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Bryson's Dictionary of Troublesome Words
by William BrysonOne of the English language's most skilled and beloved writers guides us all towards precise, mistake-free usage.In the middle 1980s Bill Bryson was a copy editor for the London Times with the brash idea that he could fill a hole in the British book market for a concise, accessible, handy guide to proper usage. A complete unknown, he nonetheless sold Penguin Books on the idea, and the result was The Penguin Dictionary of Troublesome Words, which sold decently enough on both sides of the Atlantic.Now, fifteen years later, Bill Bryson has become, well, Bill Bryson -- and his terrifically useful little book has been revised, updated and Americanized to become Bryson's Dictionary of Troublesome Words. Precise, prescriptive, sometimes (like its author) amusingly prickly, this book belongs on the desk of every person who cares enough about our language not to maul or misuse or distort it. Move over, Strunk and White.
BTS and Languages: K-pop Transcending Language and Communication (Routledge Studies in Sociolinguistics)
by Joowon Suh Eun Sung ParkWith the international rise of K-pop culture, this analysis of BTS and the languages surrounding and related to their music, fans, and media content provides a unique look into how languages are localized, hybridized, and utilized beyond popular entertainment.Drawing on a wide range of data, the book examines various BTS-related content, from their music to the content generated by both BTS themselves and their fans. Chapters explore key sociolinguistic issues using BTS’s language as data, including their songs, lyrics, tweets, and interviews, and languages of BTS consumers, including fan interactions, reaction videos, commercials, as well as BTS-inspired signs and sounds in public places. With their phenomenal success in the global music market and ever-dominant presence on social media, BTS has inspired scholarly interest in academic fields such as culture and media studies, musicology, sociology, and business marketing, shedding light on effective communication and innovative language use.As the very first scholarly collection on BTS-related language, this book will be of interest to students and scholars studying language use and communication, including linguistic hybridity, multimodality, translanguaging practices, and multilingual communication.
Buckle Down Writing Level 7
by The Editors at the Buckle Down PublishingBuckle Down Writing is designed to help you practice and polish your writing skills. This book will review all four stages of the writing process: pre-writing,drafting,revising and editing.
Buckley: The Right Word
by Samuel S. Vaughan William F. Buckley Jr.The book his readers have asked for -- on the uses and abuses of language, vocabulary, diction and dictionaries, journals and journalists, style, eloquence, interviews and reviews -- "Buckley: The Right Word" includes interviews with Charlie Rose and The Paris Review, verbal encounters with Borges, Le Carre, Galbraith, Schlesinger, Playboy, Cosmopolitan, The New York Times, essays on formality and style -- even a Buckley lexicon.
Buckley: A Study in Literary Culture
by Jerome Hamilton Buck;eyFirst Published in 1966. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Buddhism and Linguistics: Theory and Philosophy
by Manel HeratThis edited collection brings linguistics into contact with a millennia of works by Buddhist scholars. Examining the Buddhist contemplative tradition and its extensive writings from an interdisciplinary perspective, the authors bridge the gap between such customs and human language. To do so, they provide chapters on linguistics, history, religious studies, philosophy and semiotics. Uniting scholars from three different continents and from many disciplines and institutions, this innovative and unique book is sure to appeal to anyone interested in Buddhist traditions and linguistics.
Buddhist Historiography in China (The Sheng Yen Series in Chinese Buddhist Studies)
by John KieschnickSince the early days of Buddhism in China, monastics and laity alike have expressed a profound concern with the past. In voluminous historical works, they attempted to determine as precisely as possible the dates of events in the Buddha’s life, seeking to iron out discrepancies in varying accounts and pinpoint when he delivered which sermons. Buddhist writers chronicled the history of the Dharma in China as well, compiling biographies of eminent monks and nuns and detailing the rise and decline in the religion’s fortunes under various rulers. They searched for evidence of karma in the historical record and drew on prophecy to explain the past.John Kieschnick provides an innovative, expansive account of how Chinese Buddhists have sought to understand their history through a Buddhist lens. Exploring a series of themes in mainstream Buddhist historiographical works from the fifth to the twentieth century, he looks not so much for what they reveal about the people and events they describe as for what they tell us about their compilers’ understanding of history. Kieschnick examines how Buddhist doctrines influenced the search for the underlying principles driving history, the significance of genealogy in Buddhist writing, and the transformation of Buddhist historiography in the twentieth century. This book casts new light on the intellectual history of Chinese Buddhism and on Buddhists’ understanding of the past.
