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by Mitch Levenberg (Author)A must read for anyone who's ever wanted to take a trip down someone else's memory lane, and at the same time revisit the warmth of their own. Mitch Levenberg writes about writing and reading his writing. Number of Pages: 66 Dimensions: 0.16 x 8.5 x 5.51 IN Publication Date: March 15, 2015

Writing Alchemy: How to Write Fast and Deep - Paperback

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by Matilda Butler (Author), Kendra Bonnett (Author)Writing Alchemy is a revolutionary approach to writing...a proven system. From award-winning authors Matilda Butler and Kendra Bonnett--Writing Alchemy: How to Write Fast and Deep shares the secrets that put writers in total control of their writing process. Writing Alchemy applies the best of social science research to help you write with intense purpose...and have fun in the process. Here's what a few of our students are saying: "Writin...

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by Roland Merullo (Author)From the Author's Preface: During the ten years I taught in college, and the numerous writing conferences and workshops I have been a part of since then, I've heard volumes of advice about the technical aspects of writing. Plot, character, pace, description, dialogue, theme, metaphor, symbolism, and so on. In the conferences especially, there has been a lot of good practical information about finding an agent, attracting a publisher, self-publishing, e-publishing, an...

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by John E. Scherber (Author)A WRITER'S NOTEBOOK: Everything I Wish Someone Had Told Me When I Was Starting Out. Learning to write well is a solitary and often frustrating task, but help is on the way. Here is the distilled experience of 50 years of writing (and writer's block) that covers the following in detail, as well as 21 other topics: Character Plot Setting Dialog Point of View Voice & Tone Self-publishing Finding an Agent Promotion The author shares his experience in writing and pu...

Noticing and Second Language Acquisition: Studies in Honor of Richard Schmidt - Paperback

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by Joara M. Bergsleithner (Editor), Sylvia Nagem Frota (Editor), Jim K. Yoshioka (Editor)This volume celebrates the life and groundbreaking work of Richard Schmidt, the developer of the influential Noticing Hypothesis in the field of second language acquisition. The 19 chapters encompass a compelling collection of cuttingedge research studies exploring such constructs as noticing, attention, and awareness from multiple perspectives, which expand, fine tune, sometimes support, and sometimes ch...

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by Etel Adnan (Author)These interrelated meditations explore the nature of the individual spirit and the individual spiritedness of the natural world. As skilled a philosopher as she is a poet, in Sea & Fog, Adnan weaves multiple sonic, theoretical, and syntactic pleasures at once.Author BiographyEtel Adnan was born in Beirut, Lebanon in 1925. She studied philosophy at the Sorbonne, U.C. Berkeley, and at Harvard, and taught at Dominican College in San Rafael, California, from 1958-1972. I...

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by William Baer (Author)Write poetry in the great metrical tradition of Dante, Shakespeare, Dickinson, Frost, and the poets of the current Formalist revival. In this contemporary guide, you'll learn how to write metrical poetry in all the major forms, from blank verse and quatrains to sonnets and villanelles. Each chapter provides step-by-step instruction that's accessible and easy to understand for even the beginning poet. This book includes unique features difficult to find anywhere else: E...

Professor Bloomers No-Nonsense Spelling Program: Learning How to Learn, Increasing Memory and Sequencing through Spelling - Paperback

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by Richard Bloomer Edd Dabps Facapp Facfei (Author)Spelling and Reading go hand in hand. Teaching spelling guarantees improved reading skills. Professor Bloomer's Spelling Program for young learners teaches children "how" to learn new words. It provides your learner with correct spelling of nearly twenty five hundred of the most useful words in the English language and builds vocabulary. Learning to spell develops children's memory span and trains effective memory skills. Correct spelling pre...

Compelling Conversations-Japan: Questions and Quotations for High Intermediate Japanese English Language Learners - Paperback

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by Eric H. Roth (Author), Shiggy Ichinomiya (Author), Brent Warner (Author)Compelling Conversations - Japan: Questions and Quotations for High-Intermediate Japanese English Language Learners deploys a range of speaking activities, vocabulary expansion lessons, classic quotations, and search-and-share internet activities. The fluency-focused English as a Foreign Language (EFL) conversation textbook includes 12 thematic chapters that explore daily life in Japan and develops English skills. Desi...

Deaf Tend Your: A Guide to Mouth Morphemes in American Sign Language - Paperback

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by Melanie Metzger (Author), Wink Smith Jr. (Contribution by), Byron Bridges (Author)Mouth Morphemes in ASLThis book and the embedded videos (accessible via a website link provided in the book on page: vi) are designed to provide information about the non-manual aspects of ASL: what to do with your mouth when signing ASL! The book is packed with information and the video features Dr. Byron Bridges demonstrating appropriate mouthing. A MUST for interpreters and ASL students!48 mouth morphemes...

