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Thursday, September 2, 2010

Scientists Must Write: A Guide to Better Writing for Scientists, Engineers and Students (Routledge Study Guides) (Paperback)

Posted by qpen on January 8, 2010

Scientists Must Write: A Guide to Better Writing for Scientists, Engineers and Students (Routledge Study Guides)

ReviewIn its new edition, it has been significantly updated and improved, and has lost little of the value of the first edition … The book is targeted at all scientists whether school age or hardened/wizeneed professionals … This book should be on an eye level shelf in every scientists office and possibly many others where people are expected to react scientifically … I would recommend it to every school and university department library. – Myles Ripley, BiologistMany job applic (more…)

Writing Your Way Through College: A Student’s Guide (Paperback)

Posted by qpen on November 7, 2009

Writing Your Way Through College: A Student's Guide

 Download the Instructor’s Guide for Writing Your Way Through College today and discover a convenient roadmap to helping students succeed with academic writing.  Writing academic essays in college often seems mysterious to students who do not yet understand the process of developing an idea into a finished piece of reasoned prose. Writing Your Way Through College demystifies that process and enables teachers to help students “invent the university” as they reinvent thems (more…)

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Creative Writing Mfa Handbook: A Guide for Prospective Graduate Students (Revised & Updated) (Paperback)

Posted by qpen on November 2, 2009

Creative Writing Mfa Handbook: A Guide for Prospective Graduate Students (Revised & Updated)

The Creative Writing MFA Handbook guides prospective graduate students through the difficult process of researching, applying to, and choosing graduate schools in creative writing. The handbook includes profiles of fifty creative writing programs, guidance through the application process, advice from current professors and students including George Saunders, Aimee Bender, Tracy K. Smith, and Geoffrey Wolff, and the most comprehensive listings of graduate writing programs in and (more…)

Writing Outside Your Comfort Zone: Helping Students Navigate Unfamiliar Genres (Paperback)

Posted by qpen on October 4, 2009

Writing Outside Your Comfort Zone: Helping Students Navigate Unfamiliar Genres

 This work is an important contribution to the field of writing instruction, but it is also a great read. The advice is practical, the resources helpful, and the discussion thought provoking. Fleischer and Andrew-Vaughan are wonderful guides on the journey through the Unfamiliar Genre Project…they invite us in, earn our trust, and then support us as we take on a new and unfamiliar challenge. Enjoy the journey! – Heather LattimerAuthor of Thinking Through Genre If genre study is (more…)

Writing Your Way Through College: A Student’s Guide (Paperback)

Posted by qpen on September 22, 2009

Writing Your Way Through College: A Student's Guide

 Download the Instructor’s Guide for Writing Your Way Through College today and discover a convenient roadmap to helping students succeed with academic writing.  Writing academic essays in college often seems mysterious to students who do not yet understand the process of developing an idea into a finished piece of reasoned prose. Writing Your Way Through College demystifies that process and enables teachers to help students “invent the university” as they reinvent themselv (more…)