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2006 Guide To Literary Agentsby Katie Brogan, Robert Lee Brewer, Joanna MastersonISBN 1582973997 (1-58297-399-7)
Softcover, F & W Pubns Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: '2006 Guide To Literary Agents'Book summary:This annual, comprehensive directory provides writers with the information they need to find the best agent for their work. The 2006 guide includes: Complete, newly updated contact information to more than 600 non-fee-charging agents, all who adhere to the ethical guidelines established by the Association of Author Representatives and the Writers Guild of America Insider interviews with top agents, including Evan Marshall, Ann Rittenberg, and Donald Maass Invaluable new articles on writing conferences, researching agents' websites and fees, screenwriting secrets and more With book publishing becoming even more driven by agents, this guide will continue to be an essential tool for writers who want to get published. [via]
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Anne of Green Gablesby L.M. MontgomeryISBN 1595401105 (1-59540-110-5)
Softcover, Authorhouse
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Anne of Green Gables'Book summary:When Marilla Cuthbert's brother, Matthew, returns home to Green Gables with a chatty redheaded orphan girl, Marilla exclaims, "But we asked for a boy. We have no use for a girl." It's not long, though, before the Cuthberts can't imagine how they could ever do without young Anne of Green Gables--but not for the original reasons they sought an orphan. Somewhere between the time Anne "confesses" to losing Marilla's amethyst pin (which she never took) in hopes of being allowed to go to a picnic, and when Anne accidentally dyes her hated carrot-red hair green, Marilla says to Matthew, "One thing's for certain, no house that Anne's in will ever be dull." And no book that she's in will be, either. This adapted version of the classic, Anne of Green Gables, introduces younger readers to the irrepressible heroine of L.M. Montgomery's many stories. Adapter M.C. Helldorfer includes only a few of Anne's mirthful and poignant adventures, yet manages to capture the freshness of one of children's literature's spunkiest, most beloved characters. There's just enough to make beginning readers want more--luckily, there's a lot more in the originals! Illustrator Ellen Beier creates vibrant pictures to portray the beauty of the land around Green Gables and the spirited nature of Anne herself. (Ages 5 to 8) --Emilie Coulter [via]
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Anne of the Islandby L.M. MontgomeryISBN 1588275965 (1-58827-596-5)
Hardcover, Indypublish.Com
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Anne's House of Dreamsby L. M. MontgomeryISBN 1588275795 (1-58827-579-5)
Softcover, IndyPublish.com
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Anne's House of Dreams'Book summary:The newlyweds, Anne and Gilbert, move into their house of dreams where they share joys and sorrows with special neighbors Captain Jim, Leslie Moore and Cornelia. The births of the first children a moving part of the story. Five 90-minute cassettes. [via]
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Author 101 Bestselling Book Proposals: The Insider's Guide to Selling Your Workby Robyn Freedman Spizman, Rick Frishman, Mark SteiselISBN 1593374127 (1-59337-412-7)
Softcover, Adams Media Corp
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Autobiography of Anthony Trollopeby Anthony TrollopeISBN 1594623198 (1-59462-319-8)
Softcover, Standard Pubns Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Autobiography of Anthony Trollope'Book summary:It may be well that I should put a short preface to this book. In the summer of 1878 my father told me that he had written a memoir of his own life. He did not speak about it at length, but said that he had written me a letter, not to be opened until after his death, containing instructions for publication. This letter was dated 30th April, 1876. I will give here as much of it as concerns the public: "I wish you to accept as a gift from me, given you now, the accompanying pages which contain a memoir of my life. My intention is that they shall be published after my death, and be edited by you. But I leave it altogether to your discretion whether to publish or to suppress the work;-and also to your discretion whether any part or what part shall be omitted. But I would not wish that anything should be added to the memoir. If you wish to say any word as from yourself, let it be done in the shape of a preface or introductory chapter." At the end there is a postscript: "The publication, if made at all, should be effected as soon as possible after my death." My father died on the 6th of December, 1882... [via]
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Basic Research Methods for Librariansby Ronald R. Powell, Lynn Silipigni ConnawayISBN 1591581125 (1-59158-112-5)
Softcover, Libraries Unltd Inc
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Bedlam Burningby Geoff NicholsonISBN 1585674532 (1-58567-453-2)
Softcover, Overlook Press, The
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Bedlam Burning'Book summary:In Bedlam Burning, Geoff Nicholson turns his satirical gaze to the ivy covered walls of academia and the rubber rooms of an insane asylum. It all starts at Cambridge University, in the rooms of Dr. John Bentley, a don famous for his book burning parties-"a little, active symbolic literary criticism"-where guests are invited to incinerate books.[via]
It is at one such party that Gregory Collins, brilliant but unprepossessing, meets Mike Smith, a handsome classmate. When Collins's first novel, The Wax Man, is accepted for publication, he convinces Smith to take his place on the book jacket. As a result, it is Smith rather than Collins who receives the offer to be writer-in-residence at the asylum run by Dr. James Kincaid, whose obscure therapeutic philosophy centers on the soothing powers of literature. When Smith compiles a book of the inmates' writings, and it becomes a literary success, this comedy of errors threatens to become a tragedy.-
The Bibliophiles Dictionary: 2054 Masterful Words & Phrasesby Miles Westley, Peter Miles WestleyISBN 1582973563 (1-58297-356-3)
Hardcover, F & W Pubns Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Bibliophiles Dictionary: 2054 Masterful Words & Phrases'Book summary:The ultimate reference tool for word lovers, The Bibliophile's Dictionary compiles the most challenging words readers are ever likely to encounter in great literature. This invaluable guide: Shares comprehensive definitions for more than 2,000 words Provides examples of how each word is used by classic and contemporary authors Is uniquely organized by theme, giving it a light-hearted, browsable feel, and includes an alphabetical index for those looking up words traditionally Avid readers, booksellers, editors and other word-based professionals will welcome having a wealth of words at their fingertips, thanks to this masterful tool. [via]
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The Book of Disquietby Fernando Pessoa, Richard Zenith, Margaret Jull CostaISBN 1852427582 (1-85242-758-2)
Softcover, Serpent's Tail Limited
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The Book of Disquietby Alfred MacAdam, Fernando Pessoa, Alfred Mac AdamISBN 1878972278 (1-878972-27-8)
Softcover, Distributed Art Pub Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Book of Disquiet'Book summary:The eternal mystique of Portuguese writer Fernando Pessoa (1888-1935) stems largely from his practice of writing under "heteronyms." More than just nom de plumes, Pessoa's heteronyms came with distinct biographies, careers, life spans, even horoscopes. In The Book of Disquiet, Pessoa came as close as he ever would to autobiography. Left on disordered scraps of paper in a trunk, the fragments that make up The Book of Disquiet record in disjunct entries a vast interior landscape and daily minutiae, making for a discontinuous, gently unhinged monologue in daybook form. [via]
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The Book of Disquietudeby Fernando Pessoa, Richard ZenithISBN 1878818651 (1-878818-65-1)
Softcover, Univ Pr of New England
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The Book of Great Books: A Guide to 100 World Classicsby W. John CampbellISBN 1586632043 (1-58663-204-3)
Hardcover, Sterling Pub Co Inc
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Brontesby Juliet BarkerISBN 1585673633 (1-58567-363-3)
Softcover, Overlook Pr
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The Brontes: A Life in Lettersby Juliet BarkerISBN 1585671525 (1-58567-152-5)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Brontes: A Life in Letters'Book summary:Upon its publication in 1995, Juliet Barker's The Brontës was deemed a monumental achievement that set a new standard in literary biography; it garnered rave reviews and was cited as a New York Times Notable Book of 1995 and a Publisher's Weekly Best Book of 1995. In The Brontës: A Life in Letters, the much anticipated follow-up to that landmark biography, Barker uses newly discovered letters and manuscripts, some appearing in print for the first time, to reveal the authentic voices of the three novelist sisters. The letters detail the siblings' self-absorbed childhood, highlighted by wild, imaginative games; the years of struggling to earn a living in uncongenial occupations before they took the literary world by storm; the terrible marring of that success as Branwell, Emily, and Anne died tragically young; the final years as Charlotte, battling against grief, loneliness, and ill health, emerged from anonymity to take her place in literary society.
