Gary Braver es un autor que profundiza en las complejidades de la psique humana, explorando temas de identidad, memoria y las fuerzas ocultas que dan forma a nuestras vidas. Su escritura se caracteriza por una perspicacia penetrante y narrativas meticulosamente elaboradas que atraen a los lectores a las profundidades de la experiencia humana. A través de sus obras, Braver a menudo aborda cuestiones de moralidad y elección, impulsando a los lectores a considerar sus propias creencias y motivaciones. Su enfoque literario ofrece exploraciones provocadoras que dejan una impresión duradera.
[This book] focuses on promoting meaningful discourse, that is, the effective exchange of opinions and ideas ... This book is divided into two parts. The rhetoric section consists of nine chapters explaining the strategies of reading and writing arguments. The reader section consists of eight thematic units containing over eighty essays.-Pref
Auf einer Insel in der Bucht vor Boston werden offenbar Fundamente einer alten Kirche entdeckt. Die Archäologen werden aber von Anfang an bei ihrer Arbeit mit bedrohlichen, ja übernatürlichen Ereignissen konfrontiert. - Horrorroman.
This market-leading language reader features thought-provoking readings that explore the various interconnections between language and American society. "For more than 25 years, this engaging reader has challenged students to critically examine how language affects and constructs culture and how culture constructs and affects language. This thirteenth edition maintains the integrity of past editions while reflecting the new and fascinating language issues that exist in today's culture. Provocative selections are organized around nine major topics, and then broken into stimulating sub-themes like the connections between gender and language differences, hate speech, the language of war, and censorship on campus, inviting students to debate current social and cultural issues that are inseparable from language.