"Newswriting Guide" has been an invaluable reference tool for journalism students and teachers for 20 years. In this updated fourth edition, you'll find quick answers to all your questions about the ten basic areas that are vital to student reporters. Style, format, punctuation, quotations, how to write a lead, interviewing techniques-it's all here, in concise, well-organized sections to make it easy to find what you need. It's not just for students: publicity writers, newsletter editors and almost any writer will find it useful and user-friendly. Whether you wonder whether to use an...

In Isabella, Rachel Bard reveals the untold story of one of Englandhe King of France. Back in France after John's death, she and her second husband, the Count of Lusignan, were far from beloved. They were obsessed with their desire to keep their vast realms intact, whether by intrigue or by rebellion against the king himself.
In her own time, Isabella was called a Jezebel, a seductress, an adulteress, even a murderess. What is the truth? Was she guilty as charged? Isabella probes the life and times of this complex woman to uncover the motivations that made her one of historyalso become...

Princess Joanna, daughter of Henry II of England and his queen, Eleanor of Aquitaine, is shipped off to Sicily where, through an arranged marriage, she becomes the queen of King William the Good. She falls in love not only with her husband but also with the sunny island over which they reign. Despite evil plots of her vengeful mother-in-law, threats from scheming courtiers, and personal tragedy, through pluck and good sense Joanna withstands it all. But after William's untimely death, she is cast adrift in the turbulence of twelfth-century Europe. Her brother Richard the Lionheart, now king...