Study & Learning Skills: General

American political theorist Robert Dahl’s 1961 work of political theory exhibits deep levels of creative thinking. When Dahl wrote, the American sy...

Judith Butler's Gender Trouble is a perfect example of creative thinking. The book redefines feminism's struggle against patriarchy as part of a mu...

Ferdinand de Saussure’s Course in General Linguistics is one of the most influential texts of the 20th-century – an astonishing feat for what is, a...

Historians of the American Revolution had always seen the struggle for independence either as a conflict sparked by heavyweight ideology, or as a w...

First Published in 1997. The book explains why homework is important, how teachers can set interesting and effective and well-differentiated homewo...

Historians of the American Revolution had always seen the struggle for independence either as a conflict sparked by heavyweight ideology, or as a w...

Simone de Beauvoir’s 1949 book The Second Sex is a masterpiece of feminist criticism and philosophy. An incendiary take on the place of women in po...

In his 1997 work Guns, Germs and Steel, Jared Diamond marshals evidence from five continents and across 13,000 years of human history in an attempt...

American political scientist Robert Putnam wasn’t the first person to recognize that social capital – the relationships between people that allow c...

In his 1997 work Guns, Germs and Steel, Jared Diamond marshals evidence from five continents and across 13,000 years of human history in an attempt...

Many people want to understand what revolutions are and – especially – how they come about, from the academics who study them to the states that wi...

Kenneth Waltz’s 1979 Theory of International Politics is credited with bringing about a “scientific revolution” in the study of international relat...

Thomas Paine’s 1776 Common Sense has secured an unshakeable place as one of history’s most explosive and revolutionary books. A slim pamphlet publi...

To the dismay of many commentators – who had hoped the world was evolving into a more tolerant and multicultural community of nations united under ...

Eloquence counts!Do you want to ace your SATs, write literate papers, and find the perfect language to impress would-be bosses at job interviews? W...

St. Augustine’s Confessions is one of the most important works in the history of literature and Christian thought. Written around 397, when Augusti...

American political scientist Robert Putnam wasn’t the first person to recognize that social capital – the relationships between people that allow c...

American scholar Jared Diamond deploys his powers of interpretation to great effect in Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed, which see...

Many people want to understand what revolutions are and – especially – how they come about, from the academics who study them to the states that wi...

Betty Friedan's book The Feminine Mystique is possibly the best-selling of all the titles analysed in the Macat library, and arguably one of the mo...

Die Aus- und Weiterbildung europäischer Sprachenlehrkräfte gewinnt zunehmend an Bedeutung. Um den Anforderungen eines zeitgemäßen Sprachenunterrich...

What can we learn from children traversing the liminal and transient time-space of migration? How do migrant children and their caretakers navigate...

This volume is a collection of German and English papers presented at a symposium for young researchers on ‘Norms in Educational Linguistics’, whic...

Early literacy is tackled from different angles. Researchers from Germany, Spain and Australia focus on learning to read and spell in two languages...

This book is a practical guide for any student considering enrollment in, currently enrolled in, or recently graduated from an online course. The a...

Create a schoolwide foundation to ensure academic success for ALL students This useful guide supports the needs of culturally, linguisticall...

"Creating a mindful rendering of student thinking with these graphic tools is at the heart of this extensive work. K–12 teachers will applaud this ...

"The authors coach students through processes of conceptualizing the dissertation and treating it as an integral dimension of the journey of living...

This longitudinal qualitative study explores the motivation and identity development of students in a comprehensive university who are learning Eng...

Is two-way immersion education associated with social and intercultural benefits? This book examines social and intercultural benefits of bilingual...

Welche Möglichkeiten und Chancen eröffnen Sprachbegegnungen und Sprachkontakte in einem sich ständig verändernden Europa? Welche gesellschafts- und...