In The Brontës: A Life in Letters, Juliet Barker has produced a work of impeccable scholarship but also a story as dramatic, and undeniably readable as Jane Eyre and Wuthering Heights.
"Barker proves herself an impeccable editor of family papers we are all the richer for possessing." (New York Times Book Review)
"Provides a real sense of what those strange, brilliant people were like." (The Atlantic Monthly) [via]More editions of The Brontes: A Life in Letters:
Chapter After Chapter: Discover the Dedication & Focus You Need to Write the Book of Your Dreamsby Heather SellersISBN 158297425X (1-58297-425-X)
Hardcover, F & W Pubns Inc
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Children's Writer's and Illustrator's Marketby Alice Pope, Lauren Mosko, Mary CoxISBN 1582974020 (1-58297-402-0)
Softcover, F & W Publications, Incorporated
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Childrens Writers Word Bookby Alijandra Mogilner, Tayopa MogilnerISBN 1582974136 (1-58297-413-6)
Softcover, F & W Pubns Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Childrens Writers Word Book'Book summary:In this revised and expanded 2nd edition, Children's Writer's Word Book helps you immediately determine if you're using the right vocabulary and language for your audience. With its intuitive organization, you'll easily find appropriate words for children of various ages, and discover substitute words that might work even better.
This comprehensive resource keeps you in touch with reading levels for today's kids, and saves you valuable research time by putting all the information you need in one volume. You'll find:
- Lists of specific words that are introduced at seven key reading levels (kindergarten through sixth grade)
- A thesaurus of those words with synonyms, annotated with reading levels
- Detailed guidelines for sentence length, word usage, and themes at each reading level
- A thorough explanation of guidelines for national standards on reading
With Children's Writer's Word Book, 2nd edition, you can rest assured you'll be able to address your young audience with a vocabulary and style they'll understand and enjoyand improve your chances with children's publishers.
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A Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongueby Francis Grose, Eric PartridgeISBN 1587982471 (1-58798-247-1)
Softcover, Beard Books Inc
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Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type and Other Barnyard Stories, Library Editionby Doreen Cronin, Betsy LewinISBN 1599610884 (1-59961-088-4)
Hardcover, Spotlight
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The Country Diary of an Edwardian Ladyby Edith HoldenISBN 1586631152 (1-58663-115-2)
Hardcover, Sterling Pub Co Inc
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Creating Characters Kids Will Loveby Elaine Marie AlphinISBN 1582973695 (1-58297-369-5)
Softcover, F & W Pubns Inc
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Creating Popular Fiction: How to Write Novels That Sellby Jennifer BaciaISBN 1863736484 (1-86373-648-4)
Hardcover, Allen & Unwin
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The Creativity Book: A Year's Worth of Inspiration and Guidanceby Eric MaiselISBN 1585420298 (1-58542-029-8)
Softcover, J P Tarcher
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Creativity Book: A Year's Worth of Inspiration and Guidance'Book summary:A complete creativity education in one volume. Everything you need to know to increase and unleash your creativity, by America's leading expert on the psychological side of creativity.
Whether you're a painter or a human resources manager, a novelist or an information services specialist, says Eric Maisel, whatever you do, creativity helps you do it better.
In this book, Maisel presents a complete one-year plan for unleashing your creativity. It uncludes two discussions/exercises per week, and culminates in a guided project of your choice--from working on your current novel to planning a new home business. [via]More editions of The Creativity Book: A Year's Worth of Inspiration and Guidance:
Darkness Visible: Inside the World of Philip Pullmanby Nicholas TuckerISBN 1840464828 (1-84046-482-8)
Softcover, Totem Books
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The Democratic Genre: Fan Fiction in a Literary Contextby Sheenagh PughISBN 1854113992 (1-85411-399-2)
Softcover, Seren Books/Poetry Wales Pr Ltd
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Diary of a Wormby Doreen CroninISBN 1591128684 (1-59112-868-4)
Hardcover, Live Oak Media
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Dictionary Of Disagreeable English: A Curmudgeon's Compendium of Excruciatingly Correct Grammarby Robert Hartwell FiskeISBN 158297313X (1-58297-313-X)
Softcover, F & W Pubns Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Dictionary Of Disagreeable English: A Curmudgeon's Compendium of Excruciatingly Correct Grammar'Book summary:The Dictionary of Disagreeable English provides writers with the tools they need to identify tricky grammar and usage problems and to correct them instantly, with ease. This accessible and humorous guide is: Easy to use, with no previous knowledge of grammar needed, allowing writers to find mistakes and fix them quickly; Packed with useful tips and sidebars that include helpful Q&As, common grammar pitfalls, and top ten lists of need-to-know information; Written by the Grumbling Grammarian, Robert Hartwell Fiske, whose witty and grouchy tone will engage both novices and experts; With its handy size, writers will be hard-pressed to find a more entertaining and useful grammar guide. [via]
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Distant Starsby Samuel R. DelanyISBN 1596870230 (1-59687-023-0)
Softcover, ibooks, Incorporated
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Distant Stars'Book summary:A collection of classic fiction, a short novel, and a fascinating essay, with over sixty pages of illustrations. Includes: Omegahelm-On a lonely planet, the dictator of half a universe reveals her dark secret. Set in the universe of Delany's novel Stars in My Pocket Like Grains of Sand; Empire Star-The adventures of Comet Jo as he travels through time and space with his cybernetic companion Lump; Prismatica-An enchanting fantasy about a prince, a grey man and his black trunk, and a beautiful lady from a rainbow world; plus the Nebula and Hugo Award-winning novella Time Considered as a Helix of Semi-Precious Stones, and more. [via]
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Don't Panicby Neil GaimanISBN 1840235012 (1-84023-501-2)
Softcover, Perseus Distribution Services
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Don't Panic'Book summary:"It's all devastatingly true - except the bits that are lies. - Douglas Adams
Don't Panic celebrates the life of an ape-descended human called Douglas Adams who, in a field in Innsbruck in 1971, had an idea.
