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A Passion for Narrative: A Guide for Writing Fiction - Paperback

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by Jack Hodgins (Author)This book is not intended to persuade you to take up writing novels or short stories - "It's going to be a lot of work," Jack Hodgins warns. Nor will it tell you how to market your stories. But it will take you through the problems facing any fiction writer and show you how some of the best writers in English have solved them. The chapters are clear and comprehensive: Finding Your Own Stories; One Good Sentence After Another - on the skills of writing well; Setting; C...

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The Baby Signing Book: Includes 450 ASL Signs for Babies and Toddlers - Paperback

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by Sara Bingham (Author) This second edition (9780778804512) replaces the first edition (9780778801634) Now with 100 additional American Sign Language (ASL) symbols plus more case studies. The interest surrounding baby signing continues to increase as more and more parents embrace this special world of communication, which allows babies to communicate before they can talk. Sign language gives them a way to express their wants and needs, easing frustration for both baby and parent. Being abl...

The Inter-Galactic Playground: A Critical Study of Children's and Teens' Science Fiction - Paperback

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by Farah Mendlesohn (Author), Donald E. Palumbo (Editor), C. W. Sullivan III (Editor) Science fiction is often considered the genre of ideas and imagination, which would seem to make it ideal for juveniles and young adults; however, the ideas are often dispensed by adults. This book considers the development of science fiction for children and teens between 1950 and 2010, exploring why it differs from science fiction aimed at adults. In a broader sense, this critical examination of 400 texts ...

Ethics and Entertainment: Essays on Media Culture and Media Morality - Paperback

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by Howard Good (Editor), Sandra L. Borden (Editor)As modern media shift from the distribution of information to its creation, a fresh inquiry into the ethics of media is needed. This collection of 19 essays provides useful perspectives for both producers and consumers of entertainment. Topics include the creation of celebrity, the effects of entertainment on children, the hybridization of entertainment and news, author and intellectual property rights, and the role of human dignity in modern ...

Medieval Arthurian Epic and Romance: Eight New Translations - Paperback

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by William W. Kibler (Editor), R. Barton Palmer (Editor) This volume offers newly translated texts that exemplify the two most important traditions of Arthurian literature in the Middle Ages. Encompassing such key works such as Lawman's Brut and Wace's Romance of Brut, written in Middle English and Old French, respectively, the Arthurian Epic Tradition depends on Geoffrey of Monmouth's History of the Kings of Britain, written in Latin. Many modern readers are more familiar with Arthur and his...

Practical Composition: Exercises for the English Classroom from Working Instructors - Paperback

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by Russell Brickey (Editor), Laura L. Beadling (Editor), Evelyn Martens (Editor)For English instructors at every level, the task of producing a worthwhile, workable plan for each class period can prove challenging. This invaluable work offers a vast compilation of writing exercises and in-class activities collected from professors, graduate students and lecturers from colleges and universities across the United States. Step-by-step instructions guide teachers through class discussions and exe...

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by Billy Woods (Author), M. Musgrove (Author)A sardonic spin on the ABC book, A is for Anarchist is a sharp knife in a drawer full of safety scissors. Wryly written by critically acclaimed rapper billy woods and sublimely illustrated by artist m. musgrove, A is for Anarchist upends the traditional ABC format with earnestness that belies its irreverence. Anarchist takes modest ideas, like E is for Energy and G is for Ghosts, and flips them into incisive commentary on modern life and the state ...

Computer Network Security and Cyber Ethics, 4th ed. - Paperback

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by Joseph Migga Kizza (Author) In its 4th edition, this book remains focused on increasing public awareness of the nature and motives of cyber vandalism and cybercriminals, the weaknesses inherent in cyberspace infrastructure, and the means available to protect ourselves and our society. This new edition aims to integrate security education and awareness with discussions of morality and ethics. The reader will gain an understanding of how the security of information in general and of computer...

