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American Psychological Association
Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association
by American Psychological Association (APA) (Paperback)

Style manual for writers, editors, students, educators, and professionals across all fields. Provides clear guidance on grammar, the mechanics of writing, and APA style. Includes examples, new guidelines and advice, and more. Previous edition: c1994. Softcover, wire-spiral edition is also available. Hardcover edition due later.

Elizabeth Gilbert
Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman's Search for Everything Across Italy, India and Indonesia
by Viking Adult (Hardcover)

A celebrated writer’s irresistible, candid, and eloquent account of her pursuit of worldly pleasure, spiritual devotion, and what she really wanted out of life Around the time Elizabeth Gilbert turned thirty, she went through an early-onslaught midlife crisis. She had everything an educated, ambitious American woman was supposed to want—a husband, a house, a successful career. But instead of feeling happy and fulfilled, she was consumed with panic, grief, and confusion. She went through a divorce, a crushing depression, another failed love, and the eradication of everything she ever thought she was supposed to be. To recover from all this, Gilbert took a radical step. In order to give herself the time and space to find out who she really was and what she really wanted, she got rid of her belongings, quit her job, and undertook a yearlong journey around the world—all alone. Eat, Pray, Love is the absorbing chronicle of that year. Her aim was to visit ...

CC The New York Times
The New York Times: The Complete Front Pages: 1851-2008
by Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers (Hardcover)

This stunning and cutting-edge package provides access to the world as reflected in its most influential and respected newspaper. From wars and political assassinations to social movements and space exploration, all the news that is fit to print—or download—can be found in this extraordinary book-and-DVD set.More than 300 of the most significant New York Times front pages have been carefully selected and beautifully reproduced in the book. Read the headlines and stories covering such world-changing events as Abraham Lincoln's assassination, Charles Lindbergh's transatlantic flight, Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor, Martin Luther King, Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech, and the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. Ten foldouts present twenty key front pages at their magnificent full size. News summaries throughout highlight the most significant events of each era and put the front pages into a historical context. Seventeen insightful essays by prominent Times writers comment on ...

Jr., William Strunk
The Elements of Style
by FQ Classics (Paperback)

David Sedaris
Me Talk Pretty One Day
by Abacus (Paperback)

Jon Krakauer
Into the Wild
by Macmillan (Hardcover)

Diana Hacker
Exercises to Accompany A Writer's Reference Large Format
by Bedford/St. Martin's (Paperback)

A proven success. The best-selling college textbook of any kind. Thoroughly class tested and enthusiastically endorsed by millions of students and their instructors at more than 1300 colleges and universities across the country. Updated with MLA's 1999 guidelines. Spiral.

Stephen King
On Writing
by Pocket (Mass Market Paperback)

Kristi Hiner
Fahrenheit 451 (Cliffs Notes)
by Cliffs Notes (Paperback)

The editors of the Huffington Post
The Huffington Post Complete Guide to Blogging
by Simon & Schuster (Paperback)

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