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How to Write a PhD in Biological Sciences - A Guide for the Uninitiated (Paperback): John Measey How to Write a PhD in Biological Sciences - A Guide for the Uninitiated (Paperback)
John Measey
R783 Discovery Miles 7 830 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

-- Embarking on a PhD is daunting as, for most students, it will be their first experience working within the academic system. This guide offers a helping hand during and when making decisions about how to move on with their career, specifically in the biological sciences. -- Examples are tailored to biological science, offering a unique reference for PhD students in these disciplines. -- The author has authored more than 200 peer reviewed scientific papers and book chapters, and five books. He has been the Editor-in-Chief of an ISI journal for 9 years, and has graduated more than 20 postgraduate students. His blog on writing and publishing in biological sciences is read by thousands globally. -- The book is directed toward writing, considered by many to be the most difficult aspect of a PhD. It delves into the practical detail of each aspect from Abstract to Supplementary material. -- Most of the 25,000 universities in the world have postgraduates in biological sciences, and emerging economies, such as India and China, will have special interest in this book as their academic systems still fall outside of the academic mainstream. -- The book has many short, easy to read, chapters which are interconnected to provide a comprehensive treatment of each subject.

A Pocket Guide to Scientific Writing in Aquaculture Research (Paperback): Rodrigue Yossa A Pocket Guide to Scientific Writing in Aquaculture Research (Paperback)
Rodrigue Yossa
R771 Discovery Miles 7 710 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

The only research writing guide to focus on equipping aquaculture students and early career scientists with the tools required to write high-quality scientific documents in their field. Examples are taken from the aquaculture field, covering all the relevant key research areas. Takes the reader logically though the process, following a chronological order i.e., upon completion of an experiment, the writing steps are usually research report, working paper, peer-review article or conference proceeding.

The Memoir Project - A Thoroughly Non-Standardized Text for Writing & Life (Paperback): Marion Roach Smith The Memoir Project - A Thoroughly Non-Standardized Text for Writing & Life (Paperback)
Marion Roach Smith
R438 R372 Discovery Miles 3 720 Save R66 (15%) Ships in 18 - 22 working days

A recent study revealed that the Number 1 thing that baby boomers want to do in retirement is write a book....about themselves. It's not that every person has lived such a unique or dramatic life, but we inherently understand that writing memoir-whether it's a book, blog, or just a letter to a child-is the single greatest portal to self-examination.
While there have been other writing books, there's been nothing like Marion Roach Smith's THE MEMOIR PROJECT. Marion has written four books and she's been teaching a sold-out memoir writing class for 13 years. Her new book is a disarmingly frank, but wildly fun, distillation of all the unsentimental lessons that WORK. Tired topics like writing exercises, morning pages and "writer's block" are replaced with quirky, provocative tactics that teach you to write with purpose.
Previously self-published in April 2010 (under the title Writing What You Know: Realia), the book has already proven hugely popular, and with its new title and updated content, it is sure to find an even bigger and even more enthusiastic audience.

Transnational Research in Technical Communication - Stories, Realities, and Reflections (Paperback): Nancy Small, Bernadette... Transnational Research in Technical Communication - Stories, Realities, and Reflections (Paperback)
Nancy Small, Bernadette Longo
R764 Discovery Miles 7 640 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Magazine Writing (Hardcover): Christopher D. Benson, Charles F. Whitaker Magazine Writing (Hardcover)
Christopher D. Benson, Charles F. Whitaker
R4,947 Discovery Miles 49 470 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

What does it take to launch a career writing for magazines?

In this comprehensive, up-to-date introduction to magazine writing, students will learn everything from the initial story pitch all the way through to the final production, taking with them the essential tools and skills they will need for today s rapidly changing media landscape.
Written by a team of experienced writers and editors, "Magazine Writing" teaches the time-tested rules for good writing alongside the modern tools for digital storytelling. From service pieces to profiles, entertainment stories and travel articles, it provides expert guidance on topics such as:

  • developing saleable ideas;
  • appealing to specific segments of the market;
  • navigating a successful pitch;
  • writing and editing content for a variety of areas, including service, profiles, entertainment, travel, human interest and enterprise

Chock full of examples of published works, conversations with successful magazine contributors and bloggers, and interviews with working editors, "Magazine Writing" gives students all the practical and necessary insights they need to jumpstart a successful magazine writing career. "

Why Discourse Matters - Negotiating Identity in the Mediatized World (Hardcover, New edition): Yusuf Kalyango Jr, Monika... Why Discourse Matters - Negotiating Identity in the Mediatized World (Hardcover, New edition)
Yusuf Kalyango Jr, Monika Weronika Kopytowska
R2,909 Discovery Miles 29 090 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This volume draws on issues and cases from more than 20 countries to provide empirical evidence and theoretical insights into why discourse matters. Covering a wide range of concepts and topical issues, contributors from media studies, journalism, and linguistics address the following key questions: Why and how does discourse matter pertaining to identity in a mediatized world? Who makes discourse and identity matter, for what reason, in what way, and with what consequences? The volume provokes a new proposition that it is necessary to go beyond the safe havens of disciplinary strongholds with familiar terminology, methodology, and questions to address future inquiries into discourse and identity from a combination of linguistics and journalistic media studies.

