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Practice the Strategy Notebook 5

By: N/A

Price: $2.00

Publisher: Zaner Bloser: January 2005

Seller ID: 14832

ISBN: 073671247X

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

Writer's Market 2016: The Most Trusted Guide to Getting Published

By: N/A

Price: $2.00

Publisher: Writer's Digest Books: September 2015

Seller ID: 15248

ISBN: 1599639378

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

THE MOST TRUSTED GUIDE TO GETTING PUBLISHED

Want to get published and paid for your writing? Let Writer's Market 2016 guide you through the process with thousands of publishing opportunities for writers, including listings for book publishers, consumer and trade magazines, contests and awards, and literary agents. These listings include contact and submission information to help writers get their work published.

Beyond the listings, you'll find all-new material devoted to the business and promotion of writing. Discover the secrets of six-figure freelancers, how to create ...
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Guide to Literary Agents 2017: The Most Trusted Guide to Getting Published (Market)

By: N/A

Price: $2.00

Publisher: Writer's Digest Books: September 2016

Seller ID: 15249

ISBN: 144034776X

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

The best resource available for finding a literary agent

No matter what you're writing--fiction or nonfiction, books for adults or children--you need a literary agent to get the best book deal possible from a traditional publisher. Guide to Literary Agents 2017 is your essential resource for finding that literary agent and getting a contract with one of the country's top publishers. Along with listing information for more than 1,000 agents who represent writers and their books, this updated edition of GLA includes:

A one-year subscription to the literary agen...
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Writing Across the Curriculum Pamphlets

By: N/A

Price: $2.00

Publisher: Boynton/Cook Pub: April 1984

Seller ID: 15907

ISBN: 0867091010

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2018 (The Best American Series )

By: N/A

Price: $2.00

Publisher: Mariner Books: October 2018

Seller ID: 15922

ISBN: 1328465810

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

Sheila Heti, author of the acclaimed How a Person Should Be? and coeditor of the best-selling anthology Women in Clothes, along with the students of 826 Valencia writing lab will edit this year's anthology. Their compilation includes new fiction, nonfiction, poetry, comics, and the category-defying gems that have become one of the hallmarks of this lively collection.
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Listen to Their Voices: 20 Interviews with Women Who Write

By: N/A

Price: $2.00

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin: January 1994

Seller ID: 15934

ISBN: 0395681979

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

Women's Studies Quarterly (97:1-2): Looking Back, Moving Forward: 25 Years of Women's Studies History, Special Anniversary Issue (Vol 25, No.1 & 2)

By: N/A

Price: $2.00

Publisher: The Feminist Press at CUNY: June 1997

Seller ID: 15923

ISBN: 1558611711

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

This special issue--reflective, celebratory, and forward looking--combines some of the most thoughtful essays from Women's Studies Quarterly's twenty-five-year history with original contributions on the current position and future of women's studies.

Tracing the development of women's studies, the reprinted essays offer unique insight into the concerns, goals, and achievements of women's studies at different moments in time, while preserving the passion, flavor, and tone of the moment. The new contributions examine the directions that research and teaching must take in order for wom...
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Granta 66: Truth and Lies (Granata 66, Summer 1999)

By: N/A

Price: $2.00

Publisher: Grove Press, Granta: February 2001

Seller ID: 15936

ISBN: 0964561166

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

This issue features an exceptional piece of journalistic inquiry into the case of Binjamin Wilkomirksi, whose memoir of his childhood in the Nazi death camps has become a celebrated contribution to the literature of the Holocaust. The question Elena Lappin asks is: Did any of the horrible events Wilkomirski describes actually happen to him? Also, new fiction, memoir, reportage, and photography by Jayne Anne Phillips, Jillian Edelstein, Claire Messud, Javier Marias, and William Fiennes.
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Nothing Held Back: Truth & Fiction from Writegirl

By: N/A

Price: $4.00

Publisher: WriteGirl Publications: January 2006

Seller ID: 17149

ISBN: 0974125121

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

Fiction. Poetry. Cultural Writing. A literary adventure like no other. This is the fourth anthology published by WriteGirl, a creative writing and mentoring program matching teen girls with mentors from the ranks of Los Angeles' most respected professional women writers. Dramatic in range and full of startling perspectives, these writers truly hold nothing back in this compelling collection of poems, lyrical essays, bold fiction and more. Proceeds from sales benefit WriteGirl's creative writing and mentoring program for high school girls.
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SpringBoard English Language Arts Student Edition Senior English, c. 2018, 9781457308413, 145730841X

