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The Accent Handbook

A Practical Guide to Learning Accents

By: Jessica Hammett,Lottie Williams-Burrell

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The Accent Handbook

A Practical Guide to Learning Accents

By: Jessica Hammett,Lottie Williams-Burrell

Need to learn an accent for an audition? Got the part but can't quite grasp the sounds? Want to expand your repertoire? The Accent Handbook is a novel approach to accent-learning, providing a practical, digestible and customisable way of learning any accent of your choosing. Drawing on the authors' extensive experience coaching students and leading stage and screen actors, the book offers more than 200 empowering exercises to actively explore and hone accent features. You can dip in and out or go from cover to cover, depending on your aims, what you're learning or how much time you have. The book is accompanied by a wide-ranging and diverse library of contemporary accent recordings from across the globe. Uniquely, it also offers a guide to finding accent samples and getting more out of your listening. A section devoted to accent and acting delves into the powerful interplay between dialect, character and performance. Approachable and encouraging, this book is an essential companion to keep by your side as you take on an accent, from first listen to performance.

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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1350243345

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9781350243347

Creating the people’s war

Civil defence communities in Second World War Britain

By: Jessica Hammett

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Creating the people’s war

Civil defence communities in Second World War Britain

By: Jessica Hammett

Why has the 'people's war' been such a durable and attractive myth? Creating the people's war examines how civil defence personnel engaged with this narrative during the war and in the following decades to answer this question. Civil defence was the most significant voluntary organisation of the Second World War, involving millions of men and women of every class, generation and locality in Britain. This book shows how local communities of civil defence personnel co-developed narratives about the value of their work which challenged hierarchies of war service. In their social groups volunteers wrote themselves into the 'people's war' and invested it with meaning, creating national identity from the bottom up. Community was both central to these representations and vital for their production.

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Manchester University Press

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1526162407

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9781526162403

On the Outside

Prisoner Reentry and Reintegration

By: David J. Harding,Jeffrey D. Morenoff,Jessica J. B. Wyse

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On the Outside

Prisoner Reentry and Reintegration

By: David J. Harding,Jeffrey D. Morenoff,Jessica J. B. Wyse

“A crucial analysis of how the truly disadvantaged people who enter prison fare in the three years after their release.” —Paula England, NYU America’s high incarceration rates are a well-known facet of contemporary political conversations. Mentioned far less often is what happens to the nearly 700,000 former prisoners who rejoin society each year. On the Outside examines the lives of twenty-two people—varied in race and gender but united by their time in the criminal justice system—as they pass out of the prison gates and back into the world. The book takes a clear-eyed look at the challenges faced by formerly incarcerated citizens as they try to find work, housing, and stable communities. Standing alongside these individual portraits is a quantitative study conducted by the authors that followed every state prisoner in Michigan who was released on parole in 2003 (roughly 11,000 individuals) for the next seven years, providing a comprehensive view of their post-prison neighborhoods, families, employment, and contact with the parole system. On the Outside delivers a powerful combination of hard data and personal narrative that shows why our country continues to struggle with the social and economic reintegration of the formerly incarcerated. One of the Vera Institute of Justice’s Best Criminal Justice Books of 2019

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University of Chicago Press

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022660778X

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9780226607788

Best Pick

A Journey through Film History and the Academy Awards

By: John Dorney,Jessica Regan,Tom Salinsky

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Best Pick

A Journey through Film History and the Academy Awards

By: John Dorney,Jessica Regan,Tom Salinsky

A fascinating history of motion pictures through the lens of the Academy Awards, the Best Picture winners, and the box-office contenders. In Best Pick: A Journey through Film History and the Academy Awards, John Dorney, Jessica Regan, and Tom Salinsky provide a captivating decade-by-decade exploration of the Oscars. For each decade, they examine the making of classic films, trends and innovations in cinema, behind-the-scenes scandals at the awards ceremony, and who won and why. Twenty films are reviewed in-depth, alongside ten detailed “making-of” accounts and capsule reviews of every single Best Picture winner in history. In addition, each Best Picture winner is carefully scrutinized to answer the ultimate question: “Did the Academy get it right?” Full of wonderful stories, cogent analysis, and fascinating insights, Best Pick is a witty and enthralling look at the people, politics, movies, and trends that have shaped our cinematic world.

