The Elements of Eloquence: Secrets of the Perfect Turn of Phrase
ISBN: 9780425276181 / Angielski / Miękka / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. From classic poetry to pop lyrics, from Charles Dickens to Dolly Parton, even from Jesus to James Bond, Mark Forsyth explains the secrets that make a phrase such as O Captain My Captain or To be or not to be memorable.
In his inimitably entertaining and wonderfully witty style, he takes apart famous phrases and shows how you too can write like Shakespeare or quip like Oscar Wilde. Whether you re aiming to achieve literary immortality or just hoping to deliver the perfect one-liner, The Elements of Eloquence proves that you don t need to have anything important to say you simply... From classic poetry to pop lyrics, from Charles Dickens to Dolly Parton, even from Jesus to James Bond, Mark Forsyth explains the secrets that make a ...
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77,68 zł |
Creativity and Writing Pedagogy
ISBN: 9781781791158 / Angielski / Twarda / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Creativity and Writing Pedagogy offers a unique view of creative practices and pedagogy in writing from the perspective of writing teachers, creativity researchers and scholars, and writers themselves. The volume, collected and edited by a poet and a scholar who are both involved in the teaching of writing, seeks to bridge the creative writing and the academic writing communities in building a case for creativity as central to all writing programs and showcasing creative practices in writing. With this goal in mind, the book combines a practical emphasis on creativity in writing pedagogy and...
Creativity and Writing Pedagogy offers a unique view of creative practices and pedagogy in writing from the perspective of writing teachers, creativit...
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403,99 zł |
Creativity and Writing Pedagogy
ISBN: 9781781791165 / Angielski / Miękka / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Creativity and Writing Pedagogy offers a unique view of creative practices and pedagogy in writing from the perspective of writing teachers, creativity researchers and scholars, and writers themselves. The volume, collected and edited by a poet and a scholar who are both involved in the teaching of writing, seeks to bridge the creative writing and the academic writing communities in building a case for creativity as central to all writing programs and showcasing creative practices in writing. With this goal in mind, the book combines a practical emphasis on creativity in writing pedagogy and...
Creativity and Writing Pedagogy offers a unique view of creative practices and pedagogy in writing from the perspective of writing teachers, creativit...
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134,66 zł |
The Write Way: Becoming a Successful Writer
ISBN: 9781897453407 / Angielski / Miękka / 144 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "Susan Crossman has created one of the most comprehensive books on writing ever written. Whether you're writing a business report, an essay or a full-length novel, Crossman offers invaluable advice on making the process move more smoothly and efficiently. She also provides insightful tips on avoiding writer's block. If you want to be a truly effective and successful writer, this is the book you need."
- Michael B. Davie, author "Winning Ways " Solid, expert advice from a professional writer and author of several critically acclaimed books. From tips on overcoming writer's block and... "Susan Crossman has created one of the most comprehensive books on writing ever written. Whether you're writing a business report, an essay or a full-...
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86,09 zł |
Student Writing: Give It a Generous Reading (Hc)
ISBN: 9781623966539 / Angielski / Twarda / 124 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Education professionals interested in understanding student writing will want to read this book. It describes "Generous Reading," a novel method of approaching the writing of culturally and linguistically diverse students. This book addresses the increasing diversity present throughout schools across the U.S. and in other countries. Drawing from current research and theory in linguistics and composition, Spence has developed a way for teachers to tap into the cultural worlds of students and draw upon their linguistic understandings in order to help them improve their writing. The book is...
Education professionals interested in understanding student writing will want to read this book. It describes "Generous Reading," a novel method of ap...
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572,47 zł |
Blogging: How Our Private Thoughts Went Public
ISBN: 9780739186459 / Angielski / Twarda / 106 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Blogging: How Our Private Thoughts Went Public examines self-representational writing from its historical roots in personal diaries to its current form in personal blogs. Widely available on the Internet, personal blogs are the latest form of an ever more public writing style of self-reflection. Utilizing Hannah Arendt's philosophy of public, private, and social, this book delves deeper into the question of public versus private and provides an entrance for Arendt's work into today's mediated world. Arendt's understanding of public, private, and social allows us to better understand the need...
Blogging: How Our Private Thoughts Went Public examines self-representational writing from its historical roots in personal diaries to its current for...
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414,76 zł |
Repairing the Athlete's Image: Studies in Sports Image Restoration
ISBN: 9780739197646 / Angielski / Miękka / 424 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Repairing the Athlete's Image: Studies in Sports Image Restoration, edited by Joseph R. Blaney, Lance Lippert, and J. Scott Smith, offers twenty-one case studies and conceptual frameworks about athletes and their organizations as they attempt to mitigate the effects of malfeasance. Employing traditional Image Restoration Theory (IRT) approaches to athletic communication (and other innovative approaches), the contributors to this volume add to our understanding of which communicative strategies work best for athletes when their reputations are sullied. This comprehensive text presents case...
