How did the rise of polite society change the language of literature? What was the effect of Romanticism on poetic word order? How does knowing the answers to these questions alter the meaning of a text for us?Reading literature is a quest for sense, involving us in a need to grasp both how meaning is produced by the words on the page and how history, culture and ideology have influenced the choice of those words. Literary English changes from period to period as it reflects variat...

When children read fiction, they are exposed to the beliefs which inform and structure their society. Books encourage child readers to internalize particular ways of seeing the world and help shape their development as individuals. Although this process forms a key part of their education, it remains largely invisible. As well as a story, fictions impart a significance to readers – often without revealing its presence or ground – and therefore have considerable potential ...

In the Fourth Edition of this foundational volume, the editors and chapter contributors explore how diverse and underserved populations of higher education students experience college differently and encounter group-specific barriers to success. Informed by cutting edge theory and grounded practice, each chapter focuses on engaging a different student population, including Students of Color, international students, undocumented students, queer students, religious minority students, disable...

It's Zany, Explosive, Funny, Felony-adjacent. Fast-Paced, Chaotic, Hilarious, Suspenseful, Wild, Twisty, Outrageous. Glitter covered.It's Sinful on the 4th of July.A throwback to the early days of Miss Fortune, Red, White, and Boom takes place one year after the events of Soldier of Fortune—and Fortune Redding has one simple goal for Sinful's Fourth of July celebration: no explosions, no bodies, no felony-level chaos, and absolutely no reason for C...

The final book in the bestselling Books of Beginning trilogy that began with The Emerald Atlas, which the New York Times called “a new Narnia for the tween set.”The adventures of siblings Kate, Michael, and Emma come to a stunning conclusion when they must find the last Book of Beginning—the Book of Death—before the Dire Magnus does, for when all three books are united, their combined power will be unstoppable.Soon Emma is on a journey to ...

"A strong . . . trilogy, invoking just a little Harry Potter and Series of Unfortunate Events along the way."—Realms of FantasySiblings Kate, Michael, and Emma have been in one orphanage after another for the last ten years, passed along like lost baggage.Yet these unwanted children are more remarkable than they could possibly imagine. Ripped from their parents as babies, they are being protected from a horrible evil of devastatin...

Beyond the Broad Path - Embracing the Narrow Way of Certainty in ChristIs there a single path that can reach both the lukewarm believer and the skeptical non-believer? Beyond the Broad Path argues that there is. This book speaks to believers who have grown complacent, calling them back to their role as salt and light, while also inviting non-believers into an honest exploration that assumes no prior faith or biblical knowledge.Grounded in today's fractured...

After the tumultuous events of last winter, Kate, Michael, and Emma long to continue the hunt for their missing parents. But they themselves are now in great danger, and so the wizard Stanislaus Pym hides the children at the Edgar Allan Poe Home for Hopeless and Incorrigible Orphans. There, he says, they will be safe. How wrong he is.The children are soon discovered by their enemies, and a frantic chase sends Kate a hundred years into the past, to a perilous, enchanted New York Cit...

In Gilded Age New York, a fierce seventeen year-old Irish girl joins forces with a notorious gangster to hunt down her sister's killer. Told from both perspectives, their search for justice pulls them from the city’s darkest corners to glittering ballrooms, where a secret can mean death, and love comes at a perilous price.Two unlikely allies must venture into dangerous places--perhaps into each other's arms--to solve a brutal crime.Caitlin

She was sent to disappear. Sinful had other plans.The year is 2013. The place is Sinful.Fortune Redding was supposed to be lying low.Instead, the CIA's most effective field operative is stuck in Sinful, Louisiana, pretending to be a mild-mannered librarian with a fake past, a borrowed name, and entirely too many opinions about humidity, alligators, and the agency's idea of a good hiding place.Then a late-night jog puts her in front of a burning house where h...

The plays in this collection reflect the variety and richness of Tudor drama, showcasing both secular and religious themes. Tudor plays often explored social, political, and moral issues relevant to the period, and these works offer unique insights into the lives, beliefs, and humor of people in Renaissance England. Farmer's collection includes morality plays, farces, historical pieces, and early romantic dramas, providing a glimpse into the evolution of English theater leading up to the w...

God Loves Addicts, This I Know: God's Word and the Road to Recovery is an examination of both classic and modern recovery literature and the role that the Judeo-Christian Bible has played in their development, and particularly regarding how its teachings apply to those struggling with addiction in its many forms. There is a common misconception regarding the term addiction in modern society, that it deals primarily, or even exclusively, with substances such as drugs and alcohol. While addi...