Religion, Culture, and Politics in the Twentieth-Century United States

Anyone who seeks to understand the dynamics of culture and politics in the United States must grapple with the importance of religion in its many diverse and contentious manifestations. With conservative evangelicals forming the base of the Republican Party, racial-ethnic communities often organized along religious lines, and socio-political movements on the left including major religious components, many of the country's key cultural-political debates are carried out through religious discourse.

World English: A Study of Its Development

Paperback: 215 pages
Publisher: Multilingual Matters Limited (May 2002)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1853595772
ISBN-13: 978-1853595776

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Learning Sign Language

How to say it in sign. With over 500 photos and an instructional.

Focusing on the less formal and more popular PSE (Pidgin Sign English), this is the perfect guide to the fundamentals of communicating through sign in a variety of everyday situations. Inside, readers will discover how to sign for small talk, emotions, directions, weather, family and friends, special occasions, recreation, travel, around the house, dining out, shopping, education, at the workplace, emergencies, and more.

• Includes more than 500 photos
• There are approximately two million deaf people in the United States
• 90% of deaf children are born to hearing parents, and PSE is the form of signing most often learned and taught by parents

Language Reference RealBasic

This book gives you fast access to information about all the REALbasic language elements: objects, keywords, operators, constants, error messages, runtime exceptions, built-in methods and functions, and so forth. Wherever applicable, the properties and methods belonging to an object are documented, along with cross-references to related objects.

Four Levels Of English Vocabulary in Use

Four Levels Of English Vocabulary in Use

English Vocabulary in Use is a family of self-study and classroom texts for vocabulary development.
The books follow the successful format of the English Grammar in Use titles with presentation of new
vocabulary on the left-hand pages and practice exercises on the facing right-hand pages. There are
currently 4 levels of English Vocabulary in Use from Elementary to Advanced. The Elementary and
Pre-Intermediate to Intermediate levels are now available with brand-new CD-ROMs offering additional
interactive exercises. Supplementary tests for each level are also available.

All levels of English Vocabulary in Use are informed by the Cambridge International Corpus to ensure that
the items of vocabulary selected are current, useful and up to date. The corpus has also been used to
ensure that the vocabulary is presented in natural contexts. The books have been designed for self-study
and come with a full discursive answer key.

Basic Reading Power

In this book, you can work on reading in four ways:
1. Pleasure reading. Read many stories and books.
2. Comprehension Skills. Understand what you read.
3. Vocabulary Building. Learn many new words.
4. Thinking Skills. Learn to think in English.

Краткий словарь современных английских идиом

Краткий словарь является пособием по изучению идиом и рассчитан на широкий круг лиц со средним и продвинутым уровнем языка и стремящихся расширить свои знания - на студентов, аспирантов, научных работников, переводчиков и преподавателей.
Активное использование нескольких сотен идиом станет ощутимым шагом к свободному общению по-английски.

Новый русско-английский разговорник

Новый русско-английский разговорник содержит типичные модели фраз и выражений по широкому кругу тем. Английский текст снабжен практической транскрипцией, передающей звуки английского языка средствами русской графики. В конце разговорника дается краткий грамматический очерк английского языка, таблица неправильных глаголов и англо-русский словарь.

How To Teach Pronunciation (Book with Audio CD)

Reader's review:
Like most books in the "How to.." series, such as How to Teach Grammar (How To...), "How to Teach Pronunciation" by Gerald Kelly is an awesome book for teachers in need of some advice and input on the area of pronunciation.
The book has a variety of chapters on different aspects. It begins with the basics, (vowel and consonant sounds), and builds up to intonation and connected speech. There are excellent chapters on stress, sentence stress and more. Every chapter has sample lessons that illustrate some great ideas for teaching. They are all very adaptable.
The book has some excellent theoretical aspects, giving rules for connected speech and the like, for example. The theory is very clear, gives you a good run down on the terminology and keeps it all very real. The book really was written for the working teacher.
Choosing this one or Sound Foundations (Teacher Development) is a tough call. I would tend to go with both, as they have both got some serious advantages over each other.
Either way, I found this book an excellent source of new direction, new clarity and new focus on the ever present pronunciation blues. Totally recommended!

A Reference Grammar of Modern Standard Arabic

Keeping technical terminology to a minimum, this comprehensive handbook provides a detailed yet accessible overview of Arabic wherein its phonology, morphology and syntax can be readily accessed. Accompanied by extensive examples, it will prove an invaluable practical guide for supporting students' textbooks, classroom work or self-study, and a useful resource for scholars and professionals.