Language Arts & Disciplines

Information literacy research is growing in importance, as evidenced by the steady increase in dissertations and research papers in this area. However, significant theoretical gaps remain.Information Literacy Through Theory provides an approachable...

Journaling Techniques for Growing, Healing, and Creativity "When Lynda [Monk] talks about her own journaling practice, a spirit of flexibility infuses her approach."-Rebecca Kochenderfer, Journaling.com#1 Best Seller in Writing Skills Writing GuidesThe...

"The most consistent of all series in terms of language control, length, and quality of story." David R. Hill, Director of the Edinburgh Project on Extensive Reading.When her cousin Boom Boom dies in an accident, Vic is naturally...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780986076473Author Dr R Wayne PaceFormat PaperbackPage Count 126Imprint Institute of General SemanticsPublisher Institute of General SemanticsWeight(grams)...

Despite the criticisms that have been leveled at news organizations in recent years and the many difficulties they face, journalism matters. It matters, argues Schudson, because it orients people daily in the complex and changing worlds in which they...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780979631467Author Gary GenardFormat PaperbackPage Count 222Imprint Cedar & Maitland PressPublisher Cedar & Maitland PressWeight(grams) 263g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780399533952Author Elizabeth LyonFormat PaperbackPage Count 368Imprint TarcherPerigeePublisher Penguin Putnam Inc

The vocabulary of past times, no longer used in English, is always fascinating, especially when we see how it was pilloried by the satirists of the day. Here we have Victorian high and low society, with its fashionable and unfashionable slang, its...

Featuring nine new articles chosen by coeditor Steven M. Cahn, the third edition of E. D. Klemke's The Meaning of Life offers twenty-two insightful selections that explore this fascinating topic. The essays are primarily by philosophers but also include...

The 18th edition of Daniel Jones's classic work is the definitive guide to contemporary English pronunciation. This new and fully updated edition contains over 230,000 pronunciations of words, names and phrases. In addition, it includes lively essays...

The Level 1+ Biff, Chip and Kipper Stories, written by Roderick Hunt and illustrated by Alex Brychta, provide a rich story context to help develop language comprehension and decoding skills. First Sentences and More First Sentences A, B and C introduce...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781451612998Author Charles YangFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Scribner Book CompanyPublisher Scribner Book CompanyWeight(grams) 349gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780060937232Author Jacques BarzunFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint HarperCollins PublishersPublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncWeight(grams)...

A Reference Grammar of Spanish is a comprehensive handbook on the structure of the Spanish language. Keeping technical terminology to a minimum, it provides a detailed yet clear point of reference on all the intricacies of Spanish grammar, covering word...

Talk is a central activity in social life. But how is ordinary talk organized? How do people coordinate their talk in interaction? And what is the role of talk in wider social processes? Conversation Analysis has developed over the past forty years as a...

Amitava Kumar's Every Day I Write the Book is for academic writers what Annie Dillard's The Writing Life and Stephen King's On Writing are for creative writers. Alongside Kumar's interviews with an array of scholars whose distinct writing offers...

For more than two thousand years. Aristotle's "Art of Rhetoric" has shaped thought on the theory and practice of rhetoric, the art of persuasive speech. In three sections, Aristotle discusses what rhetoric is, as well as the three kinds of rhetoric...

The most comprehensive writing guide available for science students and professional researchers This exceptional book encompasses the entire range of writing skills that today's experimental scientist may need to employ. Detailed chapters cover every...

Project self-assurance when speaking-even if you don't feel confident! When you speak in public, your reputation is at stake. Whether you're speaking at a conference, pitching for new business, or presenting to your Executive Board, the ability to...

An easy-to-use course for adults who either want to learn English quickly for a specific purpose - such as travel - or who just prefer a much more straightforward approach to learning. Each page is one complete lesson, and each lesson has...

The method that has helped thousands-Read Japanese Kanji Today provides readers with a quick and simple way to learn kanji characters.Far from being a complex and mysterious script, Japanese writing is a fascinating and straightforward pictographic and...

One of the world's science superstars presents a brilliantly illuminating, entertaining and cutting-edge account of how language actually works.How does language work? How do children learn their mother tongue? Why do languages change over time, making...

Explorations of plant consciousness and human interactions with the natural world.From apples to ayahuasca, coffee to kurrajong, passionflower to peyote, plants are conscious beings. How they interact with each other, with humanity and with the world at...

The World of Rome is an introduction to the history and culture of Rome for students at university and at school as well as for anyone seriously interested in the ancient world. Drawing on the latest scholarship, it covers all aspects of the city - its...

The Level 4 Biff, Chip and Kipper Stories, written by Roderick Hunt and illustrated by Alex Brychta, provide a rich story context to help develop language comprehension and decoding skills. Stories, More Stories A, More Stories B and More Stories C...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781950321315Author Language GuruFormat PaperbackPage Count 122Imprint Language GuruPublisher Language Guru

Louisa May Alcott (1832-1888) is, of course, best known as the author of Little Women (1868). But she was also a noted essayist who wrote on a wide range of subjects, including her father's failed utopian commune, the benefits of an unmarried life, and...

What is a language? What do scientific grammars tell us about the structure of individual languages and human language in general? What kind of science is linguistics? These and other questions are the subject of Ryan M. Nefdt's Language, Science, and...

What if you aren't who you think you are? What if you don't really know the people closest to you? And what if your most deeply-held beliefs turn out to be ... wrong? In Stop Being Reasonable, philosopher and journalist Eleanor Gordon-Smith...

Confused by citations and referencing? Cite Your Source helps you master the essentials, giving you the know-how to reference your writing with confidence. Understand the importance of citing (and getting it right)Pick up tips on how to avoid...

Are you struggling to meet your coursework deadlines? Finding it hard to get to grips with your essay topics? Does your writing sometimes lack structure and style? Would you like to improve your grades? This text covers everything a student needs to know...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780982375631Author Michelle ObamaFormat PaperbackPage Count 136Imprint Pacific Publishing StudioPublisher Pacific Publishing StudioWeight(grams) 182g

Written by award-winning author Julia Donaldson, Songbirds Phonics are highly decodable, beautifully illustrated real stories. In Ron Rabbit's Egg, Ron Rabbit dreams of being rich. The Level 2 More Songbirds phonics books revise all phonics previously...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781594484834Author Betsy LernerFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint Riverhead Books,U.S.Publisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 261gDimensions(mm) 209mm...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780997283105Author Margot Carmichael LesterFormat PaperbackPage Count 376Imprint Teaching That Makes Sense, IncPublisher Teaching That Makes Sense,...

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Cicero: A Political BiographyBook InformationISBN 9780198720331Author David StocktonFormat PaperbackPage Count 376Imprint Oxford University PressPublisher Oxford University PressDimensions(mm) 201mm * 135mm * 22mm

Written by award-winning author Julia Donaldson, Songbirds Phonics are highly decodable, beautifully illustrated real stories. In The Doll in the Bin, Beth's doll needs rescuing! The Level 2 More Songbirds phonics books revise all phonics previously...

Elementary Mandarin Chinese Textbook is a new beginner Mandarin Chinese course which enables you to quickly learn the basics of the language. The 24 lessons in this book are meant to be used in 3 hours per week of class instruction over one academic year...

Modern approaches to public relations cluster into three camps along a continuum: conflict-oriented egoism, e.g. forms of contingency theory that focus almost exclusively on the wellbeing of an entity; redressed egoism, e.g...