Aimed at those pursuing careers in creating public prose this is the definitive handbook for aspiring journalists. Offering budding writers suggestions on how to improve their skills
- even when faced with a tight deadline
- this guide also reviews many elements essential to the occupation such as utilizing strong nouns & verbs paring down adjectives & adverbs describing with concrete detail & avoiding cliches & the passive voice. Going beyond a standard presentation of information this reference encourages students to put its methods into practice making each & every word count & maintaining the appropriate energy level in their content. With expert analyses of real-world articles this book also provides advice on avoiding poor sentence structure that can kill reader interest &

Includes:: perspectives on diversity sensitivity. Accessible humorous & engaging this revised edition offers a practical approach for those seeking to improve their communication skills.



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' For God's sake look after our people' Captain Scott's harrowing account of his expedition to the South Pole in 1910-12 was first published in 1913. In his journals Scott records his party's optimistic departure from New Zealand the hazardous voyage of the Terra Nova to Antarctica & the trek with ponies & dogs across the ice to the Pole. On the way the explorers conduct scientific experiments collect specimens & get to know each other's characters. Their discovery that Amundsen has beaten them to their goal & the endurance with which they face an 850-mile march to safety have become the stuff of legend. This new edition publishes for the first time a complete list of the changes made to Scott's original text before publication. In his Introduction Max Jones illuminates the Journals' writing & publication Scott's changing reputation & the continued attraction of heroes in our cynical age. ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features including expert introductions by leading authorities helpful notes to clarify the text up-to-date bibliographies for further study & much more. ...

Cook led three famous expeditions to the Pacific Ocean between 1768 & 1779. In voyages that ranged from the Antarctic circle to the Arctic Sea Cook charted Australia & the whole coast of New Zealand & brought back detailed descriptions of the natural history of the Pacific. Accounts based on Cooks journals were issued at the time but it was not until this century that the original journals were published in Beagleholes definitive edition. The Journals" tells the story of these voyages as Cook wanted it to be told radiating the ambition courage & skill which enabled him to carry out an unrivalled series of expeditions in dangerous waters." ...

In 1997 Tony Blair won the biggest Labour victory in history to sweep the party to power & end eighteen years of Conservative government. He has been one of the most dynamic leaders of modern times; few British prime ministers have shaped the nation's course as profoundly as Blair during his ten years in power & his achievements & his legacy will be debated for years to come. Now his memoirs reveal in intimate detail this unique political & personal journey providing an insight into the man the politician & the statesman & charting successes controversies & disappointments with an extraordinary candour. A Journey" will prove essential & compulsive reading for anyone who wants to understand the complexities of our global world. As an account of the nature & uses of power it will also have a readership that extends well beyond politics to all those who want to understand the challenges of leadership today." ...

In 1997 Tony Blair won the biggest Labour victory in history to sweep the party to power & end eighteen years of Conservative government. He has been one of the most dynamic leaders of modern times; few British prime ministers have shaped the nation's course as profoundly as Blair during his ten years in power & his achievements & his legacy will be debated for years to come. Now his memoirs reveal in intimate detail this unique political & personal journey providing an insight into the man the politician & the statesman & charting successes controversies & disappointments with an extraordinary candour. A Journey" will prove essential & compulsive reading for anyone who wants to understand the complexities of our global world. As an account of the nature & uses of power it will also have a readership that extends well beyond politics to all those who want to understand the challenges of leadership today." ...

This bestseller from the country's number one storyteller is a deeply moving & powerful tale of love & courage & a sacrifice no man should be asked to make. Three strangers are thrown together by chance. It's an encounter which is destined to change all of their lives for ever. When Ben Morris comes to the aid of Lucy Baker & her daughter Mary he is intrigued by the story behind their frequent visits to the local graveyard. Later invited into their home an old Edwardian place suffused with secrets of the past Ben hears Lucy's remarkable tale
- one she must tell before it's too late. The story of Barney Davidson his family & the part Lucy played in his extraordinary life is one of a deep abiding love & an incredible sacrifice.
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This edition of the classic self-help bestseller is fully revised & updated to reflect the newest developments in the mind-body field today. The Journey was born of Brandon Bays extraordinary experience of healing from a football-sized tumour without drugs or surgery in 6 weeks. Forced to go beyond the limits of known alternative therapies (she had been working in mind/body healing for two decades) she was catapulted into a remarkable soul-searching & ultimately ground-breaking healing journey. Bays pioneered a remarkable healing technique that guides us directly to the root cause of a longstanding difficulty
- emotional or physical
- & then gives us the tools to resolve it. At the most sophisticated nexus of mind-body healing today The Journey offers a simple imaginative process that is a revolutionary way to actually access memories held in specific parts of the body bringing the latest findings of energy medicine into a fast effective technique that anyone from a CEO to a child can use.

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* Shortlisted for the Waterstones Children's Book Prize 2013 (winner announced in March 2013) Junior Magazine Design Awards (best Picture Book & Best New Talent categories) & the Cambridgeshire Picture Book Award 2013! * 'A thought-provoking story with a powerful message about conservation' says The Guardian's Julia Eccleshare * Other titles from Frann Preston-Gannon include Dinosaur Farm (March 2013) both in paperback & box set The ice is melting so Polar Bear sets off in search of a new home. Join him on his adventures across the seas & discover the many friends he meets along the way. This beautifully illustrated story has a powerful message of conservation & is full of things for parents & children to talk about. Frann was the winner of an amazing Sendak Fellowship & spent a month living with the great Maurice Sendak himself at his home in Connecticut USA. She worked on The Journey Home during her stay. ...

It is 1940 & Mr Graham a quietly-spoken engineer & arms expert has just finished high-level talks with the Turkish government. & now somebody wants him dead. The previous night three shots were fired at him as he stepped into his hotel room so terrified he escapes in secret on a passenger steamer from Istanbul. As he journeys home
- alongside among others an entrancing French dancer an unkempt trader a mysterious German doctor & a small brutal man in a crumpled suit
- he enters a nightmarish world where friend & foe are indistinguishable. Graham can try to run but he may not be able to hide for much longer!

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The iconic broadcasting legend dusts down his suitcase for a final journey around the globe revisiting locations of significance to his life & career. You might say Im set in my airways. Im one of those lucky people whose professional & private lives blend exactly." Alan Whicker 2007 Published to coincide with a major BBC TV series of the same name Alan Whickers Journey of Lifetime is a glorious celebration of 50 years in front of the camera. For as long as most can remember Whicker has roamed far & wide in search of the eccentric the ludicrous & the socially-revealing aspects of everyday life as lived by some of the more colourful of the worlds inhabitants. Since the late 1950s when the long-running Whickers World documentary was first screened he has probed & dissected the often secretive & unobserved worlds of the rich & famous rooting out the most implausible & sometimes ridiculous characters after gaining admittance to the places where they conduct their leisure hours. The great mans legacy contains a number of genuine TV firsts. As well as landmark interviews with figures as diverse as Papa Doc Paul Getty & The Sultan of Brunei he was a pioneer covering subjects like plastic surgery gay weddings polygamy swinging & following gun-toting cops fly-on-the-wall style for British screens long before anyone else. This wonderful new book is the end product of a very personal journey. Whicker retraces his steps catching up with some past interviewees & reflecting on how the world has changed
- for good & bad
- over the passing of time. Journey of a Lifetime is lyrical uplifting & peppered with our favourite globetrotters brand of subtle satire."

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