Enduring Digital Damage
Networks the intricate relationship between rapidly advancing digital technologies and environmental degradation and reveals the costs of our globally connected world.Taking a step back from the screens of electronic devices and exploring the profound impacts of digital technologies on our environment, Enduring Digital Damage lifts the veil on the "hidden costs" in our modern technological world.Dustin Edwards traces key moments in the lifecycle of technology--such as the extraction of raw materials to the disposal of electronic waste--to uncover the often overlooked consequence of our digital age. He illuminates how data centers, mining operations, and other digital infrastructures contribute to environmental harm and how the rapidly increasing demand for land use and water access is essential to sustain our growing digital needs. Weaving together narratives of technological advancement and ecological destruction, Edwards presents a comprehensive analysis of the true cost of our digital lives. By drawing on case studies, cultural critique, and a critical examination of labor and sustainability, Enduring Digital Damage reveals the deeper histories and ongoing struggles that make our digital lives possible, urging readers to imagine the possibility of a less harmful and extractive world.
The Prompts You Need to Help You Write the Book You Want to Write
How can you take your writing to the next level? In this follow-up to their acclaimed handbook The Book You Need to Read to Write the Book You Want to Write, Sarah Burton and Jem Poster offer exercises and practical advice designed to set aspiring authors of fiction on their way to creating compelling short stories and novels. Carefully explaining the purpose and value of each exercise and encouraging writers to reflect on what they have learned in tackling each task, this themed collection of writing prompts provides both encouragement and inspiration. There are many books of prompts already available, but this one is different. Its structured, in-depth approach significantly increases the impact of the exercises, ensuring that storytellers use their time and talent to best effect - not only exploring their own creativity but also developing a wider and clearer understanding of the writer's craft.
Moomin and Flowers Artisan Art Notebook (Flame Tree Journals)
New title in the colourful Artisan Art Notebook collection by Flame Tree Studio, in a range of hues to suit the mood and the moment, crafted with decorated page edges and embellished with beautiful tactile art on the cover. Artisan Art Notebooks, the new Journals from Flame Tree, come in a range of hues to suit the moment and are embellished with a wide variety of well-known art on their tactile, vegan leather covers. They're carefully crafted with decorated page edges overflowing with petals, teasing vines and patterns. A unique blend of the practical and beautiful, with two ribbons and lined pages, the Artisan Art Notebooks are perfect for notes, creative writing, poetry, doodles and lists. And, with robust flexi covers, they're easy to slip into your bag and a pleasure to use. Simply, they feel good! Tove Jansson was a Finnish-Swedish writer and artist who created the Moomin family and their friends. She first started painting Moomintrolls in 1935 and her last Moomin book was published in 1970; but her stories live on and continue to be adapted and enjoyed by many generations.
How to Self-Publish on a Budget
Everything You Need to Write, Edit, and Launch Your Book for Little or No CostHave you always wanted to publish a book but thought it was too expensive or complicated? Think again.In How to Self-Publish on a Budget, author Fee O'Shea shows you step-by-step how to turn your idea into a finished book-without spending a fortune. Whether you're writing fiction or nonfiction, this clear, practical guide will help you navigate every stage of the publishing process with confidence.Learn how to: Turn your idea into a structured outline that actually works.Write your first draft-on your own or with AI as a creative assistant.Edit your manuscript using free or low-cost tools.Format your eBook and paperback professionally at home.Create an eye-catching cover that appears to have been professionally designed.Understand ISBNs, metadata, and how to get your book found online.Choose the right publishing platforms (Amazon KDP, Kobo, IngramSpark, and more).Price your book wisely and maximise your royalties.Promote your work with simple, free marketing strategies that build real readers.Packed with practical advice, time-saving tips, and insider knowledge, this book takes the mystery (and fear) out of self-publishing. Fee O'Shea shares what she's learned through years of hands-on experience, making it easy for anyone-no matter their tech skills or budget-to publish like a pro.You don't need fancy software, expensive courses, or a big publisher.
All you need is determination, creativity, and this guide by your side.If you've ever dreamed of seeing your name on a book cover, now is your time. Let How to Self-Publish on a Budget show you exactly how to make it happen-step by step, and without breaking the bank.Perfect for: First-time authorsIndie writers on a budgetAnyone ready to publish their book affordably and confidently
Connecting Whole-School Literacy
Literacy may follow universal principles, but its application in a secondary context is far from uniform. As students navigate the increasingly complex literacy demands across any given school day, teachers fight to balance curriculum expectations with the varied literacy levels students bring to each task.In this practical guide, Hayley Harrison draws from research as well as classroom and leadership experience to demonstrate how the concept of literacy faces unique challenges in secondary classrooms. Subsequently, she argues that 'achieving' whole-school literacy requires more than a declaration, or even acceptance, that 'every teacher is a literacy teacher'.Connecting Whole-School Literacy bridges research into practice with immediately usable strategies, activities and frameworks for busy secondary teachers and leaders. Harrison explains current understanding of literacy acquisition alongside concrete tools for vocabulary instruction, reading comprehension, writing development and oral communication that respect subject expertise while building teacher understanding and confidence around literacy skills and knowledge.Whether you're supporting individual students or leading whole-school literacy reform, this resource offers the roadmap for transforming student outcomes through collective and purposeful instruction. It ultimately prioritises literacy, not as an additional task, but as a powerful tool through which content and skills can be taught most effectively.
The Complete Expert-To-Author Guide
Learn how to turn your expertise into a clear, compelling nonfiction book that reaches the people who need it most. Whether you're a consultant, coach, educator, healthcare provider, or entrepreneur, writing a book can expand your influence and help more people benefit from your ideas. The Complete Expert-to-Author Guide provides a practical, step-by-step roadmap for moving from concept to finished manuscript without getting stuck along the way. Written by veteran editors and book coaches Marisa Solis and Elizabeth Dougherty, who have guided hundreds of nonfiction books from idea to publication, this hands-on guide walks you through every stage of the writing process with clarity and confidence. Here's what makes The Complete Expert-to-Author Guide an essential resource: - A Clear Road Map for Writing Your Book: Follow a proven framework that takes you from initial idea to completed manuscript with manageable, actionable steps. - Designed for Experts and Professionals: If your profession involves helping people improve their lives, turn your knowledge into an advice-based nonfiction book. - 25 Practical Exercises and Writing Tools: Writing prompts, preformatted templates, and market analysis exercises help you clarify your message and stay focused. - Structure Your Book with Confidence: Develop your advice-based book's premise, fine-tune your framework, and strengthen your table of contents upfront--making writing faster and less stressful. - Navigate the Publishing Process: Write a book proposal, explore publishing paths, and build the platform needed to reach your audience. If you've been thinking about writing a book but aren't sure where to start or how to finish, The Complete Expert-to-Author Guide gives you the structure, strategy, and support to bring your book to life.
