Language Arts & Disciplines
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The Word for World: The Maps of Ursula K. Le Guin
$25.99 Add to cartWhen Ursula K. Le Guin started writing a new novel, she would begin by drawing a map. The Word for World is the first publication focusing on maps by the celebrated author, publishing many for the fir… [more below]
- Author: Le Guin, Ursula K.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: January 10 2026
- ISBN10: 1068591811
- Language: English
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So Many Books, 2nd Edition: Reading and Publishing in an Age of Abundance
$15.95 Read moreA charming new edition of a much-loved book about books
“A playful celebrant of literary proliferation.”–New Yorker
In So Many Books, Gabriel Zaid offers his observations on the literary condition: a
- Author: Zaid, Gabriel
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 152
- Publish Date: October 07 2025
- ISBN10: 1589882075
- Language: English
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A Novel Approach: Strategies for ADHD Writers
$18.99 Add to cartFinally-a book on writing that understands how your ADHD brain works
ADHD can throw so many hurdles in your path that writing a book feels impossible. A Novel Approach: Strategies for ADHD Writers is w
- Author: Bross, Nicole
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 216
- Publish Date: October 15 2025
- ISBN10: 1069497002
- Language: English
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How to Drag a Body and Other Safety Tips You Hope to Never Need
$18.99 Add to cartAs we have seen with the recent COVID-19 pandemic, disaster preparedness is not a luxury.
Everyone from Louis Pasteur to the Girl Scouts has championed the motto “Be Prepared”–but what does that mean
- Author: Matloff, Judith
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: July 15 2025
- ISBN10: 0063479575
- Language: English
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Hungry Ghost
$20.00 Add to cart“All of the poems [in Hungry Ghosts] have Smith bearing witness to a time of moral, intellectual, and ethical crises, which, I’m sorry to say is OUR time. But unlike other “political” poetry-a kind of
- Author: Smith, Bruce
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 90
- Publish Date: October 01 2025
- ISBN10: 9798991525473
- Language: English
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7 Keys to Comprehension: How to Help Your Kids Read It and Get It!
$25.00 Add to cartIt’s simple: If children don’t understand what they read, they will never embrace reading. And that limits what they can learn while in school. This fact frightens parents, worries teachers, and ultim… [more below]
- Author: Zimmermann, Susan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: July 22 2003
- ISBN10: 0761515496
- Language: English
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Fake News
$12.95 Add to cartA pithy, vibrant and accessible explainer to the past, present and future of fake news, from Ancient Greece to Donald Trump and beyond.
Anyone can go online, write something about what’s going on the- Series: Pocket Primer
- Author: Stokel-Walker, Chris
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: June 17 2025
- ISBN10: 1914314859
- Language: English
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The Faith of a Writer: Life, Craft, Art
$16.99 Add to cartA tribute to the brilliant craftsmanship of one of our most distinguished writers, providing valuable insight into her inspiration and her method
Joyce Carol Oates is widely regarded as one of America
- Author: Oates, Joyce Carol
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: September 14 2004
- ISBN10: 0060565543
- Language: English
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Word Witch: How to Call Upon and Cultivate the Creative Magic Within You
$20.00 Add to cartA practical guide to using witchcraft and the power of the written word to develop a magical creative practice.
Word Witches are spellcasters of language. They are storytellers, poets, writers, and r- Author: Belew, Kate
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: October 07 2025
- ISBN10: 0306836823
- Language: English
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From Language to Language: The Hospitality of Translation
$24.99 Add to cartIn 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 Ameri- Author: Diagne, Souleymane Bachir
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: September 30 2025
- ISBN10: 1635423937
- Language: English
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Zen in the Art of Writing: Essays on Creativity
$19.00 Add to cartDiscover the inimitable genius of Ray Bradbury as he explores the art of writing, the power of creativity, and the timeless appeal of storytelling in this collection of essays that are part masterclas… [more below]
- Author: Bradbury, Ray
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: November 11 2025
- ISBN10: 1668095823
- Language: English
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25 Complex Text Passages to Meet the Common Core: Literature and Informational Texts: Grades 7-8
$14.99 Add to cartA collection of 25 leveled passages with text-dependent comprehension questions that help students tackle increasingly complex texts and provide the academic rigor called for by the Common Core State … [more below]
- Author: Lee, Martin
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 80
- Publish Date: January 01 2014
- ISBN10: 0545577136
- Language: English
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Medea
$7.98 Read moreAbout Sheila Murnaghan’s translation
“A terrific new translation–Murnaghan’s Medea is both terrifying and sympathetic, an emotionally complex portrayal that leaves the reader no simple answers.”
–K
- Series: Norton Library (Paperback) #0
- Author: Euripides
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 96
- Publish Date: May 17 2021
- ISBN10: 0393870847
- Language: English
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The Hugging Trees
$11.95 Add to cartThe Hugging Trees are real and live in our neighborhood here in Ames, Iowa. Inspired by their unique bond, I wrote a story as a Christmas present to my granddaughters Katelyn and Maggie when they were
- Author: Kohler, Hank
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 24
- Publish Date: August 20 2025
- ISBN10: 1683151445
- Language: English
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Their Eyes Were Watching God: An Instructional Guide for Literature
$14.98 Add to cartThis instructional guide encourages students to explore and analyze this classic novel through lessons that are fun and challenging. With various methods for assessing comprehension, this invaluable c… [more below]
- Series: Great Works
- Author: Kroll, Jennifer
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 72
- Publish Date: January 01 2015
- ISBN10: 1425889972
- Language: English
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The Past Ten: An Anthology
$29.95 Add to cartBased on the Past-Ten.com website created and launched by executive editor Donald Quist in 2017, The Past Ten features a wide range of responses from parenthood, to family issues, professional develop
- Author: Quist, Donald
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 280
- Publish Date: March 11 2025
- ISBN10: 1960329758
- Language: English
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SpeakerShip: Command Your Stage. Steer Your Impact.
$16.95 Add to cartSpeakerSHIP: Steer Your Message. Anchor Your Impact.
Public speaking doesn’t have to be scary-it just takes the right ship.
Whether you’re delivering a keynote, pitching your startup, leading a team mee
- Series: Getting Your Ship Together #1
- Author: Foland, Ryan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 172
- Publish Date: August 13 2025
- ISBN10: 9798349533495
- Language: English
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And Then? and Then? What Else?
$18.99 Add to cartWriting as Lemony Snicket, Daniel Handler has led several generations of young readers into that special and curious space of being hopelessly lost, and joyfully finding yourself, in the essential str
- Author: Handler, Daniel
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: September 09 2025
- ISBN10: 132409706X
- Language: English
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Highly Irregular: Why Tough, Through, and Dough Don’t Rhyme–And Other Oddities of the English Language
$15.99 Add to cartFor anyone who has ever wondered why English is so weird, an entertaining and expert tour of the most puzzling parts of our language.
Maybe you’ve been speaking English all your life, or maybe you lea- Author: Okrent, Arika
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: March 01 2024
- ISBN10: 0197760910
- Language: English
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How Poems Get Made
$20.99 Add to cartWhy does a great lyric poem ask to be reread, even after we know it by heart? In How Poems Get Made, acclaimed poet and critic James Longenbach answers this question by discussing a wide range of exem… [more below]
- Author: Longenbach, James
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 178
- Publish Date: August 28 2018
- ISBN10: 0393355209
- Language: English