Correct Me If I'm Wrong: Getting Your Grammar, Punctuation, and Word Usage Right! - Paperback

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by Arlene Miller (Author)O[Miller's] "Correct Me If I'm Wrong" puts English into plain English, which is no small feat! The book is terrific.ONScott James, "New York Times" columnist. Number of Pages: 140 Dimensions: 0.33 x 9 x 6 IN Publication Date: September 08, 2012

Air Force Writing Guide: How to Write Enlisted Performance Reports, Awards, LOCs, and more - Paperback

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by R. Parker (Author)Drawing from over 24 years of experience in units around the world, the author provides information on and examples of Air Force writing requirements that can't be found anywhere else. This book is packed with clear guidance on the best strategy for advancement through the ranks including how to write exceptional Enlisted Performance Reports and Awards that will increase your chances for recognition and promotion. Included are sections on common NCO writing tasks such as ...

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by Fred Elliott Miller (Author), David Zamudio (Illustrator), Sarah Barrie (Designed by)You've Been Asked to Give a Presentation Is It YES or YIKES Have you been asked, or would you like to: Make a Presentation - Give a Speech - Give a Toast Accept an Award - Give an Award - Deliver a Eulogy Facilitate a Meeting - or Speak to. . . ? PUBLIC SPEAKING is most people's greatest fear. Some fear it more than dying This fear holds back many people's careers. Like all the skills you possess, this ...

The Last Sacred Place in North America - Paperback

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by Stephen Haven (Author)T. R. Hummer says that "Stephen Haven is a poet of incisive discipline deployed in the service of a passionate humanistic ethos. Every word in this collection reflects concern: concern for humanity, and concern for language, humanity's best hope. Global in vision, this worried book is unflinching, yet hopeful, yielding up a world in which 'Your own caesurae, / Your own circumference, / Is the shell of a missing animal. / You pull it tight around you like a cloak. . . ...

Still Life with Dirty Dishes: Poems - Paperback

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by Ramona McCallum (Author)Like its title poem, this collection insists on art's daily necessity. McCallum chronicles the rhythms of family life, and in the domestic pause between chore and love, in the hushed wake of cleaving or grieving, she catches a visceral sense of life's intensity. In a parent's gaze, a child's "becoming/individual" transfixes attention on the momentousness of any given moment, and it's this same gaze the poet lifts to consider how Being shapes itself into the patterns...

Writing Advice for Teens: Creating Stories - Paperback

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by Mike Kalmbach (Author)Filled with plenty of tips, advice, and examples to help any teen writer, the first book in the Writing Advice for Teens series focuses on getting ideas down quickly and pounding out that first draft. After following the advice and using the techniques outlined in this book, you should understand how to bring the stories locked in your mind to the surface.Contains 21 exercises to inspire and refine story ideas!Perfect for use in: high school English or creative writi...

Marking Humanity: Stories, Poems, & Essays by Holocaust Survivors - Paperback

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by Shlomit Kriger (Editor)Imagine sitting across from a member of the German Secret State Police and negotiating with him to allow for the release of Jewish youngsters and for the establishment of a Jewish school. What can a teenager do when forced to march past the gallows and see how two of his campmates were hung? These are just some of the very real experiences that afflicted the 46 featured Holocaust survivors, who remained resilient and went on to rebuild their lives in the United State...

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by Wayne Miller (Editor)Copper Nickel is a meeting place for multiple aesthetics, bringing work that engages with our social and historical context to the world with original pieces and dynamic translations.A nationally distributed literary journal housed at the University of Colorado, Denver, Copper Nickel was founded by poet Jake Adam York in 2002. On hiatus since York's sudden death in 2012, it is now being revitalized under the editorship of Wayne Miller, the former Editor-in-Chief (2010-...

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by Wayne Miller (Editor)Copper Nickel is a meeting place for multiple aesthetics, bringing work that engages with our social and historical context to the world with original pieces and dynamic translations.Issue 26 of Copper Nickel features a diverse collection including translation "folios" of work by Norwegian poet Paal-Helge Gaugen, Franco-Algerian poet Samira Negrouche, and Austrian poet Elisabeth Schmeidel; poems by National Book Award and National Book Critics Circle Award Finalist Ada...

Public Speaking for Kids, Tweens, and Teens - Confidence for Life! - Paperback

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by David Nemzoff (Author)Everyone can develop self-confidence and powerful leadership and social interaction skills at home. Gabberz Public Speaking for Kids, Tweens, and Teens single-student edition is a do-it-yourself at home public speaking training program designed for youth ages 8 to 18. The parents/instructor and student do NOT need to know anything about public speaking to use this program.Gabberz is the most comprehensive self-training program on the market today. This program include...

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Beate Not the Poore Desk: A Writer to Young Writers - Paperback

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by Wangerin (Author)For the first time, National Book Award-winner Walter Wangerin, Jr., turns his keen eye upon the craft of writing. Adding a lifetime of experience to the wisdom and examples of other writers (Shakespeare, Goethe, Berry, Chaucer, and many more), he builds for us an intricate picture of the craft and its many subtitles.Front JacketFor the first time, National Book Award-winner Walter Wangerin, Jr., turns his keen eye upon the craft of writing. By adding a lifetime of experie...

