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  • How to Write Short

    Word Craft for Fast Times

    by Roy Peter Clark ...
    America's most influential writing teacher offers an engaging and practical guide to effective short-form writing." How to Write Short is a deeply practical guidebook and an annotated collection of concise gems from some of the world's greatest writers and journalists, not one of them longer than 300 words. Roy's message is clear: great writing is a matter of craft, not word count. How to Wri... ... Read more

    $12.39 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • The Art of X-Ray Reading

    How the Secrets of 25 Great Works of Literature Will Improve Your Writing

    by Roy Peter Clark ...
    One of America's most influential writing teachers offers writing lessons we can draw from twenty-five great texts.Where do writers learn their best moves? They use a technique that Roy Peter Clark calls X-ray reading, a form of reading that lets you penetrate beyond the surface of a text to see how meaning is actually being made.In The Art of X-Ray Reading, Clark invites you to don your X-ray ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

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    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Tell It Like It Is

    A Guide to Clear and Honest Writing

    by Roy Peter Clark ...
    America's favorite writing coach and bestselling author returns with an "indispensable" guide (Diana K. Sugg, Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter) to writing clearly and honestly in a world full of lies, propaganda, and misinformation.The darker and more dystopian the future appears, the more influential public writers become. But with so much content vying for our attention, and so much ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

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    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Murder Your Darlings

    And Other Gentle Writing Advice from Aristotle to Zinsser

    by Roy Peter Clark ...
    From one of America's most influential teachers, a collection of the best writing advice distilled from fifty language books -- from Aristotle to Strunk and White.With so many excellent writing guides lining bookstore shelves, it can be hard to know where to look for the best advice. Should you go with Natalie Goldberg or Anne Lamott? Maybe William Zinsser or Stephen King would be more appropriate ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Writing Tools

    55 Essential Strategies for Every Writer

    by Roy Peter Clark ...
    A special 10th anniversary edition of Roy Peter Clark's bestselling guide to writing, featuring five bonus tools.Ten years ago, Roy Peter Clark, America's most influential writing teacher, whittled down almost thirty years of experience in journalism, writing, and teaching into a series of fifty short essays on different aspects of writing. In the past decade, Writing Tools has become a classic ... Read more

    Was $11.99 USD Now $1.99 USD

  • Writing Tools for the College Admissions Essay

    Write Your Way into the School of Your Dreams

    by Roy Peter Clark ...
    The essential guide to crafting the winning college admissions essay that only you could write, from America’s favorite writing coach.Most high school students never have received any instruction in how to write a personal essay. Yet at a time when getting admitted to their dream college is more competitive than ever, the admissions essay may turn out to be the single most important thing they ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • The Glamour of Grammar

    A Guide to the Magic and Mystery of Practical English

    by Roy Peter Clark ...
    "Very much a manual for the 21st century . . . a welcome addition to the bookshelf of anyone who cares about language-and is willing to argue about it." — New York Times Book ReviewEarly in the history of English, the words "grammar" and "glamour" meant the same thing: the power to charm. Roy Peter Clark, author of Writing Tools, aims to put the glamour back in grammar with this fun, engaging ... Read more

    $9.89 USD

  • Help! For Writers

    210 Solutions to the Problems Every Writer Faces

    by Roy Peter Clark ...
    The craft of writing offers countless potential problems: The story is too long; the story's too short; revising presents a huge hurdle; writer's block is rearing its ugly head.In Help! For Writers, Roy Peter Clark presents an "owner's manual" for writers, outlining the seven steps of the writing process, and addressing the 21 most urgent problems that writers face. In his trademark engaging and ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

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    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Clean-up of Former Soviet Military Installations

    Identification and Selection of Environmental Technologies for Use in Central and Eastern Europe

    Edited by John E. Moerlins, J.Michael Kuperberg, Peter I. Richter, Imre L. Biczo, Roy C. Herndon ...
    Series Book 1 - Nato Science Partnership Subseries
    A NATO Advanced Research Workshop (ARW) was conducted on June 21-23, 1994 in Visegnid, Hungary related to the clean-up of former Soviet military installation sites. This ARW included a technical site visit to the Komarom Base Site which is a former Soviet military installation in Hungary. During this three-day ARW, a strategy and set of recommendations were developed for selecting technologies and ... Read more

    $49.99 USD

  • Fire and Ice

    The Origin of Life on Earth

    by Peter Roy Clements ...
    The book outlines possible scenarios for the first life based on published scientific papers. The book outlines a series of steps towards the formation of LUCA, the organism ancestral to all life on earth. All steps are from literature referenced articles. ... Read more

    $3.99 USD

  • Orca World

    by Peter Roy Clements ...
    If humans were to go extinct, what would follow? Orcas are the ocean's top predator and as the land is essentially empty, they evolve to come on land. Many orcas believe they are the first sentient species on the land but one astute orca has other ideas. He has exceptional sonar abilities and can see the outline of a bunker left by the last human on earth. What will he find there? How will those ... Read more

    $3.99 USD

  • Distracted Doctoring

    Returning to Patient-Centered Care in the Digital Age

    Edited by Peter J. Papadakos, Roy H. Constantine ...
    Series series Medicine (R0)
    The problems related to clinical distractions have grown in a brief amount of time. In addition to the expended use of electronic medical records, handheld technologies, and AI, staffing issues are reaching crisis levels. There is a considerable threat to patient safety, professional performance, and wellness.This book exposes the breadth or risks covered in the previous edition while expanding ... Read more

    $49.99 USD