Author: Patricia T. O'Conner File Type: epub A fun, focused guide to making words work for you Whether you are working on the novel thats 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 we all write more often these days, be it reports, e-mails, blog posts, or texts. But despite the increase in written communication, the fundamentals of good writing have been lost. Grammar maven Patricia T. OConner comes to the rescue with the most painless, practical, and funny writing book ever written. In short, snappy chapters filled with crystal-clear examples, amusing comparisons, and humorous allegories that cover everything from Pronoun Pileups and Verbs That Zing to What to Do When Youre Stuck, OConner provides simple, straightforward tips to help you sort through your thoughts and make your sentences strong.Amazon.com ReviewPatricia T. OConners Words Fail Me is written in the same lighthearted tone as her snappy grammar guide, Woe Is I. This time out, OConner tackles the writers art. Good writing, she says, is writing that works. This book is the perfect text for the novice writer who tends to gravitate toward comedic instructors. Crummy spelling, says OConner, is more noticeable than crummy anything else. Organizing your material may be a pain in the butt, but its thankless, too! Write as though you were addressing someone whose opinion you value, even if the reader is ... a stingy insurance company that wont pay for your tummy tuck. OConners material isnt new--like many such books, Words Fail Me advocates the use of small words, fresh verbs, and only well-chosen modifiers--but rarely is a primer so amusing. And the clever titles strewn throughout--Taking Leave of Your Tenses, The It Parade--provide added pleasure, particularly for anyone who knows how hard it can be to put a headline on a piece of writing. --Jane SteinbergFrom BooklistThis book is for beginning writers--those who want to write or need to write but find that the words get in the way. Those words may include misplaced modifiers, passive verbs, and split infinitives, among others. Students writing papers, employees preparing reports, and those who just want to be understood in print may benefit from this fun-to-use answer to Strunk and White. OConnor uses humor as she takes apart sentences and their parts and shows how each element is used effectively. She does get into the heavy-duty writing tools and even the pitfalls, including point of view, jargon, and rhythm. Marlene Chamberlain Amazon.com ReviewPatricia T. OConners Words Fail Me is written in the same lighthearted tone as her snappy grammar guide, Woe Is I. This time out, OConner tackles the writers art. Good writing, she says, is writing that works. This book is the perfect text for the novice writer who tends to gravitate toward comedic instructors. Crummy spelling, says OConner, is more noticeable than crummy anything else. Organizing your material may be a pain in the butt, but its thankless, too! Write as though you were addressing someone whose opinion you value, even if the reader is ... a stingy insurance company that wont pay for your tummy tuck. OConners material isnt new--like many such books, Words Fail Me advocates the use of small words, fresh verbs, and only well-chosen modifiers--but rarely is a primer so amusing. And the clever titles strewn throughout--Taking Leave of Your Tenses, The It Parade--provide added pleasure, particularly for anyone who knows how hard it can be to put a headline on a piece of writing. --Jane SteinbergFrom BooklistThis book is for beginning writers--those who want to write or need to write but find that the words get in the way. Those words may include misplaced modifiers, passive verbs, and split infinitives, among others. Students writing papers, employees preparing reports, and those who just want to be understood in print may benefit from this fun-to-use answer to Strunk and White. OConnor uses humor as she takes apart sentences and their parts and shows how each element is used effectively. She does get into the heavy-duty writing tools and even the pitfalls, including point of view, jargon, and rhythm. Marlene Chamberlain Whether you are working on the novel thats 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. OConner comes to the rescue with the most painless, practical, and funny writing book ever written. In short, snappy chapters filled with crystal-clear examples, amusing comparisons, and humorous allegories that cover everything from Pronoun Pileups and Verbs That Zing to What to Do When Youre Stuck, OConner provides simple, straightforward tips to help you sort your thoughts and make sentences that make sense. Push aside those stuffy old-fashioned rule books, because OConner has written the most accessible and enjoyable book yet for todays writer.

Author: Gerhard Jaritz File Type: pdf The volume contains selected papers from two conferences in 2003, at the University of Bergen (Norway) and at CEU. They deal comparatively with the communication of the Holy See with Northern Europe and Eastern Central Europe in the Late Middle Ages, both areas at the margins of Western Christendom. Special emphasis is placed on the analysis of the registers of the Apostolic Penitentiary. Even though the regulations of canon law were in theory the same for every Christian, regional differences in interpreting and applying them emerged in the Late Middle Ages. The need to turn to the papal authority in matters of canon law varied depending on the role of local bishops and the prescence or abscence of papal legates or collectors. Also, people in the central territories of Christendom had different opportunities for turning to the papal curia with their requests than those living on the peripheries of the Christian world.

Author: William Faulkner File Type: epub I give you the mausoleum of all hope and desire. . . . I give it to you not that you may remember time, but that you might forget it now and then for a moment and not spend all of your breath trying to conquer it. Because no battle is ever won he said. They are not even fought. The field only reveals to man his own folly and despair, and victory is an illusion of philosophers and fools. --from The Sound and the FuryThe Sound and the Fury is the tragedy of the Compson family, featuring some of the most memorable characters in literature beautiful, rebellious Caddy the manchild Benjy haunted, neurotic Quentin Jason, the brutal cynic and Dilsey, their black servant. Their lives fragmented and harrowed by history and legacy, the characters voices and actions mesh to create what is arguably Faulkners masterpiece and one of the greatest novels of the twentieth century.From the Trade Paperback edition.

Author: Cynthia J. Miller File Type: pdf The undead are back! In Undead in the West Vampires, Zombies, Mummies, and Ghosts on the Cinematic Frontier, Cynthia J. Miller and A. Bowdoin Van Riper assembled a collection of essays that explored the unique intersection of two seemingly distinct genres in cinema the western and the horror film. In this new volume, Undead in the West II They Just Keep Coming, Miller and Van Riper expand their examination of undead Westerns to include not only film, but literature, sequential art, gaming, and fan culture (fan fiction, blogging, fan editing, and zombie walks). These essays run the gamut from comics and graphic novels such as American Vampire, Preacher, and Priest, and games like Darkwatch and Red Dead Redemption, to novels and short stories by celebrated writers including Robert E. Howard, Joe R. Lansdale, and Stephen King. Featuring a foreword by renowned science fiction author William F. Nolan (Logan s Run) and an afterword by acclaimed game designer Paul O Connor (Darkwatch), this collection will appeal to scholars of literature, gaming, and popular culture, as well as to fans of this unique hybrid.