Writing and Publishing for Academic Authors, 2nd Edition
ISBN: 9780847682584 / Angielski / Miękka / 254 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Writing and Publishing for Academic Authors offers an insider's look at how to publish scholarly articles, book reviews, grants, magazine articles, and commercial and scholarly books. This new edition, extensively revised and updated, includes chapters on writing and publishing research in the sciences, publishing conference papers and dissertations, redefining the role of the scholar in the information age, and electronic publishing.
Writing and Publishing for Academic Authors offers an insider's look at how to publish scholarly articles, book reviews, grants, magazine articles, an...
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185,96 zł |
Winning Reviews: A Guide for Evaluating Scholarly Writing
ISBN: 9781403992239 / Angielski / Twarda / 292 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This text examines the process of reviewing scholarly manuscripts. It considers topics including writing a review, evaluating different types of scholarly works and responding successfully to reviewer comments. Containing essays written by journal editors, scholars and reputed reviewers, it is valuable reading for novice and experienced academics.
This text examines the process of reviewing scholarly manuscripts. It considers topics including writing a review, evaluating different types of schol...
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543,49 zł |
The Art of Writing: Lu Chi's Wen Fu
ISBN: 9781571314123 / Angielski / Miękka / 90 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Written in 200 C.E., the Wen Fu is one of the first Chinese works about the use of language. The classic work about the joys and problems facing both readers and writers is redesigned for this new edition.
Written in 200 C.E., the Wen Fu is one of the first Chinese works about the use of language. The classic work about the joys and problems facing both ...
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Conversations with Leslie Marmon Silko
ISBN: 9781578063017 / Angielski / Miękka / 200 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. -The most effective political statement I could make is in my art work. . . . The most radical kind of politics is language as plain truth.-
Leslie Marmon Silko, one of America's best known Native authors, was born in 1948 and grew up at Laguna Pueblo, New Mexico, of mixed Laguna, Mexican, and white ancestry. Her early short stories, poems, and brilliant first novel Ceremony (1977) earned her recognition as a star of the Native American Renaissance. In Conversations with Leslie Marmon Silko, her readers will find both the power that fueled her early work and an update on her... -The most effective political statement I could make is in my art work. . . . The most radical kind of politics is language as plain truth.-
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159,13 zł |
The National Directory of Editors and Writers: Freelance Editors, Copyeditors, Ghostwriters and Technical Writers And Proofreaders for Individuals, Bu
ISBN: 9781590770696 / Angielski / Miękka / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This comprehensive guide features America's top editors and writers for hire--serving the needs of nonfiction and fiction writers, publishers, literary agents, corporations, companies, educational institutions, and non-profits.
This comprehensive guide features America's top editors and writers for hire--serving the needs of nonfiction and fiction writers, publishers, literar...
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79,64 zł |
QUERY LETTERS THAT WORKED! Real Queries That Landed $2K+ Writing Assignments - SECOND EDITION
ISBN: 9781591133841 / Angielski / Miękka / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Kelly James-Enger earned $3500 from one article for Redbook. Want to read the query letter that secured that lucrative assignment? How about the query that brought in $2800 from Woman's Day? Judy Gruen's query landed a $3000 assignment from Ladies' Home Journal. Susan Eley's query to SmartMoney brought in $5000 Bruce Farr's query to National Public Radio (NPR) brought in $2,000, Danny Glover's query to a technology magazine earned him two assignments totaling $8000, and Melissa Walker's query to Lifetime Magazine brought in $3000 And that's just a small list of the many query letters...
Kelly James-Enger earned $3500 from one article for Redbook. Want to read the query letter that secured that lucrative assignment? How about the query...
