Simple & Direct - A Rhetoric for Writers black boy and life in Harbor Springs

and life in Harbor Springs

including: La Mezquita

From the cleric-led Iranian revolution to the rise of the Taliban in Afghanistan

The two very different literary traditions form distinct sides of a spirited conversation in which Mecca is the common destination and Islam the common subject of inquiry

on a daily basis

Simple & Direct - A Rhetoric for Writers black boy and life in Harbor SpringsAfter a lifetime of writing and editing prose, Jacques Barzun has set down his view of the best ways to improve one's style. His discussions of diction, syntax, tone, meaning, composition, and revision guide the reader through the technique of making the written word clear and agreeable to read. Exercises, model passages both literary and casual, and hundreds of amusing examples of usage gone wrong show how to choose the right path to self expression