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  Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance

  An Inquiry into Values

  by Robert M. Pirsig

  Arguably one of the most profoundly important essays ever written on the nature and significance of "quality" and definitely a necessary anodyne to the consequences of a modern world pathologically obsessed with quantity. Although set as a story of a cross-country trip on a motorcycle by a father and son, it is more nearly a journey through 2,000 years of Western philosophy. For some people, this has been... (more)
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  They Say/I Say: The Moves That Matter in Academic Writing

  by Cathy Birkenstein, Gerald Graff

  Identifying the moves that matter in academic writing in ways that students can readily understand and apply. "They Say / I Say" shows that writing well means mastering some key rhetorical moves, the most important of which involves summarizing what others have said ("they say") to set up one’s own argument ("I say"). In addition to explaining the basic moves, this book provides writing templates that... (more)
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  Classical Rhetoric for the Modern Student

  by Edward P. J. Corbett, Robert J. Connors

  Now in a new edition, this standard work in its field discusses the three vital parts of classical rhetoric--argument, arrangement, and style--bringing these elements to life and demonstrating through numerous examples their effective application in yesterday's and today's writing. This new edition features a new chapter on progymnasta (classical composition exercises), an updated survey of the history of... (more)
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  by Cathy Birkenstein, Gerald Graff

  "The Strunk & White of academic writing."—Richard Bullock, Wright State University As employers, politicians, parents, and other citizens lament the decline of writing skills among Americans, this little book comes to the rescue. An instant bestseller when it first appeared as a college textbook, "They Say / I Say" gives writers precisely what they need to know in the all-important domain of ... (more)