By: N/A

Price: $12.00

Publisher: The College Board: January 2018

Seller ID: 17467

ISBN: 145730841X

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

SpringBoard English Language Arts Student Edition Senior English, c. 2018, 9781457308413, 145730841X

By: N/A

Price: $12.00

Publisher: The College Board: January 2018

Seller ID: 17503

ISBN: 145730841X

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

The Literary Almanac: The Best of the Printed Word : 1900 to the Present

By: N/A

Price: $3.50

Publisher: Andrews McMeel Pub: November 1997

Seller ID: 17954

ISBN: 0836237013

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

Lists betsellers, Nobel prizes for literature, Pulitzer prizes, and Newberry and Caldecott medalists for literature published between 1900 and 1996.
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A Dictionary of American Idioms

By: N/A

Price: $3.00

Publisher: Barron's: January 1987

Seller ID: 17958

ISBN: 0812038991

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

How to Write and Illustrate Children's Books

By: N/A

Price: $4.00

Publisher: North Light Books: January 1991

Seller ID: 18719

ISBN: 0891342648

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - Very Good

A helpful guide showing how to bring freshness and vitality to children's books.Aspiring authors and illustrators can learn: -- how to bring necessary freshness and vitality to children's books-- the best way to develop an idea-- how to present work successfully to a publisher-- the common myths and pitfalls of children's book publishing-- an analysis of successful fiction and nonfiction and what makes it work
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Writers at Work The Paris Review Interviews

By: N/A

Price: $2.00

Publisher: compass Books: 1966

Seller ID: 15167

ISBN: 281BZJ1000557

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

Powerful Writing Skills

By: Andersen, Richard

Price: $2.00

Publisher: Barnes & Noble: January 2001

Seller ID: 14737

ISBN: 076072508X

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - Good

The Curriculum Vitae Handbook: How to Present and Promote Your Academic Career

By: Anthony, Rebecca,Roe, Gerald

Price: $2.00

Publisher: Rudi Pub: April 1998

Seller ID: 15713

ISBN: 0945213263

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

Multicultural Perspectives/Student Edition

By: Applebee, Arthur N.,Langer, Judith A.

Price: $5.00

Publisher: McDougal Littell/Houghton Mifflin: December 1990

Seller ID: 18704

ISBN: 0812376404

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

Time for Old Magic,

By: Arbuthnot and Taylor

Price: $5.00

Publisher: Scott Foresman & Co: June 1970

Seller ID: 17333

ISBN: 0673058441

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - Good

The Multiple Intelligences of Reading and Writing: Making the Words Come Alive

By: Armstrong, Thomas

Price: $2.50

Publisher: ASCD: April 2003

Seller ID: 18004

ISBN: 0871207184

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

We normally think of reading and writing as skills that are a part of linguistic intelligence. In The Multiple Intelligences of Reading and Writing: Making the Words Come Alive, Thomas Armstrong shows how involving the other seven intelligences--logical-mathematical, spatial, bodily-kinesthetic, musical, interpersonal, intrapersonal, and naturalistic--will help students acquire reading and writing skills, especially those students who are not particularly strong in linguistic intelligence.

The Multiple Intelligences of Reading and Writing appeals to all educators who wo...
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Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association

By: Association, American Psychological

Price: $3.00

Publisher: Amer Psychological Assn: July 2001

Seller ID: 15709

ISBN: 1557987912

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

In addition to providing guidance on grammar, the mechanics of writing, and APA style, this manual offers an authoritative reference and citation system. It also covers the treatment of numbers, metrication, statistical and mathematical data, tables and figures for use in writing, reports or presentations.
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MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers, 7th Edition

By: Association, Modern Language

Price: $2.50

Publisher: Modern Language Association: January 2009

Seller ID: 18007

ISBN: 1603290249

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

Widely adopted by universities, colleges, and secondary schools, the MLA Handbook is the guide millions of writers have relied on for over half a century.

The seventh edition, taken out of print by the MLA in spring 2016 upon publication of the eighth edition, provides the MLA's previous recommendations on documentation style for use in student writing.

