Titoli in Parole, lingua e grammatica

Guía de la fraseología tópica de la lengua castellana como: A mayor abundamiento; Rasgarse las vestiduras; Acoso y derribo; Por activa y por pasiva; Brillar por su ausencia; Levantar ampollas; Asignatura pendiente; Andar en boca de todos; Poner el broche de oro; Caiga quien caiga; Baúl de los recuerdos; etc.

In this essay, Orwell describes his personal journey to becoming a writer and offers some important motives for writing. Moving from his experience of writing his first completed poems to trying his hand at short stories, to finding fame as a fully fledged writer, Orwell discusses the importance of writing, his continuous technique and sets out some important motives for becoming a writer yourself.

A través del análisis de los discursos de Susan Anthony, John F. Kennedy, Martin Luther King, Franklin D. Roosevelt, y por supuesto, de Víctor Raúl Haya de la Torre; así como de piezas literarias inmortales como el Quijote de Miguel de Cervantes, Enrique V de William Shakespeare o poemas de José Santos Chocano, Federico García Lorca, y Pablo Neruda, García desentraña los secretos de un discurso memorable.

In Writing Unbound, Tom Newkirk argues that as a teaching profession, we shoot ourselves in the foot when it comes to writing. We fail to take advantage of a huge opportunity that is before us. That opportunity is fiction writing.
 

Descubre en qué aspectos se fija la crítica literaria para juzgar si un trabajo es bueno o malo. ¿Crees qué tu novela es apta para ser publicada? Muchos escritores se enfrentan a esta pregunta una vez terminan su novela. Con este maravilloso manual someterás tu obra a cien preguntas que revelarán los errores del texto. Corrección a todos los niveles: estructura, portada, diálogos, puntos de vista, narración, tramas, personajes, etc.

En la mejor tradición de los satiristas que diseccionan la realidad a diario, Camilo de Ory ha recopilado en este audiolibro más de seiscientos aforismos, frases profundas y gamberras, reflexiones afiladas como bisturís de pocas palabras capaces de abrir en canal todo el absurdo de nuestra vida actual. Imprescindibles cargas de profundidad que nos dejarán pensando y con una sonrisa a flor de piel.

El audiolibro definitivo de no-ficción para aquellos que pretenden lanzarse a la ficción. Andreu Martín, maestro indiscutible de la novela negra y la novela juvenil, nos revela en este libro sus secretos a la hora de afrontar un proyecto literario, la manera de contra una historia del mejor modo posible. Lo que empieza como unas memorias termina siendo un ensayo pormenorizado sobre el género negro, su historia, sus puntos fuertes y sus mecanismos. Una lectura apasionante tanto para los iniciados en narrativa como para los principiantes que tengan una historia que contar.

Designed for those who understand the basics of Welsh and its main grammar rules, this audiobook is your next step to enhance and improve your knowledge of Welsh – raising you to an intermediate level and preparing you to move onto an advanced level, should you wish to.

The Art of Rhetoric, a guide on the principles behind oratorical skill, is a core text on the art of persuasion. Aristotle contends that rhetoric is one of the key elements of philosophy – along with logic and dialectic. The work consists of three books: the first is a general overview, the second concerns the means of persuasion that an orator must deploy, and the third discusses elements of style and arrangement. 

Flash fiction is changing the way we tell stories. Carving away the excess, eliminating all but the most essential, flash fiction is putting the story through a literary dehydrator, leaving the meat without the fat. And it only looks easy. Enter Going Short: An Invitation to Flash Fiction. In this, her treatise on the form, veteran writer Nancy Stohlman takes us on a flash fiction journey: from creating, sculpting, revising, and collecting stories to best practices for writers in any genre. 