This is also the story of what that idea became: The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy - the original radio series which started it all, and the five book trilogy', the TV series, almost-film, computer game, towel and website that followed. Acclaimed author Neil Gaiman also tells the whole story of Liff, the Universe of Dirk Gently, and everything else Douglas ever worked on. [via] -
Eats, Shites & Leaves: Crap English And How To Use Itby A. ParodyISBN 1843170981 (1-84317-098-1)
Hardcover, Michael O'Mara Books
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Emigrantsby W. G. SebaldISBN 1860463495 (1-86046-349-5)
Softcover, Harvill Pr
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The Everything Guide To Writing A Novel: From completing the first draft to landing a book contract--all you need to fulfill your dreamsby Joyce Lavene, Jim LaveneISBN 1593371322 (1-59337-132-2)
Softcover, Adams Media Corp
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Facts in a Flash: A Research Guide for Writersby Ellen MetterISBN 1582971633 (1-58297-163-3)
Softcover, F & W Pubns
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Finding Water: The Art of Perseveranceby Julia CameronISBN 1585424633 (1-58542-463-3)
Hardcover, J P Tarcher
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Finding Water: The Art of Perseverance'Book summary:This third book in Julia Cameron's bestselling trilogy on the creative process-beginning with The Artist's Way and Walking in This World-offers guidance on weathering the periods in an artist's life when inspiration appears to have run dry.
Julia Cameron presents a new twelve-week program for addressing those periods in an artist's life when inspiration is lacking. Finding Water offers advice and wisdom about tackling the most challenging issues an artist faces, such as:
- making the decision to begin a new project; - persevering when a new approach to your art does not bear immediate fruit; - staying focused when other parts of your life threaten to distract you from your art; and - spotting possibilities for artistic inspiration in the most unlikely places.
This powerful new installment in Cameron's groundbreaking body of work on the creative process will guide readers to discover enduring inspiration-it will lead them to water. [via]
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Formatting and Submitting Your Manuscriptby Cynthia LaufenberISBN 1582972907 (1-58297-290-7)
Softcover, Writers Digest Books
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Getting into Poetryby Paul HylandISBN 1852241187 (1-85224-118-7)
Softcover, Bloodaxe Books
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The Glimmer Train Guide to Writing Fiction: Building Blocksby Linda B. Swanson-Davies, Glimmer TrainISBN 1582974462 (1-58297-446-2)
Hardcover, F & W Pubns Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Glimmer Train Guide to Writing Fiction: Building Blocks'Book summary:Survey Our Literary Landscape From the Open Window of Glimmer Train
Many writing books offer instruction and inspiration, but never before has one pulled back the curtain and laid bare before you the joys, frustrations, struggles, and achievements of the literary life–as experienced by more than one hundred accomplished writers. In excerpts from interviews conducted over a sixteen-year period and preserved by the editors of the highly respected literary quarterly Glimmer Train Stories and its supplement Writers Ask, contemporary writers who rarely discuss their craft present you with eye-opening techniques, diverse perspectives, and genuine encouragement–the kind of wisdom earned only from years at the writing desk.
Julia Alvarez, Edwidge Danticat, Robert Olen Butler, Sandra Cisneros, Andre Dubus, Ernest Gaines, Jamaica Kincaid, Antonya Nelson, Tim O'Brien, Ann Patchett, Annie Proulx, Tobias Wolff
The voices of these authors and many others resonate from the pages–sometimes humorous, sometimes heartbreaking, but always illuminating. A thorough treatment of craft and accessibility to engaging authors make Building Blocks–the first volume in this exquisite new series–the perfect guidebook for your writing life. [via]More editions of The Glimmer Train Guide to Writing Fiction: Building Blocks:
Guide to Literary Agents 2007by Joanna MastersonISBN 1582974322 (1-58297-432-2)
Softcover, F & W Pubns Inc
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History of Writingby Steven Roger FischerISBN 1861891679 (1-86189-167-9)
Softcover, Univ of Chicago Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'History of Writing'Book summary:From the earliest scratches on stone and bone to the languages of computers and the internet, A History of Writing offers a fascinating investigation into the origin and development of writing throughout the world.[via]
Commencing with the first stages of information storage, Fischer focuses on the emergence of complete writing systems in Mesopotamia in the fourth millennium BC. He documents the rise of Phoenician and its effect on the Greek alphabet, generating the many alphabetic scripts of the West. Chinese, Vietnamese, Korean and Japanese writing systems are dealt with in depth, as is writing in pre-Columbian America. Also explored are Western Europe's medieval manuscripts and the history of printing, leading to the innovations in technology and spelling rules of the 19th and 20th centuries.-
How to Write Crimeby Marele DayISBN 186373998X (1-86373-998-X)
Softcover, Allen & Unwin
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› Find signed collectible books: 'How to Write Crime'Book summary:Brought together by award-winning crime author Marele Day, twelve crime writers and readers give invaluable insights into what they do, what they look for - and how you can do it too. How To Write Crime shows you skills, techniques and short cuts and offers ways to solve problems that have helped the best-selling contributors in their careers. Exercises follow most of the chapters. Chapters such as 'Research', 'Plot and Structure', 'Character' and 'Dialogue' will help refine your skills; 'Taking Care of Business' will give you a headstart in the business of getting published; and 'The Reader's Point of View' should always be remembered. How To Write Crime is much more than a practical guide - it reveals writers at work and provides insights into how their books were produced. So, stop cleaning the fridge, sharpening the pencils and arranging the furniture - sit down, read this, and start writing! [via]
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The Idea Factory: A Guide to More Creative Thinking and Writingby Valerie ParvISBN 1863739181 (1-86373-918-1)
Softcover, Allen & Unwin
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Letters To A Young Artist: Building A Life In Artby Julia CameronISBN 1585424099 (1-58542-409-9)
Hardcover, J P Tarcher
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Letters To A Young Artist: Building A Life In Art'Book summary:In the tradition of Rilke's Letters to a Young Poet, an original and inspiring work from the bestselling author of The Artist's Way.
