Catalog Search Results
Do you want to learn a new language? Mango for libraries offers over 70 world language courses expertly designed to adapt to a diverse range of learning needs, styles, and backgrounds.
You will need a State Library of Kansas eCard to sign up for Mango Languages. Then you can download the app or use your web browser to begin learning the language of your choice!
Contact your local library to learn how to get a Kansas eCard.
Author
Language
English
Description
Pain is a universal language. We have all experienced it, all the varied variants of it.
Pain requires release
So I wrote these
Hope somehow, somewhen
These poems brings you ease
This book is to be a reminder of how we have been there before and will get through for sure.
2) Foniktoons
Author
Language
English
Description
This book contains 50 Foniktoon puzzles that will help you increase your vocabulary in a fun way. Read the captions above the illustrations and then see the translations below.Homonyms are words that are pronounced the same as each other (e.g., maid/made) or have the same spelling (e.g., lead weight/to lead). When homonyms have the same sound, they are called homophones. When they have the same spelling, they are known as homographs.Foniktoons word...
Author
Language
English
Description
This is not a book or a guide. It's an instruction manual.Just like you would use to build a flat-pack wardrobe.This one happens to be for stories of any genre, from horror to romanceIt's a practical, step by step, nuts and bolts approach.Add a bunch of innovative, unique tips and you have everything you need to craft a page turner.Jan-Andrew Henderson is a professional editor, industry assessor and multi-award-winning author of 40 books.
Author
Language
English
Description
Get the Summary of Malcolm Gladwell's What the Dog Saw in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. "What the Dog Saw: And Other Adventures" is a collection of essays by Malcolm Gladwell that explores the intricacies of various phenomena through the lens of psychology, economics, and social science. The book delves into the lives of pitchmen like Ron Popeil and his family, who revolutionized the infomercial industry with...
Author
Language
English
Description
A Student's Guide to Liberal Learning is an inviting conversation with a learned scholar about the content of an authentic liberal arts education. It surveys ideas and books central to the tradition of humanistic education that has fundamentally shaped our country and our civilization. This accessible volume argues for an order and integration of knowledge so that meaning might be restored to the haphazard approach to study currently dominating higher...
Author
Language
English
Description
Who are the greatest reporters in history? This unique book is the first to try and answer this question. Author David Randall searched nearly two centuries of newspapers and magazines, consulted editors and journalism experts worldwide, and the result is The Great Reporters - 13 in-depth profiles of the best journalists who ever lived.
Each profile tells of the reporter's life and his or her major stories, how they were obtained, and their...
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
Dubbed 'the poster girl of Palestinian militancy', Leila Khaled's image flashed across the world after she hijacked a passenger jet in 1969. The picture of a young, determined looking woman with a checkered scarf, clutching an AK-47, was as era-defining as that of Che Guevara.
In this intimate profile, based on interviews with Khaled and those who know her, Sarah Irving gives us the life-story behind the image. Key moments of Khaled's turbulent...
Author
Language
English
Description
Get the Summary of Steven Pinker's The Sense of Style in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. Steven Pinker's "The Sense of Style" challenges the notion that writing prowess is purely instinctual, emphasizing the importance of reading in developing a sophisticated writing style. Pinker argues that principles of writing can be taught and that analyzing exemplary prose is key to improving one's own writing. He critiques...
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
Empower your creativity and banish writer's block.This creative writing book contains:52 Original Photo Prompts in Full Color92 Written Prompts with 422 Combinations30 Animal Facts14 Master ListsPlus Tips and TricksDive in and explore a variety of different prompt styles designed to inspire you and spark your inner muse.This workbook is great for:writers who need to banish writer's blockteachers who need bell activitiessomeone who wants daily writing...
Author
Language
English
Description
The author of The Chicago Manual of Style's popular "Grammar and Usage" chapter, Bryan A. Garner is renowned for explaining the vagaries of English with absolute precision and utmost clarity. With The Chicago Guide to Grammar, Usage, and Punctuation, he has written the definitive guide for writers who want their prose to be both memorable and correct.
Garner describes standard literary English-the forms that mark writers and speakers as educated...
Author
Language
English
Description
Reincarnation Blues, and other Poems, is a collection of 50 poems and sonnets, all a product of the fertile mind of Frank Thomas Smith. Also included are translations of other author's poetry made by Frank. Most of the contents of this book are Anthroposophical in nature, but they are done in such a way that everyone can understand and enjoy living in the verse.
Author
Language
English
Description
This book introduces the reader to a new way of approaching political discourse which is called discursive political analysis (DPA). DPA takes the political realm as the kernel and conceptualizes political discourse as a functional tool which constantly modifies the agent's position vis-à-vis structural factors to achieve or maintain political hegemony. DPA can be viewed as a complementary aspect of political analysis and addresses a wide audience...
Author
Language
English
Description
Get the Summary of Mark Forsyth's The Elements of Eloquence in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. "The Elements of Eloquence" by Mark Forsyth explores the power and intricacies of rhetorical devices in the English language. Forsyth delves into the allure of alliteration, as seen in Shakespeare's works and political slogans, and the subtlety of polyptoton, where a word is used in different forms to enrich the text....
Author
Language
English
Description
There is a famous 11th century collection of stories, folktales, legends and histories written in Sanskrit, by the Shaivite Somadeva, called the "Kathasaritsagara" or the "Oceans of the Streams of Stories". There are multiple layers of story, within a story in this amazing collection of stories. The "Kathasaritsagara", is a large collection of stories loosely strung together. The stories are narrated for the recreation and the information of the same...
Author
Language
Español
Description
Poner nombre a revelaciones vespertinas, apagar incendios en el pecho, restañar heridas producidas por el mundo cuando este se quiebra, convertirse en nube, seguir oyendo la voz de los padres… de estas necesidades surge este Bestiario del deseo.
Dividido en tres secciones, Bestiario, Deseo y Pecios, el de Juana Gallardo es un poemario de la sencillez y de lo efímero, tanto en la naturaleza como en la cultura. Numerosas son las referencias a autores...
Author
Language
English
Description
What do the phrases "pro-life," "intelligent design," and "the war on terror" have in common? Each of them is a name for something that smuggles in a highly charged political opinion. Words and phrases that function in this special way go by many names. Some writers call them "evaluative-descriptive terms." Others talk of "terministic screens" or discuss the way debates are "framed." Author Steven Poole calls them Unspeak. Unspeak represents an attempt...
Author
Language
Español
Description
Tienes una historia que contar al mundo
Tienes una historia que contar y no sabes como llevarla al papel. Conseguir una historia que no aburra y bien estructurada. Pero nadie te ha enseñado cómo hacerlo... hasta ahora.
Me llamo Raimon Samsó, soy autor de 32 libros, y he conseguido 2 premios literarios y he vendido cientos de miles de ejemplares.
Este libro te revelará las claves de mi éxito literario. He resumido lo que aprendí leyendo, hablando...
Didn't find it?
Can't find what you are looking for? Try our Materials Request Service. Submit Request