Language Arts & Linguistics & Literacy

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Story: Style, Structure, Substance, and the Principles of Screenwriting - Hardcover

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by Robert McKee (Author)Robert McKee's screenwriting workshops have earned him an international reputation for inspiring novices, refining works in progress and putting major screenwriting careers back on track. Quincy Jones, Diane Keaton, Gloria Steinem, Julia Roberts, John Cleese and David Bowie are just a few of his celebrity alumni. Writers, producers, development executives and agents all flock to his lecture series, praising it as a mesmerizing and intense learning experience. In Story...

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by Peggy Noonan (Author)For anyone who fears the thought of writing and giving a speech--be it to business associates, or at a wedding--help is at hand. Acclaimed presidential speechwriter Peggy Noonan shares her secrets to becoming a confidence, persuasive speaker demystifying topics including: Finding you own authentic voice Developing a text that interest you Acing the all-important first paragraph Using logic to move your audience Creating, developing, and reinventing the "c...

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How to Write a Sentence: And How to Read One - Paperback

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by Stanley Fish (Author)New York Times Bestseller"Both deeper and more democratic than The Elements of Style" --Adam Haslett, Financial Times"A guided tour through some of the most beautiful, arresting sentences in the English language." --SlateIn this entertaining and erudite gem, world-class professor and New York Times columnist Stanley Fish offers both sentence craft and sentence pleasure, skills invaluable to any writer (or reader). Like a seasoned sportscaster, Fish marvels at the adept...

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Wheelock's Latin, 7th Edition - Hardcover

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by Frederic M. Wheelock (Author), Richard A. LaFleur (Author)The classic Wheelock's Latin remains the most highly regarded and bestselling single-volume, introductory Latin textbook of its kind. Now in its seventh edition, Wheelock's Latin retains its signature core of authentic Latin readings, taken not only from classical literature, drama, and poetry, but also from inscriptions, artifacts, and even graffiti showing the ancient Romans' everyday use of Latin: Latin as a living language. With...

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by Mary Karr (Author)"Karr is a national treasure--that rare genius who's also a brilliant teacher. This joyful celebration of memoir packs transcendent insights with trademark hilarity. Anyone yearning to write will be inspired, and anyone passionate to live an examined life will fall in love with language and literature all over again. " -- George SaundersCredited with sparking the current memoir explosion, Mary Karr's The Liars' Club spent more than a year at the top of the New York Times ...

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Fluent in 3 Months: How Anyone at Any Age Can Learn to Speak Any Language from Anywhere in the World - Paperback

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by Benny Lewis (Author)Benny Lewis, who speaks over ten languages--all self-taught--runs the largest language-learning blog in the world, Fluent In 3 Months. Lewis is a full-time "language hacker," someone who devotes all of his time to finding better, faster, and more efficient ways to learn languages. Fluent in 3 Months: How Anyone at Any Age Can Learn to Speak Any Language from Anywhere in the World is a new blueprint for fast language learning. Lewis argues that you don't need a great mem...

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by Stanley Fish (Author)"Fish mines cultural touchstones from Milton to 'Married with Children' to explain how various types of arguments are structured and how that understanding can lead to victory" -- New York Times Book Review A lively and accessible guide to understanding rhetoric by the world class English and Law professor and bestselling author of How to Write a Sentence.Filled with the wit and observational prowess that shaped Stanley Fish's acclaimed bestseller How to Write a Senten...

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Chineasy: The New Way to Read Chinese - Hardcover

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by Shaolan Hsueh (Author), Noma Bar (Illustrator)Learn to read and write Chinese with Chineasy--a groundbreaking approach that transforms key Chinese characters into pictograms for easy recall and comprehension.Chinese is one of the oldest written languages, and one of the most difficult to master, especially for Westerners. With Chineasy, learning and reading Chinese has never been simpler or more fun. Breaking down the Great Wall of Language, iShaoLan Hsueh draws on her entrepreneurial and ...

