The English Library
Originally published in 1966, this book studied the background against which libraries in England have developed since classical times and the part they played in the formation of 20th Century bibliographic culture and bibliomania.
The Heritage of the English Library
Originally published in 1964 this volume continues the studies of the history of libraries and incorporates material included in The Origins of the English Library with some additional material.
Voices of Women Writers
This book investigates the link between migrating, self-translating and identity in migrant narratives, by analysing a corpus of texts written by authors who were born in Italy and them moved to English-speaking countries.
The Ethics of Sustainable Communication
The Ethics of Sustainable Communication elegantly interweaves theoretical and empirical knowledge from the social sciences with wisdom traditions from various parts of the world. The book develops a communication ethics that aims at facilitating a genuine experience of the interconnectedness of all life through the expansion of trust.
Uncharted
Volume 2 of the two part collection Stories and Lessons from the World's Leading Opera, Orchestra Librarians, and Music Archivists, explores the current trends and practices in the field of music performance librarianship. Featuring interviews and conversations from over twenty orchestra, opera, and ballet librarians and archivists working for some of the world's leading performing arts and educational institutions from Europe and Asia, this book is a helpful resource to librarians, and archivists who need to manage artifacts in a variety of situations in the world of performing arts. For music and library science professors, this serves as a useful teaching tool or reference material by allowing students to gain a glimpse into the profession of music performance librarianship. Finally, this book functions as a unique and important reference tool for all students who are considering a career in music performance librarianship or a profession in archives in the world of performing arts.
Archives and Manuscripts Vol. 50 No. 2
Archives and Manuscripts is the professional and scholarly journal of the Australian Society of Archivists, publishing articles, reviews, and information about the theory and practice of archives and recordkeeping in Australasia and around the world. Its target audiences are archivists and other recordkeeping professionals, the academic community, and all involved in the study and interpretation of archives.
The Ethics of Sustainable Communication; Overcoming the World of Opposites
The Ethics of Sustainable Communication elegantly interweaves theoretical and empirical knowledge from the social sciences with wisdom traditions from various parts of the world. The book develops a communication ethics that aims at facilitating a genuine experience of the interconnectedness of all life through the expansion of trust.
Libraries and the Global Retreat of Democracy
This latest volume of the Advances in Librarianship series presents original research exploring the modern state of democracies and social institutions, the contributions of libraries to the health and progress of democracies, and the political problems currently facing libraries as institutions. It details the best practices of library programs that provide political literacy education and promote civic engagement within communities. These practices include ways in which libraries can help diffuse political polarization, address significant policy issues of our day, promote political information literacy, support civic engagement, and facilitate participation in democratic processes. Libraries and the Global Retreat of Democracy: Confronting Polarization, Misinformation, and Suppression is structured in three sections - questions of personal and state democracy, investigations of how the information infrastructure shapes these democracies, and explorations of the ways that libraries can and do contribute to democracy. Situating libraries within political conversations, highlighting their centrality to these discussions, Libraries and the Global Retreat of Democracy focuses on how libraries coordinate their work in political and information literacy and how these efforts can be improved, he recommendations and examples within which will serve as inspiration and motivation to its readers.
Information and Knowledge Organisation in Digital Humanities
Information and Knowledge Organisation explores the role of knowledge organisation in the digital humanities. By focusing on how information is described, represented and organised in both research and practice, this work furthers the transdisciplinary nature of digital humanities.