The Budding Chef
by Kate KuhnCurious kids will delight in the 50 fun-filled recipes in The Budding Chef! Full of great ways for parents and their budding chefs to have fun together, this introduction to cooking is brimming with kitchen adventures and is perfect for kids aged 3 to 6. The easy-to-follow instructions and easy-to-find ingredients helps parents share their love of cooking in kid-friendly ways while creating special moments that they--and their child--will cherish forever. With a cup of wonder, a teaspoon of laughter, and a scoop of fun, these recipes bring parents and children together to share magical moments!
Budding Reader Book Set 1: Cat and Rat (Budding Reader #1)
by Melissa Ferrell Melinda Thompson Doug Oglesby Bill Madrid Cecilia MindenReading is a neurologically complex skill. So, it isn't surprising that many children find learning to read difficult. Make learning to read more fun with award-winning Budding Reader eBooks, arguably the easiest learn-to-read book series on the market. These research-based eBooks were developed in consultation with Cecilia Minden, Ph.D., the former Director of Language and Literacy at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. They were illustrated by artist, Doug Oglesby, winner of one Emmy, five Emmy nominations, and three international awards from the Broadcast Designers Association. Budding Reader eBooks use an innovative format to ease children into reading. Using research-based best practices identified by the National Reading Panel, each of the five Budding Reader eBook sets (one for each short vowel sound) tells an original story over the course of ten books. Previewing a book dramatically improves reading comprehension, so Book 1 in each set is a wordless picture book which introduces the story through colorful illustrations. Repetition aids brain development, so the story is retold in Books 2-10 with an ever-expanding vocabulary. By repeating words and gradually adding new ones, Budding Reader eBooks help new readers (even reluctant ones) experience success from the very start.In total, the Budding Reader eBook series introduces more than 60 simple words including dozens of common sight words. Learning is reinforced with free companion writing worksheets (available at buddingreader.com) which provide a multisensory experience and enable children to practice both reading and writing. A free parent guide with tips for working with new readers is also available on the website. The first set in the series, Cat and Rat, introduces the short "a" vowel sound and is designed to be a child's very first reader. With only eleven words (and, at, can, cat, look, rat, see, stop, that, the, you) introduced over the course of ten books, Cat and Rat aims to provide even the most reluctant reader with a positive first introduction to reading. Series: *Set 1: Cat and Rat (Short a; 11 words) *Set 2: Wit and Kit (Short i; 17 words) *Set 3: Bugs (Short u; 18 words) *Set 4: Hop! (Short o; 18 words) *Set 5: Hens (Short e; 22 words) For every eBook set sold, Budding Reader donates one to a child in need. One for You. One for the World. A Better World with Every Purchase. Gold Mom's Choice Award Winner: The Mom's Choice Awards has named Cat and Rat among the very best in family-friendly media, products and services. This content is optimized for tablets.
Budding Reader Book Set 2: Wit And Kit (Budding Reader #2)
by Melissa Ferrell Melinda Thompson Doug Oglesby Bill Madrid Cecilia MindenReading is a neurologically complex skill. So, it isn’t surprising that many children find learning to read difficult. Make learning to read more fun with award-winning Budding Reader eBooks, arguably the easiest learn-to-read book series on the market. These research-based eBooks were developed in consultation with Cecilia Minden, Ph.D., the former Director of Language and Literacy at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. They were illustrated by artist, Doug Oglesby, winner of one Emmy, five Emmy nominations, and three international awards from the Broadcast Designers Association. Budding Reader eBooks use an innovative format to ease children into reading. Using research-based best practices identified by the National Reading Panel, each of the five Budding Reader eBook sets (one for each short vowel sound) tells an original story over the course of ten books. Previewing a book dramatically improves reading comprehension, so Book 1 in each set is a wordless picture book which introduces the story through colorful illustrations. Repetition aids brain development, so the story is retold in Books 2-10 with an ever-expanding vocabulary. By repeating words and gradually adding new ones, Budding Reader eBooks help new readers (even reluctant ones) experience success from the very start.In total, the Budding Reader eBook series introduces more than 60 simple words including dozens of common sight words. Learning is reinforced with free companion writing worksheets (available at buddingreader.com) which provide a multisensory experience and enable children to practice both reading and writing. A free parent guide with tips for working with new readers is also available on the website. The second set in the series, Wit and Kit, introduces the short “i” vowel sound and 13 new words (bit, by, did, good, he, hit, I, it, Kit, no, quit, she, Wit). Four simple words previously introduced in the series (and, see, that, you) are reviewed.Series: •Set 1: Cat and Rat (Short a; 11 words) •Set 2: Wit and Kit (Short i; 17 words) •Set 3: Bugs (Short u; 18 words) •Set 4: Hop! (Short o; 18 words) •Set 5: Hens (Short e; 22 words) For every eBook set sold, Budding Reader donates one to a child in need. One for You. One for the World. A Better World with Every Purchase. Gold Mom’s Choice Award Winner: The Mom’s Choice Awards has named Wit and Kit among the very best in family-friendly media, products and services. This content is optimized for tablets.
