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Publication Manual Of the American Psychological Association
by American Psychological Association
Presents a style manual that covers manuscript structure and content, writing style, grammar, quotations, tables, footnotes, results display, and source citation for psychological and social sciences literature. Includes bibliographical references and index.
A Writer's Reference
by Diana Hacker
Having helped nearly 3 million students at 1600 colleges and universities to write well, A Writer’s Reference succeeds because it has always been grounded in classroom experience. Nearly twenty years ago, Diana Hacker reinvented the college handbook by looking at her own students’ needs. She crafted a first-of-its-kind reference that offered practical solutions to college writing problems in a language students could understand and in a format that was easy for them to use. Her many innovations —...
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Personal History
by Katharine Graham
Personal History is the autobiography of Katharine Graham. It was published in 1997 and won the Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography in 1998. The book received widespread critical acclaim for its candour in dealing with her husband's mental illness, and the challenges she faced in a male-dominated working environment.
They Say/I Say
by Gerald; Birkenstein, Cathy Graff
The New York Times best-selling book on academic writing―in use at more than 1,500 schools.“They Say / I Say” identifies the key rhetorical moves in academic writing, showing students how to frame their arguments in the larger context of what others have said and providing templates to help them make those moves. And, because these moves are central across all disciplines, the book includes chapters on writing in the sciences, writing in the social sciences, and―new to this edition―writing...
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Screenplay
by Syd Field
A screenplay or script is a written work that is made especially for a film or television program. Screenplays can be original works or adaptations from existing pieces of writing. A play for television is known as a teleplay.
The Elements Of Style
by William, Jr ; White, E B Strunk
The Elements of Style (1918) (aka Strunk & White), by William Strunk, Jr. , and E. B. White, is an American English writing style guide. It is the best-known and most influential prescriptive treatment of English grammar and usage, and often is required reading and usage in U.S. high school and university composition classes.
Writing Books & Ephemera
The Right to Write : An Invitation and Initiation into the Writing Life
by Julia Cameron
Penguin Publishing Group, 1999. Paperback. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.
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£4.97
A Writer's Reference with 2009 MLA Update
by Diana Hacker
Bedford/Saint Martin's, 2009. Plastic Comb. As New. Disclaimer:Pages are clean and are not marred by notes or folds of any kind. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.
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£5.65
Woe Is I: The Grammarphobe's Guide To Better English In Plain English
by O'Conner, Patricia T
Riverhead Books, 2004. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. paperback, a very good tightly bound copy, paper age-toned, 240pp.
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£6.85
A Manual for Writers of Term Papers, Theses and Dissertations
by Kate L. Turabian
University of Chicago Press, 1997. Hardcover. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.
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£5.25
On Writing Well : The Classic Guide to Writing Nonfiction
by William Zinsser
HarperCollins Publishers, 2016. Paperback. Acceptable. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.
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£4.91
The Inevitable: Contemporary Writers Confront Death
by David Shields
Birth is not inevitable. Life certainly isn't. The sole inevitability of existence, the only sure consequence of being alive, is death.In these eloquent and surprising essays, twenty writers face this fact, among them Geoff Dyer, who describes the ghost bikes memorializing those who die in biking accidents; Jonathan Safran Foer, proposing a new way of punctuating dialogue in the face of a family history of heart attacks and decimation by the Holocaust; Mark Doty, whose reflections on the art-porn movie...
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£6.07
The Practical Guide to Calligraphy
by Rosemary Sassoon
New York: Thames & Hudson 1989 First Edition Hard Cover in Dust Jacket Size: 8 by 11 inches Pages: 96 An introduction to the art of calligraphy and a practical instruction manual, with chapters on tools and materials, starting to work, the Foundational Hand, critical analysis, color, left-handed calligraphy, other basic alphabets, combining different hands, materials for more advanced work, brush lettering, studying and using historical hands, etc. Illustrated with the historical script, working...
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£8.10
The Writer's Journey: Mythic Structure for Writers, 25th Anniversary edition
by Christopher Vogler
Paperback / softback. New.
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£18.18
You Can Write Children's Books
by Dils, Tracey
Cincinnati, Ohio: Writers Digest Books. Near Fine. 2000. Third Printing. Trade Paperback. 0898798299 . Book is Near Fine. Clean and unmarked text. Tight and sturdy binding. Small surface bend to spine and front spine edge. Very slight cover edge and corner tip wear to cover. Very slight surface shelf wear to cover. ; Trade PB; 120 pages .
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£3.24
Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association
by American Psychological Association
American psychological Association, Washington, 2006. Fifth Edition. Softcover. Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. XXVIII, 439, [3] pages, in original softcover binding. The book is second-hand, but has minimal damage for a used book. Clean and free of annotation. This book is the style manual of choice for writers, editors, students, educators, and professionals in psychology and the behavioural sciences, sociology, business, economics, nursing, social work, criminology and justice...