The Art of Writing
"The Art of Writing: A Comprehensive Guide to Crafting Your Masterpiece" is an in-depth, comprehensive guide to writing. Written by experienced writers and editors, this book covers everything from world-building to revision techniques, offering a wealth of practical advice for crafting a memorable and engaging story. Whether you are just starting out or looking to refine your skills, this guide will provide you with the tools and insights you need to take your writing to the next level.One of the key features of the book is its focus on world-building. The chapters on building unique worlds, crafting effective descriptions, and writing compelling settings will give you the tools you need to create rich, immersive environments for your characters. Additionally, the chapters on dialogue, point of view, and voice will help you bring your characters to life, making them more relatable and memorable to your readers.The book also covers the more technical aspects of writing, including symbolism, metaphor, pacing, and tension. The chapters on conflict and action will help you keep your readers on the edge of their seats, while the chapters on endings and revisions will help you ensure that your story has a satisfying conclusion. The book also addresses common challenges faced by writers, such as writer's block, and provides strategies for overcoming them.In addition to the technical aspects of writing, "The Art of Writing" also focuses on the creative side of writing. The chapter on themes will help you create stories with depth and meaning, while the chapter on voice will help you find your own unique style.Finally, the book also covers the publishing and marketing process, giving you the tools you need to get your work out into the world. Whether you are looking to publish your work traditionally or self-publish, the chapters on the publishing process and marketing your book will provide you with the information you need to get your work into the hands of readers.With its in-depth, comprehensive coverage of all aspects of writing, "The Art of Writing: A Comprehensive Guide to Crafting Your Masterpiece" is an essential resource for any writer looking to improve their craft and take their writing to the next level."
Review Tales - A Book Magazine For Indie Authors - 7th Edition (Summer 2023)
Founded in 2016, Review Tales informs, inspires, and provides knowledge of the craft of writing and supports indie authors by providing a platform to demonstrate their well-deserved work. The quarterly magazine is dedicated to readers, writers, self-publishers and includes literature discussions. It is an essential collection of author confessions, exclusive interviews, words of wisdom, book reviews, and literary works.Founder & Editor in Chief: S. Jeyran MainContributors: Francesca MariaJunis SultanJenna GreeneBecky Parker GeistEdward WillettIndar MaharajRoger LeslieBenedict StuartJ L HillDavid GodolphinJ. J. FauserPD AllevaMichelle SwannA.A. Hadi WhiteRandy MillerDr Frank L DouglasVal D. GreenwoodJune GillamCheryl Bond-NelmsBarbara Galutia Regis M S Pa-CJeff Meyer
The Early Experiements
Fiction writers are taught to show, not tell. In each Short Fiction Lab, award winning short fiction writer Peter M. Ball takes one of his own stories and explores an aspect of the writing craft in the accompanying essay. In this introductory Primer to the Short Fiction Lab series, Ball presents four short tales for lovers of science fiction, fantasy, and horror.Upon Discovering of A Ghost in the Five Star: There's a ghost in the Five Star Laundromat. The worst thing you can do is accept her balloon when she tries to give it to you. Nick's interest in the dead girl is causing problems with his boyfriend... but he isn't sure he's ready to give her up just yet.Counting Down: Phil thinks he can catch a bullet as a party trick, but he needs someone to pull the trigger. Mattie isn't sure he's got what it takes to fire the antique Luger at his friend, but he's also caught a glimpse of the bats living inside Phil's skull and knows what it means if they get out.The Place Beyond the Brambles: The women who emerge from the land beyond the brambles are always strange and always beautiful. They're also prone to returning home, long before the men who marry them hope they will depart. Ethan's wife has done exactly that, leaving behind a daughter and memories that only Ethan can recall.The Things You Do When The War Breaks Out: Henry and his dad are going to the moon for a holiday. The dinosaurs who occupy the dark side of the moon are no longer content to share it with humanity. When war breaks out and the moon is evacuated, Henry's father sees an opportunity to resolve some old grudges.In the accompanying essay, Here Comes The Boom, Peter M. Ball takes on the question all writers seem to shirk: where do you get your ideas from? He takes readers through the inspiration behind each of these short tales and breaks down why a great idea is often the least important tool in the writer's arsenal.
On Creating (And Celebrating!) Characters
Let's talk about what makes people real. That's what my favorite characters are to me. Real. If you're reading this, I suspect that's what they are to you, too.Characters I love often feel as real to me as people I know in the physical world. Whether from books, movies, comics, or television shows, the characters I love mean something to me. They give me hope. They teach me lessons that become ingrained into the fabric that makes me who I am.If you get me spun up, I can talk about my favorite characters in the same way I talk about best friends.So, yes. The characters I love are real to me, and there isn't anything you can do or say to convince me otherwise. --- So begins award-winning SF author Ron Collins's celebration of characters that matter. From Katniss Everdeen to Tyrion Lannister, from James Bond to Lieutenant Dan (and maybe a few more!), Collins brings his unique perspective built through thirty years of experience to examining some of the most iconic characters ever presented on the page. Along the way, helping writers build toolboxes that they can use to create their own dazzling and memorable characters. All done with a personal touch illuminated by a life spent searching for characters that matter. If you're trying to write great characters, or simply want to celebrate them, too, this book is for you.
