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Contemporary Creative Nonfiction: The Art of Truth
ISBN: 9780195135565 / Angielski / Miękka / 576 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The most inclusive collection of creative nonfiction available, Contemporary Creative Nonfiction: The Art of Truth is the only anthology that brings together examples of all three of the main forms in the genre: the literary memoir, the personal essay, and literary journalism. Featuring a generous and diverse sampling of more than sixty works, this collection includes beautiful, disturbing, and instructive works of literary memoir by such writers as Mary McCarthy, Annie Dillard, and Judy Ruiz; smart, funny, and moving personal essays by authors ranging from E.B. White to Phillip...
The most inclusive collection of creative nonfiction available, Contemporary Creative Nonfiction: The Art of Truth is the only anthology that...
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899,26 zł |
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Constructions at Work: The Nature of Generalization in Language
ISBN: 9780199268528 / Angielski / Miękka / 290 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book investigates the nature of generalization in language and examines how language is known by adults and acquired by children. It looks at how and why constructions are learned, the relation between their forms and functions, and how cross-linguistic and language-internal generalizations about them can be explained.
Constructions at Work is divided into three parts: in the first Professor Goldberg provides an overview of constructionist approaches, including the constructionist approach to argument structure, and argues for a usage-based model of grammar. In Part II she addresses... This book investigates the nature of generalization in language and examines how language is known by adults and acquired by children. It looks at how...
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176,00 zł |
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Flor's Journey to Independence
ISBN: 9780472031078 / Angielski / Miękka / 120 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Flor's Journey to Independence begins as Flor and her four-year-old daughter, Betina, are unexpectedly abandoned by Flor's husband, Ricardo. Flor is suddenly faced with paying the bills and caring for Betina on her own, as she also struggles with limited English skills. Still, Flor's determination gets her through the hard times, and once she enrolls in an English class for adults and begins working, she finds that her new life brings her new friends and opportunities.
A modified version of this story is also available on our website, www.press.umich.edu/esl/stories. The... Flor's Journey to Independence begins as Flor and her four-year-old daughter, Betina, are unexpectedly abandoned by Flor's husband, Ricardo. Fl...
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52,87 zł |
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Senem's Journey to a New Beginning
ISBN: 9780472031450 / Angielski / Miękka / 100 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Senem is a Turkish woman living in the United States and taking care of her family-her husband, Tarkan, and their son, Hasan-while adapting to a new language and new customs. Her task becomes even more challenging when Hasan is kidnapped and when she gets word of a natural disaster back home. With the help of her family and her new friends, however, Senem manages to find the strength to thrive in her unfamiliar setting and make new beginnings in her life. A modified version of this story is also available on our website, www.press.umich.edu/esl/stories/. The MICHIGAN Stories for...
Senem is a Turkish woman living in the United States and taking care of her family-her husband, Tarkan, and their son, Hasan-while adapting to a new l...
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52,87 zł |
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Andrew's Journey to a New Life in America
ISBN: 9780472032334 / Angielski / Miękka / 112 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Andrew is a Chinese man living in the United States, working hard, and trying to make a better life for himself and his fiancee, YaoLin. While adapting to a new language and customs, Andrew faces an even bigger challenge when his credit card is charged with purchases that aren't his. Andrew learns that his identity has been stolen, but with the help of his friends, he sets things right and begins a new life for himself in America.
A modified version of this story is also available on our website, www.press.umich.edu/esl/stories/. The MICHIGAN Stories for Newcomers are original... Andrew is a Chinese man living in the United States, working hard, and trying to make a better life for himself and his fiancee, YaoLin. While adaptin...
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52,87 zł |
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From Augustus to Nero: An Intermediate Latin Reader
ISBN: 9780521528047 / Angielski / Miękka / 226 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The reigns of the Julio-Claudian emperors were characterized by murder and debauchery. This book presents a narrative of these reigns, ranging from Augustus to Nero, with passages in original Latin from Tacitus, Suetonius and Seneca. The text accordingly exposes Augustus' adulterous affairs; the depraved Tiberius; the extravagance and madness of Caligula; the ineffective Claudius; and Nero's artistic pretensions. Featuring a comprehensive introduction, detailed notes and an appreciation of each writer, the volume is essential reading for students who have completed an introductory Latin...
The reigns of the Julio-Claudian emperors were characterized by murder and debauchery. This book presents a narrative of these reigns, ranging from Au...
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144,92 zł |
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From Augustus to Nero: An Intermediate Latin Reader
ISBN: 9780521821209 / Angielski / Twarda / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The reigns of the Julio-Claudian emperors were characterized by murder and debauchery. This book presents a narrative of these reigns, ranging from Augustus to Nero, with passages in original Latin from Tacitus, Suetonius and Seneca. The text accordingly exposes Augustus' adulterous affairs; the depraved Tiberius; the extravagance and madness of Caligula; the ineffective Claudius; and Nero's artistic pretensions. Featuring a comprehensive introduction, detailed notes and an appreciation of each writer, the volume is essential reading for students who have completed an introductory Latin...
The reigns of the Julio-Claudian emperors were characterized by murder and debauchery. This book presents a narrative of these reigns, ranging from Au...