Each month, Julia Cameron receives hundreds of letters and e-mails from people around the world who have read her classic work on developing creativity, The Artist's Way, and who long to engage in further dialogue with her.
This book provides Julia's thousands of admirers with just that intimacy and illumination. Written in the form of correspondence from a wise, more experienced artist to a young artist who is full of turbulent self-doubt, Letters to a Young Artist echoes the many conversations Cameron has with all of the artists whose lives she has touched with The Artist's Way.
In these haunting and eloquent letters, the writer answers questions that are central to the artist's journey: How do I know that I am truly an artist? How can I find encouragement? How can I keep moving despite my fear? A rare window into the heart of the creative process, Letters to a Young Artist is an inspiredvolume from this leading authority on creativity and art. [via]More editions of Letters To A Young Artist: Building A Life In Art:
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Lighthousesby Virginia Woolf, Valerie E. KenneyISBN 1586631489 (1-58663-148-9)
Hardcover, Sterling Pub Co Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Lighthouses'Book summary:A visual celebration of the magnificent and romantic structures that have guided seafarers for generations. Introduction by the founder of the Lighthouse Preservation Society. 75 photos. [via]
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Literati: Australian Contemporary Literary Figures Discuss Fear, Frustrations and Fameby James PhelanISBN 1740311329 (1-74031-132-9)
Softcover, John Wiley & Sons Australia
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Literati: Australian Contemporary Literary Figures Discuss Fear, Frustrations and Fame'Book summary:Literati is a fascinating book that, for the first time in Australian publishing, takes the reader to the desks of their favourite contemporary authors. Comprising candid interviews with equally candid photographs, the book looks at these authors and their day-to-day views on success and fame whilst opening up about their fears, their critics, their fans, their frustrations and their anguish over writer's block! Some of the writers profiled include: Sonya Hartnett, Di Morrissey, Garth Nix, Robert Drewe, John Marsden, Louise Zaetta, Tony Shillitoe, Carmel Bird, Tara Moss, Matthew Reilly, Andy Griffiths, Belinda Alexandra, John Birmingham, Kathryn Fox, Celestine Hitiura Vaite, Peter Craven, and others. [via]
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Little Womenby Louisa May Alcott, Camille CautiISBN 1593081081 (1-59308-108-1)
Softcover, Sterling Pub Co Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Little Women'Book summary:- Beautifully illustrated in colour by well-known artists such as Quentin Blake and Michael Foreman.- Complete and unabridged editions.- Available individually at only $6.95 in paperback. [via]
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Softcover, Chrysalis Books Group - Little Women: ISBN 185854176X (1-85854-176-X)
Hardcover, Brimax Books, Limited - Little Women: ISBN 1592246087 (1-59224-608-7)
Hardcover, Wildside Pr - Little Women: ISBN 1593083661 (1-59308-366-1)
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Little Women and Good Wivesby Louisa May AlcottISBN 1853261165 (1-85326-116-5)
Softcover, Wordsworth Editions, Limited
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Little Women and Good Wives'Book summary:Little Women is one of the best-loved children's stories of all time, based on the author's own youthful experiences. It describes the family life of the four March sisters living in a small New England community, Meg, the eldest, is pretty and wishes to be a lady; Jo, at fifteen is ungainly and unconventional with an ambition to be an author; Beth is a delicate child of thirteen with a taste for music and Amy is a blonde beauty of twelve. The story of their domestic adventures, their attempts to increase the family income, their friendship with the neighbouring Lawrence family, and their later love affairs remains as fresh and beguiling as ever. Good Wives takes up the story of the March sisters, some three years later, when, as young adults, they must face up to the inevitable trials and traumas of everyday life in their search for individual happiness. [via]
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The Mac Is Not a Typewriter: A Style Manual for Creating Professional-Level Type on Your Macintoshby Robin WilliamsISBN 1877932051 (1-877932-05-1)
Hardcover, Performance Enhancement Products
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Mac Is Not a Typewriter: A Style Manual for Creating Professional-Level Type on Your Macintosh'Book summary:"Ever wonder why some type looks more professional, more sophisticated than other type? Professional typesetters went through different training than is given in Typing 1A---text from a typesetting machine uses a different set of standard rules than does text from a typewriter. This book explains all the inside techniques and rules governing traditional type---techniques and rules that should be applied to all the type coming from personal computers, whether the computer is a Macintosh or any other model. Following this book guarantees you type will be more impressive and of better quality. The Mac is not a typewriter not only lays down guidelines, but explains the logic behind them, such as why punctuation should be hung, why there should not be two spaces after periods, why text set in all caps should be avoided. The most troublesome punctuation issues are also addressed, such as where apostrophes belong, whether the period goes inside or outside the parentheses, on which side of the quotation mark should the comma be placed---details that were often left up to the typesetter because she was trained to know those things. Every person who uses a keyboard should read this book and follow these time-tested precepts. No matter what the final project, the Mac gives the potential to create beautiful, sophisticated type." (from backcover) [via]
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Making Stories: How Ten Australian Novels Were Writtenby Kate Grenville, Sue WoolfeISBN 1863733167 (1-86373-316-7)
Hardcover, Allen & Unwin
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The Masterby Colm ToibinISBN 1587248255 (1-58724-825-5)
Hardcover, Wheeler Pub Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Master'Book summary:A New York Times Bestseller
Brilliant and profoundly moving, The Master tells the story of Henry James, a man born into one of America's first intellectual families two decades before the Civil War. In stunningly resonant prose, Toibin captures the loneliness and longing, the hope and despair of a man who never married, never resolved his sexual identity, and whose forays into intimacy inevitably failed him and those he tried to love. [via]
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Novel Voiceby Jennifer LevasseurISBN 1582972478 (1-58297-247-8)
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Other People's Children: Cultural Conflict in the Classroomby Lisa DelpitISBN 1595580743 (1-59558-074-3)
Softcover, New Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Other People's Children: Cultural Conflict in the Classroom'Book summary:An updated edition of the classic revolutionary analysis of the role of race in the classroom.
Winner of an American Educational Studies Association Critics' Choice Award and Choice Magazine's Outstanding Academic book award, and voted one of Teacher Magazine's "great books," Other People's Children has sold over 150,000 copies since its original hardcover publication. This anniversary edition features a new introduction by Delpit as well as new framing essays by Herbert Kohl and Charles Payne.
