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Revised edition of: No place for amateurs.

"Literary Studies: A Practical Guide provides a comprehensive foundation for the study of English, giving students the critical skills they need to best apply their knowledge"--

A collection of "industry novels" by Ikko Shimizu: "Keiretsu" is about an automobile parts manufacturer; "The Ibis Cage" is about geishas; and "Silver Sanctuary" is about bank employees. Each story addresses issues unique to its venue yet universal in the real world of Japanese business.

Presents an overview of the epistemological underpinnings of a sociocultural perspective on human learning and addresses what this perspective has to offer the field of second language teacher education.

Suitable for clinicians completing insurance forms, participating in managed care, or practicing in treatment settings requiring formalized goals and treatment objectives, this book outlines treatment objectives for various types of psychopathologies as defined by the diagnostic and statistical manual by the American Psychiatric Association.

Examines how verbal and visual images produce meaning, exploring advertisements for cigarettes, alcohol, and cosmetics.

Focuses on the profound impact that racism had on the literary imagination of black Americans in the South. The author argues that it is impossible to consider what the 'South' and what 'southernness' mean without looking at how black women have contributed to and contested any unified definition of that region.