Penguin Books Australia

This pack will appeal to both casual and serious students of the Chinese language.

'Thirty years ago my older brother, who was ten years old at the time, was trying to get a report on birds written that he'd had three months to write. It was due the next day. We were out at our family cabin in Bolinas, and he was at the kitchen table close to tears, surrounded by binder paper and pencils and unopened books on birds, immobilized by the hugeness of the task ahead. Then my father sat...

Ready! Action! Write!

A student's writing skill is the single best predictor of success in the first year of college-better than math, vocabulary, grammar, or reading prowess. Unfortunately, while high schools teach students the mechanics of writing, they don't address issues such as getting unstuck, writing a first draft, brainstorming, finding the thesis that's hiding in an essay, soliciting useful...

An essential handbook for nonfiction writers, featuring the trusted personal writing exercises of today's creative nonfiction masters, including Gay Talese, A. J. Jacobs, Reza Aslan, John Matteson, and many more!

The Speed Reading Book will transform the way you read forever. Tony Buzan's fifty years of practice and research in speed reading will give you revolutionary reading techniques that have produced some of the fastest speed readers in the world, including the current World Speed Reading Champion. As well as dramatically improving your reading speed, you'll think faster, more creatively and sharpen your...

'Peter Frederick is a black belt in persuasive writing.'
Andy Hasoon, Entrepreneur and CEO of Milamber

Struggling to draft an application that stands out from the rest?
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Whatever the situation, if you want great results from your writing, you need to get persuasive.