Bøger af Michael Laser

James (or, as he likes to call himself, "Jesse") Filorino is a cocksure college student when we meet him, with fantasies of the good life. After he helps cause the death of a nasty thief, though, he backs away from his wild side, and signs up for a career with the U.S. Border Patrol.The reality of the work is far from glamorous. Patrolling the highways and railways in the middle of nowhere in southern Texas, the lulls between the dangerous and sometimes gruesome sites are so boring and lonely he starts to unravel. Worst of all, the women he pursues seem to prefer the high-rolling drug smugglers he is paid to catch and arrest.One night, on a deserted road, temptation arrives in the form of a trunk load of cash and cocaine. The driver is a young punk he has met before. Yes, he could arrest this guy, but he'd be no better off than before. Instead, he puts two bullets in the back of the drug-dealer's head, and spends the next weeks scrambling to cover up the crime.The Author began his federal career as a United States Border Patrol Agent and worked as a Federal Agent for over 25 years. He used his experiences in the field to create this fictional story from a real event.

Anyone who has taught freshman composition knows how hard it is to improve the writing of students who arrive at college with weak sentence skills. THE COLLEGE WRITING CLINIC offers effective strategies that will help you achieve this important but elusive goal. ---------------------- The book includes: - A method for teaching sentence skills to college students - A lesson plan for each key skill - A strategy for integrating sentence skills with instruction in critical thinking and essay writing - Advice for new instructors - Mentor passages - Skills handouts - Recommended books ---------------------------- "Many students attending college today are not especially strong writers. They often experience difficulty crafting sentences that adequately capture their intentions in an effective and correct manner. If this description fits one or more of your students, The College Writing Clinic is the book for you. It provides useful ideas and effective practices for mastering the basic craft of sentence writing." --Steve Graham, Warner Professor, Arizona State University, Co-author, Handbook of Writing Research and Best Practices in Writing Instruction