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Rowman & Littlefield

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153816311X

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9781538163115

The Rough Guide to Film

By: Jessica Winter,Lloyd Hughes,Richard Armstrong,Tom Charity

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The Rough Guide to Film

By: Jessica Winter,Lloyd Hughes,Richard Armstrong,Tom Charity

The Rough Guide to Film is a bold new guide to cinema. Arranged by director, it covers the top moguls, mavericks and studio stalwarts of every era, genre and region, in addition to lots of lesser-known names. With each film placed in the context of its director’s career, the guide reviews thousands of the greatest movies ever made, with lists highlighting where to start, arranged by genre and by region. You’ll find profiles of over eight hundred directors, from Hollywood legends Alfred Hitchcock and John Huston to contemporary favourites like Steven Soderbergh and Martin Scorsese and cult names such as David Lynch and Richard Linklater. The guide is packed with great cinema from around the globe, including French New Wave, German giants, Iranian innovators and the best of East Asia, from Akira Kurosawa to Wong Kar-Wai and John Woo. With overviews of all major movements and genres, feature boxes on partnerships between directors and key actors, and cinematographers and composers, this is your essential guide to a world of cinema.

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Penguin

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1405384980

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9781405384988

Moon Route 66 Road Trip

Drive the Classic Route from Chicago to Los Angeles

By: Jessica Dunham,Moon Travel Guides

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Moon Route 66 Road Trip

Drive the Classic Route from Chicago to Los Angeles

By: Jessica Dunham,Moon Travel Guides

Moon Route 66 Road Trip reveals the ins and outs of this iconic highway, from sweeping prairies and retro roadside pit-stops to the stunning vistas of the Southwest. Inside you'll find: Maps and Driving Tools: 38 easy-to-use maps detail the existing roads that comprise the original Route 66, along with site-to-site mileage, driving times, detailed directions for the entire route, and full-color photos throughout Eat, Sleep, Stop and Explore: With lists of the best hikes, bites, roadside curiosities, and more, you can admire extraordinary landscapes like Acoma Pueblo or Joshua Tree National Park, explore big cities like Los Angeles and Chicago, or wander abandoned ghost towns. Immerse yourself in classic Americana with outsider art and kitsch masterpieces, find the most Instagram-worthy retro motels, and sample the breadth of regional cuisine, from deep dish pizza to carne asada Flexible Itineraries: Moon Route 66 Road Trip covers Illinois, Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, and California. Drive the entire original Mother Road in two weeks, or follow strategic routes for shorter trips to Chicago, Los Angeles, St. Louis, Santa Fe, and the Grand Canyon, plus side trips to Taos, Las Vegas, Joshua Tree, and Santa Monica Expert Perspective: Jessica Dunham has driven thousands of miles along the famed highway and provides cultural insight, insider tips, and critical history of the route Planning Your Trip: Know when and where to get gas and how to avoid traffic, plus tips for driving in different road and weather conditions and suggestions for international visitors, LGBTQ travelers, seniors, road-trippers with kids, and accessibility With Moon Route 66 Road Trip's practical tips, detailed itineraries, and tried-and-true expertise, you're ready to fill up the tank and hit the road. About Moon Travel Guides: Moon was founded in 1973 to empower independent, active, and conscious travel. We prioritize local businesses, outdoor recreation, and traveling strategically and sustainably. Moon Travel Guides are written by local, expert authors with great stories to tell—and they can't wait to share their favorite places with you. For more inspiration, follow @moonguides on social media.

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Moon Travel

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1640499822

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9781640499829

Deadlier Than The Male

By: Jessica Mann

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Deadlier Than The Male

By: Jessica Mann

Why are English women so good at murder? Among the books which have survived for more than half a century, always in print and always in demand, are the murder mysteries by Dorothy L. Sayers, Agatha Christie and other women writers. Yet their male competitors are mostly forgotten. What is it about these womens' work that has kept it alive? And what was it about the authors that gave them such violent or cunning imaginations, always hidden behind the most respectable of facades? In this book, first published in 1981, Jessica Mann brings the perception of a fellow crime writer to her investigation of her predecessors' lives and work. She discusses the changes in the mystery form over the years, and its enduring worldwide popularity, in a book that was described by one critic as "e;obligatory reading for any reader of crime fiction"e;, and of which another wrote "e;I cannot recall a better work of criticism devoted to the crime story."e;

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eBook Partnership

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1783016272

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9781783016273

Murder, She Wrote: The Fine Art of Murder

By: Jessica Fletcher,Donald Bain

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Murder, She Wrote: The Fine Art of Murder