Please note that copies of the seventh edition of the MLA Handbook include a code for accessing an accompanying Web site. The Web site is no longer available.

America Now: Short Readings From Recent Periodicals (Isbn# 0312674910)

By: Atwan, Robert

Price: $2.00

Seller ID: 15958

ISBN: 0312674910

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

America Now: Short Readings from Recent Periodicals

By: Atwan, Robert

Price: $2.00

Publisher: Bedford/St. Martin's: March 2013

Seller ID: 15957

ISBN: 1457615932

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

America Now has always been characterized by its brief and very current readings that reflect what students are talking and writing about right now. As series editor for The Best American Essays, Robert Atwan constantly scours a wide range of print and online periodicals, bringing to America Now an unrivaled awareness of the best writing on today's issues -- and the top-notch editorial support students need to approach it and to create solid academic writing of their own. The print text is now integrated with e-Pages for America Now, designed to take advantage of w...
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Junior Great Books Series 8: Student Anthology

By: Authors, Multiple

Price: $2.00

Publisher: Great Books Foundation: January 1992

Seller ID: 15731

ISBN: 1880323117

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

Junior Great Books Series 8: Student Anthology

By: Authors, Multiple

Price: $3.00

Publisher: Great Books Foundation: January 1992

Seller ID: 15949

ISBN: 1880323117

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

The St.Martin's Guide to Writing

By: Axelrod, Rise B.,Cooper, Charles R.

Price: $4.50

Publisher: Bedford/St. Martin's: March 2004

Seller ID: 17146

ISBN: 0312400527

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - Good

English Words from Latin and Greek Elements

By: Ayers, Donald M.,Worthen, Thomas D.,Cherry, R. L.

Price: $4.00

Publisher: University of Arizona Press: April 1986

Seller ID: 17337

ISBN: 0816508992

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Acceptable

Since 1965, Donald Ayers' English Words from Latin and Greek Elements has helped thousands of students to a broader vocabulary by showing them how to recognize classical roots in modern English words. Its second edition, published in 1986, has confirmed that vocabulary is best taught by root, not rote. The importance of learning classical word roots is already acknowledged by vocabulary texts that devote chapters to them.

Why a whole book based on this approach? Ayers' text exposes students to a wider range of roots, introduces new English words in context sentences, and re...
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Tea Party Revival: The Conscience of a Conservative Reborn: The Tea Party Revolt Against Unconstrained Spending and Growth of the Federal

By: Baker, B. Leland

Price: $3.00

Publisher: Outskirts Press: October 2009

Seller ID: 24529

ISBN: 143274917X

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

Dr. B. L. Baker sets forth a brief manifesto in Tea Party Revival: The Conscience of a Conservative Reborn. It is written at a defining moment in history: the end of the United States' Superpower status due to America's experiments with Big Government growth, unconstrained spending, and disregard for the Constitution. Dr. Baker's message of adherence to the Constitution, is viewed as radical to Big Government politicians, but is considered common sense to members of the Tea Party movement. He argues for the value and importance of constitutional principles--freedom, foremost among them--in con...
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CliffsNotes on Salinger's The Catcher in the Rye (Cliffsnotes Literature Guides)

By: Baldwin, Stanley P.

Price: $3.00

Publisher: Cliffs Notes: May 2000

Seller ID: 18693

ISBN: 0764585916

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Acceptable

The original CliffsNotes study guides offer expert commentary on major themes, plots, characters, literary devices, and historical background. The latest generation of titles in this series also features glossaries and visual elements that complement the classic, familiar format.

CliffsNotes on The Catcher in the Rye introduces you to a coming-of-age novel with a twist. J.D. Salinger's best-known work is more realistic, more lifelike and authentic than some other representatives of the genre. Get to know the unforgettable main character, Holden Caulfield, as he navigates the dangers a...
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English Surnames: Their Sources and Significations

By: Bardsley, Charles Wareing Endell

Price: $3.00

Publisher: Heritage Books: April 1990

Seller ID: 14806

ISBN: 1556132980

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

A Short Guide to Writing About Art (The Short Guide Series)

By: Barnet, Sylvan

Price: $2.00

Publisher: Harpercollins College Div: January 1993

Seller ID: 15727

ISBN: 0673522938

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

Discusses style in art and style in writing, helping students generate ideas for papers as well as showing them how to analyze works of art. All the fundamentals are covered, as well as the details, from drafting a paper to documenting sources to writing captions for illustrations.
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Essentials of English Grammar