In a radical analysis of contemporary classrooms, MacArthur Award-winning author Lisa Delpit develops ideas about ways teachers can be better "cultural transmitters" in the classroom, where prejudice, stereotypes, and cultural assumptions breed ineffective education. Delpit suggests that many academic problems attributed to children of color are actually the result of miscommunication, as primarily white teachers and "other people's children" struggle with the imbalance of power and the dynamics plaguing our system.
A new classic among educators, Other People's Children is a must-read for teachers, administrators, and parents striving to improve the quality of America's education system. [via]More editions of Other People's Children: Cultural Conflict in the Classroom:
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The Other Side of the Storyby Marian KeyesISBN 1842231499 (1-84223-149-9)
Hardcover, Poolbeg
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Other Side of the Story'Book summary:Laced with sparkling wit and compassionate insight - nobody does it quite like Marian Keyes. Jojo Harvey is a literary agent whose star is on the rise. In love with both her married boss and her burgeoning career, not much distracts her. Until she finds herself representing two women who used to be best friends. Used to be. One of them, Gemma, has suddenly found herself from a broken home - at the age of thirty-two. Meanwhile, Lily - the woman Gemma has always blamed for stealing her one chance of happiness - is enjoying the overnight success of her debut novel. Set in the world of publishing, "The Other Side of the Story" is about love, loyalty, glass ceilings and survival tactics - and what to do when you get your chance for revenge. [via]
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Outwitting Writers' Block: And Other Problems of the Penby Jenna GlatzerISBN 1592281249 (1-59228-124-9)
Softcover, Globe Pequot Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Outwitting Writers' Block: And Other Problems of the Pen'Book summary:If you've ever found yourself staring at the blank page all day, or cleaning out the refrigerator for the fifth time in a week just to avoid seeing that taunting blinking cursor, then you've experienced writer's block.[via]
The good news? It means you're a writer. It's not important that you have these times; what's important is how you deal with them. OUTWITTING WRITER'S BLOCK will provide tricks of the trade to help any writer break through the dreaded block and become a more creative and better writer than before. Filled to the brim with exercises designed to jump-start creativity, encouraging tips from fellow writers and instructors, and tools for analyzing the causes and cures for the nefarious Blank Page syndrome, this book is like Drain-o for clogged creative pipes.
Glatzer tells writers how to:
* know when an idea isn't going to work, versus when it just needs a new approach;
* apply relaxation techniques to get back the nirvana of writing "in flow;"
* look at writing like any other job, with set hours and required levels of output;
* set up your writing space for optimal performance;
* tell if you've chosen the wrong form, and/or if it's time to pick a new genre or media;
* knock the editor off your shoulder;
* examine other causes--lifestyle changes, depression, stress, etc. that may need to be addressed;
* and more
OUTWITTING WRITER'S BLOCK is a humorous, inspirational, practical guide for writers, college students, businesspeople, and those who would like to write as a means of therapy or "release."More editions of Outwitting Writers' Block: And Other Problems of the Pen:
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Page After Page: Discover the confidence & passion you need to start writing & keep writing (no matter what)by Heather SellersISBN 1582973121 (1-58297-312-1)
Hardcover, Writers Digest Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Page After Page: Discover the confidence & passion you need to start writing & keep writing (no matter what)'Book summary:You Are a WriterBelieve It!
False starts. Self-doubt. Mind games. They end the moment you pick up this book. With an inspiring mix of humor, wisdom, and creativity, Page After Page shows you how to find the courage and commitment to start writing and keep writing.
Author Heather Sellers draws on twenty years of teaching and personal writing experience to provide lively anecdotes and exercises to help you develop a mindset and lifestyle conducive to daily creation. As each chapter takes you deeper into the eccentric, exclusive world known only to writers, you'll learn how to build a productive creative life that keeps you writing page after page, day after day.
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A Picture Is Worth 1,000 Words: Images-Driven Story Prompts and Excercises for Writersby Phil Sexton, Tricia BatemanISBN 1582974721 (1-58297-472-1)
Hardcover, F & W Pubns Inc
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The old saying is true. And if you're a writer in need of inspiration, it's also the key to creating an endless number of stories while honing your craft to a razor's edge.
Inside, you'll find over 110 beautiful and intriguing photos created just for this book. Each photo is paired with a thought-provoking writing prompt. Together, they'll help you break through writer's block, generate hundreds of story ideas, and improve your writing ability by leaps and bounds. Many prompts are geared toward specific elements of the craft, enabling you to focus on whatever aspect of writing - character, dialogue, beginnings, endings, description, and more - you find most worthy of examination.
And by probing deeper into the details of each photo, you'll also learn how to improve your observational skills, find ideas everywhere you look, and create intriguing stories on demand.
One thousand words and more are just waiting to be written. Open the cover and see for yourself.More editions of A Picture Is Worth 1,000 Words: Images-Driven Story Prompts and Excercises for Writers:
Poet's Market 2007by Nancy Breen, Erika O'ConnellISBN 1582974330 (1-58297-433-0)
Softcover, F & W Pubns Inc
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The Quotable Book Loverby Ben Jacobs, Helena Hjalmarsson, Nicholas A. BasbanesISBN 158574655X (1-58574-655-X)
Softcover, Globe Pequot Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Quotable Book Lover'Book summary:The bibliophiles of the world are an erudite and witty bunch, especially the hundreds of quotable sages and wags whose bons mots are collected in this tribute to the written word. The authors of these insights, spanning centuries and continents, include Aeschylus and Lady Bird Johnson, Gustave Flaubert and Francis Bacon, Russell Baker and Isadora Duncan, Katharine Hepburn and Mark Twain, Pablo Picasso and Brad Pitt.
The quotations offer witticisms as well as philosophical insights. Woody Allen quips, "I took a speed-reading course and read War and Peace in twenty minutes. It's about Russia." And Franz Kafka declares, "Books must be the axe to break the frozen sea inside me." Mark Twain reflects, "I like a thin book because it will steady a table, a leather volume because it will strop a razor, and a heavy book because it can be thrown at a cat." And Fran Lebowitz notes that "Magazines all too frequently lead to books, and should be regarded by the prudent as the heavy petting of literature." Aristotle observes that "To write well, express yourself like the common people, but think like a wise man." H.L. Mencken explains, "I write in order to attain that feeling of tension relieved and function achieved, which a cow enjoys on giving milk." And Thomas Mann opines that "A writer is somebody for whom writing is more difficult than it is for other people."