Write a Horror Novel
Create the novel of your nightmares with this horror writing workbook! Abandoned places! Final girl! Ghostly hitchhickers! Horror fans and writers-to-be can build their own worlds, craft their own characters, and spin their own gripping stories with these engaging and thought-provoking writing prompts, making writing your own horror story easier--and more thrilling--than ever! It's time to craft a haunting and heart-pounding story! Write a Horror Novel helps take the fear out of the writing process with 99 creative prompts, horror writing exercises, and tips for creating characters, settings, and plots like a pro. First, you'll get to know the rules of the genre and establish what your harrowing world will look like through immersive worldbuilding exercises. Then, you'll dive into dozens of prompts that focus on each of the classic horror tropes, like Abandoned Places, Final Girl, Monster in the Dark, and more. All the while, you'll get to know your characters (and villains!), build out their backstories, and make their stories leap off the page. Master the horror genre, conquer writer's block, and spark new ideas by: -Examining your connection to your favorite scary stories, and mining those fears in a way that makes them feel totally new. -Broadening your characters' perspectives by having them face off against a monster or demon they don't believe in. -And more! With Write a Horror Novel, you'll have everything you need to bring iconic characters, unsettling worlds, and unforgettable stories to life!
Mother Tongue Tied
Linguist and writer Malwina Gudowska unpicks the myths surrounding multilingualism and the political, emotional and gendered weight of passing down language to your children. 'Brilliantly illustrates how multilingual mothers are disproportionately tasked with preserving linguistic heritage on one hand and preparing children for public society on the other - all while finding a language for their own new maternal identity' Eliane Glaser, author of Motherhood: A Manifesto It is estimated that more than half of the world's population communicates in more than one language and over a third of the population in the United Kingdom is multilingual. And yet life in multiple languages is rarely discussed publicly, myths and misconceptions prevail and the pressure to keep heritage languages alive has become a private conflict for millions. Linguistic diversity is more prevalent than ever, but so is linguistic inequality. Linguist Malwina Gudowska, herself trilingual, sheds light on the ways in which we navigate language, its power to shape and reshape lives, and the ripple effects felt far beyond any one home or any one language. It takes one generation for a family language to be lost. One generation - like mother to child. Mother Tongue Tied explores the emotional weight of raising multilingual children while grappling with your own identity and notions of home. At what cost does a mother save a language? Or does she let it slip away and, with it, a part of herself her children may never know.
Sumi Flowers: Chrysanthemum (Foiled Journal)
New title in the Flame Tree Notebook collection, combining beautiful art with high-quality production, with lined pages, a pocket at the back, two ribbon bookmarks and a solid magnetic flap. Perfect as a gift, or personal choice for notetakers and journal users of all kinds. A FLAME TREE NOTEBOOK. Beautiful and luxurious the journals combine high-quality production and FSC-certified paper with magnificent art. Perfect as a gift, and an essential personal choice for writers, notetakers, travellers, students, poets and diarists. Features a wide range of well-known and modern artists, with new artworks published throughout the year. BEAUTIFULLY DESIGNED. The highly crafted covers are printed in full colour, embossed then foil stamped, complemented by the luxury binding and rose red endpapers, all FSC-certified. The covers are created by our artists and designers who spend many hours transforming original artwork into gorgeous 3d masterpieces that feel good in the hand, and look wonderful on a desk or table. PRACTICAL, EASY TO USE. Flame Tree Notebooks come with practical features too: a pocket at the back for scraps and receipts; two ribbon markers to help keep track of more than just a to-do list; robust ivory text paper, printed with lines; and when you need to collect other notes or scraps of paper the magnetic side flap keeps everything neat and tidy. THE ARTIST. Regency Pugh graduated from Nottingham Trent university with a degree in Creative Arts and followed a career in design, illustration and art direction. For many years she has studied Japanese art, culture and calligraphy, both in Japan and the UK. She has developed her use of Sumi ink and Japanese brushes into an individual art style, always maintaining the simplest form and minimal line. THE FINAL WORD. As William Morris said, "Have nothing in your houses that you do not know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful."
Sumi Flowers: Calliandra (Foiled Journal)
New title in the Flame Tree Notebook collection, combining beautiful art with high-quality production, with lined pages, a pocket at the back, two ribbon bookmarks and a solid magnetic flap. Perfect as a gift, or personal choice for notetakers and journal users of all kinds. A FLAME TREE NOTEBOOK. Beautiful and luxurious the journals combine high-quality production and FSC-certified paper with magnificent art. Perfect as a gift, and an essential personal choice for writers, notetakers, travellers, students, poets and diarists. Features a wide range of well-known and modern artists, with new artworks published throughout the year. BEAUTIFULLY DESIGNED. The highly crafted covers are printed in full colour, embossed then foil stamped, complemented by the luxury binding and rose red endpapers, all FSC-certified. The covers are created by our artists and designers who spend many hours transforming original artwork into gorgeous 3d masterpieces that feel good in the hand, and look wonderful on a desk or table. PRACTICAL, EASY TO USE. Flame Tree Notebooks come with practical features too: a pocket at the back for scraps and receipts; two ribbon markers to help keep track of more than just a to-do list; robust ivory text paper, printed with lines; and when you need to collect other notes or scraps of paper the magnetic side flap keeps everything neat and tidy. THE ARTIST. Regency Pugh graduated from Nottingham Trent university with a degree in Creative Arts and followed a career in design, illustration and art direction. For many years she has studied Japanese art, culture and calligraphy, both in Japan and the UK. She has developed her use of Sumi ink and Japanese brushes into an individual art style, always maintaining the simplest form and minimal line. THE FINAL WORD. As William Morris said, "Have nothing in your houses that you do not know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful."
