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by F. B. Meyer (Author)An exceptional work on the Messianic passages as found in Isaiah. Freshness, simplicity and profound insight characterize this work. Number of Pages: 249 Dimensions: 0.69 x 7.98 x 5.32 IN Publication Date: December 01, 1941

A Contrastive Phonology of Portuguese and English - Paperback

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by Milton M. Azevedo (Author)Compares the sounds, phonology, and prosody of General American English and Southeastern Brazilian Portuguese. Number of Pages: 124 Dimensions: 0.29 x 9 x 6 IN Publication Date: January 01, 1981

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by David E. Newton (Author)The Encyclopedia of Cryptology addresses the basic theoretical concepts and provides a broad overview of the writing, sending, protection, and decrypting of codes and ciphers. This volume also includes biographical sketches, important events in the history of cryptography, and discussions of the practical applications of codes in everyday life. Illustrations, bibliographic references, and cross-references, plus two indexes complement the text.Back JacketSince the be...

Contemporary Vietnamese Readings - Paperback

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by Nguyen Bich Thuan (Author)This textbook is intended for advanced intermediate students preparing for work or research in Vietnam or with materials written in Vietnamese. It acquaints them with a range of written styles, expands their lexical range in a variety of topics, develops reading comprehension skills, and expands their awareness of Vietnamese culture and values. Contemporary Vietnamese Readings incorporates authentic reading materials such as street signs, banners, advertisements, ...

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Writing the Natural Way: Turn the Task of Writing Into the Joy of Writing - Paperback

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by Gabriele Lusser Rico (Author)Writing the Natural Way, first published fifteen years ago, has shown hundreds of thousands of readers how to turn the task of writing into the joy of writing. Completely revised, newly illustrated, and with a wealth of updated, field-tested exercises, this popular classic will help unlock natural writing styles and storytelling abilities.Author BiographyFor twenty years, Gabriele Rico, Ph.D., has led workshops and lectured extensively on the creative process a...

The Common Sense of Teaching Foreign Languages - Paperback

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by Caleb Gattegno (Author)Gattegno wrote this book as a scientist interested in learning processes, as a student interested in the mastery of foreign languages, and as a teacher interested in providing his students with ideal learning conditions. These perspectives combined with years of research, travel, and fieldwork create a full insight into the problem of learning a foreign language. He argues that learning a language should not be about recitation and memorization, but about the natural...

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Short: An International Anthology of Five Centuries of Short-Short Stories, Prose Poems, Brief Essays, and Other Short Prose Forms - Paperback

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by Alan Ziegler (Editor)Short prose forms are elusive to define--one writer's prose poem is another's flash fiction or brief essay. Rather than quibble, Short opts for inclusiveness. Here is a dazzling array: 100s of pieces (under 1250 words) from 24 Western countries, written over five centuries by more than 200 contributors, including major authors of every era. Fables, histories, aphorisms, anecdotes, faux dictionary entries, a faux job application, hint fiction, lists, tableaus, meditatio...

Spanish: Programmatic Course Workbook - Paperback

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by Vicente Arbelaez (Author), Maria C. Alvarez Ortega (Joint Author), Mercedes M. Centeno (Joint Author) Number of Pages: 220 Dimensions: 0.46 x 11 x 8.25 IN Publication Date: November 01, 2000

Beginning with Braille: Firsthand Experiences with a Balanced Approach to Literacy - Paperback

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by Anna M. Swenson (Author)Beginning with Braille, the illuminating classic written by a master teacher and beloved by readers in the United States and abroad, has been expanded and revised This exceptional resource that has been an essential guide to helping educators teach braille to readers who are visually impaired contains invaluable new sections on a range of critical topics, including trends in general education literacy instruction and the teaching of braille, working with dual-media...

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by R. J. Tarrant (Editor) Number of Pages: 288 Dimensions: 0.8 x 8.9 x 5.98 IN Publication Date: May 01, 1985

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by Fred Wah (Author)Including poetry projects, a chapbook and incidental poems previously published in magazines and by small presses, is a door makes use of the poem's ability for "suddenness" to subvert closure: the sudden question, the sudden turn, the sudden opening--writing that is generated from linguistic mindfulness, improvisation, compositional problem-solving, collaborative events, travel, investigation and documentary--in short, poetry as practice.Part one, "Isadora Blue," is groun...

