Product Description: Late nineteenth-century America saw an explosion in mass culture—from sensationalist tabloid newspapers to amusement parks to Wild West shows. Historians and critics have traditionally observed the advent of mass culture as undermining literature's central role in the public sphere...read more

Provides tips and advice for using published materials in a report without plagiarizing the piece while providing instructions for giving proper credit to work when it is used.

Describes the various functions and elements of a newspaper, giving practical advice on writing, producing, and distributing

Featuring a wealth of writing samples and tips for getting published, an essential step-by-step guide introduces aspiring writers to a wide variety of writing genres, from mystery and speculative fiction to screen plays and humor, and reveals how to make a book a success. (view table of contents)

Sample plays are included in a guide which suggests ideas for finding a story, writing a script, producing a play, and performing it on stage

A do-it-yourself guide for aspiring young film-makers includes detailed instructions on research, idea development, casting, filming, directing, editing, and other aspects of producing.

Product Description: This book examines fiction and ethnography as related forms for analysing and exhibiting social life. Focusing on the novels of Nathaniel Hawthorne, Henry James, and Edith Wharton, the study argues that novels and ethnographies collaborated to produce an unstable but powerful master discourse of 'culture', a discourse that allowed writers to turn new social energies and fears into particular kinds of authorial expertise...read more

An easy-to-follow guide to writing a story, illustrating it with one's own pictures, and putting it all together in a bound book explains every step in the process and covers both fiction and nonfiction.

Unhappy with her little button nose, a witch tries to cast a spell to change it to a long pointy one with warts

Toddlers make and hear a variety of sounds, including the tick tock of a watch, the pitter patter of rain, and the tweet of a whistle. On board pages.

Toddlers perform activities with their feet, including jumping rope, splashing puddles, roller-skating, and wiggling toes. On board pages.

Depicts of variety of headgear, from fireman's hat and Indian feathers to crown and space helmet. On board pages.

Toddlers perform activities with their hands, including drawing pictures, playing catch, carrying blocks, and waving hello. On board pages.