Bee Brown: Pink Floral Dove (Foiled Journal)
New title in the Flame Tree Notebook collection, combining beautiful art with high-quality production, with lined pages, a pocket at the back, two ribbon bookmarks and a solid magnetic flap. Perfect as a gift, or personal choice for notetakers and journal users of all kinds. A FLAME TREE NOTEBOOK. Beautiful and luxurious, the journals combine high-quality production and FSC-certified paper with magnificent art. Perfect as a gift, and an essential personal choice for writers, notetakers, travellers, students, poets and diarists. Features a wide range of well-known and modern artists, with new artworks published throughout the year. BEAUTIFULLY DESIGNED. The highly crafted covers are printed on foil paper, embossed then foil stamped, complemented by the luxury binding and rose red endpapers, all FSC-certified. The covers are created by our artists and designers who spend many hours transforming original artwork into gorgeous 3D masterpieces that feel good in the hand, and look wonderful on a desk or table. PRACTICAL, EASY TO USE. Flame Tree Notebooks come with practical features too: a pocket at the back for scraps and receipts; two ribbon markers to help keep track of more than just a to-do list; robust ivory text paper, printed with lines; and when you need to collect other notes or scraps of paper the magnetic side flap keeps everything neat and tidy. THE ARTIST. Bee Brown is a freelance illustrator based in Warwickshire in the UK. She has over 25 years' experience in delivering her own brand of whimsical and colourful illustration to clients all over the world. Whether she is drawing animals, people, places or her own style of hand-drawn lettering, she is always trying to infuse her work with charming details, plenty of personality and a generous helping of joy! THE FINAL WORD. As William Morris said, "Have nothing in your houses that you do not know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful."
Barranquilla with a Taste of Verbena
Immerse Yourself in the Rhythm of Learning Step into the vibrant world of Barranquilla with Barranquilla with a Taste of Verbena: Case Studies of Successful Language Learning Through English Music. This groundbreaking book weaves together the energetic spirit of a city famed for its cultural celebrations and the universal language of music to explore innovative methods of mastering English. Through engaging real-life case studies, discover how learners have harnessed the power of English music to break down language barriers and embrace new cultural perspectives. Perfect for educators, students, and music enthusiasts alike, this book offers a refreshing, harmonious approach to language acquisition that resonates long after the final note.
Beginners' Indonesian
Learn to speak, read, write and understand Indonesian! Love, Travel, Study, Work, Friendship-whatever your reason for wanting to learn, Beginners' Indonesian will help you to: - Communicate naturally in everyday situations. - Build your confidence with easy-to-follow explanations and plenty of practice activities. - Understand and pronounce Indonesian easily with online audio. - Remember what you learn with our effective Discovery Method. - Focus your learning and track your progress with practical tools and planners. Access the audio for this course for free by downloading it to the Teach Yourself Library app or streaming it on library.teachyourself.com. Is this course for me? Beginners' Indonesian is for absolute beginners and those who've had some previous experience with the language and want to refresh their knowledge. Clear and simple explanations make the course appropriate and accessible to anyone learning Indonesian. There are extensive illustrations and tools to help you plan your studies and track your progress, all designed to support learning on your own. This course is also ideal to use with one-to-one tutoring and as a classroom course, and it's the perfect resource to pair with a language-learning app. Where do I go next? Continue learning with Teach Yourself Complete Indonesian. Rely on Teach Yourself, trusted by language learners for over 85 years.
The World in a Phrase
Celebrating the short, witty, philosophical phrases known as aphorisms, this delightful history is an entertaining tour through the wisest and wittiest sayings in the world. Aphorisms are literature's hand luggage. Light and compact, they contain everything you need to get through a rough day at the office or a dark night of the soul. Aphorisms, the oldest written art form on the planet, have been going viral for thousands of years, delivering the short, sharp shock of old forgotten truths. Today, visual artists are mixing pithy language with compelling imagery and using social media to take the form into the future. In a world of disinformation and deepfakes, aphorisms point to the power of fresh debate over tired dogma and inconvenient truths over comfortable lies. Starting in ancient China and ending with contemporary meme-makers and street artists, The World in A Phrase tells the story of the aphorism through brief biographies of some of its greatest practitioners: sages like Lao-tzu and the Buddha, philosophers like Schopenhauer and Nietzsche, writers like George Eliot and Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach, humorists like Mark Twain and Dorothy Parker, activists like James Baldwin and Audre Lorde, poets like Langston Hughes and Kay Ryan, and artists like Jenny Holzer and David Byrne. The World in A Phrase is for lovers of words and seekers of wisdom. This new edition of The New York Times bestseller features 26 additional aphorists and explores the aphorism in the age of social media, showing why these short sentences are the ultimate deep dives in an era when TL;DR has become a cultural catchphrase.
Page to Pulse. A Guide to Mass Hysteria for Writers of Horror, Dark Fantasy, & the Weird
A groundbreaking guide that teaches writers how to harness the terrifying power of mass hysteria in their fiction. Drawing from historical outbreaks like the Salem Witch Trials and the Dancing Plague of 1518, this book reveals the mechanics behind collective madness and shows writers how to weaponise these patterns on the page.Written in an innovative poetic form that mirrors the fractured nature of panic itself, this guide explores how fear spreads through communities, how rational people become irrational together, and how modern life, with its digital networks, isolated spaces, and constant anxiety, has created the perfect conditions for hysteria to flourish.From crafting environments that breed paranoia to writing the visceral symptoms of shared delusion, from exploiting childhood fears to showing how technology amplifies terror, this book provides writers with the tools to make their readers question the stability of their own reality. Each chapter builds toward the ultimate horror: the realisation that the line between sanity and madness is thinner than we pretend, and that civilization is always one shared delusion away from chaos.Perfect for writers of horror, dark fantasy, and weird fiction who want to create stories that spread through readers' minds like the very contagion they describe. Because the most effective horror doesn't just scare; it reveals what was always scary about being human.