A Split in Time
What are the key elements to writing a time-slip novel? Where do you start in your plot? How do you weave together multiple storylines? In A Split in Time, time-slip authors Melanie Dobson and Morgan Tarpley Smith help fellow writers navigate and then master the challenges of writing a novel with two or more storylines. Within these pages you'll find: - Thirteen key components for split time fiction- Practical tips on building the time-slip structure- Interviews with bestselling novelists like Lisa Wingate and Susan Meissner- Analyses of multi-storyline techniques- Resources to build compelling split time characters, craft your ideas, and weave together multiple timelines Whether you are a seasoned writer ready for a new journey or a first-time novelist wanting to learn the split timeline format, this workshop-in-a-book provides the necessary skills to weave two or more compelling stories into one time-slip novel!ENDORSEMENTS "A Split in Time is the only craft book I know devoted completely to writers who want to write in the time-slip genre. . .It's an absolute must for anyone writing split time novels." - Heidi Chiavaroli, award-winning author of The Tea Chest "This book is a gold mine of information for those looking to write split time fiction. Highly recommend!" - Lindsay Harrel, best-selling author of The Secrets of Paper and Ink
The Fight Against Book Bans
Book bans and challenges frequently make the news, but when the reporting ends, how do we put them in context? The Fight against Book Bans captures the views of dozens of librarians and library science professors regarding the recent flood of book challenges across the United States, gathered in a comprehensive analysis of their impact and significance. It also serves as a guide to responding to challenges.Chapter authors provide first-hand accounts of facing book challenges and describe how they have prepared for challenges, overcome opposition to certain books, and shown the value of specific library materials. Library science faculty with a range of specialties provide relevant background information to bolster these on-the-ground views. Together, the chapters both articulate the importance of intellectual freedom and demonstrate how to convey that significance to others in the community with passion and wisdom. This volume provides a timely and thorough overview of the complex issues surrounding the ongoing spate of book challenges faced by public and school libraries.
Homo Sapiens 2.0
How can we use information rather than suffer from it? Does life have a digital logic? Is the internal structure of the universe made up of information? Is the Internet generating a collective brain?Ever since Homo sapiens, armed with his electronic machines, learned to unlock the secret of information and its alchemy by digitizing it, he has unleashed hyperinformation. This force is a subtle blend of matter and thought, animate and inanimate, virtual and real. For the first time in human history, technology seems to be generating a collective intelligence. Does this mean that reason is becoming truly alien to itself, potentially hostile and dangerous? Or are we witnessing the happy dawn of a new era?Homo sapiens 2.0 offers a journey into the mysteries of the human brain, the mysteries of genes and memes (their mental equivalent), the secrets of language, religion and new technologies. From Ren矇 Girard to Richard Dawkins, from Teilhard de Chardin to Jo禱l de Rosnay, the author recounts the saga of thought in the age of the virtual. Between each chapter, Interludes take us on a journey through literary works or enlightening scientific experiments.
Building Health Sciences Library Collections
Collection development is a cornerstone of librarianship; and with the rapid pace that library materials are produced, a thorough knowledge of collection development is more important than ever before. However, with the myriad of choices available, creating a meaningful collection can be a daunting task. Building and maintaining a health sciences library collection can be a challenge, especially in scenarios where there is no dedicated collection services department or collection development librarian. Often in library school curriculum, collection development strategies are discussed, but specific examples of bibliographic sources may not be covered in detail, particularly for health sciences resources. Many collection development books often discuss the creation of policies, budgeting practices, and usability. This book is a comprehensive reference guide for those who will be creating and curating their library health sciences collections. Moving beyond a traditional list of titles, this guide will focus on several formats and areas. It features specific bibliographic information for top resources for a variety of subject areas and in a variety of formats. This book is designed for all librarians, whether new or experienced. Each chapter of this title does a deep dive into an area of health sciences library collection building, as well as covering how to maintain a current collection. This book is designed to provide readers with a resource to lean on in determining the best bets in providing their users with health sciences resources to support curriculum, practice, and other user needs. Readers who are interested in gleaning techniques for maintaining their health sciences library collection will also benefit from this how-to guide as it details the deselection process. Every health sciences librarian, no matter their experience, can benefit from this reference guide.