Budding Reader Book Set 3: Bugs (Budding Reader #3)
by Melissa Ferrell Melinda Thompson Doug Oglesby Bill Madrid Cecilia MindenReading is a neurologically complex skill. So, it isn’t surprising that many children find learning to read difficult. Make learning to read more fun with award-winning Budding Reader eBooks, arguably the easiest learn-to-read book series on the market. These research-based eBooks were developed in consultation with Cecilia Minden, Ph.D., the former Director of Language and Literacy at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. They were illustrated by artist, Doug Oglesby, winner of one Emmy, five Emmy nominations, and three international awards from the Broadcast Designers Association. Budding Reader eBooks use an innovative format to ease children into reading. Using research-based best practices identified by the National Reading Panel, each of the five Budding Reader eBook sets (one for each short vowel sound) tells an original story over the course of ten books. Previewing a book dramatically improves reading comprehension, so Book 1 in each set is a wordless picture book which introduces the story through colorful illustrations. Repetition aids brain development, so the story is retold in Books 2-10 with an ever-expanding vocabulary. By repeating words and gradually adding new ones, Budding Reader eBooks help new readers (even reluctant ones) experience success from the very start.In total, the Budding Reader eBook series introduces more than 60 simple words including dozens of common sight words. Learning is reinforced with free companion writing worksheets (available at buddingreader.com) which provide a multisensory experience and enable children to practice both reading and writing. A free parent guide with tips for working with new readers is also available on the website. The third Budding Reader eBook set, Bugs, features the short “u” vowel sound. It introduces 14 new words (big, bug, bugs, down, give, go, her, hug, hugs, on, out, past, them, to) and reviews four simple words previously introduced in the series (and, by, see, the).Series: •Set 1: Cat and Rat (Short a; 11 words) •Set 2: Wit and Kit (Short i; 17 words) •Set 3: Bugs (Short u; 18 words) •Set 4: Hop! (Short o; 18 words) •Set 5: Hens (Short e; 22 words) For every eBook set sold, Budding Reader donates one to a child in need. One for You. One for the World. A Better World with Every Purchase. Gold Mom’s Choice Award Winner: The Mom’s Choice Awards has named Bugs among the very best in family-friendly media, products and services. This content is optimized for tablets.
Budding Reader Book Set 4: Hop! (Budding Reader #4)
by Melissa Ferrell Melinda Thompson Doug Oglesby Bill Madrid Cecilia MindenReading is a neurologically complex skill. So, it isn’t surprising that many children find learning to read difficult. Make learning to read more fun with award-winning Budding Reader eBooks, arguably the easiest learn-to-read book series on the market. These research-based eBooks were developed in consultation with Cecilia Minden, Ph.D., the former Director of Language and Literacy at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. They were illustrated by artist, Doug Oglesby, winner of one Emmy, five Emmy nominations, and three international awards from the Broadcast Designers Association. Budding Reader eBooks use an innovative format to ease children into reading. Using research-based best practices identified by the National Reading Panel, each of the five Budding Reader eBook sets (one for each short vowel sound) tells an original story over the course of ten books. Previewing a book dramatically improves reading comprehension, so Book 1 in each set is a wordless picture book which introduces the story through colorful illustrations. Repetition aids brain development, so the story is retold in Books 2-10 with an ever-expanding vocabulary. By repeating words and gradually adding new ones, Budding Reader eBooks help new readers (even reluctant ones) experience success from the very start.In total, the Budding Reader eBook series introduces more than 60 simple words including dozens of common sight words. Learning is reinforced with free companion writing worksheets (available at buddingreader.com) which provide a multisensory experience and enable children to practice both reading and writing. A free parent guide with tips for working with new readers is also available on the website. The fourth Budding Reader eBook set, Hop!, features the short “o” vowel sound. It introduces 11 new words (Bop, do, hop, hops, looks, Mop, Pop, not, they, up, will) and reviews seven simple words previously introduced in the series (and, at, down, go, look, on, stop).Series: •Set 1: Cat and Rat (Short a; 11 words) •Set 2: Wit and Kit (Short i; 17 words) •Set 3: Bugs (Short u; 18 words) •Set 4: Hop! (Short o; 18 words) •Set 5: Hens (Short e; 22 words) For every eBook set sold, Budding Reader donates one to a child in need. One for You. One for the World. A Better World with Every Purchase. Gold Mom’s Choice Award Winner: The Mom’s Choice Awards has named Hop! among the very best in family-friendly media, products and services. This content is optimized for tablets.