A Little Book on Form: An Exploration Into the Formal Imagination of Poetry - Paperback

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by Robert Hass (Author)From the former U.S. Poet Laureate, Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award-winner, an illuminating dissection of poetic form for students, enthusiasts, and newcomers alikeA Little Book on Form brilliantly synthesizes Hass's formidable gifts as both a poet and essayist. In it he takes up the central tension between poetry as genre and the poetics of the imagination. A wealth of vocabulary exists with which to talk about poetry in traditional formal terms. But the more in...

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Where the Past Begins: A Writer's Memoir - Hardcover

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by Amy Tan (Author)FROM NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR AMY TAN, A MEMOIR ON HER LIFE AS A WRITER, HER CHILDHOOD, AND THE SYMBIOTIC RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN FICTION AND EMOTIONAL MEMORYIn Where the Past Begins, bestselling author of The Joy Luck Club and The Valley of Amazement Amy Tan is at her most intimate in revealing the truths and inspirations that underlie her extraordinary fiction. By delving into vivid memories of her traumatic childhood, confessions of self-doubt in her journals, and...

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Where the Past Begins: Memory and Imagination - Paperback

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by Amy Tan (Author)From New York Times bestselling author Amy Tan, a memoir about finding meaning in life through acts of creativity and imagination. As seen on PBS American Masters "Unintended Memoir."In Where the Past Begins, bestselling author of The Joy Luck Club and The Valley of Amazement Amy Tan reveals the ways that our memories and personal experiences can inform our creative work. Drawing on her vivid impressions of her upbringing, Tan investigates the truths and inspirations behind...

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We Need to Talk: How to Have Conversations That Matter - Paperback

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by Celeste Headlee (Author)"WE NEED TO TALK."Now in paperback, public radio journalist Celeste Headlee's insightful and urgent book on how to bridge what divides us--by having real conversationsBASED ON THE TED TALK WITH OVER 10 MILLION VIEWSNPR's Best Books of 2017"We Need to Talk is an important read for a conversationally-challenged, disconnected age. Headlee is a talented, honest storyteller, and her advice has helped me become a better spouse, friend, and mother." (Jessica Lahey, author ...

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Chineasy Everyday: Learning Chinese Through Its Culture - Hardcover

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by Shaolan (Author)A unique and highly entertaining introduction to the richness of Chinese language, culture, and civilization, built on the groundbreaking and hugely popular Chineasy visual learning method.To educate the world about the richness and character of China's people, customs, and heritage, entrepreneur ShaoLan Hsueh created Chineasy, a special building-block learning method that uses highly recognizable and appealing illustrations. She introduced her revolutionary teaching method...

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Talk to Me: How to Ask Better Questions, Get Better Answers, and Interview Anyone Like a Pro - Paperback

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by Dean Nelson (Author)"Dean Nelson is one of the best interviewers around." --Anne LamottFrom respected journalist, professor, and founder of the Writer's Symposium by the Sea, an indispensable guide to the subtle art of the interview guaranteed to afford readers with the skills and confidence they need the next time they say, "talk to me."Interviewing is the single most important way journalists (and doctors, lawyers, social workers, teachers, human resources staff, and, really, all of us) ...

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How to Read Literature Like a Professor: A Lively and Entertaining Guide to Reading Between the Lines - Hardcover

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by Thomas C. Foster (Author)The classic guide, now available in a hardcover edition--a lively and entertaining introduction to literature and literary basics, including symbols, themes and contexts, that shows you how to make your everyday reading experience more rewarding and enjoyable.While many books can be enjoyed for their basic stories, there are often deeper literary meanings interwoven in these texts. How to Read Literature Like a Professor helps us to discover those hidden truths by ...

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Sweat the Technique: Revelations on Creativity from the Lyrical Genius - Hardcover

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by Rakim (Author)On the heels of Kendrick Lamar's Pulitzer Prize, as the world begins to recognize the creative side of Hip-Hop, comes a writing guide from a musician and "The greatest MC of all time," Rakim.The musician and Hip Hop legend--hailed as "the greatest MC of all time" and compared to Thelonious Monk--reimagines the writing handbook in this memoir and guide that incorporates the soulful genius, confidence, and creativity of a master artist.When he exploded on the music scene, music...

