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American newspapers redefined journalism after the Civil War by
breaking away from the editorial and financial control of the
Democratic and Republican parties. Smythe chronicles the rise of
the New Journalism, where pegging newspaper sales to market forces
was the cost of editorial independence. Successful papers in
post-bellum America thrived by catering to a mass audience, which
increased their circulations and raised their advertising revenues.
Still active politically, independent editors now sought to
influence their readers' opinions themselves rather than serve as
conduits for the party line.
This unofficial compilation reviews the 100 best TED talks about
innovation from great minds worldwide. With quirky graphics and
memorable quotes, Great TED Talks: Innovation will challenge your
thinking, open your mind to new perspectives, and ignite your
passion for innovation. Learn how to unlock that elusive idea from
masters like Bill Gates or Amazon’s Jeff Bezos. Be open to new
ways of thinking and discover how Sir Richard Branson has been
wowing his customers with innovative experiences since before it
became a trend. Find inspiration in unusual places, and explore new
ways to collaborate with your team. Authenticity is key to your
business; find out how Sheryl Sandberg stepped out of her comfort
zone to find her voice, and how you can do the same. There are
thousands of TED talks to navigate—this book curates the most
inspiring and provides a commentary on the top 100 ways to boost
your inventiveness, find new avenues to explore, and overcome your
fears to unleash your full potential.
Cultural Writing. Reference. Middle-Eastern Studies. This is the
third edition of Darius Gilani's popular English-Persian (Farsi)
dictionary. It includes approximately 22,000 entries and provides
the Persian equivalent of an English word, rather than using a
descriptive definition. The pronunciation of the Persian rather
than the English is emphasized, and the more commonly preferred
American usage is cited instead of the British usage that Persian
dictionaries have historically used. Gilani is a native of Iran,
spending most of his life in the United States studying and
teaching languages. He received his BA in 1976 from San Jose State
University and completed his MA in linguistics at the same
university in 1978. He taught Persian at San Jose State and
Stanford universities for fifteen years.
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The home of trusted full-colour visual dictionaries for everyday
use. A photographic guide to the key words and phrases in Spanish.
This attractive pocket-sized book is a perfect travel companion and
provides a practical guide to Spain and Spanish language and
culture. Everyday words are arranged in themes with carefully
selected up-to-date images to illustrate key words and phrases, and
an English and Spanish index help you to find words quickly as you
learn. 3,000 essential words and phrases for modern life in Spain
are at your fingertips with topics covering food and drink, home
life, work and school, shopping, sport and leisure, transport,
technology, and the environment. Great care has been given to
represent modern Spanish culture and enhance your experience of
Spain and its people, including customs, celebrations, and
festivals. Plus, download your free audio to hear native speakers
pronounce the word for each image and get your pronunciation pitch
perfect, available from collinsdictionary.com/resources#visual
Collins and Quizlet have teamed up to bring you expert-created
digital learning resources like pre-made flashcards, quizzes and
games to help you master the vocabulary shown in Collins
Spanish Visual Dictionary. Quickly learn the vocabulary with one of
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Hierdie rubrieke is liries, evokatief, diep menslik, met humor en ʼn plattelandse ambience. Petro skryf sedert 2012 vir Die Burger rubrieke en was voltyds vir vier jaar lank die Dinsdag-rubriekskrywer vir Beeld.
Verskeie van haar artikels is in Rapport Weekliks en Huisgenoot gepubliseer. Sy word in 2019 deur die Cordus-trust vereer met die Orde van die Beiteltjie van die Afrikaanse Woordkunsakademie vir “haar besondere bydrae tot Afrikaans met unieke onderwerpe waarmee sy die kuns vervolmaak het om sinvol te skryf oor die mens en alledaagse stories van die gewone lewe.”
The pleasures of mystery novels and historical fiction double when
the two genres meet in a single book. This detailed guide is the
first to document and describe the diverse writings in the growing
body of historical mystery literature. Organized alphabetically by
author name and series title, the guide covers the works of
approximately 70 authors, and contains descriptions of more than
700 works with crime themes (whether strictly in the mystery genre
or a mainstream literary novel). For those who want to read
historical mysteries in sequence, this is an essential guide; and
for those seeking background information on historical mysteries to
guide their reading or collection development choices, this book
offers a level of detail that facilitates selection. The pleasures
of mystery novels and historical fiction double when the two genres
meet in a single book. This detailed guide is the first to document
and describe the diverse writings in the growing body of historical
mystery literature. Its focus is on the best, most representative,
most current and easily accessible publications, with an emphasis
on series novels. Most have been released in the past decade, with
select classic historical mysteries (e.g., Christie's Death Comes
as the End, 1945) also cited. Organized alphabetically by author
name and series title, the guide covers the works of approximately
70 authors, and contains descriptions of more than 700 works with
crime themes (whether strictly in the mystery genre or a mainstream
literary novel). For those who want to read historical mysteries in
sequence, this is an essential guide; and for those seeking
background information on historical mysteries to guide their
reading or collection development choices, this book offers a level
of detail that facilitates selection. Each series entry names the
scene of the crime; identifies the detective and his or her chief
associates; notes the series premise; comments on characteristics,
features, and overall series quality; and discusses the critical
response. Individual series titles (The Cases) are then listed and
described in series (or chronological) order. Additional access to
titles is provided through detailed indexes: author, title (series
and individual), characters, and settings (time and place).
