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Your Guide To College Success (7TH 13 Edition)
Your Guide To College Success (7TH 13 Edition)
by John W. Santrock
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YOUR GUIDE TO COLLEGE SUCCESS: STRATEGIES FOR ACHIEVING YOUR GOALS, 7th Edition, is an encouraging, personal, practical and engaging text written just for you! A six-part learning model will guide your college experiences by focusing on achievable... (read more)

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Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association 6th edition
Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association 6th edition
by American Psychological Association
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The style manual of choice for writers, editors, students, and educators in the social and behavioral sciences, this updated "Publication Manual" provides invaluable guidance on all aspects of the writing process, from the ethics of authorship to the... (read more)

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A Poetry Handbook
A Poetry Handbook
by Mary Oliver
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I bought A Poetry Handbook when I entered my first poetry-writing class as an undergrad. My professor was a notorious curmudgeon who didn't spare anyone's feelings and expected each progressive class in the term "to separate the sheep from the goats." I... (read more)

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How To Write a Lot : a Practical Guide To Productive Academic Writing (07 Edition)
How To Write a Lot : a Practical Guide To Productive Academic Writing (07 Edition)
by Paul J. Silvia
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All students and professors need to write, and many struggle to finish their stalled dissertations, journal articles, book chapters, or grant proposals. Writing is hard work and can be difficult to wedge into a frenetic academic schedule. In this... (read more)

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How to Say It: Choice Words, Phrases, Sentences, and Paragraphs for Every Situation
How to Say It: Choice Words, Phrases, Sentences, and Paragraphs for Every Situation
by Rosalie Maggio
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?For anyone who has ever stared at a blank page or screen?(Kaylene Weiser, organized consultant, The Wiser Way)? the revised third edition of the bestseller that offers ?a crisp, elegant way to say everything.?(Vivian Jenkins Nelson, founder, The... (read more)

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They Say/I Say: The Moves That Matter in Academic Writing
They Say/I Say: The Moves That Matter in Academic Writing
by Gerald Graff
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The best-selling new composition book published in this century, in use at more than 1,000 schools, They Say / I Say has essentially defined academic writing, identifying its key rhetorical moves, the most important of which is to summarize what others... (read more)

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Merriam Webster Dictionary 11TH Edition
Merriam Webster Dictionary 11TH Edition
by Webster
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A completely revised and updated edition of this best selling language reference is now available. COvers the core vocabulary of everyday life with over 75,000 clear, concise definitions. Inlcudes pronunciations, word origins and synonym lists. Special... (read more)

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Reading Like a Writer: A Guide for People Who Love Books and for Those Who Want to Write Them (P.S.)
Reading Like a Writer: A Guide for People Who Love Books and for Those Who Want to Write Them (P.S.)
by Francine Prose
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Reading Like a Writer is a treasure chest. You can crack it open at any chapter and come away enriched. Prose is one of the best teachers around, and for the price of a paperback, you are getting an Ivy League education in writing. For people who love... (read more)

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Rules for the Dance : a Handbook for Writing and Reading Metrical Verse (98 Edition)
Rules for the Dance : a Handbook for Writing and Reading Metrical Verse (98 Edition)
by Mary Oliver
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"True ease in writing comes from art, not chance, / As those move easiest who have learn'd to dance," wrote Alexander Pope. "The dance," in the case of Oliver's brief and luminous book, refers to the interwoven pleasures of sound and sense to be found in... (read more)

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Merriam-webster's Collegiate Dictionary - Laminated (11TH 03 Edition)
Merriam-webster's Collegiate Dictionary - Laminated (11TH 03 Edition)
by Merriam-webster Publishing Staff
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This laminated, plain-edged version features more than 225,000 clear and precise definitions, 700 illustrations, and more than 10,000 new words and meanings. Special sections include a Handbook of Style. Shiny Cover.... (read more)

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Writing Down the Bones
Writing Down the Bones
by Natalie Goldberg
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For more than twenty years Natalie Goldberg has been challenging and cheering on writers with her books and workshops. In her groundbreaking first book, she brings together Zen meditation and writing in a new way. Writing practice, as she calls it, is no... (read more)

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The New Oxford Picture Dictionary English/Spanish
The New Oxford Picture Dictionary English/Spanish
by E C Parnwell
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Published in 1988, this dictionary continues to be a favorite of many teachers.... (read more)

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On Bullshit
On Bullshit
by Harry G. Frankfurt
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Lying is a craft, but bullshitting is an art. "Hence the familiar notion of the 'bullshit artist,'" moral philosopher Harry Frankfurt reminds us in this fun, erudite treatise. On Bullshit surely ranks as one of the best gift books to come along in quite... (read more)

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Sourcework (2ND 12 Edition)
Sourcework (2ND 12 Edition)
by Nancy E. Dollahite
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The second edition of Sourcework, designed to help students make use of outside sources, has been updated and enhanced to better guide writers through the challenges of their first academic research papers. With new university-level readings and updated... (read more)

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Engaging Ideas (2ND 11 Edition)
Engaging Ideas (2ND 11 Edition)
by John C. Bean
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Learn to design interest-provoking writing and critical thinking activities and incorporate them into your courses in a way that encourages inquiry, exploration, discussion, and debate, with Engaging Ideas, a practical nuts-and-bolts guide for teachers... (read more)

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Poemcrazy (96 Edition)
Poemcrazy (96 Edition)
by Susan Goldsmith Wooldridge
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Susan Goldsmith Wooldridge is a poet and teacher who conducts workshops privately, as well as in the California Poets in the Schools program. Her exuberant, critically acclaimed teaching guide takes instructors, writers, and general readers into the very... (read more)

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Merriam-Webster's Dictionary and Thesaurus
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary and Thesaurus
by Websters
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Two essential references in one handy volume featuring nearly 60,000 alphabetical dictionary entries integrated with more than 13,000 thesaurus entries including extensive synonym lists. Based on the bestselling "Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary."... (read more)

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Examkrackers 1001 Questions in Mcat Physics
Examkrackers 1001 Questions in Mcat Physics
by Jonathan Orsay
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160 pages of questions, answers, and explanations covering all possible topics in MCAT physics, both stand alone and 'mini-passage-based' questions, b&w illustrations. This book contains 1001 fully annotated physics questions in the MCAT format... (read more)

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Grammar and Beyond 2 (12 Edition)
Grammar and Beyond 2 (12 Edition)
by Randi Reppen
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Based on extensive research, Grammar and Beyond ensures that students study accurate information about grammar and apply it in their own speech and writing. Student's Book, Level 2 is the main component of Grammar and Beyond. In each unit, students study... (read more)

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Understanding and Using English Grammar (with Answer Key and Audio CDs)
Understanding and Using English Grammar (with Answer Key and Audio CDs)
by Betty Schrampf Azar
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  A classic developmental skills text for intermediate to advanced students of English, Understanding and Using English Grammar is a comprehensive reference grammar as well as a stimulating and teachable classroom text.   While keeping the same... (read more)

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