Push the Wall
From the all-time bestselling mind behind Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Daredevil, 300, and Sin City, Push the Wall is part memoir, part master class for budding artists and writers by one of the greatest living creators whose work has influenced pop culture for decades. Frank Miller is our greatest living comic book writer and artist. Frank Miller shares his life, and through, his artistic process. Miller's artistic influence is evident in so very much of our popular culture, perhaps most notably with Batman--every film adaptation from the past forty years has been influenced by Miller's work with the dark knight. Simply, Frank Miller has transformed the way comics are told. Here, Frank's mix of autobiographical lessons evokes Patti Smith's Just Kids as it weaves his struggles as a seventeen-year-old kid fresh from Vermont into a seedy 1970s New York City with his eventual success on reimagining Daredevil and Wolverine. From there to Miller's rescue and revitalization of Batman, to his time in Hollywood, the Sin City comics and film adaptations he would codirect, and the retelling of the Spartans' last stand in 300. Miller, by constantly challenging himself as an artist and writer on his terms, built an iconoclastic career. With over a dozen illustrations of Miller's art, Push the Wall is the work of his career--it is a masterclass as it encapsulates his life in sixteen lessons for the aspiring creative reader.
Faq! I Have to Speak
The most effective techniques that professional comedians, keynote speakers and respected politicians across the world use to capture the hearts and minds of their audience. Internationally awarded speaker Marnick Vandebroek reveals the most effective techniques that he, professional comedians, keynote speakers and respected politicians across the world use to capture the hearts and minds of their audience, and how you can apply these yourself in delivering your next presentation.
A Gothic Grammar, With Selections For Reading And A Glossary
A long-lost key to a vanished tongue rediscover the Gothic world through grammar, readings, and a rich glossary. A Gothic Grammar, With Selections for Reading and a Glossary is a lucid, authoritative Gothic grammar guide that opens the door to one of Europe s most intriguing ancient languages. Grounded in meticulous analysis and clear instruction, this Wilhelm Braune book (in its classic English rendering) presents phonology, morphology, syntax, and paradigms alongside carefully chosen Gothic reading selections and an extensive ancient language glossary. Ideal for students of historical linguistics, philology and linguistics, and language enthusiasts, it s both a Gothic language textbook and a gateway to Gothic literature studies. Historically significant and pedagogically precise, this volume preserves the methods and insights that shaped modern Gothic language history research. The readings let you encounter authentic Gothic texts, while the glossary and exercises turn passive interest into active learning perfect for classroom use, independent study, or collectors of rare academic works. This edition, republished by Alpha Editions, was out of print for decades and has been lovingly restored for today s and future generations. More than a reprint, it s a collector s item and a cultural treasure: newly formatted, carefully proofed, and optimized for modern readers and researchers. Whether you re seeking a Gothic grammar guide, language learning resources, or a foundational reference in Gothic literature studies, this revitalized classic belongs on your shelf.
Introduction To The Study Of The History Of Language
A rediscovered classic that reawakens the wonder of words Introduction to the Study of the History of Language invites readers to trace the living roots of every tongue. Willem Sijbrand Logeman s lucid, passionate guide lays out the principles of historical linguistics and philology with clarity and curiosity: how languages change over time, the methods of comparative language study, the logic of sound shifts, and the detective work behind reconstructing language origins. Blending rigorous scholarship with readable storytelling, it maps linguistic evolution across families and eras, turning abstract concepts into memorable insights for both newcomers and seasoned researchers. This edition from Alpha Editions is more than a reprint. Out of print for decades and meticulously restored for today s and future generations, it brings back a pivotal language history book with refreshed typography and archival care. Every page has been prepared to honor Logeman s original voice while making his work accessible to modern readers of introduction to linguistics, language research, and philology. A cultural treasure and collector s item, this volume belongs on the shelf of casual readers intrigued by language development, students of language study, and classic literature collectors seeking a foundational text in the study of language change over time. Rediscover the origins and trajectories of speech with an essential work on language history, now reborn for a new age.
An Account Of Some Recent Discoveries In Hieroglyphical Literature, And Egyptian Antiquities
A long-lost key to Egypt s silent voices is back: discover the thrilling early breakthroughs that unlocked hieroglyphs and changed how we read ancient Egypt. An Account Of Some Recent Discoveries In Hieroglyphical Literature, And Egyptian Antiquities captures a pivotal moment in Egyptology, chronicling the race to decode Egyptian hieroglyphics through the labors of pioneers like Thomas Young and the expansion of the Champollion alphabet. This richly detailed work presents original alphabets, critical analysis of Greek and Egyptian manuscripts, and painstaking translations that illuminate ancient scripts and the culture behind them. Readers follow scholarly detective work in historical linguistics, witness early hieroglyphs decoding, and explore archaeological context that reshaped our understanding of Egyptian antiquities. Historically significant and vibrantly readable, this volume bridges academic rigor and narrative fascination. It includes five unpublished Greek and Egyptian manuscripts translated for the first time here, offering fresh material for researchers and spellbinding discovery for curious readers. Whether you re a casual lover of ancient Egypt or a collector of classic scholarship, this restored edition is both a research resource and a cultural treasure. Out of print for decades, this title has been meticulously restored and republished by Alpha Editions. More than a reprint, this collector s edition is preserved for today s and future generations an essential addition to any library of Egyptology research, ancient Egypt translation, hieroglyphical literature, or historical linguistics.
Greek Primer, Colloquial And Constructive
A rare doorway to ancient speech swings open again learn Greek the living way with a classic reborn. Greek Primer, Colloquial and Constructive by John Stuart Blackie is a spirited, practical guide that teaches the Greek language through conversational use and systematic grammar. Designed as a beginner Greek textbook and colloquial Greek guide, it blends clear constructive Greek lessons with lively examples, enabling Greek language beginners to grasp grammar, pronunciation, and everyday speech quickly. Readers will find progressive exercises, parsing of Greek grammar basics, and practical drills ideal for anyone keen on Greek language study or seeking Greek language resources for self-study and classroom use. This volume s historical and pedagogical importance is unmistakable: Blackie s humane approach and emphasis on spoken idiom mark it as a milestone in Greek language education. Long out of print, this is now republished by Alpha Editions fully restored for today s and future generations. Carefully preserved and enhanced, this edition is not just a reprint; it s a collector s item and cultural treasure for classic literature collectors and modern learners alike. Perfect for students searching for Greek language for beginners, teachers curating Greek language education materials, or lifelong learners who want to learn Greek online, this Greek language primer reconnects you with a time-tested method. Own a piece of linguistic history and start your journey into Greek with confidence.