Repairing the Athlete's Image: Studies in Sports Image Restoration, edited by Joseph R. Blaney, Lance Lippert, and J. Scott Smith, offers twenty-one c...
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301,64 zł |
The Elements of Style
ISBN: 9781499142235 / Angielski / Miękka / 74 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Elements of Style by William Strunk, Jr. is a prescriptive American English writing style guide comprising eight "elementary rules of usage," ten "elementary principles of composition," "a few matters of form," a list of forty-nine "words and expressions commonly misused," and a list of fifty-seven "words often misspelled." In 2011, Time magazine listed The Elements of Style as one of the 100 best and most influential books written in English since 1923.
The Elements of Style by William Strunk, Jr. is a prescriptive American English writing style guide comprising eight "elementary rules of usage," ten ...
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27,14 zł |
Student Writing: Give It a Generous Reading
ISBN: 9781623966522 / Angielski / Miękka / 124 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Education professionals interested in understanding student writing will want to read this book. It describes "Generous Reading," a novel method of approaching the writing of culturally and linguistically diverse students. This book addresses the increasing diversity present throughout schools across the U.S. and in other countries. Drawing from current research and theory in linguistics and composition, Spence has developed a way for teachers to tap into the cultural worlds of students and draw upon their linguistic understandings in order to help them improve their writing. The book is...
Education professionals interested in understanding student writing will want to read this book. It describes "Generous Reading," a novel method of ap...
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319,35 zł |
Neocybernetics and Narrative: Volume 29
ISBN: 9780816691029 / Angielski / Miękka / 248 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych.
A pioneer of systems narratology, Clarke offers readers a synthesis of the neocybernetic theories of cognition formulated by biologists Humberto Maturana and Francisco Varela, incubated by cyberneticist...
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122,77 zł |
Rhetorics, Literacies, and Narratives of Sustainability
ISBN: 9781138809185 / Angielski / Miękka / 252 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In this volume, rhetoricians, literacy scholars, and humanists have come together to examine the complex discursive constructions of sustainability. Touching on topics including conservation efforts in specific locales; social and political constructions of rhetorical place and space; community literacy; historical and archival analysis of institutional politics, policies, and practices concerning the environment and economic growth and development; town planning and zoning issues; and rhetorics of environmental remediation and sustainability, this collection of essays provides... In this volume, rhetoricians, literacy scholars, and humanists have come together to examine the complex discursive constructions of sustainability... |
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250,69 zł |
Behold the Proverbs of a People: Proverbial Wisdom in Culture, Literature, and Politics
ISBN: 9781628461404 / Angielski / Twarda / 480 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The thirteen chapters of this book comprise an intriguing and informative entry into the world of proverb scholarship, illustrating that proverbs have always been and continue to be wisdom's international currency. The first section of the book focuses on the field of paremiology (proverb studies) in general, the spread of Anglo-American proverbs in Europe, and the phenomenon of modern proverbs. The second section analyzes the use of proverbs in the world of politics, including a chapter on President Obama, while the third concentrates on the uses of proverbs in literature. The final... The thirteen chapters of this book comprise an intriguing and informative entry into the world of proverb scholarship, illustrating that proverbs h... |
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670,89 zł |
An African Athens: Rhetoric and the Shaping of Democracy in South Africa
ISBN: 9781138811898 / Angielski / Miękka / 248 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. An African Athens offers an analysis of a new ecology of rhetoric--the reshaping of a nation into a democracy through rhetorical means. Author Philippe-Joseph Salazar provides a general view of issues as they have taken shape in the apartheid and post-apartheid South African experience, presenting the country as a remarkable stage for playing out the great themes of public deliberation and the rise of postmodern rhetorical democracy. Salazar's intimate vantage point focuses on the striking case of a democracy won at the negotiating table and also won every day in public deliberation....
An African Athens offers an analysis of a new ecology of rhetoric--the reshaping of a nation into a democracy through rhetorical means. Author ...
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204,63 zł |
Essay Writing the Secrets Revealed
ISBN: 9781482898729 / Angielski / Miękka / 210 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "Essay Writing Made Easy in TESL by New Workbook" Teaching English as a second language now has a defining tool for essay writing in all types of ESL environments Essay Writing: The Secrets Revealed maps a program for success in essay writing. Though it is not the typical essay writing guide, its ability to change the general perception towards essay writing in a positive and pro-active manner makes it a worthy educational investment. International writer and English teacher, Cindy M.'s practice book is a must for teachers and students of ESL, English as a second language. Not only does she...
