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Club Programs for Teens: 100 Activities for the Entire Year - Paperback

$88.20

by Amy J. Alessio (Author), Heather Booth (Author)Want to keep the momentum going after a successful teen event? That "one off" can easily be turned into a popular monthly club that will keep young adults coming back. Alessio, co-author of the bestsellers A Year of Programs for Teens and A Year of Programs for Teens 2, and Booth, co-editor of The Whole Library Handbook: Teen Services, show you how. Designed to be used in school or public library settings, this uniquely themed program guide Of...

Foundations of Library and Information Science, Fourth Edition - Paperback

$153.00

by Richard E. Rubin (Author)Much has happened since the last edition of this benchmark text was published. Today's LIS professionals are experiencing both excitement and trepidation as sweeping societal, technological, political, and economic changes affect our users and institutions and transform our discipline. We are increasingly part of a sophisticated infrastructure: the boundaries of knowledge creation, acquisition, organization, dissemination, use, and evaluation are rapidly blurring, ...

Teaching Information Literacy Reframed: 50+ Framework-Based Exercises for Creating Information-Literate Learners - Paperback

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by Joanna M. Burkhardt (Author)The six threshold concepts outlined in the Framework for Information Literacy for Higher Education are not simply a revision of ACRL's previous Information Literacy Competency Standards for Higher Education. They are instead an altogether new way of looking at information literacy. In this important new book, bestselling author and expert instructional librarian Burkhardt decodes the Framework, putting its conceptual approach into straightforward language while ...

Nonfiction in Motion: Connecting Preschoolers with Nonfiction Books through Movement - Paperback

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by Julie Dietzel-Glair (Author)An underutilized source for storytime programs, quality nonfiction books can help bridge the reading gap between preschool boys and girls; boys enjoy facts and "true stuff," and including these books in storytime helps boys see that reading can be fun. Here, Dietzel-Glair spotlights a multitude of nonfiction titles published since 2005 that will engage young children's curiosity while activating learning through movement-based activities. A huge time-saver for s...

Pulpwood Editor: The Fabulous World of the Thriller Magazines Revealed by a Veteran Editor and Publisher - Hardcover

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by John Hersey (Author), Harold Brainerd Hersey (Author), Hersey (Author) Number of Pages: 312 Dimensions: 0.75 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN Publication Date: December 11, 1974

Multicultural Programs for Tweens and Teens - Paperback

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by Linda B. Alexander (Author), Nahyun Kwon (Author)Multicultural Programs for Tweens and Teens is a one-stop resource that encourages children and young adults to explore different cultures. Dozens of flexible programming ideas allow you to *Choose a program specific to your scheduling, budget, or age group requirements *Create an event that reflects a specific culture *Recommend further resources Following the practical programs laid out here, young adult librarians in public libraries, sch...

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The Community College Library:: Reference and Instruction - Paperback

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by Janet Pinkley (Editor), Kaela Casey (Editor)Community colleges are a cornerstone of higher education and serve the unique needs of the communities in which they reside. In 2019, community colleges accounted for 41 percent of all undergraduate students in the United States. Community college librarians are engaged in meaningful work designing and delivering library programs and services that meet the needs of their diverse populations and support student learning. The Community College Lib...

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by Bohyun Kim (Author)Library Technology Reports v.51 no.2 Gamification, which refers to applying gaming elements to a real-world activity, is not necessarily a new idea. But (1) the rapid adoption of the smartphone, (2) the tremendous growth of the mobile web, and (3) the increased use of social media have made it possible for gamification to be implemented in an unprecedentedly seamless, ubiquitous, and social manner, thereby transforming it into a portable activity interwoven with reality....

REVISED STANDARDS AND GUIDELINES OF SERVICE for the Library of Congress Network of Libraries for the Blind and Physically Handicapped, 2011 - Paperback

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by Ascla (Author)Revised for 2011, this ASCLA (Association of Specialized and Cooperative Library Agencies) publication presents standards and guidelines of service for people who are blind or physically handicapped. Detailed explanations of the standards provide a useful tool for assessing the status of making library services accessible. Number of Pages: 90 Dimensions: 0.19 x 11 x 8.5 IN Publication Date: November 01, 2011

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The College Handbook of Creative Writing - Paperback

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by Robert DeMaria (Author)Hone your creative writing skills with this best-selling, portable little handbook! Ideal for all levels of writing from introductory to advanced, THE COLLEGE HANDBOOK OF CREATIVE WRITING, Fourth Edition, covers all the necessary fundamentals for creative writing in the genres of fiction, poetry, and drama. Exploring theme, setting, characters, plot, point of view, tone, style, description, dialogue, thoughts, time, images, and sounds, the handbook includes contempor...

Hard Thinking: The Reintroduction of Logic to Everyday Life - Paperback

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by John D. Mullen (Author)Ideally a logic text should encourage not only criticism of thinking, but critical thinking itself. To its great credit, ard Thinking does both. s Nicholas Rescher, University of Pittsburgh Mullen effectively combines logic, epistemology, and good old fashioned common sense. The dialogues and examples are telling; the explanations clear and to the point. The book articulates, defends, and exemplifies all the important features of 'hard thinking'. Many texts purport t...

