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1) Posted
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Description
When cell phones are banned at their school, students start communicating through sticky notes left all over the school, triggering a wave of bullying activities in the wake of a new girl's arrival.
Author
Language
English
Description
"For anyone feeling stuck and looking to make sense of life, author and writing coach Allison Fallon shares a simple practice and proven method to reclaiming your narrative, increasing your emotional and spiritual health, and discovering more clarity and freedom in The Power of Writing It Down"--
Author
Publisher
W.W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
"Why does writing exist? What does it mean to those who write? Born from the interplay of natural and cultural history, the seemingly magical act of writing has continually expanded our consciousness. Portrayed in mythology as either a gift from heroes or a curse from the gods, it has been used as both an instrument of power and a channel of the divine; a means of social bonding and of individual self-definition. Now, as the revolution once wrought...
Author
Publisher
Faber and Faber
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
Funny and surprising on every page, Is That a Fish in Your Ear offers readers new insight into the mystery of how we come to know what someone else means whether we wish to understand Asteerix cartoons or a foreign head of state. Using translation as his lens, David Bellos shows how much we can learn about ourselves by exploring the ways we use translation, from the historical roots of written language to the stylistic choices of Ingmar Bergman, from...
Author
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Language
English
Description
"In Writing Public Policy, Third Edition, Catherine F. Smith presents a general method for planning, producing, assessing, and critically analyzing communications in a variety of real-life public policy contexts and situations. This practical, concise guide is ideal for students preparing for careers in politics, government, public relations, law, public policy, journalism, social work, public health, public safety, or in any role concerned with public...
Series
Publisher
Teaching Company
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
In twelve rewarding lectures, Professor Allison Friederichs shares the secrets to sharpening the written, oral, and interpersonal communications skills. With humor and enthusiasm, along with dozens of tools, examples, and exercises, Professor Friederichs will teach how to select the right words; ensure proper grammar and punctuation; and analyze, craft, and edit your message, all while using a reader-centric lens.
Author
Publisher
Yale University Press
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Description
For centuries, premodern societies recorded and preserved much of their written cultures on parchment: the rendered skins of sheep, cows, goats, camels, deer, gazelles, and other creatures. These remains make up a significant portion of the era{u2019}s surviving historical record. In a study spanning three millennia and twenty languages, Bruce Holsinger explores this animal archive as it shaped the inheritance of the Euro-Mediterranean world, from...
Author
Publisher
Archway Publishing
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"From the Errors of Others is a collection of crisp, witty, and slyly informative essays for grownups with a sense of humor. The subject is communication--good, bad, and patently bizarre. The author is Rebecca Lyles, an experienced editor but not a wrist-slapping schoolmarm. Neither giggly nor ponderous, she eagerly tells tales out of school. There are boneheads and blowhards in our midst, she says, but we don't have to take them seriously. And we...
11) Breaktime
Author
Publisher
Harper & Row
Pub. Date
[1978]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
A classmate's challenge to prove that literature is related to real life spurs Ditto to leave home during spring vacation and chronicle his life-changing adventures.
Author
Publisher
Broadway Books
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
English
Description
"For those who enjoy writing notes, or those who value doing so but find themselves intimidated by the task, acclaimed calligrapher Margaret Shepherd has created both an epistolary tribute and rescue manual. Just as you cherish receiving personal mail, you can take pleasure in crafting correspondence. Love, gratitude, condolences, congratulations-for every emotion and occasion, a snippet of heartfelt prose is included, sure to loosen the most stymied...
13) Communication
Author
Series
Publisher
QEB Pub
Pub. Date
2008.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Tells the history of inventions that changed communication, from writing and postal systems to cellular phones and the World Wide Web"--Provided by publisher.
Author
Publisher
Arcade Pub
Pub. Date
[2001]
Language
English
Description
We are surrounded by documents of all kinds, from receipts to letters, business memos to books, yet we rarely stop to reflect on their significance. Now, in this period of digital transition, our written forms as well as out reading and writing habits are being questioned and transformed by new technologies ad practices. What is the future of the book? Is paper about to disappear? With the Internet and World Wide Web, what will happen to libraries,...
Author
Series
Publisher
Routledge
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
"Walter J. Ong's classic work provides a fascinating insight into the social effects of oral, written, printed and electronic technologies, and their impact on philosophical, theological, scientific and literary thought. This thirtieth anniversary edition - coinciding with Ong's centenary year - reproduces his best-known and most influential book in full and brings it up to date with two new exploratory essays by cultural writer and critic John Hartley....
Author
Publisher
Broadway Books
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
In a practical guide to creating meaningful and memorable written messages, the author explains how to write a well crafted letter to suit a variety of circumstances, ranging from condolence and congratulations to illness and fund-raising.
Author
Publisher
Counterpoint
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
From the simple representative shapes used to record transactions of goods and animals in ancient Egypt, to the sophisticated typographical resources available to the twenty-first-century computer user, the story of writing is the story of human civilization itself. Ewan Clayton marks each step in the historical development of writing, and explores the social and cultural impact of every stage: the invention of the alphabet; the replacement of the...
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
[1998]
Language
English
Description
Who changed the sex of God? This groundbreaking book proposes that the rise of alphabetic literacy reconfigured the human brain and brought about profound changes in history, religion, and gender relations. Making remarkable connections across brain function, myth, and anthropology, Dr. Shlain shows why pre-literate cultures were principally informed by holistic, right-brain modes that venerated the Goddess, images, and feminine values. Writing drove...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
We live our lives word by word-to build our relationships, to convey our points of view, to object to wrongs done to us or to others, to comfort our children and our friends. We also use the wrong words-sometimes unknowingly-and get ourselves into situations we'd rather not be in.
As Stephen R. Covey points out in his introduction:
• Words sell and words repel
• Words lead and words impede
• Words heal and words kill
Kevin hall...
Author
Series
Publisher
Hungry Tomato
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"From codes and signals to social media, communication inventions advance the ways we interact with one another. Humorous text follows these inventions throughout history, showing how one invention often led to another--or how some inventions didn't turn out so well."--