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Cliffsquickreview Writing: Grammar, Usage, and Style

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Eggenschwiler, Jean, PUBLISHER: Cliffs Notes, CliffsQuickReview course guides cover ong>theong> essentials of your toughest classes. Get a firm grip on core concepts and key material, and test your newfound knowledge with review questions. Wheong>theong>r you're new to nouns, verbs, and prepositions or just brushing up on your grammar, "CliffsQuickReview Writing: Grammar, Usage, and Style" can help. This guide not only helps you understand grammar concepts, but it also gives you clear explanations of sentence structure, as well as advice on how to write well. As you work your way through this guide, you'll find out aboutNouns, verbs, pronouns, adjectives, and adverbsPropositions, conjunctions, and interjectionsSentence construction and variety, as well as punctuationWords: compound words, idioms, cliches, and jargonong>Theong> different types of writing and organizing a writing assignment "CliffsQuickReview Writing: Grammar, Usage, and Style" is an invaluable reference for those who want to improve ong>theong>ir writing, wheong>theong>r at ong>theong> high school level or in college. Here are just a few of ong>theong> things you'll learn about how to bring your writing up to snuff: Understanding your writing assignmentWriting a ong>theong>sis statementQuoting and paraphrasing, and avoiding plagiarismCreating an outline for your paperWriting your first draft, and polishing up your final draft With titles available for all ong>theong> most popular high school and college courses, CliffsQuickReview guides are a comprehensive resource that can help you get ong>theong> best possible grades.

The Fremont Culture: A Study in Culture Dynamics on the

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: James H Gunnerson, PUBLISHER: University of Utah Press, NA

Suri's Burn Book: Well-Dressed Commentary from Hollywood's

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Hagan, Allie, PUBLISHER: Running Press Book Publishers, Based on ong>theong> popular blog of ong>theong> same name, "Suri's Burn Book "is told from ong>theong> harsh yet clever perspective of "Suri Cruise," Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes' five-year-old daughter--and one of ong>theong> youngest fashionistas in America today. Suri's snarky and clever wit will cover everything celeb obsessed, from celebrity culture and fashion mistakes to celebs who are annoying pregnant. Also included is Suri's very best advice and essays on topics ranging from pop culture to politics, accompanied by approximately 100 full-color photos throughout.

The Cambridge Companion to Modern American Culture

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Bigsby, Christopher, PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press, ong>Theong> Cambridge Companion to Modern American Culture offers a comprehensive, authoritative and accessible overview of ong>theong> cultural ong>theong>mes and intellectual issues that drive ong>theong> dominant culture of ong>theong> twentieth century. This companion explores ong>theong> social, political and economic forces that have made America what it is today. It shows how ong>theong>se contexts impact upon twentieth-century American literature, cinema and art. An international team of contributors examines ong>theong> special contribution of African Americans and of immigrant communities to ong>theong> variety and vibrancy of modern America. ong>Theong> essays range from art to politics, popular culture to sport, immigration and race to religion and war. Varied, extensive and challenging, this Companion is essential reading for students and teachers of American studies around ong>theong> world. It is ong>theong> most accessible and useful introduction available to an exciting range of topics in modern American culture.

African-American Athletes

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Aaseng, Nathan, PUBLISHER: Facts on File, "Writing is clear... a] useful source...recommended for school and public libraries." Booklist "ong>Theong> range of entries is impressive...ong>Theong> writing is clear...valuable for brief student reports. Recommended." Library Media Connection African-American Athletes, Revised Edition highlights athletes who have competed at ong>theong> highest levels in one or more sports. Each entry provides an exciting and enlightening biographical profile, concentrating on ong>theong> events in that person's life related to his or her accomplishments in sports, followed by an up-to-date furong>theong>r reading list on that individual.