Budding Reader Book Set 5: Hens (Budding Reader #5)
by Melissa Ferrell Melinda Thompson Doug Oglesby Bill Madrid Cecilia MindenReading is a neurologically complex skill. So, it isn’t surprising that many children find learning to read difficult. Make learning to read more fun with award-winning Budding Reader eBooks, arguably the easiest learn-to-read book series on the market. These research-based eBooks were developed in consultation with Cecilia Minden, Ph.D., the former Director of Language and Literacy at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. They were illustrated by artist, Doug Oglesby, winner of one Emmy, five Emmy nominations, and three international awards from the Broadcast Designers Association. Budding Reader eBooks use an innovative format to ease children into reading. Using research-based best practices identified by the National Reading Panel, each of the five Budding Reader eBook sets (one for each short vowel sound) tells an original story over the course of ten books. Previewing a book dramatically improves reading comprehension, so Book 1 in each set is a wordless picture book which introduces the story through colorful illustrations. Repetition aids brain development, so the story is retold in Books 2-10 with an ever-expanding vocabulary. By repeating words and gradually adding new ones, Budding Reader eBooks help new readers (even reluctant ones) experience success from the very start.In total, the Budding Reader eBook series introduces more than 60 simple words including dozens of common sight words. Learning is reinforced with free companion writing worksheets (available at buddingreader.com) which provide a multisensory experience and enable children to practice both reading and writing. A free parent guide with tips for working with new readers is also available on the website. The fifth Budding Reader eBook set, Hens, features the short “e” vowel sound. It introduces 14 new words (are, chick, chicks, egg, eggs, Em, hen, hens, house, in, is, Jen, next, who) and reviews eight simple words previously introduced in the series (at, look, looks, see, that, the, them, to). Series: •Set 1: Cat and Rat (Short a; 11 words) •Set 2: Wit and Kit (Short i; 17 words) •Set 3: Bugs (Short u; 18 words) •Set 4: Hop! (Short o; 18 words) •Set 5: Hens (Short e; 22 words) For every eBook set sold, Budding Reader donates one to a child in need. One for You. One for the World. A Better World with Every Purchase. Gold Mom’s Choice Award Winner: The Mom’s Choice Awards has named Hens among the very best in family-friendly media, products and services. This content is optimized for tablets.
Un buen lugar para morir: Historias del Cáucaso
by Wojciech JagielskiA medio camino entre el reportaje y el libro de viaje, las crónicas del renombrado periodista polaco, considerado sucesor del gran Ryszard Kapuscinski. En agosto de 2008, Georgia saltaba a las primeras páginas de la prensa internacional por una breve e insensata guerra contra Rusia. Un conflicto incomprensible para muchos, pero cuyas raíces se hunden en la década de 1990. En ese momento, cuando la atención de la prensa internacional se fijaba en el conflicto de los Balcanes, Wojciech Jagielski decidió enfrentarse -prácticamente en solitario- a otro de los puntos calientes del planeta: el Cáucaso, una franja de tierra de reducido tamaño estratégicamente situada entre Asia y Europa y con abundantes reservas de petróleo. Devastado por los conflictos derivados del desmantelamiento de los grandes imperios del siglo XX y por las contradicciones propias de la desaparición de las ideologías que lo habían gobernado, el Cáucaso se desangraba en una guerra entre nacionalismos fanatizados, cuyos coletazos aún vemos. Con el pulso firme y el brillante estilo periodístico de su maestro Kapuscinski, Jagielski describe el sinsentido desatado en este olvidado y desconocido rincón del mundo, simbolizado entre los muros de un manicomio, donde enfermos de todas las nacionalidades convivían pacíficamente ajenos a la locura desatada en el exterior. Reseña:«Magnífico libro. No os arrepentiréis de empezarlo. Se lee de un tirón.»Ryszard Kapuscinski «Este joven periodista polaco está siendo aclamado como el nuevo Kapuscinski. Su prosa es excepcional.»Abc
El buen relato: Conversaciones sobre la verdad, la ficción y la terapia psicoanalítica