Before Sherlock Holmes: How Magazines and Newspapers Invented the Detective Story - Paperback

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by Leroy Lad Panek (Author)Traditionally, the history of detective stories as a literary genre begins in the 19th century with the works of Edgar Allan Poe, Charles Dickens, Wilkie Collins, Emile Gaboriau and a handful of other writers. The 19th century was actually awash in detective stories, though many, like the so-called detective notebooks, are so rare that they lay beyond the reach of even the most dedicated readers. This volume surveys the first 50 years of the detective story in 19th ...

Library Volunteers Welcome!: Strategies for Attracting, Retaining and Making the Most of Willing Helpers - Paperback

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by Carol Smallwood (Editor), Lura Sanborn (Editor)Volunteers are crucial to the daily operation of any library. Finding and retaining the right people, motivating them and matching their skills with projects is challenging. This collection of 30 new essays brings together the experiences of numerous individuals across the U.S., providing ideas, projects and best practices for volunteer recruiting and management. The contributors--among them library board members, heads of special collections,...

Abstracts from the Connecticut [Formerly New London] Gazette Covering Southeastern Connecticut, 1774-1776 - Paperback

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by Richard B. Marrin (Author)The period covered by this volume begins just weeks after the Boston Tea Party and ends three years later with a new nation declaring its intent on 4 July 1776. Witness the colonists gathering together; first in protest, then in rebellion. Read first hand reports of the Battle of Lexington, Concord, and Bunker Hill. Examine the colonists' struggle for the liberty we still enjoy and protect today. On 17 December 1773, The New London Gazette was renamed The Connecti...

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by Stephen Nolan (Compiled by), Nyi Nyi Lwin (Other)It's never a good idea to be overly-relient on technology while traveling Look up words quickly and easily with this great little Burmese dictionary. Intended for use by tourists, students, and business people traveling to Myanmar Pocket Burmese Dictionary is an essential tool for communicating in Burmese. A great way to learn Burmese, it features all the essential Burmese vocabulary appropriate for beginning to intermediate students. It's ...

Periplus Pocket Korean Dictionary: Korean-English English-Korean - Paperback

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by Seong-Chul Sim (Author), Gene Baik (Author)It's never a good idea to be overly-relient on technology while traveling Look up words quickly and easily with this convenient travel-sized Korean dictionary. Intended for use by tourists, students, and business people traveling to Korea Pocket Korean Dictionary is an essential tool for communication and a great way to learn Korean. It features all the critical Korean vocabulary appropriate for beginning to intermediate students. It's handy pock...

Periplus Pocket Cantonese Dictionary: Cantonese-English English-Cantonese (Fully Revised & Expanded, Fully Romanized) - Paperback

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by Martha Lam (Author), Lee Hoi Ming (Author)The ideal resource for students, travelers and business people The Periplus Pocket Cantonese Dictionary is a convenient and handy pocket-sized dictionary that contains the most common Cantonese vocabulary you will need to use and understand, whether as a traveler, student, or beginner just discovering the Cantonese language. Different meanings of the same word are distinguished so that you will always be able to make the correct choice with confid...

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Periplus Pocket Indonesian Dictionary: Indonesian-English English-Indonesian - Paperback

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by Katherine Davidsen (Author)Look up words quickly and easily with this travel-sized Indonesian dictionary. Intended for use by tourists, students, and business people traveling to Indonesia, Pocket Indonesian Dictionary is an essential tool for communication and a great way to learn Indonesian. It features all the essential Indonesian vocabulary appropriate for beginning to intermediate students. It's handy pocket format and easy-to-read type will make any future trip to Indonesia much easi...

