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Manual of Business Italian: A Comprehensive Language Guide (Manuals Of Business Ser.)
By Vincent Edwards, Gianfranca Gessa Shepheard. 1996
Manual of Business Italian is the most comprehensive, single-volume reference handbook for students and professionals using Italian.Designed for all users,…
no matter what level of language skill, this manual comprises five parts: * A 6000-word, two-way Glossary of the most useful business terms * A 100-page Written Communications section giving models of 50 letters, faxes and documents * An 80-page Spoken Situations section covering face-to-face and telephone situations * A short Reference Grammar outlining the major grammar features of Italian * A short Business Facts section covering essential information of the country or countries where Italian is used Written by an experienced native and non-native speaker team, this unique volume is an essential, one-stop reference for all students and professionals studying or working in business and management where Italian is usedNatural Disaster: I Cover them. I am one.
By Ginger Zee. 2017
Ginger grew up in small-town Michigan where she developed an obsession with weather as a young girl. Ginger opens up…
about her lifelong battle with crippling depression, her romances that range from misguided to dangerous, and her tumultuous professional path.Russian in Plain English: A Very Basic Russian Starter for Complete Beginners
By Natalia V. Parker. 2020
Russian in Plain English enables complete beginners to acquire the skill of reading words written in Cyrillic independently, with no…
English transcription or imitated pronunciation, within a short period of time. This book introduces the Cyrillic alphabet gradually, feeding in the letters and their various pronunciation aspects one by one over its ten units, thus building a complete picture of the Russian sound and writing systems. It also highlights the interrelationship of the two systems and helps learners to see the logic behind the use of the Cyrillic alphabet. In addition, the book teaches learners to produce Russian word stress on a marked syllable, contributing to stress acquisition. Furthermore, the book explains the basic grammatical features of Russian words and the rules of how to put them into sentences, enabling learners to start saying things in Russian from Unit 1. It employs some findings of research in language processing, helping learners to start building their speaking and reading skills. This book is an essential guide for all beginners, including students and independent learners.The Investigative Reporter’s Handbook: A Guide To Documents, Databases, And Techniques
By Brant Houston, Mark Horvit, Investigative Reporters, Inc. Editors. 2021
Build the fundamental investigative writing and reporting skills you need to investigate anything and anyone. The text’s easy-to-use handbook style…
allows readers to quickly access any information--everything from how to build quality reporting skills and collaborate on investigations to tips for researching a variety of beats. This is the text on investigative reporting, infused with illustrative quotes and instructive examples from highly-respected journalists around the world.The Bedford Handbook
By Diana Hacker, Nancy Sommers. 2020
If you haven't looked at The Bedford Handbook in a while, look again: This edition has everything your students need…
to become stronger writers--in a briefer book. This reimagined Bedford Handbook takes a fresh "essentials" approach to the familiar coverage of writing, research, style, and grammar that The Bedford Handbook has always had. The result is a handbook that's equal parts approachable and comprehensive. Students will quickly find answers in the book's direct explanations and step-by-step instruction. They'll get the practice and guidance they need with exercises, how-to guides, model papers, and class-tested examples. The advice you trust from Diana Hacker and Nancy Sommers is here. It all comes in a book that's easier to carry, easier to use, and more affordable than ever.From Chaos to Creativity: Building a Productivity System for Artists and Writers
By Jessie L. Kwak. 2019
Art and writing can be the most fulfilling part of our lives. But it's often difficult to make space for it in…
our day-to-day existence, especially if we're not at the point yet where creating it is our job. Sometimes we have so many ideas it&’s difficult to keep them all organized, much less maintaining a creative schedule or dedicated workspace. With all the clutter overwhelming your scattered brain (not to mention your desk), it's all too easy to fall into procrastination and disarray. From Chaos to Creativity is a series of glowing beacon. Jessie L. Kwak has written a Getting Things Done for artists and writers, drawing on her experience as a professional copywriter with a novel-writing habit, and from interviews with other authors, artists, musicians, and designers, to teach you how to focus on the good ideas, manage your project, make time in your life, and execute your passions to completion. Make great art by channeling your chaotic creative force into productive power and let the world see what you're capable of!Fundamentals Of English Grammar (Azar Grammar Series)
By Betty Schrampfer Azar. 2003
The Fundamentals of English Grammar Workbook consists of self-study exercises for independent work. A classic developmental skills text for lower-intermediate…
and intermediate English language learners, Fundamentals of English Grammar is a comprehensive grammar as well as a stimulating and teachable classroom text.El tiempo detenido y otras historias de África
By Lola Hierro. 2018
Prólogo de Xavier AldekoaEpílogo de José Naranjo Una mirada fascinante al continente africano para descubrir vidas, culturas, tradiciones, sabores y…