Building Health Sciences Library Collections
Collection development is a cornerstone of librarianship; and with the rapid pace that library materials are produced, a thorough knowledge of collection development is more important than ever before. However, with the myriad of choices available, creating a meaningful collection can be a daunting task. Building and maintaining a health sciences library collection can be a challenge, especially in scenarios where there is no dedicated collection services department or collection development librarian. Often in library school curriculum, collection development strategies are discussed, but specific examples of bibliographic sources may not be covered in detail, particularly for health sciences resources. Many collection development books often discuss the creation of policies, budgeting practices, and usability. This book is a comprehensive reference guide for those who will be creating and curating their library health sciences collections. Moving beyond a traditional list of titles, this guide will focus on several formats and areas. It features specific bibliographic information for top resources for a variety of subject areas and in a variety of formats. This book is designed for all librarians, whether new or experienced. Each chapter of this title does a deep dive into an area of health sciences library collection building, as well as covering how to maintain a current collection. This book is designed to provide readers with a resource to lean on in determining the best bets in providing their users with health sciences resources to support curriculum, practice, and other user needs. Readers who are interested in gleaning techniques for maintaining their health sciences library collection will also benefit from this how-to guide as it details the deselection process. Every health sciences librarian, no matter their experience, can benefit from this reference guide.
From Zero to Four Figures
Starting out as an indie author can be daunting, especially if you don't have much money to invest in marketing. If you've published one or more books but are struggling to get sales, this is the book for you! In From Zero to Four Figures, USA TODAY Bestselling Author Paul Austin Ardoin shows you the strategy that helped him build an audience and grow his self-published fiction business to $1,000 a month within two years. Increasing your sales requires the right books, mindset, and marketing - many new authors lack one or more of these pillars. This book helps identify the gaps and mistakes that are holding you back. These guidelines are repeatable, proven, inexpensive, and attainable-and will help get your self-published fiction business off the ground.
Creating a Staff-Led Strategic Plan
Taking a staff-led approach, this book helps libraries of all types create their own meaningful and authentic strategic plans while demystifying a process that can bring many benefits to the organization. With dwindling budgets to pay for consultants and a growing interest in collaboration across the organization, libraries are increasingly taking a do-it-yourself approach to strategic planning. This book takes a step-by-step approach to grassroots strategic planning for libraries of all types. The authors, who led a successful strategic planning process at their own library, provide practical advice and detailed information to guide library personnel through their own process. Topics include aligning with institutional and community values, creating vision and mission statements, researching stakeholder needs, conducting environmental scans, collaborative drafting of the plan, communication strategies, and implementation and assessment of the plan. Each chapter helps librarians create a strategic plan for a broad spectrum of libraries, including K-12, post-secondary, public, and special libraries. A unique feature of the book is its emphasis on the ways in which different library types can collaborate to meet shared goals. This book is a one-stop-shop, providing everything library staff will need to create a strategic plan without searching for additional sources.
The School Library Manager
The seventh edition of this comprehensive school library management text expands upon the role of the school librarian, especially in the ever-growing digital realm, and highlights the importance of school librarian leadership and outreach. In an era of budget cuts, reduced staffing, and a global pandemic, it's more important than ever for new LIS professionals and established school librarians and administrators to demonstrate the value of school libraries to decision makers. This revised and updated edition of a classic text adds two well-known authors to help lead readers through the many essential management tasks and skills required to administer the successful school library program. It emphasizes the importance of the school librarian in providing digital access to information for teachers and students, describes how facilities are being modified to accommodate new resources and programming, and offers new ways to use AASL standards to evaluate programs. All chapters are updated, and the text addresses such timely subjects as providing information resources when students, teachers, and librarians are interacting online. A new chapter highlights the importance of the school librarian's leadership in schools, districts, and communities. This invaluable textbook teaches practical skills for school library management and offers inspiration and guidance for growing LIS careers.
Crash Course in Collection Development
The third edition of Crash Course in Collection Development is a must-have for librarians just entering the field and professionals in need of a refresher in effective library operations. It now covers all aspects of collection development and management - including inventory assessment, market analysis, budgeting, marketing, and customer service - in all library environments including public, academic, and school libraries. Focusing on collection development basics, it begins with information on gathering statistics and analyzing community needs to design a collection that meets user needs. It goes on to guide users in writing a collection development policy, budgeting, selecting materials, managing vendor relations, understanding the publishing industry, merchandising and promoting the collection, and handling complaints. Newly included in the third edition is a discussion of new purchasing and lending models; information for academic and school librarians; and such new trends as libraries as spaces for users, collection diversity issues, makerspaces, nontraditional collections, pop-up libraries, the digital divide, and noncirculating collections. Author Wayne Disher has once again written a practical and simple introduction to an important, complex, and evolving area of library service.
The Woman Who Spilled Words All Over Herself
For more than fifteen years, Rosemary Daniell has led Zona Rosa, a creative writing workshop for people of all ages and all walks of life. In this dual memoir and writing guide, she describes the difficulties and the rewards of the writing life while also providing inspiration and helpful tips for writers in all stages of their careers."
How the Hell Do You Write a Book?
I wrote my first book when I was in middle school-when I was maybe nine or ten years old. It was a mini-masterpiece, that book, in my memory. It had chapters. Pictures. A story. It even had covers and a binding, of sorts.I discovered, before I ever heard of the wonderful Sir Terry Pratchett, that writing is the most fun you can have by yourself.I have no idea what happened to that book, but I do know this: it kicked off a lifelong love affair with writing. So obviously I didn't write another book for more than twenty-five years.I spent a lot of time thinking about writing a book, and talking about writing a book, and not writing a book...Until, one day, I stood in front of a roomful of other business owners and boldly declared, "I will write a book all about my business and how I can help my customers. And not only that, I will write it in ninety days! Hiiiiiiii-ya!"(Imagine me performing an overenthusiastic karate chop, and beaming like an elephant with a hosepipe.)Funny thing about saying stuff in front of people you respect and admire-you kind of have to deliver on it or risk looking a total twit. So, three months later, I turned up clutching my shiny new book in my sweaty little hands-which is when the real work began.Because, my fine feathered friend, we're not in the business of writing books for the sake of it.I don't teach business owners to write books only to help you get your name in print (although it is pretty gorram amazing when your books arrive).And I'm not doing it only to help you "get published", either. Nope; I help business owners write books because I know if you write your book, and use it to its fullest potential, it could change your world.Words change worlds. Books change lives.I want to help change your life for the better when you write your book, and I want to help you change your clients' lives for the better, too.Great deeds begin with one word and one step. And great books start with one word and one sentence.Changing the world doesn't always mean the act of stopping a war (or starting one). It doesn't mean solving world poverty right now. It doesn't mean changing an unjust law overnight. All those things do transform the world, for sure-but they start with one tiny beetle step. Maybe with a book something like the one hibernating inside your head.Maybe by changing one person's life in a small way, you can set off a chain of events that'll change the world in a bigger way. What do you think? Worth a try?I reckon so.Start here. Start today. I've got your back, grasshopper.
Putting Critical Language Pedagogy Into Practice
Putting Critical Language Pedagogy into Practice explores the practice of language teaching through the lens of critical pedagogy, reflexivity, and the importance of reflexivity for teacher development. It also shows how these reflexive practices can contribute to more inclusivity and decolonization of the curriculum.
Archives and Manuscripts Vol. 50 No. 1
Archives and Manuscripts is the professional and scholarly journal of the, publishing articles, reviews, and information about the theory and practice of archives and recordkeeping in Australasia and around the world. Its target audiences are archivists and other recordkeeping professionals, the academic community, and all involved in the study and interpretation of archives.
