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1	On Writing Well: The Classic Guide to Writing Nonfiction more books like this by William Knowlton Zinsser add to wishlist A beloved classic, this definitive volume on the art of nonfiction writing celebrates its 30th anniversary. Revised seven times, it has stood the test of time and remains a valued resource for writers. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.48! \| first editions \| SVS
2	Words Their Way: Word Study for Phonics, Vocabulary, and Spelling Instruction more books like this by Donald R Bear, Shane Templeton, Marcia Invernizzi add to wishlist Designed as a text or supplement for reading methods course. With more than 15 years of extensive observations and experiences in real classrooms, the authors bring keen insight to this activity-based text. They advocate basing student learning on the appropriate developmental level. This philosophy is supported with more than 250 ready-to-use ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.99! \| SVS
3	Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary more books like this by Merriam-Webster add to wishlist This 11th edition of Mirriam-Webster's flagship dictionary includes many thousands of new words and adds a CD-ROM version as a bonus. see all copies from $2.69! new only from $13.83! \| SVS
4	College Writing Skills with Readings more books like this by John Langan add to wishlist John Langan's "College Writing Skills with Readings, Seventh Edition", focuses on the essay using Langan's renowned clear writing style, as well as his wide range of writing assignments and activities that reinforce the four bases of effective writing: unity, support, coherence, and sentence skills. For the new seventh edition, John Langan has ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $49.00! \| first editions \| SVS
5	The Longman Reader more books like this by Judith Nadell, John Langan, Eliza A Comodromos add to wishlist 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 rhetorically-organized reader. The opening chapter offers specific strategies for active reading, and for each pattern-of-development ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
6	Evergreen: A Guide to Writing with Readings more books like this by Susan Fawcett add to wishlist Evergreen takes another leap forward in the paragraph-to-essay-level Developmental Writing market. In this Eighth Edition, the author endeavors to take an exceptional book and make it even more motivating, helpful, and engaging. Susan Fawcett has thoroughly reviewed and updated the text, guided by the thoughtful suggestions of faculty across the ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $20.04! \| first editions
7	Writers Reference more books like this by Diana Hacker add to wishlist IN see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.95! \| first editions \| SVS
8	Merriam-Webster's Spanish-English Dictionary more books like this by Merriam-Webster add to wishlist A bilingual dictionary that focuses on all Spanish, including Latin-American Spanish. It contains more than 80,000 entries designed to be clear and easy to understand for users of all facets of the language. see all copies from $2.00! new only from $3.55! \| SVS
9	Scholastic Children's Dictionary more books like this by Scholastic Books add to wishlist This dictionary includes over 30,000 definitions and 1,000 illustrations. The reference section includes such things as the Braille alphabet, an American Sign Language chart, and information about the 50 states. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.95! \| SVS
10	They Say/I Say: The Moves That Matter in Academic Writing with Readings more books like this by Gerald Graff, Cathy Birkenstein, Russel Durst add to wishlist An instant bestseller when it first appeared as a college textbook, this lively guide gives writers precisely what they need to know to be effective and persuasive. see all copies from $23.73! new only from $28.00! \| SVS
11 view cover	Words Their Way: Word Sorts for Within Word Pattern Spellers more books like this by Marcia Invernizzi, Francine Johnston, Donald R Bear add to wishlist Words Their Way companion volumes, 2e We believe that the hands-on word sorting approach to word study is invaluable to you and your students. These stage-specific companion volumes to Words Their Way: Word Study for Phonics, Vocabulary, and Spelling Instruction provide a complete curriculum of reproducible sorts and detailed directions for the ... see all copies from $6.74! new only from $17.98! \| SVS
12 view cover	A Rulebook for Arguments more books like this by Anthony Weston add to wishlist Updated examples, streamlined text, and the chapter on definition reworked in a rule-based format strengthen this already strong volume. Readers familiar with the previous edition will find a text that retains all the features that make Rulebook ideally suited for use as a supplementary course book -- including its modest price and compact size. ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.99!
13 view cover	Reading Like a Writer: A Guide for People Who Love Books and for Those Who Want to Write Them more books like this by Francine Prose add to wishlist This book presents an inside look at how the professionals read and write. Long before there were creative writing workshops and degrees, how did aspiring writers learn to write? By reading the work of their predecessors and contemporaries, says the author. In "Reading Like a Writer", Prose invites you to sit by her side and take a guided tour of ... see all copies from $2.31! new only from $2.31! \| signed copies \| SVS
14 view cover	Easy Writer: A Pocket Reference more books like this by Andrea A Lunsford, Franklin E Horowitz add to wishlist A student-friendly pocket guide to the essentials of writing and research, "EasyWriter" is an ideal, inexpensive reference handbook for any course where writing is required. Now more visual and even easier to use and understand, "EasyWriter" offers practical help with research and documentation and expanded coverage of academic writing for ... see all copies from $5.00! new only from $17.95!
