books about: article     books:       Academic Legal Writing: Law Review Articles, Student Notes, Seminar Papers, and Getting on Law Review13 reviews Eugene Volokh Foundation Press, 2007 Pragmatic, clear, systematic, and without equal Former clerk to the Supreme Court and Professor at UCLA Eugene Volokh has given a remarkable gift to the legal community that would be a bargain at twice the price. It delivers pragmatic and thoughtful advice in a remarkably clear and lucid style. Moreover, it is not simply clear for law books--frankly, a low bar to pass--Volokh writes for the ordinary public daily on his eponymous blog (where ...             The Art and Craft of Feature Writing: Based on The Wall Street Journal Guide18 reviews William E. Blundell Plume, 1988 Excellent book for journalists This book shows the nuts and bolts about good journalism: writing and interviewing techniques, how to get good story ideas, etc. It has a great deal of examples too. Every journalist should read it at least once. The best thing would be to revisit it every two or three years.             Found: The Best Lost, Tossed, and Forgotten Items from Around the World54 reviews Davy Rothbart Fireside, 2004 A PEEK INTO OTHER PEOPLE'S LIVES.... I love this book. I did wish that it was in color, but the pictures and the notes are so voyeristic, I almost felt guilty for reading them! My favorite was the one where the mom and son were writing sitcky notes to each other about these scrambled eggs that had been in the refrigerater. And a grocery list that included 1 lb of Heroin....oddly interesting. I noticed that some of the names looked ...             Writer's Digest Handbook of Magazine Article Writing5 reviews Writers Digest Books, 2004 Essential resource for freelancers The "Writer's Digest Handbook of Magazine Article Writing" takes information from a wide variety of highly successful freelance writers and edits it together into a seamless instructional manual. It starts off with a discussion of finding ideas that addresses more than inspiration--it delves into methods to find topics that will sell. "Querying" and "Finding Markets" teach you to pick markets for ...             Thomas Paine : Collected Writings : Common Sense / The Crisis / Rights of Man / The Age of Reason / ...29 reviews Thomas Paine Library of America, 1995 Great Volume I am always impressed with the quality of the "Library of America" volumes.....Quality production,quality materials,quality content.....             The Best American Magazine Writing 2007 (Best American Magazine Writing)1 review Columbia University Press, 2007 The best of the best A series of excellent prize-winning articles, ranging from the deeply touching "The Other Side of Hate" by Andrew Corsello to Ian Parker's inspired and funny analysis of fellow writer Christopher Hitchens. Not a clinker in the lot!             The Art Spirit: Notes, Articles, Fragments of Letters and Talks to Students, Bearing on the Concept and ...21 reviews Robert Henri, Janet J. Le Clair, ... Basic Books, 1984 An Art Spirit for Everyone The Art Spirit. Now there's a bold title. The implication is not only that there is such a specifically identifiable thing as an "art spirit", but also that the author, painter, and teacher, Robert Henri knows these specifics; a bold implication indeed. The difficulty (wherein lies the boldness) whenever one attaches the word spirit -or spiritual- to anything, there are, of course, as many ...             The Constitution of the United States of America, with the Bill of Rights and all of the Amendments; The ...4 reviews Thomas Jefferson, Second Continental Congress, ... Wilder Publications, 2008 Very handy reference Read it, know it, live it. If things keep going they they have with people not caring about the Constitution, we won't have. You know the adage, ignore it and it will go away, it's very true for the constitution. The 2008 RNC is a standout example of this where the police were not only suppressing the free speech of the demonstrators but also beating and arresting registered members of the press ...             Writing for Social Scientists: How to Start and Finish Your Thesis, Book, or Article: Second Edition (Chicago ...13 reviews Howard S. Becker University Of Chicago Press, 2007 Becker on Writing This was the best $10 I've ever invested. The book is wonderful; clear and concise. It's made a big difference with my papers through understanding that writing is a process that mostly begins with angst, that there are a few quick tricks that can make any paper much better and that big words in scientific papers don't make the paper scientific (or readable). BUY THE BOOK!!!             Crystal: The Snow Fairy (Rainbow Magic: The Weather Fairies, No. 1)8 reviews Daisy Meadows Scholastic Paperbacks, 2006 Doodle's magic feathers lost! I love this book! I would recommend this book for ages 5 and up. In this book Jack Frost's evil goblins stole Doodle's, the rooster who gives the weather faries their weather feathers so they can control the weather in FairyLand, tail feathers which are the weather feathers! Kirsty and Rachel are best friends, who are friends with the fairies so they can help! Their first mission is in this book ...             