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Bicycling, Motorcycling, Rhetoric, and Space - Hardcover

$170.10

by Hunter H. Fine (Author)Bicycling, Motorcycling, Rhetoric, and Space draws from cultural studies, rhetorical theory, and political philosophy to examine bicycling and motorcycling as serious forms of communication and thought.Author BiographyHunter H. Fine is assistant professor of communication at the University of Guam. Number of Pages: 244 Dimensions: 0.69 x 9 x 6 IN Publication Date: October 03, 2022

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Style and Substance: A Guide to Finding and Joining the Academic Conversation - Paperback

$44.55

by John Lambersky (Author)Back JacketStyle & Substance demystifies academic conversations by breaking down the underlying concepts behind good scholarship and the skills involved in research, writing, and presenting. The author guides undergraduates through the trials of academic writing, from how to form fruitful research questions, to gathering and using the appropriate evidence, and finally to crafting polished, thoughtful responses to the questions that we pose ourselves in good rese...

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by Lenny Cavallaro (Author)Sophocles is best known for Oedipus the King, in which the protagonist discovers-to his horror -that he has slain his father and married his mother. In one guise or another this thematic material is familiar territory for Sophocles; it arises in at least two more of his dramas, including Odysseus Acanthoplex. In The Interpretation of Dreams Freud explains that Hamlet is unable to avenge his father's murder because of his repressed Oedipus complex-i.e., because Claud...

Understanding the Financial Industry Through Linguistics: How Applied Linguistics Can Prevent Financial Crisis - Hardcover

$43.18

by Richard C. Robinson (Author)This book is an essential read for any professional dealing with data and information challenges.The author presents a new, unique approach to broad industry issues, leveraging applied linguistics and discusses how to break barriers that exist between language and data; the aim to make it easier for the financial industry (including regulators) to communicate - for the benefit of all investors. Unconventional in the cross-disciplinary pairing of applied linguist...

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Subatomic Writing: Six Fundamental Lessons to Make Language Matter - Paperback

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by Jamie Zvirzdin (Author)See science writing fundamentals afresh through a subatomic lens!In Subatomic Writing, Johns Hopkins University instructor Jamie Zvirzdin goes bravely into uncharted territory by offering a totally new kind of guide for writing about science--from the subatomic level up! Subatomic Writing teaches readers that the building blocks of language are like particles in physics. These particles, combined and arranged, form something greater than their parts: all matter in th...

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Because Data Can't Speak for Itself: A Practical Guide to Telling Persuasive Policy Stories - Paperback

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by David Chrisinger (Author), Lauren Brodsky (Author)A guide for how to tell clear, data-driven stories that will make an impact.People with important evidence-based ideas often struggle to translate data into stories their readers can relate to and understand. And if leaders can't communicate well to their audience, they will not be able to make important changes in the world. Why do some evidence-based ideas thrive while others die? And how do we improve the chances of worthy ideas? In Beca...

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by Laura K. Murray (Author) Number of Pages: 24 Dimensions: 0.2 x 8.8 x 9.3 IN Illustrated: Yes Publication Date: January 17, 2023

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From Dream to Reality: How to Make a Living as a Freelance Writer - Paperback

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by Jessie L. Kwak (Author)Want to make a living as a freelance writer? Here are the resources, answers, and real talk you need about what it takes to make a living as a writer for hire. Drawing on her own varied and successful years of freelance copywriting experience, Jessie Kwak (author of From Chaos to Creativity and From Big Idea to Book) offers valuable insights on how to figure out if this fast-paced, ever-evolving career is for you--and how to make it work if you decide to go for it. S...

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Do Story: How to Tell Your Story So the World Listens. - Paperback

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by Bobette Buster (Author)Today's world wants to know you and the real story behind why you do what you do. Whether you have a product to sell, a company mission to share or an audience to entertain, people are far more likely to engage and connect if you deliver a well-crafted story with an emotional core. Bobette Buster is a story consultant to major studios including Pixar, Disney and Sony Animation. In Do Story she teaches the art of telling powerful and engaging stories. With profiles of...

Contemporary Japanese Textbook Volume 2: An Introductory Language Course (Includes Online Audio) - Paperback

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by Eriko Sato (Author)Contemporary Japanese is a textbook series for beginning students of Japanese at the college or high school level. It is intended for classroom use as well as self-study. Each lesson in the books is very short--meant to be covered in just an hour--and has a single, clearly-defined objective. All lessons make use of the "active discovery" approach which encourages rapid learning through "guess and try" problem-solving and participation as opposed to rote memorization. Thi...

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The New Journalist's Guide to Freelancing: Building Your Career in the New Media Landscape - Paperback

$42.93

by Meg Wilcox (Author)Back JacketFreelancers make up one of the fastest-growing groups of workers in North America. But, in today's fractured and quick-paced media industry, where do you start? This book is a guide for journalism students, recent graduates, and early-career journalists looking to better understand both the creative and business sides of freelance work in Canada and the US. Learn how to develop your personal brand, how to pitch to different types of publications and media outl...

