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Arthur Plotnik

Born: October 1, 1937, in White Plains, NY
Pen Name: None

Connection to Illinois: Arthur Plotnik has lived in Chicago since 1974. He worked for the American Library Association there from 1974 to 1997.

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Primary Literary Genre(s): Fiction; History; Non-Fiction; Other

Primary Audience(s): Adult readers

Email: baronplot@aol.com
Website: http://www.artplotnik.com/
Arthur Plotnik on WorldCat : http://www.worldcat.org/search?q=arthur+plotnik


Selected Titles

Better than great :
ISBN: 1573446602 OCLC: 681499982

Viva Editions, Berkeley, Calif. : ©2011.

Deft praise encourages others to feel as we do, share our enthusiasms. In this "age of awesome," our words and phrases of acclaim are exhausted, all but impotent. Arthur Plotnik is proffering a well knit wellspring of worthy and wondrous words to rescue our worn-down usage. --from publisher description.

Better than great :
ISBN: 9780285641334 OCLC: 802293829

Souvenir, London : 2012.

A veritable tko of terminology, Better Than Great is the essential guide for describing the extraordinary -- the must have reference for anyone wishing to rise above tired superlatives. Deft praise encourages others to feel as we do, share our enthusiasms. It rewards deserving objects of admiration. It persuades people to take certain actions. It sells things. Sadly, in this age of awesome, our words and phrases of acclaim are exhausted, all but impotent. Even so, we find ourselves defaulting to such habitual choices as good, great, and terrific, or substitute the weary synonyms that tuble our of a thesaurus -- superb, marvelous, outstanding, and the like. The piling on of intensifers such as the now-silly super, only makes matters worse and negative modifiers render our common parlance nearly tragic. Until now.

Elements of authorship :
ISBN: 059500119X OCLC: 43948165

ToExcel, San Jose : ©2000.

Library life--American style :
ISBN: 0810808528 OCLC: 1418926

Scarecrow Press, Metuchen, N.J. : 1975.

Spunk & bite :
ISBN: 0375722270 OCLC: 77048040

Random House Reference, New York : 2007, ©2005.

Today's writer needs more than just a solid knowledge of usage and composition to write successfully. Bestselling author Arthur Plotnik reveals the secrets to attention-grabbing, unforgettable writing. Updated with all-new writing exercises, Spunk & Bite will help writers take books, articles, business reports, memos, and even e-mail messages to the next level. - Publisher.

Spunk & bite :
ISBN: 9780375723353 OCLC: 773603903

Random House Reference, New York : 2007.

Today's writer needs more than just a solid knowledge of usage and composition to write successfully. Bestselling author Arthur Plotnik reveals the secrets to attention-grabbing, unforgettable writing, in this trade paperback edition. Updated with all-new writing exercises, Spunk & Bite will help writers take books, articles, business reports, memos, and even e-mail messages to the next level. From the Trade Paperback edition.

  The elements of editing :
ISBN: 002047430X OCLC: 18595285

Macmillan ; New York : 1984, ©1982.

The elements of expression /
ISBN: 0760782571 OCLC: 155850222

Barnes & Noble, New York : 2006.

The elements of expression :
ISBN: 9781936740147 OCLC: 768792547

Presents a guide to writing and speaking expressively, offering advice on such topics as high energy verbs, figures of speech, syntax, word patterns, and vocabulary.

  The man behind the quill :
ISBN: 0911333584 OCLC: 15018099

National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, DC : 1987.

The urban tree book :
ISBN: 0812931033 OCLC: 42289803

Three Rivers Press, New York : ©2000.

Identifies trees commonly found in North American cities and offers advice on planting and caring for trees in an urban forest environment.

 

 

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