15 view cover	The Synonym Finder more books like this by J. I. Rodale add to wishlist This reference contains over 1,000,000 synonyms arranged alphabetically, including clearly labelled slang and other informal words and expressions, as well as rare, archaic, scientific and other specialized terms. see all copies from $2.00! new only from $9.49! \| first editions \| SVS
16 view cover	The Little, Brown Handbook more books like this by H Ramsey Fowler add to wishlist KEY BENEFIT:The Little, Brown Handbook has always addressed both the most current and the recurrent needs of writers while remaining an accessible reference and a comprehensive book. The eighth edition continues that tradition by offering greatly expanded coverage of writing and researching with computers, smaller chapters for large subjects such ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.00! \| first editions \| SVS
17 view cover	Writers Inc: A Student Handbook for Writing and Learning more books like this by Patrick Sebranek add to wishlist To succeed in writing theses, reports, and other forms of academic writing, students need plenty of support. The all-new edition of the see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.49! \| first editions \| SVS
18 view cover	Painless Grammar more books like this by R Elliott add to wishlist This very approachable text combines instruction in parts of speech and sentence structure with down-to-earth examples, funny illustrations, and examination of some of the more amusing and peculiar words in the English language. A chapter on clear e-mail communication and etiquette is brand new in this edition, as are many of the author's ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.87! \| first editions \| SVS
19 view cover	The new Oxford picture dictionary more books like this by E C Parnwell, Melodye Rosales (Illustrator), Bob Giuliani (Illustrator) add to wishlist The New Oxford Picture Dictionary and its components provide a complete, four-skills language development program. The program is: BLPractical - a wide range of topics introduce new words in their most common context. BLEasy to use - vocabulary items are presented without ambiguity or the need for translation. BLVersatile - the Dictionary itself ... see all copies from $2.03! new only from $7.79! \| first editions \| SVS
20 view cover	Webster's New World Children's Dictionary more books like this by Michael Agnes (Editor) add to wishlist This book is preferred by leading educators and informed parents. With more than 33,000 entries selected in consultation with top educators and definitions written specifically for children eight and up, this is the most up-to-date and kid-friendly dictionary ever.Designed to make kids enthusiastic instead of intimidated, it features: more than ... see all copies from $4.59! new only from $5.04! \| SVS
21 view cover	The St. Martin's Guide to Writing more books like this by Rise B Axelrod add to wishlist The best-selling college rhetoric for over 20 years, "The St. Martin's Guide" has an unparalleled record of proven success. From the beginning, Axelrod and Cooper have taken the best of classic and contemporary theory, filtered it through their own and their colleagues' classroom experience, and then blended the result into a flexible classroom ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.98! \| first editions \| SVS
22 view cover	Reading Critically, Writing Well: A Reader and Guide more books like this by Rise B Axelrod add to wishlist Many instructors prefer to teach critical reading and writing without using a full-scale rhetoric. For them, Axelrod and Cooper have adapted the immensely successful approach of "The St. Martin's Guide to Writing "and applied it to a reader, creating a book that provide"s "both structure for students and flexibility for instructors. Chapter One ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.00! \| first editions \| SVS
23 view cover	Everyday Use: Rhetoric at Work in Reading and Writing more books like this by Hephzibah Roskelly add to wishlist Brief and accessible, this rhetoric teaches students to read closely, critically, and rhetorically, and to write effectively to achieve their rhetorical goals. Everyday Use answers the basic question, "What is rhetoric?" It shows rhetoric as set of activities--reading, writing, speaking, listening--that all intellectually engaged people ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $21.40! \| first editions \| SVS
24 view cover	The Princeton Review Cracking the SAT more books like this by Adam Robinson, John Katzman, Staff of the Princeton Review add to wishlist The experts at The Princeton Review provide the information and strategies students need to succeed on the math, verbal, and essay sections of the SAT. This new 2010 edition offers three practice tests and exclusive access to additional review and practice questions online. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $13.00! \| first editions \| SVS
25 view cover	They Say/I Say: The Moves That Matter in Academic Writing more books like this by Gerald Graff, Cathy Birkenstein add to wishlist Identifying the moves that matter in academic writing in ways that students can readily understand and apply. see all copies from $5.67! new only from $15.97! \| first editions \| SVS

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