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The Zen of Listening: Mindful Communication in the Age of Distraction - Paperback

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by Rebecca Z. Shafir Ma CCC (Author)TV, radio, traffic, telephones, pagers - our minds are bombarded daily by constant noise and clutter. No wonder so many people find it increasingly difficult to listen and comprehend. Simple pieces of information such as names go "in one ear and out the other." Poor listening may have tragic consequences such as the Challenger disaster and the Potomac River crash of 1982, or it can result in smaller tragedies such as lost promotions, stalled marriages, and ...

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by Euripides (Author), J. Ferguson (Editor), John Ferguson (Editor)This useful edition includes Ferguson's introduction to the history of Greek theatre along with full notes and vocabulary.Author BiographyJohn Ferguson taught in universities in the USA and Nigeria, beforebecoming President of Selly Oak Colleges, Birmingham. He was author ofa wide range of commentaries on ancient authors and books on classicalsubjects. Number of Pages: 172 Dimensions: 0.43 x 8.38 x 5.9 IN Publication Date: Jun...

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Scoops: Now a Major Movie on Netflix - Hardcover

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by Sam McAlister (Author)The secrets of a former Newsnight producer who found her way to Buckingham Palace 'A cracking read' Lorraine Kelly 'Riveting' Sunday Telegraph 'Behind every great interview is a great booker - Sam McAlister is one of the unsung heroes of television news' Piers Morgan Sam McAlister is the woman who clinched the 2019 interview with Prince Andrew, described as 'a plane crashing into an oil tanker, causing a tsunami, triggering a nuclear explosion'. She is many things bes...

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Simple Arabic: A Comprehensive Course - Paperback

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by Yousif Haddad (Author), Jack Ingle (Translator)Assuming little or no previous knowledge of the language, Simple Arabic aims to make learning Arabic easy and enjoyable. Words used have been selected on a basis of frequency of usage in contemporary Arabic, and a comprehensive bilingual index will also be helpful for examinations, revision, or simply to refresh one's memory on specific points.Author BiographyYousif Haddad was born in Baghdad. He has taught Arabic at colleges in the UK for man...

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Lectures on Rhetoric and Belles Lettres - Paperback

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by Adam Smith (Author), J. C. Bryce (Editor)The "Notes of Dr. Smith's Rhetorick Lectures," discovered in 1958 by a University of Aberdeen professor, consists of lecture notes taken by two of Smith's students at the University of Glasgow in 1762-1763. There are thirty lectures in the collection, all on rhetoric and the different kinds or characteristics of style. The book is divided into "an examination of the several ways of communicating our thoughts by speech" and "an attention to the princ...

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More Than Words: A Memoir of a Writing Life - Hardcover

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by Jerry Apps (Author)In this combination memoir and craft book, award-winning author Jerry Apps shares the next phase in his life story begun in Limping through Life and Once a Professor. Beginning with a boyhood surrounded by storytellers, Jerry takes readers along on his path to becoming one of the Midwest's best-known and most revered writers. In characteristic no-nonsense style, he shares the joys, disappointments, and frustrations of the writing life and describes the genesis and creati...

Arguing for Our Lives: A User's Guide to Constructive Dialog - Paperback

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by Robert Jensen (Author)We live in a time when public discourse is more skewed than ever by the propaganda that big money can buy, with trust in the leadership of elected officials at an all-time low. The news has degenerated into sensationalist sound bites, and the idea of debate has become a polarized shouting match that precludes any meaningful discussion.It's also a time of anxiety, as we're faced with economic and ecological crises on a global scale, with stakes that seem higher than ev...

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by Constance Weaver (Author)More than fifteen years ago, Constance Weaver's Grammar for Teachers (NCTE, 1979) broke new ground by responding to widespread concern about the place of grammar in the curriculum. Suggesting that teachers need to know key aspects of grammar in order to teach writing more effectively, Weaver also argued that students need to be guided in learning and applying grammatical concepts as they revise and edit their writing. Attention to sentence structure and mechanics d...

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Sentence Composing for Middle School: A Worktext on Sentence Variety and Maturity - Paperback

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by Donald Killgallon (Author)With the first edition of his book, Don Killgallon changed the way thousands of high school English teachers and their students look at language, literature, and writing by focusing on the sentence. In this revised edition, Killgallon presents the same proven methodology but offers all-new writing exercises designed specifically for the middle school student. Unlike traditional grammar books that emphasize the parsing of sentences, this worktext asks students to ...

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Sentence Composing for High School: A Worktext on Sentence Variety and Maturity - Paperback

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by Donald Killgallon (Author)With the original publication of his sentence composing series, Don Killgallon changed the way thousands of high school English teachers and their students look at language, literature, and writing by focusing on the sentence. In this expanded series, Killgallon presents the same proven methodology but offers all-new writing exercises for middle school, high school, and college students. Unlike traditional grammar books that emphasize sentence analysis, these wor...

