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In this scholarly yet highly accessible work, Eva Hemmungs Wirtén traces three main themes within the scope of cultural ownership: authorship as one of the basic features of print culture, the use of intellectual property rights as a privileged instrument of control, and finally globalization as...

Humans instinctively form words by weaving patterns of meaningless speech elements. Moreover, we do so in specific, regular ways. We contrast dogs and gods, favour blogs to lbogs. We begin forming sound-patterns at birth and, like songbirds, we do so spontaneously, even in the absence of an adult...

Met ‘De goede lezer’ stelt de Australische filosoof Damon Young niet de auteur maar de lezer zelf centraal. Want we worden niet als lezer geboren – integendeel: lezen is een kunst die we moeten leren. Maar waarom worden dan alleen auteurs geprezen om hun schrijfkunst en is er voor de lezer nauwelijks...

Trivia-on-Book: The Road to Character by David Brooks Take the challenge yourself and share it with friends and family for a time of fun! A well-known conservative pundit and The New York Times columnist, David Brooks, takes the most influential bestseller lists by storm with his freshly published...

Trivia-on-Book: Modern Romance by Aziz Ansari Take the fan-challenge yourself and share it with family and friends! In the 2015 New York Times Bestseller Modern Romance, celebrated actor and comedian Aziz Ansari explores the interaction between love and technology and how this affects today's...

What is the role of literary studies in an age of Twitter threads and viral news? If the study of literature today is not just about turning to classic texts with age-old questions, neither is it a rejection of close reading or critical inquiry. Through the lived experience of a humanities...

Premier ouvrage de la série Les Savoirs proposée par les éditions Ex æquo, il paraissait utile que ce fût un livre qui expose aux lecteurs ce que représente la lecture, comment elle sollicite les circuits complexes de notre cerveau. Lire est un plaisir presque addictif pour certains,...

3000-WORD ENGLISH-HINDI VOCABULARYThis book is a learning tool for mastering basic Hindi vocabulary. It will help you obtain a solid base in your knowledge of the Hindi language. The 3000 words contained in this edition will aid in your understanding of simple phrases and hone your composition...

Più cresce la quantità di informazioni a nostra disposizione, più aumenta la necessità di gestirla in modo rapido ed efficace. Lettura Veloce è un vero e proprio corso pratico per imparare a leggere, comprendere, organizzare e memorizzare rapidamente tutto ciò che ti interessa conoscere, potenziando...

Improve your language, reading speed, comprehension, and fluency in a fun and easy way. The Big Ideas readers help you learn about the world while you learn English. The 15 stories and articles in Interesting People are written with carefully chosen vocabulary and grammar. They are good...

This innovative book moves beyond the day-to-day matters of coaching to a deeper examination of how literacy coaching can improve instructional practice. The authors offer research-based strategies that can be used to create the professional and dynamic relationships needed for successful teachercoach...

This book brings a renewed critical focus to the history of novel writing, publishing, selling and reading, expanding its viewing beyond national territories. Relying on primary sources (such as advertisements, censorship reviews, publisher and bookstore catalogues), the book examines the paths taken...

It is impossible to separate the content of a book from its form. In this study, Filipe Carreira da Silva and Mónica Brito Vieira expand our understanding of the history of social and political scholarship by examining how the entirety of a book mediates and constitutes meaning in ways that affect...

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