The classic and still authoritative grammar guide gets a quirky, lovely makeover by acclaimed artist Maira Kalman, whose flat, colorful artwork illustrates several of the sentences used as examples in the book. A two-page spread featuring a couple observing a lush vista and a traveler walking along a mountain trail demonstrates the sentence, "The ...
From the writer of the best-selling OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS comes this timely tract on the art of writing--an anecdotal, frank step-by-step guide on how to write and how to manage a writer's life. Offers advice on getting started, character, plot, dialogue, writer's block, writing groups, publication, and more.
Completely revised and updated, the fourth edition presents a comprehensive guide to preparing research papers. Including is detailed information on using computers for research and writing and on citing electronic publications.
"The Gregg Reference Manual, Tenth Edition", by Sabin is intended for anyone who writes, edits, or prepares material for distribution or publication. For nearly fifty years, this manual has been recognized as the best style manual for business professionals and for students who want to master the on-the-job standards of business professionals. ...
KEY BENEFIT:The Little, Brown Handbook has always addressed both the most current and the recurrent needs of writers while remaining an accessible reference and a comprehensive book. The eighth edition continues that tradition by offering greatly expanded coverage of writing and researching with computers, smaller chapters for large subjects such ...
An essential, authoritative reference for all who work with words: writers, editors, proofreaders, indexers, copywriters, designers, and publishers. The book covers every imaginable issue regarding style and usage, as well as conventions of editing, manuscript preparation, typesetting, indexing, design, and printing.
John Langan's "College Writing Skills with Readings, Seventh Edition", focuses on the essay using Langan's renowned clear writing style, as well as his wide range of writing assignments and activities that reinforce the four bases of effective writing: unity, support, coherence, and sentence skills. For the new seventh edition, John Langan has ...
The definitive research paper guide, Lester combines a traditional and practical approach to the research process with the latest information on researching and writing online. Comprehensive, but not overwhelming, Lester provides students with step-by-step guidance through the research writing process from selecting and narrowing a topic, to ...
In this layman's guide to creating a Hollywood masterpiece, a script consultant covers the fundamental principles of screenplay writing--including how to develop interesting characters, compelling situations, and clever dialogue--and provides business advice for submitting scripts to studio executives.
Bringing fresh insight to the comprehensive "Hodges' Harbrace Handbook, Sixteenth Edition", rhetorician Cheryl Glenn and linguist Loretta Gray provide this market-leading handbook with groundbreaking treatment of writing.
A versatile, one-of-a-kind reference with ready-to-use model letters for essentially any situation--business or personal--plus scores of interchangeable key words, phrases, sentences and paragraphs that allow each letter to be tailored to any style the writer wishes to convey.
Creating vivid images on the page is not just a matter of innate talent or perseverance, it also requires freeing the mind and entering the stillness of the moment. In other words, writing is Zen practice. In this widely influential guide, Natalie Goldberg, a writing teacher and dedicated Zen meditator, encourages writers to bring their deep, ...
"A Pocket Style Manual" provides student writers with the answers to their writing and research questions. With Diana Hacker's trademark straightforward and unpretentious style, "A Pocket Style Manual" is one-third of the price of full-sized handbooks and the book's small size and spiral binding make it as easy to use as it is to carry. It is a ...
This short guide introduces students to historical research and discovery while teaching them how to write cogent history papers. Focusing on more than just the conventions of good writing, this supplement shows students first how to think about history, and then how to organize their thoughts into coherent essays. This book teaches students how ...
"Rules for Writers" succeeds because it has always been grounded in classroom experience. By looking at her own students' needs, Diana Hacker created an affordable and practical classroom tool that doubles as a quick reference. Developed with the help of instructors from two- and four-year schools, the sixth edition gives students quick access to ...
For Freshman-level writing courses, such as Freshman Composition, English Composition, First-Year Writing, Expository Writing or any course where students need help with the writing process, critical thinking, grammar, research, and documentation. The Simon & Schuster Handbook for Writers, from trusted authors Lynn Troyka and Doug Hesse, is a ...
Reading specialist Kathleen McWhorter understands that students are often lacking in the skills they need to succeed in the first-year writing course and need a text that doesn't assume they have mastered all the basics. "Successful College Writing "meets students where they are, offering extensive instruction in careful and critical reading, ...
"The Bedford Handbook "carries on the Hacker tradition by responding to student writers' needs and to the way students need their handbook to work. Still a full-size handbook that doubles as a reference, the "Handbook "features clear, straightforward advice, hand-edited sentences, a user-friendly index, and a handy format. The eighth edition ...
A beloved classic, this definitive volume on the art of nonfiction writing celebrates its 30th anniversary. Revised seven times, it has stood the test of time and remains a valued resource for writers.
Longtime staffers at The New York Times have compiled a "revised and expanded" edition, to 365 pages, of this good resource for the dos and don'ts of writing.
This bestselling brief supplementary text is for any course where students write. A storehouse of practical writing tips--written in a lively, conversational style. Provides new insight into: how to generate interesting ideas and get them down on paper; how to write a critical analysis; how to write a crisp opener; how to invigorate a banal style ...
As we wrote the first edition of "The McGraw-Hill Handbook", our students were in our minds, acting as our chief consultants. We knew that their perspectives on college life were different from those of previous generations of students, and so were their expectations. We understood that they needed a handbook for the twenty-first century, with ...
Who cares about the difference between "its" and "it's" or "whose" and "who's"? To the shock of everyone--including the author--apparently a lot of people do: Lynne Truss's lively look at the perils of punctuation took the UK by storm. A British radio personality, novelist, and self-described "stickler," Truss marshals all her wit and erudition to ...
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