Summary: "The ninth edition of the MLA Handbook is a textbook and reference guide that offers student writers and writing instructors guidance on creating works-cited-list entries in MLA style using the template of core elements. It features advice on punctuation, grammar, inclusive language, formatting research papers, and in-text citations. Includes an appendix of sample works-cited-list entries,...

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Publisher / Publication Date: The Modern Language Association of America 2021

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 808.02 MLA
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Goldberg, Natalie

Summary: A collection of essays in which the author explores methods of writing based on her experience in Zen meditation.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Shambhala 1986

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 808.02 GOL

Turabian, Kate L.

Summary: When Kate Turabian first put her famous guidelines to paper, she could hardly have imagined the world in which today's students would be conducting research. Yet while the ways in which we research and compose papers may have changed, fundamentals remain the same: writers need to have a strong research question, construct an evidence-based argument, cite their sources, and structure their work...

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Publisher / Publication Date: The University of Chicago Press 2018

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1 available in Reference, Call number: R 808.06 TUR

Summary: In this course, you'll trace the remarkable saga of the invention and evolution of "visible speech," from its earliest origins to its future in the digital age. Professor Marc Zender--Visiting Assistant Professor of Anthropology at Tulane University and an accomplished epigrapher--whisks you around the globe on a thrilling journey to explore how an array of sophisticated writing systems...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Company 2013

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 410 WRI

Ferrara, Silvia

Summary: "Silvia Ferrara leads a code cracking mission to decipher the hidden truths and histories of our greatest invention-the art of writing"--

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Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2022

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Keller, Shana

Summary: "Frederick Douglass knew that learning to read and write would be the first step in his quest for freedom. Told from first-person perspective and using some of Douglass's own words, this biography draws from his experiences as a young boy and his attempts to learn how to read and write."--

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Publisher / Publication Date: Sleeping Bear Press 2020

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 DOU

Rosen, Michael

Summary: "How on Earth did we fix upon our twenty-six letters, what do they really mean, and how did we come to write them down in the first place? Michael Rosen takes you on an unforgettable adventure through the history of the alphabet in twenty-six vivid chapters, fizzing with personal anecdotes and fascinating facts. Starting with the mysterious Phoenicians and how sounds first came to be written...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Counterpoint Press 2015

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Battles, Matthew.

Summary: "Why does writing exist? What does it mean to those who write? Born from the interplay of natural and cultural history, the seemingly magical act of writing has continually expanded our consciousness. Portrayed in mythology as either a gift from heroes or a curse from the gods, it has been used as both an instrument of power and a channel of the divine; a means of social bonding and of...

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Publisher / Publication Date: W.W. Norton & Company 2015

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McNichol, Andrea.

Summary: Shows how to analyze handwriting traits, including slant, spacing, baseline, and connecting strokes, and discusses practical uses.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Contemporary Books 1994

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 155.2 MCN

Summary: The First Alphabet: Follow the evolution of the written word, from millennia-old carvings in an Egyptian turquoise mine to modern-day alphabets. How Writing Changed the World: The printing press transformed the spread of information, igniting the Industrial Revolution. How did technologies, from pen to paper to printing press, make it all possible?

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Publisher / Publication Date: 2020

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King, Stephen 1947-

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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2000

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Watt, Fiona.

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Publisher / Publication Date: EDC Publishing 1994

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Summary: A charming collection of typographical errors, slips of the pen, and embarrassing misprints, "Just My Typo" celebrates the awful and the sublime mistakes that riddle our feeble human attempts at communication.

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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 001.9 JUS

Summary: "The Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, Seventh Edition is the official source for APA Style. With millions of copies sold worldwide in multiple languages, it is the style manual of choice for writers, researchers, editors, students, and educators in the social and behavioral sciences, natural sciences, nursing, communications, education, business, engineering, and...

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Publisher / Publication Date: American Psychological Assocation 2020

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1 available in Reference, Call number: R 808 PUB

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Word Publication

Levy, Deborah.

Summary: Things I Don't Want to Know is a unique response to George Orwell from one of our most vital contemporary writers. Taking Orwell's famous list of motives for writing as the jumping-off point for a sequence of thrilling reflections on the writing life, this is a perfect companion not just to Orwell's essay, but also to Levy's own, essential oeuvre.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Bloomsbury 2014

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 828.914 LEV

Pennebaker, James W.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Guildford Press 1997

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 158.2 PEN

Todd, Barbara Feinman

Summary: Revealing what it’s like to get into the heads and hearts of some of Washington’s most compelling and powerful figures, Feinman Todd offers authentic portraits that go beyond the carefully polished public personas that are the standard fare of the Washington publicity factory. At its heart, Pretend I’m Not Here is a funny and forthcoming story of a young woman in a male-dominated world trying...

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Publisher / Publication Date: William Morrow 2017

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