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£10.59
the art of the Story-Teller
by Shedlock, Marie
Dover. Good+ with no dust jacket. 1951. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. First Dover edition. Good hardcover with tight binding and clean pages. No dust jacket. Minimal shelf wear to edges and corners of covers and spine. Ex-library copy with usual stamps and markings. Library pocket is attached to the inside of the front cover. ; Ex-Library; 8 x 5.25 x 0.90 inches .
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£12.14
Handbook for Academic Authors
by Luey, Beth
Cambridge University Press, 2011. Paperback. Very Good. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.
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£7.27
Science Fiction Writer's Workshop I
by Barry B. Longyear
Philadelphia: Owslwick Press [1980]. Near Fine. 1980. First Edition. Trade Paperback. 0913896187 . First edition. Pictorial wrappers, 161 pages, illustrated with figures, references, terms, workshop suggestions. Very good with light wear. bx68
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£9.71
YOUR NAME IN PRINT: A TEEN'S GUIDE TO PUBLISHING FOR FUN, PROFIT AND ACADEMIC SUCCESS
by Harper, Timothy And Harper, Elizabeth
New York: St. Martin's Griffin. Near Fine. 2005. Second Printing. Paperback. 0312337590 . Book is Near Fine. Clean and unmarked text. Tight and sturdy binding. Faint cover surface and edge wear. ; Trade PB; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 186 pages .
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£2.43
The Oxford Book of English Talk
by Sutherland, James (editor)
London, UK: Oxford at the Clarendon Press, 1953. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. xx, 454pp. In blue cloth boards with gilt titles and decorations (boards are faded around the spine, slightly rounded on corners). Previous owner's name on front paste down, slight toning on endpapers, else internally neat, clean, tight and bright. A collection of essays, comments and studies of how the English have spoken English over the centuries.
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£10.00
Stage Invasion : Poetry, Renewal and the Spoken Word Renaissance
by Bearder, Pete; [aka 'The Temp']
UK: Out Spoken Press, 2019. Soft cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 368pp. Monochrome illustrations. Laminated soft card covers (gentle edge wear). Internally neat, clean, bright and tight. Stage Invasion presents unwritten history, science and skill of the spoken word and answers some strangely under-explored questions. 8vo.
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£10.00
Writing and Selling Greeting Card Verse
by Barr June
Boston MA: The Writer Inc. 1958 . 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. A very good copy with very light edge wear, small stain bottom edge front cover, tape reside to end papers in dust jacket with small closed tears top edge front panel and light wear. See Photos Bx 155
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£8.10
Discrimination in Modern Japan: Case Studies in Identity Politics
by Ramseyer, J. Mark
University of Chicago Press, 2022. Paperback. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.
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£15.38
Italienisch Deutsch; Franzosisch Deutsch (LangenScheidt's Lilliput Worterbuch) (2 Miniature Volumes)
Berlin, Germany: LangenScheidt KG, 1961. Hardcover. Near Fine. 64mo - up to 3" tall. 1961; 1964. Two miniature volumes - one a French/German Dictionary and the other and Italian/German Dictionary. Both 640pp. Uniformly bound in deep green Rexine. All edges gilt, Bible paper. 64mo (approximately 5cm by 3.5cm by 2cm). The French/German Dictionary has some very mild creasing on the spine joints, else both volumes fine throughout. Exquisite little items.
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£25.00
Writing a Woman's Life (Ballantine Reader's Circle)
by Heilbrun, Carolyn C
New York: Ballantine Books, 1989. Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7. Trade Paperback in Very Good Condition. Wrappers clean, unmarked, soundly bound; pages toned, clean and unmarked. .Carolyn Heilbrun, one of the most astute feminist thinkers and spokeswoman, demonstrates that usual approaches to writing about the lives of women do not capture the essence of the feminine experience. She explores other ways of writing biographical narratives of women's lives to embrace the independence...
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£6.48
Get That Novel Started! (And Keep It Going 'til You Finish)
by Levin, Donna
Cincinnati: Writers Digest Books, 1992-10-01. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 9x6x0. No Stock Photos! We photograph every item. light edge wear, previous owner's gift inscription on front paste-down. Practical inspirational advice for getting the novel within underway, including how to get ideas, develop them and put them on paper without becoming overwhelmed
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£1.61
Live from the Battlefield From Vietnam to Baghdad--35 Years in the World's War Zones
by Arnett, Peter
Simon & Schuster. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1994. Hardcover. 0671755862 . Very good hardcover with tight binding and clean pages. Very good dust jacket with minimal shelf wear to edges and corners of covers and spine. Dust jacket is protected in mylar. One small black mark on the top leaf ends. ; 1.4 x 9.1 x 6.5 Inches; 463 pages .
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£7.29
Words & Images : No. 18
London, UK: The Typographic Circle, 2014. Soft cover. Very Good. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. 124pp. Printed and embossed light card covers. Light shelf wear. Internally neat, clean, bright and tight. Folio. Illustrated with colour photographs.
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£20.00
MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers
by Joseph Gibaldi
Modern Language Association of America, 1995. Paperback. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.
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£4.85
