Tannen's classic investigation into how growing up in different parts of the country, having different ethnic & class backgrounds, even age & personality contribute to different conversational styles. Reissued to coincide with her new book The Argument Culture. ...

Examines the common assertion that to criticize someone else's deeply held ideas or beliefs is inherently offensive. This title argues that this idea is reinforced by two of the central requirements of an enlightened global politics: treating all people with equal respect & trying to avoid words that compound existing social disadvantages. ...

Four more episodes of the Disney Channel teen comedy series. Raven is a hip teen with a sassy sense of style & a psychic sense of the future, who gets herself & her friends into some very cool clothes & out of some hilarious situations. In this installment, Raven plasters herself in clay & feathers to play 'statue' when she accidentally breaks the statue that Chelsea (Anneliese van der Pol) made from her for an art contest. Then, Raven turns a family feud into family fun when she pays a visit to her country cousins. Look out for Raven as she plays the characters Auntie Faye, Delroy & Baby G. &, in a previously unaired episode, Raven cooks up a scheme to serve up some hot tunes at the Chill Gill when she has a vision that it's going out of business. ...

Raven (Raven-Symone) is a hip teen with a sassy sense of style & a psychic sense of the future who gets herself & her friends into some very cool clothes & out of some hilarious situations. When a teen magazine holds the Young Designers Contest, Raven sees her chance to fulfill a lifelong dream: modelling one of her own creations & proving that beauty comes in all shapes & sizes. Contains four episodes. ...

The Disney shows, ' Hannah Montana', ' That's So Raven' & ' The Suite Life of Zack & Cody', all come together in this three-part special. Raven (Raven-Symone) is at the Tipton Hotel for a photoshoot she's organising. After a mishap, she has to substitute the fashion models with Zack (Dylan Sprouse) & Cody (Cole Sprouse), who both live at the hotel. She later has a vision in which Zack is attacked, leaving the poor lad in a somewhat paranoid state. Meanwhile, Maddie (Ashley Tisdale) is trying to help Raven by getting London (Brenda Song) to wear one of Raven's original designs, but London refuses to wear anything that's not from a name designer. London soon changes her mind when Hannah Montana (Miley Cyrus) checks into the Tipton & asks Raven if she can wear one of her designs. Hannah also learns about her father's (Billy Ray Cyrus) past music success & decides to get him back on the road... ...