In all, there are more than 500 quotations that pithily consider every aspect of authors, readers, collectors, and books. Entertaining and provocative, it is the sort of book that makes you sit friends down and read them just one more entry. In one such entry, Robertson Davies observes that "There are many people--happy people, it usually appears--whose thoughts at Christmas always turn to books. The notion of a Christmas tree with no books under it is repugnant and unnatural to them." This is just the sort of book to make such people remarkably content. --Stephanie Gold [via]
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Rebel Yellby Lance OlsenISBN 1878914502 (1-878914-50-2)
Softcover, Cambrian Publications
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Rebel Yell'Book summary:A cutting-edge, heading-for-the-millennium guide to the craft of fiction writing. Rebel Yell is ideal for individual or classroom use.
Fast-paced and entertaining Rebel Yell, by acclaimed award-winning novelist Lance Olsen, begins with a concise but thorough presentation of compositional basics and quickly progresses to more sophisticated concerns, such as navigating the murky waters of the publishing industry, jump-starting your creative muse, and getting the most out of writing workshops. Whether you are sculpting a great hook, deciphering contract rights and wrongs, or coping with the challenges of a writer's life, hip and honest Rebel Yell can guide you to find your own best solutions.
Innovative writing exercises at the end of each chapter encourage writers of all abilities to stretch and flex their creative muscles, while supplemental reading lists guide those who want to push the power of their pens to the next level. Best of all, Rebel Yell features something entirely lacking in many texts: more than 40 interviews with contemporary authors, editors, and publishers (including Kathy Acker, Robert Coover, Samuel R. Delany, Raymond Federman, and Larry McCaffery) working in diverse media, providing significant insights into the multifaceted worlds of "them that's doin' it." Witty and informative, Rebel Yell is the definitive guide to writing fiction that will grab attention in a crowded literary world. [via]
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Rilla of Inglesideby L.M. MontgomeryISBN 1594624275 (1-59462-427-5)
Softcover, Standard Pubns Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Rilla of Ingleside'Book summary:This book was converted from its physical edition to the digital format by a community of volunteers. You may find it for free on the web. Purchase of the Kindle edition includes wireless delivery. [via]
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Rules of Thumb: 73 Authors Reveal Their Fiction Writing Fixationsby Michael Martone, Susan NevilleISBN 1582973911 (1-58297-391-1)
Hardcover, F & W Pubns Inc
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The Screenwriter Looks at the Screenwriterby William FrougISBN 1879505010 (1-879505-01-0)
Softcover, Silman-James Pr
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The Script Is Finished, Now What Do I Do?ISBN 1878355007 (1-878355-00-7)
Softcover, Sweden Pr
Find This BookBook summary:A practical guide on how to sell that script you worked so hard to write [via]
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The Script Is Finished, Now What Do I Do?: The Scriptwriter's Resource Book and Agent Guideby K. CallanISBN 187835518X (1-878355-18-X)
Softcover, Sweden Pr
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Seducing the Demon: Writing for My Lifeby Erica JongISBN 1585425141 (1-58542-514-1)
Softcover, J P Tarcher
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Seducing the Demon: Writing for My Life'Book summary:Erica Jong began this book as a guide for aspiring writers. It was to be a book full of practical advice, inspiring examples, and sage wisdom ("Dare to dream," for instance). But she quickly realized that writing such a book would be dishonest, a way to veil the difficult nature of the writer's life with platitudes and encouragement. A demon out of an Isaac Singer story whispered in Jong's ear: "Tell the truth!" She knew she had no choice but to obey.
Seducing the Demon is the sublime and salacious story of one writer's long and successful career as a poet, novelist, and feminist provocateur. Throughout, Jong is refreshingly direct-whether writing sex scenes, evoking the lure of alcohol and grass in the search for ecstasy, or conforming to the rigid narrative of AA. She tells us candidly about how she always lusted after Bill Clinton, and how she discovered the joys of tantric sex. Equally candid about the privileges of fame and the slaps of notoriety, Jong is above all loyal to the importance of telling the truth in an age of lies.
Jong tells us she writes "to get my life down on paper so it can never be extinguished," and "to keep from going mad." She speaks of the power of sexual desire to "transmute words into flesh," and reveals how a range of writers, from Kafka and Nabokov to Henry Miller and Pablo Neruda, influenced and guided her. Delivering trenchant observations on great writers, she compares the ethereal Virginia Woolf to the earthy James Joyce: "She is Ariel to James Joyce's Caliban." An uncanny combination of bookish and bawdy, literary and libidinous, Seducing the Demon is an invaluable glimpse into one of the most provocative minds of our time. [via]More editions of Seducing the Demon: Writing for My Life:
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So Many Books: Reading and Publishing in an Age of Abundanceby Gabriel Zaid, Natasha WimmerISBN 158988003X (1-58988-003-X)
Softcover, Paul Dry Books Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'So Many Books: Reading and Publishing in an Age of Abundance'Book summary:[via]"Reading liberates the reader and transports him from his book to a reading of himself and all of life. It leads him to participate in conversations, and in some cases to arrange them . . . It could even be said that to publish a book is to insert it into the middle of a conversation." (from So Many Books)
Join the conversation! In So Many Books, Gabriel Zaid offers his observations on the literary condition: a highly original analysis of the predicament that readers, authors, publishers, booksellers, librarians, and teachers find themselves in today--when there are simply more books than any of us can contemplate."...Zaid traces the preoccupation with reading back through Dr. Johnson, Seneca, and even the Bible ('Of making many books there is no end'). He emerges as a playful celebrant of literary proliferation, noting that there is a new book published every thirty seconds, and optimistically points out that publishers who moan about low sales 'see as a failure what is actually a blessing: The book business, unlike newspapers, films, or television, is viable on a small scale.' Zaid, who claims to own more than ten thousand books, says he has sometimes thought that 'a chastity glove for authors who cant contain themselves' would be a good idea. Nonetheless, he cheerfully opines that 'the truly cultured are capable of owning thousands of unread books without losing their composure or their desire for more.'"--The New Yorker
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Standing By Words: Essaysby Wendell BerryISBN 1593760558 (1-59376-055-8)
Softcover, Shoemaker & Hoard
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Standing By Words: Essays'Book summary:In these six essays, award-winning author Wendell Berry considers the degeneration of language that is manifest throughout our culture, from poetry to politics, from conversation to advertising, and he shows how the ever widening cleft between words and their referents mirrors the increasing isolation of individuals from their communities and of their communities from the land. From the essay, Standing by Words, Berry writes, Two epidemic illnesses of our timeupon both of which virtual industries of cures have been foundedare the disintegration of communities and the disintegration of persons. That these two are related (that private loneliness, for example, will necessarily accompany public confusion) is clear enough. What seems not so well understood, because not so much examined, is the relation between these disintegrations and the disintegration of language. My impression is that we have seen, for perhaps a hundred and fifty years, a gradual increase in language that is either meaningless or destructive of meaning. And I believe that this increasing unreliability of language parallels the increasing disintegration, over the same period, of persons and communities. Out-of-print for more than fifteen years, Standing by Words offers a masterfully written argument for the literary tradition.[via]More editions of Standing By Words: Essays:
