Download or read book Torn Wings and Faux Pas written by Karen Elizabeth Gordon and published by Random House Value Pub. This book was released on 1998-12-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Karen Elizabeth Gordon, in this engaging, Gothic, quick-fix handbook--an ideal complement to The Deluxe Transitive Vampire--playfully instructs her readers about grammar and style as she plunges them into her magical world teeming with a wildly imaginative menagerie of winged and terrestrial creatures. Six eccentric fictional authorities, including sex-changing Natty Ampersand and Medievalist Vargas Scronx, give the book a sense of send-up in addition to its trusty practicality. A farouche faun with cloven hoofs, black rats, sirens and sphinxes, turbaned serpents, dragons, brigands and a butler make their appearance in unforgettable sentences and imaginary landscapes, such as brooding Trajikistan, to beguile the reader through such confusions and corrections as dangling and misplaced modifiers, double negatives, parallel construction, and a voluptuous riot of word abuses and preferable usage. Gordon also tames such confusing grammatical beasts as the elliptical clause, split infinitives, and many more. Rikki Ducornet has drawn more than fifty whimsical illustrations that capture the eccentric spirit of the text. Torn Wings and Faux Pas makes the reader laugh out loud and shiver with pleasure while experiencing style, vocabulary, and the structures of language as a perpetual and fiendish delight.
Download or read book Torn Wings and Faux Pas written by Karen Elizabeth Gordon and published by Pantheon. This book was released on 1997 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Karen Elizabeth Gordon, in this engaging, Gothic, quick-fix handbook--an ideal complement to The Deluxe Transitive Vampire--playfully instructs her readers about grammar and style as she plunges them into her magical world teeming with a wildly imaginative menagerie of winged and terrestrial creatures. Six eccentric fictional authorities, including sex-changing Natty Ampersand and Medievalist Vargas Scronx, give the book a sense of send-up in addition to its trusty practicality. A farouche faun with cloven hoofs, black rats, sirens and sphinxes, turbaned serpents, dragons, brigands and a butler make their appearance in unforgettable sentences and imaginary landscapes, such as brooding Trajikistan, to beguile the reader through such confusions and corrections as dangling and misplaced modifiers, double negatives, parallel construction, and a voluptuous riot of word abuses and preferable usage. Gordon also tames such confusing grammatical beasts as the elliptical clause, split infinitives, and many more. Rikki Ducornet has drawn more than fifty whimsical illustrations that capture the eccentric spirit of the text. Torn Wings and Faux Pas makes the reader laugh out loud and shiver with pleasure while experiencing style, vocabulary, and the structures of language as a perpetual and fiendish delight.
Download or read book On the Same Page written by Janet Allen and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2024-11-01 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Maya Angelou says, Words mean more than what is set down on paper. It takes the human voice to infuse them with the shades of deeper meaning. On the Same Page celebrates the use of our voices in shared reading with students to help them gain deeper understanding of the texts we read. If you have enjoyed the increased engagement and motivation that accompany reading with your students and wondered how to extend those benefits throughout the day, this book offers support for using this approach as a foundation for learning across content areas. On the Same Page explores the use of shared reading as an instructional approach for readers and writers at all levels of language proficiency. Janet Allen provides research, resources, practical ideas, and strategies for building from shared reading to increase students' literate experiences in a variety of curricular and instructional areas:strategic reading and comprehension;building background knowledge for content literacy;personal, academic, and public writing;transitions to independent reading;community knowledge and literature circles;increased vocabulary;modeled fluency. On the Same Page is enriched with a wide range of student work as well as extensive appendices of additional resources, graphic organizers, suggested reading lists, and teaching guides for implementation of shared reading in your classroom.
Download or read book The Deluxe Transitive Vampire written by Karen Elizabeth Gordon and published by Pantheon. This book was released on 1993-08-10 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Playful and practical, this is the style book you can't wait to use, a guide that addresses classic questions of English usage with wit and the blackest of humor. Black-and-white illustrations throughout.
Download or read book Garner s Modern American Usage written by Bryan Garner and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2009-07-28 with total page 1007 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since first appearing in 1998, Garner's Modern American Usage has established itself as the preeminent guide to the effective use of the English language. Brimming with witty, erudite essays on troublesome words and phrases, GMAU authoritatively shows how to avoid the countless pitfalls that await unwary writers and speakers whether the issues relate to grammar, punctuation, word choice, or pronunciation. An exciting new feature of this third edition is Garner's Language-Change Index, which registers where each disputed usage in modern English falls on a five-stage continuum from nonacceptability (to the language community as a whole) to acceptability, giving the book a consistent standard throughout. GMAU is the first usage guide ever to incorporate such a language-change index. The judgments are based both on Garner's own original research in linguistic corpora and on his analysis of hundreds of earlier studies. Another first in this edition is the panel of critical readers: 120-plus commentators who have helped Garner reassess and update the text, so that every page has been improved. Bryan A. Garner is a writer, grammarian, lexicographer, teacher, and lawyer. He has written professionally about English usage for more than 28 years, and his work has achieved widespread renown. David Foster Wallace proclaimed that Bryan Garner is a genius and William Safire called the book excellent. In fact, due to the strength of his work on GMAU, Garner was the grammarian asked to write the grammar-and-usage chapter for the venerable Chicago Manual of Style. His advice on language matters is second to none.
