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Students will prepare powerful and successful admission essays with the tools provided in this invaluable, newly-updated resource for the college-bound.Examples of 50 real essays are included, discussing such topics as leadership, personal obstacles,...

A bold reinterpretation of Henry James's fictional universe that shows how characters who desire to "live" but struggle to translate that desire into reality actually have much to teach us about the activity of leading a life. Henry James and the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781638933328Author Deborah KennyFormat HardbackPage Count 192Imprint Get Lifted BooksPublisher ZandoWeight(grams) 308gDimensions(mm) 219mm * 146mm * 19mm

A revealing account of how agents have shaped book publishing and the literary canon from the 1950s to todayMiddlemen rewrites literary history from the perspective of one of its most important but least visible figures: the literary agent. Chronicling...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9798217008193Author Albert CamusFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint Vintage BooksPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 232gDimensions(mm) 203mm *...

How Romans built their past-and made it speak.During the turbulent transition from Republic to Empire, Romans became intensely preoccupied with their own past. In Evoking the Dead, W. Martin Bloomer examines how memory was constructed, organized, and put...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781963108712Author Ramona AusubelFormat HardbackPage Count 288Imprint Tin HousePublisher Tin HouseWeight(grams) 369gDimensions(mm) 222mm * 146mm * 24mm

Investigates permutations of the terror to examine the complex political and intellectual transformation of literary theorist and novelist Maurice Blanchot between 1933 and 1949.Between 1933 and 1949 Maurice Blanchot's writings underwent a rather...

Historical and contemporary perspectives on the role of support networks in creating community and contributing to Black students' success in different postsecondary settings.Black Student Support Networks shows how Black undergraduate and graduate...

The story of Maecenas and his role in the evolution and continuing legacy of ancient Roman poetry and cultureAn unelected statesman with exceptional powers, a patron of the arts and a luxury-loving friend of the emperor Augustus: Maecenas was one of the...

Covering all major aspects of primary English, from reading and writing, to grammar, vocabulary and oracy, and following the foundations set in the early years, this book will support you through your teacher training and early career in the classroom...

Walter Benjamin (1892-1940) is now generally recognized as one of the most influential thinkers of the last century. This Very Short Introduction explores his extraordinary life and thought. His complex system of criticism is difficult for many readers,...

GUIDE BOOK - They say knowledge is power-so just imagine the superiority you'll feel with all this useless junk, er, power. Seriously, which are you going to use more-some dumb algebra, or a list of what they call corndogs in various countries? I think...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781791038106Author Adam HamiltonFormat PaperbackPage Count 160Imprint Abingdon PressPublisher Abingdon PressWeight(grams) 206gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm *...

How do you integrate AI into the library in an accessible and equitable way? This book shows you how! The AI Toolkit for Librarians offers a clear and encouraging way to make sense of today's fast-moving world of artificial intelligence. Written for...

Robert Wedgeworth offers an insightful look at a career that helped shape modern librarianship.In this compelling first-hand account, Robert Wedgeworth traces his remarkable journey-from growing up in racially intolerant times to becoming executive...

This book investigates the processes and products of the language work of social media influencers (SMIs) and copywriters in the advertising industry.Olivia Droz-dit-Busset examines the mediatised discourses, metadiscourses and working processes of SMIs...

This resourceful teaching guide provides practical guidance on how to incorporate the principles of Open Science into teaching and learning across a diverse range of contexts. Educators will assess the challenges, lessons learned and best practice...

The HBCU Sisterhood: Testimonies of Triumph and Transformation is a powerful, first-of-its-kind anthology that pulls back the curtain on one of the most extraordinary leadership legacies in American history. For the first time, eight pioneering Black...

Across a range of literary texts, Black writers depict taking flight to escape systems of subordination from the Middle Passage and the plantation to the present-day racialized order. While flight, air, and aviation technologies have long held out the...

