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If you want your students to be lifelong learners, it's time to transform your classroom into an active learning center. Rather than relegating children to passively sit for hours at a time, encourage them to move and engage with their education through proactive practices.In...

Fluffy the Vulture and Count Ten, Fluffy the Vulture - now available together in one volume. From the front cover, read about Fluffy the Vulture and his day in nine languages. From the back cover, read about Fluffy the Vulture watching a giraffe eating...

I've Got Another Idea was designed to extend students' creativity and to provide them with opportunities to stretch their imaginations. The open-ended activities focus on the cognitive and affective pupil behaviors described in the model created by Frank E. Williams: fluent thinking, flexible thinking,...

How did fears of cultural inadequacy play out in the English language after American independence and the War of 1812? Like many of his nineteenth-century contemporaries, essayist Walter Channing suggests that the country's perceived deficiency in literature is due to a crucial overlap with...

The focus of Before the Knight's Tale is the transformation of Statius's Thebaid into Boccaccio's Teseida and Chaucer's subsequent reshaping of this rich literary tradition in the Knight's Tale. David Anderson examines Boccaccio's imitative art in its historical context, defining his model of classical...

Writing a great story of any kind requires as much technical skill as it does imagination, but these skills can be learned. Like all professions, to be the best at what you do, you have to work at it.The Gondor Writers' Centre Creative Writing...

Metaphors of the body form an important feature of Petronius' Satyricon. This book claims that the text can be read as a unified whole rather than as episodic jumble, despite its fragmentation. Presented as disturbing as well as comic, intricately structured as well as...

This is the first comprehensive study in English of one of the most important bodies of verse in European literature. Seventeenth-century Spanish poetry represents the culmination of a rich Renaissance tradition, and Professor Terry sets out to make this accessible not only to Hispanists...

The Comentarios reales de los Incas, a classic of Spanish Renaissance prose narrative, was written by Garcilaso Inca de la Vega, the son of an Inca princess and a Spanish conquistador. It is filled with ideological tensions and apparent contradictions as Garcilaso attempts to...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you...

A detailed study of the words and word combinations used in modern Chinese, this fascinating text uses a wealth of language examples and surpasses the scope of a dictionary to reveal the systematic nature of vocabulary.Author: Yip Po-ChingISBN-10: 0415429544ISBN-13: 9780415429542Publisher: RoutledgeLanguage: EnglishPublished: 03/01/2007Pages: 400Format:...

Attractively illustrated with full-colour illustrations and photographs. Integrated activities on every double-page spread. Audio CDs (American English) for all stories. Notes for teachers and parents included in every reader. Separate Activity Books available.ISBN-10: 0194402029ISBN-13: 9780194402026Publisher: Oxford University Press, USALanguage: EnglishPublished: 08/06/2010Format: CDWeight: 0.18lbsSize: 4.90h...

This interactive series makes developing language skills exciting for primary.Stories and cross-curricular texts with full-color illustrations stimulate students' interest, while carefully graded English introduces them to new language. BL Pictures support the story clearlyBL Text in different colors makes it easier to follow the...

The global history of the rise and transformation of bookstores, from medieval book merchants to today's neighborhood indies Whether it's a local indie bookshop, an online megaretailer, or a chain bookstore, the place we buy books is an essential part of our reading lives....

Are you struggling to reach the CLB 9+ score required for your Canadian Permanent Residency or professional licensing?Author: Leonard BoutonISBN-13: 9798242531352Publisher: Independently PublishedLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/04/2026Pages: 156Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.83lbsSize: 11.00h x 8.50w x 0.33d

This new critical edition of Dissoi Logoi starts from a codicological analysis that is unprecedented in scope (the studied codices are twenty-six) and depth (their material, dimensions, transmitted works, provenance, date, scribe, first possessors, and current place of conservation are considered). On this basis,...

Modern Hebrew: An Essential Grammar is an up-to-date and practical reference guide to the most important aspects of modern Hebrew as used by contemporary native speakers.Designed as a companion grammar, it provides an accessible yet comprehensive description of the language, organized by grammatical topic....

English complementizers play an important role in clausal construction. It is widely considered that the complementizers such as for, if, that, and whether can be used to introduce embedded clauses. How can we identify their syntactic roles that exert impact on variant patterns? Why...

This revolutionary book sets out to persuade the reader that the English language is not the result of years of haphazard evolution, a chaotic atom-like conglomeration of words, but a carefully planned whole in which each word has its place and is connected by...

Yang Mu, the recipient of the 2007 International Prize for Literature Written in Chinese, is a well-known bicultural poet. Born in Taiwan during the last phase of the Japanese occupation, his life and writing have been influenced by competing forces in the historical, political,...

Die vorliegende Arbeit stellt die Wechselbezüge von Individuum und Gesellschaft anhand dreier ausgewählter US-amerikanischer Romane des 20. Jahrhunderts dar: F. Scott Fitzgeralds The Great Gatsby (1925), J.D.Salingers The Catcher in the Rye (1951) und Bret Easton Ellis Less than Zero (1985). Der Verlust der...

Es würde sicher zu lauten Protesten führen, den Dramatiker Heiner Müller als Zugpferd vor den Karren der Emanzipationsbewegung zu spannen. Oftmals bieten seine Frauenfiguren Nährstoff für Chauvinisten, Machos und Frauenfeinde. Genauer durchleuchtet allerdings sind sie Leitfiguren für den Anspruch auf Gleichberechtigung. Dabei nimmt Müller...

