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How did we first come to believe in a correspondence between writers' lives and their works? When did the person of the author-both as context for and target of textual interpretation-begin to matter so much to the way we read? This book traces the...

Despite the precariousness of an oil-based economy and the government's professed concern about climate change, a failure of imagination regarding alternatives continues to trap Venezuela in an oil-fueled status quo. Elizabeth Barrios examines the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781685970550Author Michael BlouinFormat PaperbackPage Count 280Imprint University of Iowa PressPublisher University of Iowa PressWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780814216064Author Evelyn ReynoldsFormat HardbackPage Count 212Imprint Ohio State University PressPublisher Ohio State University PressWeight(grams)...

The hare thistle (or sow thistle) is a tall relative of the dandelion and was the inspiration behind the creation of this beautifully illustrated children's book. Gifted teacher and artist Gertrude Teutych's love for this special plant led her to create...

Being mentally healthy in early childhood enables babies and young children to understand and cope with emotions, experience meaningful, nurturing relationships, and explore, play and learn. This book supports early-years practitioners to develop and...

First published in 1967, The Origin of English Surnames by P. H. Reaney is a definitive study of the fascinating history and etymology of English surnames. This scholarly yet accessible work explores the diverse origins of surnames, including those...

This engaging textbook provides a unique introduction to language and society, by showing students how to tap into the linguistic resources of their communities. Assuming no prior experience of linguistics, it begins with chapters on introductory methods...

This book provides a critical overview of sociophonetic research and considers how the findings of this field illuminate and problematize a range of central issues in phonetics and phonology. The core argument of the volume is that research carried out...

Nuri is a beekeeper; his wife, Afra, an artist. They live a simple life, rich in family and friends, in the beautiful Syrian city of Aleppo – until the unthinkable happens. When all they care for is destroyed by war, they are forced to escape. On their...

Digital Technology in Language Education: Research, Practice, and Innovation is a comprehensive volume that explores the dynamic intersection of technology and language learning. It is divided into four sections. The first section of the volume lays the...

This insightful book explores adult learning at the intersection of a rapidly changing world of work and society, and the personal, lived experiences of individuals navigating these shifts. It illuminates the social dimensions of adult learning in the...

Bibliophobia is a book about material books, how they are cared for, and how they are damaged, throughout the 5000-year history of writing from Sumeria to the smartphone. Its starting point is the contemporary idea of 'the death of the book' implied by...

The Handbook of Critical Special Education proposes a transformative framework that reimagines special education as dialogic, relational, decolonial, and justice oriented. Critical special education calls for methodological pluralism, epistemic humility,...

In this imaginative, authentic book, four-year-old Elias depicts his experiences growing up in a neurodiverse family, with his autistic Mummy and brother and non-autistic Daddy.Using bright and colourful drawings, Elias thinks about what it means to have...

From its post-Civil War beginnings as a land-grant institution, Texas A&M has become a place where great minds are cultivated, nurtured, and given free rein. It is in that spirit that a center was established on campus to enhance excellence through the...

This engaging textbook provides a unique introduction to language and society, by showing students how to tap into the linguistic resources of their communities. Assuming no prior experience of linguistics, it begins with chapters on introductory methods...

This book explores the practice among Japanese writers in the modern era of composing kanshi, traditional Sinitic poetry. For the Japanese, writing poetry in Literary Sinitic (also known as Classical Chinese) is an "exophonic" practice, referring to the...

In bringing together a group of international experts on Victorian oral culture, this collection examines formats of public orality in the long nineteenth century from a cultural-historical perspective, treating the evolving scene of oral culture as a...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781554817108Author Sidney I. DobrinFormat PaperbackPage Count 150Imprint Broadview Press LtdPublisher Broadview Press LtdWeight(grams) 500g

Conversation Pieces sketches an object-oriented lineage for modernism, showing that Virginia Woolf's passion for objects was fuelled by her participation in a widespread conversation about philosophical empiricism's affective and aesthetic legacies--one...

Drawing from literature, philosophy, theology, and cultural critique, this short and accessible book challenges modern conceptions of meaning as something to be consumed rather than created. The book reframes meaning as an act of mediation, not...

This newly updated edition of John Day's The Parliament of Bees includes both the 1641 quarto and also a complete transcription of the earlier manuscript of the text. The editions of both manuscript and quarto feature modern spelling and punctuation,...

This book provides a detailed account of morphological conversion-also known by various other names, including zero-derivation- a process whereby a word is turned into a distinct but semantically and/or grammatically related word without any change of...

This book investigates the efficacy of perceptually enhanced reading theory to improve literacy education. It examines how this approach can be implemented to improve functional literacy rates in classrooms across the globe.Through a series of case...

Effective oral academic communication is central to multilingual students' engagement as learners and their success in academic and professional domains. This Brief Instructional Guide provides readers with an established set of principles and a...

A professional's guide from the author of the popular parent book The Art of Talking With Children!Every early childhood professional knows how important it is to talk with young children. Now there's a practical guide to taking talk to the next level...

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This book constitutes the revised selected papers of the 9th European Conference on Information Literacy, ECIL 2025, held in Bamberg, Germany, during September 22-25, 2025. The 52 full papers included in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected...

Explores the intersections of print, writing, and media in early American literary cultures Print Technologies and the Emergence of American Literary Cultures traces the complex dynamics that shaped literary production in North America from pre-Columbian...

In these times, decisions large and small can have important consequences for educators. Everything from daily curricular choices and interpersonal encounters to long-term educational aims and approaches to educator-client relations is up for careful...

This open access book sets out to investigate how contemporary African women writers are challenging traditional ideas of Postcolonial and World Literature. This study offers an alternative framework of analysis, one in which the term "world" is not a...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.About the AuthorDr. Sadia Warsi is a Professor of Special Education at National Louis University in Chicago, with over two decades of experience in special education and...

Books and stories can inspire, create empathy, and be cathartic outlets. They expand our understanding of the lived experience as one of the most important conduits for how we spread knowledge and participate in shared humanity. Building on the work of...

An inspiring, one-of-a-kind collection of innovative, inclusive approaches to teaching poetry in today's college classrooms.As any poetry teacher knows, the best ideas about poems are built with students. In Teaching Poetry Now, this seemingly simple...

Curated from the archives of World Literature Today, this landmark anthology celebrates a century of exploration through pen and ink, and reimagines what international readership can be.From Nobel laureates to dissident authors, iconic mainstays to...

In News Media and the Positioning of the Dakota Access Pipeline: Representing Protest, Aubrey M. Crosby examines the structural and institutional forces governing the socialized practices of news production to provide a constructive critique of how news...

The Handbook of Research on Reading Comprehension is the seminal research handbook on reading comprehension. The third edition is an edited comprehensive compilation that summarizes the body of research on reading comprehension, building on the research...

This book examines the history of conflict in education through the lens of specific case studies from schools in rural areas of New York.Education has historically been a major source of conflict among citizens, voters, and residents in the United...

This book addresses a critical gap in our education system: ensuring that youth in the juvenile legal system receive the special education and related services they need. Too many students with disabilities fall through the cracks when they enter...