Margaret Atwood's international celebrity has given a new visibility to Canadian literature in English. This Companion provides a comprehensive critical account of Atwood's writing across the wide range of genres within which she has worked for the past forty years, while paying attention to her Canadian cultural context and the multiple dimensions of her celebrity. The main concern is with Atwood the writer, but there is also Atwood the media star and public performer, cultural critic, environmentalist and human rights spokeswoman, social and political satirist, and mythmaker. 

On the Heights of Despair

The dark, existential despair of Romanian philosopher Cioran's short meditations is paradoxically bracing and life-affirming. Written in 1934, when he was 22 and desperately insomniac, this feverishly lyrical, at times slyly humorous confessional outpouring reveals Cioran as an angry young man in morally decaying Europe--a far cry from the elegant, curt stylist of his later books. Here Cioran rails at life's irrationality and absurdities; embraces solitude, melancholy and the awareness of death...

According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, more than 300,000 workers are employed as full-time writers in the fields of publicity, technical writing, and in-house writing alone. In addition, more than one million people work as professional writers, including freelance and part-time writers. Providing detailed information on 90 jobs for prospective writers. Career profiles include: Author, Columnist, Copywriter, Editor, Poet, Screenwriter, Speechwriter, and more.

Good Questions for Math Teaching: Why Ask Them and What to Ask, K-6

Open-ended questions, coined "good questions" by the authors, can prompt children to think creatively and critically. This useful book helps teachers define good questions, offers teachers tips on how to create their own good questions, and presents a wide variety of sample questions that span 16 mathematical topics, including number, measurement, geometry, probability, and data.

Good Questions for Math Teaching: Why Ask Them And What to Ask, Grades 5-8

"Good questions" - or open-ended questions - promote students' mathematical thinking, understanding, and proficiency. By asking careful, purposeful questions, teachers create dynamic learning environments, help students make sense of math, and unravel misconceptions. This valuable book includes a wide variety of good questions for classroom use and offers teachers tips on how to create open-ended questions of their own.