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Linguistic Variation as Social Practice is a study of the speech of the adolescent population of a midwestern high school, relating individuals' subtle patterns of pronunciation an… More

This successful office procedures text covers oral communications, time management, the ARMA filing rules, and the roles of management and supervision in the office environment.

This book offers a traditional basis for writing composition enhanced by contemporary concepts. It's a concise rhetoric that will guide readers through the organization and develo… More

Picking a college major is right up there with life's big decisions. It helps determine what students will learn and who they'll meet, not to mention where they might work and how … More

There is no cinema with such effect as that of the hallucinatory horror of Italian horror films. From Riccardo Freda’s I Vampiri in 1956 to Il Cartaio in 2004 (T… More

On the survival and destruction of knowledge, from Alexandria to the Internet.

Through the ages, libraries have not only accumulated and preserved but also shaped, inspired, an… More

According to virtually every business writer, we are in the midst of a new "information age," one that will revolutionize how workers work, how companies compete, perhaps even how … More

This study proposes a new theory of speech acts, Dynamic Speech Act Theory. It is predicated on the assumption that speech act theory, if it is to be of genuine empirical and theor… More

Why do people go to museums and what do they learn there? What roles can museums serve in a learning community? How can museums facilitate more effective learning experiences? John… More

At all stages of the public speaking process, readers learn how to develop and apply strategies to speaking situations they encounter throughout their lives. David Zarefsky, one… More

From a master teacher, a results-oriented approach to powerful legal writing that communicates, that persuades--and that wins.

Of all the professions, the law has the most d… More

In a radical departure from the dozens of other quality books, this one makes the case that the traditional TQM procedures used in the electronics assembly field are not only ineff… More