Great writing begins—and ends—with the sentence. Whether two words ("Jesus wept.") or 1,287 words (a sentence in William Faulkner's Absalom! Absalom!), sentences have the power to captivate, entertain, motivate, educate, and, most importantly, delight. Understanding the variety of ways to construct sentences, from the smallest clause to the longest sentence, is important to enh...(展开全部)

Great writing begins with the sentence. Whether it’s two words (“Jesus wept.”) or William Faulkner’s 1,287-word sentence in Absalom! Absalom!, sentences have the power to captivate, entertain, motivate, educate, and, most importantly, delight. Yet, the sentence-oriented approach to writing is too often overlooked in favor of bland economy. Building Great Sentences teaches you t...(展开全部)

Great writing isn’t born, it’s built—sentence by sentence. But too many writers—and writing guides—overlook this most important unit. The result? Manuscripts that will never be published and writing careers that will never begin. In this wickedly humorous manual, language columnist June Casagrande uses grammar and syntax to show exactly what makes some sentences great—and oth...(展开全部)

Buried beneath layers of flesh, our hearts pump, our lungs inflate, our kidneys filter. These organs, and others, are essential to our survival but remain largely unknown to us. In Beneath the Skin, fifteen writers each explore a different body part: Naomi Alderman unravels the intestines and our obsession with food; Thomas Lynch celebrates the womb as a miracle; AL Kennedy exp...(展开全部)

John Gardner was famous for his generosity to young writers, and (this book) is his . . . gift to them. The Art of Fiction will fascinate anyone interested in how fiction gets put together. For the young writer, it will become a necessary handbook, a stern judge, an encouraging friend.--The New York Times Book Review.

Matt Mochary coaches the CEOs of many of the fastest-scaling technology companies in Silicon Valley. With The Great CEO Within, he shares his highly effective leadership and business-operating tools with any CEO or manager in the world. Learn how to efficiently scale your business from startup to corporation by implementing a system of accountability, effective problem-solving,...(展开全部)

Accepted writing style conventions change very slowly, but they do change. That is all the more reason why this favourite reference book for students, writers, and educators requires periodic updating. In this new edition, the authors review the fundamentals of correct sentence structure, then present twenty basic sentence patterns that encompass virtually every effective way o...(展开全部)

A must-have for any student or aspiring writer, this book reviews the fundamentals of good sentence structure: Conventions of writing style change in subtle ways with passing years--a fact that prompts the need for periodic revisions of books like this one. The authors review the fundamentals of good sentence structure and then go on to describe twenty basic sentence patterns t...(展开全部)

约瑟夫·M. 威廉姆斯(Joseph M. Williams) 芝加哥大学英语语言文学教授，先锋写作项目创始人。代表作《风格：写作的清晰与优雅》（Style: Lessons in Clarity and Grace）广受欢迎。 格雷戈里·G. 科洛姆(Gregory G. Colomb) 弗吉尼亚大学英语语言文学教授。 他们和韦恩 C. 布斯（Wayne C. Booth）曾在芝加哥大学联合讲授高级写作课程，并一同出版了《研究是一门艺术；撰写学术论文、调查报告、研究著作的权威指南》 （The Craft of Research），销量近百万册。 译者简介： 闾佳，资深翻译工作者，主攻通俗经济学、社会心理学、经济管理及科普方向的非虚构类作品，现已出版多部广受好评的翻译作品。并曾在各类涉外会议中担任现场/陪同翻译。

The Craft of Argument is designed to help integrate the skills of writing, critical thinking, and arguing for the purpose of enabling the writer to write arguments that are clear, sound, and persuasive.