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The Associated Press Stylebook and Briefing on Media Law
Whether you're a student struggling through Composition 101 or a professional writer on a quest for perfection, The Associated Press Stylebook and Briefing on Media Law is always ready to fill the role of trusted advisor to your creative genius. Revised and updated in 2000, this version contains a 40-page section on media law, guides for punctuation and bibliographies, and specialized glossaries for business and sports writing, all in addition to its 280-page generalized stylebook. Within each section, entries are alphabetized, and searching for an answer is a fairly simple process. Tricky words--those that can be hyphenated (know-how) or not (jukebox), homonyms, nonstandard spellings (mo-ped)--are given their own short entries. Larger categories, such as religions, military titles, the Internet, and datelines, have multiple pages devoted to their explanations, but detail and clarity are brought nicely together in each listing. Many entries concern brand names and trademarks--never again will you question whetherpingpong or Ping-Pong should be used in the flier for your table-tennis tournament. While a few sections of this book--the ones concerning media law, photo captions, filing the wire, and proofreading marks--will most likely be used by professional and student journalists and editors, the majority of this book is an excellent tool for anyone who ever has to write for the public. Whether it's a newsletter for your badminton league, a training manual for your employees, or a press release detailing your company's quarterly earnings, this stylebook will help you turn out well-written copy that gains the approval of every English teacher you've ever had. --Jill Lightner.
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Personal History
In lieu of an unrevealing Famous-People-I-Have-Known autobiography, the owner of the Washington Post has chosen to be remarkably candid about the insecurities prompted by remote parents and a difficult marriage to the charismatic, manic-depressive Phil Graham, who ran the newspaper her father acquired. Katharine's account of her years as subservient daughter and wife is so painful that by the time she finally asserts herself at the Post following Phil's suicide in 1963 (more than halfway through the book), readers will want to cheer. After that, Watergate is practically an anticlimax..
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Writer's Digest Handbook of Magazine Article Writing
This highly anticipated update of the Writer's Digest Handbook of Magazine Article Writing builds off the excellent reputation the first edition enjoys with more of the great information readers have come to expect. With original material as well as articles taken from the pages of Writer's Digest, the leading authority in the field, this book is the only resource readers need for all of their questions on how to: * Brainstorm creative article ideas magazine editors will find irresistible * Find the right magazine for their work * Compose a professional, sophisticated query letter that catches the editor's eye * Keep editors coming back for more (get repeat assignments from magazines) This book is the writer's treasure map to the lucrative field of magazine writing!.
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Our Dumb Century: The Onion Presents 100 Years of Headlines from America's Finest News Source
After more than three centuries in print, The Onion remains the world’s most popular news source, making sense of the world for more than four million readers a week. Our Dumb Century, first published in 1999, was The Onion’s first bound volume, and now, in this exceptionally packaged deluxe edition, it will be the crowning pinnacle of your Onion book collection. From the dawning of what President McKinley dubbed the bold new “Coal Age” on January 1, 1900, to the Christian Right’s miraculous ascension to heaven on January 1, 2000, Our Dumb Century chronicles the events that shaped the twentieth century and preserves them for posterity..
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The Unnatural Inquirer (Nightside, Book 8)
Welcome to the Nightside, that secret square mile located in the dark heart of London where the sun never rises and people can fraternize with every myth and monster imaginable. John Taylor is a P.I. with the special ability to locate anyone or anything The Unnatural Inquirer, the Nightside's most notorious gossip rag, has offered him a million pounds to find a DVD purportedto contain an actual recording of the afterlife. John doesn't know if it's true, but someone-or something-thinks so, and will stop at nothing to possess the disc..
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65 Successful Harvard Business School Application Essays: With Analysis by the Staff of the Harbus, The Harvard Business School Newspaper
"YOUR LIFE IN 300 WORDS OR LESS . . ."Business school application essays are among the hardest pieces that many of us will ever write. So diverse and successful are the applicants to the nation's top business schools that your essays need to do more than simply illuminate your background and accomplishments: they must also clearly demonstrate your writing skills and ensure that you stand out from the pack. LEARN BY EXAMPLE65 Successful Harvard Business School Application Essays show you essays that worked and helped their authors gain admission into America's number-one business school. Wherever you're applying, the range of topics, writing styles, and ideas showcased by these writers are truly inspiring. - HOW TO AVOID COMMON PITFALLS - LEARN WHAT WORKS - GET YOUR MESSAGE ACROSS Each essay topic is introduced, and each individual essay is followed by analysis from a writer for The Harbus, the Harvard Business School student newspaper. 65 Successful Harvard Business School Application Essays will give you the help you need! .
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Headless Body in Topless Bar: The Best Headlines from America's Favorite Newspaper
Either you love them or you hate them, but everybody agrees on one thing—there's just nothing like a New York Post headline
Gathered here for the first time ever are the best of the best from the paper's two-hundred-year history Whether outrageous or scandalous, laugh-out-loud funny or shocking, these classic headlines never fail to entertain. Headless Body in Topless Bar is the perfect book for any pop culture junkie and a hilarious tribute to the one-of-a-kind New York Post. .
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Somebody Told Me: The Newspaper Stories of Rick Bragg
With his bestselling All Over but the Shoutin', Rick Bragg gave us memorable stories of his own childhood In Somebody Told Me, he offers the best of his work as a Pulitzer-Prize winning journalist writing the remarkable stories of others. For twenty years, Bragg has focused his efforts on the common man. So while some of these stories are about people whose names we know-such as Susan Smith, the South Carolina mother who drowned her two sons-most are people whose names we've never heard, people who have survived tornadoes and swamps, racism and bombs. In incisive, unadorned prose that is nonetheless strikingly beautiful, these pieces rise above journalism to become literature and show the triumph of the human spirit..
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Associated Press Guide to News Writing: The Resource for Professional Journalists
This practical handbook is the ideal writing style guide for all reporters, writers, editors, and English and journalism students. It covers all the essentials of good news writing, according to the styles and guidelines set forth by the Associated Press -- with lively examples from today's newspapers. This authoritative guide includes: Professional advice about crafting a good feature story In-depth reviews of important principles in news writing Expert guidance on writing concise, informative copy, source citations, and more. Clear and instructive discussions of specialized styles..
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