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Major Modern Essayists

Freshman Composition; Intermediate or Advanced Composition. This essay reader provides in-depth introductions to fifteen of this century s most distinctive writers of nonfiction prose in the English language. The collection is arranged... more

Pre-Owned The Prose Reader: Essays for Thinking Reading and Writing Paperback

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Pre-Owned The Prose Reader: Essays for Thinking Reading and Writing (Paperback) 0130954063 9780130954060

For courses in first-year composition. This version of The Prose Reader: Essays for Thinking Reading and Writing has been updated to reflect the 8th Edition of the MLA Handbook (April 2016)* Organized by rhetorical modes to showcase contemporary... more

Pre-Owned The Norton Reader with 2016 MLA Update (Paperback)

Pre-Owned - The Norton Reader features the largest and most diverse collection of essays from classic to contemporary--155 in the Full edition 95 in the Shorter. With 60 new essays almost all written in the last decade a new ebook option and a... more

The rhetorical reader consisting of choice specimens of oratorical composition in prose and verse 1845 [Leather Bound]

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Pre-Owned The Short Prose Reader 9780070439955

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Anglo-Saxon prose reader 1898 [Leather Bound]

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Pre-Owned Everything s an Argument with Readings (Paperback) 0312538618 9780312538613

This best-selling combination rhetoric and thematically organized reader shows students how to analyze all kinds of arguments - not just essays and editorials but clothes cars ads and Web site designs - and then how to use what they learn to write... more

Pre-Owned The Compact Reader: Short Essays by Method and Theme (Paperback) 0312433476 9780312433475

From its well-chosen essays to its thorough editorial apparatus to its distinctive organization The Compact Reader provides the fundamental support students need to become confident writers. The innovative dual organization -- rhetorical and... more

The Best of Technology Writing (Paperback - Used) 0472031953 9780472031955

The essays collected in this book are sparkling imaginative pieces of journalism that just happen to be about technology. People steeped in the world of AJAX or Massively Mulitplayer Online Games will find a lot to value here but so will readers... more

Pre-Owned The Norton Reader : An Anthology of Nonfiction Prose 9780393978070

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Pre-Owned The Daily Reader: 366 Selections of Great Prose and Poetry to Inspire a Productive Meaningful Writing Life Paperback Fred White

With short excerpts from fiction and nonfiction classics and contemporary bestsellers thoughtful reflections on the text and short writing exercises this book introduces readers to literature helps them integrate reading and writing into their lives... more

Vintage International: Think Write Speak: Uncollected Essays Reviews Interviews and Letters to the Editor (Paperback)

A rich compilation of the previously uncollected Russian and English prose and interviews of one of the twentieth century s greatest writers edited by Nabokov experts Brian Boyd and Anastasia Tolstoy. I think like a genius I write like a... more

Pre-Owned 75 Readings Plus (Paperback)

Pre-Owned - 75 Readings Plus is a version of the best-selling 75 Readings that supplies additional guidance for student readers. 75 Readings Plus introduces students to a range of classic and contemporary essays. The text also exposes them to a... more

Soviet Prose; a Reader (Paperback)

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America and possibly other nations. Within the United... more

Narrative Apparatus Ideology: A Film Theory Reader (Paperback)

Smartly selected and organized the essays in this anthology introduce several central issues in film theory namely the classical narrative text oppositional and avant-garde cinema subject positioning the cinematic apparatus and ideology. Written by... more

Essays in Context (Paperback)

This exceptional anthology of British and American prose provides a chronological survey of over ninety of the most important and popular essays written in the twentieth century. Essays in Context acquaints students with the development and... more

Pre-Owned The Simon & Schuster Short Prose Reader (Paperback) 0130974218 9780130974211

This book combines creative up-to-date writing instruction using short high-interest readings that provide ideas for writing suggest ways to approach a topic and show how to organize and present information. Topics include: active reading the... more

Tamil Prose Reader - G. U. Pope

About the Book:-This book contains scarcely a sentence which may not be of use to the learner. All the words in it will be found in the dictionaries. It will be a useful exercise for the student occasionally to re-write the pieces using synonyms; to... more

Modern German prose : a reader for advanced classes / compiled and annotated by A.B. Nichols. 1910 [Leather Bound]