Technical Writing - A Practical Guide for Engineers, Scientists, and Nontechnical Professionals, Second Edition (Hardcover, 2nd... Technical Writing - A Practical Guide for Engineers, Scientists, and Nontechnical Professionals, Second Edition (Hardcover, 2nd edition)
Phillip A Laplante
R4,790 Discovery Miles 47 900 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Technical Writing: A Practical Guide for Engineers, Scientists, and Nontechnical Professionals, Second Edition enables readers to write, edit, and publish materials of a technical nature, including books, articles, reports, and electronic media. Written by a renowned engineer and widely published technical author, this guide complements traditional writer's reference manuals on technical writing through presentation of first-hand examples that help readers understand practical considerations in writing and producing technical content. These examples illustrate how a publication originates as well as various challenges and solutions. The second edition contains new material in every chapter including new topics, additional examples, insights, tips and tricks, new vignettes and more exercises. Appendices have been added for writing checklists and writing samples. The references and glossary have been updated and expanded. In addition, a focus on writing for the nontechnical persons working in the technology world and the nonnative English speaker has been incorporated. Written in an informal, conversational style, unlike traditional college writing texts, the book also contains many interesting vignettes and personal stories to add interest to otherwise stodgy lessons.

The IEEE Guide to Writing in the Engineering and Technical Fields (Paperback): D Kmiec The IEEE Guide to Writing in the Engineering and Technical Fields (Paperback)
D Kmiec
R1,859 Discovery Miles 18 590 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Helps both engineers and students improve their writing skills by learning to analyze target audience, tone, and purpose in order to effectively write technical documents This book introduces students and practicing engineers to all the components of writing in the workplace. It teaches readers how considerations of audience and purpose govern the structure of their documents within particular work settings. The IEEE Guide to Writing in the Engineering and Technical Fields is broken up into two sections: "Writing in Engineering Organizations" and "What Can You Do With Writing?" The first section helps readers approach their writing in a logical and persuasive way as well as analyze their purpose for writing. The second section demonstrates how to distinguish rhetorical situations and the generic forms to inform, train, persuade, and collaborate. The emergence of the global workplace has brought with it an increasingly important role for effective technical communication. Engineers more often need to work in cross-functional teams with people in different disciplines, in different countries, and in different parts of the world. Engineers must know how to communicate in a rapidly evolving global environment, as both practitioners of global English and developers of technical documents. Effective communication is critical in these settings. The IEEE Guide to Writing in the Engineering and Technical Fields Addresses the increasing demand for technical writing courses geared toward engineers Allows readers to perfect their writing skills in order to present knowledge and ideas to clients, government, and general public Covers topics most important to the working engineer, and includes sample documents Includes a companion website that offers engineering documents based on real projects The IEEE Guide to Engineering Communication is a handbook developed specifically for engineers and engineering students. Using an argumentation framework, the handbook presents information about forms of engineering communication in a clear and accessible format. This book introduces both forms that are characteristic of the engineering workplace and principles of logic and rhetoric that underlie these forms. As a result, students and practicing engineers can improve their writing in any situation they encounter, because they can use these principles to analyze audience, purpose, tone, and form.

Strategic Planning for Public Relations - Beginning the Journey (Paperback, New edition): Tricia Hansen-Horn, Adam E. Horn Strategic Planning for Public Relations - Beginning the Journey (Paperback, New edition)
Tricia Hansen-Horn, Adam E. Horn
R991 Discovery Miles 9 910 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Strategic Planning for Public Relations: Beginning the Journey is written for the next generation of public relations professionals. It takes account of the changing needs of the PR industry, where strategic thinking is needed in abundance but tends to be in short supply among many people who are just launching their careers. This book is designed to address this shortfall by providing a multi-level understanding of strategy to show how it directly correlates to successful public relations. The book's conversational tone and real world chapter exercises move the reader from insight to strategic vision and application. Exercises at the end of each chapter are designed to help students further explore, reflect on and apply what they have learned. The book's unique approach to strategy and strategic planning provides the tools for students becoming strategists first and tacticians second - essential criteria for successful public relations professionals.