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A New Form-Function Grammar of English - Paperback

$76.95

by K. Aaron Smith (Author)Back JacketThis book approaches the structure of English from a form-function perspective that is both theoretical and practical. It asks learners to consider meaning, structure, and use, in contrast to many grammars that focus mainly on structure, sometimes to the exclusion of use and even meaning. The book presents an extended introduction to areas of grammar that many would see as indispensable, such as participial and infinitive phrases. The analysis is achieved ...

Hands-On Literacy, Grade 4: Authentic Learning Experiences That Engage Students in Creative and Critical Thinking - Paperback

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by Mark Hess (Author)This practical resource is a compendium of authentic and hands-on literacy activities that will engage, challenge, and delight students. Specifically targeting Grade 4, these lessons and strategies enhance literacy instruction and encourage critical thinking. Aligned with current standards and principles of literacy instruction, the lessons will inspire GenZ and future generations of students by allowing them to explore literacy through public speaking, graphic design, im...

The Independent Media Movements in Hong Kong and Taiwan: Dissenting Voices - Hardcover

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by Levon Kwok (Author)This book examines the independent media movements by Inmediahk and Coolloud - long-established, autonomous media organizations that have agitated for the development of media freedom and human rights in Hong Kong and Taiwan since 2004 and 1997, respectively. Based on direct interviews with the founders and core members of Inmediahk and Coolloud, the author investigates the origins, growth, and achievements of Inmediahk and Coolloud's media social movements as well as th...

Oxford Discover 2e Level 1 Teachers Pack - Paperback

$158.40

by Koustaff (Author) Dimensions: 0.51 x 11.59 x 8.52 IN Publication Date: July 01, 2022

Oxford Discover 2e Level 5 Writing and Spelling Book - Paperback

$57.42

by Koustaff (Author) Dimensions: 0.17 x 10.13 x 7.61 IN Publication Date: July 01, 2022

Relentless: Mark Victor Hansen - Paperback

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by Mitzi Perdue (Author)A mind and body inspirational biography of one of the world's greatest entrepreneurs, Mark Victor Hansen, one of the founders of the Chicken Soup for the Soul franchise. He never gave up and never stopped trying until the first book became the all time best seller and changed countless lives around the world. He never had an idea that he couldn't make better. He never met a person who didn't learn something from him and he never stopped exploring new ways to do things ...

Learn Spanish with Short Stories: Over 100 Dialogues & Daily Used Phrases to Learn Spanish in no Time. Language Learning Lessons for Beginners to Impr - Paperback

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by Language Mastery (Author)Learn Spanish in Just 5 minutes a Day, Whether You're A Beginner Starting With The Basics, This Method Is Scientifically Proven To Work! Do you struggle with learning basic Spanish language concepts? Are Spanish conversations worrying you because you simply can't grasp even the simplest phrases? Do you want to go from Beginner to Master in just a few easy, fun steps? Brace yourself because improving your Spanish conversation skills just became a whole lot of fun! "...

Spanish Short Stories for Beginners: Over 100 Conversational Dialogues & Daily Used Phrases to Learn Spanish. Have Fun & Grow Your Vocabulary with Spa - Paperback

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by Language Mastery (Author)IF YOU'RE LOOKING TO MASTER THE ART OF SPANISH CONVERSATION AND IMPROVE YOUR VOCABULARY SKILLS, THEN KEEP READING... Is learning Spanish language one of your goals? Do you have an upcoming trip to a Spanish-speaking country and want to fully immerse yourself in the experience? Or do you live in a Spanish-speaking country and want to become one with the natives? Whatever your motivations are, you're exactly where you need to be! "Spanish Short Stories for Beginner...

Se o no se, esa es la cuestión: (y otros enigmas clíticos) - Paperback

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by Alfonso Ruiz De Aguirre (Author)A pesar del mito que se abate sobre los pronombres personales átonos, sobre los temidos se, identificar su funcionamiento no reviste demasiadas dificultades si nos aplicamos a ello de forma sistemática. Además, su estudio contribuye a desarrollar el pensamiento abstracto y la sistematicidad que requiere un paradigma de matices extremadamente sutiles. Por supuesto, habrá zonas de solapamiento y ambigüedad, como ocurre con los colores, pero eso no demuestra qu...

The Writer's Quick-Start Guide: Modern Know-How To Supercharge Your Creative Writing - Paperback

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by Brendan Lloyd (Author)Do you aspire to be a writer, but aren't sure where to start? Then let this book give you a head-start! When you write stuff, hopefully it will be the right stuff!From a reality check to manage your expectations of the creative industry, to valuable insight into writing scripts including video game scripts, advice to improve your writing, mistakes to avoid, and creative affirmations to boost your confidence. This book might not have everything, but it sure beats havin...

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Tip of the Tongue: Reflections on Language and Meaning - Paperback

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by Peter Brook (Author)A thoughtful and deeply personal book by a master theatre-maker.In Tip of the Tongue, Peter Brook takes a charming, playful, and wise look at topics such as the subtle, telling differences between French and English, and the many levels on which we can appreciate the works of Shakespeare. Brook also revisits his seminal concept of the "empty space," considering how theatre--and the world--have changed over the span of his long and distinguished career. Threaded througho...

