Simple & Direct - A Rhetoric for Writers black boy including: La Mezquita

including: La Mezquita

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

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

For all those who feel themselves threatened by a hostile and inflexible environment

Simple & Direct - A Rhetoric for Writers black boy including: La MezquitaAfter 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