Mr. Drake thinks it's an ugly pile of old rubbish which should go. Mandy, Irene, Con and Splinter know it's a stupendous castle which should stay. Who will win the battle of the junk castle?

A comprehensive reference text that examines how the three aspects of language (genre, text and grammar) can be used as resources in teaching and assessing writing. It provides an accessible account of current theories of language and language learning, together with practical ideas for teaching and assessing the genres and grammar of writing across the curriculum.

Will Wallace Harney (1832-1912) came to the Central Florida frontier in the years immediately following the Civil War, and established a homestead south of Orlando on the shores of Lake Conway. There he used the native timber to construct a magnificent home which he dubbed, Pine Castle. Within a few years, the name was being applied to the entire neighborhood. Beyond Pine Castle, Harney was better known for his skills as a writer, though he only published one thin volume of poetry during his lifetime. Most of his works appeared in regular submissions to popular magazines and newspapers. In the century since his death, his words have occasionally appeared in local publications. But no comprehensive collection of his writings had ever been published before this present anthology. The collected poetry, fiction, and letters of Will Wallace Harney reveal the important regional writer as a complex character, as inconsistent and difficult to define as the times in which he lived.

First published in 1997. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

This collection is devoted to exploring stereotypes about the social conditions of poor whites in the United States and comparing these stereotypes with the social reality.

Please note that this book contains all three volumes of the Glass Castle series. If you buy this book, you are getting books One, Two, and Three in one complete package. Riley Johnson was a promising young scientist at a prestigious research university when he met Maddy, the girl of his dreams. Maddy was everything that Riley could have wanted in a woman, except that Maddy was hiding a secret that could unravel Riley's entire life. This secret ends up taking Riley to places and giving him experiences he couldn't have dreamed in his worst nightmares. Through everything, Riley's love for Maddy gives him a reason to keep pushing forward. But will that love be enough to see him through the tests that await him?