Download or read book Nitty Gritty Grammar written by Edith Hope Fine and published by Ten Speed Press. This book was released on 2011-02-02 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An easy-to-follow guide for all of your grammar needs. With clear text, appealing cartoons, and a focus on common grammatical errors and how to correct them, this little volume is a real gem that should find a permanent place with companies, universities, and anyone seeking a user-friendly guide to style and usage.
Download or read book Paris Out of Hand written by Karen Elizabeth Gordon and published by Chronicle Books. This book was released on 1996-08 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An illustrated guide to a surrealist Paris. At the Cinema l'Ange des Sables, they show only movies shot in the desert, while in the Cafe Dada you insert food into an automatic dispenser and get money. By the author of The Red Shoes.
Download or read book Take These Broken Wings written by Livia Quinn and published by Livia Quinn. This book was released on 2016-10-02 with total page 285 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Strap in, ‘cause it’s a wild ride through Destiny, or should I say Middle Earth… Not long ago, Sheriff Jack Lang would have sworn there were no such things as vampires, storm witches (Tempestaeries), djinn or dragons. That was before he met Tempest Pomeroy, his sexy redheaded mail lady and trouble magnet. He’d fallen for her before he found out about her special abilities. But that wasn’t what turned his life upside down. His transformation into a supernatural being… Yep, that did it. Tempe had feared her supernatural nature would be a problem for Jack, who’d mistaken Destiny for a normal safe, small town. Turns out, Destiny is more para-normal then normal. But that didn’t explain why Jack left her in favor of haunting the highest levees in the parish. Sure, he’d received a shock, and Tempe's willing to do whatever it takes, but can she convince him to return to his life and to her? A stubborn man is one thing, but a grumpy, depressed twenty-ton dragon presents a bit more of a challenge. Fans of Destiny Paramortals say: “Tempest is one of the best paranormal heroines I’ve read.” “WOW…just wow! Give me some more!” “This is my new favorite series!” “OMG, I loved this book. Run don’t walk to the buy button.” If you like Amanda M. Lee, Molly Harper or Kristen Painter, try Livia Quinn. The series should be read in order: Storm Crazy, 1 Cry Me a River, 2 Eve of Chaos, 3 Blame it on the Moon, 4 Take These Broken Wings, 5 Blood Moon, 6
Download or read book The Disheveled Dictionary written by Karen Elizabeth Gordon and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 2003 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Uses imaginative examples to illustrate the meaning of words from abrogate, brouhaha, and cachinnate to susurration, truculence, and voluble.
Download or read book My Dear Mother written by Karen Elizabeth Gordon and published by Algonquin Books. This book was released on 1997-01-10 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This fascinating collection of letters between sons and mothers offers an intimate and unexpected glimpse into the mind and heart of the artist. Here are letters by over fifty writers, painters, and musicians, from boyhood to manhood--including Elvis Presley, Ezra Pound, E. B. White, Paul Cezanne, Henry James, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, Richard Wagner, Victor Hugo, Jean Cocteau, Tennessee WIlliams, and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
Download or read book Out of the Loud Hound of Darkness written by Karen Elizabeth Gordon and published by Pantheon. This book was released on 1998 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Publisher Description
Download or read book Garner s Modern English Usage written by Bryan A. Garner and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2016 with total page 1113 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The authority on grammar, usage, and style.
Download or read book The New Well tempered Sentence written by Karen Elizabeth Gordon and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 2003 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The basic rules governing the use of periods, semicolons, hyphens, commas, and other punctuation marks are illustrated by original explanations and humorous sample sentences. Reprint.
