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  • Self-Editing for Fiction Writers, Second Edition

    How to Edit Yourself Into Print

    Hundreds of books have been written on the art of writing. Here at last is a book by two professional editors to teach writers the techniques of the editing trade that turn promising manuscripts into published novels and short stories.In this completely revised and updated second edition, Renni Browne and Dave King teach you, the writer, how to apply the editing techniques they have developed to ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • Montaigne in Barn Boots

    An Amateur Ambles Through Philosophy

    by Michael Perry ...
    The beloved memoirist and bestselling author of Population: 485 reflects on the lessons he’s learned from his unlikely alter ego, French Renaissance philosopher Michel de Montaigne."The journey began on a gurney," writes Michael Perry, describing the debilitating kidney stone that led him to discover the essays of Michel de Montaigne. Reading the philosopher in a manner he equates to chickens ... Read more

    $7.49 USD $1.99 USD

  • A Civil Action by Jonathan Harr | Summary & Study Guide

    by BookRags ...
    The A Civil Action Study Guide contains a comprehensive summary and analysis of A Civil Action by Jonathan Harr. It includes a detailed Plot Summary, Chapter Summaries & Analysis, Character Descriptions, Objects/Places, Themes, Styles, Quotes, and Topics for Discussion. ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • Louison et Monsieur Molière de Marie-Christine Helgerson (Analyse de l'œuvre)

    Résumé complet et analyse détaillée de l'oeuvre

    by Justine Aerts ...
    Series series Fiche de lecture
    Décryptez Louison et Monsieur Molière de Marie-Christine Helgerson avec l’analyse du PetitLitteraire.fr !Que faut-il retenir de Louison et Monsieur Molière? Retrouvez tout ce que vous devez savoir sur cette œuvre dans une analyse complète et détaillée.Vous trouverez notamment dans cette fiche :• Un résumé complet• Une présentation des personnages principaux• Une analyse des spécificités de l ... Read more

    $6.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Of Love and Other Demons by Gabriel Garcia Marquez | Summary & Study Guide

    by BookRags ...
    The Of Love and Other Demons Study Guide contains a comprehensive summary and analysis of Of Love and Other Demons by Gabriel Garcia Marquez. It includes a detailed Plot Summary, Chapter Summaries & Analysis, Character Descriptions, Objects/Places, Themes, Styles, Quotes, and Topics for Discussion. ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • Lectures on Literature

    The acclaimed author of Lolita offers unique insight into works by James Joyce, Franz Kafka, Jane Austen, and others—with an introduction by John Updike.In the 1940s, when Vladimir Nabokov first embarked on his academic career in the United States, he brought with him hundreds of original lectures on the authors he most admired. For two decades those lectures served as the basis for Nabokov’s ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • How to Do Things with Books in Victorian Britain

    by Leah Price ...
    How to Do Things with Books in Victorian Britain asks how our culture came to frown on using books for any purpose other than reading. When did the coffee-table book become an object of scorn? Why did law courts forbid witnesses to kiss the Bible? What made Victorian cartoonists mock commuters who hid behind the newspaper, ladies who matched their books' binding to their dress, and servants who ... Read more

    $20.99 USD

  • On Writing (and Writers)

    A Miscellany of Advice and Opinions

    by C. S. Lewis ...
    “While writing about writing is often deadly, Lewis is as delightful as he is wise.” —The New York TimesA definitive collection of wisdom on every style of writing and a celebration of the transformative power of the written word from one of the most influential writers and thinkers of the modern age, C. S. Lewis, the beloved author of the Chronicles of Narnia series, Mere Christianity, The ... Read more

    $17.99 USD $2.99 USD

  • Stephen King's The Body: Bookmarked

    by Aaron Burch ...
    Series Book 3 - Bookmarked
    A collection of four novellas, Different Seasons includes some of Stephen King's most enduring and well-known works, including "Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption," which was made into the film The Shawshank Redemption, and "The Body," which was made into the movie Stand by Me. For this entry in the Bookmarked series, Aaron Burch, editor of the literary journal Hobart, will focus on the ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • Captain Pantoja and the Special Service by Mario Vargas Llosa Summary & Study Guide

    by BookRags ...
    This study guide includes the following sections: Plot Summary, Chapter Summaries & Analysis, Characters, Objects/Places, Themes, Style, Quotes, and Topics for Discussion. ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • How to Reread a Novel

    by Matthew Clark ...
    A novel is among the most intricate of human creations, the result of thousands of choices and decisions. In How to Reread a Novel, Matthew Clark explicates the intricacies of fiction writing through practical analysis of the resources of narration, demystifying some of the tools novelists use to build worlds.Drawing on classical philology, the rhetorical tradition, and recent approaches to ... Read more

    $18.99 USD

  • Leonardo Sciascia e la funzione sociale degli intellettuali

    Leonardo Sciascia e la funzione sociale degli intellettuali raccoglie traduzioni di tre scritti già apparsi su riviste scientifiche anglofone – L'onore, il qualunquismo e l'essenzialismo ne L'antimonio di Sciascia, Sciascia e La scomparsa di Majorana e De L'Affaire Moro e della (ri)scrittura della storia – oltre ad una approfondita introduzione che fornisce una visione d'insieme dei risultati ... Read more