Grammar in ELT and ELT Materials
This book investigates the content of the grammar syllabus typically employed in mainstream English Language Teaching. Using a mixed-methods approach, the author examines how the syllabuses used in coursebooks are actually constructed, how they evolved and how valid their contents are as a basis for teaching. The research reported consists of a broad exploration of primary sources in order to outline the evolution of ELT pedagogical grammar; ten interviews with key ELT authors and publishing professionals, which allows for the investigation of the decision-making processes underlying the choice of grammar content in ELT teaching materials; and finally, the presentation of case studies which examine three areas of grammar, analysing the evolution of their treatment in ELT materials (both historical and contemporary) and comparing their current treatment to data on real learner use. This book contributes to the literature on syllabus design and pedagogical grammar and builds on existing research into materials design. It will be of interest to researchers and professionals working in the fields of applied linguistics, pedagogical grammar, curriculum design and materials design.
Smartphones, Current Events and Mobile Information Behavior
Smartphones and Information on Current Events provides unprecedented insights into young people's news consumption patterns and the ecology of mobile news. Advancing our knowledge of mobile behaviour, the book also highlights the ways in which mobile news impacts the lives of the general public.
A Manual of Children’s Libraries
This book, first published in 1932, is a guide to the details required of a successful children's library, not just the books and catalogue, but also the different staffing needs of a collection aimed purely at children.
A Manual of Cataloguing and Indexing
This book, first published in 1933, shows the more common difficulties in constructing library entries for author single-entries with references, and author-entries with added entries. These basic principles of cataloguing practice offer valuable advice to the cataloguer of books.
School and College Library Practice
This book, first published in 1936, looks at the detailed work involved in the efficient running of a school library. Wherever possible, alternative methods are described so as to meet the needs of the different types of schools and smaller colleges.
A Student's Manual of Bibliography
This book, first published in 1931, first examines the many processes that go to the making of a book - paper, printing, illustration and binding - then lists with running commentary 300 or so important works of reference, and an account of the principles and arrangements of bibliographies.
Library Local Collections
This book, first published in 1939, looks at the collecting, conserving and use of the materials of local history, collected in local libraries. It examines the methods of arranging, cataloguing and displaying such materials as prints, photographs and maps, as well as official papers, manuscripts and letters.
The Fundamentals of Library Classification
This book, first published in 1951, looks at the position of library classification with the object of finding out what it achieves, where it fails, and what steps are needed to increase its value. It details patterns that enable a classifier to construct a formula which is valid for the analysis of any subject.
A Handbook of Classification and Cataloguing
This book, first published in 1939, deals with the elements of classification and cataloguing for the school library. The Dewey, Cheltenham and Bliss schemes are fully examined as is the practical application of classification in the library. There are simplified rules for Author and Title catalogues.
Fundamentals of Librarianship
This book, first published in 1949, grew out of a series of talks to young librarians preparing for the entrance exam of the Library Association, and the syllabus for this exam was used to provide section and chapter headings. There are certain essential principles common to all librarianship, which are here described.
A Primer of Librarianship
This book, first published in 1931, presents a survey of librarianship by some of its leading theorists of the early twentieth century, a time of rapid library expansion following the Library Act of 1919. It details some of the new and modern practices then being adopted.
Manual of Book Classification and Display
This book, first published in 1946, lays out the tools a librarian has to organize books for use and to make them productive. The methods of classing, cataloguing, indexing, personal guidance, display and publicity are directed to one end, the making know of books and their contents.
Fundamentals of Practical Cataloguing
This book, first published in 1948, lays out the basic precepts for the useful cataloguing of a library's collection. With catalogues being first compiled to serve as records of stock, modern developments have updated the methods for doing so, for instance adding a bibliographic description to the record.
The British Museum Library
This book, first published in 1946, provides a summary account, historical and descriptive, which is full enough to be useful for reference and information, and at the same time to bring out the true significance of the collections of the British Museum Library and of the tale of their gathering.
Commercial and Technical Libraries
This book, first published in 1955, deals in detail with history, planning, furnishing, staffing, book stocks, patents and trade marks, administration and methods used to collect and present information to commercial houses and producing firms.
Library Co-Operation in the British Isles
This book, first published in 1937, examines the principles and practicalities of inter-library loans of books. Initially done on an ad-hoc basis, modern ideas and developments have led to a modern generation of librarians whose first aim is to see that their readers get the books they need.
A Manual of Library Routine
This book, first published in 1933, addresses the 'routine' in library work: administration, organization, book selection and classification and cataloguing, as well as the office work, room supervision, shelf tidying and registration of borrowers, among others.