By: Jessica Fletcher,Donald Bain

FRAMED? Jessica’s art-viewing Italian vacation is interrupted by a pair of gunmen who steal a painting and kill a retired police officer in the process. Agreeing to help identify the crooks should they be caught, Jessica returns to Cabot Cove and puts the shocking experience behind her. Months later, Wayne Simsbury, the stepson of an old friend, comes to her for help. Wayne’s father has been shot to death. Not only has Wayne’s stepmother, Marlise, been charged with the murder, but Wayne himself claims to have witnessed the crime. Unsure what to do, he has sought out Jessica—the one person his stepmother had always claimed could help with any problem. Now, on top of a seemingly open-and-shut murder case to crack in Chicago, Jessica finds herself back in Italy helping the police make their case against the art thieves—and she faces a looming danger that may connect the Italian killers to the fate of her old friend....

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Penguin

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1101544627

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9781101544624

Murder, She Wrote: Manuscript for Murder

By: Jessica Fletcher,Jon Land

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Murder, She Wrote: Manuscript for Murder

By: Jessica Fletcher,Jon Land

Based on the Universal Television series created by Peter S. Fischer, Richard Levinson & William Link.

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Berkley

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0451489306

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9780451489302

Bullies, Bastards And Bitches

How To Write The Bad Guys Of Fiction

By: Jessica Page Morrell

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Bullies, Bastards And Bitches

How To Write The Bad Guys Of Fiction

By: Jessica Page Morrell

Get to Know Your Character's Sinister Side A truly memorable antagonist is not a one-dimensional super villain bent on world domination for no particular reason. Realistic, credible bad guys create essential story complications, personalize conflict, add immediacy to a story line, and force the protagonist to evolve. From mischief-makers to villains to arch nemeses, Bullies, Bastards & Bitches shows you how to create nuanced bad guys who are indispensable to the stories in which they appear. Through detailed instruction and examples from contemporary bestsellers and classic page-turners, author Jessica Page Morrell also shows you how to: • Understand the subtle but key differences between unlikeable protagonists, anti-heroes, dark heroes, and bad boys • Supply even your darkest sociopath with a sympathetic attribute that will engage readers • Set the stage for an unforgettable standoff between your hero and your villain • Choose the right type of female villain—femme fatale, mommy dearest, avenger, etc.—for your story Bullies, Bastards & Bitches is your all-encompassing bad-guy compendium to tapping into any character's dark side.

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Penguin

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1599634325

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9781599634326

Overtested

How High-Stakes Accountability Fails English Language Learners

By: Jessica Zacher-Pandya

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Overtested

How High-Stakes Accountability Fails English Language Learners

By: Jessica Zacher-Pandya

This timely book explores what is often overlooked in policy debates about the education of English language learners: how the day-to-day dynamics of the classroom are affected by high-stakes testing and the pressures students and teachers experience and internalize as a result. The author presents and analyzes classroom observations, student work, and test scores, as well as interviews with students and teachers. A disturbing picture of today’s overtested public school classroom emerges from the events and practices described in this book. While hard to believe, all the depictions presented took place in a real elementary school classroom and reflect the current culture of extreme accountability. Overtestednot only describes the flaws in our current accountability system, but it also provides real-world solutions that can have an immediate and positive effect at the classroom, state, and national level. Chapters address key debates such as how to measure proficiency, the validity of various language assessment tools, the overuse of assessment, and the risks and benefits of teaching language arts to English language learners via mandated, structured curricula. Jessica Zacher Pandyais an Associate Professor in the Departments of Teacher Education and Liberal Studies at California State University, Long Beach. “This book tells an important tale that cannot be conveyed by numbers and tables.... It is important information for teachers; for those who depend on, employ, and train teachers; and for those who create the policies under which teachers are required to operate.” —From the Foreword byRobert Rueda, University of Southern California, author ofThe 3 Dimensions of Improving Student Performance: Finding the Right Solutions to the Right Problems “How many more dire tales of ‘schooling for assessment’ must be told before we realize that teaching and testing are not the same and that scores on standardized, multiple choice achievement tests are a sorry substitute for an engaging learning environment? In this book, Jessica Zacher Pandya reaches across ideological and institutional borders to offer reasonable, pragmatic solutions for change.” —Linda Valli, Jeffrey & David Mullan Professor of Teacher Education & Professional Development, College of Education, University of Maryland “Zacher Pandya’s invaluable book exposes the injustices and absurdities of our high-stakes accountability era. Just as importantly, it limns a more academically robust and culturally relevant instructional vision for English language learners.” —Gerald Campano, University of Pennsylvania

