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Writing with Skill, Level 1: Instructor Text - Paperback

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by Susan Wise Bauer (Author)This groundbreaking new writing series combines time-tested classical techniques--the imitation and analysis of great writers--with original composition exercises in history, science, biography, and literature. Skills Taught: - One- and two-level outlining - Writing chronological narratives, biographical sketches, descriptions, and sequences across the curriculum - Constructing basic literary essays on fiction and poetry - Researching and documenting source materia...

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Writing with Skill, Level 1: Student Workbook - Paperback

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Writing with Skill, Level 2: Student Workbook - Paperback

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by Susan Wise Bauer (Author)The Student Workbook encourages independent composition, while the Instructor Text contains easy-to-use supporting information for the teacher, rubrics for grading, sample compositions, and dialogue to use while teaching. Together, the Student Workbook and Instructor Text provide a full year of middle-grade writing instruction, preparing students to enter high-level rhetoric. Skills Taught: One- and two-level outlining Writing chronological narratives, biographical...

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Body Trauma: A Writer's Guide to Wounds and Injuries - Paperback

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by David W. Page (Author)Body Trauma explains what happens to body organs and bones maimed by accident or intent and the small window of opportunity for emergency treatment. Research what happens in a hospital operating room and the personnel who initiate treatment. Use these facts to bring added realism to your stories and novels.Author BiographyDAVID W. PAGE, M.D. is Professor of Surgery, Tufts University School of Medicine and Director of Student Programs in Surgery, Baystate Medical Cente...

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The Writer's Guide to the Courtroom: Let's Quill All the Lawyers - Paperback

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by Donna Ballman (Author)One-stop shopping for researching the complexities of all aspects of civil law. Whether one writes mysteries, romance, mainstream, or nonfiction, if the facts are wrong, the book is ruined. Adding some element of the law is also a valuable asset for adding further dimension or a plot twist to a story.Author BiographyDonna Ballman: DONNA BALLMAN is an attorney/author whose practice focuses on labor and employment law. She has been named one of The Lawdragon 500 Leading...

How to Write Magical Words: A Writer's Companion - Paperback

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by Edmund R. Schubert (Editor)"This is the best idea for a writing book that I've ever seen. It's like sitting in a room full of professional writers, and after each one delivers a riff on one aspect of writing, the others weigh in to buttress, amplify, refine, or add to what was said. It's an extended conversation with writers who know what they're talking about--and what matters in writing fiction that really communicates with readers." --Orson Scott Card . . . . . . How To Write Magical Wo...

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A Solemn Pleasure: To Imagine, Witness, and Write - Paperback

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by Melissa Pritchard (Author), Bret Anthony Johnston (Foreword by)"A writer at the height of her powers" (Oprah.com) reflects on a literary life pulled in two directions: from war zone journalism to the writing and teaching of fictionIn an essay entitled "Spirit and Vision" Melissa Pritchard poses the question: "Why write?" Her answer reverberates throughout A Solemn Pleasure, presenting an undeniable case for both the power of language and the nurturing constancy of the writing life. Whether...

Skimming and Scanning Techniques - Paperback

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by Barbara N. Sherman (Author)ENHANCE YOUR SPEED READING SKILLS THROUGH TWO EFFECTIVE TECHNIQUES: SKIMMING AND SCANNING. Skimming and scanning have very different goals, reached by very different methods. The skimming section of this book will allow you to practice reading quickly and digesting information at a rapid pace. This section contains a broad range of reading materials with historic, patriotic, or Christian themes. The scanning section of this book will teach you to rapidly cover a ...

Lizzie Borden Took an Axe, or Did She? a Rhetorical Inquiry - Paperback

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by Annette M. Holba (Author)We've heard the rhyme: Lizzie Borden took an axe, And gave her mother forty whacks, When she saw what she had done, She gave her father forty-one. But what do we really know about this infamous case of murder that occurred over one hundred years ago? Lizzie Borden Took an Axe, or Did She? is a collection of essays, written by a teacher-scholar (and a former Prosecutor's Detective), that that explore various interesting questions that have virtually remained unexpla...

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Dark Tongues: The Art of Rogues and Riddlers - Hardcover

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by Daniel Heller-Roazen (Author)Dark Tongues constitutes a sustained exploration of a perplexing fact that has never received the attention it deserves. Wherever human beings share a language, they also strive to make from it something new: a cryptic idiom, built from the grammar that they know, which will allow them to communicate in secrecy. Such hidden languages come in many shapes. They may be playful or serious, children's games or adults' work. They may be as impenetrable as foreign ton...

Light: C. S. Lewis's First and Final Short Story - Paperback

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by W. Starr Charlie (Author), Hooper Walter (Foreword by)That an unknown manuscript by C. S. Lewis should suddenly appear two decades after his death is remarkable. That it turns out to be a version of a previously published Lewis short story which some have accused of being a forgery, makes it a mystery. C. S. Lewis's "Light" manuscript appeared out of nowhere in 1985 after a different version of the story was published in 1977. Could "Light" be the final version of that story, the missing p...

