Product Description: This book arises out of the University of Cape Town’s Emerging Researcher Programme. It identifies and promotes awareness of contemporary challenges in the local and global higher education context; explains the intrinsic nature of academia worldwide; and provides strategies for individual growth that result in sustained, high-quality research output...read more

Product Description: In their teaching, community college instructors Lynne Lerych and Allison DeBoer Criswell have discovered that a unique combination of humor and coaching helps overwhelmed students successfully master the conventions of academic writing...read more

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New York Times bestselling author Nora Roberts returns with the classic tales of the MacKade brothers―their rebellions, their passions and their loves Ten years after disappearing from Antietam, Maryland, the bad boy has come home. Cleaned up and successful now―though still dangerously good-looking―Rafe MacKade sets the town on fire…and tongues wagging. Not even lovely newcomer Regan Bishop is immune to his charms. Though Regan claims to not want to get involved with a rebel, Rafe's pretty sure that her reaction to their sizzling kisses suggests otherwise….

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Backpack Writing  uses written instruction and visual tools to teach  how to read, write, and research effectively for different purposes in this concise version of the bestselling text.   Lester Faigley’s clear and inviting teaching style and Dorling Kindersley’s accessible and striking design combine to give writers a textbook that shows them what readers and writers actually do.  Unique, dynamic presentations of reading, writing, and research processes in the text bring writing alive  and speaks  to writers with many learning styles.  Throughout the book, writers  are engaged and learning, with such notable features as “process maps” to guide writers through the major writing assignments, extensive examples of student “Writers at work,” and diverse, distinctive reading selections.   0133890619 / 9780133890617 Backpack Writing with MyWritingLab with eText -- Access Card Package Package consists of:    0205846394 / 9780205846399 Backpack Writing 0205870147 / 9780205870141 MyWritingLab with Pearson eText -- Valuepack Access Card  

Practical and comprehensive, The Bedford Researcher demystifies research, presenting it as a process that students can master. Thoroughly up-to-date with coverage of electronic sources and tools integrated into every step, it is the best text for conducting research in the electronic age. Now clearer and more concise, the second edition is designed for quick reference and responsive to real student needs. The innovative and easy to use companion Web site offers additional resources and tools — including the new Bedford Bibliographer.