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  <title><![CDATA[MLA Style Manual and Guide to Scholarly Publishing (2nd ed.)]]></title>
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    <body><![CDATA[I hate you.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I can't believe this is on the list !! No one actually chooses to read this book.  But it is very useful !  Now I actually like footnotes (now that Microsoft has made footnoting easier!)]]></body>
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  <read_at>Sun May 31 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[I got this book from the library but it's full of so much information that I bought a used copy today from Barnes and Noble. This is a must read for any research paper that requires the MLA style. It's broken down into numbered sections and even includes how to cite electronic sources.]]></body>
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  <date_added>Thu Dec 11 17:29:35 -0800 2008</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book will always remain on my &quot;currently-reading&quot; shelf because you are always reading the MLA Handbook because you will never get everything right.]]></body>
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  <read_at>Wed Jan 27 00:00:00 -0800 1982</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is the greatest style manual eeeeevvvvveeeeeerrrrrrr.  I love it soooooooo muuuuuuuuch.  I read it on the day I was born.]]></body>
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  <date_added>Wed Jan 07 04:25:44 -0800 2009</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[I use this little reference book all the time to help me with proper punctuation and other writing needs.]]></body>
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    <review id="61372678">
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    <body><![CDATA[It's really helping you a long way to correct citation style :-)]]></body>
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    <review id="56930814">
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  <date_added>Thu May 21 22:55:52 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu May 21 22:56:15 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[what is there to say? it is old and probably out of date. <br/>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[5 star for usefulness. Its worth I can't speak to.]]></body>
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    <review id="42562311">
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    <body><![CDATA[Shallow characters, contrived plot, no discernible theme.]]></body>
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    <review id="48770931">
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  <date_added>Mon Mar 09 21:53:52 -0700 2009</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[Amazing, but a little too much sex and profanity.]]></body>
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    <review id="49214216">
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    <body><![CDATA[The greatest book of all time?<br/>You bet.]]></body>
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    <review id="70699246">
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  <date_added>Thu Sep 10 04:44:36 -0700 2009</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[Rollercoaster of a read.]]></body>
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    <review id="42726294">
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  <date_added>Sun Jan 11 17:09:16 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sun Jan 11 17:09:22 -0800 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[i am a nerd.]]></body>
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    <review id="22593900">
    <user id="974210">
    <name><![CDATA[erik]]></name>
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  <read_at>Tue Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[The first two parts of this manual, that on scholarly publishing and that on legal issues of scholarly publishing, are actually readable.  The rest is best used as a reference for professionals in the humanities governed by Modern Language Association conventions.  This is not a general style guide....<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/22593900">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <date_added>Wed Apr 22 11:57:40 -0700 2009</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[2 copies]]></body>
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    <review id="21392231">
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    <body><![CDATA[ho ho!!  what fun!!!  if you've ever had to take an english class....i'm sure you hate/love this book too!!!  i don't even know how this book gets sold anymore.  citation changes so often, and there really does seem to be a real shift towards ama, or apa, or whatever the hell the citation that start...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/21392231">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="30892966">
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    <body><![CDATA[Chicago spoiled me I think. MLA has less than half the information Chicago does and it isn't as well organized. My boss and I spent half an hour trying to figure out a question about block quotes, and we ended up just following Chicago because MLA didn't tell us what to do. Lame.]]></body>
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    <review id="16658778">
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  <recommended_for><![CDATA[ELA teachers and ELA teachers ONLY]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[MY ELA TEACHER IS FORCE-FEEDING IT TO US!!]]></recommended_by>
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  <date_added>Thu Feb 28 19:49:50 -0800 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu Feb 28 19:51:41 -0800 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[UGH BLAH EWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW WHY WHY WHY WHY WHY did you have to make your contents SOOOOO SPECIFIC!!! I am having so much trouble writing my bibliography! Is the APA method any easier? I will see. But who cares, teachers decide anyways! ok I will stop complaining]]></body>
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