The Routledge Comedy Studies Reader (Paperback): Ian Wilkie The Routledge Comedy Studies Reader (Paperback)
Ian Wilkie
R1,292 Discovery Miles 12 920 Ships in 9 - 17 working days

The Routledge Comedy Studies Reader is a selection of the most outstanding critical analysis featured in the journal Comedy Studies in the decade since its inception in 2010. The Reader illustrates the multiple perspectives that are available when analysing comedy. Wilkie's selections present an array of critical approaches from interdisciplinary scholars, all of whom evaluate comedy from different angles and adopt a range of writing styles to explore the phenomenon. Divided into eight unique parts, the Reader offers both breadth and depth with its wide range of interdisciplinary articles and international perspectives. Of interest to students, scholars, and lovers of comedy alike, The Routledge Comedy Studies Reader offers a contemporary sample of general analyses of comedy as a mode, form, and genre.

Reflective Practice - Writing and Professional Development (Hardcover, 5th Revised edition): Gillie E. J. Bolton, Russell... Reflective Practice - Writing and Professional Development (Hardcover, 5th Revised edition)
Gillie E. J. Bolton, Russell Delderfield
R3,074 Discovery Miles 30 740 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Reflecting thoughtfully on your work is vital for improving your own self-awareness, effectiveness and professional development. This newly updated fifth edition of Gillie Bolton's bestselling book explores reflective writing as a creative and dynamic process for this critical enquiry. New to this edition: An expanded range of exercises and activities A new emphasis on using e-portfolios Further guidance on reflective writing assignments Enhanced discussion of reflection as a key employability skill Additional online resources This popular book has been used worldwide in various disciplines including education, social work, business and management, medicine and healthcare and is essential reading for students and professionals seeking to enhance their reflective writing skills and to examine their own practice in greater critical depth.

Data-Driven Storytelling (Paperback): Nathalie Henry Riche, Christophe Hurter, Nicholas Diakopoulos, Sheelagh Carpendale Data-Driven Storytelling (Paperback)
Nathalie Henry Riche, Christophe Hurter, Nicholas Diakopoulos, Sheelagh Carpendale
R1,505 Discovery Miles 15 050 Ships in 9 - 17 working days

This book presents an accessible introduction to data-driven storytelling. Resulting from unique discussions between data visualization researchers and data journalists, it offers an integrated definition of the topic, presents vivid examples and patterns for data storytelling, and calls out key challenges and new opportunities for researchers and practitioners.

Democracy in the Age of New Media - The Politics of the Spectacle (Paperback, New edition): Tauel Harper Democracy in the Age of New Media - The Politics of the Spectacle (Paperback, New edition)
Tauel Harper
R916 Discovery Miles 9 160 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

In the age of the spectacle, democracy has never looked so bleak. Our world, saturated with media and marketing, endlessly confronts us with spectacles vying for our attention: from Apple and 9/11 to Facebook and the global financial crisis. Democratic politics, by comparison, remain far from engaging. A society obsessed with spectacles results in a complete misfiring of the democratic system. This book uses critical democratic theory to outline the effects of consumer culture on citizenship. It highlights the importance that public space plays in creating the critical culture necessary for a healthy democracy, and outlines how contemporary 'public' spaces - shopping centres, the Internet, social networking sites and suburban communities - contribute to this culture. Terrorism, ecological destruction and the financial crisis are also outlined as symptoms of the politics of the spectacle. The book concludes with some basic principles and novel suggestions which could be employed to avoid the pitfalls inherent in our spectacular existence.

Environmental Conflict and the Media (Paperback, New edition): Libby Lester, Brett Hutchins Environmental Conflict and the Media (Paperback, New edition)
Libby Lester, Brett Hutchins
R1,071 Discovery Miles 10 710 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Has the hype associated with the "revolutionary" potential of the World Wide Web and digital media for environmental activism been muted by the past two decades of lived experience? What are the empirical realities of the prevailing media landscape? Using a range of related disciplinary perspectives, the contributors to this book analyze and explain the complicated relationship between environmental conflict and the media. They shine light on why media are central to historical and contemporary conceptions of power and politics in the context of local, national and global issues and outline the emerging mixture of innovation and reliance on established strategies in environmental campaigns. With cases drawn from different sections of the globe - Australia, the United Kingdom, the United States, Europe, Latin America, China, Japan, the Pacific Islands, Africa - the book demonstrates how conflicts emanate from and flow across multiple sites, regions and media platforms and examines the role of the media in helping to structure collective discussion, debate and decision-making.

