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A Meeting of Minds: Strategies for Academic Inquiry and Writing (2nd Edition)
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A stronger fit when you want a clearer sense of what the book actually delivers. Best fit when you want a practical starting shelf with less noise. When you want lush descriptive writing, the book refuses melodrama, instead tending to emotional truth in quiet, unsentimental scenes.
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Best to skip if you need maximum novelty over stable fit. Not the best pick if you need a totally different reader expectation set. If lyrical digressions lose you, political maneuvering and power dynamics are central, not just background color.
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A Meeting of Minds: Strategies for Academic Inquiry and Writing (2nd Edition) by Patsy Callaghan ; Ann Dobyns looks like a backlist title with a clear setup and an easy way in from the record we have here. The edition details point to 2006 • Longman Pub Group • 592 pages, which helps set expectations before you buy.
Edition on file: 2006 • Longman Pub Group • 592 pages • ISBN 9780321409133.
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