Starting Your Book
Starting a book isn't a formula you need to learn--it's an organic growth that can only come from you.YOU Are the Secret IngredientUnlike most writing guides that focus solely on craft, Starting Your Book illuminates what truly enables inspired writing: your connection with your inner being. This intimate companion highlights the person doing the writing rather than just the product, showing you how to look inward and invite out the treasures of your deeper Self. You'll learn to navigate the blank page not through force, but by attending to what's inside you-where all real writing begins-and to look on your writing process as a sacred journey.You'll Discover: How to transform writing fear and blank page anxiety into creative fuelWays to access your authentic voice and inner writing wisdomWhether you're a "top-down" or "bottom-up" writer and how to work with your natural creative pathwaysHow to create sacred time and space that invite inspirationTechniques for engaging both your linear and artistic intelligenceThe magic of desire as your book's growth hormoneHow to tell when you're writing from your true self versus trying too hardMore Than a How-To Guide: When you align with your true creative nature, beautiful and fulfilling writing naturally flows. Writing your book becomes not an assignment, but a living relationship that gifts you in ways extending far beyond completing a manuscript. The book includes gentle, inspiring practices and an intimate look at how this very book was written, plus a reader's moving account of how these principles transformed her own writing journey.Whether you want to write fiction, nonfiction, narrative nonfiction, or memoir, this is your guide to discovering that you simply need to notice and honor your unique creative ways."There are plenty of writing 'boot camps' out there that burgeoning authors can throw themselves into headlong; Rose urges her readers to instead breathe in, lead with the heart, and come to the empowering realization that there is nothing that must be forced onto those stark white pages. A thoroughly illuminating and instructive take on the craft of writing. Kirkus Reviews"Reading your book was like receiving a comforting hug of encouragement. I love everything about it: the way you've organized it; the crisp, succinct words of advice that don't hit you over the head; and the gentle, thought-provoking exercises. The connection of writing and the heart of the practice of writing as a way to get in touch with the divinity in ourselves how true! How could this elude us, ever? Once you have this treasure in your being, you realize how clear it all is why we write, why it matters." Jane Majkiewicz, writer, editor, literary agency emeritus
Hair of the Dog to Paint the Town Red
Discover hundreds of intriguing, entertaining, and often hilarious origins to the English language's most curious phrases in this fascinating trivia book from best-selling author Andrew Thompson.English is filled with curious, intriguing, and bizarre phrases. This book reveals the surprising, captivating, and even hilarious origins behind four hundred of them, including: - Read Between the Lines - Cat Got Your Tongue? - Put a Sock in It - Close, but No Cigar - Bring Home the Bacon - Caught Red-Handed - Under the Weather - Raining Cats and Dogs Perfect for trivia and language lovers alike, this entertaining collection is the ultimate guide to understanding these baffling mini mysteries of the English language.
The Language-Lover's Lexipedia
Dreyer's English meets Schott's Original Miscellany in this delicious tour of the lesser-known wonders of the language world, perfect for language lovers, word nerds, and the incurably curious. A delightful rollick through language unlike any you've ever experienced. As the inventor of the bestselling game about words, League of the Lexicon, Joshua Blackburn has created an A-Z that's part-encyclopedia, part-treasure map, and an all-around joy for anyone interested in words and language. Meticulously researched, joyfully written, and beautifully designed, The Language-Lover's Lexipedia dives into the quirky, the curious, and the unexpected to reveal a world of language you never knew existed. Discover the biting humor of Scottish insults (you're talking mince), the curious history of the Chinese typewriter, and the strange yet vivid color names of Elizabethan England--like "dead Spaniard" and "lusty gallant." Whether it's the dark history of the Index of Banned Books or the bewildering grammar of Yoda, each pithy entry is brimming with knowledge and wit. Illustrated with enchanting line art that evokes a 19th-century reference book, The Language-Lover's Lexipedia is as visually delightful as it is intellectually captivating. It's stuffed with quirky lists, surprising facts, and illuminating stories, making it the ultimate gift for any language lover. Want to uncover the secret of Ikea product names? Decode the euphemisms of Victorian England? Or understand why pedants are pedantic? This book has you covered--and then some. Blackburn's infectious enthusiasm turns linguistic oddities into pure entertainment and offers up endless rabbit holes to dive down, with each thoughtful entry promising to charm, educate, and tickle. From the linguistic history of marijuana to the origins of nonsense, The Language-Lover's Lexipedia is a must-read for anyone who revels in the beauty, humor, and sheer weirdness of language.
Kate Heiss: Evening Primrose Artisan Art Notebook (Flame Tree Journals)
Moomin Love (Foiled Blank Journal)
New title in the Flame Tree Blank Notebook collection, combining beautiful art with high-quality production, and featuring blank pages, a pocket at the back and two ribbon bookmarks. Perfect as a gift, or an essential personal choice for writers, notetakers, travellers, students, and poets. A FLAME TREE NOTEBOOK. Beautiful and luxurious the journals combine high-quality production with magnificent art. Perfect as a gift, and an essential personal choice for writers, notetakers, travellers, students, poets and diarists. Features a wide range of well-known and modern artists, with new artworks published throughout the year. BEAUTIFULLY DESIGNED. The highly crafted covers are embossed and foil stamped, complemented by the luxury binding and rose red end-papers. The covers are created by our artists and designers who spend many hours transforming original artwork into gorgeous 3d masterpieces that feel good in the hand, and look wonderful on a desk or table. PRACTICAL, EASY TO USE. Flame Tree Notebooks come with practical features too: a pocket at the back for scraps and receipts; two ribbon markers to help keep track of more than just a to-do list and robust ivory text paper. THE ARTIST. Tove Jansson was a Finnish-Swedish writer and artist who created the Moomin family and their friends. She first started painting Moomintrolls in 1935 and her last Moomin book was published in 1970; but her stories live on and continue to be adapted and enjoyed by many generations. THE FINAL WORD. As William Morris said, "Have nothing in your houses that you do not know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful.
The Poet in You
A poem is like a butterfly. A moment seeds itself inside us. A memory. An experience when we saw, we felt, perhaps even, we knew. There is a poet in all of us. However unknown or neglected that part of us may be, it is there, often just waiting for the right conditions to present themselves. Jay Ramsay presents a workbook which guides you into writing poetry--a unique exploration and synthesis between poetry and personal development. Specially designed for people who may be longing to write, as well as those who already are, Ramsay's particular gift is to teach poetry primarily from inspiration and imagination rather than intellectual technique.