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The Things They Carriedby Tim O'Brien, SparkNotes StaffISBN 1586638270 (1-58663-827-0)
Softcover, Spark Publishing Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Things They Carried'Book summary:Featuring explanation of key themes, motifs, and symbols including: Isolation the dead soldiers Shame Emotional burdens Truth in story telling Moral ambiguities And detailed analysis of these important characters: Tim O'Brien Jimmy Cross Mitchell Sanders Kiowa [via]
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To the Lighthouseby Virginia WoolfISBN 1853260916 (1-85326-091-6)
Softcover, Wordsworth Editions Ltd
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› Find signed collectible books: 'To the Lighthouse'Book summary:To the Lighthouse is the most autobiographical of Virginia Woolf's novels. It is based on her own early experiences, and while it touches on childhood and children's perceptions and desires, it is at its most trenchant when exploring adult relationships, marriage and the changing class-structure in the period spanning the Great War. [via]
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Tolkien and C. S. Lewisby Colin DuriezISBN 1587680262 (1-58768-026-2)
Softcover, Paulist Pr
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Ulyssesby James JoyceISBN 1874675996 (1-874675-99-6)
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Walden; Or, Life in the Woodsby Henry David Thoreau, Terry Tempest WilliamsISBN 1590300882 (1-59030-088-2)
Hardcover, Shambhala Pubns
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Walden; Or, Life in the Woods'Book summary:In July 1845, Henry David Thoreau built a small cottage in the woods near Walden Pond in Concord, Massachusetts. During the two years and two months he spent there, he began to write Walden, his most important work, a chronicle of his communion with nature that became one of the most influential and compelling books in American literature. Since its first publication on August 9, 1854, by Ticknor and Fields, the work has become a classic, beloved for its message of living simply and in harmony with nature.
This special 150th anniversary edition of Walden features exquisite wood engravings by Michael McCurdy, one of America's leading engravers and woodblock artists. McCurdy's engravings bring the text to lifeand illuminate the spirit of Thoreau's prose. Also included is a foreword by noted author, environmentalist, and naturalist Terry Tempest Williams, who reflects upon Thoreau's message that as we explore our world and ourselves, we draw ever closer to the truth of our connectedness. [via]More editions of Walden; Or, Life in the Woods:
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Walking a Literary Labyrinthby Nancy M. MaloneISBN 1594480028 (1-59448-002-8)
Softcover, Riverhead Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Walking a Literary Labyrinth'Book summary:Who of us doesnt have a list of books that changed our life? Reflecting on her own reading life, Nancy Malone examines the influence of reading in how we define ourselves. Throughout, she likens the experience of reading to walking a labyrinth, itself a metaphor for our spiritual journey through life. The paths within the labyrinth are not straight, but winding, and in the end, it is not the small circle in the center that defines the self, but the whole grand design of the labyrinthevery experience, every person we meet, and every book we readthat makes us who we are.[via]
Malone draws from diverse sources, both spiritual and secularVirginia Woolf, Saint Augustine, E. E. Cummings, Paul Tillich, Nadine Gordimer, George Herbert, Sue Grafton, Henry James, George Eliot, James Joyce, Patrick OBrien, E. M. Forster, Franz Kafka, Elie Wiesel, Margaret Atwood, and Tom Wolfe, to name a few. Her thoughtful and beautifully articulated examination of influential books takes in a broad range of subjects, including childhood reading; books as sacred objects; reading and social responsibility; dangerous reading, which challenges us to examine our prejudices and beliefs; poetry; and erotic literature. And Malone has compiled a recommended reading list to inspire readers to seek out the unfamiliar or return to old favorites.
In Walking a Literary Labyrinth, Malone invites all us readers, of every religious tradition, or none, to consider the influence of reading in our own liveshow and why particular books stay with us, how they shape us, and how they enlarge our humanity.More editions of Walking a Literary Labyrinth:
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Wanderlust: A History of Walkingby Rebecca SolnitISBN 1859846238 (1-85984-623-8)
Hardcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Wanderlust: A History of Walking'Book summary:The ability to walk on two legs over long distances distinguishes Homo sapiens from other primates, and indeed from every other species on earth. That ability has also yielded some of the best creative work of our species: the lyrical ballads of the English romantic poets, composed on long walks over hill and dale; the speculations of the peripatetic philosophers; the meditations of footloose Chinese and Japanese poets; the exhortations of Henry David Thoreau and Walt Whitman.
Rebecca Solnit, a thoughtful writer and spirited walker, takes her readers on a leisurely journey through the prehistory, history, and natural history of bipedal motion. Walking, she observes, affords its practitioners an immediate reward--the ability to observe the world at a relaxed gait, one that allows us to take in sights, sounds, and smells that we might otherwise pass by. It provides a vehicle for much-needed solitude and private thought. For the health-minded, walking affords a low-impact and usually pleasant way of shedding a few pounds and stretching a few muscles. It is an essential part of the human adventure--and one that has, until now, been too little documented.
Written in a time when landscapes and cities alike are designed to accommodate automobiles and not pedestrians, Solnit's extraordinary book is an enticement to lace up shoes and set out on an aimless, meditative stroll of one's own. --Gregory McNamee [via]
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Write & Sell Your Novel: The Fiction Writer's Guide to Writing for Publicationby Marina OliverISBN 1857035755 (1-85703-575-5)
Softcover, Parkwest Pubns
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Write & Sell Your Novel: The Fiction Writer's Guide to Writing for Publication'Book summary:If you want to write a novel, the second edition of this popular handbook is the guide you need. Step by step it shows you how to get started, how to create compelling characters, plots and subplots, and whose viewpoint to tell your story from. There are tips on how to prepare your work for submission, who to send it to and an overview of the whole publishing process. Don't start writing without it! Marina Oliver has published over 30 novels, historical and contemporary, and lectures widely on writing. [via]
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Write Great Fiction: Description & Settingby Ron RozelleISBN 158297327X (1-58297-327-X)
Softcover, Writers Digest Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Write Great Fiction: Description & Setting'Book summary:Build a Believable World
How essential is setting to a story? How much description is too much? In what ways do details and setting tie into plot and character development? How can you use setting and description to add depth to your story?
