TPW Textbooks

400 Fundamentals of Technical & Professional Writing
Concise Guide to Technical Communication, 3rd ed.
Laura J. Gurak & John M. Lannon. Longman. ISBN: 0321465571.

Writing On The Job (Updated)
John C. Brereton. Norton. ISBN: 0393975118.

470 Writing Professional Promotions
Copywriting That Sells High Tech
Janice M. King. Write Spark Press. 2006. ISBN: 0976639602.

480 Writing Technical Documentation
Writing Software Documentation: A Task-Oriented Approach, 2nd ed.
Thomas T. Barker. Pearson Longman. 2003. ISBN: 0321103289.

490 Grantwriting
Foundation Centers Guide To Proposal Writing, 3rd ed.
Jane C. Geever. Foundation Center. ISBN: 0879549580.

550 Professional Editing
The New Well Tempered Sentence : A Punctuation Handbook for the Innocent, the Eager, and the Doomed
Karen Elizabeth Gordon. Houghton Mifflin Co. ISBN: 0618382011.

The Deluxe Transitive Vampire : A Handbook of Grammar for the Innocent, the Eager and the Doomed
Karen Elizabeth Gordon. Pantheon Books. ISBN: 0679418601.

555 Desktop Publishing for Professional Writers
Adobe InDesign CS Classroom in a Book
Adobe Creative Team (Author), Adobe Press. ISBN: 0321193776.

Basics of Design: Layout and Typography for Beginners, 2nd ed.
Lisa Graham. Thomson. 2006. ISBN: 0401879527.

585 Technical Writing Online
Is the Help Helpful?: How to Create Online Help That Meets Your Users' Needs
Jean Hollis Weber. Tamar E. Granor. Hentzenwerke Publishing. ISBN:1930919603.

600 Individual and Team Writing
Course Reader

565 Advanced Technical Writing Topics
Classroom in a book: Adobe FrameMaker 7.0
Adobe Systems. 2003. ISBN 0321131681.

Writing a Professional Life
Savage & Sullivan eds., Longman, 2001. ISBN 0205321062

Most recent update: July 18, 2007

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