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Barnhart Concise Dictionary of Etymology - Hardcover

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by Robert K. Barnhart (Author)"[A] combination of readability with scholarship. . . of exceptional quality." --American Library Association (Reference Books Bulletin)As all lovers of language know, words are the source of our very understanding of ourselves and the world around us.Often, however, our use of language is so automatic that we neglect to consider where those words came from and what they assume. What are the implications, beyond the simple dictionary definitions, of using words s...

American Sign Language Concise Dictionary: Revised Edition - Paperback

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by Martin L. Sternberg (Author)A concise edition of "the most comprehensive and clearly written dictionary of sign language ever published." --Los Angeles TimesIntroducing the first revised edition to the original and most extensive pocket-size American Sign Language dictionary ever published. Included here are more than 2,500 of the most widely used words, phrases, and idioms in the language, with easy-to-follow illustrations of the hand, arm, and facial movements that express each one.Compl...

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Wordslut: A Feminist Guide to Taking Back the English Language - Hardcover

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by Amanda Montell (Author)"I get so jazzed about the future of feminism knowing that Amanda Montell's brilliance is rising up and about to explode worldwide."--Jill SolowayA brash, enlightening, and wildly entertaining feminist look at gendered language and the way it shapes us.The word bitch conjures many images, but it is most often meant to describe an unpleasant woman. Even before its usage to mean "a female canine," bitch didn't refer to women at all--it originated as a gender-neutral wo...

Better Reading English: Improve Your Understanding of Written English - Paperback

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by Jenni Currie Santamaria (Author)Sharpen your language skills while you send your knowledge of American cultureThe more you read in English, the greater your knowledge of the language and of the culture of its native speakers. The short articles in Better Reading English reflect real-life, contemporary issues and situations that will help you understand more about American English and the people who speak it daily.Each chapter features articles that cover a specific topic, with each subsequ...

Practice Makes Perfect English Articles and Determiners Up Close - Paperback

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by Mark Lester (Author)Learn to master the useful but tricky skill of how to choose the right article or determiner As a non-native speaker of English, you may have trouble with determiners because, unlike true adjectives, the choice of which article, demonstrative, or quantifier to use is dependent on both the meaning and the grammatical form of the particular noun they modify. Practice Makes Perfect: English Articles and Determiners Up Close helps you untangle this grammar puzzle with clear...

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by Ronni Gordon (Author), David Stillman (Author)Practice your way to a bigger vocabulary Learners and better Spanish skills If you want to expand your language skills, Spanish Vocabulary Drills is filled with the information and practice you need to reach optimum results. Written by bestselling language-teaching experts Ronni L. Gordon and David M. Stillman, this book features essential Spanish words grouped together into similar themes such as daily life, food, house and home, travel, holi...

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Practice Makes Perfect German Verb Tenses, 2nd Edition: With 200 Exercises + Free Flashcard App - Paperback

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by Astrid Henschel (Author)Go Beyond Conjugation and Learn the Correct Verb Tenses for Speaking and Writing in German If you're looking for help memorizing German verb conjugations, any German verb book will do. But if you are interested in becoming fl uent, you'll need to learn how these building blocks are used in everyday, natural language. That's where Practice Makes Perfect: German Verb Tenses comes in. You will, of course, get plenty of practice, practice, practice using your new verb s...

Conversations That Get Results and Inspire Collaboration: Engage Your Team, Your Peers, and Your Manager to Take Action - Paperback

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by Shawn Kent Hayashi (Author)Achieve All Your Business Goals Using the Art of Conversation "This book will increase your influence and success rate by the end of the first chapter."--Alan Weiss, PhD, author of Million Dollar Consulting and Getting Started in Consulting What is the key to business success? COLLABORATION. Executive coach and professional development expert Shawn Kent Hayashi provides everything you need to inspire, take part in, and manage the kinds of conversations that are t...

