Includes "275 model messages for every possible need" as well as "sample formats for letters, envelopes, memos, cards, and more."

In today’s fast-paced, computer-based world, it’s more important than ever to communicate efficiently—and effectively. This comprehensive guide addresses common correspondence dilemmas and includes over 260 model messages to help you master all forms of written communication—personal or business, modern or traditional. Perfect for home or office use, this extensively indexed handbook is an invaluable resource for anyone who wants to compose concise, successful messages.

Sincerely Yours is a Capstone Press publication.

Expert tips and 300 sample letters make business and personal correspondence a snap. When trying to close a sale, answer a complaint, or offer thanks, a well-crafted letter can make all the difference. Packed with practical advice and 300 easy-to-adapt sample letters, this all-purpose guide shows readers how to write letters that get results -at work and at home. Covering the nuts-and-bolts of letter writing as well as the secrets of high-impact prose, the book delivers proven recipes for attention-grabbing introductions, persuasive arguments, memorable phrases, and closing clinchers. Best of all, it offers guidance on business and personal letters for every circumstance, from job hunting, selling, fundraising, and asking favors to giving a reprimand, responding to criticism, expressing sympathy, and declining gracefully. It's the only reference anyone will ever need to write the perfect letter, whatever the occasion.

In this indispensible handbook, De Vries demonstrates how to compose all types of communication, from announcements and apologies, complaints and congratulations, to recommendations and references. Uses sample sentences and paragraphs, model messages, a useful reference and more.

Like Alexis de Tocqueville a century earlier, Jean Cocteau offers a powerful reminder to Americans of their own potential—and issues In 1949, Jean Cocteau spent twenty days in New York, and began composing on the plane ride home this essay filled with the vivid impressions of his trip. With his unmistakable prose and graceful wit, he compares and contrasts French and American culture: the different values they place on art, literature, liberty, psychology, and dreams. Cocteau sees the incredibly buoyant hopes in America’s promise, while at the same time warning of the many ills that the nation will have to confront—its hypocrisy, sexism, racism, and hegemonic aspirations—in order to realize this potential. Never before translated into English, Letter to the Americans remains as timely and urgent as when it was first published in France over seventy years ago.