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Teachers College Press

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0807771449

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9780807771440

Murder, She Wrote: Gin and Daggers

By: Jessica Fletcher,Donald Bain

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Murder, She Wrote: Gin and Daggers

By: Jessica Fletcher,Donald Bain

Jessica Fletcher is off to London to deliver the keynote address at a mystery writers convention. She's also looking forward to seeing her mentor, Marjorie Ainsworth, who's hosting a party on her estate to celebrate her latest book. But a routine business trip becomes murderous business--when Jessica discovers Marjorie stabbed to death in her own bedroom...

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Penguin

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1440673500

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9781440673504

The Fantasy MEGAPACK ®

By: Lester del Rey,Philip K. Dick,Jessica Amanda Salmonson,Robert Bloch,Robert E. Howard

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The Fantasy MEGAPACK ®

By: Lester del Rey,Philip K. Dick,Jessica Amanda Salmonson,Robert Bloch,Robert E. Howard

Here is a grab-bag collection of great fantasy stories -- modern and classic, adventure-filled and serious, funny and sad -- by authors whose work you may already know, or may be discovering for the first time. Included are: THE COPPERSMITH, by Lester del Rey DOGS QUESTING, by John Gregory Betancourt OF WITHERED APPLES, by Philip K. Dick YELLOW EYES, by Marylois Dunn SEA TIGER, by Henry S. Whitehead THE BLACK TOWER, by R. H. Barlow THE SHADOW FROM ABOVE, by R.H. Barlow THE FLAGON OF BEAUTY, by R.H. Barlow THE SACRED BIRD, by R.H. Barlow THE TOMB OF THE GOD, by R.H. Barlow GIVE THE DEVIL HIS DUE, by Mack Reynolds DREAMTIME IN ADJAPHON, by John Gregory Betancourt A LEGEND OF LANTH, by Robert W. Lowndes THE SIREN, by F. Anstey MORRIEN'S BITCH, by Janet Fox ALLIANCES, by Janet Fox GATHER ROUND THE FLOWING BOWLER, by Robert Bloch AFRAID OF HIS SHADOW, by Dorothy Donnell Calhoun THE DAUGHTER OF THOR, by Edmond Hamilton THE WALTZ, by Morris W. Gowen WHITE LADY, by Sophie Wenzel Ellis CARILLON OF SKULLS by Lester del Rey and James H. Beard THE LAST GUARDIAN OF RU ISHTL, by John Gregory Betancourt SKULLS IN THE STARS, by Robert E. Howard If you enjoy this ebook, don't forget to search your favorite ebook store for "Wildside Press Megapack" to see more of the 260+ volumes in this series, covering adventure, historical fiction, mysteries, westerns, ghost stories, science fiction -- and much, much more!

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Wildside Press LLC

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1479407607

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9781479407606

Reinventing the Wheel

By: Jessica Helfand

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Reinventing the Wheel

By: Jessica Helfand

A delightful look at the history of the information wheel

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Princeton Architectural Press

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1568985967

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9781568985961

And Give You Peace

By: Jessica Treadway

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And Give You Peace

By: Jessica Treadway

How do you survive when the desperate action of a loved one has shattered your family? In And Give You Peace, a young woman, Anastasia Dolarn, courageously examines her seemingly normal childhood to uncover the motivations behind an unspeakable tragedy. Jessica Treadway flawlessly portrays the complexity of human experience in the face of incomprehensible loss, revealing yet again why the New York Times Book Review has called her "a writer with an unsparing bent for the truth.

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Graywolf Press

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1555979165

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9781555979164

Nineteenth Century Literature Criticism

By: Jessica Bomarito

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Nineteenth Century Literature Criticism

By: Jessica Bomarito

Presents literary criticism on the works of nineteenth-century writers of all genres, nations, and cultures. Critical essays are selected from leading sources, including published journals, magazines, books, reviews, diaries, broadsheets, pamphlets, and scholarly papers. Criticism includes early views from the author's lifetime as well as later views, including extensive collections of contemporary analysis.

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Nineteenth-Century Literature

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0787686379

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9780787686376

Creating the people’s war

Civil defence communities in Second World War Britain

By: Jessica Hammett

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Creating the people’s war

Civil defence communities in Second World War Britain

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Manchester University Press

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1526162407

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