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436,60 zł |
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Joseph Mitchell: A Reader's and Writer's Guide
ISBN: 9780595287390 / Angielski / Miękka / 136 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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59,33 zł |
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Joseph Mitchell: A Reader's and Writer's Guide
ISBN: 9780595658428 / Angielski / Twarda / 136 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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101,85 zł |
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Unexpected Affinities: Reading Across Cultures
ISBN: 9780802092779 / Angielski / Twarda / 128 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. East-West comparative literature is a field of study that has seen tremendous growth in recent years. In this pioneering study, renowned scholar Zhang Longxi offers a much-needed reappraisal of the thematic and conceptual similarities that unite literary and cultural traditions in the East and West. An expanded version of the lectures he gave as part of the Alexander Lectures Series at the University of Toronto in 2005, Unexpected Affinities emphasizes affinity over difference and explores the relationship between East and West in terms of cultural homogeneity (with shared... East-West comparative literature is a field of study that has seen tremendous growth in recent years. In this pioneering study, renowned scholar Zh... |
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166,56 zł |
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The Pilgrim and the Bee: Reading Rituals and Book Culture in Early New England
ISBN: 9780812240153 / Angielski / Twarda / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. We conventionally understand the book as a vessel for words, a place where the reader goes to have a private experience with written language. But readers' relationships with books are much more complex. In The Pilgrim and the Bee, Matthew P. Brown examines book culture and the rituals of reading in early New England, ranging across almanacs, commonplace books, wonder tales, funeral elegies, sermon notes, conversion relations, and missionary tracts. What emerges is a new understanding of the book at once as a material good, existing within the economies of buying, selling, giving, and...
We conventionally understand the book as a vessel for words, a place where the reader goes to have a private experience with written language. But rea...
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312,93 zł |
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Engaging Adolescents in Reading
ISBN: 9781412953344 / Angielski / Twarda / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. With contributions from content teachers, this insightful book discusses instructional approaches, student activities, and textbooks that can motivate reluctant learners to become active readers.
With contributions from content teachers, this insightful book discusses instructional approaches, student activities, and textbooks that can motivate...
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353,31 zł |
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Engaging Adolescents in Reading
ISBN: 9781412953351 / Angielski / Miękka / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. With contributions from content teachers, this insightful book discusses instructional approaches, student activities, and textbooks that can motivate reluctant learners to become active readers.
With contributions from content teachers, this insightful book discusses instructional approaches, student activities, and textbooks that can motivate...
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161,47 zł |
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Business Chinese: An Advanced Reader
ISBN: 9789629960094 / Angielski / Miękka / 604 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This textbook is designed for students of Chinese as a second/foreign language who have had three years of study at college. Focus on topics of international business and foreign trade, the book offers advanced training in vocabulary, grammar, and rhetoric. With an emphasis on communication and practicality, the textbook contains detailed explanations for word usages and sentence structures, and ample exercises of different kinds, each targeting at a specific skill area. It also includes various authentic materials, including documents, forms, and letters, etc. in addition, it provides some...
This textbook is designed for students of Chinese as a second/foreign language who have had three years of study at college. Focus on topics of intern...
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148,50 zł |
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Blizzards : A Study Skills Text
ISBN: 9780472032556 / Angielski / Miękka / 100 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Focuses on a different force of nature - earthquakes, tornadoes, hurricanes and floods, blizzards, and wildfires. This series contains workbooks which combine high-interest readings with skills development activities.
Focuses on a different force of nature - earthquakes, tornadoes, hurricanes and floods, blizzards, and wildfires. This series contains workbooks which...
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79,43 zł |
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Gair Am Air
ISBN: 9780708315484 / Walijski / Miękka / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A collection of eight articles, lectures and essays on diverse themes found in Welsh and Celtic literature from the Middle Ages to the 20th century including individual chapters on the work of Sion Cent, Daniel Owen and R. Williams Parry.
A collection of eight articles, lectures and essays on diverse themes found in Welsh and Celtic literature from the Middle Ages to the 20th century in...
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90,27 zł |
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Rhwng Calfin a Bohme : Golwg ar Syniadaeth Morgan Llwyd
ISBN: 9780708317020 / Walijski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Puritan author, Morgan Llwyd, is an important figure of seventeenth-century Wales. This scholarly work deals specifically with the theological credo underlying Llwyd's work, and makes a cogent case for his standpoint that, although Llwyd used original ways to express Calvinist doctrine, he was very much an orthodox Calvinist. This is a detailed study of Llwyd's system of thought, and the author succeeds in illuminating complex aspects of Llwyd's work.
The Puritan author, Morgan Llwyd, is an important figure of seventeenth-century Wales. This scholarly work deals specifically with the theological cre...
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53,08 zł |
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Dramau Saunders Lewis: Cyfrol II
ISBN: 9780708311837 / Walijski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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53,08 zł |
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Rowohlt Taschenbucher: Ein Schnappchen Namens DDR
ISBN: 9783423118255 / Angielski / Miękka Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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43,76 zł |
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Liebesfluchten
ISBN: 9783257232998 / Niemiecki / Miękka / 307 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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61,89 zł |