handbooks, manuals, etc

An accessible reference guide for all writers and a text that students and teachers can confidently use in contemporary writing classrooms.

From grammar rules to revision strategies, the reader will find the crucial information needed in short, easy-to-browse sections that enable one to hone her/his signature writing approach.

Written in to-the-point fashion, packed with samples, complete with charts and checklists, this book will help the reader master the accepted manuscript formats...to create a great editorial first impression.

Whether you're writing an argument, a love scene, a powwow among sixth graders or scientists in a lab, this book demonstrates how to write dialogue that sounds authentic and original.

Writing compelling, fresh approaches that express your characters' true feelings.

For families and caregivers of preterm and handicapped children in their first three years, here are more than 100 tips on adjusting and coping, nursing, feeding, and dressing, social skills, games and activities, discipline, decision making, and much more.

Butterfly watching is rapidly becoming as popular as bird watching. For the milllions who are just getting started in this fascinating outdoor activity, and for the millions more who are already involved, Robert Pyle's handbook is essential. It covers everything from ecology to photography to butterfly gardening. Beautifully written and beautifully illustrated, the handbook will fascinate anyone with an interest in the natural world.

Handy and comprehensive compliment to usual sources of day-to-day weather information in newspapers, radio, and television information. Includes a wide range of maps, charts, and safety rules based upon past records, research, and experience to inform users of what may be expected from our ever-changing atmosphere.

Academic programs, internships, financing.