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Reading the Gaelic Landscape - Paperback

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by John Murray (Author)Following the success of the first edition, this new edition has been expanded and improved with additional images and enhanced drawings. The subject matter has been expanded with the chapter on grammar and pronunciation extended. There are examples of how Gaelic personal names and the human body are used in place-names and many etymological sources have been added to place-name tables. In addition to the generic index, there is now an index of specific place-names. Fin...

Publish Your Genealogy: A Step-By-Step Guide for Preserving Your Research for the Next Generation - Paperback

$35.93

by Dina C. Carson (Author)If you have been researching your family and want to share your research but are not quite ready to write the stories, this book will: * take you through the four stages of publishing projects * show you how publishing works * help you pick a project to publish * lead you through a research review to see what you have and what you still need * instruct you how to prepare your manuscript to look like it was professionally published * give you tips for getting the word...

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The Book of Letters: How to Write a Letter for Every Occasion - Paperback

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by Peter Breen (Author)This new edition of the classic guide to letter writing offers readers practical solutions to a number of everyday personal, consumer, business, and legal problems. It also contains handy tips for letter writing using non-traditional methods such as e-mail and fax. Included are standard form letters for numerous situations as well as invaluable tips for communicating the written word in the most effective way.Author BiographyPeter Breen is an independent member of the U...

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Stranger at Home: The Praise Poet in Apartheid South Africa - Paperback

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by Ashlee Neser (Author)This book is about the poetry, vision and deeply inhospitable context of one of South Africas most talented praise poets. The praise poet (imbongi) is a familiar cultural icon in contemporary South Africa. Public events as diverse as presidential inaugurations, openings of parliament, fashion shows and boxing contests begin with the rousing declamations of charismatic iimbongi. Yet until the institution of majority-rule, praise poets who sought to shock their audiences...

The Art & Craft of Playwriting - Paperback

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by Jeffery Hatcher (Author)Jeffrey Hatcher knows the nuts and bolts of writing for the theater. Here, he shares his views on it all--from building tension and plotting a scene, right down to moving a character from one side of the stage to the other. From crafting an intriguing beginning to delivering a satisfying ending. In Hatcher's one-on-one discussions with acclaimed American playwrights Lee Blessing, Marsha Norman and Jose Rivera, you'll find a wealth of practical advice, tricks of the ...

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by Philip Gerard (Editor)Experience the power and the promise of working in today' most exciting literary form: Creative Nonfiction Writing Creative Nonfiction presents more than thirty essays examining every key element of the craft, from researching ideas and structuring the story, to reportage and personal reflection. You'll learn from some of today's top creative nonfiction writers, including: - Terry Tempest Williams - Analyze your motivation for writing, its value, and its strength. - ...

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Quit Your Day Job!: How to Sleep Late, Do What You Enjoy, and Make a Ton of Money as a Writer - Paperback

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by Jim Denney (Author), James D. Denney (Author)A candid, no-nonsense appraisal of the daily grind to the writer's life. Lays out a sound, strategic plan fore building a career as a full-time writer.Author BiographyJim Denney has written nearly 60 books, both fiction and nonfiction. He is the author of Answers to Satisfy the Soul and The Timebenders (a children's science-fantasy series), which includes Battle Before Time and Lost in Cydonia. Denney is married with two teenage children and liv...

GRE 4000: The 4000 Words Essential for the GRE - Paperback

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by Jeff Kolby (Author)The verbal section of the GRE is essentially a vocabulary test. With a few exceptions, if you know the word, you will probably be able to answer the question correctly. Thus, it is crucial that you improve your vocabulary. Even if you have a strong vocabulary, you will still encounter unfamiliar words on the GRE. Many students write off questions, which contain words, they don't recognize. This is a mistake. This book introduces numerous techniques that decode unfamili...

SAT 4000: The 4000 Words Essential for the SAT - Paperback

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by Jeff Kolby (Author)The reading section of the SAT is essentially a vocabulary test. With a few exceptions, if you know the word, you will probably be able to answer the question correctly. Thus, it is crucial that you improve your vocabulary. Even if you have a strong vocabulary, you will still encounter unfamiliar words on the SAT. Many students write off questions, which contain words, they don't recognize. This is a mistake. This book introduces numerous techniques that decode unfamil...

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Just Pencil Me in: Your Guide to Moving & Getting Settled After 60 - Paperback

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by Willma Willis Gore (Author)While moving is never simple, moving after one has reached the age of 60 often presents its own special challenges. Crammed with indispensable tips from the author's lifetime of moving experiences--she's moved eight times just since she turned 70--this book smooths the way to making the reader's move uncomplicated and enjoyable. Number of Pages: 176 Dimensions: 0.45 x 9.02 x 6.1 IN Publication Date: June 01, 2002

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The ABCs of Writing for Children: 114 Children's Authors and Illustrators Talk about the Art, the Business, the Craft & the Life of Writing Children's - Paperback

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by Elizabeth Koehler-Pentacoff (Author)Have you ever dreamed of writing a best-selling children's book? Ever fantasize about what it's like to live the life of a published children's author? Although writing and illustrating books for children is not as easy as it looks, new authors and illustrators are being discovered--and published--all the time. Even if you're not planning a career in this field, learning how authors and illustrators work can lend new insights and appreciation to their ar...

