Human Science / Language arts & disciplines

A Writer's Book of Days: A Spirited Companion & Lively Muse for the Writing Life

by Judy Reeves

First published a decade ago, A Writer's Book of Days has become the ideal writing coach for thousands of writers.

Grammar Girl's 101 Troublesome Words You'll Master in No Time

by Mignon Fogarty

Millions of people around the world communicate better thanks to Mignon Fogarty, aka Grammar Girl, whose top-rated weekly grammar podcast has been downloaded more than 40 million times. Now she’s turning...

English Learners Left Behind

by Kate Menken

In the wake of recent federal legislation entitled No Child Left Behind, high-stakes standardized testing for accountability purposes is being emphasized in educational systems across the U.S. for all students...

Input Matters in SLA

by Thorsten Piske & Martha Young-Scholten

This volume bridges the knowledge gap between second language acquisition researchers and second language pedagogy professionals in its focus on a topic of mutual interest: input. The reader-friendly contributions...

Language Acquisition: The Age Factor

by David Singleton & Lisa Ryan

This book examines the evidence relative to the idea that there is an age factor in first and second language acquisition, evidence that has sources ranging from studies of feral children to evaluations of language...

Bilingualism: Beyond Basic Principles

by Jean-Marc Dewaele & Alex Housen

The nine original papers in this volume have been written by international experts and deal with individual bilingualism, societal and educational phenomena, addressing issues such as bilingual usage, acquisition,...

Key Issues in Creative Writing

by Dianne Donnelly & Graeme Harper

Key Issues in Creative Writing explores a range of important issues that inform the practice and understanding of creative writing. The collection considers creative writing learning and teaching as well as...

Literacy Practices in Transition: Perspectives from the Nordic Countries

by Anne Pitkänen-Huhta & Lars Holm

Literacy Practices in Transition explores the connections between local, situated literacy practices and global processes of mobility in the geographical space of the Nordic countries, an example of contemporary...

Survival and Development of Language Communities: Prospects and Challenges

by F. Xavier Vila

Too small to be big, but also too big to be really small, medium-sized language communities (MSLCs) face their own challenges in a rapidly globalising world where multilingualism and mobility seem to be eroding...

Language Curriculum Design and Socialisation

by Peter Mickan

This book applies social theory to curriculum design and sets out a program for language curriculum renewal for the 21st Century. It includes many examples of text-based curricula and describes a plan for curriculum...

Create Your Writer Platform: The Key to Building an Audience, Selling More Books, and Finding Success as an Author

by Chuck Sambuchino

Creating a platform isn't just beneficial--it's essential!

In today's world of blogging, websites, Twitter feeds, and Facebook updates, building a writer platform from the ground up can seem a daunting task....

The Bang-Bang Club: Snapshots from a Hidden War

by Joao Silva, Greg Marinovich & Archbishop Desmond Tutu

"<>During the final, bloody days of South African apartheid, four remarkable young men-photographers, friends, and rivals-banded together<>"

Calunga and the Legacy of an African Language in Brazil

by Steven Byrd

Steven Byrd’s study provides a comprehensive linguistic description of Calunga based on two years of interviews with speakers of the language. He examines its history and historical context as well as its...

The History of Public Library Access for African Americans in the South: Or, Leaving Behind the Plow

by David M. Battles

This book examines the African American struggle for access to public libraries in the South, bringing together and examining the three distinct fields involved-Southern Studies, African American Studies, and...

Libraries and Librarianship: Sixty Years of Challenge and Change, 1945 - 2005

by George Bobinski

George Bobinski's career as a library professional spans 60 epochal years, from 1945 to the present. In this book, he summarizes the major trends and events that have transformed the library world and the profession...

Law Librarianship in the 21st Century

by Roy Balleste, Sonia Luna-Lamas & Lisa Smith-Butler

This text for library and information science courses on law librarianship introduces students to the rapidly evolving world of law librarianship. Individual chapters provide a concise treatment of such specialized...

A Manual for the Performance Library

by Russ Girsberger

A Manual for the Performance Library is a guide for organizing and operating a library of music performance materials for orchestra, band, chorus, jazz ensemble, and chamber music.

What We Say, Who We Are: Leopold Senghor, Zora Neale Hurston, and the Philosophy of Language

by Parker English

In What We Say, Who We Are, Parker English explores the commonality between Leopold Senghor's concept of "negritude" and Zora Neale Hurston's view of "Negro expression." For English, these two concepts emphasize...

How Plays Work

by David Edgar

Distinguished playwright David Edgar examines the mechanisms and techniques which dramatists throughout the ages have employed to structure their plays and to express their meaning.

Written for playwrights and...

Writing for Others, Writing for Ourselves: Telling Stories in an Age of Blogging

by Jerry Lanson

Using a narrative thread that ties practical advice to his personal experience as a professor, reporter, and blogger, Jerry Lanson fills his book on nonfiction story telling with time-proven techniques to beat...