The Leavenworth Case

Anna Katharine Green was one of the first female mystery writers to publish under her own name. She was never very successful as an author, but the technical excellence of her books caused several law schools to use The Leavenworth Case as a textbook in some of their classes, as an example of how misleading circumstantial evidence can be.

Nebraska pulls out all the stops for this superb scholarly edition of Cathers 1927 novel. This edition includes a newly restored text along with several historical essays and explanatory notes by several scholars. Academic libraries supporting hardcore American literature curricula will want this volume.

The Gruffalo

The Gruffalo is a flamboyant children's book that tells the story of a mouse's walk in the woods. It is targeted at children of 3-7 and is written in rhyming couplets, featuring repetitive verse with minor variance. The book has sold over 10.5 million copies, has won several prizes for children's literature, and has been developed into plays on Broadway.

 

The Power of Professional Learning (Expanding Educational Horizons (Quality))

Teacher professional development is often promoted as a panacea for improving schools but it rarely lives up to its promise. This book develops an approach to professional learning that has motivated teachers and resulted in impressive improvements in student learning, particularly for students who traditionally underachieve in school. As the underpinning research shows, the approach has proven successful in several countries with consistently positive outcomes.

Topics in linguistics – ISSUE 5: Aspects of Language and Discourse

Topics in linguistics is an international scientific magazine published by UKF in Slovakia and Its target readers are those who are interested in area of linguists and scientists of intercultural communication, critical discourse analysis, pragmatics and sociolinguistics.  There are several issues, each oriented on different aspect of linguistics.