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Rewritingby Joseph Harris
Utah State University Press 2007; US$ 15.50"Like all writers, intellectuals need to say something new and say it well. But unlike many other writers, what intellectuals have to say is bound up with the books we are reading . . . and the ideas of the people we are talking with." What are the moves that an academic writer makes? How does writing as an intellectual change the way we work from sources? In Rewriting, a textbook for the undergraduate classroom, Joseph Harris draws the college writing student away from static ideas of thesis, support, and structure, and toward a more mature and dynamic understanding. Harris wants college writers to think of intellectual writing as an adaptive and social activity, and he offers them a clear set of strategies—a set of moves—for... more...
The Nuts and Bolts of College Writingby Michael Harvey
Hackett Publishing Company, Inc. 2009; US$ 6.95Engagingly written and illustrated with scores of telling examples, this plainspoken how-to book for college writers identifies those qualities that most typically distinguish good writing from bad and provides practical measures for avoiding pitfalls. more...
Writing with Sourcesby Gordon Harvey
Hackett Publishing Company, Inc. 2008; US$ 5.95Developed for Harvard University's Expository Writing Program, Writing with Sources describes the main principles and methods of integrating and citing sources in scholarly work, and provides cogent guidance on avoiding the misuse of sources. The second edition of Writing with Sources is updated throughout, and includes new material on the roles sources play in argument, on assessing the reliability of sources, and on attitudes about writing that can lead to plagiarism. "The best little book for college writers. Harvey understands the writer's position?and plight?when composing essays that must respond to texts yet make independent assertions. Writing with Sources not only provides clear rules of citation for papers in the humanities,... more...
Writing a Successful Research Paperby Stanley Chodorow
Hackett Publishing Company, Inc. 2011; US$ 7.50This brief, practical guide offers a clear and comprehensive strategy for conceptualising, approaching, and executing the task of writing a research paper in the humanities and social sciences. In addition, it provides: a critical and process-oriented approach to the tasks of topic selection, formulation of the research question, thesis development, and argumentation; judiciously selected examples drawn from a broad range of disciplines; concise treatment of the aims, methods, and conventions of scholarly research, including the opportunities and pitfalls of Internet use; a wealth of conceptual and organisational tools; and more. more...
Parallelby Colin Campbell; Philip Prowse
Cambridge University Press 2004; US$ 6.00Modern, original fiction for learners of English. more...
Deadly Harvestby Carolyn Walker; Philip Prowse
Cambridge University Press 1999; US$ 6.00Modern, original fiction for learners of English. more...
The Hutchinson Dictionary of Word Originsby Helicon Publishing
Helicon Publishing 2006; US$ 9.88Authoritative etymologies of thousands of English words, including recently coined terms. more...
Teaching ESL/EFL Listening and Speakingby I.S.P. Nation; Jonathan Newton
Taylor & Francis 2008; US$ 33.95Using a framework based on principles of teaching and learning, this highly practical guide provides a wealth of suggestions for helping learners at all levels of proficiency develop their listening and speaking skills and fluency. By following these suggestions, which are organized around four strands meaning-focused input, meaning-focused output, language-focused learning, and fluency development ESL and EFL teachers will be able to design and present a balanced program for their students. more...
Meaning-Centered Grammarby Craig Hancock
Equinox Publishing Ltd 2005; US$ 25.60Rather than narrowly dividing language between correct and incorrect, this book promotes a respect for the power and usefulness of language in all its forms. It draws from a number of linguistic grammars, traditional grammar, and contemporary composition theory, yet achieves a unified synthesis by seeing each of these as ways to understand the language itself and its natural, inherent, meaning-making grammatical system. more...
The English Languageby Charles Barber; Joan C. Beal; Philip A. Shaw
Cambridge University Press 2009; US$ 26.00This new edition tells the story of the English language from its remote ancestry to the present day. more...