Language Arts / Linguistics / Literacy
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If You Want to Write: A Book about Art, Independence and Spirit
$17.00 Add to cartBut we must try to find our True Conscience, our True Self, the very Center, for this is the only first-rate choice-making center. Here lies all originality, talent, honor, truthfulness, courage and c
- Author: Ueland, Brenda
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 180
- Publish Date: June 26 2007
- ISBN10: 1555974716
- Language: English
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On Becoming a Novelist
$15.00 Read moreOn Becoming a Novelist contains the wisdom accumulated during John Gardner’s distinguished twenty-year career as a fiction writer and creative writing teacher. With elegance, humor, and sophistication… [more below]
- Author: Gardner, John
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 172
- Publish Date: October 17 1999
- ISBN10: 0393320030
- Language: English
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Write for Your Life: A Guide to Clear and Purposeful Writing (and Presentations)
$16.95 Read moreHow would you create a winning pitch for your latest investment idea? Or persuasively argue for a major policy change? Or successfully ask your boss for a raise? The answer: clear and effective commun
- Author: Wheelan, Charles
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: May 16 2023
- ISBN10: 1324064463
- Language: English
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The Art of Subtext: Beyond Plot
$16.00 Add to cartCharles Baxter inaugurates The Art of, a new series on the craft of writing, with the wit and intelligence he brought to his celebrated book Burning Down the House: Essays on Fiction.
Fiction writer a- Series: Art Of…
- Author: Baxter, Charles
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 120
- Publish Date: July 24 2007
- ISBN10: 1555974732
- Language: English
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The Art of Syntax: Rhythm of Thought, Rhythm of Song
$15.00 Add to cartWith intelligence and precision, Ellen Bryant Voigt parses out the deft and alluring shape of poetic language in The Art of Syntax. Through brilliant readings of poems by Bishop, Frost, Kunitz, Lawren
- Series: Art Of…
- Author: Voigt, Ellen Bryant
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 120
- Publish Date: June 23 2009
- ISBN10: 1555975313
- Language: English
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Through the Language Glass: Why the World Looks Different in Other Languages
$21.00 Add to cartA New York Times Editor’s Choice
The debate is ages old: Where does language come from? Is it an art
An Economist Best Book of 2010
A Financial Times Best Book of 2010
A Library Journal Best Book of 2010- Author: Deutscher, Guy
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: August 30 2011
- ISBN10: 0312610491
- Language: English
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Marbles on the Floor: How to Assemble a Book of Poems
$29.95 Read moreMarbles on the Floor: How to Assemble a Book of Poems was conceived from a poetic dialogue on how to shed light on the art and science behind the material construction of a poetry collection, and to g
- Series: Akron Poetry
- Author: Konchan, Virginia
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 225
- Publish Date: March 07 2023
- ISBN10: 1629222542
- Language: English
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The Least We Can Do: White Supremacy, Free Speech, and Independent Bookstores
$7.95 Read moreA bookseller is the being who is most aware of the futility of a book, and of its importance.–Hector Yç–£over
Like most of our cultural institutions and workers, bookshops and booksellers have worked
- Author: Cook, Josh
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 48
- Publish Date: September 14 2021
- ISBN10: 1771964650
- Language: English
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Language vs. Reality: Why Language Is Good for Lawyers and Bad for Scientists
$32.95 Read moreA fascinating examination of how we are both played by language and made by language: the science underlying the bugs and features of humankind’s greatest invention.
Language is said to be humankind’s- Author: Enfield, N. J.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 312
- Publish Date: March 29 2022
- ISBN10: 026204661X
- Language: English
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Editing 101: Tips and Strategies for Working with Writers
$5.95 Read moreEditing is more than just crossing out words with a red pen. Helping an author shape their writing is a complex, collaborative task that can take many forms, from beta reading to proofreading. This ha… [more below]
- Author: Rogue, Lydia
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 22
- Publish Date: November 24 2023
- ISBN10: 1648412750
- Language: English
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The Bonjour Effect: The Secret Codes of French Conversation Revealed
$20.00 Read moreJean-Beno? Nadeau and Julie Barlow spent a decade traveling back and forth to Paris as well as living there. Yet one important lesson never seemed to sink in: how to communicate comfortably with the F… [more below]
- Author: Barlow, Julie
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: May 09 2017
- ISBN10: 1250130271
- Language: English
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The Illustrated Book of Sayings: Curious Expressions from Around the World
$14.99 Read moreFrom the New York Times bestselling author of Lost in Translation and Eating the Sun, a charming illustrated collection of more than fifty expressions from around the globe that explores the nuances o… [more below]
- Author: Sanders, Ella Frances
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: September 13 2016
- ISBN10: 1607749335
- Language: English
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Truth vs. Falsehood: How to Tell the Difference
$24.99 Read moreDiscover a simple, instantaneous technique that differentiates truth from falsehood in a matter of seconds from world-renowned author, psychiatrist, clinician, and spiritual teacher, David R. Hawkins,… [more below]
- Author: Hawkins, David R.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 560
- Publish Date: February 16 2021
- ISBN10: 1401945066
- Language: English
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Far from the Madding Gerund: And Other Dispatches from Language Log
$22.00 Read more- Author: Liberman, Mark
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 360
- Publish Date: May 18 2006
- ISBN10: 1590280555
- Language: English
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45 Master Characters: Mythic Models for Creating Original Characters
$18.99 Add to cartCreate unforgettable characters your readers will love!
Want to make your characters and their stories more compelling, complex, and original than ever before? 45 Master Characters is here to help you- Author: Lynn Schmidt, Victoria
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: January 12 2012
- ISBN10: 1599635348
- Language: English
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The Poets & Writers Complete Guide to Being a Writer: Everything You Need to Know about Craft, Inspiration, Agents, Editors, Publishing, and the Busin
$29.99 Read moreThe definitive source of information, insight, and advice for creative writers, from the nation’s largest and most trusted organization for writers, Poets & Writers.
For half a century, writers at eve- Author: Larimer, Kevin
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 496
- Publish Date: April 07 2020
- ISBN10: 1982123079
- Language: English
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Complete Creative Writing Course
$21.99 Read moreLearn how to write creatively with this comprehensive and practical course.
The only comprehensive Creative Writing title on the market that goes beyond introducing the basic genres to offering a compl… [more below]- Author: Sykes, Chris
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: June 09 2020
- ISBN10: 1529352460
- Language: English
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Write a Must-Read: Craft a Book That Changes Lives–Including Your Own
$27.00 Read moreA book is not about something. A book is for someone.
You want to write a nonfiction book that matters. A book readers love and rave about. A book they underline, dog-ear, and highlight. A must-read.- Author: Harper, Aj
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: May 24 2022
- ISBN10: 1989603696
- Language: English
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Hsk Vocabulary Handbook: Level 1-3 (Second Edition)
$11.95 Read moreHSK Vocabulary Handbook can help readers prepare for HSK exams or study Chinese independently. It covers all the vocabulary of the newly released HSK Test Syllabus developed in 2015, and the vocabular… [more below]
- Series: Hsk Vocabulary Handbook
- Author: N/A, Fltrp International Chinese Researc
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 188
- Publish Date: March 31 2023
- ISBN10: 1487810008
- Language: English
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Scottish Plant Names: An A to Z
$24.99 Read moreDr Gregory Kenicer brings us a concise but through exploration of plants and their names in the Scots language through the ages. Presented as a dictionary, and covering a vast variety of flower, fungh… [more below]
- Author: Kenicer, Gregory
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 194
- Publish Date: August 04 2023
- ISBN10: 1910877441
- Language: English
