Write to the Point

Write to the Point
Author: Sam Leith
Publisher: The Experiment
Total Pages: 274
Release: 2018-08-07
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 1615194622

Good writers follow the rules. Great writers know the rules—and follow their instincts! Finding the right words, in the right order, matters—whether you’re a student embarking on an essay, a job applicant drafting your cover letter, an employee composing an email . . . even a (hopeful) lover writing a text. Do it wrong and you just might get an F, miss the interview, lose a client, or spoil your chance at a second date. Do it right, and the world is yours. In Write to the Point, accomplished author and literary critic Sam Leith kicks the age-old lists of dos and don’ts to the curb. Yes, he covers the nuts and bolts we need to be in complete command of the language: grammar, punctuation, parts of speech, and other subjects half-remembered from grade school. But more importantly, he charts a commonsense course between the “Armies of Correctness” and the “Descriptivist Irregulars.” For Leith, knowing not just the rules but also how and when to ignore them—developing an ear for what works best in context—is everything. In this master class, Leith teaches us a skill of paramount importance in this smartphone age, when we all carry a keyboard in our pockets: to write clearly and persuasively for any purpose—to write to the point.

Ray Bradbury's The Martian Chronicles

Ray Bradbury's The Martian Chronicles
Author: Ray Bradbury
Publisher: Hill and Wang
Total Pages: 162
Release: 2022-02-08
Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN: 0374608288

Rendered in gorgeous, full-color art by Dennis Calero, Ray Bradbury's The Martian Chronicles: The Authorized Adaptation graphically translates fourteen of Bradbury's famous interconnected science-fiction stories, turning an unforgettable vision of man and Mars into an unforgettable work of art. The Earthmen came by the handful, then the hundreds, then the millions. They swept aside the majestic, dying Martian civilization to build their homes, shopping malls, and cities. Mars began as a place of boundless hopes and dreams, a planet to replace an Earth sinking into waste and war. It became a canvas for mankind's follies and darkest desires. Ultimately, the Earthmen who came to conquer the red-gold planet awoke to discover themselves conquered by Mars. Lulled by its ancient enchantments, the Earthmen learned, at terrible cost, to overcome their own humanity.

The Martian Chronicles

The Martian Chronicles
Author: Ray Bradbury
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 256
Release: 2012-04-17
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1451678193

The tranquility of Mars is disrupted by humans who want to conquer space, colonize the planet, and escape a doomed Earth.

The Illustrated Man

The Illustrated Man
Author: Ray Bradbury
Publisher: Heinemann Educational Publishers
Total Pages: 198
Release: 1952
Genre: Science fiction, American
ISBN: 9780435123734

One of a series of fiction for schools. The Illustrated Man is covered with tiny illustrations which quiver and come to life in the dark. Each one becomes one short story, and each story offers a picture of the future and a disturbing glimpse into the minds of those who live there.

Rocket Summer

Rocket Summer
Author: Ray Bradbury
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2023-11-12
Genre:
ISBN: 9789357979146

Rocket Summer, a classical and rare book that has been considered essential throughout human history, so that this work is never forgotten, we at Alpha Editions have made efforts in its preservation by republishing this book in a modern format for present and future generations. This whole book has been reformatted, retyped and designed. These books are not made of scanned copies of their original work and hence the text is clear and readable.

Fahrenheit 451

Fahrenheit 451
Author: Ray Bradbury
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 272
Release: 2012-01-10
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1451673310

A totalitarian regime has ordered all books to be destroyed, but one of the book burners, Guy Montag, suddenly realizes their merit.

The Illustrated Man

The Illustrated Man
Author: Ray Bradbury
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 308
Release: 2012-04-17
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1451678185

Eighteen science fiction stories deal with love, madness, and death on Mars, Venus, and in space.

Conversations with Ray Bradbury

Conversations with Ray Bradbury
Author: Ray Bradbury
Publisher: Univ. Press of Mississippi
Total Pages: 252
Release: 2004
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 9781578066414

Presents a collection of interviews with twentieth-century novelist, short story writer, and playwright, Ray Bradbury, that covers five decades of his life and works.