title: The Simon and Schuster Short Prose Reader (2nd Edition)
author: Elizabeth McMahan
description: This book presents brief, lively essays meant to spur ideas for writing, suggest ways to approach a topic, and illustrate methods for organizing and presenting information. It incorporates high-interest reading material with creative, principled guidance; traditional concerns about correctness, coherence, and meaning; and step-by-step writing challenges. Includes over 50 readings, many by women and multicultural writers as well as humorous writing by several well-known authors. Topics include Active Reading; The Reading-Writing Connection; Strategies For Conveying Ideas; Strategies For Making A Point; Strategies For Clarifying Meaning; Strategies For Sorting Ideas; Strategies For Examining Two Subjects; Strategies For Explaining How Things Work; Strategies For Analyzing Why Things Happen; and Strategies For Influencing Others. For writers and business professionals responsible for writing, preparing, and/or analyzing documents.
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  Mistletoe Moment
  
    
  
    
  
  by Blair Bancroft
  
    
  
    
  
    
  
  Published by Kone Enterprises
  
  at Smashwords
  
    
  
    
  
  Copyright 2016 by Grace Ann Kone
  
    
  
    
  
  For other books by Blair Bancroft,
  
  please see [http://www.blairbancroft.com](http://www.blairbancroft.com/)
  
    
  
    
  
    
  
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