![]() Filled with examples of great and gruesome modern prose, The Sense of Style shows how the art of writing can be a form of pleasurable mastery and a fascinating intellectual topic in its own right, that is also informed by science. In The Sense of Style, he asks why so much writing is so bad. 30, 2014 Yet another how-to book on writing Indeed, but this is one of the best to come along in many years, a model of intelligent signposting and syntactical comportment. Steven Pinker, an experimental psychologist at Harvard, cognitive scientist and linguist, has been named as one of the world’s most influential intellectuals, and has written ten books including The Language Instinct and The Better Angels of our Nature. ![]() ![]() Pinker applies insights from the sciences of language and mind to the challenge of crafting clear, coherent, and stylish prose. THE THINKING PERSON’S GUIDE TO WRITING IN THE 21ST CENTURY by Steven Pinker RELEASE DATE: Sept. Steven Pinker, answers these questions and more. WHY IS SO MUCH WRITING SO BAD, and how can we make it better? Is the English language being corrupted by texting and social media? Do people write badly on purpose, to obfuscate and impress? Have dictionaries abandoned their responsibility to safeguard correct usage? Do kids today even care about good writing? In his latest book the Harvard linguist, cognitive scientist, bestselling author ( The Language Instinct, How the Mind Works, The Blank Slate, and The Better Angels of Our Nature) and chair of the Usage Panel of The American Heritage Dictionary, Dr. The Sense of Style: The Thinking Persons Guide to Writing in the 21st Century is a 2014 English style guide written by cognitive scientist, linguist and popular science author Steven Pinker. ![]()
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This ebook may not be re-sold or given away to other people. This ebook is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. Cover images courtesy of Talaj, Daydreamsgirl, wrangel & ![]() ![]() ![]() Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. The best-selling Complete Case Files series continues with Judge Dredd taking on terrorist organistions, hunting down PJ Maybe who has taken on a new disguise, and Pat Mills returns with Blood of Satanus II: Dark Matters. Drawn by a roster of the greatest artists working on Judge Dredd in the 21st Century - Chris Weston (The Filth), Cam Kennedy (Star Wars), Henry Flint (Zombo), and Ian Gibson (Halo Jones) - the Judge Dredd Case Files series has sold over half a million copies. Series of Rebellion Graphic novels collecting the. ![]() In the nightmare metropolis of the future he is judge, jury and executioner - he is Judge Dredd! 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Julia adored theater and would fall in love, and subsequently sleep, with many leading actors. Miss Cleopatra Lewis grieves for her late mother but does not aspire to be like her. An heiress who wants to be a wallflower becomes a rival and then love interest of an American businessman. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() He appears frequently on news media across the world to discuss topics as diverse as viral health disinformation to cancer science, and gives talks across the world on the importance of evidence in society. He writes on science and society for outlets including the Guardian, the Irish Times, Scientific American, The Atlantic, the BBC, the Financial Times, and the New York Times. He is the author of the critically acclaimed book "The Irrational Ape - Why we Fall for Disinformation, Conspiracy Theories and Propaganda" ( S&S, available here), with the North American title "Good Thinking - why flawed logic puts us all at risk and how critical thinking can save the world" ( The Experiment, available here), described as an "Unstoppable page turner" by Richard Dawkins. David is a scientist and author with a keen interest in the public understanding of science. Good Thinking - David Robert Grimes Good Thinking is our best defense against anti-vaccine paranoia, climate denial, and other dire threats of today Publisher’s Note: Good Thinking was previously published in the UK as The Irrational Ape. ![]() 7/7/2023 0 Comments Iron maiden xiran jay zhao![]() ![]() On stage, it’s as though Lilith is possessed by the characters she plays, yet off stage she is as tragic as the Muse who inspires her, and Jenny, sorry for her, befriends the troubled actress. 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Where Nursery Rhyme Comics can also be entertaining for a younger, pre-K crowd, there are a few tales in Fairy Tale Comics that are for the older crowd (6 & up). One can thumb through a sampling of modern cartoon storytellers depicting tales we all know and love. If you or someone you know is curious to dive into the world of graphic novels, but don’t know where to start, this book is an ideal introduction. At least that is what happened with me the more I read. But with graphic novels you also tend to develop a preference in illustration style. Like reading books with text, readers of graphic novels develop preferences in genres the more they read them. It’s the perfect gateway book into graphic novels for those unfamiliar with reading them. In a nutshell: In the fashion of Nursery Rhyme Comics : 50 Timeless Rhymes from 50 Celebrated Cartoonists (mentioned here!), comes Fairy Tale Comics, a compilation of celebrated graphic artists and illustrators and their interpretations of timeless fairy tales from around the world transformed into colorful, energetic comic panels. Published: First Second Books, imprint of Macmillan (September 24, 2013) ![]() Find it at: Your Library | Your Local Bookstore ![]() 7/6/2023 0 Comments Unearthly book![]() ![]() Once you use this feature, you can't use it again until you finish a short or long rest. If you fail a saving throw or miss with an attack roll, you can roll 2d4 and add it to the total, possibly changing the outcome. Starting at 1st level, divine power guards your destiny. ![]() If you later replace this spell, you must replace it with a spell from the cleric spell list. ![]() It is a sorcerer spell for you, but it doesn't count against your number of sorcerer spells known. 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Source: Xanathar's Guide to Everything Divine Magic ![]() 7/6/2023 0 Comments By chloé cooper jones![]() ![]() ![]() So begins Chloé Cooper Jones’s bold, revealing account of moving through the world in a body that looks different than most. “I am in a bar in Brooklyn, listening to two men, my friends, discuss whether my life is worth living.” “Soul-stretching, breathtaking…A game-changing gift to readers.” - Booklist (starred review)įrom Chloé Cooper Jones-Pulitzer Prize finalist, philosophy professor, Whiting Creative Nonfiction Grant recipient-a groundbreaking memoir about disability, motherhood, and a journey to far-flung places in search of a new way of seeing and being seen. ![]() Her work has appeared in publications including GQ, The Verge, VICE, Bookforum, New York magazine, and The Believer, and has been selected for both The Best American Travel Writing and The Best American Sports Writing. Join in a virtual event with Chloé Cooper Jones, author of “Easy Beauty.”Ĭhloé Cooper Jones is a philosophy professor and freelance journalist who was a finalist for a 2020 Pulitzer Prize in Feature Writing. Join in an in-person event with Chloé Cooper Jones, author of “Easy Beauty.” ![]() |