Academic, public, and high school librarians will welcome this
guide as a valuable reference, readers' advisory, and collection
development tool.
At a time when the environment is of growing concern to students
and general readers, nature writing is especially meaningful. This
book profiles the literary careers of 52 early American nature
writers, such as John James Audubon, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Caroline
Stansbury Kirkland, Thomas Jefferson, Henry David Thoreau, and
Mabel Osgood Wright. Each entry is written by an expert contributor
and discusses the writer's life and works. Entries close with
primary and secondary bibliographies, and the encyclopedia ends
with suggestions for further reading. Global warming, pollution,
and other issues have made the environment a topic of constant
discussion these days. Many environmental concerns were treated by
early American nature writers, who recognized the beauty of the
natural world in an age of commercial expansion. Some of the most
famous writers of the 18th and 19th centuries wrote about nature,
and their works are stylistic masterpieces. At a time when students
are being encouraged to read and write about nonfiction, these
masterworks of early American nature writing are all the more
important. This book gives students and general readers a welcome
introduction to early American nature writers. The volume begins
with an introductory essay on the history of early American nature
writing and its anticipation of present day concerns. The book then
provides alphabetically arranged entries on 52 writers, including:
Elizabeth Agassiz, John James Audubon, Ralph Waldo Emerson,
Caroline Stansbury Kirkland, Thomas Jefferson, Meriwether Lewis,
Edith M. Thomas, Henry David Thoreau, Bradford Torrey, and Mabel
Osgood Wright.
A comprehensive and practical guide to writing a successful media
paper or report, from selecting a topic to submitting the final
draft. How to Write about the Media Today is the first book to
offer students and media practitioners a comprehensive approach for
researching and preparing a report, paper, or presentation on some
aspect of today's mass communication. How to Write about the Media
Today begins with a discussion of different types of media
outlets—from traditional newspapers and television to the
Internet—as well as an overview of contemporary directions in
media studies. This is followed by a series of step-by-step
strategies for selecting topics, conducting research, and writing
cogently and engagingly about media-related events and issues.
Because each chapter stands on its own, this resource can be read
sequentially or consulted topic-by-topic as needed.
This collection explores how autoethnography is made. Contributors
from sociology, education, counselling, the visual arts, textiles,
drama, music, and museum curation uncover and reflect on the
processes and practices they engage in as they craft their
autoethnographic artefacts. Each chapter explores a different
material or media, together creating a rich and stimulating set of
demonstrations, with the focus firmly on the practical
accomplishment of texts/artefacts. Theoretically, this book seeks
to rectify the hierarchical separation of art and craft and of
intellectual and practical cultural production, by collapsing
distinctions between knowing and making. In relation to connections
between personal experience and wider social and cultural
phenomena, contributors address a variety of topics such as social
class, family relationships and intergenerational transmission,
loss, longing and grief, the neoliberal university, gender,
sexuality, colonialism, race/ism, national identity, digital
identities, indigenous ways of knowing/making and how these are
‘storied’, curated and presented to the public, and our
relationship with the natural world. Contributors also offer
insights into how the ‘crafting space’ is itself one of
intellectual inquiry, debate, and reflection. This is a core text
for readers from both traditional and practice-based disciplines
undertaking qualitative research methods/autoethnographic inquiry
courses, as well as community-based practitioners and students.
Readers interested in creative practice, practitioner-research and
arts-based research in the social sciences and humanities will also
benefit from this book.
This compact, presentable and best-selling dictionary is a fully
up-to-date, comprehensive and clear compact dictionary that is the
ideal reference aid for learners and speakers of Welsh. It contains
over 20,000 headwords, and irregular forms of adjectives, verbs and
plural nouns are included. In addition, there is an appendix of
irregular Welsh verbs. Mae'r geiriadur gwerthiant uchel hwn yn
glir, yn gryno, yn gyfoes ac yn gynhwysfawr. Mae'n ddelfrydol ar
gyfer dysgwyr a Chymry Cymraeg. Ceir dros 20,000 o benawdau, yn
cynnwys ffurfiau afreolaidd ansoddeiriau, berfau ac enwau lluosog
ynghyd ag atodiad yn rhedeg y prif ferfau afreolaidd. D. Geraint
Lewis is an award-winning author of numerous Welsh dictionaries and
books of grammar. He has recently completed a Welsh Children's
Thesaurus and is currently working on a collegiate dictionary for
the Welsh Joint Education Committee. Other works include
collections of Christmas Carols for children and a major volume of
Folk songs. Prior to his retirement he was an Assistant Director of
Education with responsibility for Cultural Services in the County
of Ceredigion. Enillodd D. Geraint Lewis wobr Tir NaN'Og am
Geiriadur Gomer i'r Ifanc. Ers hynny y mae wedi cyhoeddi nifer o
eiriaduron a llyfrau gramadeg. Mae wedi cyhoeddi Thesawrws Plant yn
ddiweddar ac yn gweithio ar eiriadur 6ed dosbarth i Gyd-bwyllgor
Addysg Cymru. Ymhlith ei weithiau eraill ceir cyfrolau o garolau
Nadolig i blant a chyfrol gynhwysfawr o ganeuon traddodiadol, Can
Di Bennill. Cyn ymddeol, bu'n Gyfarwyddwr Addysg Cynorthwyol yn
gyfrifol am Wasanaethau Diwylliannol yng Ngheredigion.
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