By: Baugh, L. Sue

Price: $4.00

Publisher: McGraw-Hill: January 1993

Seller ID: 17463

ISBN: 0844258202

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - Good

The features include: handy reference book - provides essentials that are useful for people with the occasional question, as well as those who are learning the basics; two-part format - allows quick and convenient location of answers to specific questions; style considerations portion - covers issues beyond core grammar, such as combining sentences, gender-inclusive language, and sentence clarity; and four appendixes - target commonly misspelled words, commonly confused words, verb-preposition combinations, and irregular verbs.
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The Kingfisher Illustrated Pocket Thesaurus (Pocket References)

By: Beal, George

Price: $2.00

Publisher: Kingfisher: July 1996

Seller ID: 15943

ISBN: 1856976734

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

Another great, easy-to-carry resource, this pocket thesaurus has 5,000 alphabetical entries that offer vocabulary-building synonyms, antonyms, and homonyms. Plenty of sample sentences help insure correct usage. A large, clear typeface and over a 150 illustrations help make this an appealing and accessible book for children. There is also an invaluable 16-page section containing information on how to get the most out of your thesaurus.

Bringing Words to Life: Robust Vocabulary Instruction

By: Beck, Isabel L.,McKeown, Margaret G.,Kucan, Linda

Price: $2.00

Publisher: The Guilford Press: March 2002

Seller ID: 15918

ISBN: 1572307536

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

Reading for college writers

By: Behrens, Laurence

Price: $4.00

Publisher: Little, Brown: January 1987

Seller ID: 17458

ISBN: 0316757276

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Acceptable

Isms: From Autoeroticism to Zoroastrianism--an Irreverent Reference

By: Bergman, Gregory

Price: $3.00

Publisher: Adams Media: May 2006

Seller ID: 17455

ISBN: 1593374836

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Very Good

From abolitionism to Zoroastrianism, ISMs make up some of the most interesting, mysterious, and obscure words in the English language. This entertaining and engaging book covers more than 200 intriguing ISMs.
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Perfect Phrases for Cover Letters (Perfect Phrases Series)

By: Betrus, Michael

Price: $2.00

Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education: October 2005

Seller ID: 15175

ISBN: 0071454063

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

Whether it's interviewing for a job, evaluating employee performance, setting goals for the future, or keeping customers happy, the Perfect Phrases series has the tools for precise, effective business communication. Distilling complex ideas into specific phrases that diplomatically and honestly depict the concepts at hand, this invaluable series provides:

Ways to enhance customer service in any business
Dialogues and scripts to practice interactions with customers or employees--tailorable to any industry or company culture
The best answers to a wide range of interview ...
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Adam's Tongue: How Humans Made Language, How Language Made Humans

By: Bickerton, Derek

Price: $2.00

Publisher: Hill and Wang: March 2010

Seller ID: 15910

ISBN: 0809016478

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

How language evolved has been called "the hardest problem in science." In Adam's Tongue, Derek Bickerton--long a leading authority in this field--shows how and why previous attempts to solve that problem have fallen short. Taking cues from topics as diverse as the foraging strategies of ants, the distribution of large prehistoric herbivores, and the construction of ecological niches, Bickerton produces a dazzling new alternative to the conventional wisdom.

Language is unique to humans, but it isn't the only thing that sets us apart from other species--our cognitive powers are qualitat...
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Bastard Tongues: A Trail-Blazing Linguist Finds Clues to Our Common Humanity in the World's Lowliest Languages

By: Bickerton, Derek

Price: $2.00

Publisher: Hill and Wang: March 2008

Seller ID: 15928

ISBN: 0809028174

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - Good

Why Do Isolated Creole Languages Tend to Have Similar Grammatical Structures? Bastard Tongues is an exciting, firsthand story of scientific discovery in an area of research close to the heart of what it means to be human--what language is, how it works, and how it passes from generation to generation, even where historical accidents have made normal transmission almost impossible. The story focuses on languages so low in the pecking order that many people don't regard them as languages at all--Creole languages spoken by descendants of slaves and indentured laborers in plantation colonies all o...
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Ready to Write: A First Composition Text (Second Edition)

