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by David Shulman (Author)Spoken by eighty million people in South Asia and a diaspora that stretches across the globe, Tamil is one of the great world languages, and one of the few ancient languages that survives as a mother tongue for so many speakers. David Shulman presents a comprehensive cultural history of Tamil--language, literature, and civilization--emphasizing how Tamil speakers and poets have understood the unique features of their language over its long history. Impetuous, musical,...
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by Anna Bonifazi (Author)Anna Bonifazi suggests that the Homeric text we have now would have enabled ancient audiences to enjoy the evocative power of even minimal linguistic elements. The multiple functions served by these elements are associated not only with the variety of narrative contexts in which they occur but also with overarching poetic strategies. The findings relate to two strategies in particular: unfolding the narrative by signaling the upcoming content with αύ- adverbs and part...
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by Perry Link (Author), E. Perry Link (Author)During the Cultural Revolution, Mao exhorted the Chinese people to "smash the four olds" old customs, old culture, old habits, and old ideas. Yet when the Red Guards in Tiananmen Square chanted "We want to see Chairman Mao," they unknowingly used a classical rhythm that dates back to the Han period and is the very embodiment of the four olds. An Anatomy of Chinese reveals how rhythms, conceptual metaphors, and political language convey time-honore...
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by Robert Douglas-Fairhurst (Author)Becoming Dickens tells the story of how an ambitious young Londoner became England's greatest novelist. In following the twists and turns of Charles Dickens's early career, Robert Douglas-Fairhurst examines a remarkable double transformation: in reinventing himself Dickens reinvented the form of the novel. It was a high-stakes gamble, and Dickens never forgot how differently things could have turned out. Like the hero of Dombey and Son, he remained haunted ...
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by Jürgen Leonhardt (Author), Kenneth Kronenberg (Translator)The mother tongue of the Roman Empire and the lingua franca of the West for centuries after Rome's fall, Latin survives today primarily in classrooms and texts. Yet this "dead language" is unique in the influence it has exerted across centuries and continents. J rgen Leonhardt has written a full history of Latin from antiquity to the present, uncovering how this once parochial dialect developed into a vehicle of global communication...
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by Leah Hager Cohen (Author)A stunning work of journalism and memoir that explores the intimate truths of the silent but articulate world of the deaf. In American Sign Language, "train go sorry" means "missing the boat." Leah Hager Cohen uses the phrase as shorthand for the myriad missed connections between the deaf and the hearing. As she ushers readers into New York's Lexington School for the Deaf, Cohen (whose grandfather was deaf and whose father was the school's superintendent) she also ...
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by Linda Greenhouse (Author)In this timely book, a Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter trains an autobiographical lens on a moment of remarkable transition in American journalism. Just a few years ago, the mainstream press was wrestling with whether labeling waterboarding as torture violated important norms of neutrality and objectivity. Now, major American newspapers regularly call the president of the United States a liar. Clearly, something has changed as the old rules of "balance" and "two si...
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by Loeb Classical Library (Author)This selection of lapidary nuggets drawn from 33 of antiquity's major authors includes poetry, dialogue, philosophical writing, history, descriptive reporting, satire, and fiction--giving a glimpse at the wide range of arts and sciences, thought and styles, of Greco-Roman culture. The selections span twelve centuries, from Homer to Saint Jerome. The texts and translations are reproduced as they appear in Loeb volumes. The Loeb Classical Library(R) is the only...
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by Janet Malcolm (Author)A seminal work and examination of the psychopathology of journalism. Using a strange and unprecedented lawsuit by a convicted murder againt the journalist who wrote a book about his crime, Malcolm delves into the always uneasy, sometimes tragic relationship that exists between journalist and subject. Featuring the real-life lawsuit of Jeffrey MacDonald, a convicted murderer, against Joe McGinniss, the author of Fatal Vision. In Malcolm's view, neither journalist nor s...
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by Sandy Linver (Author), Jim Mengert (With)In The Leader's Edge, Sandy Linver, the well-known consultant and president of Speakeasy Inc., shows how her clients -- from top-notch companies such as Coca-Cola, Andersen Consulting, and UPS -- have used effective communication skills to reach their high leadership positions. In this book, you'll meet chairmen, presidents of companies, and heads of divisions from different industries with one thing in common: They're all committed to communicating...