Life-Writes
The second most common question a writer is asked is, 'where do your ideas come from?' (The first is, 'Do you make any money from it?') Experienced writers don't go looking for ideas; ideas come to them. An experienced writer just has the knack of spotting what makes a good story or what will make a good story once it's been given the right spin, because none of us, if we're honest, will let reality get in the way of a saleable piece of work. Editors are looking for an element of action, drama or surprise, even in non-fiction. It's what catches their attention and makes them pause to read further; and the key to any editor's heart is originality. Not necessarily a new departure in style or genre, but a refreshing and original slant on a popular theme. Life-Writes helps you to find and develop ideas with editor appeal.,
Translating the New Philosophy in the Dutch Early Enlightenment (1640-1720)
A small group of freethinkers from the Dutch Republic played a key role in the major intellectual changes of the Early Enlightenment (1640-1720). In the wake of Cartesianism, their rationalist ideas transformed debates about science, theology, medicine, and political theory. This book studies the position of four translators in these debates on the 'New Philosophy' Jan Hendriksz Glazemaker, Pieter Balling, Abraham van Berkel, and Stephan Blankaart. It presents a comparative history of their Dutch translations of philosophical treatises by Ren矇 Descartes, Thomas Hobbes, and Benedictus de Spinoza. A combined methodology of computational and qualitative analysis offers new insights into the form and function of translated philosophical texts within the intellectual debates about language, reason, and knowledge that were partly inspired by those texts. These insights change our understanding of the crucial function of translations, multilingualism, and linguistic purism in the Dutch Early Enlightenment.
Word-Formation - European Languages
This reader is part of a five-volume-edition and comprises an in-depth presentation of the state of the art in word-formation. Volume 5 offers 26 descriptive portraits of word-formation in Indo-European and Non-Indo-European languages of Europe that exemplify the range of structures made possible by the word-formation processes discussed in the previous volumes.
Schott's Significa
The perfect gift for word lovers, trivia fanatics, and the culturally curious. From the author of the international bestseller Schott's Original Miscellany comes a visually rich book that breaks down the colorful language and systems of signs that make up the vocabulary of our world. Named a Best Book of October 2025 by Kirkus, Financial Times, and Town & Country Here is an obsessive and fascinating look at the systems of language and knowledge that surrounds us. Ben Schott breaks down the lingo, slang, and jargon found in dozens of fascinating professions, events, and subcultures--from the insider language used in casino gambling to the NYC diamond district and professional sommeliers to London cabbies. For those who wish to gain access to rarified worlds, this book is an elegant and smart look at so much hiding in plain sight around us. With its gorgeously erudite and detailed design, full-color photos throughout, and thoroughly researched survey of lingo and culture, Schott's Significa will change how you see the world.
A Novel Approach
Finally-a book on writing that understands how your ADHD brain worksADHD can throw so many hurdles in your path that writing a book feels impossible. A Novel Approach: Strategies for ADHD Writers is written with those obstacles in mind.This book is for you if: You're tired of writing advice that isn't designed for an ADHD brainYou want to write a book but can't get organized enough to startYou have a lot of unfinished books because you keep getting distracted by new ideasYou struggle with motivation, procrastination or forgetfulness so the writing never gets doneYou sit down to write, only to lose focus five minutes laterWith this book, you'll learn how to: Organize your ideas into a framework that will guide you from your first page to the lastDevelop a writing routine that's customized to your unique situation and needsStay focused and motivated all the way through your draft, even when you'd rather be doing anything elseTurn your ADHD into a creative advantage by tapping into your strengthsFull of exercises, case studies and thought-provoking advice, A Novel Approach will show you how to develop new habits and practices that work with, not against your ADHD. ADHD doesn't have to get between you and your dream of being an author! It's time to rewrite the story you've been telling yourself about what you can do, because your ADHD doesn't get the final word-you do.
Useless Etymology
Did you know that an "astronaut" is literally a "star sailor," that a thesaurus is, in fact, a "treasure trove" of words, and that someone who is "sinister" is actually just "left-handed"? Have you ever wondered why English isn't considered a Romance language if 60% of our words are Latin-derived? Did Shakespeare really invent 1,700 words, and if not, why the heck do we say that he did? Why is the English language stuffed with so many synonyms? Let's be real: English can seem pretty bonkers. And, well, sometimes it is. But through thorough thought and a pinch of curiosity, method can be found within the madness of our modern tongue-even within the disparate pronunciation of the words "through," "thorough," and "thought." Derived from Germanic, Romance, Hellenic, Semitic, African and Native American languages, English contains multitudes. It has been (and continues to be) transformed by war and conquest, art and literature, science and technology, love and hate, wit and whim. Useless Etymology takes readers on a time-traveling adventure to unlock the beauty, wonder, and absurdity within our everyday words, how they came to be, and the unexpected ways their origins weave a global, cross-cultural labyrinth of meaning. Filled with fun facts and delightful discoveries, this is an enlightening read for anyone who wants to know more about why the English language works the way that it does.
Thomas Kinkade Set of 3 Standard Notebooks
Shrink-wrapped set of 3 standard A5 notebooks, each with a different design. Stitched spine, with ruled and blank pages. High-quality production makes a stunning gift. Ideal for personal use too. A collection of three A5, foiled notebooks with alternating lined and blank pages. Each notebook has a different beautiful artwork from Thomas Kinkade Studios: Italian Caf矇, Wine Country Living and Reflections of Faith. With a sturdy cover and rounded corners, they are perfect to be carried everywhere! FSC-certified paper. Thomas Kinkade, the Painter of Light(TM), emphasized simple pleasures and inspirational messages through his art--and the branded products created from that art. From textiles, to collectibles, to music and books, Thom believed that both the ability and the inspiration to create his paintings had been given to him as a gift. His goal as an artist was to bring peace and joy into peoples' lives through the images he created. Flame Tree: The Art of Fine Gifts.
