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Now in its eighth edition, a manual for writers of research papers, theses, and dissertations has been fully revised to meet the needs of today's writers and researchersher manual for writers continues to be the gold standard for generations of college and graduate students in virtually all academic disciplineswith an appendix on paper format and submission that has been vetted by dissertation officials from across the country and a bibliography with the most up-to-date listing of critical resources available, a manual for writers remains the essential resource for students and their teachersstyle and citation recommendations have been revised throughout to reflect the sixteenth edition of the chicago manual of stylethe manual retains its familiar three-part structure, beginning with an overview of the steps in the research and writing process, including formulating questions, reading critically, building arguments, and revising draftsturabian drafted a set of guidelines to help students understand how to write, cite, and formally submit research writingpart ii provides an overview of citation practices with detailed information on the two main scholarly citation styles (notes-bibliography and author-date), an array of source types with contemporary examples, and detailed guidance on citing online resourcesoxfam bookshop cheltenham a little more than seventy-five years ago, kate lseven editions and more than nine million copies later, the name turabian has become synonymous with best practices in research writing and stylesee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe final section treats all matters of editorial style, with advice on punctuation, capitalization, spelling, abbreviations, table formatting, and the use of quotations
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Packed with personal information, contentious views and humorous anecdotes, this is both an exploration of the writer's craft and a who's who of the hottest comics' talent around today, for fans, professionals, would-be writers and for anyone who's ever wondered exactly how the writer's mind worksgathers together a supergroup of the best comics writers, including todd mcfarlane (spawn), garth ennis (preacher), frank miller (dark knight returns, sin city), grant morrison (invisibles, jla) and neil gaiman (sandman), plus kurt busiek, peter david, chuck dixon, warren ellis, devin grayson, dan jurgens, joe kelly, jeph loeb and mark waid, with extracts from the writers' original scriptsoxfam shop kendal paperback in vgc condition, spine unbroken/ the biggest names in comics scriptwriting talk candidly and frankly about their profession, their approach to writing and the comics industry as a wholesee oxfam website for delivery information read morethrough a series of interviews, these luminaries in the comics field reveal the mechanics of writing for comics and, in the process, a great deal about themselves
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Ideal research material for creative writers, authors, playwrights, script writers & anyone who likes to write4 research books, ideal for any writers who require a bit of background information to add authenticity to a storydeadly doses - guide to poisons 4cost a lot more if bought individually non smoking household, near uckfield cash on collection only, thank youÂŁ20 for all 4 books 1armed and dangerous - guide to weapons 3malicious intent - a guide to how criminals think 2cause of death - forensic medicine etccrease to back cover of one book but other wise all in very good condition
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The writers tool box used once as new. read more
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Lily king's writers & lovers follows casey in the last days of a long youth, a time when everything - her family, her work, her relationships - comes to a crisissee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe new york times bestseller'captivating, potent, incisive, and wise' - madeline miller, author of circe'writers & lovers made me happy' - ann patchettcasey has ended up back in massachusetts after a devastating love affairhe is older, grieving the loss of his wife, and wrapped up in his own creativityit is a novel about love and creativity, and ultimately it captures the moment when a woman becomes an artistoxfam books & music salisbury very good condition copy of this special signed edition with "signed by the author" pagehe is kind, handsome, interestedher one constant is the novel she has been writing for six years, but at thirty-one she is in debt and directionless, and feels too old to be that way - it's strange, not be the youngest kind of adult anymoreand then, one evening, she meets silasbut only a few weeks later, oscar walks into her restaurant, his two boys in towher mother has just died and she is knocked sideways by grief and loneliness, moving between the restaurant where she waitresses for the harvard elite and the rented shed she calls homehugely moving and impossibly funny, it is a transfixing novel that explores the terrifying and exhilarating leap between the end of one phase of life and the beginning of anothersuddenly casey finds herself at the point of a love triangle, torn between two very different relationships that promise two very different futures
