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YOUR COMPLETE GUIDE TO WRITING STORIES FOR CHILDREN AND YOUNGER READERS.
A new complete course in writing children's books, designed to take the reader from complete beginner to the point at which they have completed, edited and redrafted their first piece of work.

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At its best, conflict pulls readers into a story and suspense carries them along until its conclusion. In this book, bestselling writing instructor and author of more than 15 thrillers shows writers how to take their work from a ho-hum read to a dramatic page-turner, regardless of genre or form.

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The follow-up to Motherfoclir, exploring the Irish language, both the very old and the very new. Craic Baby hinges on how watching a child learn to communicate changes how you think about language.

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The follow-up to Motherfoclir, exploring the Irish language, both the very old and the very new. Craic Baby hinges on how watching a child learn to communicate changes how you think about language.

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A step-by-step manual to creating collaborative projects, this book uses case studies, examples and a plethora of practical resources to guide you from the planning and writing stage, through production to dissemination and promotion of your digital interactive stories.

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"Equips creative writing students and teachers with the tools and knowledge they need to take their subject outside teaching creative writing outside a university classroom"--

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"Provides a necessary and practical guide to the research enterprise that will introduce graduate students, postdocs, and new faculty across the disciplines to this multifaceted, complex system"--

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For a story to be successful, it must come alive on the page. With 'Description & Setting', writers will learn how to make every detail count as they create believable people, places and events.

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A wise and entertaining guide to writing English the proper way, by one of the greatest newspaper editors of our time.

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The home of trusted English learner's dictionaries for everyday language learning.

Collins Easy Learning English Idioms is an easy-to-use guide to the most common English idioms, designed for everyone who wants to improve their knowledge of English.

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The home of trusted French dictionaries for everyday language learning.

A unique guide to communicating in French. It will help learners discover expressions and idioms to make their French more natural and fluent, while developing an awareness of French culture.

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The home of trusted French dictionaries for everyday language learning.

The quickest way to study the essential French words and the perfect companion to titles in the ever-popular Easy Learning French range.

(Paperback, 2nd Revised edition)

The home of trusted Irish dictionaries for everyday language use.

An up-to-date, easy-reference Irish to English and English to Irish dictionary with a practical, fun supplement, ideal for learners of Irish.

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Stephen Buhner shows that non-fiction writing, especially how-to and self-help, can take on the same power as great fiction. By following the "golden threads" of inspiration, the non-fiction writer too can generate duende--the response to art that can give the chills, or resonate in the soul.

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It is written primarily for journalists, yet its lessons are of immense value to all who face the problem of giving information, whether to the general public or within business, professional or social organisations.

FULLY REVISED AND UPDATED BY CRAWFORD GILLAN

RECOMMENDED BY THE SOCIETY OF EDITORS

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Introduces the 2000 basic Japanese characters that are now in everyday use, a mastery of which makes it possible to read most modern Japanese. This book has been tested and refined by many years of use in university classes.

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Winner of the HRH Duke of Edinburgh English Speaking Union English Language Book Award 2006. An award winning language book, this is a lively and engaging expos on the foreign words and phrases that populate our language.

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Creative Writing Unleashed situates creative writing in dialogue with other disciplines to suggest new ways of approaching the writing, reading and teaching of fiction in and beyond the writing workshop.

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The author takes readers step-by-step through the entire process of writing a letter, from how to start and what to say to knowing when e-mail is appropriate.

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Discover the grammar that people really need to know.