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by John Gardner (Author)This classic guide, from the renowned novelist and professor, has helped transform generations of aspiring writers into masterful writers--and will continue to do so for many years to come. John Gardner was almost as famous as a teacher of creative writing as he was for his own works. In this practical, instructive handbook, based on the courses and seminars that he gave, he explains, simply and cogently, the principles and techniques of good writing. Gardner's lessons...
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by Everett M. Rogers (Author)From Simon & Schuster, History of Communication Study is Everett M. Rogers' in-depth and fascinating biographical approach. Everett Rogers' History of Communication Study offers an in-depth treatise on the history of human communication with archival interviews and research of those who have studied it as an intrical part of the social sciences.
Number of Pages: 592
Dimensions: 1.5 x 6 x 8.9 IN
Publication Date: July 01, 1997
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by Karen Elizabeth Gordon (Author)Gordon has taken her enormously successful book of English usage and expanded it to include more rules, fine points, examples, and illustrations. Playful and practical, this style book combines classic questions of usage with wit and the blackest of humor. Illus.Front JacketPlayful and practical, this is the style book you can't wait to use, a guide that addresses classic questions of English usage with wit and the blackest of humor. Black-and-white illustrat...
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by David Abram (Author)Winner of the International Lannan Literary Award for Nonfiction Animal tracks, word magic, the speech of stones, the power of letters, and the taste of the wind all figure prominently in this intellectual tour de force that returns us to our senses and to the sensuous terrain that sustains us. This major work of ecological philosophy startles the senses out of habitual ways of perception. For a thousand generations, human beings viewed themselves as part of the wider c...
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by Vladimir Nabokov (Author)Two appendixes from Nabokov's famous edition of Eugene Onegin: his study of versification in English and Russian poetry, and his "term paper" on Pushkin's Ethiopian ancestor. Originally published in 1965. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while p...
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by Marshall Weber (Editor), Xu Bing (Text by (Art/Photo Books)), Stephen DuPont (Contribution by)The artist's book as activist tactic: a toolkitFreedom of the Presses is at once a textbook and a toolbox for using artists' books and creative publications to further community engagement and social justice projects. Far from being a staid survey of an art historical practice, Freedom of the Presses intervenes in an ongoing discussion about art and activism in the present day by considering the p...
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by Jenna Lange (Author)This guide book takes a humorous look at some of the myths in public speaking and provides you with alternatives to help you connect, be clear and compel any audience. The tips and suggestions enclosed are easy to implement and will allow you to sharpen your public speaking skills immediately. Jenna has been coaching executives around the world on public speaking for more than 15 years. But now you don't have to be an executive of a Fortune 500 company to take advantag...
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by Zackary Richards (Author)Tired of Rejection Letters? Tired of submitting queries? Tired of putting your heart and soul into a novel only to have it ignored by agents and publishers?In "The Best Book on How to Write, Publish and Market Your Novel into a Bestseller" I'll show you the methods the pros use to get past the interns and have their manuscripts go straight to the decision makers. You'll learn WHY your manuscripts are being rejected, and what you need to start doing NOW to get on th...
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by John Brantingham (Author)Often poets feel stifled by the structure of formal poetry, but John Brantingham's instructions discuss how the tools of the form can help writers to create work they never would have expected when they approach formal poetry from a completely new direction. These forms can give us ideas that we never knew we could have. They allow for new insights not possible with free verse alone. These ideas and insights are the gift that form gives us.Author BiographyJohn Bran...
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by Victoria Kays (Author)All you need to teach third grade spelling is included in this one book. Improving Your Spelling Skills/ Book 3 is the third in a series for first through eighth grade. It is a user-friendly workbook with exercises for daily work for the entire school year. It also includes a glossary and answer key.Author BiographyVictoria Kays has been an educator for thirty years. Her passion and calling is teaching children. Her goal for this book is to increase a student's desire...