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writers bureau,has got wear and tear damage, but other wise good cond,nice restore project for someone
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writers block comes without key but can be unlocked without key(came to me without key) read more
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Ikea black writers/office desk table 60cm deep 110cm wide very good condition lockable drawers incl
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writers bureau good condition hardly used can leave as is or up cycle it trying to make more space ÂŁ10 collection only x read more
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The writers bureau comprehensive writing coursea fun set of books for help and guidance for any budding writerwith an aim towards being able to get published13 books to help you become a skilled writer
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Lovely office writers bureau 47” length 235” depth 30” height read more
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In their lives great writers on great beatles songs
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Publisher: penguinbinding: paperbackauthor(s): george davidsontitle: penguin writers' guides: improve your spelling
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An original architect students colour drawing for "a writers workroom" plus 2 black & white detailed planssend message for p&p prices and any other info read morethey have some minor wear with creases at the edges especially on the left, a few bits of foxing on the black and white plans, fantastic vintage/retro items that would look great framedi can post by royal mail (uk only)the paper of one of the drawings has a watermark datedthey came from a portfolio of work that was dated by a j brazier, year 3 student at birmingham school of architecturethey each measure just over 31 inches x 22 inches (about 79cm x 56cm)you can pay by paypal or uk sterling cheque
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Under the rainbow: writers and artists in schoolsbook binding:paperbackworld of books ltd was founded in , recycling books sold to us through charities either directly or indirectlyauthor:morley, david
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Gibsons jigsaw puzzle - writers blockif cats could write novels, here are a few titles we might find on our bookshelves that could make purrfect reading, from the great catsby to the cats cradlepuzzle size 49 x 68cm when completehigh quality piece jigsaw puzzle
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Gibson, piece jigsaw, writers block by steve read
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Diamonds are forever: artists and writers on baseball by peter hgordon **brand new**
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Beat poets: this rousing anthology features the work of more than twenty-five writers from the great twentieth-century counter-cultural literary movementoxfam shop exmouth jazz poems: this rousing anthology features the work of more than twenty-five writers from the great twentieth-century counter-cultural literary movementleroi jones's plaintive ''preface to a twenty volume suicide note'' and bob kaufman's stirring ''abomunist manifesto'' appear here alongside statements on poetics and the alternately incendiary and earnest correspondence of beat generation writersthe defining work of allen ginsberg and jack kerouac provides the foundation for this collection, which also features the improvisational verse of such beat legends as gregory corso, lawrence ferlinghetti, gary snyder and michael mcclure and the work of such women writers as diane di prima and denise levertovvisceral and powerful, infused with an unmediated spiritual and social awareness, this is a rich and varied tribute and, in the populist spirit of the beats, a vital addition to the libraries of readers everywherewriting with an audacious swagger and an iconoclastic zeal, and declaiming their verse with dramatic flourish in smoke-filled cafés, the beats gave birth to a literature of previously unimaginable expressive rangesee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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writers from east africa are also represented, as are those from south africaforemost among the anglophone writers discussed are nigerians amos tutuola, chinua achebe, and wole soyinka in african francophone literature, we see both writers inspired by the french assimilationist system and those influenced by negritude, the african-culture affirmation movement" african writers must struggle constantly to define for themselves and other just what "africa" is and who they are in a continent constructed as a geographic and cultural entity largely by europeanssee oxfam website for delivery information read morendukaku amankulorpovey, thomas knipp, and j) african literatures, says volume editor oyekan owomoyela, "testify to the great and continuing impact of the colonizing project on the african universecontributors for this section include jonathan acontributors here include servanne woodward, edris makward, and alain ricard carole boyce davies and elaine savory fido focus on the special problems of african women writers, while hans m this study reflects the legacy of colonialism by devoting nine of its thirteen chapters to literature in "europhone" languages-english, french, and portugueseoxfam bookshop tunbridge wells a history of twentieth-century african literatures owomoyela, oyekan (edafrican literature in portuguese, reflecting the nature of one of the most oppressive colonizing projects in africa, is treated by russell gpeters, arlene arobert cancel discusses african-language literatures, while oyekan owomoyela treats the question of the language of african literatureszell deals with the broader issues of publishing-censorship, resources, and organization