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81,12 zł |
Ellipsis and Focus in Generative Grammar
ISBN: 9783110186017 / Angielski / Twarda / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Covering linguistic research on empty categories over more than three decades, this monograph presents the result of an in-depth syntactic and focus-theoretical investigation of ellipsis in generative grammar. The phenomenon of ellipsis most generally refers to the omission of linguistic material, structure and sound. The central aim of this book is to explain on the basis of linguistic theorizing of how it is possible that we understand more than we actually hear. The answer developed throughout this book is that ellipsis is an interface phenomenon which can only be explained on the basis... Covering linguistic research on empty categories over more than three decades, this monograph presents the result of an in-depth syntactic and focu... |
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607,26 zł |
Organizing Grammar: Linguistic Studies in Honor of Henk Van Riemsdijk
ISBN: 9783110188509 / Angielski / Twarda / 740 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Henk van Riemsdijk has long been known as one of Europe's most important linguists. His seminal ideas have been influential in developing generative grammar in Europe and beyond. As the initiator, co-founder, and chair of the GLOW society, he made the society the leading platform of European generative linguistics. He has also been editor of the series Studies in Generative Grammar since its foundation. As a teacher and supervisor, he has inspired generations of students. On the occasion of his relocation from the Netherlands to Italy, his friends, students and colleagues... Henk van Riemsdijk has long been known as one of Europe's most important linguists. His seminal ideas have been influential in developing generati... |
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911,00 zł |
The Journey from the Center to the Page: Yoga Philosophies & Practices as Muse for Authentic Writing
ISBN: 9780976684381 / Angielski / Mikrofilm / 329 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Jeff Davis artfully illustrates how yoga philosophies and practices can be an invaluable ally to the writing life.
Jeff Davis artfully illustrates how yoga philosophies and practices can be an invaluable ally to the writing life.
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106,84 zł |
Max Perkins: Editor of Genius
ISBN: 9780425223376 / Angielski / Miękka / 528 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Now the Major Motion Picture Genius, Starring Colin Firth, Nicole Kidman and Jude Law.
The National Book Award winner from Pulitzer-Prize winning author A. Scott Berg. The talents he nurtured were known worldwide: F. Scott Fitzgerald, Ernest Hemingway, Thomas Wolfe, and numerous others. But Maxwell Perkins remained a mystery, a backstage presence who served these authors not only as editor but also as critic, career manager, moneylender, psychoanalyst, father-confessor, and friend. This outstanding biography, a winner of the National Book Award,... Now the Major Motion Picture Genius, Starring Colin Firth, Nicole Kidman and Jude Law.
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85,47 zł |
Intentionality and the New Traditionalism: Some Liminal Means to Literary Revisionism
ISBN: 9780271028149 / Angielski / Miękka / 244 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Intentionality and the New Traditionalism argues that both the text and the author of a literary work are important to a cogent and full reading of that work. The author creates the text, which then leads the reader into a reading of it through its various elements or literary devices that have been consciously employed by the author. The author's presence is thus continuous in the work and important to it. Such elements and literary devices create what can be called an "intentionality" of the text and become limina, or thresholds, through which the reader can enter the world of... Intentionality and the New Traditionalism argues that both the text and the author of a literary work are important to a cogent and full r... |
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159,13 zł |
Wordsmithery: The Writer's Craft and Practice
ISBN: 9781403998279 / Angielski / Twarda / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This workbook is aimed at committed writers who want to engage with ideas about writing and to develop their craft and practice. Drawing on the expertise of a range of contributors, the focus is writing as process, moving from practical guidance on form and style through to using themes such as "body" or "house" as a creative springboard. Including features such as "first to last draft," writing exercises and illustrative extracts, this innovative guide will inspire and challenge.
This workbook is aimed at committed writers who want to engage with ideas about writing and to develop their craft and practice. Drawing on the expert...