Freeing the Natural Voice: Imagery and Art in the Practice of Voice and Language (Revised & Expanded) - Paperback

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by Kristin Linklater (Author), Andre Slob (Illustrator)A classic text for theatre and film it has sold 100,000 copies in its first edition. Number of Pages: 381 Dimensions: 1.15 x 9.04 x 6.1 IN Illustrated: Yes Publication Date: October 17, 2006

Pocketbook Writer: Confessions of a Commercial Hack - Paperback

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by Charles Nuetzel (Author)The publishing memoirs of Charles Nuetzel, legendary paperback author, editor, publisher, and packager. Number of Pages: 368 Dimensions: 0.82 x 9 x 6 IN Publication Date: February 20, 2008

Mexican Americans and the Mass Media - Hardcover

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by Bradley S. Greenberg (Author), Michael K. Burgoon (Author), Judee Burgoon (Author)This book reports in detail the procedures and findings of project CASA (Communication and Spanish-Speaking Americans)--the most comprehensive, programmatic esearch effort to focus on Mexican-Americans and mass media. Media usage, access, credibility, gratifications, sources of information, and content preferences about a variety of media (from TV to comic books) were accessed. Focus group interviews with his...

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Elements of Fiction Writing - Scene & Structure - Paperback

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by Jack Bickham (Author)Craft your fiction with scene-by-scene flow, logic and readability. An imprisoned man receives an unexpected caller, after which "everything changed..." And the reader is hooked. But whether or not readers will stay on for the entire wild ride will depend on how well the writer structures the story, scene by scene. This book is your game plan for success. Using dozens of examples from his own work - including Dropshot, Tiebreaker and other popular novels - Jack M. Bick...

How Things Got Better: Speech, Writing, Printing, and Cultural Change - Hardcover

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by Henry J. Perkinson (Author), Henry J. Parkinson (Author)A highly original interpretation of the history of Western culture that presents a first in-depth analysis of the cultural impact of communication. Explains how the media have helped bring about economic, political, social, and intellectual progress. Adopting the currently unfashionable theory that Western culture has improved over time, Perkinson argues that media of communication have played a pivotal role in helping to make things ...

Writing Fiction For All You're Worth - Paperback

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by James Scott Bell (Author)Take your fiction to that next level, where agents and editors sit up and take notice - and where readers keep coming back for more Writing Fiction for All You're Worth contains the best of James Scott Bell's articles and blog posts on writing, easily searchable under these headings: The Writing World, The Writing Life, and The Writing Craft. And you'll get never before published material, including a first-ever look into Jim's secret writing notebook, the manual ...

Writing from Within: The Next Generation - Paperback

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by Bernard Selling (Author)Everybody has something to say. In an age when Twitter, blogs, and Tumblrs give millions the chance to write whatever is on their minds, it seems that we're finding plenty of avenues in which to share it. How, then, do we write what is worth saying? How do we record our important memories so they'll be remembered? How do we tell our personal stories the way they deserve to be told? In keeping with successful earlier editions of Writing from Within, Selling has stres...

27 Fiction Writing Blunders - And How Not To Make Them! - Paperback

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by James Scott Bell (Author)Sell more books and build your career by kicking these blunders to the curb!Ever wonder why some books shoot to the top of the bestseller lists? And others that you think should, don't? It's usually a matter of mistakes that could have been avoided!#1 bestselling writing coach James Scott Bell has analyzed thousands of manuscripts over the years, by both new and experienced writers, and noticed certain errors that keep showing up to take readers out of the fictive ...

Abuse of Language, Abuse of Power - Paperback

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by Josef Pieper (Author)One of the great Catholic philosophers of our day reflects on the way language has been abused so that, instead of being a means of communicating the truth and entering more deeply into it, and of the acquisition of wisdom, it is being used to control people and manipulate them to achieve practical ends. Reality becomes intelligible through words. Man speaks so that through naming things, what is real may become intelligible. This mediating character of language, howev...

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Caught'ya! Grammar with a Giggle for Middle School: Giggles in the Middle - Paperback

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by Jane Bell Kiester (Author)Jane Bell Kiester, author of the popular Caught'ya Grammar with a Giggle series, has adapted her effective and fun approach to meet the specific learning needs of middle-school students. This resource improves writing and editing skills, raises test scores, engages students, and creates classrooms filled with giggles Giggles in the Middle offers middle-school teachers all the benefits of the previous Caught'ya books, plus some helpful "extras" created especiall...

Dramatica(r) for Screenwriters: How to Get the Most out of Dramatica(r) Pro & Write Great Scripts - Paperback

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by Chris Huntley (Editor), Armando Saldana-Mora (Author)Dramatica for Screenwriters by Armando Salda a Mora is a must for any writer who wishes to get the most out of the Dramatica(r) Pro story development software. Written by a working screenwriter, this book gives real world, practical applications for using Dramatica to develop and write Screenplays. Book topics include: * What Dramatica offers the screenwriter * Dramatica in thirty seconds * Characters: Beyond the archetypes * Character R...

