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The Elements of Style<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sword, Helen, Stylish Academic Writing<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Vogler, Christopher, The Writer\u2019s Journey: Mythic Structure for Writers<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Watson, James D., Avoid Boring People: Lessons from a Life in Science<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Wilber, Ken, A Theory of Everything<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Wilber, Ken, A Brief History of Everything<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Wilson, Edmund O., Letters to a Young Scientist<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Zinsser, William, On Writing Well: The Classic Guide to Writing Nonfiction<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Zinsser, William, Writing to Learn<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":85,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"off","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[166],"class_list":["post-27479","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-research-bulletin","tag-june-2026"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v22.0 (Yoast SEO v22.0) - 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