Engage Books
Dear Readers, I am excited and proud to share our 2023 catalog with you. Engage Books strives to publish books that make a difference, books that help children think critically about the world. Our goal is to help children become informed and engaged citizens who can make the world a better place. Our frontlist of 46 new Level 1, 2, and 3 readers was created in the hope of achieving this goal. Our flagship series, Understand Your Mind And Body, teaches kids about Autism, ADHD, Anxiety, Depression and Dyslexia, and gives seven-to-nine-year-olds the opportunity to understand how their own minds, or the minds of loved ones, functions. Books on Asthma, Diabetes, Obesity and Vision Loss help kids to recognize changes that may be happening their bodies.It is vital that we empower the next generation to recognize the mistakes in our past. Our Working Towards Equality series teaches kids about Antisemitism, Homophobia, Racism and Sexism, in the hopes that we can help foster a kinder and gentler future. Following a pandemic it is more important than ever that we help children to navigate complex emotions. In our Emotions and Feelings series, we teach children about Fear, Guilt, Happiness, Worry and Anger while recognizing the Gratitude, Sadness and Grief that many are facing. By understanding their emotions, children can begin to heal.We believe in speaking to children as creative and imaginative individuals who may one day change the world. Our Changing Planet is a series that pulls back the curtain on subjects like Air Pollution, Climate Change, Extreme Weather, and Habitat Loss. We hope that by informing children about these issues, we can inspire them to come up with solutions as they grow older.Sincerely, Alexis Roumanis B.A., M.Pub.President Engage Books
Book Boss
BOOK BOSS is the ultimate guide to self-publishing for business owners, thought leaders, and coaches who want to share their knowledge and expertise with the world. This book offers practical tips and advice on writing, book design, publishing, and author entrepreneurship.In this comprehensive guide, you will learn how to overcome common roadblocks to becoming an author, design a professional-looking book that stands out from the crowd, navigate the self-publishing process like a pro, and use your book to establish yourself as a thought leader in your field.In this book, you'll discover: Practical tips and advice for overcoming common roadblocks to becoming an authorHow to design a professional-looking book that stands out from the crowdInsider insights on the self-publishing processHow to leverage your book to establish yourself as a thought leader in your fieldWhether you're a first-time author or a seasoned pro, BOOK BOSS is the ultimate resource for anyone who wants to write, publish, and market their own book.
Writing - A Spiritual Voice
Writing: A Spiritual Voice is not a how-to manual. It is a spiritual artifact-a gentle, powerful yantra in words. For writers who are also seekers, this book offers more than advice. It is a call to listen. To write from the deepest parts of oneself. To let the Divine be the true author.Through stories, reflections, and encouragement, Donna Goddard reveals how writing can become a devotional act, a healing balm, and a path of transformation-not only for the reader, but for the writer. If you long to write with purpose, presence, and power, this book will meet you at that sacred threshold.
Archive, Slow Ideology and Egodocuments as Microhistorical Autobiography
This book aims to demonstrate how scholars have been utilizing egodocuments and providing an opening for the multivocality of the sources to be fully appreciated. The book is based upon a photographic collection of vagabonds and outsiders that belonged to the author's grandfather.
Engage
The final volume in the six-book series, Engage is both anchor and sail in the Shared Foundations, providing a culmination of knowledge and a starting point for new thinking that promotes learners' dynamic, spiral, and cyclical journey with the AASL Standards. Examine Engage through the learning cycle of the Shared Foundations in AASL's National School Library Standards. This book will help school librarians contextualize and complement the other Shared Foundations while providing learners with the skills and knowledge for their engagements with reading, information, learning, and life. To support school librarians as they help all learners navigate the complex future of information, this book provides grade-band specific learner trajectories that accompany learning scenarios for each Domain within Engage;action lists, reflective questions, strategies, policies, and resources to engage learners and school librarians and shape the school library; five cross-cutting themes-design thinking; equity, diversity, and inclusion; information quality; inquiry learning; and social-emotional learning-that will resonate with readers as necessary to ensure Engage throughout learners' academic lives and beyond; andweb companion pieces that demonstrate professional learning scenarios which can be replicated and modified for use with practicing and pre-service school librarians and adapted for use with other educators and learners.
