This new monograph tells a compelling story of injustice and passionate resistance to religious persecution in the last years of Queen Elizabeth's reign. Through an analysis of a sensational series of demonic possessions and exorcisms, it highlights the existence of controversies in print in the late Elizabethan period of the kind that would one day lead to civil war. This book is the first full-length, analytical study of the pamphlet controversy surrounding John Darrell, a rebellious 'puritan', and his group of exorcists.
How to Study Linguistics: A Guide to Study Linguistics
Intended primarily for newcomers to the subject, but with new material designed to help the more advanced reader, How to Study Linguistics is written in a refreshing and engaging style. It assumes no prior knowledge and contains many useful suggestions for developing a secure understanding of the subject. Chapters discuss strategies for studying phonology, syntax, and semantics, and for pursuing branches of linguistics, such as sociolinguistics, stylistics, and psycholinguistics, as well as practical advice on writing essays. The book also includes a glossary to aid learning and revision....
This Study Guide can be packaged with Professional Baking, Fifth Edition If you aspire to be a professional amateur baker, this book is a great resource. Learning how the various ingredients interact with each other is empowering for someone who wishes to make her own recipes. I haven't done so yet... but I feel like I have all the tools needed to do so!
In this volume an endeavor has been made to combine, in a practical manner, the subjects of surgical anatomy and operative surgery, because a knowledge of the one is essential to the proper study of the other. Diagrammatic drawings have been used largely for the purpose of illustration.
A Critical Discourse Analysis of Family Literacy Practices
In this groundbreaking, cross-disciplinary book, Rebecca Rogers explores the complexity of family literacy practices through an in-depth case study of one family, the attendant issues of power and identity, and contemporary social debates about the connections between literacy and society. The study focuses on June Treader and her daughter Vicky, urban African Americans labeled as "low income" and "low literate."
