Nonfiction Books

ISBN: 0465012620, 9780465012626
Authors: Associated Press,
Publisher: Basic Books
Keywords: associated, stylebook, press, law, media, amp, briefing
Pages: 416
Published: 2009-06-09
Category: Social Sciences, Nonfiction,
List Price: 18.95 USD
  • Rating: 80%


The style of the Associated Press is the gold standard of news writing. With The AP Stylebook in hand, you can learn to write with the clarity and professionalism for which the Associated Press is famous. Fully revised and updated, thi......
ISBN: 0195337433, 9780195337433
Authors: John R. Bender, lucinda D. Davenport, michael W. Dra
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Usa
Keywords: media, reporting
Pages: 668
Published: 2008-03-24
Category: Social Sciences, Nonfiction,
List Price: 84.95 USD
  • Rating: 100%


Now in its ninth edition, Reporting for the Media continues to be an essential resource for journalism students and instructors. A comprehensive introduction to newswriting and reporting, this classic text offers a straightforward guide to c......
ISBN: 0307593290, 9780307593290
Authors: Mark C. Taylor,
Publisher: Knopf
Keywords: colleges, universities, reforming, plan, campus, bold, crisis
Pages: 256
Published: 2010-08-31
Category: Education, Nonfiction,
List Price: 24.00 USD
  • Rating: 60%


A provocative look at the troubled present state of American higher education and a passionately argued and learned manifesto for its future.In Crisis on Campus, Mark C. Taylor—chair of the Department of Religion at Columbia University......
ISBN: 030906418X, 9780309064187
Author: Committee On The Prevention Of Reading Difficultie
Publisher: National Academies Press
Keywords: children, difficulties, reading, preventing
Pages: 448
Published: 1998-06-22
Category: Education, Nonfiction,
List Price: 37.95 USD
  • Rating: 80%


While most children learn to read fairly well, there remain many young Americans whose futures are imperiled because they do not read well enough to meet the demands of our competitive, technology-driven society. This book explores the problem within......
ISBN: 030907147X, 9780309071475
Author: Subcommittee On Toxicological Hazard And Risk Asse
Publisher: National Academies Press
Keywords: health, assessment, process, hazard, center, environmental, review, navy
Pages: 94
Published: 2000-08-23
Category: Public Policy, Government, Nonfiction,
List Price: 34.75 USD

A report of the Committee on Toxicology of the Board of Environmental Studies and Toxicology Subcommittee on Toxicological Hazard Evaluation on the preventative medicine program of the U.S. Navy Environmental Health Center. Provides recommendations t......
ISBN: 0313284083, 9780313284083
Authors: Shirley A. Wiegand,
Publisher: Libraries Unlimited
Keywords: library, unlimited, management, collection, libraries, guide, records, retention, confidentiality
Pages: 256
Published: 1994-02-11
Category: Social Sciences, Nonfiction,
List Price: 88.00 USD

Most librarians are unaware of the laws governing the retention of library records. In addition, librarians often assume that state confidentiality laws offer more protection than they, in fact, do. The proper management of library records is an i......
ISBN: 041520514X, 9780415205146
Authors: David B Clarke,
Publisher: Routledge
Keywords: city, modern, post, society, consumer
Pages: 288
Published: 2003-07-03
Category: Social Sciences, Nonfiction,
List Price: 200.00 USD
  • Rating: 80%


The fact that we inhabit a consumer society has incredibly far-reaching implications. Working through the often controversial ideas of the consumer society's most influential theorists, Jean Baudrillard and Zygmunt Bauman, this book assesses the ways......
ISBN: 0415090482, 9780415090483
Authors: Mehran Kamrava,
Publisher: Routledge
Keywords: world, third, society, politics
Pages: 264
Published: 1993-06-14
Category: Politics, Nonfiction,
List Price: 33.95 USD

A multi-disciplinary introductory text that examines the Third World politically, socially and culturally and focuses on key trends and issues.......
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