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The final section discusses 'successors': writers such as graham greene, burgess, and ain edwardian london he founded the english review, publishing these writers alongside his new discoveries, ezra pound, dbut he was a prolific writer in many different modes, which include criticism of others' writing, and reminiscences of the many writers he had knownthis series of international ford madox ford studies was founded to reflect the recent resurgence of interest in himford is best-known for his fiction, especially the good soldier, long considered a modernist masterpiece; and parade's end, which anthony burgess described as 'the finest novel about the first world war'; and samuel hynes has called 'the greatest war novel ever written by an englishman'byatt, whose literary contacts with ford have been as his admiring readers and eloquent criticseach volume is based upon a particular theme or issue; and relates aspects of ford's work, life, and contacts, to broader concerns of his timethis volume reveals how true that has been, and in how many ways, as it sheds new light on his relationships with other writers, both familiar and surprisingit includes two pieces published here for the first time: one by ford himself, on turgenev; the other a memoir about ford by his contemporary, marie belloc lowndes (the sister of hilaire belloc)lawrence, and wyndham lewissee oxfam website for delivery information read moreone of the most striking features of his career is his close involvement with so many of the major international literary groupings of his timehe spent more time in america from the later s, spending time with southern agrarians, and poets such as william carlos williams, charles olson, and robert lowellin the south-east of england at the fin-de-siècle, he collaborated for a decade with joseph conrad, and befriended henry james, and hhe was always a tireless promoter of younger writers, reading manuscripts and recommending them to publishersthis book takes ford's 'literary contacts' to include such creative friendships, editorial involvements, and influential biographical encounters; and they form the most substantial, central section on 'contemporaries and confrères', covering figures like proust, carlos williams, rebecca west, herbert read, and hemingwayafter the war he moved to france, founding the transatlantic review in paris, taking on hemingway as a sub-editor, discovering another generation of modernists such as jean rhys and basil bunting, and publishing them alongside joyce and gertrude steinford has been described as 'a writer's writer'the present book is part of a large-scale reassessment of his roles in literary historybut it also explores contacts with literary textsoxfam shop magdelen street the controversial british writer ford madox ford () is increasingly recognized as a major presence in early twentieth-century literaturethe first section on 'predecessors' considers the impact of ford's reading of trollope, george eliot, and turgenev
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Catawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availabletarzan geant publisher: soleil language: french format: absolute-sized hardcover with dustjacketare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storeplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki website37cmx25cm condition: very good the comic big john buscema was born to draw1: issues writers: roy thomas artists: john buscema inkers: john buscema, tony dezuniga, rudy mesina voland it shows! some of his best artwork ever, all in glorious black and white on giant-sized (37cmx25cm) pages! the best way to enjoy these jungle classics! volas a huge harold foster fan, buscema worshipped his original tarzan newspaper strips and it was a dream come true to get his chance in the s2: issues writers: roy thomas artists: john buscema inkers: alfredo alcala, rudy mesina, klaus janson vol3: issues writers: david kraft & bill mantlo artists: john buscema & sal buscema inkers: klaus janson, rudy nebres, pablo marcos, bob hall, jim mooney read more
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But as he becomes more personally involved with the writers and their work he starts questioning the system that is driving these writers undergroundset during the early fifties at the time of joseph mccarthy's communist witch-hunt, howard prince (allen) is a restaurant cashier who is asked to 'front' for several blacklisted television writers by submitting their scripts under his nameat first, being politically uninterested, howard does this in order to pay off his gambling debtssee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop st albans drama directed by martin ritt and starring woody allen, zero mostel and andrea marcovicci
