Kimberly Hill Campbell defines several kinds of short texts. She then applies the same reading strategies to all of them. If you want to know about strategies, read Strategies That Work by Harvey and Goudvis or anything by Laura Robb. The majority of the recommended reads in this book, particularly the short stories, are tired and over-anthologized. The most agonizing thing about this book, though, is that Campbell never misses a chance to reference how she rose above the texts and curriculums imposed upon her to become a special teacher. This book is absolutely not worth reading.

Mikhail Bakhtin is one of the most influential theorists of philosophy as well as literary studies. His work on dialogue and discourse has changed the way in which we read texts both literary and cultural and his practice of philosophy in literary refraction and philological exploration has made him a pioneering figure in the twentieth-century convergence of the two disciplines.
In this book, Graham Pechey offers a commentary on Bakhtin's texts in all their complex and allusive textuality, keeping a sense throughout of the historical setting in which they were written and of his own interpretation of and response to them.

Every year, at the Wa Huang Gong temple in Hebei Province, China, people gather to worship the great mother, Nuwa, the oldest deity in Chinese myth, praising her for bringing them a happy life. It is a vivid demonstration of both the ancient reach and the continuing relevance of mythology in the lives of the Chinese people.
Compiled from ancient and scattered texts and based on groundbreaking new research, Handbook of Chinese Mythology is the most comprehensive English-language work on the subject ever written from an exclusively Chinese perspective.

Timesaver Read and React contains photocopiable reading texts aimed specifically at young teenagers learning English. The texts are stimulating and topical and presented in a variety of types from feature articles and lists to interview and personality quizzes. Each text is accompanied by puzzles and games as well as suggestions for pre-reading and discussion activities and follow-up projects. Stimulating, up-to-date reading texts specifically aimed at teenagers, covering a wide range of topics from Celebrities to New Technology. There are a variety of text types – cartoons, fact files, quizzes and articles – all carefully selected from the Mary Glasgow magazines, Click, Crown and Team. Interactive games, puzzles and exercises ensure maximum exploitation of each text. This book follows the success of Timesaver Reading Lessons.
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