Columbia Common English Usage Mistakes at TOEFL - Paperback

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by Richard Lee Ph. D. (Author)Columbia Common English Usage Mistakes at TOEFL is compiled to help you learn the absolutely essential grammar testing points and avoid the most common mistakes at TOEFL to raise your score It has twenty lessons with each one having the following outstanding features: 1. ERROR EXAMPLES: show you what kinds of mistakes most often made at TOEFL and how to correct them; 2. GRAMMAR GUIDES: teach you the grammar rules absolutely essential to raise your TOEFL score; 3...

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by Kathrin Lake (Author)"A marvelous book that will help any writer or aspiring author." The A to Zen of Writing includes inspiring reflections on writing, inspiring quotes from famous authors, writing prompts and challenging brainstorm questions for the reader to answer about themselves and their writing. There are no wrong answers. Combining the inspiration of writing prompts with the basic child's alphabet book, The A to Zen of Writing is simple, poetic, and inspiring yet challenging too. ...

The Librarian's Skillbook: 51 Essential Career Skills for Information Professionals - Paperback

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by David Grossman (Author), Deborah Hunt (Author)Having the right skillset is essential for successful growth and advancement at every stage in your career. Regardless of your current level of experience and expertise, The Librarian's Skillbook, which reveals the 51 hottest, most sought after library/information skills in today's workplace, is your personal ticket to a new or enhanced career. Once you have selected the most important skills you need to advance your career, The Librarian's Sk...

The Mother Tongue Student Workbook 1 - Paperback

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by Sarah Louise Arnold (Author), Amy M. Edwards (Author), Christina J. Mugglin (Author)All of the student exercises in The Mother Tongue, Adapted for Modern Students are now available in workbook form. Kittredge and Arnold's grammar book includes student exercises with sentences and language from real literature and writings of the time period. With opportunities to compose sentences, analyze all the parts of sentences, parse words, and practice punctuation and capitalization rules, these exe...

The Mother Tongue Student Workbook 2 - Paperback

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The Mother Tongue Student Workbook 1 Answer Key - Paperback

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by Christina J. Mugglin (Author), Amy M. Edwards (Author)The long-awaited answer key for Kittredge and Arnold's The Mother Tongue is here With The Mother Tongue: Adapted for Modern Students Blue Sky Daisies brings a fresh look to the classic grammar text from George Kittredge and Sarah Arnold, The Mother Tongue Book II. In the accompanying workbooks, The Mother Tongue Student Workbook 1 and 2, Blue Sky Daisies provides the practice exercises in workbook form. Nearly all of these practice sen...

Great Danger: A Writer's Guide to Building Suspense - Paperback

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by Ken Pelham (Author)Why do some novels keep you on the edge of your seat, flipping pages as fast as you can read them, while others you trudge through? What is it about the page-turner? In a word, suspense. The author entices you, hooks you, and lands you. But how? It's not by accident. Learn the tips, tricks, and techniques of building suspense in fiction. In this concise guide, you'll learn what makes suspense tick, why we like it, and how to instill it into your writing. Ken Pelham, a me...

Fifty Shades of Grammar: Scintillating and Saucy Sentences, Syntax, and Semantics from The Grammar Diva - Paperback

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by Arlene Miller (Author), Marny Parkin (Designed by), Matt Hinrichs (Cover Design by)Fifty Shades of Grammar presents the very best blog posts from The Grammar Diva-grammar posts, punctuation posts, holiday posts, quizzes, posts about words, and more-entertaining, educational, and witty. From aliens to zemmiphobia, from apostrophes to semicolons, this book has it all in a wide variety of topics . . . all having to do with grammar, punctuation, words, writing, education, and technology. A per...

Paper Hearts, Volume 1: Some Writing Advice - Paperback

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by Beth Revis (Author)Bird by Bird meets Save the Cat in this new writing advice book by NY Times bestselling author Beth Revis. With more than 100000 reads on Wattpad for the previous edition, this newly expanded and rewritten edition features 350 pages of content, including charts and a detailed appendix. Your enemy is the blank page. When it comes to writing, there's no wrong way to get words on paper. But it's not always easy to make the ink flow. Paper Hearts: Some Writing Advice won't m...

7 Essential Habits of Christian Writers - Paperback

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by Steph Beth Nickel (Editor), Sandra Somers (Editor), Carolyn Wilker (Editor)Could your personal and writing habits be holding you back from becoming a successful writer? Perhaps you've discovered, as have many others, that being gifted or knowing you are called by God to write is not enough to be successful at it. There comes a time when every writer must develop the gentle art of discipline - establishing certain practices, or habits, that make it easier to carry out the right and good thi...

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by Fiona Raven (Author), Glenna Collett (Author)Book Design Made Simple gives DIY authors, small presses, and graphic designers--novices and professionals alike--the power to design their own books. It's the only book of its kind, explaining every step from installing Adobe(R) InDesign(R) right through to sending the files to press. Book Design Made Simple explains WHAT book design is, and HOW to do it. It guides the novice designer through the process of leasing and installing Adobe(R) InDes...