Complete Idiot's Guide to Publishing Magazine Articles17 reviews Sheree Bykofsky, Jennifer Basye Sander Alpha, 2000 Best Purchase on this subject! I had so many questions and this book has answered them all! I have had it wire bound because I am refering to it so much.Just can't recommend it highly enough!             The Case of the Peculiar Pink Fan: An Enola Holmes Mystery Nancy Springer Philomel, 2008 When Enola Holmes encounters her friend Lady Cecily hiding behind a pink fan, she finds it peculiar. In fact, she realizes Cecily is in danger! But what, exactly, is the matter? And how can Enola help? After examining the clues, Enola discovers Lady Cecily is being held hostage in an abysmal orphanage, and if she isn’t rescued, she’ll be forced into a miserable marriage! This complicated case has Sherlock and Enola (literally) running into each ...             Will Write for Food: The Complete Guide to Writing Cookbooks, Restaurant Reviews, Articles, Memoir, Fiction ...31 reviews Dianne Jacob Da Capo Press, 2005 A Must-have for Cookbook/Food-based book Writers! I stumbled upon Dianne's website while I was researching for my book proposal. I wasn't planning to write a cookbook but since I love food and this book is so unique, I got myself a copy anyway. I'm pleasantly surprised! I've learnt a great deal about raising one's platform/profile before publishing a book, as well as the nuts & bolts of the publishing industry. This book is a MUST-HAVE ...             Interpreting Basic Statistics: A Guide and Workbook Based on Excerpts from Journal Articles9 reviews Zealure C. Holcomb Pyrczak Publishing, 2007 good Stat book expensive for a paperback but I guess it is in high demand. Book was in very good shape. Shipping was average in speed.             Secrets of a Freelance Writer, Third Edition: How to Make $100,000 a Year or More7 reviews Robert W. Bly Holt Paperbacks, 2006 You Should Read This! Considering a freelance career in copywriting? Then you should read this. Once again Bob Bly has come up with a clear, concise book that touches on all the basics you need to know to get your new business up and running. I bought this years ago when I was starting out as a professional copywriter, and it was--and is--an invaluable resource.             How to Write Articles for Newspapers & Magazines, 2/e (Step By Step (Thomson Learning (Firm)).)8 reviews Sova Arco, 2002 Great Book for Beginners I just finished reading this book about a week ago. It's a fast read packed with a lot of helpful info for any freelance writer who wants to write for magazines or newspapers. I buy a lot of books on freelance writing, and this one is one of the better ones I've read.             Reading Primary Literature: A Practical Guide to Evaluating Research Articles in Biology Christopher M. Gillen Benjamin Cummings, 2007 Reading primary literature is an exciting, rewarding part of being a scientist and Reading Primary Literature will help get readers up to speed quickly in reading research articles. The booklet covers the parts of a research paper, succinctly explaining the aim of each section and how the paper works as a whole, and as a part of the larger world of science. Readers select a paper to evaluate, and this book guides them through that evaluation ...             Found II: More of the Best Lost, Tossed, and Forgotten Items from Around the World15 reviews Davy Rothbart Fireside, 2006 FOUND II is a great find! Found II is a great book! I absolutely love it. There are plenty of letters, notes, photos, lists, papers and other oddities that people have left behind. I like how they set the book up, too. They group a few things together that have the same idea/theme. The only thing I thought would make this book SOOOO much better, is if it was in color. But aside from that, I LOVE IT. I will be buying FOUND ...             The Everything Creative Writing Book: All You Need to Know to Write a Novel, Play, Short Story, Screenplay, ...3 reviews Carol Whiteley Adams Media, 2002 Great Creative Resource... This book is just the book I needed to get my creative juices flowing again. I was in school for a long time and during those years I practically stopped thinking creatively and thought more technical because of the years and years of writing research and position papers. These types of papers didn't require me to think creatively, but to state facts and other scholarly opinions regarding the ...             Pumpkin Elf Mystery (Ready, Freddy!)2 reviews Abby Klein The Blue Sky Press, 2007 I would recommend My son loves these books! They make him laugh. I have purchased all of the Ready Freddy Books published so far and will continue to do so. He is 8 years old and they seem like the reading level is made for children his age.              search for books amendments, american, appreciation, collected, complete, confederation, constitution, cookbooks, declaration, evaluating, everything, forgotten, fragments, freelance, generally, independence, interpreting, literature, magazines, newspapers, pamphlets, practical, publishing, research, restaurant, scientists, screenplay, statistics, students, technique books:    Kindle - Amazon's New Wireless Reading Device This is the future of book reading. 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