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Thinking Through Writing: A Guide to Becoming a Better Writer and ThinkerA concise and practical manual on developing reading, writing, and critical thinking skills in tandem For college students learning how to write on scholarly subjects, writing and critical thinking go hand in hand. And yet most books on these topics are categorized separately: writing...
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The Reading Comprehension Blueprint: Helping Students Make Meaning from TextComprehension is a primary ingredient of reading success--but most educators aren't taught how to deliver structured comprehension instruction in their classrooms. K-8 teachers will find the guidance they need in this groundbreaking professional resource from Nancy Hennessy, former IDA President and an expert on...
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The Queer Arab GlossaryA groundbreaking survey of the language used around queerness in the Arab world, with contributions by leading Arab queer writers, thinkers and activists, The Queer Arab Glossary is a first-of-its-kind surveyof the linguistic landscape surrounding queerness in the Arab world. It bringstogether more than...
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The English Grammar Workbook for Adults: A Self-Study Guide to Improve Functional WritingThe engaging, self-guided way to sharpen your grammar and write better!Mastering English grammar can be a real challenge. But never fear! The English Grammar Workbook for Adults is here to help improve your writing fluency so you can feel confident while crafting emails, cover...
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The Emotional Wound Thesaurus: A Writer's Guide to Psychological TraumaReaders connect to characters with depth, ones who have experienced life's ups and downs. To deliver key players that are both realistic and compelling, writers must know them intimately-not only who they are in the present story, but also what made them that way....
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The Elements of Journalism, Revised and Updated 4th Edition: What Newspeople Should Know and the Public Should ExpectA timely new edition of the classic journalism text, now featuring updated material on the importance of reporting in the age of media mistrust and fake news--and how journalists can use technology to navigate its challenges More than two decades ago, the Committee of...
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The Crisis of NarrationNarratives produce the ties that bind us. They create community, eliminate contingency and anchor us in being. And yet in our contemporary information society, where everything has become arbitrary and random, storytelling becomes storyselling and narratives lose their binding force. Whereas narratives create community,...
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The Complete Rhyming DictionaryThe essential handbook for songwriters, poets, students, teachers, speechmakers, and members of the performing arts This simple-to-use, exceptionally complete reference work has been updated, expanded and redesigned to meet the needs of today's most demanding wordsmiths. Included here are: - Over 10,000 new entries--over...
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Story: Style, Structure, Substance, and the Principles of ScreenwritingRobert McKee's screenwriting workshops have earned him an international reputation for inspiring novices, refining works in progress and putting major screenwriting careers back on track. Quincy Jones, Diane Keaton, Gloria Steinem, Julia Roberts, John Cleese and David Bowie are just a few of his...
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Self-Editing for Fiction Writers, Second Edition: How to Edit Yourself Into PrintHundreds of books have been written on the art of writing. Here at last is a book by two professional editors to teach writers the techniques of the editing trade that turn promising manuscripts into published novels and short stories.In this completely revised and...
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Rhetorical Analysis: A Brief Guide for WritersRhetorical Analysis: A Brief Guide for Writers, walk students through the process for doing different kinds of analyses -- argument analysis, structure analysis, style analysis, and more. Shows how to analyze a range of texts, print, visual, and multimedia. Includes authors' own analyses as...
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Quack This Way: David Foster Wallace & Bryan A. Garner Talk Language and WritingDavid Foster Wallace was at the center of late-20th-century American literature, Bryan A. Garner at that of legal scholarship and lexicography. It was language that drew them together. The wide-ranging interview reproduced here memorializes 67 minutes of their second and final evening together, in...
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Princeton Review AP English Language & Composition Premium Prep, 20th Edition: 8 Practice Tests + Digital Practice Online + Content ReviewPREMIUM PRACTICE FOR A PERFECT 5! Ace the newly-digital AP English Language & Composition Exam with this comprehensive study guide--including 8 practice tests with answer explanations, timed online practice, and thorough content review. Techniques That Actually Work- Tried-and-true strategies to help you avoid traps...
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Practically SpeakingWidely praised for its conversational tone and clear advice, Practically Speaking is the public speaking textbook your students will actually read. Filled with engaging stories and examples, sound scholarship and recent research, and useful tips and tricks, Practically Speaking shows students how to get...
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Pitch Craft: The Writer's Guide to Getting Agented, Published, and PaidAn award-winning author and Stanford writing instructor demystifies the business of writing with this practical, procedural guide to creating successful pitches, impressing editors and agents, negotiating compensation, and more. Published multi-genre writer Laura Goode had an epiphany after finishing her MFA and building a...
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Next Steps in Literacy Instruction: Connecting Assessments to Effective InterventionsAfter a universal screening assessment, how can K-6 educators translate the results into evidence-based instruction, targeted interventions, and improved reading outcomes? The timely new edition of this bestselling book has clear and practical answers. Fully updated with the latest reading research and models, this...
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Japanese Folktales for Language Learners: Bilingual Legends and Fables in Japanese and English (Free Online Audio Recording)Learn about Japanese culture while improving your language skills! Japanese Folktales for Language Learners presents 22 traditional stories in parallel Japanese and English versions on facing pages, with detailed notes and exercises aimed at beginning to intermediate learners. This book can be used as...
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Into the WeedsAn illuminating reflection on the creative process from acclaimed fiction writer, essayist, and translator Lydia Davis When asked why she writes, Lydia Davis confesses that the question makes her uncomfortable. Maybe she would rather not know. Instead, Davis considers how she writes her stories,...
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In Cold BloodSelected by the Modern Library as one of the 100 best nonfiction books of all time From the Modern Library's new set of beautifully repackaged hardcover classics by Truman Capote--also available are Breakfast at Tiffany's and Other Voices, Other Rooms (in one volume), Portraits...
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Dust and Light: On the Art of Fact in FictionHailed as a "genius-enchantress" (Karen Russell) and winner of the MacArthur Fellowship, the celebrated novelist Andrea Barrett has for decades reached backward to find inspiration from the past and written acclaimed and prizewinning works of historical fiction. In Dust and Light, the first work...
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