Fire: A Brief History, Stephen J. Pyne

Автор: Christie Agatha
Название: Mr Parker Pyne
ISBN: 2253114197 ISBN-13(EAN): 9782253114192
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Описание: Etes-vous heureux ? Dans le cas contraire, consultez Mr Parker Pyne, 17 Richmond Street. Cette annonce parue dans le Times attire bien des clients, un peu incredules mais sans aucun doute malheureux. Aux quatre coins du monde, a Delphes, Chiraz ou Londres, Parker Pyne, professeur de bonheur, s'engage a vous faire retrouver l'amour et la joie de vivre. Evidemment, ses tarifs peuvent parfois paraitre un peu eleves, mais qui ne risque rien n'a rien, et vous pouvez etre sur que Parker Pyne mettra en oeuvre tous les moyens necessaires, y compris les mises en scene les plus abracadabrantes... Douze nouvelles insolites d'Agatha Christie, ou l'ingeniosite le dispute a l'humour.

Автор: Christie Agatha
Название: Parker Pyne Investigates
ISBN: 0312981651 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780312981655
Издательство: Macmillan ELT
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Автор: Pyne Stephen J.
Название: Style & Story:
ISBN: 0816537895 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780816537891
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Описание: There are two basic rules for writing nonfiction, says historian and award--winning author Stephen J. Pyne. Rule 1: You can't make stuff up. Rule 2: You can't leave out known stuff that affects our understanding. Follow these rules, and you are writing nonfiction. Writing for different audiences and genres will require further guidelines. But all readers expect that style and story (or more broadly, theme) will complement one another.

Style and Story is for those who wish to craft nonfiction texts that do more than simply relay facts and arguments. Pyne explains how writers can employ literary tools and strategies to have art and craft add value to their theme. With advice gleaned from nearly a dozen years of teaching writing to graduate students, Pyne offers pragmatic guidance on how to create powerful nonfiction, whether for an academic or popular audience.

Each chapter offers samples that span genres, showcasing the best kinds of nonfiction writing. Pyne analyzes these examples that will help writers understand how they can improve their nonfiction through their choice of voice, words, structure, metaphors, and narrative. Pyne builds on his previous guide, Voice and Vision, expanding the range of topics to include openings and closings, humor and satire, historical writing, setting scenes, writing about technical matters and deep details, long and short narration, reading for craft, and thoughts on writing generally. He also includes in this volume a set of exercises to practice writing techniques.

Style and Story will be treasured by anyone, whether novice or expert, who seeks guidance to improve the power of their nonfiction writing.

Автор: Stephen J. Pyne
Название: Fire: A Brief History
ISBN: 0295746181 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780295746180
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Описание:

Over vast expanses of time, fire and humanity have interacted to expand the domain of each, transforming the earth and what it means to be human. In this concise yet wide-ranging book, Stephen J. Pyne—named by Science magazine as “the world’s leading authority on the history of fire”—explores the surprising dynamics of fire before humans, fire and human origins, aboriginal economies of hunting and foraging, agricultural and pastoral uses of fire, fire ceremonies, fire as an idea and a technology, and industrial fire.
In this revised and expanded edition, Pyne looks to the future of fire as a constant, defining presence on Earth. A new chapter explores the importance of fire in the twenty-first century, with special attention to its role in the Anthropocene, or what he posits might equally be called the Pyrocene.