The Many Faces of Islam: Perspectives on a Resurgent

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Rejwan, Nissim, PUBLISHER: University Press of Florida, Written in a style easily accessible to both students and general readers, ong>Theong> Many Faces of Islam offers a wide range of perspectives on modern Islamic culture and religious practice. Seeking to dispel ong>theong> perception that Islamic fundamentalism and extremism represent Islam in its entirety, Nissim Rejwan surveys ong>theong> issues and provides numerous excerpts from modern writers and scholars, Muslim and non-Muslim, summarizing ong>theong> many problems and dilemmas facing contemporary Muslims. Rejwan argues that to view Islam as uniform and all of a piece invites confusion and miscomprehension. ong>Theong> rich sampling of readings amplifies ong>theong> summary discussion and demonstrates ong>theong> surprising variety of Islamic concepts and practices. Issues include ong>theong> uniqueness of Islam, ong>theong> decline of ong>theong> Islamic establishment, ong>theong> impact of modernity, misunderstandings of Islam, Islam and ong>theong> Dhimmis, ong>theong> fundamentalist revival, and more. With a novel, topical approach to his subject, Rejwan widens ong>theong> view of Islam from radicalism to ong>theong> culture as a whole. His combination of topical summary and illuminating, balanced texts will provide a useful resource for students of Islamic culture and, for general readers, an insightful, balanced, and engaging introduction to a poorly understood but increasingly important civilization.

6 + 1 Traits of Writing: The Complete Guide: Grades 3 & Up:

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Culham, Ruth, PUBLISHER: Scholastic Teaching Resources, Ideas, Organization, Voice, Word Choice, Sentence Fluency, Conventions, and Presentation. Look at good writing in any genre, and you'll find ong>theong>se traits. Think of ong>theong>m as ong>theong> fuel that stokes ong>theong> engine of writing. With this book, teachers will learn how to assess student work for ong>theong>se traits and plan instruction. And ong>theong>y'll be amazed at how ong>theong> writing in ong>theong>ir classroom improves. Includes scoring guides, focus lessons, and activities for teaching each trait. For use with Grades 3 & Up.

Exploring College Writing: Reading, Writing and Researching

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Melzer, Dan, PUBLISHER: Equinox Publishing (UK), Exploring College Writing: Reading, Writing and Researching across ong>theong> Curriculum is a rhetoric for first-year and sophomore composition courses that uses a constructivist, ethnographic approach to introducing students to academic reading, writing, and researching. This text will be especially useful to composition instructors who wish to provide students with both a general overview of academic discourse and an introduction to ong>theong> purposes, audiences, and genres of writing across disciplines. This textbook works from ong>theong> premise that ong>theong> best way to initiate students to academic discourse is to have ong>theong>m explore academic literacies using an ethnographic, fieldwork approach to ong>theong>ir own institution. Students are cast in ong>theong> role of researchers, exploring ong>theong>ir own experiences as college writers and investigating writing in General Education and in ong>theong>ir prospective majors. ong>Theong> book provides instructors and students sequences of engaging and exploratory "Writing to Learn" and "Learn by Doing" activities and formal, extended writing projects that ask students to interview professors, analyze writing assignments, and reflect on ong>theong>ir own reading, writing, and researching processes and histories. ong>Theong>se writing projects connect to students' interests, experiences, and goals and provide ong>theong>m with a sense of purpose and audience for writing. ong>Theong> organization of Exploring College Writing ong>moveong>s students from reflection to investigation. Part I of ong>theong> book provides a broad introduction to academic reading, writing, and researching and introduces students to ong>theong> rhetorical situations, genres, and common college thinking and writing strategies. Part I presents students with prompts that ask ong>theong>m to explore ong>theong> similarities and differences between high school and college literacy and reflect on ong>theong>ir own literacy histories. Part II asks students to think critically about ong>theong>ir reading, writing, and researching processes and to explore strategies for college reading, writing, and researching processes. Part II includes prompts that ask students to explore college reading, writing, and researching processes and practice academic research and making academic arguments. Part III introduces students to writing across ong>theong> curriculum and ong>theong> idea of disciplines and discourse communities. Part IV asks students to investigate ong>theong> reading, writing, and researching assigned in ong>theong> General Education and major courses at ong>theong>ir campus and to consider discipline-specific ways of writing and thinking. Unlike oong>theong>r textbooks Exploring College Writing uses auong>theong>ntic student and professional texts from across disciplines in a variety of genres such as lab reports, scholarly book reviews, ethnographies and case studies to guide and inspire ong>theong> writing process.

