Peter Clark: 72 books
by Jack Nutting, Peter Clark
Language: English
Release Date: July 18, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: July 18, 2013
The Cocoa frameworks are some of the most powerful for creating native OS X apps available today. However, for a first-time Mac developer, just firing up Xcode 4 and starting to browse the documentation can be a daunting and frustrating task. The Objective-C class reference documentation alone would...
The Art of X-Ray Reading
How the Secrets of 25 Great Works of Literature Will Improve Your Writing
Language: English
Release Date: January 26, 2016
Roy Peter Clark, one of America's most influential writing teachers, draws writing lessons from 25 great texts.
Where do writers learn their best moves? They use a technique that Roy Peter Clark calls X-ray reading, a form of reading that lets you penetrate beyond the surface of a text to see...
Writing Tools
55 Essential Strategies for Every Writer
Language: English
Release Date: January 10, 2008
A special 10th anniversary edition of Roy Peter Clark's bestselling guide to writing, featuring five bonus tools.
Ten years ago, Roy Peter Clark, America's most influential writing teacher, whittled down almost thirty years of experience in journalism, writing, and teaching into a series of...
Help! For Writers
210 Solutions to the Problems Every Writer Faces
Language: English
Release Date: September 21, 2011
The craft of writing offers countless potential problems: The story is too long; the story's too short; revising presents a huge hurdle; writer's block is rearing its ugly head.
In HELP! FOR WRITERS, Roy Peter Clark presents an "owner's manual" for writers, outlining the seven steps...
How to Write Short
Word Craft for Fast Times
Language: English
Release Date: August 27, 2013
America's most influential writing teacher offers an engaging and practical guide to effective short-form writing.
In HOW TO WRITE SHORT, Roy Peter Clark turns his attention to the art of painting a thousand pictures with just a few words. Short forms of writing have always existed-from ship...
Murder Your Darlings
And Other Gentle Writing Advice from Aristotle to Zinsser
Language: English
Release Date: January 21, 2020
From one of America's most influential writing teachers, a collection of 50 of the best writing strategies distilled from 50 writing and language books -- from Aristotle to Strunk and White.
With so many excellent writing guides lining bookstore shelves, it can be hard to know where to look...
by Peter Clark
Language: English
Release Date: November 7, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: November 7, 2013
A book for beginners needing to carry out the occasional public speaking event, perhaps a wedding, a presentation, a birthday speech or a reading at a solemn event.
101 Tips Public Speaking, provides the answer to many aspects, that would be first time speakers fear. In fact it is suitable...
by Peter Clark
Language: English
Release Date: December 28, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 28, 2012
A guide to Public Speaking for the occasional speaker. By using the simple formula that the book explains in detail, anyone can successfully speak publicly at such events as a short presentation, a thank you or wedding speech.
The method described is complete and includes examples to ensure...
by J. Peter Clark
Language: English
Release Date: September 12, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: September 12, 2008
Around the world concerns about cost, efficiency, and safety - employee, product, process and consumer -- have led to changes in the way food plants are planned, constructed and evaluated. From initiation of major capital requests to legal design requirements to project management and plant operations,...
The Glamour of Grammar
A Guide to the Magic and Mystery of Practical English
Language: English
Release Date: August 16, 2010
Early in the history of English, the words "grammar" and "glamour" meant the same thing: the power to charm. Roy Peter Clark, author of Writing Tools, aims to put the glamour back in grammar with this fun, engaging alternative to stuffy instructionals. In this practical guide,...
by Peter Clark
Language: English
Release Date: March 17, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: March 17, 2013
In the high point of the Cuban Missile Crisis, Commander Matthis is sent on a dangerous mission in Moscow. After being tortured, he is reformed into a Soviet sleeper agent in a mission against the United States. When he arrives, all hell breaks loose and he must work with elites from the Marine Corps and the SAS to defend American soil.
Leer con rayos X
25 obras maestras que mejorarán tu escritura
Language: Spanish
Release Date: December 2, 2016
En este libro Roy Peter Clark, un reconocido profesor de escritura de Estados Unidos, nos enseña una forma de leer que permite penetrar más allá de la superficie de los textos literarios y observar el proceso interno que los convierte en obras maestras. Leer con rayos X: 25 obras maestras que mejorarán...
Wealth, Health, and Hope in African Christian Religion
The Search for Abundant Life
Language: English
Release Date: November 22, 2017
Wealth, Health, and Hope in African Christian Religion offers a portrait of how contending narratives of modernity in both church and society play out in Africa today through the agency of African Christian religion. It explores the identity and features of African Christian religion and the cultural...
by Peter Clark
Language: English
Release Date: December 28, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 28, 2012
Byzantium, Constantinople, Istanbul: these are only three names that have been given to the city that straddles two continents, was the capital of two multinational empires and is today a vibrant commercial and artistic city, the largest in Turkey and, after Moscow, the largest in Europe. With its location...