Authors:William Strunk Jr., E. B. White,
Publisher: Longman
Keywords: fourth, style, elements
Number of Pages: 105
Published: 1999-08-02
List price: $9.95
ISBN-10: 020530902X
ISBN-13: 9780205309023

Contains rules of grammar phrased as direct orders and provides the principal requirements of plain English style. Concentrates on fundamentals: the rules of usage and principles of composition most commonly violated. Softcover. DLC: English language--Style.

Author: Thomas F. Remington
Publisher: Longman
Keywords: russia, politics
Number of Pages: 288
Published: 2009-07-18
List price: $63.80
ISBN-10: 0205704913
ISBN-13: 9780205704910

Highly regarded for its comprehensive coverage, up-to-date scholarship, and comparative framework, Politics in Russia is an authoritative overview of Russia’s contemporary political system and its recent evolution. Area specialist Thomas Remington focuses on four areas of change in this text–state structure, regime change, economic transformation, and identity–to offer a dynamic context for analyzing the post-Soviet era. With a consistent emphasis on the intersection of politics and economics and the tension between authoritarian and democratic trends, no other text guides students throu

Author: Richard Lanham
Publisher: Longman
Keywords: prose, business, revising
Number of Pages: 117
Published: 1999-07-29
List price: $50.60
ISBN-10: 0205309445
ISBN-13: 9780205309443

Author: W. Lance Bennett
Publisher: Longman
Keywords: illusion, politics, news
Number of Pages: 336
Published: 2008-07-28
List price: $60.60
ISBN-10: 020564984X
ISBN-13: 9780205649846

Part of the “Longman Classics in Political Science” series, this renowned book, known for a lively writing style,  provocative point of view, and exceptional scholarship, has been thoroughly revised and updated, including up-to-the-minute case studies and the latest research.   This favorite of both instructors and students is a "behind-the-scenes" tour of news in American politics.  The core question explored in this book is: How well does the news, as the core of the national political information system, serve the needs of democracy?  In investigating this question, the book exami

Authors:Richard A. Marius, Melvin E. Page,
Publisher: Longman
Keywords: history, writing, guide, short
Number of Pages: 256
Published: 2006-10-02
List price: $42.20
ISBN-10: 0321435362
ISBN-13: 9780321435361

An ideal complement for any history course, A Short Guide to Writing About History stresses thinking and writing like an historian.   This engaging and practical text helps students get beyond merely compiling dates and facts; it teaches them how to incorporate their own ideas into their papers and to tell a story about history that interests them and their peers. Covering brief essays and the documented resource paper, the text explores the writing and researching processes, different modes of historical writing (including argument), and offers guidelines for improving style as well as doc

Author: Alison K. Brammer
Publisher: Longman
Keywords: law, work, social
Number of Pages: 688
Published: 2009-12-08
List price: unknow
ISBN-10: 140587337X
ISBN-13: 9781405873376

Written with the non-lawyer in mind, Social Work Law presents a comprehensive, practical and accessible guide to the legal framework that any social worker, or student of social work needs to know. The author provides a balanced account of the law as applied to children, families and vulnerable adults alike, and pays particular attention to the key areas of: the dynamic relationship between the law and social work practice; the crucial role of anti-discriminatory practice; and the continued growth in the importance of the Human Rights Act, 1998.

Authors:Michelle Boisseau, Robert Wallace, Randall Mann,
Publisher: Longman
Keywords: poems, writing
Number of Pages: 336
Published: 2007-07-06
List price: $51.40
ISBN-10: 0321474066
ISBN-13: 9780321474063

The gold standard of poetry writing books, Writing Poems, 7/e is a comprehensive, easy-to-use guide that will help aspiring poets to create meaningful works.