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Euphemania: Our Love Affair with Euphemisms - Hardcover

$36.00

by Ralph Keyes (Author)How did die become kick the bucket, underwear become unmentionables, and having an affair become hiking the Appalachian trail? Originally used to avoid blasphemy, honor taboos, and make nice, euphemisms have become embedded in the fabric of our language. Euphemania traces the origins of euphemisms from a tool of the church to a form of gentility to today's instrument of commercial, political, and postmodern doublespeak. As much social commentary as a book for word love...

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The Book of Human Emotions: From Ambiguphobia to Umpty -- 154 Words from Around the World for How We Feel - Hardcover

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by Tiffany Watt Smith (Author)A thoughtful, gleeful encyclopedia of emotions, both broad and outrageously specific, from throughout history and around the world. How do you feel today? Is your heart fluttering in anticipation? Your stomach tight with nerves? Are you falling in love? Feeling a bit miffed? Do you have the heebie-jeebies? Are you antsy with iktsuarpok or filled with nakhes? Recent research suggests there are only six basic emotions. But if that makes you feel uneasy, suspicious...

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by Tom Wolfe (Author)The maestro storyteller and reporter provocatively argues that what we think we know about speech and human evolution is wrong. "A whooping, joy-filled and hyperbolic raid on, of all things, the theory of evolution." (Dwight Garner, New York Times) Tom Wolfe, whose legend began in journalism, takes us on an eye-opening journey that is sure to arouse widespread debate. THE KINGDOM OF SPEECH is a captivating, paradigm-shifting argument that speech--not evolution--is respon...

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by Jane Mount (Illustrator), Thessaly La Force (Editor)The books that we choose to keep -- let alone read -- can say a lot about who we are and how we see ourselves. In My Ideal Bookshelf, dozens of leading cultural figures share the books that matter to them most; books that define their dreams and ambitions and in many cases helped them find their way in the world. Contributors include Malcolm Gladwell, Thomas Keller, Michael Chabon, Alice Waters, James Patterson, Maira Kalman, Judd Apatow...

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by Dana Gioia (Author), R. Gwynn (Author)This affordably-priced collection presents masterpieces of short fiction from 52 of the greatest story writers of all time. From Sherwood Anderson to Virginia Woolf, this anthology encompasses a rich global and historical mix of the very best works of short fiction and presents them in a way students will find accessible, engaging, and relevant. The book's unique integration of biographical and critical background gives students a more intimate underst...

Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know about the People We Don't Know - Hardcover

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by Malcolm Gladwell (Author)Malcolm Gladwell, host of the podcast Revisionist History and author of the #1 New York Times bestseller Outliers, offers a powerful examination of our interactions with strangers--and why they often go wrong. A Best Book of the Year: The Financial Times, Bloomberg, Chicago Tribune, and Detroit Free Press How did Fidel Castro fool the CIA for a generation? Why did Neville Chamberlain think he could trust Adolf Hitler? Why are campus sexual assaults on the rise? D...

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The English Teacher's Companion, Fourth Edition: A Completely New Guide to Classroom, Curriculum, and the Profession - Paperback

$93.83

by Jim Burke (Author)A new companion for every English teacher "Why have I written an entirely new English Teacher's Companion? Because to offer you anything less would suggest I had not grown, changed, or evolved these past fifteen years. I am not the same teacher I was when I wrote the first edition." Jim Burke The fourth edition of English Teacher's Companion is 100 percent new. Jim Burke has rewritten it to model methods for reaching a new generation of students-when all the ground rules ...

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In the Middle, Third Edition: A Lifetime of Learning about Writing, Reading, and Adolescents - Paperback

$121.18

by Nancie Atwell (Author) "The third edition of In the Middle is my invitation to English teachers, both veterans and novices, to understand writing and reading from the inside and recognize our potential to influence our students' literacy for a lifetime. Like the two that preceded it, this edition represents my current best set of blueprints for how I build and maintain a writing-reading workshop-the expectations, demonstrations, models, choices, resources, rules and rituals, pieces of advi...

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The Art of Slow Reading: Six Time-Honored Practices for Engagement - Paperback

$65.29

by Thomas Newkirk (Author)"Tom Newkirk's call to appreciate the value of slow reading is both timely and important, especially in an era where skimming and click-and-go reading have become the norm for our students. Newkirk reminds us that our deepest reading pleasures are often found when we slow down and pay close attention, and this book clearly demonstrates how slow reading deepens the thinking of both teachers and students. A must-read for anyone concerned about the state of reading-you ...

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Image Grammar, Second Edition: Teaching Grammar as Part of the Writing Process - Paperback

$73.64

by Harry Noden (Author)"With Image Grammar, visual images are everything," says author Harry Noden. "This is why both teachers with struggling students and those with AP students have embraced the book through 15 printings." Each chapter is divided into two sections: concepts that show how professional writers develop their art and lesson strategies to implement these concepts in the classroom. New and expanded concepts in the second edition include: an introduction to grammatical chunks ...