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The Correspondence of Walter Benjamin,

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Benjamin, Walter / Adorno, ong>Theong>odor Wiesengrund / Scholem, Gershom Gerhard, PUBLISHER: University of Chicago Press, Called "ong>theong> most important critic of his time" by Hannah Arendt, Walter Benjamin has emerged as one of ong>theong> most compelling thinkers of our time as well, his work assuming a crucial place in current debates over ong>theong> interactions of art, culture, and meaning. A "natural and extraordinary talent for letter writing was one of ong>theong> most captivating facets of his nature," writes Gershom Scholem in his Foreword; and indeed, Benjamin's correspondence reveals ong>theong> evolution of some of his most powerful ideas. Published here in English for ong>theong> first time, ong>theong>se letters offer an intimate picture of Benjamin himself and ong>theong> times in which he lived. Written in a day when letters were an important vehicle for ong>theong> presentation and development of intellectual matters, Benjamin's correspondence is rich in insight into ong>theong> circumstances behind his often difficult work. Writing at length to Scholem and ong>Theong>odor Adorno, and exchanging letters with Rainer Maria Rilke, Hannah Arendt, Hugo von Hofmannsthal, Max Horkheimer, Max Brod, Bertolt Brecht, and Kafka's friend Felix Weltsch, Benjamin elaborates his ideas about metaphor and language. He reflects on literary figures from Kafka to Karl Kraus, ong>theong> "Jewish Question" and anti-Semitism, Marxism and Zionism. And he expounds his personal attitudes toward such subjects as ong>theong> role of quotations in criticism, history, and tradition; ong>theong> meaning of being a "collector"; and French culture and ong>theong> national character.

The Self and Others: Positioning Individuals and Groups in

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Harre, Rom / Moghaddam, Fathali M. / Harr?, Rom, PUBLISHER: Praeger, This volume focuses on relations between ong>theong> self and oong>theong>r individuals, ong>theong> self and groups, and ong>theong> self and context. Leading scholars in ong>theong> field of positioning ong>theong>ory present ong>theong> newest developments from this field on human social relations. ong>Theong> discussion is international, multidisciplinary, and multi-method, aiming to achieve a more dynamic and powerful account of human social relations, and to break disciplinary boundaries. Four features in this work are prominent. ong>Theong> book is culturally oriented and international. ong>Theong>re is a push to ong>moveong> across disciplines, particularly across psychology and linguistics, and psychology and microsociology. ong>Theong>re is a focus on language and social construction of ong>theong> world through discourse. Finally, ong>theong> book represents a multi-method approach that reflects discursive methods.

Italy Today: At the Crossroads of the New Millenium

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Mignone, Mario B. / Coppa, Frank J., PUBLISHER: Peter Lang Publishing, Italy Today is a concise and fascinating story of ong>theong> stunning transformation of a nation. Detailing ong>theong> period from ong>theong> Second World War to ong>theong> present, ong>theong> book provides unique insights into ong>theong> dynamics of country which emerged from a ravaged, post-war agrarian society to become a technological leader competing with France to become ong>theong> fourth largest industrialized country in ong>theong> Western World. This volume examines ong>theong> influence of a broad range of subjects such as political institutions, parliament, women, youth, ong>theong> media, ong>theong> Church, and trade unions on Italian history and culture. Divided into three major sections devoted to an analysis of politics, society and ong>theong> economy, ong>theong> organization allows for a lively discussion of contemporary Italy. ong>Theong> style of ong>theong> writing will appeal to a broad range of scholars, students, and general readers.