The Politics of Professionalism: A Retro-Progressive Proposal for Librarianship - Paperback

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by Juris Dilevko (Author)This book presents a retro-progressive proposal for the education of librarians: the removal of library education from the jurisdiction of universities, which in recent decades have become increasingly corporatized, internalizing market-based concepts such as performance metrics and "audit culture" to the extent that, ideologically speaking, they are indistinguishable from corporations. The author presents a detailed, alternative model for library education, building ...

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by Monika Antonelli (Editor), Mark McCullough (Editor)It is difficult to turn on the television or read a news story today without learning about how green and sustainable practices are being implemented throughout society. Libraries are not exempt from these broader trends. In some cases, libraries and librarians have been at the forefront of these efforts. Greening Libraries provides library professionals with a collection of articles and papers that serve as a portal to understanding a wid...

Ephemeral Material: Queering the Archive - Paperback

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by Alana Kumbier (Author)Ephemeral Material: Queering the Archive articulates a queer approach to archival studies and archival practice, and establishes the relevance of this approach beyond collections with LGBTQ content. Kumbier argues that queering the archive (thinking through queer interests, experiences, explanatory frameworks, and cultural practices) allows us to think critically about established archival principles and practices. This project describes -- and supports -- the work of...

The 33 Worst Mistakes Writers Make About Horses - Paperback

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by Becky Burkheart (Author)Avoid 33 common mistakes writers make about horses that drive riders crazy. This book answers key questions non-horseman don't know they need to ask, offering clear answers for simple issues and research terms for more complex ones. Each of the 33 Mistakes are explained in clear layman's terms in this quick and hard hitting 10,000 words. As both a rider and a writer, the author offers real world examples and conflicts rather than simply explaining what's proper. Whe...

Writing From Within: Tapping The Creative Unconscious: How to Use Your Subconscious Mind To Supercharge Your Creative Writing - Paperback

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by Mark W. Curran (Author), Isaac Asimov (Foreword by)Learn how to supercharge your creative writing and infuse it with inspiring energy by tapping the unlimited source of new ideas that sleeps beneath the surface of your awareness. By using the power of the creative unconscious, writers can learn to innovate and imagine to heights never before achieved and to experience the profound ecstasy of creation. This book teaches proven and effective techniques for exploring the inner world of your...

The Seven Step Guide to Authorpreneurship - Paperback

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by K. M. Weiland (Foreword by), Rochelle D. Carter (Author)These 7 Steps are THE guide to approaching your writing career like a business. Whether you are writing fiction or non-fiction, multi-published or aspiring to publication, independently published or contracted with a publishing house, you need The 7-Step Guide to Authorpreneurship. This how-to handbook will guide you through each phase of your writing career to create a business that generates regular income while allowing you to do w...

The Art of Characterization: How to Use the Elements of Storytelling to Connect Readers to an Unforgettable Cast - Paperback

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by Fay Lamb (Author)Put on your director's cap and prepare to set your story world's stage with memorable scenes and unforgettable characters.Great storytelling isn't done haphazardly. Storytelling is an art which requires practice to master. In The Art of Characterization authors are shown elements of storytelling which, when practiced correctly, utilizes forward-moving description and back story, deep point of view, dialogue, and conflict to create a cast of characters readers will never fo...

Intermedia, Fluxus and the Something Else Press: Selected Writings by Dick Higgins - Paperback

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by Dick Higgins (Artist), Steve Clay (Editor), Ken Friedman (Editor)Dick Higgins and his Something Else Press epitomized the riotous art of the '60sThere are few art-world figures as influential--and as little known--as Dick Higgins (1938-98), cofounder of Fluxus, polyartist, poet, scholar, theorist, composer, performer and, not least, the publisher of the legendary Something Else Press. In 1965 he restored the term intermedia to the English language, giving it new dimension to recognize the ...

Speak More!: Marketing Strategies to Get More Speaking Business - Paperback

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by National Speakers Association (Author)Speak More Marketing Strategies to Get More Speaking Business provides cutting-edge, road-tested and commonsense marketing strategies to help aspiring and professional speakers achieve their business objectives. From 33 of the world's top speaking professionals, you'll discover real-life experiences describing what works and what doesn't to effectively promote your business, brand, products and services, and to grow your bottom line. LEARN HOW TO: -...

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Harvest of Hawaii Plantation Pidgin: The Japanese Way - Hardcover

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by Myra S. Ikeda (Author), Jeffery K. Decosta (Illustrator)A Harvest of Hawaii Plantation Pidgin: The Japanese Way examines, from the perspective of language, the plantation experience of the issei and subsequent generations who came to Hawaii (Tengoku) to work in the sugar fields. Hilo-born Myra Sachiko Ikeda, shows how the Japanese language spoken by the first workers became influenced by the need to communicate with other workers, and how pidgin, the common plantation language that had dev...