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An evaluation of what it means to write for a generation of media-savvy children encouragement for critics, writers and students to develop their own critical, creative and writing skills in a stimulating and supportive manner guidance on writing non-fiction and poetry creative writing craftwork ideas which could be used as seminar topics or as individual reflections this 'one-stop' critical and creative text will be an indispensable resource for critics, writers and students interested in the cult and culture of writing for children; on creative writing ba and ma programmes; children's literature ba and ma programmes; english ba and ma programmes; teacher training, pgce students and for those studying at doctoral and post-doctoral level who are interested in writing for childrenwith scores of published children's fiction books and films to his name, andrew melrose shares his extensive critical, teaching, writing and research experience to provide: a critical and creative investigation of writing and reading for children in the early, middle and pre-teen years an accessible and critically important challenge to the latest international academic research and debates in the field of children's literature and creative writingcontaining a critically creative and a creatively critical investigation of the cult and culture of the child and childhood in fiction and non-fictional writing, it also contains a wealth of ideas and critical advice to be shared with writers, students of children's writing and students of writingsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop shaftesbury here comes the bogeyman is an essential text focussing on critical and contemporary issues surrounding writing for children
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Oxfam bookshop byres road just a glance at some of the writers included here convinces one that scotland has had a truly incredible and vibrant tradition of fantasy and supernatural literature which deserves close scrutinybarrie, and thomas carlyle, to such ground-breaking modern writers as david lindsay and alasdair gray, manlove demonstrates that for nearly two centuries this literature "may represent scotland's only dialogue with its more barbaric and dark emotions"from the early nineteenth century and james hogg's justified sinner to the amazing riches of the victorian period, with robert louis stevenson, george macdonald, andrew lang, jmanlove's final chapter, discussing a wealth of minor writers, provides numerous lines of inquiry for the reader interested in learning more about this genresee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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But as he becomes more personally involved with the writers and their work he starts questioning the system that is driving these writers undergroundset during the early fifties at the time of joseph mccarthy's communist witch-hunt, howard prince (allen) is a restaurant cashier who is asked to 'front' for several blacklisted television writers by submitting their scripts under his nameat first, being politically uninterested, howard does this in order to pay off his gambling debtsdrama directed by martin ritt and starring woody allen, zero mostel and andrea marcoviccisee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam shop kendal case and disc in very good condition
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Edgar allan poe was one of the world's most influential writers and marked the 200th anniversary of his birthsherlock holmes was based on a character poe wrote 60 years before conan doyle and he is universally acknowledged as the inspiration of writers such as h g wells (war of the worlds), jules verne ( leagues under the sea) and as george bernard shaw saidhe was the inventor of the detective novel and the father of science fiction
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In browse, henry hitchings asks fifteen writers from around the world to reveal their favourite bookshops, each conjuring a specific time and placeoxfam bookshop cheltenham a celebration of the greatest kind of shop in the world, by an award-winning cast of writers including ali smith, michael dirda, elif shafak and daniel kehlmannsee oxfam website for delivery information read morecontributors include alaa al aswany, stefano benni, michael dirda, daniel kehlmann, andrey kurkov, yiyun li, pankaj mishra, dorthe nors, yvonne adhiambo owuor, elif shafak, ian sansom, iain sinclair, ali smith, sasa stanisic, and juan gabriel vásqueza cabinet of curiosities, a time machine, a treasure trove - we love bookshops because they possess a unique kind of magicthese inquisitive, enchanting pieces are a collective celebration of bookshops - for anyone who has ever fallen under their spella dazzling collection of original essays about the bookshop by fifteen bestselling international authors
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She is the author of the sense of an interior: four writers and the rooms that shaped them, winner of the james russell lowell prize; identification papers; and essentially speakingreview review from the author diana fuss is louis wabout the author diana fuss is louis wshe is the editor of human, all too human; pink freud; and inside/outfairchild '24 professor of english at princeton university
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