By: Blanchard, Karen Lourie,Root, Christine Baker

Price: $2.50

Publisher: Addison-Wesley: January 1994

Seller ID: 17967

ISBN: 0201859998

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

This text introduces students to the writing process by presenting the stages of pre-writing, revising and editing. It presents paragraph development in steps and prepares students for the composition skills needed for academic work. An answer key is also provided.
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Get Ready to Write: A Beginning Writing Text

By: Blanchard, Karen Lourie,Root, Christine Baker

Price: $2.50

Publisher: Longman Pub Group: June 1998

Seller ID: 17970

ISBN: 0201695170

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

Beginning Level Good writing is a network of skills that can be taught, practiced, and mastered. The Longman Writing Skills series present paragraph development and composition skills in clear, teachable steps. Each book offers students dependable strategies as well as opportunities to bring their own ideas and talent to the writing process. Get Ready to Write introduces students to the fundamentals of effective writing. Students will progress from writing sentences to guided paragraphs, learn to apply organizational principles to the writing process, and at the end of the course, assemble the...
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After the Music Stopped: The Financial Crisis, the Response, and the Work Ahead

By: Blinder, Alan S.

Price: $3.00

Publisher: Penguin Books: December 2013

Seller ID: 24532

ISBN: 014312448X

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

New York Times Bestseller

One of our wisest and most clear-eyed economic thinkers offers a masterful narrative of the crisis and its lessons.

Many fine books on the financial crisis were first drafts of history--books written to fill the need for immediate understanding. Alan S. Blinder, esteemed Princeton professor, Wall Street Journal columnist, and former vice chairman of the Federal Reserve Board, held off, taking the time to understand the crisis and to think his way through to a truly comprehensive and coherent narrative of how the ...
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Spider, Spin Me A Web: A Handbook for Fiction Writers

By: Block, Lawrence

Price: $2.00

Publisher: William Morrow Paperbacks: July 1996

Seller ID: 15926

ISBN: 0688146902

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

The craft of writing is a lot like spinning a web: You take threads and weave them skillfully together, and only you know where this intricate network of twists and turns begin and how it will end. Now, with Lawrence Bloock's expert advice, you can learn this art of entrapping your reader in a maze of facinating fiction.

Spider, Spin Me a Web is the perfect companion volume to Block's previous book on writing, Telling Lies for Fun and Profit, which Sue Grafton noted "should be a permanent part of every writer's library." As helpful and supportive as always, Block sha...
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Telling Lies for Fun & Profit: A Manual for Fiction Writers

By: Block, Lawrence

Price: $2.00

Publisher: William Morrow Paperbacks: February 1994

Seller ID: 15927

ISBN: 0688132286

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

Characters refusing to talk? Plot plodding along? Where do good ideas come from anyway? In this wonderfully practical volume, two-time Edgar Award-winning novelist Lawrence Block takes an inside look at writing as a craft and as a career.

From studying the market, to mastering self-discipline and "creative procrastination," through coping with rejections, Telling Lies for Fun & Profit is an invaluable sourcebook of information. It is a must read for anyone serious about writing or understanding how the process works.

The Art of Conversation: A Guided Tour of a Neglected Pleasure

By: Blyth, Catherine

Price: $3.00

Publisher: Gotham Books: December 2009

Seller ID: 17454

ISBN: 1592404979

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

Read Catherine Blyth's posts on the Penguin Blog.

Reclaim the pleasures and possibilities of great conversation with this sparkling guide from the witty pen of an Englishwoman wise to its art

Every day we use cell phones and computers to communicate, but it's easy to forget that we possess a communication technology that has been in research and development for thousands of years. Catherine Blyth points out the sorry state of disrepair that conversation has fallen into-and then, taking examples from history, literature, philosophy, anthropology, and popular culture, sh...
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Longman Academic Reading Series 1 Student Book

By: Bottcher, Elizabeth

Price: $2.00

Publisher: Pearson Education ESL: June 2013

Seller ID: 16132

ISBN: 0132786648

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

The Longman Academic Reading Series is a five-level series that prepares English language learners for academic work. The aim of the series is to make students more effective and confident readers by providing high-interest readings on academic subjects and by teaching them skills and strategies for effective reading, vocabulary building, note-taking, and critical thinking. The series also encourages students to discuss and write about the ideas they discovered in the readings, making them better speakers and writers of English as well.

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