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This proceedings compilation celebrates the power of education, culture, and communication in advancing the Sustainable Development Goals, particularly Quality Education (SDG 4). Through interdisciplinary dialogue, it explores how innovation, inclusion,...

This new theory of reader response describes "perverse attachment," or the powerful desire to intervene in a story, even when it is impossible to do so.Fiction has long inspired resistance in its readers: making them, for example, wish for a different...

An experiment in criticism that explores Henry James's late works through the lens of minimalism. Henry James's last completed novels-The Ambassadors, The Wings of the Dove, and The Golden Bowl-are among the greatest and most demanding achievements of...

Writing as Artistry: EdD Students Learning to Write as Scholarly Practitioners is a timely guidebook that supports EdD students' scholarly writing development while honoring and amplifying their rich practitioner knowledge and wisdom. EdD students are...

Reading as Method provides a concise and systematic account of how readers engage with texts, exploring the most paradigmatic techniques taught in the past and today and guiding readers on developing their own critical approach to literature. Oliver...

Written by teachers with first-hand experience of sociolinguistic developments on four continents, this textbook has introduced thousands of students worldwide to the central topics in sociolinguistics. Now fully updated to reflect the new debates,...

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,...

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...

A delightful compendium of musings from the master of life writing, the much-loved Blake Morrison, for those who practise the art of memoir, and those who read it. ON MEMOIR is a gloriously freewheeling exploration of...

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

A critical analysis of African Americans' collective efforts to obtain educational equality before Brown v. Board of Education. The landmark Brown v. Board of Education case, which barred racial segregation in American public schools, wasn't the only...

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...

An exploration of displacement and exile in Shakespeare's plays and our world today. This compelling collection of fourteen essays explores the enduring theme of exile in Shakespeare's works and their global afterlives, offering a timely and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781789298857Author Joseph PiercyFormat HardbackPage Count 224Imprint Michael O'Mara Books LtdPublisher Michael O'Mara Books LtdWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9798217046959Author Neal AllenFormat HardbackPage Count 208Imprint Avery Publishing Group Inc.,U.S.Publisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams)...

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 *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780814216095Author Mary BowdenFormat HardbackPage Count 214Imprint Ohio State University PressPublisher Ohio State University PressWeight(grams) 454g

Exploring Vladimir Nabokov's Creative Universe offers a fresh perspective on certain aspects of Nabokov's creative universe. The analysis begins with the writer's faith, viewed as the bedrock of his ethics. Consequently, all other themes discussed in...

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...

Writing is one of the most cognitively demanding tasks students face yet too often they're expected to produce extended essays before they've got the hang of writing sentences. Inspired by the Couch to 5k running app, Writing Fitness rethinks the way we...

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,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781791036423Author Amanda C MillerFormat PaperbackPage Count 64Imprint Abingdon PressPublisher Abingdon PressWeight(grams) 77gDimensions(mm) 216mm * 140mm *...

A journey into the unique spaces where some of literature's greatest writers created their most memorable worksVirginia Woolf famously wrote in A Room of One's Own that "it is necessary to have five hundred a year and a room with a lock on the door if...

This is your essential guide to special educational needs and disabilities in secondary schools. It offers up-to-date information on policy and legislation to help you understand your role and responsibilities as a beginning teacher. It provides...

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...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780593732915Author Namwali SerpellFormat HardbackPage Count 384Imprint HogarthPublisher HogarthWeight(grams) 641gDimensions(mm) 242mm * 163mm * 30mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780802883162Author Marilyn McEntyreFormat PaperbackPage Count 212Imprint William B. Eerdmans Publishing CompanyPublisher William B. Eerdmans Publishing...

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 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...

Explores how American Literature has represented the sound and spirit of popular music From the birth of rhythm and blues to the rise of hip-hop, American writers have long grappled with how to capture in words the energy, rebellion, and cultural power...

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,...

Jane Austen has more readers today than at any time in history. Many of Austen's legions of fans, however, came to her novels after first seeing films or other adaptations made for twenty-first-century audiences. Austen herself conversely spent her...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9798886935691Author William Lee Mapp, IIIFormat HardbackPage Count 116Imprint Austin Macauley Publishers LLCPublisher Austin Macauley Publishers LLC

Jane Austen has more readers today than at any time in history. Many of Austen's legions of fans, however, came to her novels after first seeing films or other adaptations made for twenty-first-century audiences. Austen herself conversely spent her...