olores, que invitan al lector a inventar su propia África. Gracias a su trabajo como reportera, Lola Hierro ha conocido la esperanza de igualdad de las mujeres en Etiopía; ha dormido junto a hipopótamos en Kenia; ha admirado el trabajo de las campesinas del mar en Tanzania; ha saboreado el café preparado a la manera tradicional en Uganda; ha sido alumna de la maestra Doussou Fané en Malí; ha sido testigo de las duras condiciones de vida de los refugiados en Níger; ha comprobado la resistencia de los bosquimanos en Botsuana; ha abrazado el mar y el desierto en Namibia, y ha sobrevivido a las indómitas aguas del río Zambeze en Zimbaue. Una invitación a viajar en un matatu particular y observar la forma de vida y los cambios que se producen en un vastísimo territorio en el que, en palabras de la autora, «el tiempo se detiene ante nuestros ojos, sí, pero como la noria que para un momento y permite que nos subamos antes de empezar a girar y llevarnos al cielo».Thinking German Translation: A Course in Translation Method (Thinking Translation)
By Ian Higgins, Sándor Hervey, Michael Loughridge, Mr Ian Higgins. 1995
Thinking German Translation is a comprehensive and revolutionary 20-week course in translation method offering a challenging and entertaining approach to…
the acquisition of translation skills. It has been fully and successfully piloted at the University of St.Andrews.Translation is presented as a problem-solving discipline. Discussion, examples and a full range of exercise work enable students to acquire the skills necessary for a broad range of translation problems.Examples are drawn from a wide variety of material from technical and commercial texts to poetry and song.Thinking German Translation is essential reading for advanced undergraduates and postgraduate students of German. The book will also appeal to a wide range of languages students and tutors through the general discussion of principles, purposes and practice of translation.Liberty and the News
By Walter Lippmann. 1995
This little gem of a book, which first appeared in 1920, was written in Walter Lippmann's thirtieth year. He was…
still full of the passionate faith in democracy that was evident in his writings before the First World War. From today's point of view, Lippmann's argument seems unusually prescient. He was troubled by distortions in newspaper journalism, but was also deeply aware of the need to protect a free press. Lippmann believed that toleration of alternative beliefs was essential to maintaining the vitality of democracy. Liberty and the News is a key transitional work in the corpus of Lippmann's writings. For it is here that he proposes that public opinion is largely a response not to truths but rather to a "pseudo-environment" which exists between people and the external world. Lippmann was worried that if the beliefs that get exchanged between people are hollow, and bear only a purely accidental relationship to the world as it truly is, then the entire case for democracy is in danger of having been built on sand. His concerns remain very much alive and important.Dictionary of European Proverbs
By Emanuel Strauss. 1995
This Dictionary contains over 50,000 proverbs, in some 70 European languages and dialects, arranged in 2,500 sets. It is the…
fruits of over 40 years of collection and research, the only collection of proverbs on anything like this scale ever to be published anywhere in the world. Emanuel Strauss has trawled through innumerable collections of proverbs in all languages, from early printed books and rare items to the latest theses and journals, and grouped together many thousands of proverbs in sets of equivalent meaning. Comprehensive indexes for each language provide access to any proverb by way of its key words. A critical bibliography musters some 500 items, from incunabula to the current decade.German Business Situations
By Paul Hartley, Gertrud Robins. 1995
German Business Situations is a handy reference and learning text for all who use or need spoken German for business.…
Over 40 situations are simply presented, including * basic phone calls * leaving messages * making presentations * comparing, enquiring, booking selling techniques With full English translations and usage note, German Business Situations will help you to communicate confidently and effectively in a broad range of everyday business situationsOxford Modern English Grammar
By Bas Aarts. 2011
Oxford Modern English Grammar is Oxford's brand new and definitive guide to English grammar. This book has been written by…
a leading expert in the field, covers both British and American English, and makes use of authentic spoken and written examples. Arranged in four clear parts for ease of use, its comprehensive coverage ranges from the very basic to the most complex aspects of grammar, all of which are explained clearly yet authoritatively. This descriptive source of reference is invaluable for those with an interest in the English language,undergraduate and postgraduate students, and for anyone who would like a clear guide to English grammar and how it is used.Journalism Online
By Mike Ward. 2002
Journalism Online tackles the pressing question of how to apply fundamental journalism skills to the online medium. It provides an…
essential guide to the Internet as a research and publishing tool. In particular, it examines how to forge key journalism skills with the distinctive qualities of the World Wide Web to provide compelling web content. Trainee and practicing online journalists will learn:- core journalism skills of identifying, collecting, selecting and presenting news and information;- multimedia skills such as audio recording and editing;- online research methods including use of search tools, newsgroups and listservs;- story construction and writing for the Web;- an introduction to HTML;- web site design for the effective use of content.Journalism Online takes the best of the 'new' and 'old' media to provide an essential primer for this emerging discipline. Leading web designers such as Jakob Nielsen rub shoulders with established journalists like Harold Evans in the search for clear guidance in this rapidly developing field. It also provides a useful insight for non-news organisations into how to prepare and present effective web content and avoid the deepest pitfall of the online world - being ignored.Supplementary resources can be found on the book's supporting web site www.journalismonline.co.uk, which features additional exercises, useful links and reviews.Objectively Engaged Journalism: An Ethic (McGill-Queen's Studies in the History of Ideas)
By Stephen J.A. Ward. 2019
