Literacy category: 816 books
The Paper Trail
An Unexpected History of a Revolutionary Invention
Language: English
Release Date: March 22, 2016
A sweeping, richly detailed history that tells the fascinating story of how paper—the simple Chinese invention of two thousand years ago—wrapped itself around our world, humankind’s most momentous ideas imprinted on its surface.
The emergence of paper in the imperial court...
Now Write! Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror
Speculative Genre Exercises from Today's Best Writers and Teachers
Language: English
Release Date: February 20, 2014
Featuring speculative fiction-writing exercises from Harlan Ellison (R), Piers Anthony, Ramsey Campbell, Jack Ketchum, screenwriters of The Twilight Zone and Star Trek: The Next Generation, and many more.
The fifth volume in the acclaimed Now Write! writing-guide series offers a full toolbox of...
by Della Galton
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2011
A must-have book for any new writer and a welcome addition to the library of established writers who are hoping to 'up their game'. Have you ever wondered why your short stories are rejected? What is the secret of selling your work? How do you make sure your characters are memorable, your plots realistic...
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Language: English
Release Date: April 27, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: April 27, 2011
This landmark volume is the first to bring together leading scholarship on children’s and young adult literature from three intersecting disciplines: Education, English, and Library and Information Science. Distinguished by its multidisciplinary approach, it describes and analyzes the different...
by Pat Walsh
Language: English
Release Date: June 7, 2005
Language: English
Release Date: June 7, 2005
For the hundreds of thousands who buy writers’ guides every year, at last there’s one that tells the ugly truth: writers who can’t get published are usually making a lot of mistakes. This honest, often funny, book shows them how to identify their own missteps, stop listening to bad advice,...
Now Write! Nonfiction
Memoir, Journalism and Creative Nonfiction Exercises from Today's Best Writers
Language: English
Release Date: December 24, 2009
An essential handbook for nonfiction writers, featuring the trusted personal writing exercises of today's masters of creative non-fiction, including Gay Talese, Reza Aslan, John Matteson, Tilar Mazzeo, and many more!
Beginners and seasoned writers alike will relish the opportunity to use the...
Building Great Sentences
How to Write the Kinds of Sentences You Love to Read
Language: English
Release Date: June 25, 2013
Based on the bestselling series from The Great Courses, Building Great Sentences celebrates the sheer joy of language—and will forever change the way you read and write.
Great writing begins with the sentence. Whether it’s two words (“Jesus wept.”) or William Faulkner’s 1,287-word...
by H.L. Mencken
Language: English
Release Date: April 4, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: April 4, 2012
The DEFINITIVE EDITION OF The American Language was published in 1936. Since then it has been recognized as a classic. It is that rarest of literary accomplishments—a book that is authoritative and scientific and is at the same time very diverting reading. But after 1936 HLM continued to gather...
In the Land of Invented Languages
Esperanto Rock Stars, Klingon Poets, Loglan Lovers, and the Mad Dreamers Who Tried to Build A Perfect Language
Language: English
Release Date: May 19, 2009
Here is the captivating story of humankind’s enduring quest to build a better language—and overcome the curse of Babel. Just about everyone has heard of Esperanto, which was nothing less than one man’s attempt to bring about world peace by means of linguistic solidarity. And every Star Trek...
by Pierre Bayard
Language: English
Release Date: August 10, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: August 10, 2010
In this delightfully witty, provocative book, literature professor and psychoanalyst Pierre Bayard argues that not having read a book need not be an impediment to having an interesting conversation about it. (In fact, he says, in certain situations reading the book is the worst thing you could do.)...
by Gordon (Guoping) Feng, Mark Davies
Language: English
Release Date: April 21, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: April 21, 2017
Starting from 1990, Corpus of Contemporary American English (COCA) picks 20 million words of English text and speech each year, and now contains more than 520 million words. Based on COCA, this series of The Graded Wordbook of 52,000 Words are grouped in 1,000 words and lead ultimately to 52,000...
10 Books that Screwed Up the World
And 5 Others That Didn't Help
Language: English
Release Date: May 6, 2008
You've heard of the "Great Books"? These are their evil opposites. From Machiavelli's The Prince to Karl Marx's The Communist Manifesto to Alfred Kinsey's Sexual Behavior in the Human Male, these "influential" books have led to war, genocide, totalitarian oppression, family breakdown, and disastrous...
10 Books Every Conservative Must Read
Plus Four Not to Miss and One Impostor
Language: English
Release Date: May 25, 2010
Following up his 10 Books That Screwed Up the World, author Benjamin Wiker brings you 10 Books Every Conservative Must Read: Plus Four Not to Miss and One Impostor. Offering a guide to some of the most important literary works of our time, Wiker turns his discerning eye from the great texts that have...
Developing Core English Language Learner’s Fluency and Proficiency: Building Reading & Writing Skills
Fourth Estate, #33
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2017
This 2017 Spring issue of TexTESOL IV’s Fourth Estate is a brilliant success showcasing action research and discussions for ESOL Reading and Writing Skill development in the K-12 classrooms as well as University, Intensive English Programs, and Adult Ed programs. Herein you will find research grounded ...