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Book SynopsisCreative writing is more than just a hobby. It has the potential to help people to expand their self-efficacy and their self-esteem. It also serves as a nearly endless source of energy. Not only do individuals profit from this activity, it can also be implemented in the course of systemic therapy, counselling as well as in personal and business development. Renate HauÃ

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Book SynopsisSie müssen einen naturwissenschaftlich-technischen Aufsatz schreiben und stehen nun vor dem Problem, ihre wenigen Formeln und Gleichungen korrekt darstellen zu wollen? Sie besitzen bereits Bücher zum Thema „Schreiben einer wissenschaftlichen Arbeit“, möchten zusätzlich aber erfahren, wie Sie bestimmte Sonderzeichen erzeugen können? Sie kennen sich in der Materie schon ganz gut aus, möchten aber regelkonform schreiben? Dieses essential liefert Ihnen Antworten in komprimierter Form. Neben allgemeinen Tipps erhalten Sie auch solche für das Arbeiten mit MS Word und darüber hinaus Informationen zum Umgang mit MS Excel, MS Powerpoint, OpenOffice und LibreOffice.

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Book SynopsisFirst Published in 1996. Contemporary Theatre Studies is a book series of special interest to everyone involved in theatre. It consists of monographs on influential figures, studies of movements and ideas in theatre, as well as primary material consisting of theatre-related documents, performing editions of plays in English, and English translations of plays from various vital theatre traditions worldwide. Complementing the first volume of Edward Bond's letters, which provided a theoretical introduction to many of the social and political issues in his plays, Edward Bond Letters Volume II is organized into seven chapters which explore Bond's approach to some of the plays in performance.Trade Review". . .`acting' must be created in the space in the head - a new form of humanity for the future which confronts the audience, for the struggle in the present: that's the connection between the space of the stage and the space of the brain. The space stage is limitless because you can artistically extend it to infinity - your fingernail can be the place of armies: the head is limitless because imagination has speculation constantly encroaches on its ignorance."Table of ContentsChapter 1 The Worlds; Chapter 2 Summer; Chapter 3 Human Cannon; Chapter 4 War Plays; Chapter 5 Restoration; Chapter 6 Jackets; Chapter 7 Olly’s Prison;

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Book SynopsisJournalism -- the Fourth Estate -- has established itself as an integral part of our society. Happenings in India during the British Raj and post-independence are the best testimony of it. Editing is the most significant part of journalism. It plays a significant role in determining the quality of a newspaper or magazine. The purpose of the book is to describe the job of editors and list skills that make them successful. It will assist all those who are in the profession or are thinking of joining it or have entered it with high ambitions. Practicing journalists aiming to move upwards will also benefit from having a point of reference and a source of idea. The book will be extremely useful for students of media and journalism. The book will help journalists to perform their job better equipped and ensure that they commit fewer mistakes. They would learn the art and science of effective editing and would not find the language of their colleague alien. They will understand the way things have been done in the past and also learn the newer ways of doing editing. The art of editing falls into two categories: journalistic skills to do the job; and editing skills that make the unintelligible readable. In the past, most of us learnt it through a painful process of trial and error. We don''t want the new comers to suffer from that pain and therefore this book Communication Skills: Effective Editing.

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Book SynopsisTo-day the need to write with skill and facility is greater than it has ever been. More than half the business of the world is conducted by means of correspondence.