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by Victoria Kays (Author)All you need to teach fourth grade spelling is in this one book. Improving Your Spelling Skills/Book 4 is the fourth in a series for first through eighth grade. It is a user-friendly workbook with exercises for daily work for the entire school year. It includes words with the short and long vowel sounds, vowel diphthongs, R-controlled vowels, silent letters, consonant clusters, irregular plurals, suffixes, contractions, and homophones. Every sixth lesson is a review o...
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by Christina Escamilla (Author)This guide helps writers fully understand their characters by giving a series of questions in four specific sections: background, mind, body, and soul. Questions range from simple ways to understand the physical aspects of your characters to fully understanding their motivations and desires.
Number of Pages: 116
Dimensions: 0.24 x 9.02 x 5.98 IN
Publication Date: January 15, 2015
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by Multiple Contributors (Author)The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization of epic proportions to preserve these invaluable works in the largest archive of its kind. Now for the first time these high-quality digital copies of original 18th century manuscripts a...
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by Multiple Contributors (Author) The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization of epic proportions to preserve these invaluable works in the largest archive of its kind. Now for the first time these high-quality digital copies of original 18th century manuscripts ...
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by Multiple Contributors (Author) The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization of epic proportions to preserve these invaluable works in the largest archive of its kind. Now for the first time these high-quality digital copies of original 18th century manuscripts ...
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by Paulo Freire (Author), Donaldo Macedo (Author)Freire and Macedo analyse the connection between literacy and politics according to whether it produces existing social relations, or introduces a new set of cultural practices that promote democratic and emancipatory change.
Number of Pages: 214
Dimensions: 0.49 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN
Publication Date: December 10, 1987
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by Tom Reilly (Author), Manley Witten (Editor)American war reporting came of age with the Mexican War, just as our nation's newspapers were gaining new prominence through the headline-hawking "penny press." Indeed, the Mexican War was the first to be comprehensively reported in the daily press, with at least thirteen full-time correspondents covering the military campaigns conducted south of the border. Tom Reilly highlights the synergistic relationship between battlefield reporters and the r...
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by Gordon Jarvie (Author)Grammar, the structure of a language, is often the subject of confusion. The Bloomsbury Grammar Guide is an easy-to-use handbook which provides the answers. Updated and revised throughout, the new edition is essential reading for all writers and readers of our increasingly dynamic and global language.It contains: - Words, phrases, sentences and clauses - Punctuation - where and how to use everything from the colon to the slash- Figures of speech and literary devices ...
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by Carolyn Steedman (Author)Dust is a witty and highly original investigation into the development of modern history writing. This book considers how history writing belongs to the currents of thought shaping the modern world, and suggests that, like dust, the 'matter of history' can never go away or be erased.Front JacketIn this witty, engaging and challenging book, Carolyn Steedman has produced a highly original and sometimes irreverent investigation into the development of modern history w...
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by Suzette Haden Elgin (Author)For some employees, verbal abuse can be the everyday language of doing business. Defending yourself from these verbal abusers--calmly, professionally, and successfully--can be crucial to your on-the-job success. Nationally recognized linguistics expert and author Suzette Haden Elgin applies her acclaimed techniques for combating verbal attacks to common workplace situations. Powerful yet unthreatening, her proven strategies will help you recognize and defend yo...
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by Rosalie Maggio (Author)For anyone who has ever searched for the right word at a crucial moment, the revised third edition of this bestselling guide offers a smart and succinct way to say everything One million copies sold How to Say It(R) provides clear and practical guidance for what to say--and what not to say--in any situation. Covering everything from business correspondence to personal letters, this is the perfect desk reference for anyone who often finds themselves struggling to fin...
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by Ryan Holiday (Author)An NPR Book Concierge Best Book of 2018! A stunning story about how power works in the modern age--the book the New York Times called "one helluva page-turner" and The Sunday Times of London celebrated as "riveting...an astonishing modern media conspiracy that is a fantastic read." Pick up the book everyone is talking about. In 2007, a short blogpost on Valleywag, the Silicon Valley-vertical of Gawker Media, outed PayPal founder and billionaire investor Peter Thiel as ...