    $14.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The War Against Cliche

    Essays and Reviews 1971-2000

    by Martin Amis ...
    Series series Vintage International
    **NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD WINNER • In this virtuosic, career-spanning collection, Martin Amis, "one of the most gifted novelists of his generation” (TIME), takes on James Joyce and Elvis Presley, Nabokov and English football, Jane Austen and Penthouse Forum, William Burroughs and Hillary Clinton, and more."[Written] with intelligence and ardor and panache.... Speaks not just to a ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • Raymond Carver's What We Talk About When We Talk About Love: Bookmarked

    by Brian Evenson ...
    Series Book 8 - Bookmarked
    A haunting meditation on love, loss, companionship, and finding one’s way through the dark, Raymond Carver’s What We Talk About When We Talk About Love is one of the most important and influential short story collections in contemporary literature. In his entry in the esteemed Bookmarked series, acclaimed author Brian Evenson offers his personal and literary take on this classic Carver collection ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • Memoir

    A History

    by Ben Yagoda ...
    From a critically acclaimed cultural and literary critic, a definitive history and analysis of the memoir.From Saint Augustine?s Confessions to Augusten Burroughs?s Running with Scissors, from Julius Caesar to Ulysses Grant, from Mark Twain to David Sedaris, the art of memoir has had a fascinating life, and deserves its own biography. Cultural and literary critic Ben Yagoda traces the memoir from ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

  • More Alive and Less Lonely

    On Books and Writers

    From the award-winning author of Motherless Brooklyn and The Ecstasy of Influence comes a new collection of essays that celebrates a life spent in booksMore Alive and Less Lonely collects over a decade of Jonathan Lethem’s finest writing on writing, with new and previously unpublished material, including: impassioned appreciations of forgotten writers and overlooked books, razor-sharp critical ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • Book by Book

    Notes on Reading and Life

    by Michael Dirda ...
    A Pulitzer Prize-winning critic's often surprising meditation on those places where life and books intersect and what might be learned from bothOnce out of school, most of us read for pleasure. Yet there is another equally important, though often overlooked, reason that we read: to learn how to live. Though books have always been understood as life-teachers, the exact way in which they instruct, ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • Why We Read

    On Bookworms, Libraries, and Just One More Page Before Lights Out

    by Shannon Reed ...
    *NATIONAL BESTSELLER**A Good Housekeeping Reads pick*A hilarious and incisive exploration of the joys of reading from a "beloved and wonderful writer" (George Saunders), teacher, bibliophile, and Thurber Prize SemifinalistWe read to escape, to learn, to find love, to feel seen. We read to encounter new worlds, to discover new recipes, to find connection across difference, or simply to pass a rainy ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • Everything on a Waffle by Polly Horvath Summary & Study Guide

    by BookRags ...
    This study guide includes the following sections: Plot Summary, Chapter Summaries & Analysis, Characters, Objects/Places, Themes, Style, Quotes, and Topics for Discussion. ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • On Browsing

    by Jason Guriel ...
    Series Book 5 - Field Notes
    Nominated for the 2023 Heritage Toronto Book AwardA defense of the dying art of losing an afternoon—and gaining new appreciation—amidst the bins and shelves of bricks-and-mortar shops.Written during the pandemic, when the world was marooned at home and consigned to scrolling screens, On Browsing’s essays chronicle what we’ve lost through online shopping, streaming, and the relentless digitization ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • J. R. R. Tolkien: Author of the Century

    by Tom Shippey ...
    The definitive critical study of Tolkien’s greatest works by the respected and world renowned Tolkien scholar Professor T.A. Shippey.Following the unprecedented and universal acclaim for The Lord of the Rings, the respected academic and world-renowned Tolkien scholar, Professor Tom Shippey, presents us with a fascinating and informed companion to the world of J.R.R. Tolkien, in particular focusing ... Read more

    $1.49 USD

  • In the Land of the Cyclops

    Essays

    From the New York Times bestselling author of the My Struggle series comes a collection of ambitious, remarkably erudite essays on art, literature, culture, and philosophy.In the Land of the Cyclops is Karl Ove Knausgaard's first collection of essays to be published in English. In these wide-ranging pieces, he reflects openly and with penetrating intelligence on Ingmar Bergman's notebooks, Anselm ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • American Indian Mythology by Alice Marriott and Carol K. Rachlin Summary & Study Guide

    by BookRags ...
    This study guide includes the following sections: Plot Summary, Chapter Summaries & Analysis, Characters, Objects/Places, Themes, Style, Quotes, and Topics for Discussion. ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • Study Guide for Book Clubs: Alias Grace

    Study Guides for Book Clubs, #27

    by Kathryn Cope ...
    Series Book 27 - Study Guides for Book Clubs
    Whether you are a member of a book club, or simply reading Alias Grace for pleasure, this clear and concise guide, written by a specialist in literature, will greatly enhance your reading experience. A comprehensive guide to Margaret Atwood's acclaimed novel Alias Grace, this discussion aid includes a wealth of information and resources: useful literary and historical context; an author biography; ... Read more

    $4.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus