The Norton Field Guide to Writing


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Flexible, easy to use, just enough detail--and now the number-one best seller.




The Norton Field Guide to Speaking


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The Norton Field Guide to Speaking offers students the kind of helpful advice and encouragement found in leading full-length textbooks in a user-friendly, to-the-point, easily referenced "field guide" format. Its uniquely flexible, modular organization gives experienced instructors the freedom to teach their course as they choose, while its color-coded cross-referencing system and extensive student and instructor resources provide the structural support and guidance that new instructors need.




The Norton Book of Nature Writing


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W. W. Norton is pleased to announce that The Norton Book of Nature Writing is now available in a paperback college edition.




The Little Seagull Handbook with Exercises


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Includes model student research papers demonstrating four academic styles: MLA, APA, Chicago, and CSE.




The Norton Field Guide to Writing


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Flexible, easy to use, just enough detail--and the number-one best selling rhetoric.




The Norton Field Guide to Writing


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"The most flexible rhetoric for a first-year writing course-and every writing student. The Norton Field Guide lets instructors teach the way they want to teach, and helps students write in the way that works best for them. In the Sixth Edition, new coauthor Deborah Bertsch shows students how to adapt their writing to new rhetorical situations with three new chapters-Remixes, Explorations, and Reflecting on Your Writing. More inclusive than ever, the new edition features thirty new readings, including seventeen written by students, that offer fresh and inspiring sources for writing. New videos and interactive activities in InQuizitive for Writers reveal multiple ways to understand and apply the book's advice, and are complemented by new instructor resources that respond to today's teaching challenges"--







Everyone's an Author


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Students today are writing more than ever. Everyone's an Author bridges the gap between the writing students already do--online, at home, in their communities--and the writing they'll do in college and beyond. It builds student confidence by showing that they already know how to think rhetorically and offers advice for applying those skills as students, professionals, and citizens. Because students are also reading more than ever, the third edition includes new advice for reading critically, engaging respectfully with others, and distinguishing facts from misinformation. Also available in a version with readings.




The Field Guide to Knots


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A Fasten-ating Guide to Knots for Every Adventure! The perfect knot can make any job quicker, easier, and safer—whether you need to build a shelter, tether a horse, rappel down a cliff, or moor a boat. In The Field Guide to Knots, veteran outdoorsman Bob Holtzman helps you: Select and tie the right knot for any task Identify and untie existing knots Choose and maintain your rope, and more! With more than 80 time-tested knots and more than 600 color photos, this Field Guide is indispensible for backpackers, climbers, sailors, anglers, hunters, equestrians—and anyone else who’s ever needed to change a sail, reposition a climbing rope, or splice a tent pole!




Contemporary Prayers to Whatever Works


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A gorgeously illustrated collection of contemporary prayers, affirmations, and meditations for anyone in need of guidance, reassurance, and peace. Everyone has little moments of frustration, fear, or sadness, often littered throughout the day. Whether you are religious, spiritual, or just in need of some support, it is often in these small moments, as much as in the big ones, that we would benefit from the presence of a higher power. This open-minded book has simple prayers and meditations to help you connect. The prayers are nondenominational and encourage you, no matter your creed, to take a moment, breathe, and reconnect with the support that is out there, waiting for you. As a conceptual artist, Hannah Burr has used her art to stand in for a deity or higher power, providing accessible and beautiful pieces to help you on your spiritual journey. Take Contemporary Prayers to Whatever Works with you on the go or keep it by your bedside. This versatile book is designed to be a spiritual companion whenever you need a little inner harmony.