Collection: Adult Non Fiction - Languages and Literature

No dark clouds literally blew in during the financial storm. No flowers actually bloomed during the Arab Spring. And when we save data to a cloud, our files don't really reside in a fluffy white mass of condensed water vapour. We use metaphor once every sixteen words. Using imagery to conceptuali...

Until Donald Trump publishes his account of his entire four or eight or one-and-a-half years in the White House, the definitive chronicle will be You Can't Spell America Without Me: The Really Tremendous Inside Story of My Fantastic First Year As President. He was elected because he was the most ...

The poets here are Elizabeth Campbell, Bonny Cassidy, Sarah Holland-Batt, LK Holt, Graeme Miles, Simon West and Petra White. And the book is a celebration; large samples of poems from each. Generational groupings of poets usually form around common reading interests. This one shares an idea of de...

"This practical and indispensable guide teaches you to understand and work with your audience, take control of your own emotions, and create the perfect materials to supplement your speech and help drive your message home. With practice activities, real-world case studies, tips you never thought ...

The story of a forbidden book that became a symbol of freedom and rebellion in the battle between East and West. 1956. Boris Pasternak presses a manuscript into the hands of an Italian publishing scout with these words: 'This is Doctor Zhivago. May it make its way around the world.' Pasternak kne...