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Curious Researcher 5TH Edition
by Bruce Ballenger  Publisher Comments Featuring an engaging, direct writing style and inquiry-based approach, The Curious Researcher stresses that curiosity is the best reason for investigating ideas and information. Offering a wide variety of examples from writers, this popular guide shows...
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They Say/I Say: A Brief Guide to Argumentative Writing
by Gerald Birke Graff Publisher Comments At a time when so many lament the decline of writing skills among Americans, They Say/I Say teaches the core moves of effective argumentative writing. Suggesting that there are certain moves that experienced writers use instinctively, and that the moves...
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Manual for Writers of Research Papers, Theses, and Dissertations (7TH 07 Edition)
by Kate L. Turabian Publisher Comments Dewey. Bellow. Strauss. Friedman. The University of Chicago has been the home of some of the most important thinkers of the modern age. But perhaps no name has been spoken with more respect than Turabian. The dissertation secretary at Chicago for decades,...
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How To Write a Lot : a Practical Guide To Productive Academic Writing (07 Edition)
by Paul J. Silvia Synopsis 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...
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Doing Honest Work in College: How to Prepare Citations, Avoid Plagiarism, and Achieve Real Academic Success (Chicago Guides to Writing, Editing, & Publishing)
by Charles Lipson Publisher Comments Since its publication in 2004, Doing Honest Work in College has become an integral part of academic integrity and first-year experience programs across the country. This helpful guide explains the principles of academic integrity in a clear...
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Writing Your Dissertation in Fifteen Minutes a Day: A Guide to Starting, Revising, and Finishing Your Doctoral Thesis
by Joan Bolker Publisher Comments Expert writing advice from the editor of the Boston Globe best-seller, The Writer's Home Companion Dissertation writers need strong, practical advice, as well as someone to assure them that their struggles aren't unique. Joan Bolker, midwife to more than...
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Technical Communication : Reader-centered Approach (6TH 07 Edition)
by Paul V. Anderson Publisher Comments Thousands of students have successfully improved their writing and design skills using Anderson's TECHNICAL COMMUNICATION: A READER-CENTERED APPROACH. Known for its treatment of the rhetorical situation and coverage of usability and persuasion, this...
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Getting It Published: A Guide for Scholars and Anyone Else Serious about Serious Books (Chicago Guides to Writing, Editing, and Publishing)
by William Germano Publisher Comments Writers and publishers depend on one another, but it often seems as if they speak two different languages. Getting It Published is a lively, insider's guide to academic publishing—a book that will tell you not only how publishing works, but how you...
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How To Write a Thesis 2ND Edition
by Rowena Murray Publisher Comments The Ulitimate Guide to Thesis Writing In How to Write a Thesis, you will find practical, easy-to-follow advice for mastering this challenge, from getting started to revising....
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Patterns of Exposition (18TH 07 Edition)
by Robert A. Schwegler Synopsis Incorporating readings that represent new voices and styles in nonfiction that will appeal to contemporary readers, this classic composition reader continues to provide engaging, instructive models of the rhetorical modes. Will help readers to write...
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50 Essays : Portable Anthology (2ND 07 Edition)
by Samuel Cohen Publisher Comments 50 Essays: A Portable Anthology directly addresses students' and instructors' concerns that composition readers are too expensive and too large. With a net price of $19.50, less than half the size and price of comparable readers, 50 Essays meets the...
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Writing for Social Scientists: How to Start and Finish Your Thesis, Book, or Article (Chicago Guides to Writing, Editing, and Publishing)
by Howard Becker Publisher Comments Social scientists, whether earnest graduate students or tenured faculty members, clearly know the rules that govern good writing. But for some reason they choose to ignore those guidelines and churn out turgid, pompous, and obscure prose. Distinguished...
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Craft of Scientific Presentations (03 Edition)
by Michael Alley Publisher Comments The Craft of Scientific Presentations provides a score of examples from contemporary and historical scientific presentations to show clearly what makes an oral presentation effective. It considers presentations made to persuade an audience to adopt some...
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Discovering Arguments (2ND 06 Edition)
by Dean Memering Synopsis This book uses logos, pathos, and ethos in critical thinking, active reading, and persuasive writing. Accessible and stimulating, the versatile manual can be used as a rhetoric, a reader, a guide on research writing, and a guide on style. Through its...
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Good Essay Writing: A Social Sciences Guide
by Peter Redman Synopsis Top marks can not be guaranteed - but there are proven approaches and techniques which can help everyone write good essays. The third edition of this indispensable guide builds on the success of the previous editions, offering fully updated and expanded...
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Manual for Writers of Term Papers 6TH Edition
by Kate L Turabian Publisher Comments For close to sixty years Kate L. Turabian's Manual for Writers has offered comprehensive and detailed guidance to authors of research papers—term papers, theses, and dissertations. Now the editors of The Chicago Manual of Style have revised...
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Proposals That Work: A Guide for Planning Dissertations and Grant Proposals
by Lawrence F. Locke Publisher Comments Previous editions of this book have helped well over 100,000 students and professionals write effective proposals for dissertations and grants. Covering all aspects of the proposal process, from the most basic questions about form and style to the task...
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They Say/I Say: The Moves That Matter in Persuasive Writing
by Gerald Graff Publisher Comments "The StrunkandWhite of academic writing."—Richard Bullock, Wright State University As employers, politicians, parents, and other citizens lament the decline of writing skills among Americans, this little book comes to the rescue. An instant...
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Guide To Composition Pedagogies (01 Edition)
by Gary (ed.) Tate Publisher Comments Reflecting the rich complexity of contemporary college composition pedagogy, this unique collection presents twelve original essays on several of the most important approaches to the teaching of writing. Each essay is written by an experienced teacher...
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Making Literature Matter: An Anthology for Readers and Writers
by John Schilb Publisher Comments Making Literature Matter combines an innovative writing text with a uniquely organized anthology for introductory literature courses that emphasize critical thinking and writing. The third edition addresses new trends in literature and composition, with...
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