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Picture the following scenarios: You are at work, tending to your responsibilities, when you are called upon to present a report at the staff meeting which begins in 30 minutes. Or, you are a college student and your Professor calls upon you to give a five minutes presentation in front of the class. Or, you are a business owner and have to explain how a new product works to a group of prospective clients. Or, your friend is getting married and you...
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Do you panic when you must decide whether to use "affect" or "effect"? Do verb tenses make you, well...tense?
This easy-to-use guide to grammar not only teaches you to use the right verb at the right time, but helps you brush up on all your rusty grammar skills so you can write and speak clear, error-free English with confidence.
You'll also find: • Thorough coverage of key areas of grammar. • Easy-to-understand explanations and plenty of exercises...
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Keeping a journal is easy. Keeping a life-altering, soul-enlightening journal, however, is not. At its best, journaling can be among the most transformative of experiences, but you can only get there by learning how to express yourself fully and openly. Enter Samara O'Shea.
O'Shea charmed readers with her elegant and witty For the Love of Letters. Now, in Note to Self, she's back to guide us through the fun, effective, and revelatory process of...
64) How to Write a Novel in 10 Easy Steps: Tips for Planning Your Book Fast With the Autorissimo Method
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Do you have a clear sense of what the book you want to write is like, but you get stuck when it's time to start it, or when you get halfway through?Do you have images of characters in your head and dialogues that resonate in your mind, but you feel you lack the "instruction manual" to put it all together?If you can relate, this book is for you!Written in a clear and entertaining tone, here you will find proven strategies for planning an intriguing...
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Learn all the sign language slang you've always wanted to know with this fun English-ASL phrasebook for the modern era.
Next time you're signing with your friends, drop the ASL textbook formality and start flashing the signs they don't teach in any classroom, including:
• cool slang
• funny insults
• explicit terms
• raw swear words
“Dirty Sign Language” is the perfect guide to all the ASL terms you want to take with you and learn...
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If you have ever wanted to write a book, you need this little book. It will take away the fear and doubt. It will get you started. In 6 easy steps you will develop your book. You will decide its content, its shape and direction. You will know exactly what you want to write and why. You will know your characters and your storyline. You will gain confidence at every step, and you will enjoy the journey.
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Handwriting analysis, or graphology, is the science involved in producing a personality profile of the writer by examining the characteristics, traits and strokes of an individual's handwriting. It seems impossible, but a trained graphologist can gather an astonishing amount of information about the writer just from analyzing their handwriting. Besides creating a complete personality profile, many other things are revealed in your handwriting, such...
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This A-to-Z etymology guide reveals the people and characters whose names have evolved into common English words.
Have you ever wondered about the origins of words like "Bowdlerize"? In 1818 Thomas Bowdler published and abridged set of Shakespeare's plays which "omitted those passages which might offend family propriety"-thereby making his name literally synonymous with the practice of distorting someone's words. In Word Origins, Cecil Hunt provides...
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A Story is a Promise offers a clear, concise look into the mechanics of how to tell a story and how a story engages and rewards the attention of an audience. Examples are used from popular books, movies, and plays, including a scene by scene breakdown of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet and reviews of The Usual Suspects and the novel The Lovely Bones, which includes a story diagram to help new authors to understand how to plot a story.The Spirit of...
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Take a fun, critical, issue-by-issue tour of the first twelve issues of The Amazing Spider-Man, the comicbook that launched one of the most enduring characters in modern mythology. Along the way, learn valuable lessons about storytelling, storyworlds, and episodic fiction that will enhance the way you look at stories in all media... and change your perspective whether you're a writer, a comic book fan, or both!The first issue of The Amazing Spider-Man...
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"Samara O'Shea is the guardian angel of this almost lost art." - Samantha Ettus, Creator of The Experts' Guide book series
"Samara O'Shea has outdone herself with her own passionate love letter to the written word." - Rachel Kramer Bussel, Village Voice Lusty Lady columnist
"A charming look at the lost art of letter writing." - Jane Buckingham, author of The Modern Girl's Guide to Life and The Modern Girl's Guide to Motherhood
"For the Love of...
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Embarking on the exhilarating yet intricate journey of turning a book into a movie requires more than just creative vision-it demands a strategic and informed approach. In "From Page to Screen," authors discover a comprehensive guide that unravels the complexities of transforming their literary creations into captivating cinematic experiences.
The journey begins with the crucial step of understanding rights-authors are guided through the maze...
74) Opening Doors
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Opening Doors is ALLi's best practice guide to the publishing industry for indie authors. From entering awards and joining literary associations, to approaching festivals, bookshops and making the most of your publication rights, this proactive book is full of tips, insights and inspiring case studies.
This guidebook is part of ALLi's ongoing Open Up to Indie Authors campaign to encourage and aid literary events, festivals, prizes, reviewers, booksellers,...
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For authors of sweet romance, erotic romance, and eroticaIf you've struggled to find the right tone for your romantic sex scene, stared at the computer for 15 minutes trying to come up with the perfect verb, become stymied because some terms are too crude while others are too flowery, or found yourself reusing the same words over and over, Naughty Words for Nice Writers, A Sexual and Spanking Thesaurus can help you break through those barriers. Cara...
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Los debates en torno a leyes regulatorias y nuevas políticas de comunicación atravesaron el inicio del siglo XXI en Latinoamérica. La ruptura con el modelo neoliberal implementado en la década de 1990 no estuvo exenta de conflictividad con los grandes conglomerados mediáticos hasta alcanzar una centralidad en el devenir político de los populismos de la región. En la Argentina, durante los dos mandatos presidenciales de Cristina Kirchner (2007-2015)...
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In his debut title, Write Like You Mean It, award-winning journalist and content writer Steve Gamel dives into his best advice for writers that he has gathered over the years. With stories from his early years and frequent foibles as a journalist, Gamel equips aspiring writers with trade tips to learn, tools to utilize, and lessons to write stronger content. He has designed "a book that is useful to all kinds of writers: first-time writers, veteran...
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The parents of second language children are often seen but not heard in schools. This book is unique in addressing the many issues facing parents of children whose first language is different from that of the school classroom.
Drawing on teaching theory, the book provides these parents with a wealth of practical information, guidelines and checklists, enabling them to ask schools intelligent and challenging questions to test whether their children's...
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Siete recorridos analíticos sobre la construcción de la guerra y el terrorismo en los discursos de los medios de comunicación dan cuerpo a este libro. Desde la perspectiva de los estudios críticos del discurso, ampliamente abordada por la autora, esta obra toma como ejes centrales, por un lado, las guerras en el golfo Pérsico y, por otro, los atentados terroristas del 11 de septiembre de 2001 en Estados Unidos y los del 11 de marzo de 2004 en...
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Ocho entrevistas a reconocidos investigadores de la escritura se agrupan en el presente libro para abonar a la reflexión sobre la importancia de este proceso en la vida universitaria. Cada texto despliega una superestructura definida a partir de dos momentos discursivos: el de la memoria y el de la reflexión.
En el primero, los entrevistados evocan algunas de sus experiencias escritoras en la infancia, la adolescencia y la edad adulta. Esta parte...
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