This anthology brings together the unpublished poetry of Jacob Bronowski (1908-74). One of the last great polymaths, Bronowski was prominent in the fields of philosophy, mathematics, history and literary criticism, and is perhaps best remembered today as...

Primary teaching is challenging and rewarding in equal measure. Schools are diverse and ever-changing communities where children and teachers learn alongside each other. When learning to teach, practical experience in the classroom is essential, as is...

Sanctuary is an ancient right. But what does it mean today? Drawing on a lifetime of engagement with literature, myth, history and tradition from different cultures, Marina Warner's Sanctuary is an ambitious attempt to grapple with the...

Herzen's Letters offers readers a biographical narrative based on translated and annotated correspondence written by and to Alexander Herzen (1812-1870), one of the most consequential figures in the run-up to the Russian Revolution and an inspiration to...

The use of intelligent technologies to enhance instruction and learning is introduced in pedagogy-based learning-teaching perspective. It covers digital library resources, AI-based tools, data analysis techniques, and NLP and NLU-powered smart assistants...

Herzen's Letters offers readers a biographical narrative based on translated and annotated correspondence written by and to Alexander Herzen (1812–1870), one of the most consequential figures in the run-up to the Russian Revolution and an inspiration to...

Some people appear to build and grow wealth with ease, while many others find it far easier to spend than to save or invest. This can make financial success seem like a matter of luck or privilege. In reality, it is often the result of consistent habits,...

Across a range of literary texts, Black writers depict taking flight to escape systems of subordination from the Middle Passage and the plantation to the present-day racialized order. While flight, air, and aviation technologies have long held out the...

The HBCU Sisterhood: Testimonies of Triumph and Transformation is a powerful, first-of-its-kind anthology that pulls back the curtain on one of the most extraordinary leadership legacies in American history.

Introduces Skelton and his work to readers unfamiliar with the poet, gathers together the vibrant strands of existing research, and opens up new avenues for future studies. John Skelton is a central literary figure and the leading poet during the...

This insightful book provides a detailed explanation of the definitions, applications and relevance of parasocial relationships in contemporary society. Gayle Stever outlines the extensive history of parasocial studies and analyses core psychological...

The first comprehensive study of Calderon in English Pedro Calderon de la Barca (1600-1681) is one of the most important dramatists - many would say the single most important dramatist - of the Spanish Golden Age. Spain's dominant and most...

By eliminating theory from the academy, the valiant warriors of antitheory believe that they are saving it from appreciative peril. This Is Not the End of Theory presents a host of arguments against this claim. It demonstrates that the elimination of...

Newest research into drama and performance from the Middle Ages and the Tudor period. Medieval English Theatre is the premier journal in early theatre studies. Its name belies its wide range of interest: it publishes articles on theatre and pageantry...

The Future is Fiction is the first cultural history of the idea that people have an obligation to protect the world for future generations. While political philosophers have regarded intergenerational justice as an important field of study since the...

Murray contends that a crucial but underappreciated difference between Homer and Apollonius is their relationship to scholarly controversy. Whereas both poets provoked scholarly controversies, Apollonius did so deliberately as part of an innovative...

This volume presents a comprehensive analysis of pseudo-anglicisms in Japanese which demonstrate dynamic processes of semantic, morphological, and lexical remodeling. These multifaceted phenomena are explored through corpus-based analyses,...

Exploratory, investigative, and energetically analytical, 1650–1850 covers the full expanse of long-eighteenth-century thought, writing, and art while delivering abundant revelatory detail. Essays on well-known cultural figures combine with studies of...

This philosophical study of Latin American noir fiction poses the question, What if precarity and uncertainty aren't just themes of the genre but ways of being in the world? Emerging from a region immersed in violence, trauma, and political instability,...

Bestselling Irish novelist Sally Rooney has emerged as the defining voice of a generation, a cultural phenomenon whose spare, intelligent prose and sharp social insight have reshaped contemporary fiction and sparked a global conversation about intimacy,...