Professional Writing for the Criminal Justice System (Paperback): Jill Harrison, Daniel Weisman, Joseph Zornado Professional Writing for the Criminal Justice System (Paperback)
Jill Harrison, Daniel Weisman, Joseph Zornado
R1,769 R1,491 Discovery Miles 14 910 Save R278 (16%) Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Underscores the critical importance of effective writing in the justice system and how to achieve it. This user-friendly guide to effective writing for the justice system teaches readers to write cogently and accurately across the spectrum of criminal justice-related disciplines. With an examination of common writing problems that interfere with good reporting and documentation, it underscores the importance of skilled written communication as a cornerstone of competent practice within criminology. It provides examples of strong writing that demonstrate communication of cultural competency and help students develop critical thinking/writing skills. Of outstanding value are numerous examples of real-world writing alongside discussion questions and explanations, enabling students to think critically and truly understand what constitutes good writing.Actual forms and records used in practice are included along with real-world writing examples drawn from all areas of practice: police, corrections, probation and parole services, social work, miscellaneous court documents, and victim advocate services. The book's interactive approach to writing includes forms on which students can practice their skills, practice tests, and chapters organized around the standard curriculum taught in most criminal justice programs. Key Features: Addresses the increasingly common issue of student deficiencies in cultural competency and critical thinking as they relate to writing skills Offers an interactive approach based on real practice and tied to students' interests Includes examples of good and poor writing, with corrections and explanations for the "bad" examples Displays actual forms and records used by law enforcement agencies, correctional departments, and related organizations Fosters the development of critical and culturally competent writing skills

A Comprehensive Guide To Drink And Disorder (Paperback): Stephen Wade, Stuart Gibbon A Comprehensive Guide To Drink And Disorder (Paperback)
Stephen Wade, Stuart Gibbon
R307 R279 Discovery Miles 2 790 Save R28 (9%) Ships in 9 - 17 working days
The Propaganda Society - Promotional Culture and Politics in Global Context (Hardcover, New edition): Gerald Sussman The Propaganda Society - Promotional Culture and Politics in Global Context (Hardcover, New edition)
Gerald Sussman
R3,194 Discovery Miles 31 940 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

The Propaganda Society analyzes the rapid expansion of propaganda and promotional activities in the leading "post-industrial" states under the regime of neoliberalism. With the outsourcing of manufacturing, these states have converted to service, selling, and speculative economies, with a concurrent rapid growth of advertising, marketing, public relations, sales management, branding, and other promotional enterprises. Aided by digital technologies and the removal - "deregulation" - of political, legal, administrative, and moral barriers to state and corporate expansion on a global scale, a group of dominant political and commercial actors have brought about a common discourse and convergent set of practices rooted in sophisticated and unprecedented levels of propaganda and promotion. Written by leading scholars in the field, each of the eighteen chapters in this book discuss the ways in which elite uses of propaganda have radically transformed media and information systems, political and public culture, the conduct of war and foreign relations, and the overall behavior of the state.

Appropriate - A Provocation (Paperback): Paisley Rekdal Appropriate - A Provocation (Paperback)
Paisley Rekdal
R487 R422 Discovery Miles 4 220 Save R65 (13%) Ships in 12 - 19 working days

How do we properly define cultural appropriation and is it always wrong? If we can write in the voice of another, should we? And if so, what questions do we need to consider first? In Appropriate, creative writing professor Paisley Rekdal addresses a young writer to delineate how the idea of cultural appropriation has evolved-and perhaps calcified-in our political climate. Rekdal examines the debate between appropriation and imagination, exploring the ethical stakes of writing from the position of a person unlike ourselves. What follows is a penetrating exploration of fluctuating literary power and authorial privilege, about whiteness and what we really mean by the term "empathy". Rekdal offers a study of techniques, both successful and unsuccessful, that writers from William Styron to Peter Ho Davies to Jeanine Cummins have employed to create characters outside their own identities. Lucid, reflective and astute, Appropriate presents a generous new framework for one of the most controversial subjects in contemporary literature.