Esta guía te permitirá entender de una manera clara y directa cómo funciona Wikipedia, y te dará los consejos necesarios para no meter la pata antes de ponerte a editar. Está orientada a todos los que quieren editar en Wikipedia y tener éxito, incluso si tu artículo es la biografía de una persona viva con cierta relevancia. Es un manual que te va a descubrir todas las reglas implícitas que solo se descubren cuando ya llevas tiempo editando. Una especie de caja de los tesoros o cajón lleno de secretos sobre el funcionamiento de la Wikipedia, sobre su uso práctico.

“Los niños que terminen pueden ir al recreo”, dice la maestra. Julia se queda sentada en su pupitre hasta que le explican que con “niños” la maestra se refiere también a las niñas. Más tarde, en gimnasia, el profesor dice: “Los niños que quieran formar parte del equipo de fútbol que levanten la mano”. Julia alza la mano, pero el profesor, incómodo, le dice que se refería solo a los niños. Julia está estupefacta; no entiende nada. Como la niña de esta anécdota, todas las mujeres tienen que aprender a deducir desde pequeñas cuándo están incluidas y cuándo no en el masculino genérico.

Make your move into, or improve your position in, the powerful world of professional speaking. If you think you have what it takes to speak professionally, or you've already been doing so with insufficient reward, now is the time to make your move. Weiss has packed the guide with tips, resources, helpful examples, and checklists that make it easy for you to keep a record of your progress. Whether you're a trainer, workshop leader, or consultant, Million Dollar Speaking has what you need to get on the paid public-speaking circuit in no time. 

The Guide to Publishing Audiobooks has everything you need to know to acquire rights, produce, publish and distribute audiobooks to expand your audience for both fiction and nonfiction, and how you can increase your bottom line in the process. Multiple Grammy Award-winning audiobook producer, director, and attorney Jessica Kaye shares invaluable knowledge. You’ll learn how to evaluate a potential audiobook project, obtain the rights for audio publishing, or self-publish your own audiobook. 

What to call your book? It’s a dilemma that has many novelists, nonfiction authors and writers of children’s books gnashing their teeth. Others give their book title little thought, only to discover later that they’ve made a massive error. Brainstorming a Better Book Title gives you an effective titlefinding process to follow. More than 150 analyzed examples make the stakes of this search very real. Discover how to avoid titles that could cause problems for your book and learn how to identify and select your best options.

The Border Legion is the adventure of a daring frontierswoman and the men she inspires. Joan Randle is a strong, capable woman living with her uncle in the wilds of Idaho. She likes Jim Cleve but is impatient with his laziness. After a quarrel, Jim heads to the lawless Montana border to prove himself, and a remorseful Joan tries to track him and bring him back.

Sinclair Lewis (1885-1951) was an American novelist and playwright who, in 1930, became the first American to win the Nobel Prize for literature. His last distinctive pulp novel, The Innocents, follows a longtime married couple as they vacation away from their home in New York City and contemplate starting a business.

Considered by many critics to be the very best Zane Grey Western, The U. P. Trail narrates the story of William Neale, a young engineer working for the Union Pacific railway. He must contend with Indians, bandits, badlands, and bad weather to get the train to the destination. And in the midst of all this, the love of his life is kidnapped! The railroads were expanding to link the nation, with the celebrated golden spike marking the spot in Utah where the Union Pacific and the Central Pacific would meet.

Get started writing for magazines, and learn to make a living at it. Through examples, explanations and tips, Writing Articles About the World Around You demonstrates how to generate original and saleable article ideas using information that is part of your everyday life. Even if you live in Nowheresville, you'll learn how to recognize topics and angles that can interest editors at magazines and newspapers. Learn to use your experience, on-the-job knowledge, and everyday life to develop how-to articles, reviews and opinion pieces, and more.

Zane Grey's tale shines like the gold in this story. He deftly combines the contemporary history of the border uprising between the United States and Mexico with a fast-moving adventure tale. The prologue describes the finding of gold and the sad plight of the prospectors who discovered it. They will the treasure to the story's heroine. Dick Gale, an eastern college football star, and not much else, teams up with an old friend to rescue the girl and make a man of himself.