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  • I'd Rather Not

    Essays

    by Robert Skinner ...
    **"A decidedly skewed, hilarious collection of life reflections and colorful storytelling." — Kirkus ReviewsAn endlessly entertaining collection of wayward autobiographical tales about a search for a richer life thwarted at every turn by beagles, bureaucrats, and ill-advised love affairsThe unlikely story of how a failed dishwasher, tour guide, cabinet maker, bus driver, bookseller and literary ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Pale Shadow

    by Robert Skinner ...
    Series series Wesley Farrell Novels
    Autumn, 1940--Linda Blanc is found tortured to death in her Gentilly home. New Orleans' Police Sergeant Israel Daggett can't make anything of the black woman's death until a Treasury Agent arrives on the scene. He lets Daggett know that Linda was the girlfriend of a bootlegger-turned counterfeiter, one Luis Martinez. Daggett's first step: find Luis.Meanwhile, on the other side of town, Wesley ... Read more

    $6.29 USD

  • Here or There

    Research on Interpreting via Video Link

    Edited by Jemina Napier, Robert Skinner, Sabine Braun ...
    Series Book 16 - Studies in Interpretation
    The field of sign language interpreting is undergoing an exponential increase in the delivery of services through remote and video technologies. The nature of these technologies challenges established notions of interpreting as a situated, communicative event and of the interpreter as a participant. As a result, new perspectives and research are necessary for interpreters to thrive in this ... Read more

    $68.39 USD

  • Legal Interpreting

    Teaching, Research, and Practice

    by Natalie Atlas, Michèle Berger, Bucher Barbar, Clark LeWana, Jérôme Devaux, Doggen Carolien, Gino S. Gouby, Sandra Hale, Tobias Haug, Flurina Krähenbühl, Robert G. Lee, Lorraine Leeson, Scott Robert Loos, Teresa Lynch, Carla M. Mathers, Gene Mirus, Jemina Napier, Barbara Rossier, Debra Russell, Heidi Salaets, Mehera San Roque, Risa Shaw, Haaris Sheikh, Robert Skinner, David Spencer, Christopher A. Stone, Christopher Tester, Graham H. Turner, Myriam Vermeerbergen ...
    Series Book 12 - Interpreter Education
    Linguistic minorities are often severely disadvantaged in legal events, with consequences that could impact one’s very liberty. Training for interpreters to provide full access in legal settings is paramount. In this volume, Jeremy L. Brunson has gathered deaf and hearing scholars and practitioners from both signed and spoken language interpreting communities in the United States, Canada, and the ... Read more

    $53.99 USD

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    I'd Rather Not

    Essays

    by Robert Skinner ...
    Narrated by Robert Skinner ...

    Unabridged

    2 hours 58 min

    **"A decidedly skewed, hilarious collection of life reflections and colorful storytelling." — Kirkus ReviewsAn endlessly entertaining collection of wayward autobiographical tales about a search for a richer life thwarted at every turn by beagles, bureaucrats, and ill-advised love affairsThe unlikely story of how a failed dishwasher, tour guide, cabinet maker, bus driver, bookseller and literary ... Read more

    $15.99 USD

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

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    A Long Way from Home

    by Peter Carey ...
    Narrated by Colin McPhillamy, Saskia Maarleveld, Craig Baldwin ...

    Unabridged

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    The two-time Booker Prize-winning author now gives us a wildly exuberant, wily new novel that circumnavigates 1954 Australia, revealing as much about the country/continent as it does about three audacious individuals who take part in the infamous 10,000-mile race, the Redex Trial. Irene Bobs loves fast driving. Her husband is the best car salesman in southeastern Australia. Together they enter the ... Read more

    $25.99 USD

  • The Literature Review

    A Step-by-Step Guide for Students

    by Diana Ridley ...
    Series series SAGE Study Skills Series
    This second edition of Diana Ridley′s bestselling book provides a step-by-step guide to conducting a literature search and literature review, using cases and examples throughout to demonstrate best practice. Ridley outlines practical strategies for conducting a systematic search of the available literature, reading and note taking and writing up your literature review as part of an undergraduate ... Read more

    $140.39 USD

  • Researching Society and Culture

    Edited by Clive Seale ...
    Written by internationally renowned experts, each chapter provides a full introduction to a key aspect of research methodology. From starting out to generating, analysing, and presenting data, this new edition covers foundational concepts in social research while also keeping students on the pulse of topics like digital social research, social surveys, and big data. Packed with international ... Read more

    $84.59 USD

  • Research Methodologies in Translation Studies

    by Gabriela Saldanha, Sharon O'Brien ...
    As an interdisciplinary area of research, translation studies attracts students and scholars with a wide range of backgrounds, who then need to face the challenge of accounting for a complex object of enquiry that does not adapt itself well to traditional methods in other fields of investigation. This book addresses the needs of such scholars – whether they are students doing research at ... Read more

    $66.99 USD

  • Qualitative Research Interviewing

    Biographic Narrative and Semi-Structured Methods

    by Tom Wengraf ...
    `Wengraf provides a comprehensive theoretical and practical guide to the planning, conduct, and interpretative analysis of data by semi-structured interviewing methods. Forthright and frank in his comments about the limitations and practical implications of varying choices which investigators have to make in designing their research projects. Reading this text is like having a tough but expert and ... Read more

    $102.59 USD

  • Introduction to Court Interpreting

    by Holly Mikkelson ...
    Series series Translation Practices Explained
    An Introduction to Court Interpreting has been carefully designed to be comprehensive, accessible and globally applicable. Starting with the history of the profession and covering the key topics from the role of the interpreter in the judiciary setting to ethical principles and techniques of interpreting, this text has been thoroughly revised. The new material covers: remote interpreting and ... Read more

    $61.99 USD

  • Dialogue Interpreting

    A Guide to Interpreting in Public Services and the Community

    by Rebecca Tipton, Olgierda Furmanek ...
    Series series Routledge Interpreting Guides
    Routledge Interpreting Guides cover the key settings or domains of interpreting and equip trainee interpreters and students of interpreting with the skills needed in each area of the field. Concise, accessible and written by leading authorities, they include examples from existing interpreting practice, activities, further reading suggestions and a glossary of key terms.Drawing on recent peer ... Read more

    $76.99 USD