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Fic: Why Fanfiction Is Taking Over the World - Paperback

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by Anne Jamison (Author), Lev Grossman (Foreword by)What is fanfiction, and what is it not? Why does fanfiction matter? And what makes it so important to the future of literature? Fic is a groundbreaking exploration of the history and culture of fan writing and what it means for the way we think about reading, writing, and authorship. It's a story about literature, community, and technology--about what stories are being told, who's telling them, how, and why. With provocative discussions from...

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by Jerry Apps (Author)From the winner of the 2014 Regional Emmy Award for A Farm Winter with Jerry Apps Jerry Apps, renowned author and veteran storyteller, believes that storytelling is the key to maintaining our humanity, fostering connection, and preserving our common history. In Telling Your Story, he offers tips for people who are interested in telling their own stories. Readers will learn how to choose stories from their memories, how to journal, and find tips for writing and oral story...

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Ecodeviance: (Soma)Tics for the Future Wilderness - Paperback

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by Caconrad (Author)Listed in The Boston Globe's Best Poetry Books of 2014Finalist for the Lambda Literary Award in Gay PoetryWinner of The Believer Poetry Award"The (Soma)tic Exercises are innovative and crucial to our art form. . . . Conrad must be one of the most original practitioners of poetry forging new territory."--The Rumpus"There was a time some of us believed poetry and poets could save the world; CAConrad never stopped believing it."--The Huffington PostFrom "M.I.A. ESCALATOR" The...

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by Ibn Khalawayh (Author), David Larsen (Translator)An English translation of the late tenth century Arabic lexicographer Ibn Khalawayh's list of names of lions. This unique collection engages an ancient scholarly practice of documenting with precision and clarity. Larsen's lively introduction, notes, and the 400 epithets are an engrossing work of cultural studies.David Larsen's graduate studies in Comparative Literature ran parallel to years of activity in the San Francisco Bay Area's experi...

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While Standing in Line for Death - Paperback

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by Caconrad (Author)Winner of the 30th Annual Lambda Literary Award for Gay PoetryFrom these rituals come notes; from those notes come poems; and from those poems comes not just a view into his process, but an entrance into another present. --Boston GlobeAfter his boyfriend Earth's murder, CAConrad was looking for a (Soma)tic poetry ritual to overcome his depression. This new book of eighteen rituals and their resulting poems contains that success, along with other political actions and exerc...

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by William Strunk Jr. (Author)"No book in shorter space, with fewer words, will help any writer more than this persistent little volume." - The Boston Globe You know the author's name. You recognize the title. The advice of Strunk is as valuable today as when it was first offered. This book has conveyed the principles of English style to millions of readers. Use "the little book" to make a big impact with writing. Number of Pages: 70 Dimensions: 0.25 x 9 x 6 IN Publication Date: October 04, ...

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The Man Between: Michael Henry Heim and a Life in Translation - Paperback

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by Michael Henry Heim (Author), Esther Allen (Editor), Sean Cotter (Editor)When Michael Henry Heim--one of the most respected translators of his generation--passed away in the fall of 2012, he left behind an astounding legacy. Over his career, he translated over sixty works from more than eight different languages, including books by Milan Kundera, Dubravka Ugresic, Hugo Claus, and Anton Chekov.But Mike, as he was known to his legion of friends, was much more than that. His classes at UCLA on...

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Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic - Paperback

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by Alex Kane (Author)Set an even longer time ago in a galaxy far, far away, BioWare's 2003 Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic wowed players with its compelling characters, lightsaber customization, complex morality choices, and one of the greatest plot twists in both video game and Star Wars history. But even for veteran studios like LucasArts and BioWare, the responsibility of making both a great game and a lasting contribution to the Star Wars canon was no easy task. Featuring extensive...

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by Reyan Ali (Author)When NBA Jam dunked its way into arcades in 1993, players discovered just how fun basketball can be when freed from rules, refs, and gravity itself. But just a few years after the billion-dollar hit conquered the world, developer Midway, publisher Acclaim, and video arcades themselves fell off the map. How did a simple two-on-two basketball game become MVP of the arcade, and how did this champ lose its title? Journalist Reyan Ali dives deep into the saga, tracking the peo...

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by Brock Wilbur (Author), Nathan Rabin (Author)In 1997, game studio Running With Scissors released its debut title, Postal, an isometric shooter aimed at shocking an imagined pearl-clutching public. The game was crass, gory, and dumb--all of which might have been forgivable if the game had been any fun to play. Postal gained enough notoriety from riding the wave of public outrage to warrant a sequel. And DLC. And a remake. And, perhaps most surprising of all, a Golden-Raspberry-winning featur...

Where I Stand: On the Signing Community and My DeafBlind Experience - Paperback

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by John Lee Clark (Author)This collection of essays from one of the country's leading voices on issues facing the signing community appears at a time of troubling trends and exciting new developments. Through his lucid and accessible prose, John Lee Clark delves into questions ranging from why hearing parents of Deaf children don't sign to how written American Sign Language will change the course of Deaf literature. As a second-generation DeafBlind man, Clark also takes us on a tour of his ex...