Language: reference and general

Shillingsburg explores the new and future possibilities, some yet untapped, for electronic representations of printed works.

A complete English translation of the Etymologies of Isidore of Seville.

This book looks at suicidal and risk-taking behaviour.

This 2002 book is a guide to Italian usage for students wishing to extend their knowledge of the language.

An up-to-date, accessible A-Z guide to style and usage in international English.

Sheds new light on the processes of socialization on today''s youth.

This 2006 book equips business managers and investors with a working, practical knowledge of intellectual property.

This volume brings together for the first time the papers of Margaret Masterman, a pioneer in the field of computational linguistics.

A guide to creating high quality, persuasive proposals promoting software products or services.

A comprehensive and structured guide to Italian vocabulary.

Essential reference tool for scholars and students, explaining and illustrating common literary symbols.

This textbook provides a comprehensive and structured vocabulary for all levels of undergraduate French courses.

This book examines changes that are likely to impact adolescents'' lives and their futures as adults.

Vom Hobby zum Erfolg – Der ultimative Blogger-Ratgeber für Teenager und Erwachsene, ist ein inspirierendes Buch, das neue Perspektiven auf das Bloggen eröffnet.

This book presents comparative evidence and case-studies on poor urban youth, providing interventions that have proven successful.

This book focuses on the emergence of gender difference, summarizing the most up-to-date interdisciplinary research.

This book provides a compilation of German synonyms - an essential reference for intermediate and advanced students as well as teachers of German.

A major study of the principles of bibliography by one of the world''s foremost scholars of the discipline.

This book explores the genesis and development of adolescent sleep patterns.

This 2002 book provides descriptions of adolescence in eight very different regions of the world.

No matter where you are in the writing process or how confident you are in your writing, THE COLLEGE WRITER: A GUIDE TO THINKING, WRITING, AND RESEARCHING, 7E offers valuable guidance and support.

Master the fundamentals critical to becoming an effective writer with Yagelski's WRITING: TEN CORE CONCEPTS, 3E.

Encouraging you to be an inventive thinker and writer, THE COMPOSITION OF EVERYDAY LIFE, Concise, connects the act of writing to your daily life.

Written for today's diverse student body, THE PURPOSEFUL ARGUMENT: A PRACTICAL GUIDE, 3rd Edition, empowers you with essential negotiating skills for everyday life -- tools that will serve you well wherever your career takes you.

Packed with the latest research, best practices and plenty of hands-on applications, Keith/Lundberg's PUBLIC SPEAKING: CHOICES AND RESPONSIBILITY, 3rd Edition, equips you with everything you need to become an excellent public speaker.

This book answers every question a doctoral graduate new to publishing could have about writing for a conference, from "e;Why would I want to publish at a conference?

This compilation of original essays does more than just illuminate the serious problem of teen violence and victimization; it also provides resources that parents and teachers can use to address issues of violence with their teens and make a difference.

Based on extensive research, recent events, and numerous first-person accounts, this revealing book illuminates both the challenges and triumphs of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender youth, and offers effective strategies for combating LGBT marginalization in our nation's schools and communities.

This entertaining and highly readable book gives anyone writing in the sciences a clear and easy-to-follow guide to the English language.

The stories we tell about ourselves are guided by cultural patterns and enduring elements.

Integrating diverse scientific data, this book relates the biological versus psychosocial aspects of adolescence.

This reference handbook surveys research on the central issue associated with the teaching of unprepared writers.

This detailed, exhaustively documented account shows how and why just about everyone in today's teen pregnancy debate is wrong-often disastrously so.

This encyclopedia defines and contextualizes the Baby Boomer generation and the wide-reaching contributions of its members throughout modern American history.

Recent studies report that Japanese is the second most productive source of new loanwords to English.

No other nonhuman source has served as the basis for more metaphors than animals.

This book is a step-by-step guide to harnessing the power to persuade in a variety of forms of writing.

Macciomei and Ruben provide the first compendium entirely devoted to the exigency and pathology of serious teen aggression, including homicidal and combative problems.

A comprehensive and practical guide to writing a successful media paper or report, from selecting a topic to submitting the final draft.

Teens in European countries have a number of similarities.

Proverbs supposedly contain the wisdom of the common folk-eternal truths to be passed down through the ages.

Introduce students to some of today's best nonfiction authors and their writing-and promote nonfiction reading to young learners!

The author explores the ethnic and racial identity formation among high school and college students of racially mixed heritage.

Being aware of thesis and dissertation pitfalls can help the graduate student make efficient use of resources available to him or her and bring precision to research and writing of that important project.

Teenage pregnancy is a worldwide problem that accompanies the initiation of sexual activity at increasingly younger ages.

Haven's breakthrough approach to creative writing uses storytelling techniques to enhance the creative writing process.

Though it may seem hard to believe, it took America's lawmakers some 110 years before they crafted legislation aimed at protecting the welfare of children.

Frederick Douglass, once a slave, was one of the great 19th century American orators and the most important African American voice of his era.

Teens in Latin America and the Caribbean generally face a difficult path to adulthood.