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Ronald J Pelias explores leaning as a metaphor for analyzing interpersonal interaction. Bodies leaning toward one another are engaged, developing the potential for long-lasting, meaningful relationshi
The Best American Magazine Writing 2010 proves that print journalism is as vital as ever, offering information, amusement, connection, and perspective to those who love to lose themselves in a good re
The Best American series is the premier annual showcase for the country's finest short fiction and nonfiction. Each volume's series editor selects notable works from hundreds of periodicals. A specia
Edited by New York Times bestselling author Jerome Groopman, The Best American Science Writing 2010 collects in one volume the most crucial, thought-provoking, and engaging science writing of the year
If you have students who wish to build on their vocabulary acquisition skills, improve their academic writing skills, and become more confident and successful readers, From Reading to Writing is th
More and more readers turn to "The Best American Magazine Writing" for their annual fix of the year's most captivating essays, columns, reporting, and criticism. Chosen from the winners and finalists
The acclaimed best-selling author of A Crack in the Edge of the World brings his keen literary eye to this year's volume of the finest travel writing, with contributions by Chuck Klosterman, Andre Aci
The best-selling author of Ted Williams, At the Alter of Speed, and The Big Bam brings together the year's finest writing in sports, including pieces by Michael Lewis, Amby Burfoot, Lisa Taddeo, Paul
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In his introduction to The Best American Travel Writing 2008, editor Anthony Bourdain writes that the pieces that ?spoke the loudest and most powerfully to me were usually evocative of the darker side
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Provide your students with frequent, focused skills practice with this Reproducible Teacher's Edition. The reproducible format and additional teacher resources give you everything you need to help stu
Provide your students with frequent, focused skills practice with this Reproducible Teacher's Edition. The reproducible format and additional teacher resources give you everything you need to help stu
A definitive anthology of outstanding sports writing features the contributions of distinguished sportswriters and journalists--including Michael Lewis, Ian Frazier, Bill Buford, Daniel Coyle, Mimi Sw
Guidelines presented here offer a framework for interpreting and reporting the statistical analyses and research designs and activities commonly used in biomedical research. Combining elements of a re
A latest collection in the annual series features a selection of the year's most significant writings on key scientific developments in genetics, physics, cognition, evolutionary theory, astronomy, an
Even some enlightened academicians automatically—and incorrectly—connect illiteracy to Appalachia, contends Katherine Kelleher Sohn. After overhearing two education professionals refer to the southern
The Best American series has been the premier annual showcase for the country's finest short fiction and nonfiction since 1915. Each volume's series editor selects notable works from hundreds of perio
In this introduction to the diversity and scope of the writing by women in England from the beginning of the sixteenth century to the restoration of the monarchy in 1660, Patricia Demers discusses the
Since its inception in 1915, the Best American series has become the premier annual showcase for the country's finest short fiction and nonfiction. For each volume, a series editor reads pieces from h
Stimulating, up-to-date reading texts specifically aimed at teenagers learning English, covering a wide range of topics. The volume also includes interactive games, puzzles and exercises based on the
Whether you are composing a Web page on the Internet or agonizing over an annual budget report, these books are the key to clarity, accuracy, and economy in any writing task.
Whether you are composing a Web page on the Internet or agonizing over an annual budget report, these books are the key to clarity, accuracy, and economy in any writing task.
Craft your fiction with scene-by-scene flow, logic and readability. An imprisoned man receives an unexpected caller, after which "everything changed..." And the reader is hooked. But whether or not re
This impressive collection augurs a bright future for Chicana/Chicano literature, and will be of interest to those who keep track of the wide diversity of American and world literature.?Publishers Wee