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Minds Made for Stories: How We Really Read and Write Informational and Persuasive Texts - Paperback

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by Thomas Newkirk (Author)In this highly readable and provocative book, Thomas Newkirk explodes the long standing habit of opposing abstract argument with telling stories. Newkirk convincingly shows that effective argument is already a kind of narrative and is deeply "entwined with narrative." --Gerald Graff, former MLA President and author of Clueless in Academe Narrative is regularly considered a type of writing-often an "easy" one, appropriate for early grades but giving way to argument a...

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Read Write Teach: Choice and Challenge in the Reading-Writing Workshop - Paperback

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by Linda Rief (Author)Veteran teacher and author Linda Rief has inspired thousands of practitioners across the nation to lead adolescent students on a journey to becoming lifelong readers and writers. In ReadWriteTeach, Linda offers the what, how, and why of a year's worth of reading and writing for middle and high school students with a framework that is as flexible as it is comprehensive. "...This book isn't a compilation of tear-out reproducibles designed to help us replicate Linda's pract...

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Subjects Matter, Second Edition: Exceeding Standards Through Powerful Content-Area Reading - Paperback

$79.97

by Steven Zemelman (Author), Harvey Smokey Daniels (Author)"To help every kid fall in love with at least one field of knowledge, our students must encounter our fields' most galvanizing, tantalizing, and pivotal documents. This book is about making those encounters as compelling as we can make them." --Harvey "Smokey" Daniels and Steven Zemelman We are specialists to the bone--in science, math, social studies, art, music, business, and foreign language. But now, the Common Core and state stan...

The Pygmies Were Our Compass: Bantu and Batwa in the History of West Central Africa, Early Times to C. 1900 C.E. - Hardcover

$126.00

by Kairn A. Klieman (Author)Covering more than 2,000 years this important region's history, this book is a groundbreaking contribution to the knowledge of pre-colonial Africa. Covering more than 2,000 years this important region's history, this book is a groundbreaking contribution to the knowledge of pre-colonial Africa. It is the first historical work to reconstruct a Batwa or Pygmy past, thereby questioning Western epistemologies that have long portrayed the Batwa as a quintessential peopl...

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Writing with Mentors: How to Reach Every Writer in the Room Using Current, Engaging Mentor Texts - Paperback

$61.45

by Allison Marchetti (Author), Rebekah O'Dell (Author)"Writing With Mentors is one of the best books I've read on harnessing the power of mentor texts to spur authentic student writing." --Kelly Gallagher, author of Write Like This "Writing With Mentors has transformed the way I think about using exemplar pieces." --Christopher Lehman, coauthor of Falling in Love with Close Reading "I am certain Don [Graves] would have celebrated these wise, kind, and fearless advocates for young writers." --...

180 Days: Two Teachers and the Quest to Engage and Empower Adolescents - Paperback

$69.35

by Kelly Gallagher (Author), Penny Kittle (Author)"Teaching is art-creation-and a curriculum map is only as good as the teacher who considers it, who questions it, and who revises it to meet the needs of each year's students." -Kelly Gallagher and Penny Kittle Two teachers. Two classrooms. One school year. 180 Days represents the collaboration of two master teachers-Kelly Gallagher and Penny Kittle-over an entire school year: planning, teaching, and reflecting within their own and each other'...

Growing Language and Literacy: Strategies for English Learners - Paperback

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by Andrea Honigsfeld (Author)With K-8 teachers in mind, Andrea Honigsfeld offers this user-friendly, accessible resource to address the diverse language and literacy proficiencies that exist in so many U.S. classrooms today. Andrea unpacks the five levels of language acquisition, based on the TESOL framework, and introduces practical strategies that can be applied across grade levels and content areas to support EL students' academic language and literacy development. With an emphasis on cul...

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El Libro de Estrategias de Lectura: Guia Completa Para Formar Lectores Habiles - Paperback

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by Jennifer Serravallo (Author)"Spanish-language educators tell me that they too often spend precious time translating English-only material so that it can work with their students. My Facebook and Twitter messages and my email inbox are all filled with educators who are asking for the same thing: Spanish editions of The Reading Strategies Book and The Writing Strategies Book. I'm so glad they are finally here!" -Jennifer Serravallo Teachers love Jennifer Serravallo's Reading Strategies Book...

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by S. H. Burton (Author)Mastering English Grammar is a start-at-the-basics, no-nonsense English Grammar book, not only for students of English, but also for those studying modern languages, business people and secretaries - in fact anyone who has forgotten/never known the simple rules of the language they speak. Number of Pages: 192 Dimensions: 0.41 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN Publication Date: August 09, 1984

Archiving Cultures: Heritage, Community and the Making of Records and Memory - Hardcover

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by Jeannette A. Bastian (Author)Archiving Cultures defines and models the concept of cultural archives, focusing on how diverse communities express and record their heritage and collective memory and why and how these often-intangible expressions are archival records. Analysis of oral traditions, memory texts and performance arts demonstrate their relevance as records of their communities.Key features of this book include definitions of cultural heritage and archival heritage with an emphasis...