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Book SynopsisThe biggest hurdle for junior scholars looking to embark on an academic career is to make the transition from PhD candidate to that first (ideally tenured) job. An imperative part of this process is getting published and yet increasingly this is becoming something harder to achieve.This book aims to guide both young and more experienced scholars through some of the pitfall s and complexities of getting published. Furthermore, the far-reaching changes affecting academic publishing (e-publishing , new printing technologies, Creative Commons licensing, the collapse of the library market, etc.) are discussed, focusing on their future effect on academic authors.Although it is in part a practical guide to navigating all stages of the publication process, Getting Published is not simply another 'how to' guide. Rather, its key concern is to give its readers an understanding of the stages, processes and pitfalls involved in getting from an idea in one's head (or indeed a PhD thesis on one's desk) to a published academic book in a colleague's hand. With better knowledge, would-be authors have greater control over their situation.Trade ReviewI recommend this book for academic authors, especially those in the humanities or social sciences, wanting an insider's view of academic book publishing in the early twenty-first century. For first-time authors, reading this book will clarify a compicated, lengthy process that is only beginnning when the manuscript is finished. Steven E. Gump, Journal of Scholarly Publishing, Volume 41, Number 1, October 2009 This attractively written book takes us through the process of production of a scholarly monograph, commencing from the planning process and concluding with delivery. The book will be of great use to first-time writers and especially scholars who wish to convert their thesis into a book. For these scholars, the chapters on book-planning and thesis conversion in Getting Published are, I think, essential reading. But experienced academics will also benefit. Julian Millie, ICAS 6 Newsletter (Supplement: Choice in Academic Publishing), July 2009Table of ContentsPreface What this book will do for you * What's in a name? * A clear focus means clear advice * Have you got what it takes? * About the authors * Beyond the book * Acknowledgements 1. Behind the scenes The people inside the publishing house * The people outside the publishing house * Producing the physical books * Bringing the books to customers * The state of the book industry * The book industry and you, the author 2. Planning your book Understanding needs and desires * Success is not one thing * Questions to ask yourself * Which market? * Clarifying your focus * Mapping the book * Choosing a great title * In celebration of odd titles * Annotating and evaluating the table of contents 3. From thesis to book The pressures of junior scholarship * Why is a thesis not a book? * What to do with your thesis * Assessing your material * Getting started * Things you will need to cut * Things you will need to add 4. Producing a shorter (or collected) work Why write articles? * Reworking (or recycling) material * But is this what you really want? * Planning and writing your article * Finding the right journal * Getting your article published * Contributing a chapter to an edited volume * Editing a multi-author volume 5. Writing your book Language * Which language? * Style * Cutting the fog * Presentation * Permissions and the use of copyright material * The writing experience * Survival tips for blocked writers 6. Finding the right publisher Identifying the candidates * Connections, connections * Approaching the publisher * What if a publisher contacts you? * How to be concise * Proposal etiquette * The importance of the pitch * Waiting on tenterhooks * Where now? 7. Getting accepted Preparing and sending the text * External assessment * Typical peer review questions * New forms of peer review * Internal assessments and recommendations * Financial projections * Sources of income * Price and profitability * Decision time 8. Negotiating a contract Kinds of rights * Open Access and Creative Commons * Set in stone or open to negotiation? * Before you sign 9. Working towards publication Enter the production manager * Finalizing your manuscript * From disk to bookshelf * The editing process * Designing and typesetting your book * Backroom or Bangalore? * Producing camera-ready copy * Proofing * Indexing * Printing, binding and delivery 10. Promoting your book What is academic book marketing? * Everyday life in the marketing department * The importance of the author in promoting books * What you can do before publication * What you can do after publication * Promotional DOs and DON'Ts 11. Going it alone Making the decision * Deciding on format * Doing the work * Finding a partner * Promoting and distributing your book * Measures of success Epilogue 185 Publishing revolutions * Electronic formats * E-book readers * POD and the bookshop as content kiosk * Free Internet repositories * The content revolution * Bite-sized scholarship * Creative marketing * The book is dead, long live the book Top tips Appendix 1: Practical style and presentation issues Spelling and grammar * Document formatting * Font matters * Layout and punctuation * Quotations, notes, citations, etc. * Nontext elements * Graphic images and their formats * Other technical issues Appendix 2: Common editing and proof-reading marks Appendix 3: Compendium of publishing terms Further reading Index