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Innovations in Literacy Professional Learning: Strengthening Equity, Access, and Sustainability - Paperback

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by Dana A. Robertson (Editor), Leigh A. Hall (Editor), Cynthia H. Brock (Editor)Professional learning (PL) opportunities are essential for PreK-12 literacy educators, but too often these efforts fail to help teachers develop and deeply engage with their work. This forward-looking book describes keys to providing effective, sustainable literacy PL that values teachers over test scores and capitalizes on social networks and communities. The volume presents case studies of transformational initi...

The changing face of VR: Pushing the boundaries of experience across multiple industries - Hardcover

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by Jordan Frith (Editor), Michael Saker (Editor), David P. Parisi (Preface by)VR occupies an interesting place in the media ecosystem. On the one hand, it is an emerging, 'cutting-edge' technology backed by billions of USD by major corporations. On the other hand, VR is older than the World Wide Web and older than social networking sites. After many years of hype and unfulfilled potential, VR is now finally on the precipice of widespread adoption and has begun to be used in novel ways through...

A Socially Just Classroom: Transdisciplinary Approaches to Teaching Writing Across the Humanities - Hardcover

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by Kristin Coffey (Editor), Vuslat D. Katsanis (Editor), David Theo Goldberg (Foreword by)This edited collection provides a range of transdisciplinary approaches to the teaching of writing across the Humanities through the lens of inclusion and equity in higher education. In three parts - From Disciplinary Practice to Transdisciplinary Application, The Collective We: Transparent Pedagogy in Praxis, Power in Presence: From Chalkboard to Pavement - the chapters focus on teaching triumphs and ch...

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Approaches to Teaching the Romance of the Rose - Hardcover

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by Daisy Delogu (Editor), Anne-Hélène Miller (Editor)Essays on teaching love, ethics, and medieval allegory.One of the most influential texts of its time, the Romance of the Rose offers readers a window into the world view of the late Middle Ages in Europe, including notions of moral philosophy and courtly love. Yet the Rose also explores topics that remain relevant to readers today, such as gender, desire, and the power of speech. Students, however, can find the work challenging because of i...

The Routledge Handbook of Heritage Language Education: From Innovation to Program Building - Paperback

$102.04

by Olga E. Kagan (Editor), Maria M. Carreira (Editor), Claire Hitchens Chik (Editor)The Routledge Handbook of Heritage Language Education provides the rapidly growing and globalizing field of heritage language (HL) education with a cohesive overview of HL programs and practices relating to language maintenance and development, setting the stage for future work in the field. Driving this effort is the belief that if research and pedagogical advances in the HL field are to have the greatest imp...

The Routledge Handbook of Language and Dialogue: Convergence, Divergence and Beyond in Turkey - Paperback

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by Edda Weigand (Editor)The Routledge Handbook of Language and Dialogue is the first comprehensive overview of the emerging and rapidly growing sub-discipline in linguistics, Language and Dialogue. Edited by one of the top scholars in the field, Edda Weigand, and comprising contributions written by a variety of likewise influential figures, the handbook aims to describe the history of modern linguistics as reasoned progress leading from de Saussure and the simplicity of artificial terms to th...

The Routledge Handbook of Ecolinguistics - Paperback

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by Alwin F. Fill (Editor), Hermine Penz (Editor)The Routledge Handbook of Ecolinguistics is the first comprehensive exploration into the field of ecolinguistics, also known as language ecology. Organized into three sections that treat the different topic areas of ecolinguistics, the Handbook begins with chapters on language diversity, language minorities and language endangerment, with authors providing insight into the link between the loss of languages and the loss of species. It continues ...

Saxophone Troubadour: Musings on a Musical Journey - Paperback

$19.44

by Al Regni (Author)"Reading your memoir brought back so many wonderful memories. What an amazing career you have had!" -Bob Mintzer"His versatility, virtuosity and innate musicality were always on display. And it didn't hurt that he has a great sense of humor." -Leonard Slatkin"Al Regni is a saxophone legend. He's accomplished just about everything you can accomplish on the instrument. But his humanity tops it all. Immerse yourselves in the telling of his story. Enjoy the ride." -Branford ...

Semantics of Chinese Questions: An Interface Approach - Paperback

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by Hongyuan Dong (Author)Semantics of Chinese Questions is the first major study of Chinese questions, especially wh-questions, within the framework of Alternative Semantics. It takes an interface approach to study the syntax, semantics, and phonology of questions and proposes a phonological scope-marking strategy in Chinese questions, based upon experimental data. It also incorporates historical linguistic data regarding the grammaticalization of sentence-final particles such as -ne and -ma ...

Translation and Literature in East Asia: Between Visibility and Invisibility - Paperback

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by Jieun Kiaer (Author), Jennifer Guest (Author), Xiaofan Amy Li (Author)Translation and Literature in East Asia: Between Visibility and Invisibility explores the issues involved in translation between Chinese, Japanese and Korean, as well as from these languages into European languages, with an eye to comparing the cultures of translation within East Asia and tracking some of their complex interrelationships. This book reasserts the need for a paradigm shift in translation theory that looks ...