On Writing Well, 30th Anniversary Edition: The Classic Guide to Writing Nonfiction By William Zinsser ISBN: 9780060891541 EAN: 8601300042466 ASIN: B00A2KIZIC Published: 2006 Number of Pages: 336 Edition: 30th Binding: Paperback

Pricing & Availability: Additional Details: Product Type: Book Publisher: Harper Perennial Description: On Writing Well has been praised for its sound advice, its clarity and the warmth of its style. It is a book for everybody who wants to learn how to write or who needs to do some writing to get through the day, as almost everybody does in the age of e-mail and the Internet. Whether you want to write about people or places, science and technology, business, sports, the arts or about yourself in the increasingly popular memoir genre, On Writing Well offers you fundamental priciples as well as the insights of a distinguished writer and teacher. With more than a million copies sold, this volume has stood the test of time and remains a valuable resource for writers and would-be writers.

Library of Congress Control Number
   - LC control Number:  2005055037
   - LC control Number: 2005055037

International Standard Book Number: 0060891548: 0060891548 : PAP: 9780060891541
   - Terms of availability: $14.95

Other Standard Identifier
   - Standard number or code: 9780060891541

Library of Congress Call Number
   - Classification number: PE1429
   - Item number: .Z5 2006

Dewey Decimal Classification Number
   - Edition number: 22
   - Classification number: 808.042 Z56o 2006
   - Classification number: 808/.042

Main Entry - Personal Name
   - Personal name: Zinsser, William Knowlton.

Title Statement
   - Title: On writing well :
   - Remainder of title: the classic guide to writing nonfiction /
   - Statement of responsibility, etc.: William Zinsser.

Edition Statement: 30th anniversary ed., 6th ed., rev. and updated.: 30th anniversary ed., 7th ed., rev. and updated.

Publication, Distribution, etc. (Imprint)
   - Place of publication, distribution, etc.: New York :
   - Name of publisher, distribution, etc.: Collins,
   - Name of publisher, distribution, etc.: HarperCollins,
   - Date of publication, distribution, etc.: 2006.
   - Date of publication, distribution, etc.: c2006.

Projected Publication Date: 0606

Physical Description
   - Extent: p. cm.
   - Extent: xiii, 321 p. :
   - Extent: xiii, 321 p. ;
   - Other physical details: facsim. ;
   - Dimensions: 21 cm.

Bibliography, etc. Note
   - Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (p. [305]-309) and index.
   - Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references.

Summary, etc.: Warns against common errors in structure, style, and diction, and explains the fundamentals of conducting interviews and writing travel, scientific, sports, critical, and humorous articles.

Subject Added Entry - Topical Term
   - Topical term or geographic name entry element: English language
   - Topical term or geographic name entry element: Exposition (Rhetoric)
   - Topical term or geographic name entry element: Report writing.
   - General subdivision: Rhetoric.