ESP Learning in Chinese Employment-Oriented University
This book included two academic articles. One article explored the English learning motivation in English for Specific Purposes in Chinese employment-oriented university, concluding that teacher-related motivation plays the important role in ESP learning. The other one explored the application of project-based learning in the English for Specific Purposes class, and the approach's role in improving students' English proficiency, as well as two employability soft skills-team cooperating, and problem-solving, concluding that PBL approach contributes obviously to the improvement of student's team cooperating and problem-solving, rather than English proficiency compared with traditional approach.
Mobile Learning for Undergraduates
Technology has affected every aspect of human life, amongst all the things teaching learning has no exemption. The study incorporates the enthrallment to find the impact of digitalization on education. Digital teaching has injected action and autonomy by engaging the students and by letting them experience the process of learning. By centralizing the learning experience, the natural workflow is noticed by learners and educators. In this research, it is found that the digital teaching-learning theories such as RAT, SAMR, TPACK, Digital Blooms, and Connectivism concerning Vygotsky's theory have helped teachers and students to outline their critical thinking, innovation and reformation through problem-solving techniques.
From Language to Language
In this engaging humanist text, a renowned Senegalese philosopher explores the power of translation to bridge cultural divides. Informed by his own multicultural background--African, French, and American--Souleymane Bachir Diagne interrogates the practice of translation in this thoughtful text. Although translation often produces a relationship of profound inequality between dominant and dominated languages, it can also be a source of dialogue and exchange, including in situations of asymmetry, particularly regarding colonialism, where the interpreter becomes a true cultural mediator. To praise translation, "the language of languages," is to celebrate its plurality and equality, because to translate is to give hospitality in one language to what has been thought in another. It is to create reciprocity, a shared sense of humanity, and to imagine a positive version of the Tower of Babel.
Write Iconic Characters
Iconic characters build unforgettable stories.Iconic characters stick with us long after the final page. They become touchstones, reference points with which we describe friends, enemies, and ourselves.Creating just one iconic character can transform your writing career. Readers will forgive all sorts of minor flaws in your stories if your characters strike deep into their humanity, connecting with both their light and shadow.Write Iconic Characters reveals the psychology behind unforgettable characters by exploring the nine core fears and desires that drive human behavior. Master these forces, and you'll craft characters whose every choice feels inevitable and stories that readers can't put down.
No-Nonsense Arabic Vocabulary
The No-Nonsense Arabic Vocabulary book contains 80% of Quranic vocabulary. It is divided by chapter and designed to used in tandem with the No-Nonsense Arabic Textbook and the No-Nonsense Arabic Workbook.
Why is It Called That?
Why is It Called That? The Origin of 350 Everyday WordsHave you ever stopped and wondered why we call things what we do?From everyday expressions to the names of objects you use without a second thought, the origins of words often hide fascinating stories of history, culture, and imagination.Why is it called that? takes you on a journey through 350 carefully selected words and phrases, uncovering their surprising beginnings and how they have evolved through time.Inside this book, you'll discover: ✦ The hidden history behind common everyday words✦ How ancient languages shaped the way we speak today✦ Curious stories of invention, culture, and coincidence✦ Connections between English and Latin, Greek, Old Norse, and more✦ How words reveal the way people once thought, lived, and dreamedWritten in a clear, engaging style, this book is perfect for: Readers who love trivia and wordplayLanguage enthusiasts and etymology fansTeachers, students, and lifelong learnersWords are more than labels - they are living links to the past.By the end of this book, you'll never look at everyday language the same way again.If you've ever asked yourself "Why is it called that?" - this book has the answers.Anyone who enjoys fun facts to share with friends
No-Nonsense Arabic Workbook
This book contains exercises and drills designed to practice the concepts covered in the No-Nonsense Arabic Textbook. The curriculum builds up to the translation of verses of the Quran from Arabic to English.
Middlemen
A revealing account of how agents have shaped book publishing and the literary canon from the 1950s to today Middlemen rewrites literary history from the perspective of one of its most important but least visible figures: the literary agent. Chronicling the story of agents in the United States from the 1950s to today, Laura McGrath uncovers their critical role in the making of American literature. From the famed three-martini lunch to the Frankfurt Book Fair, Middlemen takes readers behind the scenes to show how agents influence what we read. Along the way, it explains why many debut novelists never publish another book, why agents champion short story collections even though they sell poorly, how agents advocate for writers of color in a system that values whiteness, and why there are so many New York novels. Weaving together original archival research, data analysis, and interviews with scores of agents and other publishing professionals, Middlemen demonstrates that agents--eighty percent of whom are in fact women--are much more than "middlemen." As intermediaries between author and publisher, agents act as advocates, matchmakers, negotiators, and tastemakers, and they must balance artistic values with the commercial imperatives of publishing conglomerates. The book describes the decisive role agents have played in celebrated novels--from Jack Kerouac's On the Road to Colson Whitehead's The Intuitionist--but also in the creation of entire literary categories like the debut novel, the story collection, postmodernism, multiethnic fiction, and world literature. Featuring profiles of agents past and present such as Sterling Lord, Lynn Nesbit, Candida Donadio, Marie Brown, and Andrew Wylie, along with perspectives from agents at all stages of their careers, Middlemen is an entertaining and eye-opening account of how literary fiction--and the literary canon--is made.
Fun with English
The book offers a fascinating and concise exploration of the delightful oddities inherent in the English language. It delves into an entertaining array of topics, including curious manias, evocative similes, challenging tongue-twisters, and inventive portmanteau words. This compilation serves as a treasure trove of known and unknown trivia, presenting enjoyable nuggets of information that highlight the unique and often amusing peculiarities of English usage. Designed for a wide audience, it aims to captivate and amuse not only students, teachers, and professionals who work with the language daily but also dedicated aficionados and logophiles. The intent is to provide a lighthearted yet insightful journey through the language's quirky side, moving beyond dry grammar rules to celebrate its character and charm. Ultimately, it empowers all readers to appreciate the playful flexibility of English and enables them to genuinely have some fun with the language, transforming everyday communication into a more engaging and enjoyable experience.