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Sequel to the English reader or Elegant selections in prose and poetry .. 1831 [Leather Bound]

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Model Speeches For Practise : With an Essay from Humorous Hits and How to Hold an Audience (Paperback)

Model Speeches For Practise is a 1920 work by Grenville Kleiser that contains a collection of successful speeches by eminent public speakers for study an practice. The author believes that by examining them and reading them aloud the reader will be... more

Pre-Owned The Norton Reader : An Anthology of Expository Prose 9780393973839

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Pre-Owned The Compact Reader: Short Essays by Method and Theme (Paperback) 0312392257 9780312392253

From its well-chosen essays to its thorough editorial apparatus to its distinctive organization The Compact Reader provides the fundamental support students need to become confident writers. The innovative dual organization -- rhetorical and... more

German prose reader by Hermann B. Boisen (1904) [Leatherbound]

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Landmark Essays Landmark Essays in Contemporary Writing Center Studies (Paperback)

This volume collects essential writings in the field of writing center studies as it has blossomed and developed since the 1995 publication of Landmark Essays on Writing Centers. These writings offer a new generation of writing center readers... more

Pre-Owned The Gay Talese Reader: Portraits and Encounters (Paperback) 0802776752 9780802776754

As a young reporter for The New York Times in 1961 Gay Talese published his first book New York-A Serendipiter s Journey a series of vignettes and essays that began New York is a city of things unnoticed. It is a city with cats sleeping under parked... more

Modern German prose; a reader for advanced classes 1908 [Leather Bound]

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Pre-Owned The Well-Crafted Argument: A Guide and Reader (Paperback) 0618438114 9780618438112

The goal of this two-part argument rhetoric/reader is to equip students with a complete set of skills (writing arguing reasoning critical reading and thinking researching) necessary for writing argumentative essays in a wide variety of contexts and... more

Pre-Owned The Little Norton Reader : 50 Essays from the First 50 Years with 2016 MLA Update 9780393624106

The Little Norton Reader presents 50 essays from the first 50 years of The Norton Reader classics like the Letter from Birmingham Jail along with newer favorites such as Is Google Making Us Stupid? and Fun Home. Its small size makes it portable and... more

Writers Corner Anthology: poetry and prose written by Village Books Writing Group (Paperback)

The Writers Corner Anthology is a snapshot of some of the best work being written by the Village Books Writing Groups in Bellingham WA. In it you will find short stories poetry and essays from the prolific writing community. more

Pre-Owned From Idea to Essay: A Rhetoric Reader and Handbook (Paperback) 032135561X 9780321355614

One of the most successful all-inclusive rhetorics on the market this classic distinguishes itself with a story poem and photo writing assignment in each modes chapter. This systematic rhetoric/reader/handbook carefully leads the student through the... more

Gates of Excellence: On Reading and Writing Books for Children (Hardcover - Used) 0525667504 9780525667506

A collection of essays relating to the author s experience as a writer of novels for children and her ideas on children s literature in general. more

Pre-Owned Mooring Against the Tide: Writing Fiction and Poetry (Paperback) 0130260118 9780130260116

This guide to creative writing explores the two genres of poetry and fiction and defines the basic elements of each. It offers a hands-on approach to writing and includes essays from noted authors that enable readers to witness the creative... more

A Writer s Reader (Hardcover - Used) 0316339873 9780316339872

Highly respected poets Hall and Emblem have chosen classical and contemporary selections to make this a delightful writer s companion now in it s ninth edition. A Writer s Reader is a collection of essays short stories and poems organized... more

Writers Corner Anthology: poetry and prose written by Village Books Writing Groups (Paperback)

The Writers Corner Anthology is a snapshot of some of the best work being written by the Village Books Writing Groups in Bellingham WA. In it you will find short stories poetry and essays from the prolific writing community. more

10 Models of Essay Writing (Paperback)

This book contains ten good models of essay writing that you as a reader can refer to when writing essays. You will never have to write bigger anymore when you hear the essay have to be three pages. more

Theories of style with special reference to prose composition; essays excerpts and translations arranged and adapted by Lane Cooper (1922) [Leatherbound]

Leatherbound edition. Language: English Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Reprinted from 1922 edition. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr d reprint. Illustrations... more