Source Material on the History and Ethnology of the Caddo

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Swanton, John R. / Tanner, Helen H. / Tanner, Helen Hornbeck, PUBLISHER: University of Oklahoma Press, First published in , John R. Swanton's "Source Material on ong>theong> History and Ethnology of ong>theong> Caddo Indians" is a classic reference on ong>theong> Caddos. Long regarded as ong>theong> dean of souong>theong>astern Native American studies, Swanton worked for decades as an ethnographer, ethnohistorian, folklorist, and linguist. In this volume he presents ong>theong> history and culture of ong>theong> Caddos according to ong>theong> principal French, Spanish, and English sources. In ong>theong> seventeenth century, French and Spanish explorers encountered four regional alliances -- Cahinnio, Cadohadacho, Hasinai, and Natchitoches -- within ong>theong> boundaries of ong>theong> present-day states of Arkansas, Louisiana, Texas, and Oklahoma. ong>Theong>ir descriptions of Caddo culture are ong>theong> earliest sources available, and Swanton weaves ong>theong> information from ong>theong>se primary documents into a narrative, translated into English, for ong>theong> benefit of ong>theong> modern reader. For ong>theong> scholar, he includes in an appendix ong>theong> entire text of three principal documents in ong>theong>ir original Spanish. ong>Theong> first half of ong>theong> book is devoted to an extensive history of ong>theong> Caddos, from De Soto's encounters in to ong>theong> Caddos' involvement in ong>theong> Ghost Dance Religion of . ong>Theong> second haft discusses Caddo culture, including origin legends and religious beliefs, material culture, social relations, government, warfare, leisure, and trade. For this edition, Helen Hornbeck Tanner also provides a new foreword surveying ong>theong> scholarship published on ong>theong> Caddos since Swanton's time.

Real Stories: The All-Inclusive Text Book for Developmental

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Ortner, Toni, PUBLISHER: Backinprint.com, "Real Stories" is writing and reading text that works. ong>Theong> method is classroom-tested and designed to meet ong>theong> needs of multi-cultural high school students. It contains three sections: "ong>Theong> Process of Writing" covers ong>theong> basic building blocks of writing. "Time Savers for Grammar and Punctuation" includes types of sentences, how to find and eliminate run-ons, comma splices and fragments, comma use, nouns, capitalization, direct quotes, verb tenses, and irregular verbs, practice exercises, an answer key, and tests. "ong>Theong> Reader" contains students' personal stories for analysis and discussion. "Real Stories" helps students use words to empower and enrich ong>theong>ir lives. Acquista Ora

Creeks

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Green, Michael / Porter, Frank W., PUBLISHER: Chelsea House Publications, -- Presents comprehensive and honest accounts of ong>theong> life and culture of American Indians -- Examines ong>theong> issues and conflicts involving Native Americans today -- Discusses many lesser-known but equally important tribes -- Packed with photographs, paintings, and maps -- 8-page full-color photo essay on Indian art and relics

Every Warrior Has His Own Song

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Walker, Alan B., PUBLISHER: iUniverse.com, When ong>theong> worthless treaties were signed and it was time to ong>moveong> ong>theong> Ho-Chunk/Winnebago nation, ong>theong> people took only what ong>theong>y could carry on ong>theong>ir backs. ong>Theong>re isn't a person alive today who can describe ong>theong> atrocities, hardships, and deprivation ong>theong>ir ancestors faced while being ong>moveong>d from ong>theong>ir land to a strange place, unable to travel or live where ong>theong>ir ancestors were buried. No longer could ong>theong>y provide food and lodging for ong>theong>ir families; ong>theong>y had to depend on ong>theong> government for monthly rations of food, blankets, and medical attention."Every Warrior Has His Own Song" explores ong>theong> history and culture of ong>theong> Winnebago and Ho-Chunk peoples, as well as ong>theong> personal history of ong>theong> family of author Alan B. Walker. Patriotic and fiercely loyal to this country and ong>theong> land of ong>theong>ir ancestors, ong>theong>y show respect to ong>theong> returning veterans of any war. As Walker grew older, he knew that he wanted to be a warrior and wondered if he had ong>theong> right stuff; in ong>theong> course of his exploration of his people's culture, he also tells ong>theong> story of his service in Vietnam."Every Warrior Has His Own Song" touches on ong>theong> history and modern life of ong>theong> Ho-Chunk/Winnebago nation as well as ong>theong> story of ong>theong> Hatchett family, telling a timeless and relevant tale of bravery. Acquista Ora

Healthwalk

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Carlson, Bob / Seiden, O. J. / Seiden, Othniel J., PUBLISHER: Fulcrum Group, A championship racewalker and charter member of ong>theong> Colorado Governor's Council for Health Promotion and Physical Fitness, Bob Carlson has done extensive writing and teaching on ong>theong> benefits of walking as ong>theong> best exercize for most people.

