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Demystifies the graduate school application process and creates a detailed action plan that has proved successful for some of the most competitive programs in the country. This work presents 50 sample essays that showcase the best...

This is not a standard guide to writing a dissertation, thesis, project report, journal article or book. Rather, this book will help researchers who are dissatisfied with the typical recipe approaches to standardised forms of...

Widely praised for its thought-provoking readings, The Longman Reader remains the most successful rhetorically organized freshman composition reader. The Longman Reader features highly praised writing pedagogy in a...

Shows students how to make their writing effective and grammatically correct. Organised into mini units and easy to read, it deals with everyday tasks and problems. This second edition adds further guidance on common questions...

Quick Access: Reference for Writers provides down-to-earth writing advice, cutting edge research information, and trusted, class-tested, grammar instruction to help students succeed in their composition courses, in other classes,...

Social work practitioners write for a variety of publications, and they are expected to show fluency in a number of related fields. Whether the target is a course instructor, scholarly journal, fellowship organization, or general...

Teaching students the core skills of becoming a translator, this second edition has been updated to include an exploration of technologies used by translators and a 'Useful Contacts' section detailing key organizations.

For a number of years, there has been mounting concern and debate in Germany about the decline of language . From a linguistic perspective, this hypothesis of decline cannot be substantiated. Public debate, however, does raise...

For a number of years, there has been mounting concern and debate in Germany about the decline of language . From a linguistic perspective, this hypothesis of decline cannot be substantiated. Public debate, however, does raise...

A hilarious and revealing guide to the movie industry by two writers whose movies have made over a billion dollars