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Grounded in solid theory with new field-tested classroom activities, the fourth edition of Critical Encounters in Secondary English continues to help teachers integrate the lenses of contemporary literary theory into practices that have always defined good pedagogy.The most significant change for this edition is the addition of a full chapter on critical race theory (CRT) as an analytical lens. CRT offers teachers fresh opportunities for interdisciplinary planning and teac...

Bullies of Woke and their Assault on Mental Health is a ground-breaking work documenting the serious harm the "Progressive Left" is doing to the mental health of our innocent children who are subject to the unrelenting pressure to conform to woke ideology as never before. Bederman is unsparing in her critique of the absurdity, anti-Americanism and anti-Western cultural ideas emanating from the Woke brigade. Our children are literally being bullied to death-committing suicide rathe...

In The Heavy Lifting: A Boy's Guide to Writing Poetry, acclaimed poet and educator Jeffrey Burghauser not only makes a case for poetry-he makes a case for poetry's restoration to the prominence it once enjoyed among the manly arts. In short, pithy chapters, Burghauser guides the aspiring poet through the values, attitudes, and techniques required for a lifelong adventure in language. The Heavy Lifting is at once an instruction manual, a textbook, a manifesto, a piece of l...

Do you want to improve your English conversation?This book is designed to help elementary and lower-intermediate learners understand and speak informal, colloquial English - as spoken by native speakers. Every dialogue includes a word list and comprehension questions and answers.The 50 dialogues cover a huge variety of everyday topics. They’re fun, as well as good for your English.Topics include: Getting a bus, Ordering a meal, Asking someone out, New...

A culturally sensitive and rewarding new understanding of the cross-cultural interaction between China and EuropeIn this important new work author Yu Liu argues that, confined by a narrow English and European conceptual framework, scholars have so far obscured the radical innovation and revolutionary implication of Samuel Taylor Coleridge and William Wordsworth's monistic philosophy. Liu's innovative intellectual history traces the organic westward movement of the ...

The Political and Strategic History of the World, Vol I: From Antiquity to the Caesars, 14 A.D. covers great swathes of time beginning with the earliest written records of the Hebrews, Sumerians, Babylonians, Egyptians, and the ancient East, through the rise of the Greeks and Persians, the conquests of Alexander the Great, and then the rise of Rome, culminating in the Augustan Empire. The great men and women of the ancient world are portrayed with admiration (or opprobrium) and always with...

Janice Fiamengo was once a true believer, completing a PhD with specialization in feminist literature and theory. Her reading as a university student convinced her that women had been unjustly oppressed for centuries, and that empowered women would lead their societies into a better future. Then she confronted the reality of female rage, false claims, the denial of merit, shattered families, and heartbroken fathers. She saw young men blatantly discriminated against in academic hiring. She ...

Ramses was the best dog in the world, the cleverest, friendliest, most expressive, understanding, amusing dog that ever was, and it was only a happy coincidence that he happened to be ours.

Do you want to improve your English conversation?These dialogues for elementary learners will help you learn real, everyday, informal English conversation. It’s a chance to learn some useful new vocabulary, to improve your grammar and to practise using the little words (just, then, only, so, still, well, though, etc.) that native English speakers use so often.Every dialogue has a vocabulary list and comprehension questions with answers.The 50 dialogues...

Improve your English reading comprehension skills and vocabulary with these beginner-intermediate stories and dialogues. Each one contains comprehension questions and answers, along with the Swedish translation.What would it mean for your studies or career to be able to read freely in English? How about understanding more vocabulary, including phrases, idioms, slang and expressions? The short stories and dialogues for high-beginner to intermediate English learners ...

Why is it that some ways of using English are considered "good" and others are considered "bad"? Why are certain forms of language termed elegant, eloquent or refined, whereas others are deemed uneducated, coarse, or inappropriate? Making Sense of "Bad English" is an accessible introduction to attitudes and ideologies towards the use of English in different settings around the world. Outlining how perceptions about what constitutes "good" and "bad" English have been shaped, this b...

Do you hate facing the English Opening, where White calmly advances the c-pawn, creates a kingside fianchetto, and seems oblivious to Black's plans? The Anglo-Scandinavian Defence is designed to disrupt White's strategy and force them to respond. In this concise guide, Correspondence Master and seasoned author Marek Soszynski introduces this rare but potent defence (1.c4 d5 2.cxd5 Qxd5) from Black's perspective, offering fresh insights, tactical ideas, and practical plans to catch your opp...