Publishing & Books

Being a writer can be a lonely and frustrating experience. These stories - by a wide range of professional writers, novelists, journalists, freelancers, poets, screen-writers and celebrity authors - will help you become the writer you have always wanted to be. The mission of this book is to turn you... More

The book highlights the extensive maritime interests of the country and its ancient maritime heritage. India's location, astride the major sea-lanes of communication and the island territories, enables her to play a significant role in the management of the oceans. The maritime infrastructure of por... More

In the 1890s, a proofreader at the University of Chicago Press prepared a single sheet of typographic fundamentals intended as a guide for the University community. That sheet grew into a pamphlet, and the pamphlet grew into a book--the first edition of the "Manual of Style," published in 1906. Now ... More

A distinguished novelist and critic inspires readers and writers with this inside look at how the professionals read--and write. Written with passion, humor, and wisdom, "Reading Like a Writer" instructs readers to return to literature with a fresh eye and an eager heart.Long before there were creat... More

Written with passion, humor, and wisdom, "Reading Like a Writer" will inspire readers to return to literature with a fresh eye and an eager heart.Long before there were creative-writing workshops and degrees, how did aspiring writers learn to write? By reading the work of their predecessors and cont... More

For students, aspiring novelists, and writers of memos, emails, PowerPoint presentations, and more come 50 indispensable, memorable, and usable tools from the vice president and senior scholar at the Poynter Institute.... More

PRAISE FOR THE FIRST EDITION: "The first three chapters alone are worth the cover price. It's a book that acknowledges an assortment of vexing copyediting questions and offers multiple answers to most of them."--Gary Hernandez, "Technical Communication ""An excellent textbook to teach the essentials... More

For beginning calligraphers, this book presents a new lettering challenge for each day of the year, 365 in all (plus a bonus for Leap Day). In addition to daily practice, a practical lettering project is provided for each week--52 in all, ranging from wholly creative projects such as designing an aw... More

When Thomas Merton entered a Trappist monastery in December 1941, he turned his back on secular life--including a very promising literary career. He sent his journals, a novel-in-progess, and copies of all his poems to his mentor, Columbia professor Mark Van Doren, for safe keeping, fully expecting ... More

Evanovich details the elements of writing and publishing a novel, and addresses all categories of fiction--from mystery/thriller/action titles to romance; from stand-alone narratives to series.How many people would kill to be a bestselling novelist? Especially one like Janet Evanovich.Writers want t... More

What can take the edge off a bad day at the office better than a movie where the boss gets his ("9-5)? And, of course, that close-up of Antonio Banderas, wet and naked in a cage, is the best cure for the break-up blahs known to modern science ("Never Talk to Strangers). Now, for the first time, "Cin... More

Join David and Leigh Eddings on a fascinating behind-the-scenes tour of the extensive background materials they compiled before beginning the masterpiece of epic fantasy unforgettably set down in The Belgariad and The Malloreon and their two companion volumes, Belgarath the Sorcerer and Polgara the ... More

Revised and with dozens of new examples, this edition of "Formatting & Submitting Your Manuscript builds upon the success of the original--providing the comprehensive information every writer needs to prepare stand-out submissions--while also adding new information on specific genres, electronic sub... More

By selecting only 100 "best books" Silvey distinguishes her guide from all the others and makes it possible to give young readers their literary heritage in the childhood years.From classics to new favorites, 100 Best Books for Children "points parents in the right direction to] 100 titles no child... More

Imbued with Hemingway's wit, wisdom, and humor, "Ernest Hemingway on Writing" offers essential advice from an author who has had an astounding impact on contemporary American fiction.""Throughout Hemingway's career as a writer, he maintained that it was bad luck to talk about writing -- that it take... More

This is the first and only bite-sized guide to the works that have captured the imagination of millions and inspired readers everywhere to follow their dreams.... More

The award-winning author of "Horror Films of the 1970s" now surveys 300 films from the 1980s. An informative guide through ten macabre years of silver screen terrors, Muir examines the genre from backwoods psycho flicks ("Just Before Dawn") to horror franchises like "Friday the 13th" and "Hellraiser... More

A tribute to the brilliant craftsmanship of one of our most distinguished writers, providing valuable insight into her inspiration and her method Joyce Carol Oates is widely regarded as one of America's greatest contemporary literary figures. Having written in a number of genres -- prose, poetry, p... More