Language Arts / Linguistics / Literacy
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Speak Like Churchill, Stand Like Lincoln: 21 Powerful Secrets of History’s Greatest Speakers
$18.00 Read moreTurn any presentation into a landmark occasion
“I love this book. I’ve followed Humes’s lessons for years, and he combines them all into one compact, hard-hitting resource. Get this book on your desk n… [more below]- Author: Humes, James C.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: April 23 2002
- ISBN10: 0761563512
- Language: English
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Characters, Emotion & Viewpoint
$18.99 Read moreCreate Complex Characters
How do you create a main character readers won’t forget? How do you write a book in multiple-third-person point of view without confusing your readers (or yourself)? How do y- Series: Write Great Fiction Series
- Author: Kress, Nancy
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 231
- Publish Date: March 01 2005
- ISBN10: 1582973164
- Language: English
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Writing Life Stories: How to Make Memories Into Memoirs, Ideas Into Essays and Life Into Literature
$17.99 Add to cartHow to Make Memories into Memoirs, Ideas into Essays, and Life into Literature
From drawing a map of a remembered neighborhood to signing a form releasing yourself to take risks in your work, Roorbach- Author: Roorbach, Bill
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: July 01 2008
- ISBN10: 1582975272
- Language: English
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Street Journalist: Understand and Report the News in Your Community
$14.95 Read moreA corrupt politician. A local business in trouble. A neighbor with a heroic story. An opportunity to work together for positive change.Whatever the stories are in your community that most need to be t… [more below]
- Series: Good Life
- Author: Loving, Lisa
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: May 10 2019
- ISBN10: 1621061078
- Language: English
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The Stuff of Thought: Language as a Window Into Human Nature
$20.00 Read moreThis New York Times bestseller is an exciting and fearless investigation of language from the author of Rationality, The Better Angels of Our Nature and The Sense of Style and Enlightenment Now.
“Curi- Author: Pinker, Steven
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 512
- Publish Date: September 01 2008
- ISBN10: 0143114247
- Language: English
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Crafting the Personal Essay: A Guide for Writing and Publishing Creative Non-Fiction
$17.99 Read moreAward winning essayist Scott Russell Sanders once compared the art of essay writing to “the pursuit of mental rabbits”–a rambling through thickets of thought in search of some brief glimmer of fuzzy … [more below]
- Author: Moore, Dinty W.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: September 08 2010
- ISBN10: 1582977968
- Language: English
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Who We’re Reading When We’re Reading Murakami
$17.95 Read moreHow did a loner destined for a niche domestic audience become one of the most famous writers alive? A “fascinating” look at the “business of bringing a best-selling novelist to a global audience” (The… [more below]
- Author: Karashima, David
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: September 01 2020
- ISBN10: 1593765894
- Language: English
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Content
$15.95 Read moreA concise introduction to content and the content industry, from the early internet to the Instagram egg.
From the time we roll out of bed to check overnight updates to our last posts, likes, and view- Series: MIT Press Essential Knowledge
- Author: Eichhorn, Kate
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: May 10 2022
- ISBN10: 0262543281
- Language: English
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Writely or Wrongly: An Unstuffy Guide to Language Stuff
$24.95 Read moreAn essential guide for anyone with cause to communicate in written form (most of us), a passing interest in doing it better (some of us), and a disinterest in a book on said subject that is humourless… [more below]
- Author: Anderson, Joanne
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: November 07 2023
- ISBN10: 1922616702
- Language: English
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The Art of Time in Memoir: Then, Again
$15.00 Read moreThe Art Of series is a new line of books reinvigorating the practice of craft and criticism. Each book will be a brief, witty, and useful exploration of fiction, nonfiction, or poetry by a writer impa
- Series: Art of
- Author: Birkerts, Sven
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 194
- Publish Date: December 26 2007
- ISBN10: 1555974899
- Language: English
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The Lie That Tells a Truth: A Guide to Writing Fiction
$17.95 Read moreFinally, a truly creative–and hilarious–guide to creative writing, full of encouragement and sound advice. Provocative and reassuring, nurturing and wise, The Lie That Tells a Truth is essential to
- Author: DuFresne, John
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 298
- Publish Date: August 17 2004
- ISBN10: 0393325814
- Language: English
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Little Bear: An Inuit Folktale
$17.95 Read moreIn this lyrical retelling of an Inuit folktale by Dawn Casey, a lonely old woman adopts a polar bear cub with no mother of his own. Amanda Hall’s luminous artwork celebrates the radiant snow lands of … [more below]
- Author: Casey, Dawn
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 36
- Publish Date: December 15 2021
- ISBN10: 1937786919
- Language: English
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Eggs and Dandelions: Individual Student Edition Blue (Levels 9-11)
$20.42 Read more- Series: Rigby PM Stars
- Author: Randell
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 16
- Publish Date: January 01 2006
- ISBN10: 1418924393
- Language: English
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Lingo: Around Europe in Sixty Languages
$17.00 Add to cartWhether you’re a frequent visitor to Europe or just an armchair traveler, the surprising and extraordinary stories in Lingo will forever change the way you think about the continent, and may even make… [more below]
- Author: Dorren, Gaston
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: December 13 2016
- ISBN10: 0802125719
- Language: English
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Audiobook Acting: A Masterclass in the Art and the Business
$23.95 Read moreAudiobook Acting: A Masterclass in the Art and the Business is the roadmap to compelling audiobook storytelling. Written as if you are in a personal coaching session with Taro Meyer, each chapter focu… [more below]
- Author: Meyer, Taro
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 242
- Publish Date: August 01 2023
- ISBN10: 1935247301
- Language: English
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27 Essential Principles of Story: Master the Secrets of Great Storytelling, from Shakespeare to South Park
$21.99 Add to cart“So often people ask me if there’s a book on story I can recommend. This is the one. I can’t recommend it highly enough.”–Alexa Junge, writer/producer, Friends, Sex and the City, The West Wing
A mast- Author: Rubin, Daniel Joshua
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: August 18 2020
- ISBN10: 1523507160
- Language: English
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The Writer’s Diet: A Guide to Fit Prose
$30.00 Read moreDo your sentences sag? Could your paragraphs use a pick-me-up? If so, The Writer’s Diet is for you It’s a short, sharp introduction to great writing that will help you energize your prose and boost y… [more below]
- Series: Chicago Guides to Writing, Editing, and Publishing
- Author: Sword, Helen
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 88
- Publish Date: May 02 2016
- ISBN10: 022635198X
- Language: English
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Duped: Truth-Default Theory and the Social Science of Lying and Deception
$34.95 Read moreA scrupulous account that overturns many commonplace notions about how we can best detect lies and falsehoods
From the advent of fake news to climate-science denial and Bernie Madoff’s appeal to inve- Author: Levine, Timothy R.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: November 05 2019
- ISBN10: 0817359680
- Language: English
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Dreyer’s English: An Utterly Correct Guide to Clarity and Style
$26.00 Add to cartNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER – A sharp, funny grammar guide they’ll actually want to read, from Random House’s longtime copy chief and one of Twitter’s leading language gurus
NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS … [more below]- Author: Dreyer, Benjamin
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: January 29 2019
- ISBN10: 0812995708
- Language: English
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How to Write a Book Proposal: The Insider’s Step-By-Step Guide to Proposals That Get You Published
$19.99 Read moreTHE ESSENTIAL RESOURCE FOR SELLING YOUR BOOK
If you want to publish a book, you must present it to agents and publishers with a knock-your-socks-off proposal. Whether you’re seeking a traditional pre- Author: Rein, Jody
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: September 05 2017
- ISBN10: 1440348170
- Language: English