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Letting Go of the Words: Writing Web Content That Works - Paperback

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by Janice (Ginny) Redish (Author)Web site design and development continues to become more sophisticated. An important part of this maturity originates with well-laid-out and well-written content. Ginny Redish is a world-renowned expert on information design and how to produce clear writing in plain language for the web. All of the invaluable information that she shared in the first edition is included with numerous new examples. New information on content strategy for web sites, search engine...

The New Penguin Russian Course: A Complete Course for Beginners - Paperback

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by Nicholas J. Brown (Author)Whether you're learning alone or attending classes, you'll find this complete Russian language course for beginners both accessible and indispensable. Designed to provide the student with an excellent command of basic Russian (the equivalent of A' level standard) the book features thirty lessons punctuated by revision exercises to ensure you have fully understood what you have learned. The emphasis is on acquiring vocabulary, experiencing conversational language a...

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An Exaltation of Larks: The Ultimate Edition - Paperback

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by James Lipton (Author)A delightfully unexpected, lovingly curated ode to the unique collective nouns that adorn our language, from "a leap of leopards" to "a murder of crows" and beyond, from the inimitable voice behind Inside the Actors Studio"I am madly in love with collective nouns They make language so colorful and ticklish. . . . An Exaltation of Larks] possess es] an embarrassment of riches (wink wink )." --Lupita Nyong'o, The New York Times For those who have wondered if the famili...

The Mindful Librarian: Connecting the Practice of Mindfulness to Librarianship - Paperback

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by Richard Moniz (Author), Joe Eshleman (Author), Jo Henry (Author)The Mindful Librarian: Connecting the Practice of Mindfulness to Librarianship explores mindfulness, approaching it in such a way as to relate specifically to the many roles or challenges librarians face. Coinciding with the increased need to juggle a variety of tasks, technologies, ebooks, and databases, the new Association of College & Research Libraries Framework for Information Literacy, and the challenges faced by sol...

The Trojan Women and Other Plays - Paperback

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by Euripides (Author), James Morwood (Translator), Edith Hall (Introduction by)This volume of Euripides' plays offers new translations of the three great war plays Trojan Women, Hecuba, and Andromache, in which the sufferings of Troy's survivors are harrowingly depicted. With unparalleled intensity, Euripides--whom Aristotle called the most tragic of poets--describes the horrific brutality that both women and children undergo during war. Yet, in the war's aftermath, this brutality is challeng...

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The Alphabet Versus the Goddess: The Conflict Between Word and Image - Paperback

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by Leonard Shlain (Author)This groundbreaking book proposes that the rise of alphabetic literacy reconfigured the human brain and brought about profound changes in history, religion, and gender relations. Making remarkable connections across brain function, myth, and anthropology, Dr. Shlain shows why pre-literate cultures were principally informed by holistic, right-brain modes that venerated the Goddess, images, and feminine values. Writing drove cultures toward linear left-brain thinking a...

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Sociolinguistics: An Introduction to Language and Society - Paperback

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by Peter Trudgill (Author)This is a classic book on a fascinating subject. Peter Trudgill examines the close link between language and society and the many factors that influence the way we speak. These range from gender, environment, age, race, class, region and politics. Trudgill's book surveys languages and societies from all over the world drawing on examples from Afrikaans to Yiddish. He has added a fascinating chapter on the development of a language as a result of a non-native speaker'...

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The Scene Book: A Primer for the Fiction Writer - Paperback

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by Sandra Scofield (Author)A treasure-trove of scene-writing wisdom from award-winning author and teacher Sandra Scofield To write a good scene, you have to know the following: - Every scene has an EVENT - Every scene has a FUNCTION in the narrative - Every scene has a STRUCTURE: a beginning, middle, and end - Every scene has a PULSE The Scene Book is a fundamental guide to crafting more effective scenes in fiction. In clear, simple language, Sandra Scofield shows both the beginner and the...