A Writer's Reference

A Writer's Reference
Author: Diana Hacker
Publisher: Bedford/st Martins
Total Pages:
Release: 2006-11-23
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 9780312467845

Technical Communication

Technical Communication
Author: Mike Markel
Publisher: Macmillan
Total Pages: 804
Release: 2009-02-03
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 9780312485979

Comprehensive and truly accessible, Technical Communication guides students through planning, drafting, and designing the documents that will matter in their professional lives. Known for his student-friendly voice and eye for technology trends, Mike Markel addresses the realities of the digital workplace through fresh samples and cases, practical writing advice, and a companion Web site — TechComm Web — that continues to set the standard with content developed and maintained by the author. The text is also available in a convenient, affordable e-book format.

The World Book Encyclopedia

The World Book Encyclopedia
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 554
Release: 2002
Genre: Encyclopedias and dictionaries
ISBN:

An encyclopedia designed especially to meet the needs of elementary, junior high, and senior high school students.

A Canadian Writer's Reference

A Canadian Writer's Reference
Author: Diana Hacker
Publisher: Scarborough, Ont. : Nelson Canada
Total Pages: 412
Release: 1996
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 9780176042110

A Canadian Writer's Reference, adapted from the most widely used college handbook ever published — and with the help of several Canadian instructors — has advice that's easy to find and easy to understand. It provides the comprehensive coverage, concrete examples, and trusted models students need for writing in almost every postsecondary course and beyond. A new tabbed section, Writing about Literature, offers advice on interpreting and writing about works of literature and includes two annotated student essays. Grounded in Canadian texts, culture, and current events, examples throughout the book provide relevant context and advice for Canadian writers. And a new instructor's edition offers classroom activities and teaching tips for Canadian instructors — making it easier than ever to integrate the handbook into the course.

Working with Words

Working with Words
Author: Brian S. Brooks
Publisher: Macmillan Higher Education
Total Pages: 436
Release: 2013-01-07
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 1457639092

No matter what the medium, from print to broadcast to digital, Working with Words presents the best writing advice for journalists. It is designed to help students gain the grammatical and stylistic skills they need and then serve as a reference throughout their careers. Written by working journalists, with parts devoted to grammar and mechanics as well as journalistic style and writing for different media, it offers coverage the Associated Press Stylebook does not — and it’s affordably priced at 30-50% less than competing texts. The new edition contains tools that make it even easier to navigate, tackles the unique issues inherent to writing for online media, and offers improved grammar and writing instruction.

The Basic Practice of Statistics

The Basic Practice of Statistics
Author: David S. Moore
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Total Pages: 975
Release: 2010
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 1429224266

This is a clear and innovative overview of statistics which emphasises major ideas, essential skills and real-life data. The organisation and design has been improved for the fifth edition, coverage of engaging, real-world topics has been increased and content has been updated to appeal to today's trends and research.

A Pocket Style Manual with 2021 MLA Update

A Pocket Style Manual with 2021 MLA Update
Author: Diana Hacker
Publisher: Macmillan Higher Education
Total Pages: 502
Release: 2021-08-17
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 1319455565

This ebook has been updated to provide you with the latest guidance on documenting sources in MLA style and follows the guidelines set forth in the MLA Handbook, 9th edition (April 2021). How do I fix a comma splice? How do I cite a Youtube video? No matter your question or the writing project, A Pocket Style Manual has the answers. With its quick, easy-to-find explanations and plenty of examples--including full model papers and more than 200 documentation models--this book will become your go-to guide in your English class, the rest of college, and even your career.

Patterns for College Writing

Patterns for College Writing
Author: Laurie G. Kirszner
Publisher: Macmillan
Total Pages: 837
Release: 2011-12-22
Genre: Education
ISBN: 0312676840

Laurie Kirszner and Stephen Mandell, authors with nearly thirty years of experience teaching college writing, know what works in the classroom and have a knack for picking just the right readings. In Patterns for College Writing, they provide students with exemplary rhetorical models and instructors with class-tested selections that balance classic and contemporary essays. Along with more examples of student writing than any other reader, Patterns has the most comprehensive coverage of active reading, research, and the writing process, with a five-chapter mini-rhetoric; the clearest explanations of the patterns of development; and the most thorough apparatus of any rhetorical reader, all reasons why Patterns for College Writing is the best-selling reader in the country. And the new edition includes exciting new readings and expanded coverage of critical reading, working with sources, and research. It is now available as an interactive Bedford e-book and in a variety of other e-book formats that can be downloaded to a computer, tablet, or e-reader. Read the preface.

Learn Python 3 the Hard Way

Learn Python 3 the Hard Way
Author: Zed A. Shaw
Publisher: Addison-Wesley Professional
Total Pages: 752
Release: 2017-06-26
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 0134693906

You Will Learn Python 3! Zed Shaw has perfected the world’s best system for learning Python 3. Follow it and you will succeed—just like the millions of beginners Zed has taught to date! You bring the discipline, commitment, and persistence; the author supplies everything else. In Learn Python 3 the Hard Way, you’ll learn Python by working through 52 brilliantly crafted exercises. Read them. Type their code precisely. (No copying and pasting!) Fix your mistakes. Watch the programs run. As you do, you’ll learn how a computer works; what good programs look like; and how to read, write, and think about code. Zed then teaches you even more in 5+ hours of video where he shows you how to break, fix, and debug your code—live, as he’s doing the exercises. Install a complete Python environment Organize and write code Fix and break code Basic mathematics Variables Strings and text Interact with users Work with files Looping and logic Data structures using lists and dictionaries Program design Object-oriented programming Inheritance and composition Modules, classes, and objects Python packaging Automated testing Basic game development Basic web development It’ll be hard at first. But soon, you’ll just get it—and that will feel great! This course will reward you for every minute you put into it. Soon, you’ll know one of the world’s most powerful, popular programming languages. You’ll be a Python programmer. This Book Is Perfect For Total beginners with zero programming experience Junior developers who know one or two languages Returning professionals who haven’t written code in years Seasoned professionals looking for a fast, simple, crash course in Python 3

Becoming a College Writer: A Multimedia Text for Students Like You

Becoming a College Writer: A Multimedia Text for Students Like You
Author: Todd Taylor
Publisher: Macmillan Higher Education
Total Pages: 1350
Release: 2018-09-28
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 1319220932

Based on 100 interviews with students who had recently finished first-year writing, Todd Taylor’s groundbreaking multimedia text is shaped by student writers like no other textbook before. Their words and voices—in brief videos and example texts—create a conversation about writing that asks students to engage with other college writers personally, learning from their challenges and successes. Conceived as a multimedia text in LaunchPad from the outset, the brief, modular chapters are organized into four parts that support the best practices and content areas in the CWPA Outcomes Statement — Rhetoric, Context, Process, and Convention — so that you and your students have just what you need in one resource to support writing, working with sources, and multimodal composing.