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Digital Paper: A Manual for Research and Writing with Library and Internet Materials (Chicago Guides to Writing, Editing, and Publishing)

By: Abbott, Andrew

Price: $8.95

Publisher: University of Chicago Press: August 2014

Seller ID: 314049

ISBN: 022616778X

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Very Good

Today's researchers have access to more information than ever before. Yet the new material is both overwhelming in quantity and variable in quality. How can scholars survive these twin problems and produce groundbreaking research using the physical and electronic resources available in the modern university research library? In Digital Paper, Andrew Abbott provides some much-needed answers to that question.

Abbott tells what every senior researcher knows: that research is not a mechanical, linear process, but a thoughtful and adventurous journey through a nonlinear world. He break...
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Business Grammar, Style & Usage: The Most Used Desk Reference for Articulate and Polished Business Writing and Speaking by Executives Worldwide

By: Abell, Alicia, Books, Aspatore Staff

Price: $5.95

Publisher: Aspatore Books: April 2003

Seller ID: 175136

ISBN: 158762026X

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

Based on the actual writing and speaking styles of leading business executives worldwide, this book features easy-to-follow instructions and techniques for preparing polished written documents and writing and speaking in an articulate manner. Focusing on how leading business professionals really communicate, the basics of writing and speaking, including traditional grammar and speaking dos and don'ts, are covered. Examined are the particular styles in which business professionals communicate with each other and how to develop a personal professional style. Featured are special sections on writ...
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Allyn & Bacon Guide to Writing, The, Brief Edition (6th Edition)

By: Allyn & Bacon

Price: $6.95

Publisher: Longman: January 2011

Seller ID: 119768

ISBN: 0205823157

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

Solidly grounded in current theory and research, yet eminently practical and teachable, The Allyn & Bacon Guide to Writing has set the standard for first-year composition courses in writing, reading, critical thinking, and inquiry.
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Ten Steps to Publishing Children's Books: How to Develop, Revise & Sell All Kinds of Books for Children

By: Amoss, Berthe, Suben, Eric

Price: $4.95

Publisher: Writers Digest Books: September 1997

Seller ID: 172565

ISBN: 0898798051

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - Good

Writing and Illustrating Children's Books for Publication (Writing & Illustrating Children's Books for Publication)

By: Amoss, Berthe,Suben, Eric

Price: $7.95

Publisher: Writer's Digest Books: March 2005

Seller ID: 336212

ISBN: 1582973539

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - Very Good

Combining supportive advice with hands-on activities, Writing and Illustrating Children's Books for Publication, Revised Edition guides readers in successfully pursuing their craft with: Two perspectives on writing & illustrating children's books for publication: that of a respected author/illustrator, and that of a successful editor/publisher; Carefully-developed writing exercises, checklists, and targeted reading lists to get and keep writers writing and illustrators illustrating; In addition to the following all-new material: Updated case histories and reading lists; Brand-new writing and i...
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Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association

By: APA

Price: $5.95

Publisher: American Psychological Association (APA): July 2001

Seller ID: 236331

ISBN: 1557987912

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Very Good

In addition to providing guidance on grammar, the mechanics of writing, and APA style, this manual offers an authoritative reference and citation system. It also covers the treatment of numbers, metrication, statistical and mathematical data, tables and figures for use in writing, reports or presentations.
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Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association

By: APA

Price: $5.95

Publisher: American Psychological Association (APA): July 2001

Seller ID: 258112

ISBN: 1557987912

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Very Good

How to Get Happily Published/a Complete and Candid Guide

By: Appelbaum, Judith

Price: $5.95

Publisher: Perennial: October 1992

Seller ID: 261717

ISBN: 0062731335

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

How to Get Happily Published-Third Edition

By: Appelbaum, Judith And Nancy Evans

Price: $5.95

Publisher: Harper & Row: January 1988

Seller ID: 252169

ISBN: B005H8YRPY

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

The Associated Press Stylebook 2017

By: Associated Press

Price: $7.95

Publisher: Basic Books: July 2017

Seller ID: 325124

ISBN: 0465093043

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Very Good

The style of the Associated Press is the gold standard for news writing. With The AP Stylebook in hand, you can learn how to write and edit with the clarity and professionalism for which they are famous. Fully revised and updated, this new edition contains more than 3,000 A to Z entries--including more than 200 new ones--detailing the AP's rules on grammar, spelling, punctuation, capitalization, abbreviation, and word and numeral usage. You'll find answers to such wide-ranging questions as:

- When should the names of government bodies be spelled out and when should they be abbreviat...
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Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association

