The Hairdresser of Harare, which the New York Times Book Review called a fresh and moving account of contemporary Zimbabwe,” announced Tendai Huchu as a shrewd and funny social commentator. InThe Maes
Writing for theatre is a unique art form, different even from other kinds of scriptwriting. Making theatre is a truly collaborative process which can be a tricky aspect to grasp when starting out. Thi
(Post)Graduate students experience enormous challenges in research writing. New writing pedagogies make explicit the often-hidden research literacies.(Post)Graduate Research Literacies and Writing Ped
In the edited volume Writing for Professional Development, Giulia Ortoleva, Mireille Betrancourt and Stephen Billett explore the relation between writing and professional development. Two main perspec
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Writing for the Web offers sound principles of writing persuasive copy and using the latest techniques to create an online portfolio, develop a website or blog, and present strong, lively content peop
This book offers an in-depth study of the poetics of creative writing as a subject in the dramatically changing context of practice as research, taking into account the importance of the subjectivity
This book offers an in-depth study of the poetics of creative writing as a subject in the dramatically changing context of practice as research, taking into account the importance of the subjectivity
Sometimes you love a soccer team not only for their strengths, the splendor of their play, and the appealing thrust of their character, but also for the haunting possibility that their best hopes may
Working Memory: Women and Work in World War II speaks to the work women did during the war: the labour of survival, resistance, and collaboration, and the labour of recording, representing, and memori
>Longman Academic Writing Level 4 has been transformed into a digital experience. The Interactive Student Book, powered by MyEnglishLab, allows students and teachers to better assess t
In this delicious and devastating first novel, which The Guardian named one of its ten best contemporary African books, Caine Prize finalist Tendai Huchu (The Maestro, the Magistrate, and the Mathemat
This volume offers the readers a diversity of insight into how multimodality works in texts, and the effects different modes have on generating and understanding meaning.
A five-year-long cooperation between historians from all over Europe, this collection offers the first in-depth analysis of the various ways to write and to conceptualise history beyond the nation-sta
This book is devoted to the institutions, networks and communities that ?standardised' the historical discipline and profession, in the nineteenth and twentieth century, in the context of both the old
A collection of essays on European historiography, focussing on the overlapping national histories in Europe presenting many of the contested areas through conflicting historiographies. Sponsored by t
Historians traditionally claim to be myth-breakers, but national history since the nineteenth century shows quite a record in myth-making. This exciting new volume compares how national historians in
Canadian Graphic: Picturing Life Narratives presents critical essays on contemporary Canadian cartoonists working in various forms of graphic life narrative, from confession to memoir to biography. Th
When poet and essayist Kenneth Sherman was diagnosed with cancer, he began keeping a notebook of observations that blossomed into this powerful memoir. With incisive and evocative language, Sherman pr
In the East African Kwatee Republic of the 1990s, the dictatorship is about to fall, and the nation’s exiles are preparing to return. One of these exiles, a young man named Kalumba, is a graduate stud
Trying to encounter a harpy eagle in the wild, Sarah Woods trekked through the world’s densest jungles, falling under the spell of Latin America’s extraordinary wildlife and making some heart-wrenchin
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For decades theorists have opined that the lines between creative writing and composition need to be lifted, yet little has been written about the pedagogical methods that allow a cohesive approach be
For decades theorists have opined that the lines between creative writing and composition need to be lifted, yet little has been written about the pedagogical methods that allow a cohesive approach be
This book explores creative writing and its various relationships to education through a number of short, evocative chapters written by key players in the field. At times controversial, the book prese
This book explores creative writing and its various relationships to education through a number of short, evocative chapters written by key players in the field. At times controversial, the book prese
This volume explores the challenges facing practitioners in higher education who use online environments and explores strategies for enhancing the experience of learners. The book focuses on online fe
This is the first collection of its kind, with a broad European coverage and an international team of authors. It shows how modern states and societies have used the history of the Middle Ages to legi
All aspects of drama screenwriting, with such case studies as Erin Brockovich,The King’s Speech, Juno, and many moreBreaking down the nuts and bolts of what differentiates drama from genre, this book
The many ways that "happy after ever" can come about—case studies and analyses includeDue Date, I Give it a Year, Midnight in Paris, Ted, andTamara DreweContemporary film audiences w
Practical Academic Essay Writing Skills: An International ESL Students English Essay Writing Handbook was written with non-English speaking ESL students in mind. In other words, it was primarily writt
The alligator gar belongs to a family of fish that has remained fundamentally unchanged since the Cretaceous, over 100 million years ago. Its intimidating size and plethora of teeth have made it demon
The reincarnation of a legendary nineteenth-century Caribbean emperor as a contemporary African leader is at the heart of this novel.Sacred River deals with the extraordinary lives, hopes, powerful my
A breakout success, our anthology of the year's best business investigative writing includes provocative essays on the ongoing collapse of American middle-class jobs under the weight of maximizing sha