"Essay Writing Made Easy in TESL by New Workbook" Teaching English as a second language now has a defining tool for essay writing in all types of ESL ...
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93,10 zł |
50 Afrikans You Must Know: Kamali Academy Reading Comprehension
ISBN: 9781633158825 / Angielski / Miękka / 58 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This is a Reading Comprehension book that will grow comprehension skills and knowledge about some of our Greatest Warriors.
This is a Reading Comprehension book that will grow comprehension skills and knowledge about some of our Greatest Warriors.
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86,27 zł |
Wac and Second Language Writers: Research Towards Linguistically and Culturally Inclusive Programs and Practices
ISBN: 9781602355033 / Angielski / Miękka / 492 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Perspectives on Writing Series, Edited by Susan H. McLeod. WAC Clearinghouse and Parlor Press In WAC AND SECOND-LANGUAGE WRITERS: RESEARCH TOWARDS LINGUISTICALLY AND CULTUR-ALLY INCLUSIVE PROGRAMS AND PRACTICES, the editors and contributors pursue the ambitious goal of including within WAC theory, research, and practice the differing perspectives, educational experiences, and voices of second-language writers. The chapters within this collection not only report new research but also share a wealth of pedagogical, curricular, and programmatic practices relevant to second-language writers....
Perspectives on Writing Series, Edited by Susan H. McLeod. WAC Clearinghouse and Parlor Press In WAC AND SECOND-LANGUAGE WRITERS: RESEARCH TOWARDS LIN...
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217,26 zł |
Writing Workouts to Develop Common Core Writing Skills: Step-By-Step Exercises, Activities, and Tips for Student Success, Grades 2-6
ISBN: 9781610698665 / Angielski / Miękka / 133 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Writing proficiency is more important than ever, especially with the demands of standardized testing and the rigors of new standards impacting our schools. This classroom-tested manual, created from a combination of the author's extensive in-class experience and acclaimed research in neural science and developmental biology, addresses all facets of writing competency. The content links to common core curriculum elements in state language arts standards for every state. Written by experienced educator and author Kendall Haven, the work features 13 innovative writing tips and 30 engaging... Writing proficiency is more important than ever, especially with the demands of standardized testing and the rigors of new standards impacting our ... |
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290,26 zł |
Writing Workouts to Develop Common Core Writing Skills: Step-By-Step Exercises, Activities, and Tips for Student Success, Grades 7-12
ISBN: 9781610698689 / Angielski / Miękka / 121 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Writing proficiency is more important than ever, especially with the demands of standardized testing and the rigors of new standards impacting our schools. This classroom-tested manual, created from a combination of the author's extensive in-class experience and acclaimed research in neural science and developmental biology, addresses all facets of writing competency. The content links to common core curriculum elements in state language arts standards for every state. Written by experienced educator and author Kendall Haven, the work features 13 innovative writing tips and 30... Writing proficiency is more important than ever, especially with the demands of standardized testing and the rigors of new standards impacting our ... |
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290,26 zł |
The Write Way: Becoming a Successful Writer
ISBN: 9781897453421 / Angielski / Twarda / 144 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "Susan Crossman has created one of the most comprehensive books on writing ever written. Whether you're writing a business report, an essay or a full-length novel, Crossman offers invaluable advice on making the process move more smoothly and efficiently. She also provides insightful tips on avoiding writer's block. If you want to be a truly effective and successful writer, this is the book you need."
- Michael B. Davie, author "Winning Ways " Solid, expert advice from a professional writer and author of several critically acclaimed books. From tips on overcoming writer's block and... "Susan Crossman has created one of the most comprehensive books on writing ever written. Whether you're writing a business report, an essay or a full-...
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193,10 zł |
The People's Voice: The Orator in American Society
ISBN: 9780813151137 / Angielski / Miękka / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In this flavorful and perceptive study of the American orator, Barnet Baskerville makes an inquiry into American attitudes toward orators and oratory and the reflection of these attitudes in speaking practices. He examines the role of the orator in society and the kinds or qualities of oratory that were dominant in each period of American history, and he looks into the nature and importance of oratory as perceived by audiences and by speakers themselves. By examining this "public image" of the orator, the author is able to tell us much about the people who drew that image. In this flavorful and perceptive study of the American orator, Barnet Baskerville makes an inquiry into American attitudes toward orators and orato... |
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117,69 zł |