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A Ms. Magazine "Most Anticipated Feminist Book of 2023" After a less-than-positive experience giving birth as a Black woman in the 1970s, Linda Janet Holmes launched a lifetime of work as an activist dedicated to learning about and honoring alternative birth traditions and the Black women behind them. Safe in a Midwife's Hands brings together what Holmes has gleaned from the countless midwives who have shared with her their experiences, at ...

Christine hasn't been back to her hometown of Willow Brook Park for ten years, but she went back to bury her mother on January 2nd. Her mother was a very distinguished person in town because of her wealth and influence. Willow Brook Park was a very quaint but beautiful town with many weeping willow trees planted strategically all over town, but Christine will soon learn the emphasis of these trees and their being. She always felt as if she ...

Christine hasn't been back to her hometown of Willow Brook Park for ten years, but she went back to bury her mother on January 2nd. Her mother was a very distinguished person in town because of her wealth and influence. Willow Brook Park was a very quaint but beautiful town with many weeping willow trees planted strategically all over town, but Christine will soon learn the emphasis of these trees and their being. She always felt as if she ...

In this classic introductory work, Holmes and Wilson examine the role of language in a variety of social contexts.It is an essential introductory text for all students of sociolinguistics and a splendid point of reference for students of English language studies, linguistics and applied linguistics.

In this classic introductory work, Holmes and Wilson examine the role of language in a variety of social contexts.It is an essential introductory text for all students of sociolinguistics and a splendid point of reference for students of English language studies, linguistics and applied linguistics.

It was 1968 and the world was in turmoil as my sister and I cast off into the unknown. We found passage on a freighter crossing the Atlantic and disembarked in Tangier, Morocco. Hitchhiking across North Africa to Egypt, we crossed the Mediterranean Sea to Greece with its many treasures. Nearly penniless, we found work in Germany and romance in Paris. Our funds replenished, we set out overland, bound for India. Exploring Ceylon (Sri Lanka) we c...

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Using a range of evidence Janet Holmes examines the distribution and functions of a range of specific verbal politeness strategies in women's and men's speech and discusses the possible reasons for gender differences in this area.

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This is the first book in the field of workplace discourse to examine the relationships among leadership, ethnicity, and language use.

This is the first book in the field of workplace discourse to examine the relationships among leadership, ethnicity, and language use.

Janet Holmes's second book of poems explores and interrogates the quotidian life of the late twentieth century for what exists behind its often seductive appearance. In these poems we see beneath acceptable, sleek surfaces into the turbulence they often conceal, as the splendid green tuxedo of the title may disguise a heart that harbors racism, fear, and violence. Holmes exhorts us to look beyond the face value of what presents itself, to resi...

This work celebrates composers and creators such as Harry Partch, Raymond Scott, Leon Theremin, and George Ives, who had to invent new instruments to capture the music heard in their "mind's ear". It's subject is the artist's dilemma - how to deliver a new idea through existing media.

This work celebrates composers and creators such as Harry Partch, Raymond Scott, Leon Theremin, and George Ives, who had to invent new instruments to capture the music heard in their "mind's ear". It's subject is the artist's dilemma - how to deliver a new idea through existing media.

This practical guide to research methods in sociolinguistics equips readers with a full range of techniques to apply in their own academic work. A team of twenty leading contributors provides detailed procedural instructions on an array of anthropological and scientific methods that cover the full spectrum of contemporary sociolinguistics, from the study of style and discourse analysis to the study of phonetics. The first of the book's two sec...

This practical guide to research methods in sociolinguistics equips readers with a full range of techniques to apply in their own academic work. A team of twenty leading contributors provides detailed procedural instructions on an array of anthropological and scientific methods that cover the full spectrum of contemporary sociolinguistics, from the study of style and discourse analysis to the study of phonetics. The first of the book's two sec...

Lily loves all things pink, but hasn't got anyone to share them with. She's looking for a special animal friend, but none of them seem quite right. A whimsical delight for the very young.

This delightful picture book is a series of reflections that the narrator, an endearing cloth rabbit, makes about himself and the things he can do. The brief text culminates with the ultimate reflection that the thing he likes best about being himself is that he can share his favourite activities with his friend, an equally endearing white mouse. The expressive illustrations complement the text with a subtle visual narrative.

Revised edition of the author's Power and politeness in the workplace: a sociolinguistic analysis of talk at work, published in 2003.