by J.M. Coetzee Arabella KurtzEl fascinante diálogo entre el ganador del Premio Nobel J.M. Coetzee y la psicoanalista Arabella Kurtz sobre la inclinación humana a elaborar historias «Las historias que nos contamos a nosotros mismos puede que no sean ciertas pero es lo único que tenemos. Me interesa la relación que mantenemos con estas historias, sean o no sean ciertas.» Siguiendo esta premisa, el escritor sudafricano J.M. Coetzee, premio Nobel de Literatura, propuso a la terapeuta Arabella Kurtz dialogar sobre la inclinación humana a elaborar historias. Mientras el escritor trabaja en soledad y se responsabiliza únicamente del relato que cuenta, la terapeuta colabora con el paciente para contar la historia de su vida y así poder destapar la «verdad». Desde ambas perspectivas los autores analizan la psicología individual y la colectiva y exploran la capacidad humana de autoexamen en un fascinante diálogo que atrapa al lector desde el primer intercambio de ideas. En un intento por comprender nuestras historias particulares y nuestro papel en la Historia, Coetzee y Kurtz se sirven de grandes escritores como Cervantes y Dostoievski y de psicoanalistas como Freud y Melanie Klein para ofrecernos una esclarecedora y sorprendente visión de las historias que nos contamos a nosotros mismos. La crítica ha dicho... «Coetzee mira el mundo y lo escudriña con su bisturí de sabio.» El Mundo «Uno de los mejores premios Nobel de toda la historia. J.M. Coetzee está en la cima del arte narrativo de nuestro tiempo.» ABC «Un enorme talento literario que no hace concesiones a la fama y las convenciones.» El País «Uno de los pocos escritores contemporáneos capaces de cuestionarnos con su escritura quiénes somos y en qué consiste estar vivos.» Qué leer «Nadie pone en duda que Coetzee es uno de los grandes narradores de nuestro tiempo, ni cuestiona que si ocupa este lugar de referencia es, entre otras cosas, por la originalidad y el extremado rigor de su pensamiento.» Enrique Hériz, El Periódico «El efecto de su imperturbable honestidad y su seriedad artística es la comprensión de la creación de un gran escritor.» The Telegraph
Buenas maneras: Arte y artistas del siglo XX
by José Francisco YvarsUna colección de ensayos de J.F. Yvars sobre arte del siglo XX. Con el título de Buenas maneras. Arte y artistas del siglo XX, se reúnen algunos ensayos que J.F. Yvars ha publicado de manera dispersa en catálogos, periódicos y revistas especializadas a lo largo de los últimos cinco años. Unos textos precisos y acerados que aúnan el rigor científico con una clara vocación divulgativa. Un «puñado de indagaciones sobre el arte de nuestro tiempo», en palabras del autor, que apuntan las condiciones del diálogo artístico moderno -de la obra de Torres-García, Pablo Picasso, Giorgio Morandi a Andy Warhol, entre otros- en el excitante momento cultural en que vivimos.
Buenas Noches, American Culture: Latina/o Aesthetics of Night
by María DeGuzmánOften treated like night itself—both visible and invisible, feared and romanticized—Latina/os make up the largest minority group in the US. In her newest work, María DeGuzmán explores representations of night in art and literature from the Caribbean, Colombia, Central and South America, and the US, calling into question night's effect on the formation of identity for Latina/os in and outside of the US. She takes as her subject novels, short stories, poetry, essays, non-fiction, photo-fictions, photography, and film, and examines these texts through the lenses of nationhood, sexuality, human rights, exoticism, among others.
The Buffalo Century: Vāñcheśvara Dīkṣita’s Mahiṣaśatakam: A Political Satire for All Centuries
by Kesavan VeluthatThe Buffalo Century is a keen exploration of satire and its role in society and politics. Written in praise of a buffalo, Vāñcheśvara Dīkṣita’s Mahiṣaśatakam is timeless in its treatment of power, and its subversion. In resurrecting eighteenth-century Tanjore for the modern reader, Kesavan Veluthat lifts the poem beyond its immediate literary context and situates it in a contemporary global political setting. Presenting a modern English translation along with the Sanskrit text, this work provides a fare that is as rich in double entendre as it is in its onomatopoeic metaphors. A literary triumph and the voice of an age, this book will be a key text for students and scholars of history, political science, sociology, literature, especially Sanskrit and comparative, and cultural studies.
