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Leer y escribir suele ser un problema para muchos alumnos universitarios. Estudian, pero tienen dificultades para comunicar a sus evaluadores lo que saben. Contestan cuando se les pregunta, pero las respuestas no satisfacen a los docentes. Los profesores prestan atención a partes de los textos que los estudiantes ponderaron irrelevantes. Los alumnos privilegian lo que los profesores dejan de lado. Parece que falta ponerse de acuerdo sobre qué se...
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Dubbed 'the poster girl of Palestinian militancy', Leila Khaled's image flashed across the world after she hijacked a passenger jet in 1969. The picture of a young, determined looking woman with a checkered scarf, clutching an AK-47, was as era-defining as that of Che Guevara.
In this intimate profile, based on interviews with Khaled and those who know her, Sarah Irving gives us the life-story behind the image. Key moments of Khaled's turbulent...
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Aspects of English Sentence Stress is written within the conceptual framework of generative-transformational grammar. However, it is atheoretical in the sense that the proposals made cannot be formulated in this theory and are a challenge to many other theories. The author's concern is not with the phonetic nature of stress; rather, using a working definition of stress as subjective impression of prominence, she attempts to formulate general principles...
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Who are the greatest reporters in history? This unique book is the first to try and answer this question. Author David Randall searched nearly two centuries of newspapers and magazines, consulted editors and journalism experts worldwide, and the result is The Great Reporters - 13 in-depth profiles of the best journalists who ever lived.
Each profile tells of the reporter's life and his or her major stories, how they were obtained, and their...
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Now expanded: The definitive visual guide to writing science fiction and fantasy-with exercises, diagrams, essays by superstar authors, and more.
From the New York Times-bestselling, Nebula Award-winning author, Wonderbook has become the definitive guide to writing science fiction and fantasy by offering an accessible, example-rich approach that emphasizes the importance of playfulness as well as pragmatism. It also embraces the visual nature of...
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Did you know that Adolf Hitler was a vegetarian and his longtime private chef was Jewish? What dish played an integral role in Marilyn Monroe's unsuccessful bid to woo back Bobby Kennedy? Part historical narrative and part grilling guide and cookbook, Andrew Caldwell's Their Last Suppers: Legends of History and Their Final Meals guides history buffs and gourmands alike through gastronomically inspired biographical accounts of more than 20 legendary...
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La metáfora de la cacería sirve, quién lo creyera, para explicar el periodismo. Varios periodistas notables y famosos, desde García Márquez hasta Martín Caparrós, han hecho la comparación del cazador para expresar sus experiencias y sentimientos como reporteros. Todos coinciden en que en el oficio hay instinto, intuición, pálpito, olfato, destreza. Y en que para encontrar la almendra de la historia se necesita astucia. Y también acecho,...
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Get the Summary of Mark Forsyth's The Elements of Eloquence in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. "The Elements of Eloquence" by Mark Forsyth explores the power and intricacies of rhetorical devices in the English language. Forsyth delves into the allure of alliteration, as seen in Shakespeare's works and political slogans, and the subtlety of polyptoton, where a word is used in different forms to enrich the text....
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Your Guide to College Writing is a practical handbook for academic writers. This book teaches you the rules for college research and writing and shows you how to follow them in real-world examples. By starting with the basics of paragraphs, sentences, punctuation, word choice, research, and guides to MLA, APA, and Chicago styles, you'll become comfortable with the building blocks of writing in college. When you have trouble with a specific error or...
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The middle of the night is for many things-binging a show, playing your favorite game, crying out the hurt, even writing the insomnia away. Like most things, Slowburn was born in the middle of the night, inspired by both the joy of the media Lee loves and the joy of discovering love for themself. These poems are for those whose doubts haunt their every step, for the people whose emotions feel too big or too small. Most importantly, this prose is for...
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Tired of being stuck in a chair behind a desk?
Do you want to write more without sacrificing your health and sanity?
Learn how you can get more written while
Hiking or just going for a stroll
Driving
Watching your kids play at the park
Taking a bath
Multiple New York Times bestselling author Kevin J. Anderson has written 160 books-nearly fifteen million words!-most of them by dictating into a hand-held recorder while hiking.
Award-winning novelist...
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He escrito este poemario de un tirón, su contenido me ha aparecido en sueño.
Todo lo que puedo decir sobre este libro es que es mío, he escrito sobre lo que conozco, mis heridas y las heridas de las mujeres. He escrito sobre los abortos, sobre el desamor, sobre el conflicto con la maternidad y la familia, sobre la culpa y el olvido.
Amo las palabras y no puedo soportar que se olviden los instantes increíbles que todos vivimos y en los que conseguimos...
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The 12 Key Pillars of Novel Construction takes the mystery out of building a solid story and shows you how to go from idea to complete novel in practical, easy-to-understand steps.Build smart!Over and over, struggling writers make the same fatal mistakes in their manuscripts. Even writers who have studied all the best writing craft books and taken workshops and followed writers' blogs still don't get the structure. Truth is, a lot of writers believe...
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Este libro se enmarca en un área de la didáctica de las ciencias naturales que promueve la generación de una enseñanza de las ciencias que incluya las cosmovisiones de los pueblos originarios en su definición. Su objetivo principal es develar qué vínculos permiten poner en comunicación conocimientos científicos y vernáculos sobre una misma temática en común. El fin último de este conocimiento pretende contribuir con la generación de...
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