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Damn! That's Funny!: Writing Humor You Can Sell - Paperback

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by Gene Perret (Author)In"" Damn That's Funny , "" readers learn from a true pro what makes readers laugh, how to write humorous pieces, how to add humor to serious articles, and how to market their material. Written by television comedy writer Gene Perret, a three-time Emmy Award-winner and longtime head writer for Bob Hope. Number of Pages: 228 Dimensions: 0.45 x 8.94 x 6.14 IN Illustrated: Yes Publication Date: May 01, 2005

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Let's Get Creative!: Writing Fiction That Sells - Paperback

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by William F. Nolan (Author)William F. Nolan, using the knowledge acquired by writing more than 90 works of fiction, analyzes some of his and others' best work to help the reader with construction of characters, dramatic development, and dialogue. The writer will learn how to hook the reader on the first page, how to develop conflict, the craft of revision, and more. Number of Pages: 220 Dimensions: 0.64 x 8.96 x 6.1 IN Publication Date: December 01, 2006 Award: Independent Publisher Book Awa...

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Damn! Why Didn't I Write That?: How Ordinary People Are Raking in $100,000.00... or More Writing Nonfiction Books & How You Can Too! - Paperback

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by Marc McCutcheon (Author)More nonfiction books are breaking the 100,000-copy sale barrier than ever before. Amateur writers, housewives, and even high school dropouts have cashed in with astonishingly simple best-sellers. This guide, by best-selling author Marc McCutcheon, shows the reader how to get in on the action by identifying lucrative publishing niches and filling them, not once, not twice, but year after year. Number of Pages: 253 Dimensions: 0.55 x 8.96 x 6.14 IN Publication Date: ...

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101 Best Scenes Ever Written: A Romp Through Literature for Writers and Readers - Paperback

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by Barnaby Conrad (Author)Readers will delight at the best scenes ever written. They will find old favorites and savor scenes new to them. With each scene, Barnaby Conrad provides insights as to what the author wishes to accomplish with this passage and the literary devices he or she employs. Any avid reader will enjoy Conrad's ""101 Best Scenes Ever Written,"" but countless fledgling and established writers will benefit enormously by sampling and studying these gems from the masters of the w...

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Freelancing for Newspapers: Writing for an Overlooked Market - Paperback

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by Sue Fagalde Lick (Author)Pick up the Sunday paper and consider how many stories it takes to fill all those pages. How can any newspaper staff produce so many stories every day, every week, every month of the year and keep up with breaking news, too? They can't. They use freelancers.This book serves as a guide to newspaper freelancing both for beginners and for more experienced writers who want to expand their markets. Number of Pages: 175 Dimensions: 0.5 x 8.98 x 6.16 IN Publication Date: ...

Effective Business & Nonfiction Writing - Paperback

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by Jan Yager (Author)Master the techniques for writing successful business letters, memos, emails, proposals, reports, articles and books with help from a writer with experience in editing and teaching. Number of Pages: 188 Dimensions: 0.47 x 9.02 x 6.04 IN Publication Date: January 01, 2001

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The Elements of Narrative Nonfiction: How to Write & Sell the Novel of True Events - Paperback

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by Peter Rubie (Author)"I wish I had had this book thirty years ago, when I started out." --Mark Bowden, author of Black Hawk Down: A Story of Modern WarName some of the huge bestselling books over the years -- In Cold Blood; All the President's Men; The Perfect Storm; Black Hawk Down; Longitude; Jarhead -- and they all have one thing in common; they all read like novels. Author and agent Peter Rubie shows the reader how to join journalistic research with riveting, character-driven prose to c...

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The Story I Am: Mad about the Writing Life - Paperback

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by Roger Rosenblatt (Author)This is a gorgeous book, one that will inspire anyone to make the next sentence.--Jericho Brown, Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry 2020 A hymn of praise for the craft of weaving words in order to survive.--Kitty Kelley Roger Rosenblatt has always been "mad about the writing life." In this new collection, he shares the stories and insights about writing that have inspired him, as a journalist, a columnist for The Washington Post, an essayist for Time magazine ...

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Echolalias: On the Forgetting of Language - Paperback

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by Daniel Heller-Roazen (Author)Just as speech can be acquired, so can it be lost. Individuals can forget words, phrases, even entire languages, and over the course of time speaking communities, too, let go of the tongues that were once theirs, as languages grow obsolescent and give way to others. In Echolalias, Daniel Heller-Roazen reflects on the many forms of linguistic forgetfulness. In twenty-one concise chapters, he moves among classical, medieval, and modern culture, exploring the inte...

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by James Baker Hall (Author)Paul Praeder--an immensely complex character with the bravado of a Hemingway hero, the literary erudition and despair of Berryman's Dream Songs persona, and the dark, self-destructive magnetism of Conrad's Captain Kurtz--is a new and disturbing addition to the pantheon of American literary characters. His story unfolds over his 30-year correspondence with a young poet, and it is a story of lost moral compass, in which artistic integrity is traded for commercial suc...