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An Essential Guide to Interpersonal Communication: Building Great Relationships with Faith, Skill, and Virtue in the Age of Social Media - Paperback

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by Quentin J. Schultze (Author), Diane M. Badzinski (Author)Virtually every human endeavor involves interpersonal communication. Leading Christian scholar and media commentator Quentin Schultze and respected professor of communication Diane Badzinski offer a solid Christian perspective on the topic, helping readers communicate with faith, skill, and virtue in their interpersonal relationships. Designed as a companion to Schultze's successful An Essential Guide to Public Speaking, this invitin...

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Yours Truly: An Obituary Writer's Guide to Telling Your Story - Hardcover

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by James R. Hagerty (Author)In a surprisingly upbeat, heartfelt book about a serious subject, The Wall Street Journal's veteran obituary writer, award-winning journalist James R. Hagerty, shares his unique skills with those who want to have the last word with flourish, honesty, and even humor. Whether in-brief for future newspapers and websites, or as a more complete mini-memoir for friends and family, Yours Truly is a guide to making sure your story is told the way you want - and how the pro...

Road Work: Among Tyrants, Heroes, Rogues, and Beasts - Paperback

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by Mark Bowden (Author)Mark Bowden, author of the #1 New York Times bestseller Black Hawk Down, brings readers into the heat of a story in a way few writers can. Road Work offers a selection of the best of his award-winning nonfiction, from his breakout stories for the Philadelphia Inquirer to his trenchant pieces in the Atlantic on the conflicts in Afghanistan and Iraq. Whether traveling to a small town in Rhode Island to penetrate one of the largest cocaine rings in history, or to the Luang...

Lingo: Around Europe in Sixty Languages - Paperback

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by Gaston Dorren (Author)Whether you're a frequent visitor to Europe or just an armchair traveler, the surprising and extraordinary stories in Lingo will forever change the way you think about the continent, and may even make you want to learn a new language. Lingo spins the reader on a whirlwind tour of sixty European languages and dialects, sharing quirky moments from their histories and exploring their commonalities and differences. Most European languages are descended from a single ances...

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From Where You Dream: The Process of Writing Fiction - Paperback

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by Robert Olen Butler (Author), Janet Burroway (Editor)Robert Olen Butler, winner of the Pulitzer Prize in Fiction, teaches graduate fiction at Florida State University -- his version of literary boot camp. In From Where You Dream, Butler reimagines the process of writing as emotional rather than intellectual, and tells writers how to achieve the dreamspace necessary for composing honest, inspired fiction. Proposing that fiction is the exploration of the human condition with yearning as its ...

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Laws of Media: The New Science - Paperback

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by Eric McLuhan (Author), Marshall McLuhan (Author) In the McLuhan tradition, this New Science offers a while new understanding of human creation, and a vision that could reshape our future.Back JacketBefore you have gone very far in this book, you will have found many familiar themes and topics. Be assured: this is not just a rehashing of old fare dished up between new covers, but a genuinely new food for thought and meditation. Number of Pages: 252 Dimensions: 0.75 x 8.95 x 6.03 IN Publicat...

The Origins of Rhetoric in Ancient Greece - Paperback

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by A. Thomas Cole (Author)Is it fair to judge early Green rhetoric by the standards of Plato and Aristotle? In The Origins of Rhetoric in Anceint Greece, Thomas Cole argues that it is not; yet this is precisely the path taken by current scholarship on the subject.Arguing against this view, Cole sees early Greek rhetoric as largely unsystematic efforts to explore, more by example then by precept, all aspects of discouse. (One might as well term these efforts philosophy as rhetoric, since neith...

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Unreasonable Behavior: An Autobiography - Paperback

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by Don McCullin (Author)From the construction of the Berlin Wall through every major conflict of his adult lifetime up to the Syrian Civil War, photographer Don McCullin has left a trail of iconic images. Revised and updated after twenty-five years, Unreasonable Behavior traces the life and career of one of the top photojournalists of the twentieth century and beyond. Born in London in 1935, McCullin worked as a photographer's assistant in the RAF during the Suez Crisis. His early association...