By: Association, American Psychological

Price: $7.95

Publisher: American Psychological Association (APA): July 2009

Seller ID: 327081

ISBN: 1433805618

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Very Good

In addition to providing guidance on grammar, the mechanics of writing, and APA style, this manual offers an authoritative reference and citation system. It also covers the treatment of numbers, statistical and mathematical data, tables and figures.
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A Writer's Time

By: Atchity, Kenneth

Price: $4.95

Publisher: Norton: January 1986

Seller ID: 342372

ISBN: 0393022358

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

A Short Guide to Writing About Art (Short Guide)

By: Barnet, Sylvan

Price: $6.95

Publisher: Prentice Hall: December 2004

Seller ID: 255715

ISBN: 0321292480

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Very Good

A Short Guide to Writing About Art, Eighth Edition, The best-selling text of its kind, equips students to analyze pictures (drawings, paintings, photographs), sculptures and architecture, and prepares them with the tools they need to present their ideas in effective writing. This concise yet thorough guide to seeing and saying addresses a wealth of fundamental matters, such as distinguishing between description and analysis, writing a comparison, using peer review, documenting sources, and editing the final essay. This text is a perfect complement to any art course where writing is involved.
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Short Guide to Writing about Art

By: Barnet, Sylvan

Price: $5.95

Publisher: Addison-Wesley Educational Publishers: March 1998

Seller ID: 339532

ISBN: 0673391957

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - Good

Where was Wonderland? a traveller's guide to the settings of classic children's books

By: BARRETT, Frank

Price: $5.95

Publisher: Hamlyn: January 1997

Seller ID: 360150

ISBN: 0600593452

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

Writing the Memoir: From Truth to Art, Second Edit

By: Barrington, Judith

Price: $6.95

Publisher: The Eighth Mountain Press: February 2002

Seller ID: 363610

ISBN: 0933377509

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Very Good

Since Writing the Memoir came out in early 1997 it has sold roughly 80,000 copies and is consistently praised as "the best book on memoir out there." It is thought-provoking, explanatory, and practical: each chapter ends with writing exercises. It covers everything from questions of truth and ethics to questions of craft and the crucial retrospective voice. An appendix provides information on legal issues.

Judith Barrington, an award-winning memoir writer and acclaimed writing teacher, is attuned to the forces, both external and internal, that work to stop a writer; her tone is...
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The Writer's Notebook II: Craft Essays from Tin House

By: Beha, Christopher

Price: $9.95

Publisher: Tin House Books: October 2012

Seller ID: 363086

ISBN: 1935639463

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Very Good

The Writer's Notebook II continues in the tradition of The Writer's Notebook, featuring essays based on craft seminars from the Tin House Summer Writer's Workshop, as well as a variety of craft essays from Tin House magazine contributors and Tin House Books authors. The collection includes essays that not only examine important craft aspects such as humor, suspense, and research but that also explore creating fractured and nonrealist narratives and the role of dream in fiction. An engaging and enlightening read, The Writer's Notebook II is both a toolkit and an inspiration for any writer. The ...
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The Artful Edit: On the Practice of Editing Yourself

By: Bell, Susan

Price: $7.95

Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company: August 2008

Seller ID: 354978

ISBN: 0393332179

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

The Artful Edit explores the many-faceted and often misunderstood--or simply overlooked--art of editing. The book brims with examples, quotes, and case studies, including an illuminating discussion of Max Perkins's editorial collaboration with F. Scott Fitzgerald on The Great Gatsby. Susan Bell, a veteran book editor, also offers strategic tips and exercises for self-editing and a series of remarkable interviews, taking us into the studios of successful authors such as Michael Ondaatje and Ann Patchett to learn from their various approaches to revision. Much more than a manua...
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Writing Personal Essays: How to Shape Your Life Experiences for the Page

By: Bender, Sheila

Price: $7.95

Publisher: Writers Digest Books: April 1995

Seller ID: 342895

ISBN: 0898796652

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - Very Good

Bender helps writers get under the skin of their memories, discover what they really mean, and tell the truths of their lives in essays.
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How to Write and Illustrate Children's Books

By: Bicknell, Treld

Price: $6.95

Publisher: N/A: September 1988

Seller ID: 256584

ISBN: 0891342648

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - Good

A helpful guide showing how to bring freshness and vitality to children's books.Aspiring authors and illustrators can learn: -- how to bring necessary freshness and vitality to children's books-- the best way to develop an idea-- how to present work successfully to a publisher-- the common myths and pitfalls of children's book publishing-- an analysis of successful fiction and nonfiction and what makes it work
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