Download or read book Broken Wings written by Tereza Ciccarini and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2010-04-26 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Amy and Jill . . . Two young women who briefly met as they slowly were heading toward the Emergency Room entrance at Griffin Hospital. Far along in their respective labors, they soon gave birth without any complications. A little girl, Samantha, was born to Amy, while a little boy, Drew, was born to Jill. In an amazing turn of events, both infants entered the world at the exact same time, down to the very same minute and second: 3:45:18 am. Coincidence? Perhaps . . . Fate? Who Knows? The truly unknown fact then was that these four lives would be irrevocably linked for the duration of their natural lives, as well as those of their loved ones. Many unexpected twists and turns soon begun to follow, each incident with umbelievable consequences and even more umbelievable outcomes. A terrible head-on collision, so violent that it caused both cars to fly in opposite directions. Three innocent victims in total, but there was only one survivor. Two happy spouses eagerly waiting to see their mates soon, completely unaware that for them the journey had just ended. * * * A nine-year old child, healthy one day and dying the next. A devastated mother, simply unable to accept what his pediatrician had just told her. Desperation soon followed the initial denial, and she vowed that she would fight tooth and nail, and for as long as there was still any breath left in her beaten body. Somehow, somewhere, she would find someone, anyone, who would be willing to help her little one. Stating that she did not care how, she went on to say that she would indeed find the help her little child so desperately needed, and would not give up until she found that one person who could make her child well again. She was willing to go to hell and back to achieve that! A ́casual ́ encounter with a handsome, charismatic stranger, who assured her that he could ́spare ́ the life of her child. This turn of events offered the distraught mother the help and hope she was determined to search for. What he asked from her in return, though, was so horrible that she had to fight hard not to recoil from him, as if he had just set her on fire. It was one sordid and sick proposition, and ́only up to her, take or leave it ́ but, unfortunately she was well aware that she could not simply turn around and run away, like she would like to. As vile as it sounded, it was the only option open to her and to her child, for his life depended on it. And she would be damned if she was going to let him die without a fight! Defeat was a bitter pill to swallow, especially if preceded and immediately followed by a silent barrage of self-loathing and self-pity. Complete and total inadequacy were never more blatant than at times like these. It was one hell of a choice, but that so-called choice was never hers to make, anyway. Not since she ́casually ́ bumped into her ́child ́s savior ́, the despicable creature with the cold eyes and an even colder soul, if it had one at all! * * * Connecticut, the weekend destination for New Yorkers who were ready to escape the hustle and bustle of their hectic Manhattan lives during the weekdays, suddenly became front page news from coast to coast. A string of unsolved rape-murders, discovered in a period of less than three years, soon spread terror among the residents of Fairfield and New Haven Counties, where the crimes occurred. The resulting shock-wave was unprecedented, for it was the state ́s first encounter with a serial killer. Six murders in total, and in spite of the massive manhunt that was set in motion right after the body of the second girl was discovered, the complete lack of leads had the authorities literally scratching their heads in disbelief. Six young and innocent victims and still nothing for the investigating task force to go by, other than the fact that all semen samples collected from each one of the dead girls was a perfect match. That led to extremely high levels of frustration among those assigned to find the person responsible for the brut
Download or read book Sin and Syntax written by Constance Hale and published by Three Rivers Press. This book was released on 2001-12-04 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Today’s writers need more spunk than Strunk: whether it's the Great American e-mail, Madison Avenue advertising, or Grammy Award-winning rap lyrics, memorable writing must jump off the page. Copy veteran Constance Hale is on a mission to make creative communication, both the lyrical and the unlawful, an option for everyone. With its crisp, witty tone, Sin and Syntax covers grammar’s ground rules while revealing countless unconventional syntax secrets (such as how to use—Gasp!—interjections or when to pepper your prose with slang) that make for sinfully good writing. Discover how to: *Distinguish between words that are “pearls” and words that are “potatoes” * Avoid “couch potato thinking” and “commitment phobia” when choosing verbs * Use literary devices such as onomatopoeia, alliteration, and metaphor (and understand what you're doing) Everyone needs to know how to write stylish prose—students, professionals, and seasoned writers alike. Whether you’re writing to sell, shock, or just sing, Sin and Syntax is the guide you need to improve your command of the English language.
Download or read book The Transitive Vampire written by Karen Elizabeth Gordon and published by Crown. This book was released on 1984 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Playful and practical, this is the style book you can't wait to use, a guide that addresses classic questions of English usage with wit and the blackest of humor. Gordon has taken her enormously successful book of English usage and expanded it to include more rules, fine points, examples, and illustrations. Playful and practical, this style book combines classic questions of usage with wit and the blackest of humor.
Download or read book Black Night written by Christina Henry and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2011-07-26 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Madeline Black is an Agent of death, meaning she escorts the souls of people who have died to the afterlife. Of course, not everyone is happy to see her... If obstinate dead people were all that Maddy had to worry about, life would be much easier. But the best-laid plans of Agents and fallen angels often go awry. Deaths are occurring contrary to the natural order, Maddy's being stalked by foes inside and outside of her family, and her two loves-her bodyguard, Gabriel, and her doughnut-loving gargoyle, Beezle-have disappeared. But because Maddy is Lucifer's granddaughter, things are expected of her, things like delicate diplomatic missions to other realms.