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504,74 zł |
Naguib Mahfouz: A Western and Eastern Cage of Female Entrapment
ISBN: 9781934043615 / Angielski / Twarda / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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454,46 zł |
Academic Writing and Publishing: A Practical Handbook
ISBN: 9780415453219 / Angielski / Twarda / 206 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Academic Writing and Publishing will show academics (mainly in the social sciences) how to write and publish research articles. Its aim is to supply examples and brief discussions of recent work in all aspects of the area in short, sharp chapters. It should serve as a handbook for postgraduates and lecturers new to publishing. The book is written in a readable and lively personal style. The advice given is direct and based on up-to-date research that goes beyond that given in current textbooks. For example, the chapter on titles lists different kinds of titles and their purposes... Academic Writing and Publishing will show academics (mainly in the social sciences) how to write and publish research articles. Its aim is... |
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681,40 zł |
Reading Toni Morrison
ISBN: 9780313354991 / Angielski / Twarda / 153 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. One of the few authors to attain both commercial success and literary acclaim, Toni Morrison, a longstanding member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters, is widely read by high school students and general readers. Her books have been adapted into highly extolled films such as "Beloved," largely because, even when set in the past, they grapple with issues and emotions relevant to contemporary society. Designed for students and general readers, "Reading Toni Morrison" is a handy introduction to Morrison's works and their place in the world. The book begins with a look at Morrison's... One of the few authors to attain both commercial success and literary acclaim, Toni Morrison, a longstanding member of the American Academy of Arts... |
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Academic Lives
ISBN: 9780820333427 / Angielski / Twarda / 368 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Since the early 1990s, there has been a proliferation of memoirs by tenured humanities professors. Although the memoir form has been discussed within the flourishing field of life writing, academic memoirs have received little critical scrutiny. Based on close readings of memoirs by such academics as Michael Berube, Cathy N. Davidson, Jane Gallop, bell hooks, Edward Said, Eve Sedgwick, Jane Tompkins, and Marianna Torgovnick, "Academic Lives" considers why so many professors write memoirs and what cultural capital they carry. Cynthia G. Franklin finds that academic memoirs provide... Since the early 1990s, there has been a proliferation of memoirs by tenured humanities professors. Although the memoir form has been discussed with... |
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729,93 zł |
Demystifying Dissertation Writing: A Streamlined Process from Choice of Topic to Final Text
ISBN: 9781579223120 / Angielski / Twarda / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Research shows that five strategies correlate with the successful completion of a dissertation:
Establishing a consistent writing routine Working with a support group Consulting your advisor Understanding your committee's expectations Setting a realistic and timely schedule Building on these insights, this book is for anyone who needs help in preparing for, organizing, planning, scheduling, and writing the longest sustained writing project they have encountered, particularly if he or she is not receiving sufficient guidance... Research shows that five strategies correlate with the successful completion of a dissertation:
Establishing a consistent writing routine<... |
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681,40 zł |
Sally Stuart's Guide to Getting Published
ISBN: 9780877883319 / Angielski / Miękka / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Every Writer Needs One Book that Jump-Starts a Writing Career. This Book Is It.
In this one-stop writing resources, Sally Stuart will tell you how to: -Find the publisher you want -Write a professional query letter or book proposal -Approach and work with editors -Decipher copyright and tax laws -Negotiate contracts -Manage the writing life -Set up a home office -Develop your book and article ideas With practical tips and anecdotes, technical details and legal helps, this essential compendium provides the information every writer needs to get in... Every Writer Needs One Book that Jump-Starts a Writing Career. This Book Is It.
In this one-stop writing resources, Sally Stuart will te... |
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93,98 zł |
Tolkien: A Biography
ISBN: 9780451212429 / Angielski / Miękka / 292 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Tolkien: A Biography by Michael White is a comprehensive, in-depth, and entertaining biography of one of the greatest and most influential fantasy authors of modern time, J.R.R. Tolkien.
Tolkien: A Biography by Michael White is a comprehensive, in-depth, and entertaining biography of one of the greatest and most influential fant...
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85,47 zł |
The Essential Guide to Getting Your Book Published: How to Write It, Sell It, and Market It . . . Successfully
ISBN: 9780761160854 / Angielski / Miękka / 544 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Now updated for 2015
The best, most comprehensive guide for writers is now revised and updated, with new sections on ebooks, self-publishing, crowd-funding through Kickstarter, blogging, increasing visibility via online marketing, micropublishing, the power of social media and author websites, and more--making The Essential Guide to Getting Your Book Published more vital than ever for anyone who wants to mine that great idea and turn it into a successfully published book. Written by experts with twenty-five books between them as well as many years' experience... Now updated for 2015
The best, most comprehensive guide for writers is now revised and updated, with new sections on ebooks, self-publish... |
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85,26 zł |