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The Rinehart Reader

ISBN: 9780155055124

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436,33 PLN (BRUTTO)

The Rhinehart Reader offers works that will challenge, inform, and simulate student writing. Many of the selections included are classics in the sense of being established works by many of our best writers, works that instructors have turned to as models of eloquence and power again and again. Within that standard of quality, the selections provide variety in voice and rhetorical categories. The Rhinehart Reader provides ample material on reading and the writing process, the rhetorical organization that mos

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The Familiar Essay

ISBN: 9780155058101

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297,22 PLN (BRUTTO)

Designed to startle prospective writers into realizing that they can produce interesting essays, this reader devotes equal coverage to canonical essays, contemporary essays, and student essays.

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Reading Context (with Infotrac) [With Infotrac]

ISBN: 9780155058170

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415,87 PLN (BRUTTO)

Class-tested with more than 10,000 students, READING CONTEXT features challenging essays from a broad spectrum of disciplines and assignment sequences that encourage students to read closely, synthesize multiple perspectives, and produce effective academic prose.

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Integrations: Reading, Thinking, and Writing for College Success

ISBN: 9780155059955

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444,51 PLN (BRUTTO)

Using a unique case study approach and emphasizing collaborative learning, INTEGRATIONS helps students write well-crafted academic essays.

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Steps to Academic Reading 2: Out of the Ordinary

ISBN: 9780155060333

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190,85 PLN (BRUTTO)

Immerse your students in refreshing and lively topics while increasing their vocabulary base and preparing them for academic assignments. This series for beginning to high-intermediate learners offers robust comprehension activities that encourage students to access and interact with text and to develop reading and critical thinking skills.

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The Complete Poetry and Prose of Geoffrey Chaucer

ISBN: 9780155060418

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505,88 PLN (BRUTTO)

THE COMPLETE POETRY AND PROSE OF GEOFFREY CHAUCER is intended to make Chaucer's texts accessible with a minimum of scholary interference. The critical, biographical, and linguistic essays are grouped at the end so as not to impede the approach to the text. By doing so, the student is able to enjoy the richness and humor of The Canterbury Tales as well as the beauty of Troylus and Criseyde. This collection will create a deeper appreciation for Chaucer and his genius.

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Reading to Write: Composition in Context

ISBN: 9780155061231

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448,60 PLN (BRUTTO)

Reading to Write, a brief rhetoric, thematic reader and handbook, is based on the assumption that reading interesting and challenging selections is the most productive way to embrace the writing process.

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Read: Reading Enhancement and Development

ISBN: 9780155062436

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485,42 PLN (BRUTTO)

Praised for its breadth, high-interest student readings and accessible writing style, the seventh edition has been reorganized to focus on previewing, reading, and memory/test-taking.

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In Brief, a Handbook for Developmental Writers

ISBN: 9780155063600

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244,04 PLN (BRUTTO)

A friendly and helpful partner to any rhetoric or reader-or for independent use as a reference and writing guide- IN BRIEF is a concise, grammar handbook that covers the basics of writing a paper without overwhelming developing writers.

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Taking Control of Your College Reading and Learning

ISBN: 9780155063754

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272,68 PLN (BRUTTO)

Taking Control of Your College Reading and Learning is a unique approach to reading improvement. Including both direct instruction and application of reading skills, this book presents a powerful metacognitive reading training program called BICUM (Be In Control: Use Metacognition).

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Prose Models

ISBN: 9780155064041

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432,24 PLN (BRUTTO)

Containing over 110 selections by contemporary and classic writers, Prose Models is a rhetorical reader that covers the major elements of paragraph, essay and methods of development with an emphasis on Argument and Persuasive writing.

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Critical Thinking: Reading and Writing in a Diverse World

ISBN: 9780155064331

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567,25 PLN (BRUTTO)

Through reading, writing and discussion, CRITICAL THINKING shows you how to build analytical skills that will empower your learning emphasizing dialogue between writers and readers, and between speakers and audiences, in the thinking and learning process.

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Inside the News: A Reading Text for Students of English

ISBN: 9780155064355

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199,03 PLN (BRUTTO)

INSIDE THE NEWS lays a solid foundation for reading comprehension through the use of lively, high-interest newspaper articles.

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A Course in Basic Writing

ISBN: 9780155065406

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301,31 PLN (BRUTTO)

This interactive workbook helps students learn to write by writing. It focuses students on three stages of the writing process: fluency, control, and editing. Fluency assignments have students develop freewriting, focusing, and drafting. Control and editing assignments provide students with the opportunity for sentence combining and revision strategies.