An Uncommon Tongue: The Uses and Resources of English - Paperback

$72.88

by Walter Nash (Author)First published in 1991, An Uncommon Tongue explores the theme of usage in its widest sense: usage as what we say or write; usage as a social question; usage as a literary convention; usage and creativity. The book reflects on the practice and status of the English language in the modern world and the demands it makes on its academic disciplines. It puts forward the argument that the study of usage transcends both the 'prescriptive' and 'descriptive' and is ultimately '...

Becoming a Researcher: A Research Companion for the Social Sciences - Paperback

$59.92

by Mairead Dunne (Author), John Pryor (Author)This innovative book combines what most books separate: research as practical activity and research as intellectual engagement. It clarifies and makes explicit the methodological issues that underlie the journey from initial research idea to the finished report and beyond. The text moves the researcher logically through the research process and provides insights into methodology through an in-depth discussion of methods. It presents the research ...

New Literacies: Everyday Practices and Social Learning - Paperback

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by Colin Lankshear (Author), Collins Lankshear (Author), Michele Knobel (Author)The new edition of this popular book takes a fresh look at what it means to think of literacies as social practices.Author BiographyColin Lankshear is a freelance researcher and writer based in Mexico. He is currently an adjunct professor at James Cook University, Australia, and McGill and Mount St Vincent Universities, Canada. Michele Knobel is Professor of Education at Montclair State University, USA. Number of ...

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Stand Out 3 with the Spark Platform - Paperback

$72.97

by Rob Jenkins (Author), Staci Johnson (Author)Now in its fourth edition, Stand Out is a seven-level, standards-based adult education program with a track record of real-world results. Close alignment to key standards and frameworks provides adult students with language and skills for success in the workplace, college, and everyday life. Dimensions: 0.47 x 10.81 x 8.5 IN Publication Date: June 02, 2023

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Stand Out 2 with the Spark Platform - Paperback

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The Wit & Wisdom of Tyrion Lannister - Hardcover

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by George R. R. Martin (Author)The perfect gift for fans of George R. R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire novels and HBO's Game of Thrones: a collection of wicked one-liners from the incomparable Imp of Casterly Rock, fully illustrated by Jonty Clark "My mind is my weapon. My brother has his sword, King Robert has his warhammer, and I have my mind . . . and a mind needs books as a sword needs a whetstone if it is to keep its edge." The jealous masses of the Seven Kingdoms may call him Half...

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Writing the Mind Alive: The Proprioceptive Method for Finding Your Authentic Voice - Paperback

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by Linda Trichter Metcalf (Author)Discover the revolutionary writing practice that can transform your life In 1976, Linda Trichter Metcalf, then a university English professor, sat down with pen and paper and intuitively started a self-guided writing practice that helped to bring herself into focus and clarify her life as never before. She and a colleague, Tobin Simon, introduced this original method into their classrooms. They experienced such solid response from their students that, for the...

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Crafting Poems and Stories: A Guide to Creative Writing - Paperback

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by Ethel Rackin (Author)Back JacketCrafting Poems and Stories is an inspiring new guide to creative writing. Comprehensive in its treatment of poetry and fiction, this book offers the features that students most often request, including concise definitions of basic terms of poetry and short fiction, focused discussion of craft, exciting literary models, and engaging hands-on exercises. It is an accessible guide that renders the material of introductory creative-writing courses more readily en...

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Voices 5 with the Spark Platform (Ame) - Paperback

$111.71

by Daniel Barber (Author), Marek Kiczkowiak (Author)Voices is a seven-level, integrated-skills program for adults and young adults that enables instructors to teach with confidence in all classrooms. Supported by a common-sense lesson progression and a Virtual Voices Toolkit featuring professional development resources, teachers have the learning and teaching materials they need to deliver engaging courses both online and in person. With Voices, learners use English as a tool for global commu...

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Voices 4 with the Spark Platform (Ame) - Paperback

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by Chia Suan Chong (Author), Lewis Lansford (Author)With Voices, learners use English as a tool for global communication and are encouraged to celebrate connections among people from a wide range of cultures and backgrounds. Carefully sequenced activities featuring real world content fully prepare learners for interaction and guide them to develop their voice in English. Voices is a seven-level, integrated-skills program for adults and young adults that enables instructors to teach with confi...

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Voices 2 with the Spark Platform (Ame) - Paperback

$111.71

by Chia Suan Chong (Author), Lewis Lansford (Author)Voices is a seven-level, integrated-skills program for adults and young adults that enables instructors to teach with confidence in all classrooms. Supported by a common-sense lesson progression and a Virtual Voices Toolkit featuring professional development resources, teachers have the learning and teaching materials they need to deliver engaging courses both online and in person. With Voices, learners use English as a tool for global commu...

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Voices 1 with the Spark Platform (Ame) - Paperback

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by Emily Bryson (Author), Gary Pathare (Author)Voices is a seven-level, integrated-skills program for adults and young adults that enables instructors to teach with confidence in all classrooms. Supported by a common-sense lesson progression and a Virtual Voices Toolkit featuring professional development resources, teachers have the learning and teaching materials they need to deliver engaging courses both online and in person. With Voices, learners use English as a tool for global communicat...