Our Difficult Sunlight: A Guide to Poetry, Literacy, & Social Justice in Classroom & Community - Paperback

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by Georgia A. Popoff (Author), Quraysh Ali Lansana (Author)In Our Difficult Sunlight, Quraysh Ali Lansana and Georgia Popoff demonstrate the power of poetry in the K-12 classroom. Drawing on their combined thirty years as teaching artists, the authors explore the terrain of the 21st-century public school and outline strategies for using the reading and creation of poetry to improve students' reading comprehension and writing skills. Highlighting best practices, exercises, and anecdotes rooted...

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by Judith Barrington (Author)Since Writing the Memoir came out in early 1997 it has sold roughly 80,000 copies and is consistently praised as the best book on memoir out there. It is thought-provoking, explanatory, and practical: each chapter ends with writing exercises. It covers everything from questions of truth and ethics to questions of craft and the crucial retrospective voice. An appendix provides information on legal issues.Judith Barrington, an award-winning memoir writer and acclaim...

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by Ken Smith (Author)In Junk English, Ken Smith takes on the misuse, abuse, and downright decay of the English language. His weapons? A sharp wit and an almost frightening grasp of the depths of the decline. Written so that the ordinary writer and speaker of English can readily see how the manipulation of words keeps the culture in a haze of misunderstandings and vagueness, Junk English covers the whole spectrum of the problem. In short sections such as "Butt-Covering," "Feeble Beginnings," "...

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by Edgar Allan Poe (Author)This book has three essays, humorous and serious, relating to writing as Poe describes. How to Write a Blackwood's Article, The Philosophy of Composition, and X-ing a Paragraph. Poe himself investigated a variety of genres and styles of writing, from the erudite and abstruse to the colloquial, ironic, and satirical.Author BiographyPoe was a prolific writer, sometimes editor, in a number of genres. Though he is most famous for his horror stories, his three detective ...

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by Charlie Tremendous Jones (Editor), J. C. Penney (Introduction by)One of the greatest gifts you can give yourself or someone else is a good book. Yet it is amazing how many of us have neglected to take advantage of the wealth of knowledge that is so conviently attained through the simple act of reading a book. Number of Pages: 67 Dimensions: 0.23 x 6.56 x 4.18 IN Publication Date: June 01, 2004

Ulysses Episode 3, Proteus: The 1922 Text Supplemental Notes and Commentary - Paperback

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by Jack Grapes (Author)This workbook is a companion study guide to Grapes' Yes I Said Yes I Will Yes, which covers all 18 episodes of Ulysses, James Joyce's modernist novel rendered in the "stream of consciousness" technique. The most famous episode is Molly Bloom's "soliloquy" that ends the novel, but this workbook focuses on the most dense and difficult Episode #3, "Proteus," in which Stephen Dedalus strolls along Sandymount Strand thinking deep thoughts about thinking deeper thoughts, whic...

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Editing Made Easy: Simple Rules for Effective Writing - Paperback

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by Bruce Kaplan (Author)As the title states, this book is designed to be easy to use for all writers. It offers straightforward, practical guidelines for editing, without getting into the weeds of advanced English grammar. You will find no loftier technical grammatical terms here, such as present perfect progressive, correlative conjunctions, imperative mood or interrogative adjective. However, much of the advice in this book is not to be written in stone. English is a flexible language, and ...

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Teaching for Joy and Justice: Re-Imagining the Language Arts Classroom Volume 1 - Paperback

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by Linda Christensen (Author)Teaching for Joy and Justice is the sequel to Linda Christensen's bestselling Reading, Writing, and Rising Up. Christensen is recognized as one of the country's finest teachers. Through stories, Christensen demonstrates how she draws on students' lives and the world to teach poetry, essay, narrative, and critical literacy skills. Practical, inspirational, passionate: Teaching for Joy and Justice reveals what happens when a teacher treats all students as intellectu...

Narra historias Y el arte de imaginar - Paperback

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by Nancy Mellon (Author)> Leyendas, folklore, mitos, rituales, tradiciones, cuentos de hadas, misterios... La narraci n en todas sus formas, ha sido transmitida durante miles de a os, de generaci n en generaci n, en cada rinc n de habla hispana del mundo. Este libro te invite a honrar de lleno tu tradici n oral, tambi n inspirar nuevos caminos para transmitir la sabidur a que te parezca imprescindible hoy, para aquellos que est n intimamente consustanciados con su lugar de origen, familia...

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by Michael Barlow (Author), Stephanie Burdine (Author)Phrasal Verbs in American English provides useful information and guided exercises for ESL/EFL language learners. The contents of Phrasal Verbs come from written and spoken corpora of American English. The most frequent phrasal verbs are taught along with their associated words (collocates). This means that rather than focussing on a phrasal verb such as "get into," this book covers common phrases: "get into an argumen," "get into trouble,...