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Opportunity for Skillful Reading

ISBN: 9780155065888

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526,34 PLN (BRUTTO)

This eighth edition of OPPORTUNITY FOR SKILLFUL READING is your best opportunity yet to master the reading skills that foster academic success. You'll be led through a simple step- by- step approach that has made this book a favorite nationwide.

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The Language of Learning: Vocabulary for College and Careers

ISBN: 9780155066755

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338,14 PLN (BRUTTO)

Organized around important, student-selected vocabulary in sixteen acadmic and career disciplines, THE LANGUAGE OF LEARNING provides vocabulary important to a student's success in college and beyond.

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Power Tools for Technical Communication

ISBN: 9780155068988

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763,63 PLN (BRUTTO)

Grounded in authentic workplace scenarios, the step-by-step approach of Power Tools for Technical Communication prepares students for real world communication and workplace problem solving.

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ISBN: 9780155071131

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448,60 PLN (BRUTTO)

Providing a variety of readings on topical themes, Popular Culture helps students develop their own perspective on current, everyday issues.

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Discoveries in Academic Writing

ISBN: 9780155072558

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244,04 PLN (BRUTTO)

Students learn how to develop and organize unified essays through exploration of the principles of academic writing, critical thinking skills, rhetorical modes, and peer review.

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Tools of the Writing Trade: Crafting Thoughtful Paragraphs and Essays

ISBN: 9780155074484

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268,58 PLN (BRUTTO)

Asks students to mimic the actual processes of real writers - writing from a true sense of desire or necessity - and to learn to make decisions as they do.

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College Writing Basics: A Student-Writing Approach

ISBN: 9780155085183

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477,24 PLN (BRUTTO)

Integrating words, sentences, and either paragraphs or essays in each chapter, this brief text moves students from personal to expository writing as they progress through each of the five levels of the book.

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Writing Sentences and Paragraphs: Integrating Reading, Writing, and Grammar Skills

ISBN: 9780155085305

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485,42 PLN (BRUTTO)

The first of a two-book series, this new text systematically integrates reading and grammar with basic writing instruction.

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Reading about the World Vol 1

ISBN: 9780155674257

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366,78 PLN (BRUTTO)

This anthology consists of short selections sharply focused on major topics of interest to beginning students of World Civilizations. It combines traditional historical sources with literary and philosophical selections using annotated source readings. This text's mix of poetry, drama, philosophy, and other literary and historical sources offers readers an in-depth look at many aspects of Western Civilization before 1500.

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Practical English 1: Audio Tape

ISBN: 9780155709195

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162,44 PLN (BRUTTO)

This enjoyable three-level series provides a solid grounding in the structures and communicative functions of English, as well as extensive practice in speaking, listening, reading, and writing.

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Writing Practical English 2

ISBN: 9780155709232

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92,66 PLN (BRUTTO)

Writing Practical English is an excellent reinforcer of grammar and writing that can be used alongside the Practical English series or as a stand-alone course.

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Practical English 2: Audio Tape [With Three Cassettes]

ISBN: 9780155709270

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170,39 PLN (BRUTTO)

Audio Tape to accompany PRACTICAL ENGLISH 2.

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Practical English 3: Audio Tape

ISBN: 9780155709355

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162,44 PLN (BRUTTO)

Audio Tape to accompany PRACTICAL ENGLISH 3.

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Reading and Writing about Short Fiction

ISBN: 9780155755208

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456,78 PLN (BRUTTO)

READING AND WRITING FICTION provides an introduction to writing and an introduction to fiction with an anthology of eight-six stories.

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Buckley: The Right Word

ISBN: 9780156005692

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125,45 PLN (BRUTTO)

Buckley's provocative observations on the use and abuse of English, gathered for the first time in a single volume - a "veritable cornucopia of language and logic that belongs in every library" (Library Journal). Edited by Samuel S. Vaughan.

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The Lexicon: A Cornucopia of Wonderful Words for the Inquisitive Word Lover

ISBN: 9780156006163

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50,23 PLN (BRUTTO)

This boon to logophiles, culled from Buckley: The Right Word, presents the author's most erudite, outre, and interesting words - from prehensile and sciolist to rubric and histrionic - complete with definitions, examples, and usage notes. Introduction by Jesse Sheidlower; illustrations by Arnold Roth.

