodations ...

Decoding Terrorism: An Interdisciplinary Approach to a Lone-Actor Case - Hardcover

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by Julia Kupper (Author), Marie Bojsen-M?ller (Author), Tanya Karoli Christensen (Author)This Element is an interdisciplinary analysis of the language evidence produced before, during and following a lone-actor terrorism attack in Halle, Germany, on October 9, 2019, resulting in two casualties. During his final preparations, the perpetrator, twenty-seven-year-old Stephan Balliet, announced his attack online and disseminated a targeted violence manifesto shortly before live-streaming his viole...

Libraries and the Academic Book - Paperback

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by Matthew J. Shaw (Author)This Element explores the history of the relationship between libraries and the academic book. It provides an overview of the development of the publishing history of the scholarly - or academic - book, and related creation of the modern research library. It argues that libraries played an important role in the birth and growth of the academic book, and explores how publishers, readers and libraries helped to develop the format and scholarly and publishing environme...

The Father's Love Language: Discovering the Depth of Yahweh Hidden in the Hebrew Language - Paperback

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by Angie Sickler (Author)Yahweh: יהוה - The hand of grace nailed by grace.Have you ever heard that meaning of Yahweh before? It's a meaning derived from the Hebrew letters themselves because each Hebrew letter holds meaning. And, just like the word "Yahweh", we can use the combined meanings of Hebrew letters to find deeper meaning in each Hebrew word! There is SO MUCH DEPTH in biblical concepts that we've been missing out on! The good news is that if we're willing to dig through His love lang...

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Peace by Peace: Risking Public Action, Creating Social Change - Paperback

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by Lisa Ellen Silvestri (Author)Eight stories about extraordinary action carried out by ordinary people When you want to effect positive change against structural and systemic problems, where do you begin? In Peace by Peace Lisa Silvestri uses interview-based storytelling to explore the catalytic moments that led ordinary people to address social, political, and economic issues in their communities ranging from the West Bank to West Baltimore. The source of their audacity is practical wisdom,...

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by Sarah Sun (Author)He is a rooster, she is a dragon, and it begins with an egg and a song.Set in rural China in the mid-1900s, A Small Voice Singing is a memoir, written in verse, of two individuals who discover themselves and each other in the most remarkable of ways. Through a series of poems, this book tells a story of heartache and triumph as a young man and woman each navigate loss, hardship, and the struggle to adulthood to ultimately find each other. More than a tribute, it is a brid...

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Effective Instruction for Middle School Students with Reading Difficulties: The Reading Teacher's Sourcebook - Paperback

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by Carolyn Denton (Author), Sharon Vaughn (Author), Jade Wexler (Author)Reading problems don't disappear when students enter middle school-recent studies show that nearly a quarter of today's eighth graders aren't able to read at a basic level.* This book arms language arts teachers with the lessons, strategies, and foundational knowledge they need to resolve older students' reading difficulties and increase their chances for academic success.Ideal for use with struggling readers in Grades 6-...

Decoding Terrorism: An Interdisciplinary Approach to a Lone-Actor Case - Paperback

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Handbook of Black Librarianship - Paperback

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by Andrew P. Jackson (Editor), Marva L. Deloach (Editor), Michele Fenton (Editor)As Dr. Josey and Ms. DeLoach wrote in their Introduction to the second editionof The Handbook of Black Librarianship: "In designing the second edition of The Handbook of Black Librarianship, the editors felt that this work should be a reference tool related to the various aspects of African Americans in librarianship and their work in libraries."That first edition covered issues faced by black library professiona...

How to Sell a Book: What I've Learned Selling 100,000 Self-Published Nonfiction Books - Paperback

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by David Kadavy (Author)You've poured your heart into writing a book. Now learn how to get it into the hands of readers.You've written a great book. You know it has the potential to change lives. But how do you actually get people to read it?Traditional publishing seems impossible, and the advice for self-published authors feels overwhelming and ineffective.Bestselling author David Kadavy reveals the exact strategies he's used to sell over 100,000 copies of his self-published nonfiction books...

Work and Other Sins: Life in New York City and Thereabouts - Paperback

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by Charlie Leduff (Author)From the New York Times bestselling author of Detroit: An American Autopsy "Except for a few drinks, nothing is free in Charlie LeDuff's blunt and touching Work and Other Sins. The laughter and wisdom are hard won, the lessons are often painful... the sad tales and wit from the bar rail are endless and timeless." --The New York Times Book Review Charlie LeDuff is that rare breed of news reporter--one who can cover hard-to-get-at stories in a unique and deeply persona...

Statistical Mechanics: A Survival Guide - Paperback

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by A. M. Glazer (Author), J. S. Wark (Author)The present book is a teaching text designed to introduce the fundamentals of the subject of statistical mechanics at a level suitable for students who meet the subject for the first time. The treatment given is designed to give the student a feeling for the topic of statistical mechanics without being held back by the need to understand complex mathematics. The text is concise and concentrates on the understanding of fundamental aspects. Numerous ...

The Fox Effect: How Roger Ailes Turned a Network into a Propaganda Machine - Paperback

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by David Brock (Author), Ari Rabin-Havt (Author), Media Matters for America (Author)Here is comprehensive overview of the tumultuous career of former Fox News president Roger Ailes and a must-read for anyone looking to understand his legacy and impact on news media. Based on the meticulous research of the news watchdog organization Media Matters for America, David Brock and Ari Rabin-Havt show how Fox News, under its president Roger Ailes, changed from a right-leaning news network into a part...

Cognitive Processing in Bilinguals: Volume 83 - Hardcover

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by R. J. Harris (Editor)This collection of 33 papers represents the most current thinking andresearch on the study of cognitive processing in bilingual individuals. Thecontributors include well-known figures in the field and promising newscholars, representing four continents and work in dozens of languages.Instead of the social, political, or educational implications ofbilingualism, the focus is on how bilingual people (mostly adults) thinkand process language. Number of Pages: 604 Dimension...

Borges and the Kabbalah: And Other Essays on His Fiction and Poetry - Paperback

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by Jaime Alazraki (Author)The Argentinian Jorge Luis Borges was one of the most influential figures to emerge from the great blossoming of South American literature in the twentieth century. As a scholar, poet, critic and writer of fiction he was widely read in English translation. This volume brings together a collection of essays on Borges by leading scholar Jaime Alazraki. Together the essays constitute an introduction to important aspects of Borges' oeuvre, including the influence of the ...

The Visual Grammar of Pablo Picasso - Hardcover

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by Irmengard Rauch (Other), Enrique Mallen (Author)Pablo Picasso's continued search for the essential features of perceived objects and his natural abidance to the general principles regulating artistic creation determined his intuitive analysis of the various stages of vision. His exploration of pictorial language is reflected in the well-established periods in the development of Cubism. Progressively, objects were analyzed first by their image (or retinal) and surface (or external) features...