Writing

"Do we still know how to read a novel?" John Sutherland, Chairman of the 2005 Booker Prize Committee, asks. His disheartened answer is an unequivocal, "No." But Sutherland has not given up hope. With acerbic wit and intellect, he traces the history of what it used to mean to be well-read and tells r... More

Includes: *Complete preparation for the New SAT Writing Section*3 practice tests*Comprehensive writing clinic*Effective techniques and strategies for every type of question in the multiple-choice section, including identifying sentence errors, and improving sentences and paragraphs.... More

When Celia Lyttelton visited a bespoke perfumers, she realized a long-held ambition: to have a scent created solely for her. Entering this heady, exotic world of oils and essences, she was transported from a leafy London square to a place of long-forgotten memories and sensory experiences. And once ... More

Now bestselling author Syd Field, who works on over 1,000 screenplays a year, tells you step-by-step how to identify and fix common screenwriting problems, providing the professional secrets that make movies brilliant - secrets that can make your screenplay one headed for success...or even Cannes. L... More

"How to Communicate Technical Information: " - Discusses easy-to-follow and user-friendly ways of organizing information. - Demonstrates how to use the art to communicate context, multiple options and results. - Offers new ways to present both quick start options for experienced users and installati... More

First he told readers how to write it, then he told them how to perfect it, now Syd field takes them behind the movie moguls' closed doors and shows how to sell a screenplay--and earn upwards of $100,000 in the process.- Breaks Down the Business of Screenwriting - Explains What the Buyer Looks For -... More

In this fascinating and jargon-free guide, lexicographers Kipfer and Steinmetz reconstruct the births of thousands of words, including infantries, poz, mobs, Soho, dinks, choo choos, frankenfoods, LOL, narcs and perps. This word lover's guide to etymology is written in a fun, informal, and accessibl... More

'Gail Craswell has written an excellent book. Chapters are rich with detailed, step-by-step explanations that will be as useful to experienced writers as to students. Clear, specific advice with concise steps for succeeding at each kind of writing makes each chapter a valuable tool' "- Design Resear... More

From the introduction by Joyce Carol Oates: Between them, our great visionary poets of the American nineteenth century, Emily Dickinson and Walt Whitman, have come to represent the extreme, idiosyncratic poles of the American psyche. . . . Dickinson never shied away from the great subjects of human ... More

A thoughtful and beautifully crafted epilogue to the history of slavery, A Turn in the South is a reflective journey by V. S. Naipaul in the late 1980s through the American South. Naipaul writes of his encounters with politicians, rednecks, farmers, writers, ordinary men and women, both black and... More

This is a travel classic--the story of Patrick Marnham's pilgrimage from Turkey to Nepal in 1968. He traveled over three thousand miles, passing through Ankara to Ararat, Tehran and Mashad, Herat, Kandahar and Kabul, Peshawar, Lahore and Varanasi...before finally reaching Katmandu. His journey is a ... More

The indispensable resource that has helped the writers and editors of "The Wall Street Journal" earn a reputation for the most authoritative business writing anywhere -- now fully expanded and revised for the twenty-first centuryIn the field of business, the words you use -- and how you use them -- ... More

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Around 300 essay-style entries introduce the reader to the traditional terms of literary criticism and the central preoccupations of contemporary critical thinking.... More

It's hardly a surprise to discover that twenty-two year old Sam Branson has a love of adventure and a real concern about our future in a world threatened by rapid climate change. Journeying into the heart of the Arctic wilderness with his father and a film crew, Sam explores the changing landscape a... More

From 1931 to 1935 Bertrand Russell was one of the regular contributors to the literary pages of the New York American, together with other distinguished authors such as Aldous Huxley and Vita Sackville-West. Mortals and Others presents a selection of his essays, ranging from the politically correct ... More

""Every man would like to be God, if it were possible; some few find it difficult to admit the impossibility."" --Bertrand Russell From 1931-1935 Bertrand Russell was one of the regular contributors to the literary pages of the "New York American," together with other distinguished authors, such a ... More