Taming the Writing Tiger: A Handbook for Business Writers offers business writers an easy-to-use reference filled with interesting, practical ideas that will enhance the quality of written communication in business letters, reports, memos, and e-mail. The book offers strategies for composing along with valuable lessons on editing the grammar, usage and mechanics of formal written English. Taming the Writing Tiger uses humorous examples and practice exercises to help business writers polish and perfect their communication skills and achieve greater business success.

Taming the Writing Tiger, 3rd Ed.

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Brimeyer, James L.

Words, Language & Grammar

Histria Perspectives

Based on the firm conviction that all students can write, this combination writing guide and handbook, is an excellent desk reference as well as a superb textbook. It can be used for both English Composition I and II courses, offers students (and fledgling writers) strategies that will serve them well in developing the types of written communication and thought essential to academic, working world, and personal success. The book focuses on writing as a process and is intended to help students identify and refine their own personal writing processes. Each chapter contains a composition section, a stylistic section, and a portfolio section to support ongoing learning and writing progress. Students will want to carry this book with them as a reference tool and as an inspiration to write from the heart.

You've Gotta Have HEART...in Your Writing, 6th ed

Motherwit: An Alabama Midwife's Story

"Motherwit" and "common sense" were the watchwords of Onnie Lee Logan's career as a lay midwife in Mobile County, Alabama. Although she received little formal education, endured the Depression and faced a racist society, Onnie Lee Logan experienced her life as the triumphant fulfillment of a dream to be one of those who could bring babies into the world, as her mother and grandmother had done before her. Her story, told in the soft, now vanishing dialect of the Deep South, is powerful and fascinating oral history. Motherwit follows her life through her work as a servant for a wealthy Mobile family, her troubled marriage during the Depression, and her struggle to become a licensed midwife. We watch as she delivers the babies of both black and white women of Alabama--losing only one baby in 40 years. Onnie Lee Logan's forbearance in the face of the crushing prejudice of the rural South makes inspiring and unforgettable reading. When she passed away in 1995, the New York Times declared her a "folk hero," and Time called her book "a feminist classic." Filled with startling drama and profound wisdom, Motherwit is an important contribution to African-American history. "An amazing story. A heroic woman and life after my own heart." Alice Walker "To have told her own story, to have borne this eloquent witness to her life is Onnie Lee Logan's final triumph." Ellen Douglas in the Washington Post Book World "Oral history doesn't come much better than this." Booklist "Beautiful...her passion rings through in every line." Los Angeles Times

Biographies & Memoirs

Katherine Clark

Community & Culture

The Rangity Tango Kids

The Rangity Tango Kids is the story of a fifth-generation, German Catholic farm family in 1950s and 1960s California, narrated by the eldest of 17 grandchildren. Born into a loving, hard-working, highly competitive family, and united by a strong faith, every day was an adventure growing up on a bucolic American farm, a way of life that is rapidly disappearing. The land provided her, her siblings and cousins with a sense of place, an upbringing steeped in rituals and traditions that was in stark contrast with the values and preoccupations of the outside world. When the Rangity Tango Kids' coming-of-age rebellion ran wild, they were often tangled up in the family's strict morals and values. Regardless of the situation or conflict, the kids were surrounded by a swarm of loving relatives who put their arms around them and stuck together, no matter what.

Lorraine Rominger

Poor Innocent Lad: The Tragic Death of Gill Jamieson and the Execution of Myles Fukunaga

Mike Farris

True Crime

La edición 2019 de Más allá de la melancolía contiene los recursos más recientes sobre embarazo y posparto para la prevención y el tratamiento de los desafíos de salud mental de madres y padres. Presenta información e investigación actualizadas sobre medicamentos, así como opciones complementarias y alternativas. Con un estilo directo y compasivo, este libro es de lectura obligatoria para quienes sufren antes o después de la llegada del bebé y para todos los profesionales que trabajan con estas personas."Es una guía indispensable para comprender y tratar la depresión prenatal y posparto. Este libro es una bendición no solo para los proveedores de atención médica, sino también para familiares y amigos de madres que sufren estos devastadores trastornos del ánimo perinatales."- Cheryl Tatano Beck, DNSc, CNM, FAANProfesora, University of Connecticut, Escuela de EnfermeríaCoautora de la escala Postpartum Depression Screening Scale (PDSS)."En Más allá de la melancolía, Bennett e Indman ofrecen un manual compacto pero sorprendentemente completo sobre depresión prenatal y postparto. En un formato práctico y fácil de leer, describen sistemáticamente el diagnóstico y la evaluación, explican cómo buscar un psicólogo, explican los mitos relacionados con la lactancia y el vínculo con el bebé, y presentan las opciones de tratamiento. Las sugerencias para familiares y amigos son interesantes y útiles. Se incluye también información detallada de diagnóstico y tratamiento para profesionales de la salud. Más allá de la melancolía es un libro de lectura rápida con un formato fácil de manejar. Recomendado para colecciones de salud para el público en general y para profesionales de la salud."-Library Journal

Más allá de la melancolía: 2019 POD Revision

Bennett, Shoshana

Parenting & Relationships

You Can Write a Mystery

Have you ever thought about writing a mystery, and gave up the idea because you didn't know where to begin? Now is your chance to write the mystery of your dreams. You Can Write a Mystery, written by Gillian Roberts, author of the Anthony Award-winning Amanda Pepper series, will help you start your mystery, and guide you through to the end.With this book you'll learn how to build your story from the ground up, based on what Roberts calls the "Seven Cs." Examples and exercises will help you complete your story-filled with cliffhangers, intriguing characters and hooks. This book offers practical suggestions for handling problems likely to arise during the writing process. You will learn:·The Seven Cs your book can't do without-characters, conflict, causality, complications, change, crisis and closure·The Fifteen Commandments for mystery·How to design your sleuth·How to hide clues and exploit red herrings·Research techniques·How to develop a style, find a tone and construct a killer plotIn addition to practical writing advice, Roberts offers expert guidance for editing, revising and submitting a top-notch manuscript, whether for traditional or independent publishing. With its easy-to-understand format, You Can Write a Mystery will help take you from writer?to accomplished mystery writer.

Gillian Roberts

Writing, Research & Publishing Guides

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