You can find all the answers you need in Write Great Fiction: Description & Setting by author and instructor Ron Rozelle. This nuts-and-bolts guide - complete with practical exercises at the end of each chapter - gives you all the tips and techniques you need to:
- Establish a realistic sense of time and place
- Use description and setting to drive your story
- Craft effective description and setting for different genres
- Skillfully master showing vs. telling
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Writer's Digest Handbook Of Magazine Article Writingby Writer's Digest, Ben YagodaISBN 1582973342 (1-58297-334-2)
Softcover, F & W Pubns Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Writer's Digest Handbook Of Magazine Article Writing'Book summary:THE Guide to Writing and Selling Magazine Articles!
This comprehensive, practical, how-to guide answers all of your questions about writing for magazines. In this all-new second edition of a best-selling classic, today's most successful freelance writers, including Robert Bly, Linda Formichelli, Kelly James-Enger, Jenna Glatzer, and others, provide up-to-date information on e-querying, writing for digital media, knowing your e-rights, and the core topics of magazine article writing. You'll learn how to:- find and query article ideas
- plan your research and interviews
- identify potential markets
- structure the most common types of articles
- work with editors
- negotiate contracts
- sell reprint rights
- be a successful freelance writer
Writer's Digest Handbook of Magazine Article Writing contains everything you need to successfully break into this popular market or to continue developing your magazine writing skills. [via]More editions of Writer's Digest Handbook Of Magazine Article Writing:
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Writer's Guideby Irina Dunn, Robert WainwrightISBN 1865088323 (1-86508-832-3)
Softcover, Unwin Hyman
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A Writer's Tool Kit: 12 Proven Ways You Can Make Your Writing Stronger--Today!by Carroll Dale ShortISBN 1588380459 (1-58838-045-9)
Softcover, John F Blair Pub
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Writer's Workshop in a Boxby Manuela DunnISBN 1585423645 (1-58542-364-5)
Hardcover, Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Writer's Workshop in a Box'Book summary:Writing is hard work, and it may be terrifying, but it also can be one of the most rewarding ways to engage with yourself and the world. Good writing does not come easily; it takes a single-minded effort and skill. The Writer's Workshop in a Box is what every writer needs to develop that skill. Beautifully designed to sit on a desktop, its contents are intended to stimulate new ideas and guide writers as they navigate the sometimes arduous path to setting words down on paper.[via]
The Writer's Workshop in a Box includes:
- The Art of Writing, a book to get writers started
- thirty cards presenting daily exercises for the writing life
- an exquisite blank book with a pen
The Art of Writing is a course book that addresses writing techniques as well as root problems every writer encounters: creative blocks, getting started but not finished, uneven writing, lack of confidence, uncontrollable plots, and ill-defined characters. Each "class" endows the writers with skills to overcome these problems, and provides writing tips that can be applied to both fiction and nonfiction. The book contains lessons that draw on the expertise of some of the great masters of creative writing:
- Dorothea Brande (author of Becoming a Writer)
- Eric Maisel (author of Deep Writing and Affirmations for Artists)
- Julia Cameron (author of The Artist's Way, The Vein of Gold, and The Right to Write)
The Writer's Workshop in a Box is the ideal gift for every budding writer and an effective way to inspire new authors to embrace their art and career.More editions of Writer's Workshop in a Box:
Writing = Learningby Brenton Doecke, Graham ParrISBN 1862546770 (1-86254-677-0)
Softcover, Wakefield Pr
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Writing for Emotional Impact: Advanced Dramatic Techniques to Attract, Engage, And Fascinate the Reader from Beginning to Endby Karl IglesiasISBN 1595940286 (1-59594-028-6)
Softcover, Wingspan Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Writing for Emotional Impact: Advanced Dramatic Techniques to Attract, Engage, And Fascinate the Reader from Beginning to End'Book summary:There are three kinds of feelings when reading a story boredom, interest, and WOW! To become a successful writer you must create the WOW! Feeling on as many pages as possible, and this requires writing that engages the reader emotionally. In his best-selling 101 Habits of Highly Successful Screenwriters, screenwriter Karl Iglesias explored the working habits of A-list Hollywood scribes. Now, he breaks new ground by focusing on the psychology of the reader. Based on his acclaimed classes at UCLA Extension, Writing for Emotional Impact goes beyond the basics and argues that Hollywood is in the emotion-delivery business, selling emotional experiences packaged in movies and TV shows. Karl not only encourages you to deliver emotional impact on as many pages as possible, he shows you how, offering you hundreds of dramatic techniques to take your writing to the professional level. [via]
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Writing Metrical Poetryby William BaerISBN 1582974152 (1-58297-415-2)
Softcover, F & W Pubns Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Writing Metrical Poetry'Book summary:"Writing Metrical Poetry" heralds a return to prominence for formal verse-sonnets, ballads, blank verse and other forms. With a contemporary, accessible voice it stands apart from other coverage on the subject. The features include: clear, unintimidating explanations from a recognised master of metrical poetry; instruction illustrated with work from today's leading poets - Seamus Heaney, Dana Gioia, W.S. Merwin, Richard Wilbur, and others; and the only up-to-date guide to writing metrical poetry on the market. The popular voice and systematic, building-block approach make the book ideal for the lone poet and the eager student. [via]
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Writing the Breakout Novelby Donald Maass, Anne PerryISBN 158297182X (1-58297-182-X)
Softcover, Writers Digest Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Writing the Breakout Novel'Book summary:Take your fiction to the next level!
Maybe you're a first-time novelist looking for practical guidance. Maybe you've already been published, but your latest effort is stuck in mid-list limbo. Whatever the case may be, author and literary agent Donald Maass can show you how to take your prose to the next level and write a breakout novel - one that rises out of obscurity and hits the best-seller lists.
Maass details the elements that all breakout novels share - regardless of genre - then shows you writing techniques that can make your own books stand out and succeed in a crowded marketplace.
You'll learn to:
- establish a powerful and sweeping sense of time and place
- weave subplots into the main action for a complex, engrossing story
- create larger-than-life characters that step right off the page
- explore universal themes that will interest a broad audience of readers
- sustain a high degree of narrative tension from start to finish
- develop an inspired premise that sets your novel apart from the competition
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You Can Write Childrens Booksby Tracey E. DilsISBN 1582972486 (1-58297-248-6)
Softcover, Writers Digest Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'You Can Write Childrens Books'Book summary:The long-awaited companion to the best-selling You Can Write Children's Books, this new workbook from Tracey E. Dils provides aspiring children's authors with hands-on instruction for finishing their manuscripts, preparing them for publication, and getting them published. You Can Write Children's Books Workbook takes readers step-by-step through identifying a project, writing and revising the manuscript, researching the genre and marketplace, targeting publishers and preparing a professional submission. Perfect as an accompaniment or as a stand-alone, this guide will give aspiring writers the concrete instruction and experience they need to make a confident submission to a publisher or agent. [via]
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