Citizen Journalism - Global Perspectives- Volume 2 (Hardcover, New edition): Einar Thorsen, Stuart Allan Citizen Journalism - Global Perspectives- Volume 2 (Hardcover, New edition)
Einar Thorsen, Stuart Allan
R3,578 Discovery Miles 35 780 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

The second volume of Citizen Journalism: Global Perspectives seeks to build upon the agenda set in motion by the first volume, namely by: Offering an overview of key developments in citizen journalism since 2008, including the use of social media in crisis reporting; Providing a new set of case studies highlighting important instances of citizen reporting of crisis events in a complementary range of national contexts; Introducing new ideas, concepts and frameworks for the study of citizen journalism; Evaluating current academic and journalistic debates regarding the growing significance of citizen journalism for globalising news cultures. This book expands on the first volume by offering new investigations of citizen journalism in the United States, United Kingdom, China, India and Iran, as well as offering fresh perspectives from national contexts around the globe, including Algeria, Columbia, Egypt, Haiti, Indonesia and West Papua, Italy, Japan, Lebanon, Myanmar/Burma, New Zealand, Norway, Palestine, Puerto Rico, Russia, Singapore, Syria and Zimbabwe.

Burn After Writing (Cowgirl) (Paperback): Sharon Jones Burn After Writing (Cowgirl) (Paperback)
Sharon Jones
R344 R321 Discovery Miles 3 210 Save R23 (7%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Burn After Writing (Skulls) (Paperback): Sharon Jones Burn After Writing (Skulls) (Paperback)
Sharon Jones
R343 R320 Discovery Miles 3 200 Save R23 (7%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Editor Function - Literary Publishing in Postwar America (Paperback): Abram Foley The Editor Function - Literary Publishing in Postwar America (Paperback)
Abram Foley
R625 Discovery Miles 6 250 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Offering the everyday tasks of literary editors as inspired sources of postwar literary history Michel Foucault famously theorized "the author function" in his 1969 essay "What Is an Author?" proposing that the existence of the author limits textual meaning. Abram Foley shows a similar critique at work in the labor of several postwar editors who sought to question and undo the corporate "editorial/industrial complex." Marking an end to the powerful trope of the editor as gatekeeper, The Editor Function demonstrates how practices of editing and publishing constitute their own kinds of thought, calling on us to rethink what we read and how. The Editor Function follows avant-garde American literary editors and the publishing practices they developed to compete against the postwar corporate consolidation of the publishing industry. Foley studies editing and publishing through archival readings and small press and literary journal publishing lists as unique sites for literary inquiry. Pairing histories and analyses of well- and lesser-known figures and publishing formations, from Cid Corman's Origin and Nathaniel Mackey's Hambone to Dalkey Archive Press and Semiotext(e), Foley offers the first in-depth engagement with major publishing initiatives in the postwar United States. The Editor Function proposes that from the seemingly mundane tasks of these editors-routine editorial correspondence, line editing, list formation-emerge visions of new, better worlds and new textual and conceptual spaces for collective action.

Burn After Writing (Purple With Cats) (Paperback): Sharon Jones Burn After Writing (Purple With Cats) (Paperback)
Sharon Jones
R344 R321 Discovery Miles 3 210 Save R23 (7%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Literary Studies - A Norton Guide (Paperback): M.A.R. Habib Literary Studies - A Norton Guide (Paperback)
M.A.R. Habib
R608 Discovery Miles 6 080 Ships in 9 - 17 working days

Literary Studies provides students with an accessible overview of everything they need to know to succeed in their English courses-literary terms, historical periods, theoretical approaches and more. This guide helps students gain the analytical skills that will benefit them in college and as educated citizens after graduation.

Writing Your Dissertation in Fifteen Minutes a Day - A Guide To Starting, Revising and Finishing Your Doctoral Thesis... Writing Your Dissertation in Fifteen Minutes a Day - A Guide To Starting, Revising and Finishing Your Doctoral Thesis (Paperback)
Joan Bolker
R498 R428 Discovery Miles 4 280 Save R70 (14%) Ships in 18 - 22 working days

Expert writing advice from the editor of the Boston Globe best-seller, The Writer's Home Companion
Dissertation writers need strong, practical advice, as well as someone to assure them that their struggles aren't unique. Joan Bolker, midwife to more than one hundred dissertations and co-founder of the Harvard Writing Center, offers invaluable suggestions for the graduate-student writer. Using positive reinforcement, she begins by reminding thesis writers that being able to devote themselves to a project that truly interests them can be a pleasurable adventure. She encourages them to pay close attention to their writing method in order to discover their individual work strategies that promote productivity; to stop feeling fearful that they may disappoint their advisors or family members; and to tailor their theses to their own writing style and personality needs. Using field-tested strategies she assists the student through the entire thesis-writing process, offering advice on choosing a topic and an advisor, on disciplining one's self to work at least fifteen minutes each day; setting short-term deadlines, on revising and defing the thesis, and on life and publication after the dissertation. Bolker makes writing the dissertation an enjoyable challenge.

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