A timely call for a new ethic of journalism engagement for today's troubled media sphere, Objectively Engaged Journalism argues that…
media should be neither neutral nor partisan but engaged in protecting egalitarian democracy. It shows how journalists, professional or citizen, can be both objective in method and dedicated to improving a global public sphere toxic with disinformation, fake news, and extremism. Drawing from history, ethics, and current media issues, Stephen Ward rejects the ideals of neutrality and "just the facts" objectivity, showing how they are based on invalid dualistic thinking with deep roots in Western culture. He presents a theory of pragmatic objectivity and applies it to journalism. Journalism's role in interpreting culture, he argues, needs a form of objectivity that embraces human strengths and limitations. Defining responsible journalism as situated, imperfect inquiry, Objectively Engaged Journalism is one of the first systematic studies of the ethical foundations of engaged journalism for a media that is increasingly perspectival and embedded in society.Georgian: A Learner's Grammar (Routledge Essential Grammars)
By George Hewitt. 1995
This is the first learner's grammar of this fascinating language to appear for many years.The Grammar presents the language in…
the form of dialogues and reading passages. Full attention is given to the script reproduction and recognition, pronunciation, lexis and individual points of grammar. There is a range of exercise work.The reference section provides an exercise answer key, Georgian-English glossary and an index of grammatical terms.Tabloiding the Truth: It's the Pun Wot Won It
By Steve Buckledee. 2020
What skills do journalists exhibit in sensationalising, exaggerating and otherwise ‘tabloiding’ the truth, while usually stopping short of stating unambiguous…
falsehoods? Why has the tabloid news not collapsed as predicted, but thrived as a medium in an age of interaction and online commentary? This book is a comprehensive and accessible exploration of the British tabloid newspapers from the 1960s to the present day. Examining topics such as sex and the representation of women, national stereotypes and Britain’s relationship with Europe, war coverage, celebrities, investigative journalism and instances where the tabloids have misread the public mood, the author draws on Critical Discourse Analysis and Stylistics to take a language-led approach to the UK tabloids. With its interdisciplinary approach and readable prose style, this book will be of interest to a wide range of readers across language and linguistics, media and communication, journalism, political science and British cultural studies.Metrics at Work: Journalism and the Contested Meaning of Algorithms
By Angele Christin. 2020
The starkly different ways that American and French online news companies respond to audience analytics and what this means for…
the future of newsWhen the news moved online, journalists suddenly learned what their audiences actually liked, through algorithmic technologies that scrutinize web traffic and activity. Has this advent of audience metrics changed journalists’ work practices and professional identities? In Metrics at Work, Angèle Christin documents the ways that journalists grapple with audience data in the form of clicks, and analyzes how new forms of clickbait journalism travel across national borders.Drawing on four years of fieldwork in web newsrooms in the United States and France, including more than one hundred interviews with journalists, Christin reveals many similarities among the media groups examined—their editorial goals, technological tools, and even office furniture. Yet she uncovers crucial and paradoxical differences in how American and French journalists understand audience analytics and how these affect the news produced in each country. American journalists routinely disregard traffic numbers and primarily rely on the opinion of their peers to define journalistic quality. Meanwhile, French journalists fixate on internet traffic and view these numbers as a sign of their resonance in the public sphere. Christin offers cultural and historical explanations for these disparities, arguing that distinct journalistic traditions structure how journalists make sense of digital measurements in the two countries.Contrary to the popular belief that analytics and algorithms are globally homogenizing forces, Metrics at Work shows that computational technologies can have surprisingly divergent ramifications for work and organizations worldwide.Practical Newspaper Reporting (Media Manuals Ser.)
By David Spark, Geoffrey Harris. 1993
This guide to all aspects of the reporter's job, has been extensively revised and updated for a third edition. It…
considers:What is news?How the modern newsroom operatesHow facts are gathered and checkedThe reporter and picture ideasDistrict reportingTechniques of interviewingNews writing and newspaper languageHow to summarizeReporting the courtsPolitical and industrial reportingAspects of sportswritingFeature writing and arts reviewing The book also includes an important new chapter on the place of local government in newspaper coverage and it examines a newspaper's internal structure and the reporter's daily work in the light of the latest technology.This classic textbook is a must for all journalism and media courses and offers the ideal career introduction for the young journalist.Sports Journalism: A History of Glory, Fame, and Technology
By Chris Lamb, Patrick S. Washburn. 2020
Patrick S. Washburn and Chris Lamb tell the full story of the past, the present, and to a degree, the…
future of American sports journalism. Sports Journalism chronicles how and why technology, religion, social movements, immigration, racism, sexism, social media, athletes, and sportswriters and broadcasters changed sports as well as how sports are covered and how news about sports are presented and disseminated. One of the influential factors in sports coverage is the upswing in the number of women sports reporters in the last forty years. Sports Journalism also examines the ethics of sports journalism, how sports coverage frequently has differed from that of non-sports news, and how the internet has spawned a set of new ethical issues.