100+ Fun Ideas for Practising Modern Foreign Languages in the Primary Classroom - Paperback

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by Sue Cave (Author)The 137 tried and tested activities in this book can be used to develop oracy and literacy skills in almost any language. Sue Cave, the author, has chosen these particular ideas due to the enthusiastic responses she has received from young learners and the positive impact the games and activities have had on the learning of another language. The inherent rationale behind each activity is that it is enjoyable, interactive and allows for as many children as possible at one t...

The Complete Guide to Writing Science Fiction: Volume 1 - Paperback

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by Dave A. Law (Editor), Darin Park (Editor)The Complete Guide to Writing Science Fiction, Volume 1, is a comprehensive writer's guide for the amateur writer. From the pitfalls and clichés common in a first story-and how to avoid them-to selling and promoting a novel, and living the writing life. Every writer will find some value in the wisdom within these pages. Covering both the basics of writing genre fiction, and techinical aspects of the science behind a good sf story, this guide include...

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by Terry Barber (Author)Jane Goodall is specifically written to meet the needs of adolescents and adults who are reluctant readers. The photographs, maps, and illustrations reflect the text, making the words easy to decode. This high-interest, low-vocabulary biography is ideal for English as a Second Language or adult basic education students. As a young girl, Jane Goodall (1934- ) dreamed of going to Africa to live with animals. Her dream came true and she spent over 25 years studying chimpa...

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by Terry Barber (Author)Cesar Chavez is specifically written to meet the needs of adolescents and adults who are reluctant readers. The photographs, maps, and illustrations reflect the text, making the words easy to decode. This high-interest, low-vocabulary biography is ideal for English as a Second Language or adult basic education students. Cesar Chavez quit school after Grade 8 to help support his family. He laboured in the fields as a migrant farm worker. In 1962, Cesar founded and led t...

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by Terry Barber (Author)Rosa Parks is specifically written to meet the needs of adolescents and adults who are reluctant readers. The photographs, maps, and illustrations reflect the text, making the words easy to decode. This high-interest, low-vocabulary biography is ideal for English as a Second Language or adult basic education students. Rosa Parks (1913-2005), as a young black woman back in 1995, refused to give up her seat on a bus to a white passenger. This act of courage sparked the M...

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by Terry Barber (Author)David Suzuki is specifically written to meet the needs of adolescents and adults who are reluctant readers. The photographs, maps, and illustrations reflect the text, making the words easy to decode. This high-interest, low-vocabulary biography is ideal for English as a Second Language or adult basic education students. Number of Pages: 52 Dimensions: 0.11 x 9.25 x 7.5 IN Illustrated: Yes Publication Date: January 11, 2016

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by Terry Barber (Author)The Famous Five is specifically written to meet the needs of adolescents and adults who are reluctant readers. The photographs, maps, and illustrations reflect the text, making the words easy to decode. This high-interest, low-vocabulary biography is ideal for English as a Second Language or adult basic education students. Many people have not heard of The Famous Five. Yet, these five women fought for women's rights in the early 1900s. They helped women win the right t...

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by Terry Barber (Author)Mahatma Gandhi is specifically written to meet the needs of adolescents and adults who are reluctant readers. The photographs, maps, and illustrations reflect the text, making the words easy to decode. This high-interest, low-vocabulary biography is ideal for English as a Second Language or adult basic education students. Gandhi (1869-1948) became one of the most respected political and spiritual leaders of the 1900s. He lived a spiritual and simple life of prayer, fas...

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by Terry Barber (Author)Dalai Lama is specifically written to meet the needs of adolescents and adults who are reluctant readers. The photographs, maps, and illustrations reflect the text, making the words easy to decode. This high-interest, low-vocabulary is ideal for English as a Second Language or adult basic education students. The Dalai Lama is the spiritual and political leader of the Tibetan people. His Holiness often says, "I am just a simple Buddhist monk--no more, no less." Number o...

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by Terry Barber (Author)Elizabeth Fry is specifically written to meet the needs of adolescents and adults who are reluctant readers. The photographs, maps, and illustrations reflect the text, making the words easy to decode. This high-interest, low-vocabulary biography is ideal for English as a Second Language or adult basic education students. Elizabeth Fry (1780-1845) visited Newgate prison in 1812. She was horrified by the crowded and dirty prison conditions. The women did their own cookin...

Text and Genre in Reconstruction: Effects of Digitalization on Ideas, Behaviours, Products and Institutions. - Hardcover

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by Willard McCarty (Editor)In this broad-reaching, multi-disciplinary collection, leading scholars investigate how the digital medium has altered the way we read and write text. In doing so, it challenges the very notion of scholarship as it has traditionally been imagined. Incorporating scientific, socio-historical, materialist and theoretical approaches, this rich body of work explores topics ranging from how computers have affected our relationship to language, whether the book has become ...