Books & Reading
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Reading Like a Writer: A Guide for People Who Love Books and for Those Who Want to Write Them
$18.99 Add to cartA distinguished novelist and critic inspires readers and writers with this inside look at how the professionals read–and write
Long before there were creative writing workshops and degrees, how did a
- Series: P.S.
- Author: Prose, Francine
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: April 10 2007
- ISBN10: 0060777052
- Language: English
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My Trade Is Mystery: Seven Meditations from a Life in Writing
$15.00 Read moreAn invaluable companion for any writer seeking to make the writing life a more complex and cooperative venture
- Author: Phillips, Carl
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: August 08 2023
- ISBN10: 0300274149
- Language: English
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Shakespeare and Company, New Edition
$24.95 Add to cartSylvia Beach was intimately acquainted with the expatriate and visiting writers of the Lost Generation, a label that she never accepted. Like moths of great promise, they were drawn to her well-lighte
- Author: Beach, Sylvia
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 268
- Publish Date: October 01 1991
- ISBN10: 0803260970
- Language: English
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The Novel, Who Needs It?
$25.99 Add to cartIn this brief but highly engaging book Joseph Epstein argues for the primacy of fiction, and specifically of the novel, among all intellectual endeavors that seek to describe the behavior of human bei… [more below]
- Author: Epstein, Joseph
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 152
- Publish Date: July 18, 2023
- ISBN10: 1641773057
- Language: English
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The Heroine’s Journey: For Writers, Readers, and Fans of Pop Culture
$19.99 Add to cartWhat is the heroine’s journey? How is it different from the hero’s journey? What makes Harry Potter different from Star Wars? Twilight from Wonder Woman?
New York Times and USA Today bestselling author
- Author: Carriger, Gail
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 322
- Publish Date: August 25 2020
- ISBN10: 1944751343
- Language: English
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Bibliophile: Diverse Spines
$18.95 Read moreIt’s time to diversify your reading list.
This richly illustrated and vastly inclusive collection uplifts the works of authors who are often underrepresented in the literary world. Using their keen kn- Series: Bibliophile
- Author: Harper, Jamise
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: November 02 2021
- ISBN10: 1797211919
- Language: English
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Into the Woods: A Five-Act Journey Into Story
$19.00 Add to cartIn the exciting and wholly original Into the Woods: A Five-Act Journey Into Story, John Yorke not only shows that there is truly a unifying shape to narrative–one that echoes the great fairytale jour… [more below]
- Author: Yorke, John
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: October 20 2015
- ISBN10: 1468310941
- Language: English
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Novelist as a Vocation
$28.00 Add to cartNEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER – An insightful look into the mind of a master storyteller–and a unique look at the craft of writing from the beloved and best-selling author of 1Q84, Norwegian Wood, and W… [more below]
- Author: Murakami, Haruki
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: November 08 2022
- ISBN10: 0451494644
- Language: English
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Meander, Spiral, Explode: Design and Pattern in Narrative
$16.95 Add to cart“How lovely to discover a book on the craft of writing that is also fun to read . . . Alison asserts that the best stories follow patterns in nature, and by defining these new styles she offers writer… [more below]
- Author: Alison, Jane
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: January 01, 1970
- ISBN10: 1948226138
- Language: English
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Why We Read: On Bookworms, Libraries, and Just One More Page Before Lights Out
$27.99 Add to cart*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 Thur
- Author: Reed, Shannon
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: February 06, 2024
- ISBN10: 1335007962
- Language: English
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101 Horror Books to Read Before You’re Murdered
$23.99 Add to cartThe Ultimate List of Must-Read Horror
Curious readers and fans of monsters and the macabre, get ready to bulk up your TBR piles! Sadie “Mother Horror” Hartmann has curated the best selection of moder- Author: Hartmann, Sadie
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 168
- Publish Date: August 08 2023
- ISBN10: 164567780X
- Language: English
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Art of the Grimoire: An Illustrated History of Magic Books and Spells
$35.00 Add to cartA copiously illustrated global history of magic books, from ancient papyri to pulp paperbacks
“A beautiful production: a typographic and calligraphic treat as treasurable as a rare magical text itsel- Author: Davies, Owen
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: October 10 2023
- ISBN10: 0300272014
- Language: English
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Novelist as a Vocation
$17.00 Add to cartNEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER – An insightful look into the mind of a master storyteller–and a unique look at the craft of writing from the beloved and best-selling author of 1Q84, Norwegian Wood, and W
- Author: Murakami, Haruki
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: November 07, 2023
- ISBN10: 1101974532
- Language: English
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The Storytelling Animal: How Stories Make Us Human
$18.99 Add to cartIn this delightful and original book, Jonathan Gottschall offers the first unified theory of storytelling. Drawing on neuroscience and evolutionary biology, The Storytelling Animal explores what stori… [more below]
- Author: Gottschall, Jonathan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: April 23, 2013
- ISBN10: 0544002342
- Language: English
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In Praise of Good Bookstores
$26.95 Add to cartFrom a devoted reader and lifelong bookseller, an eloquent and charming reflection on the singular importance of bookstores
Do we need bookstores in the twenty-first century? If so, what makes a good- Author: Deutsch, Jeff
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 216
- Publish Date: April 05 2022
- ISBN10: 0691207763
- Language: English
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Burning the Books: A History of the Deliberate Destruction of Knowledge
$19.00 Add to cartA Wolfson History Prize Finalist
“Timely and authoritative…I enjoyed it immensely.”
A New Statesman Book of the Year
A Sunday Times Book of the Year
–Philip Pullman “If you care about books, and if yo- Author: Ovenden, Richard
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: May 03 2022
- ISBN10: 0674271106
- Language: English
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The Art of Memoir
$18.99 Add to cart“Karr is a national treasure–that rare genius who’s also a brilliant teacher. This joyful celebration of memoir packs transcendent insights with trademark hilarity. Anyone yearning to write will be i
- Author: Karr, Mary
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: September 06 2016
- ISBN10: 0062223070
- Language: English
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El Libro de la Literatura (the Literature Book)
$27.99 Read moreGrandes ideas, explicaciones sencillas
Con un lenguaje claro, sencillos esquemas e ingeniosas ilustraciones, El libro de la literatura es el manual perfecto para introducirse en la historia de la lite- Series: Big Ideas
- Author: DK
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: October 16 2018
- ISBN10: 1465478728
- Language: Spanish
