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  • The Power of Identity and Ideology in Language Learning

    Designer Immigrants Learning English in Singapore

    by Peter I. De Costa ...
    Series series Education (R0)
    This critical ethnographic school-based case study offers insights on the interaction between ideology and the identity development of individual English language learners in Singapore. Illustrated by case studies of the language learning experiences of five Asian immigrant students in an English-medium school in Singapore, the author examines how the immigrant students negotiated a standard ... Read more

    $64.09 CAD

  • Critical English Medium Instruction in Higher Education

    Edited by Seyyed-Abdolhamid Mirhosseini, Peter I. De Costa ...
    English Medium Instruction (EMI) is a burgeoning field of interest for researchers and practitioners; however, to date its sociocultural and political implications have not been widely considered. This book addresses that concern by situating EMI within wider sociopolitical contexts of knowledge and language. It foregrounds the notion of 'Critical EMI,' bringing together applied linguists to ... Read more

    $119.99 CAD

  • Cuba's Baseball Defectors

    The Inside Story

    by Peter Costa Bjarkman ...
    "Takes an inside look into the wave of player departures that has rocked the game both in Cuba and the U.S., while providing historical perspective." — USA TodayThe stellar play and fascinating backstories of exiled Cuban sluggers and hurlers has become part of Major League Baseball history. On-field exploits by colorful Dodgers outfielder Yasiel Puig, AL rookie-of-the-year José Abreu, home run ... Read more

    $17.59 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Penguin Book of Spanish Short Stories

    Edited by Margaret Jull Costa ...
    This exciting collection celebrates the richness and variety of the Spanish short story, from the nineteenth century to the present day.Featuring over fifty stories selected by revered translator Margaret Jull Costa, it blends old favourites and hidden gems - many of which have never before been translated into English - and introduces readers to surprising new voices as well as giants of Spanish ... Read more

    $10.99 CAD

  • Language Teacher Educators' Emotions

    International Perspectives

    Edited by Peter I. De Costa, Mostafa Nazari ...
    Series series Cambridge Applied Linguistics
    Teacher emotion is a topic of increasing interest in the fields of applied linguistics and TESOL. Bringing together cutting-edge research from an international team of renowned scholars, this book provides a collection of studies that explore this fascinating topic from an extensive range of contexts and perspectives. The volume includes real case studies from educators around the world, providing ... Read more

    $128.99 CAD

  • Meso-Cenozoic Brazilian Offshore Magmatism

    Geochemistry, Petrology, and Tectonics

    Edited by Anderson Costa Dos Santos, Peter Christian Hackspacher ...
    Meso-Cenozoic Brazilian Offshore Magmatism: Geochemistry, Petrology and Tectonics presents detailed studies from different points-of-view on the geological—particularly magmatic—evolution of the Brazilian and South Atlantic Ocean offshore areas. This comprehensive book on geological events will help readers understand the holistic evolution of the area across geographical boundaries. Each chapter ... Read more

    $132.99 CAD

  • Audiobook

    Political Science. Classics Collection:

    Sun Tzu-The Art of War, Plato-The Republic, Niccolo Machiavelli-The Prince, Lao Tzu-Tao Te Ching, Thomas More-Utopia, Thomas Paine-Common Sense, Karl Marx, Friedrich Engels-The Communist Manifesto

    by Marcus Aurelius, Karl Marx, Friedrich Engels, Thomas Paine, Niccolo Machiavelli, Lao Tzu, Sun Tzu, Plato, John Stuart Mill, Vladimir lenin, Thomas More ...
    Narrated by Kenneth Elliot, Alfred Costa, Peter Coates, John Brown, Douglass Scott, Jowanna Lewis, Richard Williams, Jamey Lewis, Andrew Roberts ...

    Unabridged

    36 hours 24 min

    Why Political Science Classics Collection is so important? In today's world, providing quality training for the younger generation at colleges and universities is of primary importance. But higher education is not enough. Any graduate is first and foremost a citizen of his nation. He has the right to be an actor in the political life of his society. The political changes taking place today in the ... Read more

    $14.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Priest's Gamble

    A Novel

    by Peter Costa ...
    God doesnt play dice with the universe but sometimes a member of the universe tries to play dice with God. Thats what the Rev. Constantine Thalassa does with his addiction to gambling. The priest spends all his discretionary money on the lottery. His son, a math prodigy, is aiding and abetting the Greek Orthodox priests addiction by writing an algorithm that greatly reduces the randomness of ... Read more

    $5.99 CAD

  • Politics, Postmodernity and Critical Legal Studies

    The Legality of the Contingent

    Edited by Costas Douzinas, Peter Goodrich, Yifat Hachamovitch ...
    This timely and assured book provides a unique guide to critical legal studies which is one of the most exciting developments within contemporary jurisprudence. It is the first book to systematically apply a critical philosophy to the substance of common law. The book develops a coruscating and interdisciplinary overview of the politics and cultural significance of the institutions of the law. ... Read more

    $101.68 CAD

  • A Sociopolitical Agenda for TESOL Teacher Education

    Edited by Dr Peter De Costa, Özgehan Ustuk ...
    Series series Critical Approaches and Innovations in Language Teacher Education
    Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) sits at the nexus of constant change, which makes it vitally important for language teachers to engage in continuous development and keep abreast of the sociopolitical milieu in which they are embedded. However, most teacher education activities are often associated with what is perceived as best practices that are expected to be adopted ... Read more

    $42.99 CAD

  • The Sociopolitics of English Language Testing

    Edited by Dr Seyyed-Abdolhamid Mirhosseini, Dr Peter De Costa ...
    Highlighting marginalized but significant perspectives about the sociopolitical essence of English language tests and testing processes worldwide, this book explores the social considerations of testing theories and practices from a critical perspective. Investigating concerns surrounding power inequalities, The Sociopolitics of English Language Testing takes a socially-situated view of language ... Read more

    $45.99 CAD

  • Madness, Violence, and Power

    A Critical Collection

    Edited by Andrea Daley, Lucy Costa, Peter Beresford ...
    Madness, Violence, and Power: A Critical Collection disengages from the common forms of discussion about violence related to mental health service users and survivors which position those users or survivors as more likely to enact violence or become victims of violence. Instead, this book seeks to broaden understandings of violence manifest in the lives of mental health service users/survivors, ... Read more

    $34.99 CAD