Bracewell (history, School of Slavonic and East European Studies, U. College London) and Drace-Francis (history, U. of Liverpool) and their 15 contributors have written a study of travel writing publi
Advice and inspiration is offered here for anyone thinking of writing or beginning to write for radio. The book focuses mainly on radio drama techniques, with advice from producers and experienced wri
Outstanding Book Award, Conference on College Composition and CommunicationWriting from These Roots documents the historical development of literacy in a Midwestern American community of Laotian Hmong
Everybody has something to say. In an age when Twitter, blogs, and Tumblrs give millions the chance to write whatever is on their minds, it seems that we're finding plenty of avenues in which to share
The Road to Writing takes early years practitioners on a journey; the journey youngchildren make when they learn their first words and make their first marks. Sue Cowley offers activities and practic
Focusing on the period during which Korea was under Japanese colonial domination, from the turn of the 20th century to the late 1930s, Hyun (Korean studies, York U., Toronto) investigates correlations
This book contains the wisdom of 25 top grant writers who collectively raised $1.7 billion dollars during their careers, with over 400 years of combined writing experience on more than 24,000 grant pr
Reading, Writing, and Romanticism bridges a perceived gulf between materialist and idealist approaches to the reader. Informed by an historical awareness of Romantic hermeneutics and its later develop
Poetry is more than rhyming words on a page. A poem is crafted by carefully selecting each word and rhythm. But how does a poet get started? Finding inspiration is as easy as looking at a picture.
Writing in Response is a flexible, brief rhetoric that offers a unique focus on the critical practices of experienced readers—analysis and reflection—the skills at the heart of academic writing. It he
Writing About Architecture: Mastering the Language of Buildings and Cities, the latest addition to the Architecture Briefs series, is a handbook on how to write effectively and critically about the co
Part of a series on writing in education and teaching and the development of structures for the promotion of writing, this collection of twenty essays on the use of writing in knowledge communities ex
Thaiss (university writing program, U. of California, Davis) et al. compile 42 essays that originated in the International Writing Across the Curriculum/Writing In Disciplines Mapping Project, which b
Presents information on writing a narrative, covering how to gather narrative details, develop characters, handle dialogue, create the first draft, make a final revision, and share work with an audien
Presents information on writing informational pragraphs for all kinds of articles and essays, covering how to select a topic, find data, create the first draft, make corrections and revisions, and sha
When you're on a deadline with the court and are over the maximum word count in your document, this book provides the fast, easy editing tricks you'll need. It’s a concise, practical handbook that exp
Nonfiction. Writing Reference. Language Arts. English as a Second Language. Much of what is known about teaching second language writing today has been based on research in English as a second languag
Writing in Dust is the first sustained study of prairie Canadian literature from an ecocritical perspective. Drawing on recent scholarship in environmental theory and criticism, Jenny Kerber considers
In CHINESE RHETORIC AND WRITING: AN INTRODUCTION FOR LANGUAGE TEACHERS, ANDY KIRKPATRICK and Zhichang Xu offer a response to the argument that Chinese students' academic writing in English is influenc
