The aftermath of graduate school can be particularly trying for those under pressure to publish their dissertations. Written with good cheer and jammed with information, this lively guide offers hard-to-find practical advice on successfully turning a dissertation into a book or journal articles that will appeal to publishers and readers. It will help prospective authors master writing and revision skills, better understand the publishing process, and increase their chances of getting their work into print. This edition features new tips and planning tables to facilitate project scheduling,...
The aftermath of graduate school can be particularly trying for those under pressure to publish their dissertations. Written with good cheer and jamme...
Over the past fifty years, knowledge of the natural world, history, and human behavior has expanded dramatically. What has been learned in the academy has become part of political discourse, sermons, and everyday conversation. The dominant medium for transferring knowledge from universities to the public is popularization -- books of serious nonfiction that make complex ideas and information accessible to nonexperts. Such writers as Carl Sagan, Stephen Jay Gould, Stephen Hawking, Daniel Boorstin, and Robert Coles have attracted hundreds of thousands of readers. As fields such as biology,...
Over the past fifty years, knowledge of the natural world, history, and human behavior has expanded dramatically. What has been learned in the acad...
Historic houses adorned with plaques populate New England like nowhere else in the country. These plaques note the construction year and original owner of the house, but they tell nothing about the rich lives of the people who lived there. In House Stories, Beth Luey takes readers on a virtual walking tour of several historic houses in Fairhaven, Massachusetts, a small New England coastal town, inviting us in to learn each house's secrets.
Through letters and diaries, church and business records, newspaper accounts, legal documents, and the recollections of neighbors who knew them,...
Historic houses adorned with plaques populate New England like nowhere else in the country. These plaques note the construction year and original o...
Historic houses adorned with plaques populate New England like nowhere else in the country. These plaques note the construction year and original owner of the house, but they tell nothing about the rich lives of the people who lived there. In House Stories, Beth Luey takes readers on a virtual walking tour of several historic houses in Fairhaven, Massachusetts, a small New England coastal town, inviting us in to learn each house's secrets.
Through letters and diaries, church and business records, newspaper accounts, legal documents, and the recollections of neighbors who knew them,...
Historic houses adorned with plaques populate New England like nowhere else in the country. These plaques note the construction year and original o...