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Two-Way Mirror: A Poetry Notebook - Hardcover

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by David Meltzer (Author)The poem is perhaps the highest verbal form of communication. It illuminates and it conceals. It is as precise and as vague as a mirror."--David MeltzerTwo-Way Mirror is a classic book of poetics. Written in short remarks, autobiographical anecdotes, and inspirational quotations drawn from philosophical, ethnographic, and literary sources, Two-Way Mirror is both a nondidactic guide to the art Meltzer has devoted his life to, and a literary pleasure in itself. With its...

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The Essential Don Murray: Lessons from America's Greatest Writing Teacher - Paperback

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by Donald Murray (Author), Lisa Miller (Editor), Thomas Newkirk (Editor)Lessons from America's Greatest Writing Teacher Don Murray's mission was to demystify writing by revealing as much as possible about the habits, processes, and practices of writers. This book carries on his work and shows the evolution of his thinking by collecting his most influential pieces as well as unpublished essays, entries from his daybook, drawings, and numerous examples of his famous handouts. KEY WORKS ON WRI...

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How Language Began: The Story of Humanity's Greatest Invention - Hardcover

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by Daniel L. Everett (Author)Mankind has a distinct advantage over other terrestrial species: we talk to one another. But how did we acquire the most advanced form of communication on Earth? Daniel L. Everett, a "bombshell" linguist and "instant folk hero" (Tom Wolfe, Harper's), provides in this sweeping history a comprehensive examination of the evolutionary story of language, from the earliest speaking attempts by hominids to the more than seven thousand languages that exist today.Although ...

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A Gateway to Sindarin: A Grammar of an Elvish Language from J.R.R. Tolkien's Lord of the Rings - Paperback

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by David Salo (Author)From the 1910s to the 1970s, author and linguist J. R. R. Tolkien worked at creating plausibly realistic languages to be used by the creatures and characters in his novels. Like his other languages, Sindarin was a new invention, not based on any existing or artificial language. By the time of his death, he had established fairly complete descriptions of two languages, the "elvish" tongues Quenya and Sindarin. He was able to compose poetic and prose texts in both, and he ...

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United States of Distraction: Media Manipulation in Post-Truth America (and What We Can Do about It) - Paperback

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by Mickey Huff (Author), Nolan Higdon (Author), Ralph Nader (Foreword by)A powerful critique of how manipulation of media gives rise to disinformation, intolerance, and divisiveness, and what can be done to change direction.Mickey Huff and Nolan Higdon emphasize what we can do today to restore the power of facts, truth, and fair, inclusive journalism as tools for people to keep political and corporate power subordinate to the engaged citizenry and the common good.--Ralph NaderThe role of news...

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Introduction to Scholarship in Modern Languages and Literatures - Paperback

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by David G. Nicholls (Editor)The third edition of the MLA's widely used Introduction to Scholarship in Modern Languages and Literatures features sixteen completely new essays by leading scholars. Designed to highlight relations among languages and forms of discourse, the volume is organized into three sections. Understanding Language provides a broad overview of the field of linguistics, with special attention to language acquisition and the social life of languages. Forming Texts offers tool...

Qualitative Research in Information Management - Hardcover

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by Jack D. Glazier (Author), Ronald J. Powell (Author)Product information not available.Author Biography:: Powell /f Ronald /i R. /b Number of Pages: 238 Dimensions: 0.69 x 9 x 6 IN Publication Date: March 15, 1992

Facilities Standards for Art Libraries and Visual Resources Collections - Paperback

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by Betty Jo Irvine (Other)Product information not available. Number of Pages: 1 Dimensions: 0.53 x 9 x 6 IN Publication Date: February 15, 1991

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by Leaf Seligman (Author)Writer and teacher Leaf Seligman encourages students to use writing as a way to deepen connection, make meaning or clarify it. In this pocket-sized book she asks more than seventy questions intended as invitations to plumb, to look, to listen, and to engage with life.Author BiographyLEAF SELIGMAN began writing as a child in Tennessee. She graduated from the writing program at the University of New Hampshire, where she taught for thirteen years before pursuing pastoral...

Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Basic English - Paperback

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by Merriam-Webster (Editor)This dictionary is designed for people with limited English language skills and is a great tool for ESL students. Features more than 36,000 entries with concise, easy-to-use definitions. Nearly 20,000 usage examples, word history and synonym paragraphs, and over 400 detailed line drawings to clarify meanings. Special sections include: Signs and Symbols; Confused, Misused, and Misspelled Words; English Grammar; and Weights and Measures.Author BiographyFor over 180 ye...

Merriam-Webster's Guide to Punctuation and Style - Paperback

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by Merriam-Webster (Editor)Write with confidence with this informative, quick-reference guide to punctuation and style! Answers questions about punctuation, capitalization, italicization, abbreviation, quotation, and documentation of sources Provides instructions for preparing notes and bibliographies Includes a guide to copyediting and proofreading Firmly based on real-life source material, reflecting both the consensus and the variety in American published writing Number of Pages: 368 D...