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Serendipities: Language & Lunacy

ISBN: 9780156007511

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55,47 PLN (BRUTTO)

Serendipities is a careful unraveling of the fabulous and the false, a brilliant exposition of how unanticipated truths often spring from false ideas. From Leibniz's belief that the I Ching illustrated the principles of calculus to Marco Polo's mistaking a rhinoceros for a unicorn, Umberto Eco offers a dazzling tour of intellectual history, illuminating the ways in which we project the familiar onto the strange to make sense of the world. Uncovering layers of mistakes that have shaped human history, Eco off

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Words Fail Me: What Everyone Who Writes Should Know about Writing

ISBN: 9780156010870

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50,23 PLN (BRUTTO)

Whether you are working on the novel that's been in the back of your mind for years or simply facing an increasing demand to write well at work or school, the fact remains: more and more of us are writing more often these days-reports, e-mails, faxes, and newsletters. But despite the increase in written communication, something has been lost-the fundamentals of good writing. Grammar maven Patricia T. O'Conner comes to the rescue with the most painless, practical, and funny writing book ever written. In shor

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Stolen Words: The Classic Book on Plagiarism

ISBN: 9780156011365

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86,26 PLN (BRUTTO)

"The definitive book on the subject" of plagiarism (The New York Times) is updated with a new afterword about the Internet.
What is plagiarism, and why is it such a big deal? Since when is originality considered an indispensable attribute of authorship? Stolen Words is a deft and well-informed history of the sin every writer fears from every angle. Award-winning author Thomas Mallon begins in the seventeenth century and pushes forward toward scandals in publishing, academia, and Hollywood, exploring the

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Depraved and Insulting English

ISBN: 9780156011495

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52,81 PLN (BRUTTO)

Originally published as two distinct collections, "Depraved and Insulting English" brings to light the language's most offensive and obscene words--words that have fallen out of today's lexicon but will no doubt delight, amuse, and in some cases prove surprisingly useful. Who hasn't searched for the right word to describe a colleague's maschalephidrosis (runaway armpit perspiration) or a boss's pleonexia (insane greed)? And what better way is there to insult the scombroid landlord (resembling a mackerel) or

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Verbatim: From the Bawdy to the Sublime, the Best Writing on Language for Word Lovers, Grammar Mavens, and Armchair Linguists

ISBN: 9780156012096

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77,87 PLN (BRUTTO)

From the bawdy to the sublime, the best writing on language for word lovers, grammar mavens, and armchair linguists. A brilliant, witty, and engaging compendium on the uses and abuses of the English language.
With bestselling narratives such as The Professor and the Madman to edicts by popular grammar mavens including Pat O'Conner and Barbara Wallraff,
it is clear readers outside of academia are becoming more and more intrigued with language. Founded by legendary lexicographer Lawrence Urdang, for t

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Pen on Fire: A Busy Woman's Guide to Igniting the Writer Within

ISBN: 9780156029780

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55,40 PLN (BRUTTO)

In her fifteen years of teaching, Barbara DeMarco-Barrett has found that the biggest stumbling block for aspiring writers (especially women) is not fear of the blank page but frustration with the lack of time. What woman doesn't have too much to do and too little time? Finding an hour free of work, children, or obligations can seem impossible.
But anyone can find fifteen minutes, whether you're sitting in traffic, waiting at a child's soccer practice, or watching the coffee drip. DeMarco-Barrett has cre

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What in the Word?: Wordplay, Word Lore, and Answers to Your Peskiest Questions about Language

ISBN: 9780156031974

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69,47 PLN (BRUTTO)

Are you so sure about "assure," "ensure," and "insure" ? Can you determine whether a knob of butter is equivalent to a lump or a pat or a scosh? Can you say which word in the English language has the most definitions, or who put the H in Jesus H. Christ?
If you can't, be assured that Charles Harrington Elster, author of several well-loved works on language, can-and does in his latest book, a delightfully designed compendium of the most common, interesting, and entertaining conundrums in our language. Dr

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Do You Speak American?

ISBN: 9780156032889

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52,81 PLN (BRUTTO)

Is the growing influence of Spanish threatening to displace English in the United States? Are America's grammatical standards in serious decline? Has the media saturation of our culture homogenized our speech?
These and other questions catapulted Robert MacNeil and William Cran, coauthors of the language classic The Story of English, on a journey that took them around the country in search of answers. Do You Speak American?, the companion volume to a PBS special, is the tale of the surprising discoverie

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Sister Bernadette's Barking Dog: The Quirky History and Lost Art of Diagramming Sentences

ISBN: 9780156034432

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57,85 PLN (BRUTTO)

In its heyday, sentence diagramming was wildly popular in grammar schools across the country. Kitty Burns Florey learned the method in sixth grade from Sister Bernadette: "It was a bit like art, a bit like mathematics. It was a picture of language. I was hooked." Now, in this offbeat history, Florey explores the sentence-diagramming phenomenon, including its humble roots at the Brooklyn Polytechnic, its "balloon diagram" predecessor, and what diagrams of famous writers' sentences reveal about them. Along th

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Language: Intro to Study of Speech

ISBN: 9780156482332

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75,07 PLN (BRUTTO)

Originally published in 1921, this classic is still regarded as one of the clearest, most comprehensive descriptions of language for the general reader. Index.