The Buffalo Century: Vāñcheśvara Dīkṣita’s Mahiṣaśatakam: A Political Satire for All Centuries
by Kesavan VeluthatThe Buffalo Century is a keen exploration of satire and its role in society and politics. Written in praise of a buffalo, Vāñcheśvara Dīkṣita’s Mahiṣaśatakam is timeless in its treatment of power, and its subversion. In resurrecting eighteenth-century Tanjore for the modern reader, Kesavan Veluthat lifts the poem beyond its immediate literary context and situates it in a contemporary global political setting. Presenting a modern English translation along with the Sanskrit text, this work provides a fare that is as rich in double entendre as it is in its onomatopoeic metaphors. A literary triumph and the voice of an age, this book will be a key text for students and scholars of history, political science, sociology, literature, especially Sanskrit and comparative, and cultural studies.
Buffalo Girl (American Poets Continuum Series #199)
by Jessica Q. StarkIn these hybrid poems, Jessica Q. Stark explores her mother’s fraught immigration to the United States from Vietnam at the end of war through the lens of the Little Red Riding Hood fairy tale.Told through personal, national, and cultural histories, Buffalo Girl is a feminist indictment of the violence used to define and control women's bodies. Interspersed throughout this hybrid work are a series of collaged photographs, featuring Stark’s mother’s black-and-white photography from Vietnam beautifully and hauntingly layered over various natural landscapes — lush tropical plants, dense forests, pockets of wildflowers. Several illustrations from old Red Riding Hood children’s books can also be found embedded into these pieces. Juxtaposing the moral implications of Little Red Riding Hood with her mother's photography, Stark creates an image-text conversation that attends to the wolves lurking in the forests of our everyday lives. Opening the whispered frames around sexuality and sex work, immersed in the unflattering symptoms of survival, Buffalo Girl burgeons with matrilineal love and corporeal rage while censuring the white gaze and the violence enacted through the English language. Here is an inversion of diasporic victimhood. Here is an unwavering attention to the burdens suffered by the women of this world. Here is a reimagination, a reclamation, a way out of the woods.
The Bugaboo Review
by Sue SommerFor years, high school English teacher Sue Sommer has given her students a photocopied edition of The Bugaboo Review. Filled with fun ways to remember and correct the most common pitfalls in language, the Review is legendary at her school. Because it's so accessible and easy to use, parents have requested copies, and the friends of parents, not to mention past students who have worn out their copies but want to take the Review with them into their academic, professional, and everyday lives. With the help of cartoon characters Bug and Boo, Sommer lays out the rules and troublesome words that ?ummox our word processors and email programs. Colorful examples and artful mnemonics help readers painlessly learn and remember it all -- including the pronunciation of befuddling words. This is ideal for students of all ages -- and also for anyone seeking an A in all their written and oral communications.
Bugs A To Z
by Caroline LawtonAn essential A to Z bug book for young readers. The perfect book for all kids who are fascinated with bugs. Simple text from A to Z provides buggy facts and figures. Larger than life full-color photographs of creepy crawlies include locusts, caterpillars, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, ants, praying mantis, and more!
Build Better Characters
by Eileen CookCompelling characters are what keeps readers turning pages and buying books — from fantasies to mysteries to the great literary novel. But how to do you create characters that feel three dimensional and real on the page? <p><p> Counsellor and author Eileen Cook shares common psychological techniques to help you build your characters and take your story to the next level. <p><p> Covering understanding your character's backstory and how it impacts their choices in your book by doing a structured counselling interview, personality structure (Myers Briggs and Emotional Intelligence) and how that may lead to conflict, and understand dissecting the Stages of Change to see how your character moves through them . <p><p> Filled with practical tips, examples and prompts this is a craft book you will return to over and over. <p><p> This is the second book in the Creative Academy Guides for Writers series. Be sure to check out the rest of the guides for writers in this series.
Build the Brain for Reading, Grades 4–12
by Pamela A. NevillsEngage students' brains with state-of-the-art literacy strategies. This reference infuses the most current neurology research into concrete steps for targeted, developmentally appropriate reading instruction.