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You may remember — back in 1989 — the dramatic rebellion of the women at Stateside Savings Bank. They didn't just decide one day to take over the bank; they were driven to it.
The dicey rebellion at Stateside Savings Bank begins when a group of women staff members are invited to lunch with the egocentric president to celebrate Secretaries’ Day 1989. After the boss ditches the party early, talk turns to the inequalities that bubble up throughout the bank. The women, eyeing their positions directly in contact with the customers, form The Alices Committee (in respect of “Alice Doesn’t Day”) to wage a proxy fight, gain control of the Board of Directors, and make some changes to their workplace.
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Here is the only book that offers the Official Guide to understanding the unique American-English language. No longer will you need to seek hard and fast rules. Instead, take you can take control of your writing by choosing your preferences from professional guidelines.
Use this practical approach to American-English grammar to create wonderful words, satisfying sentences, and professional paragraphs. Pick up four ways to improve spelling; the easy use of unbiased language; and learn how to create Your Style Manual. For quick reference, check out Grammar Glitches and the complete index.
Val Dumond shares her know-how of American-English, developed over years of writing, editing books, and teaching writing. Her earlier books include the best-selling Grammar For Grownups, Elements of Nonsexist Language, Just Words, and The Anarchist’s Guide to Grammar.
When was the last time you reviewed your beliefs about writing? Took a look at the “rules” with all their exceptions? Tried to discover your own writing style? Probably never! We all sopped up grammar rules in school as if they were manna handed down from on high. And now, as grownups, you see more clearly that those were just “ideas of rules” that you were made to learn, nothing cast in stone or made official.
p class="MsoNormal">At last, comes an official guide to American English — as unique as the country that uses it. No hard-and-fast rules to learn, | |  | | Are You Singing Your Song?
In this book, you may discover the song you came to sing among the 600-plus quotations from people who have found their songs. Look for your favorite Originals from the worlds of music, art, sports, writing, and science. And don’t miss the bubbleologist, architect, hot dog vendor, NYC bicycle messenger, shoe Salesman of the Year, and breathing instructor.
span style="color:#3366FF">A bunch of folks — just like you —/span>
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A collection of short stories and plays, creative work of a lifetime: childhood through those senior years.
For years, Velgen was immersed in left brain writing pursuits, mostly targeted at grammar, language, and history. Still, in the quiet of her closet, she turned out pieces of fiction, short stories that popped up at odd times; book themes, along with plays that seemed to fit better than story form. Breaking out of the closet, she shares her burgeoning fiction collection with readers. “Some of these pieces amaze me with emotions I didn’t know were in me,” she admits. “Still, scary as it sounds, all the work in this book is fiction.” Just don’t tell her that | |  | | Just Words: The Us and Them Thing
A book about language in general, biased language in particular. But PC (politically correct) is not the term; PC (politeness and courtesy) is! A text taken from notes for the author's training program.
span style="font-size: medium;">span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">Every day we work and play with people who are not US. This handbook offers ways to interact with Them without judgment, derision, or conflict. Used by journalists, students, business executives, writers, court and government workers, and teachers, i>Just Words/i> aims to eliminate from language the isms that pull people apart./span>/span>
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Anthology of stories told by in a single sentence, stories that run from 100 to 2000 words and cover all kinds of subjects, some fiction, some non-fiction, some happy, some sad, some weird, some plain out crazy, some suspenseful, and all of them "unfinished" in that they can be made longer by a number of simple methods, including adding modifiers, introductory phrases and clauses, a single word, and… (67-word sentence. See what I mean?)
An amazing book of 77 short stories (100-2000 words) told in a single sentence by 43 authors from around the world, some beginners, some professionals, all writers who enjoy a good story and love to discover new ways to write because…
Writing without pause, sometimes called "word-doodling" is an art that uses all manner of grammatical tools, modifiers, phrases and clauses, connecting words, and punctuation that eschews periods and semi-colons and probably over-uses commas, ellipses, parenthses, colons, m-dashes and… lots of words like "i>and, but, if, b | |  | | Pandora's Hunnert Januarys
Pandora, at 5, was determined to live a "hunnert years". She did, watching women fly out of their boxes and claim their place in history. Part history, part fiction, a story of women's lives through the 20th century. The accomplishments of real women are a fascinating part of this book.
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Uncovering myths about U.S.-English (you're not in Britain anymore). Shun the "rules" and create Your Style Manual, with your own choices of grammar usage.
span style="font-size: medium;">span style="font-family: Verdana;">Don't you just love grammar! You don't? I wonder why. Could it be because you are confused about which "rules" to use when? Wonder no more. The Grammar Anarchist is on the job! /span>/span>
span style="font-size: medium;">span style="font-family: Verdana;">When attempting to write all the "rule/span>/span>span style="font-size: medium;">span style="font-family: Verdana;">s" of U.S.-English, I discovered so many discrepancies, exceptions, and downright inconvenient usages that I had to se | |  | | When Roosters Fly
Hal Harmony lived his life comfortably operating a small airfield for 50 years after his dream of flying the Pacific Ocean nonstop crashed before it began, back in the 1930s. Then Meg entered his life, offering a chance to make his dream come true.
span style="font-size: medium;">span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">Hal Harmony has lived life comfortably for 50 years after his dream of flying the Pacific Ocean nonstop crashed before it began. Now he helps one son manage Harmony Airfield, coaches his granddaughter’s baseball team, and attempts to teach his pet rooster, Doodle-do, to fly. Yet, he cannot forget that dream. /span>/span>
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Soldier's Gap
by David Schwinghammer
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 Soldier's Gap is a non-traditional mystery with literary elements. The high school principal is brutally murdered, but Deputy Sheriff Dave Jenkins's search for meaning and love is a much more significant theme.
"Murder isn't usually this fun |
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