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Book SynopsisThe biggest hurdle for junior scholars looking to embark on an academic career is to make the transition from PhD candidate to that first (ideally tenured) job. An imperative part of this process is getting published and yet increasingly this is becoming something harder to achieve.This book aims to guide both young and more experienced scholars through some of the pitfall s and complexities of getting published. Furthermore, the far-reaching changes affecting academic publishing (e-publishing , new printing technologies, Creative Commons licensing, the collapse of the library market, etc.) are discussed, focusing on their future effect on academic authors.Although it is in part a practical guide to navigating all stages of the publication process, Getting Published is not simply another 'how to' guide. Rather, its key concern is to give its readers an understanding of the stages, processes and pitfalls involved in getting from an idea in one's head (or indeed a PhD thesis on one's desk) to a published academic book in a colleague's hand. With better knowledge, would-be authors have greater control over their situation.Trade ReviewI recommend this book for academic authors, especially those in the humanities or social sciences, wanting an insider's view of academic book publishing in the early twenty-first century. For first-time authors, reading this book will clarify a compicated, lengthy process that is only beginnning when the manuscript is finished. Journal of Scholarly Publishing Volume 41, Number 1, October 2009 This attractively written book takes us through the process of production of a scholarly monograph, commencing from the planning process and concluding with delivery. The book will be of great use to first-time writers and especially scholars who wish to convert their thesis into a book. For these scholars, the chapters on book-planning and thesis conversion in Getting Published are, I think, essential reading. But experienced academics will also benefit. Julian Millie, ICAS 6 Newsletter (Supplement: Choice in Academic Publishing), July 2009Table of ContentsPreface What this book will do for you * What's in a name? * A clear focus means clear advice * Have you got what it takes? * About the authors * Beyond the book * Acknowledgements 1. Behind the scenes The people inside the publishing house * The people outside the publishing house * Producing the physical books * Bringing the books to customers * The state of the book industry * The book industry and you, the author 2. Planning your book Understanding needs and desires * Success is not one thing * Questions to ask yourself * Which market? * Clarifying your focus * Mapping the book * Choosing a great title * In celebration of odd titles * Annotating and evaluating the table of contents 3. From thesis to book The pressures of junior scholarship * Why is a thesis not a book? * What to do with your thesis * Assessing your material * Getting started * Things you will need to cut * Things you will need to add 4. Producing a shorter (or collected) work Why write articles? * Reworking (or recycling) material * But is this what you really want? * Planning and writing your article * Finding the right journal * Getting your article published * Contributing a chapter to an edited volume * Editing a multi-author volume 5. Writing your book Language * Which language? * Style * Cutting the fog * Presentation * Permissions and the use of copyright material * The writing experience * Survival tips for blocked writers 6. Finding the right publisher Identifying the candidates * Connections, connections * Approaching the publisher * What if a publisher contacts you? * How to be concise * Proposal etiquette * The importance of the pitch * Waiting on tenterhooks * Where now? 7. Getting accepted Preparing and sending the text * External assessment * Typical peer review questions * New forms of peer review * Internal assessments and recommendations * Financial projections * Sources of income * Price and profitability * Decision time 8. Negotiating a contract Kinds of rights * Open Access and Creative Commons * Set in stone or open to negotiation? * Before you sign 9. Working towards publication Enter the production manager * Finalizing your manuscript * From disk to bookshelf * The editing process * Designing and typesetting your book * Backroom or Bangalore? * Producing camera-ready copy * Proofing * Indexing * Printing, binding and delivery 10. Promoting your book What is academic book marketing? * Everyday life in the marketing department * The importance of the author in promoting books * What you can do before publication * What you can do after publication * Promotional DOs and DON'Ts 11. Going it alone Making the decision * Deciding on format * Doing the work * Finding a partner * Promoting and distributing your book * Measures of success Epilogue 185 Publishing revolutions * Electronic formats * E-book readers * POD and the bookshop as content kiosk * Free Internet repositories * The content revolution * Bite-sized scholarship * Creative marketing * The book is dead, long live the book Top tips Appendix 1: Practical style and presentation issues Spelling and grammar * Document formatting * Font matters * Layout and punctuation * Quotations, notes, citations, etc. * Nontext elements * Graphic images and their formats * Other technical issues Appendix 2: Common editing and proof-reading marks Appendix 3: Compendium of publishing terms Further reading Index

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Book SynopsisThis book is a bridge to confident academic writing for advanced non-native English users. It emphasizes depth over breadth through mastery of core writing competencies and strategies which apply to most academic disciplines and genres. Tailored to students in EMI programs, the content was piloted and revised during a longitudinal writing study. The innovative approach prepares students to write for the academic community through the dual lenses of Art (developing a writer’s voice through choices in language, style, and topics) and Architecture (mastering norms of academic language, genre, and organization.) The user-friendly text maximizes time for writing practice and production by avoiding lengthy readings. Part 1 builds skills and confidence in writing by focusing on assignments that do not require research. Part 2 applies newly mastered principles, skills, and strategies to research-based writing. Students learn to incorporate thesis, research, and evidence into a process for academic writing by following the AWARE framework (Arranging to write, Writing, Assessing, Revising, and Editing.)