Voices From The Hills: North-East Indian English Poetry: A Critical Gaze is a modest attempt to evaluate some prominent literary figures of North-East Indian Poetry. It includes more than ten in-depth critical essays dealing different latest perspectives of the region by eminent scholars. The...

A phonological analysis of a modern English dialect based on the transformational generative theory. Using the theoretical framework of generative phonology as put forth by Chomsky and Halle, discussed in the introduction, this book contains a detailed description of the sound segments of the...

This first full-length study of imagery in French surrealist poetry applies recent linguistic theory and methodology to the question of style in the image. It begins by examining the linguistic principles underlying the surrealist theory of the image and then develops a methodology for...

This bibliography represents the first attempt at indexing the vast number of scholarly monographs and articles that explain the origin, the history and the meaning of an individual proverb or proverbial expression. Over 2000 investigations from the 18th century to the present day are...

The idyllic model is defined (in opposition to pastoral) as an extended topos or model of the physical and social universe, descended from an older world-view, but also offering a stylized image of part of the social reality of the 18th century and early...

This study approaches the question of the relationship of the part to the whole in a literary work, as evidenced in the theme and structure of medieval romance, and instantiates the problem through an examination of how the number symbolism and alchemical imagery in...

The aim of this study is a thorough investigation and comparison of Hofmannsthal's relationship to the theory of the French symbolists. A notable similarity of structure, mood and technique between Hofmannsthal's poetry and his lyric dramas and those of the symbolists, has long interested...

A collection of critical and detailed analyses which shed new light on several most important grammatical problems. Suitable for English language and linguistic courses, this volume is also a valuable reference which provides necessary fundamentals for students and teachers of English as a Second...

After comparing several systems for identifying and classifying subordinate clauses, this study uses them to analyze the sentence structure of selected Middle High German prose texts. This analysis, conducted on the quantitative and qualitative levels, is used as the basis for a definition of...

Author: Patrizia VioliISBN-10: 2503508073ISBN-13: 9782503508078Publisher: Brepols PublishersLanguage: EnglishPublished: 12/01/1998Pages: 200Format: Paperback

This edited volume is the first in a new series, with chapters from researchers and social professionals covering topics from Argentina, Canada, Italy, Spain, and the U.S. As a whole the book also lays the groundwork for building a theoretical base that both unites...

A figure of speech is an expression in which the words are used, but not in their literal sense, to create a more forceful or dramatic meaning. They are often in the form of metaphors, similes and hyperbole "A fountain of knowledge," is a...

IF OUR ANCIENT PRE-HUMAN ANCESTORS COMMUNICATED THROUGH CALLS, WHAT HAPPENED TO TURN THESE INTO SPOKEN LANGUAGE? Survival of the Smallest is the story of what was behind this amazing achievement, and who was the driving force. Beginning with a species living 3.5 million years...

Art works and surrounding text by Yair Meshoulam titled 'The Fifth Season of the Moon' accompanied by articles from friends: Robert Silman 'My Gang' (on identity politics), Xa Sturgis 'Powhatan's Mantle' (on colonial expropriation) and photographic art and text from David Campany and Grant...

This volume consists of a series of essays, written by leading scholars within the field, demonstrating the types of inquiry that can be pursued into the transnational realities underpinning German-language culture and history as these travel right around the globe. Contributions discuss the inherent...

A Classic Handbook for Signaling and Secret Communications at a Distance in the OutdoorsThis unabridged reprint Legacy Edition of Elbert Wells' Outdoor Signalling is a classic handbook on sending signals over distance in the outdoors and coded communications using Wells' personal system of cyphered...

Enough! is about schools, education, and life. We are in an age of massive stimulation, more, more, more, higher, higher, and higher which translates into our obsession for living futuristically, collecting mounds of numerical data, and relegating qualities of humanity as less important. This...

Ibn Khallikan's Biographical Dictionary, or Deaths of Eminent Men and History of the Sons of the Epoch, was the noted Arabic scholar Ibn Khallikan's most well-known and respected work. The author worked on the tome from 1256 to 1274, compiling names, genealogies, and histories...

With suggestions form influential thinkers and authors, IN PRAISE OF BOOKS can help those who are developing a personal library or reading list. Ralph Waldo Emerson contributed an Atlantic Monthly essay to this volume, in which he recommended his favorite writers and texts. He...

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.Author: Henry Charles EnglefieldISBN-10: 1446039064ISBN-13: 9781446039069Publisher:...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you...

This book focuses on letter formation for the lower case letters of the English alphabet. There is no doubt you will see an improvement in your child's handwriting. However this book can be used at any age to improve handwriting and letter formation.Appropriate letter...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...

A provocative casebook for our digital times, this book is designed to jumpstart an in-depth dialogue about the historical, cultural, civic, and scientific implications of a mass shift in reading methods. Each chapter is broken down in a visual way through bullet points, bolding,...

This collection makes a significant contribution to international awareness and the promotion of intercultural understanding. Due to sophisticated advances in technology, the communication networks of the world are expanding at a rapid rate. Paradoxically, expansion has brought an information gap in international understanding that...

Mada is spoken in southeastern Nigeria and is a member of the Benue-Congo subfamily of languages.Author: Norman PriceISBN-10: 0883126001ISBN-13: 9780883126004Publisher: Sil International, Global PublishingLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/10/1989Pages: 56Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.19lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.12d

English Counter Russian examines English/Russian literary translations of works by seven renowned authors and a critic - Pasternak, Chukovsky, Voinovich, Tolstoy, Dostoevsky, Chekhov, Hemingway, and Paustovsky. Focusing on translation criticism that exposes all linguistic features of the original, this book includes the most salient...