Encyclopedia of American Industries (2 Volume Set)
The Encyclopedia of American Industries (EAI) is a major business reference tool that provides detailed, comprehensive information on a wide range of industries in every realm of American business.
Writing Spaces: Readings on Writing, Volume 1, is a collection of Creative Commons licensed essays for use in the first year writing classroom, all written by writing teachers for students.
Topics in Volume 1 of the series include academic writing, how to interpret writing assignments, motives for writing, rhetorical analysis, revision, invention, writing centers, argumentation, narrative, reflective writing, Wikipedia, patchwriting, collaboration, and genres.
Hailed for his novels of post-Depression American life, John Steinbeck has received equal acclaim for his short fiction. This volume examines the reception and legacy of such enduring works as "The Red Pony," "The Pearl," and "The Chrysanthemums." Critical essays on these works and others are found in this new volume, giving students studying Steinbeck's short stories assistance in understanding and writing about this author. A chronology, bibliography, index, and introduction by Yale scholar Harold Bloom enhance this new title.
This is a 35-volume set focusing on different topics on English Grammar in each volume. The set includes cloze tests, multiple choice tests, paragraph studies as well as vocabulary studies.
Quirky Quotations: More Than 500 Fascinating, Quotable Comments and the Stories Behind Them
Most reference questions dealing with quotations are either of the who-said-what or of the what-can-I-use-in-my-speech genre. Although this volume might be used in these ways, the lack of an index makes it more of a browsing volume. The author ( The Cat's Pajamas: A Fabulous Fictionary of Familiar Phrases , Fawcett: Ballantine, 1988; Curious Customs: The Stories Behind 296 Popular American Rituals , Harmony: Crown, 1988) deliberately omits the most quoted (Shakespeare, Wilde, Shaw, Mencken, Ecclesiastes) to concentrate on the less well known or off the wall.