Body and Gift: Reflections on Creation

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Torode, Sam, PUBLISHER: Ascension Press, ong>Theong> First book in ong>theong> series, Body and Gift, begins with ong>theong> creation of man recorded in Genesis and goes on to explore its teaching on ong>theong> human body and God's design for marriage

Nature & Culture in the Andes

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Gade, Daniel W., PUBLISHER: University of Wisconsin Press, Nature and Culture in ong>theong> Andes reveals ong>theong> intimate and unexpected relationships of plants, animals, and people in western South America. Throughout his quest to understand this geographically diverse region Daniel Gade integrates ong>theong> imagination of an expert geographer with ong>theong> research skills of a natural and cultural historian. He presents a holistic vision of ong>theong> Andes, and of ong>theong> world, that broadens ong>theong> perspective achieved solely by objective scientific methods of inquiry.1

Performer. Culture and literature. Vol. 3: The Twentieth

Performer. Culture and literature. Vol. 3: ong>Theong> Twentieth century and ong>theong> present di Marina Spiazzi, Marina Tavella, Margaret Layton, Zanichelli inglese ISBN: condizioni: CONDIZIONI ACCETTABILI

Facilitating Preschool Literacy

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Campbell, Robin, PUBLISHER: International Reading Association, ong>Theong> contributors to this volume -- representing Australia, ong>theong> United Kingdom, and ong>theong> United States, and including both university educators and preschool teachers -- present ways to provide for, support, and guide children as ong>theong>y gain a greater understanding of reading and writing. ong>Theong> book considers ong>theong> notion of children constructing literacy, looks at literacy in ong>theong> context of ong>theong> home and family, and looks more directly at literacy learning in preschool settings. ong>Theong> chapters discuss ong>theong> role of parents and caregivers in supporting a child's literacy development, ong>theong>n explain how ong>theong> preschool educator can build on and continue to link with ong>theong> home literacy provision.

All Over the Map Writing on Buildings and Cities

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Michael Sorkin, PUBLISHER: Verso Books, NA

The Saloon on the Rocky Mountain Mining Frontier

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: West, Elliott, PUBLISHER: University of Nebraska Press, Elliott West's careful analysis of ong>theong> role and development of ong>theong> saloon as an institution on ong>theong> mining frontier provides unique insights into ong>theong> social and economic history of ong>theong> American West. Drawing on contemporaneous newspapers and many unpublished firsthand accounts, West shows that ong>theong> physical evolution of ong>theong> saloon, from crude tents and shanties into elegant establishments for drinking and gaming, reflected ong>theong> growth and maturity of ong>theong> surrounding community.

Writing Sparks: Prompting Conation

ISBN: , SKU: , PUBLISHER: Corwin Press, Formerly a SkyLight Publication.How can teachers help students recognize and tap into ong>theong>ir inner motivation in order to achieve learning success? Writing Sparks provides writing activities and prompts that address three main aspects of motivation: self-direction, self-observation, and self-reflection. ong>Theong>se activities can be effective with any age and help focus students on moving forward, identifying ideas and goals, and developing plans for reaching those goals.

Kabul

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Medley, Dominic / Barrand, Jude, PUBLISHER: Bradt Travel Guides, As usual, Bradt guides lead ong>theong> way in exploring areas in ong>theong> news. This new, mini guide format features: Background information to Kabul and ong>theong> surrounding area Comprehensive advice on safety, security and health People and culture in depth Hotels, guesthouses and B&Bs, plus restaurants and bars Up-to-date telephone numbers, websites and oong>theong>r communications information Beyond Kabul - towns and cities within easy reach of ong>theong> capital Maps and town plans Words, phrases and Afghan proverbs

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