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by Umberto Eco (Author), Alastair McEwen (Translator)In this book Umberto Eco argues that translation is not about comparing two languages, but about the interpretation of a text in two different languages, thus involving a shift between cultures.Back Jacket'Eco remarks at the outset that he doesn't offer a theoretical approach to translation, but a common sense approach ... Then he gives us enough theory to satisfy the most demanding readers.'-Floyd Merrell, Department of Foreign Languages a...

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Babel: Around the World in Twenty Languages - Hardcover

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by Gaston Dorren (Author)English is the world language, except that most of the world doesn't speak it--only one in five people does. Dorren calculates that to speak fluently with half of the world's 7.4 billion people in their mother tongues, you would need to know no fewer than twenty languages. He sets out to explore these top twenty world languages, which range from the familiar (French, Spanish) to the surprising (Malay, Javanese, Bengali). Babel whisks the reader on a delightful journey...

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101 Conversation Starters for Couples - Paperback

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by Gary Chapman (Author), Ramon Presson (Author)Your spouse is a unique person, filled with amazing insights, thoughts, feelings, and experiences. Communication is key to really knowing and fully loving that person. Bestselling author and marriage counselor Gary Chapman has developed this handy tabletop resource to get you and your spouse talking. With 101 probing questions, couples will find their relationship enhanced, their intimacy deepened, and their romance ignited. 101 Conversation Sta...

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101 Conversation Starters for Families - Paperback

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by Gary Chapman (Author), Ramon Presson (Author)To get your family close, you have to get it talking. One of the signs of a healthy family is open and meaningful conversation. But it's not always easy to get your kids talking. 101 Conversation Starters for Families is an excellent place to begin, providing just the right blend of fun and thought-provoking questions, such as: If you could ask God a question, what would you ask? Complete this sentence: "I feel especially close to you when . . ...

Babel: Around the World in Twenty Languages - Paperback

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Synthesizing Gravity: Selected Prose - Hardcover

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by Kay Ryan (Author)The first-ever collection of essays by one of our most distinguished and distinctive poets, Pulitzer Prize-winner and former Poet Laureate of the United States, Kay Ryan Synthesizing Gravity gathers for the first time a thirty-year selection of Kay Ryan's probings into aesthetics, poetics, and the mind in pursuit of art. A bracing collection of critical prose, book reviews, and her private previously unpublished soundings of poems and poets-- including Robert Frost, Stev...

The Beholder's Eye: A Collection of America's Finest Personal Journalism - Paperback

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by Walt Harrington (Editor)Great journalists, at one time or another, have all been characters in their own stories: people with personalities that shaped what they saw and reported, and were touched and changed by the experiences about which they wrote; and innovators who borrowed the storytelling techniques of fiction. The Beholder's Eye showcases the very best of an increasing trend toward personal narrative: Mike Sager stalking Marlon Brando in the Tahitian jungle; J. R. Moehringer's ques...

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How We Read the Bible: A Guide to Scripture's Style and Meaning - Paperback

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by Karolien Vermeulen (Author), Elizabeth R. Hayes (Author)The Bible is interpreted in a variety of ways and through a myriad of lenses. But how we interpret Scripture depends first of all on how we read it. This handbook focuses on the process of reading itself, taking a cognitive-stylistic approach grounded in recent research on language and the mind. Through accessible explanations of twelve key stylistic elements, How We Read the Bible provides all who study Scripture with the tools to un...

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The Lyric Essay as Resistance: Truth from the Margins - Paperback

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by Zoë Bossiere (Editor), Erica Trabold (Editor), Aisha Sabatini Sloan (Contribution by)Lyric essayists draw on memoir, poetry, and prose to push against the arbitrary genre restrictions in creative nonfiction, opening up space not only for new forms of writing, but also new voices and a new literary canon. This anthology features some of the best lyric essays published in the last several years by prominent and emerging writers. Editors Zoë Bossiere and Erica Trabold situate this anthology w...