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Book SynopsisWriting is crucial to the academic world. It is the main mode of communication among scientists and scholars and also a means for students for obtaining their degrees. The papers in this volume highlight the intercultural, generic and textual complexities of academic writing. Comparisons are made between various traditions of academic writing in different cultures and contexts and the studies combine linguistic analyses with analyses of the social settings in which academic writing takes place and is acquired. The common denominator for the papers is writing in English and attention is given to native-English writers’ and non-native writers’ problems in different disciplines. The articles in the book introduce a variety of methodological approaches for analyses and search for better teaching methods and ways of improving the syllabi of writing curricula. The book as a whole illustrates how linguists strive for new research methods and practical applications in applied linguistics.Table of Contents1. Preface; 2. Acknowledgements; 3. 1. Context and Genre; 4. Strategic Vagueness in Academic Writing (by Myers, Greg); 5. Three Hypothetical Strategies in Philosophical Writing (by Bloor, Thomas); 6. Occluded Genres in the Academy: The Case of the Submission Letter (by Swales, John M.); 7. Academic Writing in Computer Science: A Comparison of Genres (by Bloor, A. Meriel); 8. The Hidden Curriculum of Technology for Academic Writing: Toward a Research Agenda (by Evensen, Lars Sigfred); 9. 2. Culture and Textuality; 10. 'Look in Thy Heart and Write': Students' Representations of Writing and Learning to Write in a Foreign Language (by Riley, Philip); 11. Academic Writing in Czech and English (by Cmejrkova, Svetla); 12. Packing and Unpacking of Information in Academic Texts (by Ventola, Eija); 13. Discourse Competence - Evidence from Thematic Development in Native and Non-Native Texts (by Mauranen, Anna); 14. Learning Discipline-Specific Academic Writing: A Case Study of a finnish Graduate Student in the United States (by Connor, Ulla); 15. Name Index; 16. Subject Index

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Book SynopsisDuring the course of Dutch physicist and Spinoza Prize-winner Ad Lagendijk’s long and influential career, he has published more than 300 articles, supervised over thirty doctoral dissertations, and given countless presentations and conference addresses. Over the years, his incisive consultations, tips, and rules for scientific study have proven themselves so beneficial to the emerging scientists under his watch that he has been inundated with requests for a written version. Aimed primarily at undergraduate, graduate, and postdoctoral students, this essential guide presents Lagendijk’s practical how-to advice on topics such as writing scientific texts, presenting data and research information, and the writing and reading of collegial emails. Each section is organised by a collection of short rules, outlined and numbered in a logical order as selfexplanatory pieces of information – allowing the reader the freedom to study any number of them in any desired order. But it doesn’t stop there: many of the hints, in particular those referring to presentations, are of invaluable use for a much broader audience of professionals, up to consultants and (public) managers. Survival Guide for Scientists is complimented by www.sciencesurvivalblog.com where Lagendijk and others explore ways of making scientific writing more effective.Table of ContentsGeduLagendijk - Survival Guide for Scientists - 2 Summary Contents - 8 Detailed Contents - 10 Preface - 32 Writing Guide For Scientists - 34 1 Introduction - 35 2 Manuscript handling - 42 3 Text formatter - 51 4 Text structure - 55 5 Text content - 59 6 Text speling - 76 7 Math - 78 8 Figures - 83 9 Tables - 91 10 Submision - 93 11 Referee reports - 96 12 Administration - 104 13 Reaching out - 107 14 Alternative publishing - 108 15 Protecting your papers - 112 16 About - 115 Presentation Guide for Scientists - 118 1 General - 120 2 Proces of presentation - 127 3 Spoken text - 134 4 Slides - 147 5 Technical aspects - 180 6 Ten commandments - 188 7 Checklist - 189 8 About - 190 8.A Trademarks - 191 Email Guide For Scientists - 192 1 Introduction - 194 2 General principles - 198 3 Receiving emails - 205 4 Sending emails - 213 5 Managing acount(s) - 230 6 Archiving emails - 238 7 Security - 243 8 Internet Protocols - 247 9 About - 250 Index - 252

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Book SynopsisThe only way to write a book is to write it. For writers and explorers of all levels, The Writing Notebook is both guide and workspace. It offers writing prompts and activities, suggestions on structuring your book, and enough blank pages in which to write it. With description workouts, list-making exercises, a reading list, and ideas for cover design, you’ll never be at a loss for inspiration wherever you are. The Writing Notebook: Food will steer you through writing a book on any culinary subject, whether it’s a cookbook, a food memoir, a book about a specific ingredient, or a sumptuous novel.

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