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Composing at the Computer: 10-Hour Series (10 Hour Series)
 | author: Jack P. Hoggatt asin: 0538689285 binding: Paperback list price: $21.95 USD amazon price: $21.95 USD |
Everyone today drafts messages and correspondence at the keyboard; but they don't always do it efficiently or effectively. Composing at the Computer teaches not only how to key and format finished documents, but also how to plan, draft, and produce them on the computer.
Good Writing for Business
 | author: Sidney Callis asin: 1904298273 binding: Paperback list price: $29.95 USD amazon price: $29.95 |
Based on 30 years of experience this book teaches the use of good written English in a business environment. The most important feture of the book is the clarity of presentation and the ease with which the reader can absorb information.
Business and Sales Humor Writing and Delivery Skills Guidebook: Business and Sales Skills Development Using Techniques from
 | author: Daniel Farb Md Bruce Gordon asin: 1594912696 binding: Paperback list price: $39.95 USD amazon price: $39.95 USD |
This book is a combination of two works by the authors, Sales Humor Delivery Skills and Sales Humor Writing Skills. Those readers who wish to have an accompanying program with video and interactivity should also purchase the CD version of each one separately. An important skill in sales, and in any business situation, is the proper delivery and use of humor, and it can be learned. Sales Humor Delivery Skills teaches you important elements of delivering effective humor. It will help you in your career. And you'll enjoy the jokes in the book at the same time! read more »
How to Be Successfully Published In Magazines
 | author: Linda Konner asin: 0312044631 binding: Paperback list price: $12.95 USD amazon price: $12.95 USD |
How to Be Successfully Published in Magazines does not tell you how to write, nor does it offer lessons in reporting. Instead, it teaches you how to handle that most fickle of beasts (it's true), the editor. Linda Konner has been on both sides of the editor-freelance writer relationship. Her straightforward, entertaining guide offers hints on what charms editors and what alienates them. The bulk of the book comprises invaluable interviews with 28 editors and 10 writers who tell it like it is.
Fun with Secret Writing (Test Your Code Breaking Skills)
 | author: Geoffrey Lamb asin: 0486420981 binding: Paperback list price: $4.95 USD amazon price: $4.95 USD |
Fascinating, easy-to-understand book for would-be cryptanalysts of all ages teaches how to invent and decipher a host of codes and secret messages, including the "Moving Ahead" cipher used by Julius Caesar; dots and pinpricks, as used by the secret Rosicrucian society; and even a system used by Sherlock Holmes. 14 black-and-white illustrations.
Developing and Managing Engineering Procedures: Concepts and Applications
 | author: Phillip A. Cloud asin: 0815514484 binding: Hardcover list price: $88.00 USD amazon price: $88.00 USD |
This book provides hands-on techniques for writing engineering procedures to achieve ISO 9000 compliance. It is designed for individuals responsible for writing these procedures in any industry. Readers will find actual examples of clearly written, compliant engineering procedures, ready to adapt to your own industry and your own particular needs and use immediately. It answers virtually all your procedure writing questions. Procedure writers will gain a general understanding of engineering documentation principles and how to apply them to their own situations. read more »
Effective Workplace Writing
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This hands-on text provides abundant exercises that cover practical writing skills such as researching, organizing, and writing documents. It also teaches students how to evaluate and respond to written material and how to use writing skills to advance a career.
Newswriting in Transition
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This breakthrough text teaches students how to become successful newswriters in a complex scoiety with a changing new media. Laakaniemi begins with an introduction to newswriting, including the nature of news, the newsroom, reader habits, and writer habits. Next, he provides step-by-step instructions on media writing: putting words, sentences, and paragraphs together; organizing stories in the inverted pyramid and other formulas; writing feature stories; and writing for radio and television. Finally, Laakaniemi explores the role of the rewrite.