How to Manage Your Personal Knowledge
Drowning in information? The average person today processes more data in a single day than a 15th-century scholar encountered in a lifetime. Yet we're left overwhelmed, distracted, and struggling to turn fragments of insight into meaningful progress.In this groundbreaking guide, Pralhad Jadhav, a corporate knowledge director, reveals how to build a "second brain" a personalized system to capture, organize, and unleash your knowledge. Drawing on 20+ years at the intersection of libraries, Jadhav transforms library science principles into actionable strategies for the digital era. You'll Discover How To: The Science of Knowledge: Distinguish data from information and information from actionable knowledge (Chapter 3).Proven Systems: Implement frameworks like Tiago Forte's PARA Method, Niklas Luhmann's Zettelkasten, and Digital Gardening to organize ideas for life (Chapters 4, 9).Cutting-Edge Tools: Leverage AI, augmented reality, and adaptive learning to future-proof your PKM (Chapters 8, 11).Real-World Solutions: Overcome information overload, digital distraction, and knowledge decay with battle-tested techniques (Chapters 5-7).Stories of Success: Learn from librarians, students, and professionals who transformed their productivity and creativity (Chapters 1, 10).
PUBLISH Your Message Matters
You feel the nudge to write-but fear, doubt, and distraction keep you from starting or finishing. In Your Message Matters, Christian publishing veteran and ministry leader Athena Dean Holtz equips you with both spiritual encouragement and practical strategies to turn your God-given story into a published message that changes lives.Whether you're exploring how to write a Christian book or seeking Christian publishing tips for a nearly finished manuscript, this faith-filled guide will help you: Clarify your message and audience so your words connect deeplyOvercome self-doubt, spiritual warfare, and the overwhelm of the publishing processWrite from healing, not hurt, so your story brings freedomSteward your book with Christian self-publishing excellence or other publishing pathsShare your message through ministry-minded marketing that feels authentic and Spirit-ledBlending Bible verses for writers, inspiring testimonies, and actionable next steps, Your Message Matters is perfect for aspiring Christian authors, speakers, and ministry leaders who want to write with clarity, publish with integrity, and share their work in a way that honors God.Your story carries His light. Your obedience will carry eternal impact. Now is the time to write-and release-the message He's entrusted to you.
Scarcely English
The English language has evolved throughout its history, and usually for good reasons. However, in recent years, egged on by social media and the ubiquity and velocity of the internet, it has been subject to some grave assaults. There appear no longer to be any rules, in an era when, thanks to the web (another word to have changed its meaning) everyone can be a published author, completely unedited and unregulated. This often has dire consequences for the English tongue. Simon Heffer's A to Z runs though a whole litany of common confusions ('flaunt' and 'flout', 'imply' and 'infer', 'uninterested' and 'disinterested'), unidiomatic English ('fed up of', 'focus around', the use of 'impacted' in such construction as 'the loss impacted him badly'), and lazy expressions (these days every extended activity is an '-athon', every scandal is a 'Something-gate'). It bemoans some truly awful neologisms, 'infotainment' and 'funwashing' among them. And it registers the horror of those of us who do not believe that you can answer the question 'How are you?' with the words 'I'm good'. Trenchant and sprinkled with dry wit, Scarcely English is both a chamber of horrors of bad and lazy English and a plea for accuracy, clear thinking and elegance.
Anna Stead: Parliament of Fowls (Foiled Journal)
New title in the Flame Tree Notebook collection, combining beautiful art with high-quality production, with lined pages, a pocket at the back, two ribbon bookmarks and a solid magnetic flap. Perfect as a gift, or personal choice for notetakers and journal users of all kinds. A FLAME TREE NOTEBOOK. Beautiful and luxurious the journals combine high-quality production and FSC-certified paper with magnificent art. Perfect as a gift, and an essential personal choice for writers, notetakers, travellers, students, poets and diarists. Features a wide range of well-known and modern artists, with new artworks published throughout the year. BEAUTIFULLY DESIGNED. The highly crafted covers are printed on foil paper, embossed then foil stamped, complemented by the luxury binding and rose red endpapers, all FSC-certified. The covers are created by our artists and designers who spend many hours transforming original artwork into gorgeous 3d masterpieces that feel good in the hand, and look wonderful on a desk or table. PRACTICAL, EASY TO USE. Flame Tree Notebooks come with practical features too: a pocket at the back for scraps and receipts; two ribbon markers to help keep track of more than just a to-do list; robust ivory text paper, printed with lines; and when you need to collect other notes or scraps of paper the magnetic side flap keeps everything neat and tidy. THE ARTIST. Anna Stead is an illustrator working from her home in the beautiful North Cotswolds. She draws inspiration from nature, legend, history, folklore, literature, folk art and the mythic arts. She has a background in medieval studies and is a lover of fantasy literature. THE FINAL WORD. As William Morris said, "Have nothing in your houses that you do not know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful."
William Morris Gallery: Celandine (Foiled Journal)
New title in the Flame Tree Notebook collection, combining beautiful art with high-quality production, with lined pages, a pocket at the back, two ribbon bookmarks and a solid magnetic flap. Perfect as a gift, or personal choice for notetakers and journal users of all kinds. A FLAME TREE NOTEBOOK. Beautiful and luxurious the journals combine high-quality production and FSC-certified paper with magnificent art. Perfect as a gift, and an essential personal choice for writers, notetakers, travellers, students, poets and diarists. Features a wide range of well-known and modern artists, with new artworks published throughout the year. BEAUTIFULLY DESIGNED. The highly crafted covers are printed on foil paper, embossed then foil stamped, complemented by the luxury binding and rose red endpapers, all FSC-certified. The covers are created by our artists and designers who spend many hours transforming original artwork into gorgeous 3d masterpieces that feel good in the hand, and look wonderful on a desk or table. PRACTICAL, EASY TO USE. Flame Tree Notebooks come with practical features too: a pocket at the back for scraps and receipts; two ribbon markers to help keep track of more than just a to-do list; robust ivory text paper, printed with lines; and when you need to collect other notes or scraps of paper the magnetic side flap keeps everything neat and tidy. THE ARTIST. William Morris (1834-96) was an outstanding character of many talents, being an architect, writer, social campaigner, artist and, with his Kelmscott Press, an important figure of the Arts and Crafts movement. Many of us probably know him best, however, from his superb furnishings and textile designs, intricately weaving together natural motifs in a highly stylized two-dimensional fashion influenced by medieval conventions. In 1878, Morris & Co. took on a young assistant called John Henry Dearle (1860-1932). Dearle was to become an indispensable part of the company's production lines after the death of Morris in 1896, creating paper and fabric designs of his own. THE FINAL WORD. As William Morris said, "Have nothing in your houses that you do not know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful."
