Writing

“It is only ideas gained from walking that have any worth.” —Nietzsche In A Philosophy of Walking, a bestseller in France, leading thinker Frédéric...

Recognizing that creative writing is an expression of identity as much as a craft that can be honed, Sara Maitland presents advice based on her own career a...

The gold standard of poetry writing books, Writing Poems, 7/e is a comprehensive, easy-to-use guide that will help aspiring poets to create meaningful works...

Translated With An Introduction By Richmond Lattimore. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 11-12).Categories: Literature & FictionClassics

Philip Caputo's passion for travel and adventure was inspired by the works of Joseph Conrad, Jack London, and Herman Melville, and through the years this pa...

One of the great works of American exploration literature, this account of a scientific expedition forced to survive famine, attacks, mutiny, and some of t...

Oh, Florida! That Name. That Combination Of Sounds. Three Simple Syllables, And Yet Packing So Many Mixed Messages. To Some People, It's A Paradise. To Othe...

The Art Of Fact Is A Historical Treasury Tracing What Used To Be Called New Journalism Back To Such Pioneers As Defoe, Dickens, And Orwell, And To Crime Wri...

This third edition of Modern Criticism and Theory represents a major expansion on its previous incarnations with some twenty five new pieces or essays inclu...

"You've heard (and probably asked) this question a million times: 'Where did you go for dinner?'" A love letter to 150 Canadian restaurants, and the storie...

This market-leading text for grammar courses is a comprehensive description of sentence structure that encourages students to recognize and use their innat...

Discover the Proven Blueprint for Creating Stories That Sell!Award-winning author K.M. Weiland’s previous book, the award-winning Structuring Your Novel,...

Susan Reynolds.Categories: Reference Words, Language & GrammarReference

The Magic of Memoir is a memoirist’s companion for when the going gets tough. Editors Linda Joy Myers and Brooke Warner have taught and coached hundreds ...

The long-awaited guide to writing long-form nonfiction by the legendary author and teacher Draft No. 4 is a master class on the writer’s craft. In a seri...

Harry Evans Has Edited Everything From The Urgent Files Of Battlefield Reporters To The Complex Thought Processes Of Henry Kissinger. He's Even Been Knighte...

Carolyne Larrington has gathered together a uniquely comprehensive collection of writing by, for and about medieval women, spanning one thousand years and ...

Discusses How To Condition The Mind To Become Idea-prone And Presents A Five-step Procedure For Solving Problems And Getting IdeasCategories: Engineering &a...

Fit to Print will help you master the writing process and the particulars of style and documentation. A well-known and successful text -written in clear, co...

This invaluable reference work offers the best and most sought-after advice on English grammar based on Henry Fowler's original, which is still a classic te...

One of Americas greatest landscape designers and conservationists, Jensen used native plants to introduce the influential Prairie style of landscape archi...

Authoritative, comprehensive, and always reliable, The Little, Brown Handbookprovides current and thorough coverage of the writing process, grammar, researc...

An award-winning photographer asked several children "What is the best part of you?", and presents their answers in this sometimes funny, sometimes moving, ...

Named to the International Reading Association’s 2012 Teachers’ Choice book list Grammar Girl Presents the Ultimate Writing Guide for Students is a c...

break Into The Tv Newswriting Business With This Expert Guide how To Write Television News Delivers Dozens Of Tips And Principles Used To Train Writers At...

A Collection Of The Year's Best Essays Selected By Robert Atwan And Guest Editor Rebecca Solnit. Award-winning Writer, Cultural Critic, And Activist, Rebecc...

Both noted poets themselves, X.J. Kennedy and Dana Gioia write of their subject with a humor, style, and verve that makes the joys of poetry accessible to a...

In 1995, Jim Bedard, a martial artist and Zen student, was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia and given ten days to live. This is the story of how he u...

NATIONAL BESTSELLER Taking up where his beloved A Year in Provence leaves off, Peter Mayle offers us another funny, beautifully (and deliciously) evocativ...

Screen printing is made accessible in this beautiful step-by-step guide featuring twelve projects. In this Beginner's Guide to Screen Printing, Erin Lacy sh...

A high-seas adventure story that combines the wry wit and deep reflection of A Walk in the Woods with the action and suspense of A Perfect Storm. A stint ...

The essential guide for freelance writers, now completely updated and revised. The Canadian Writer's Market is the authority on who publishes what and how b...

Rich, funny, and moving personal narratives depend on a few key moments in time to anchor the story and give it impact. Shimmering Images teaches the aspir...

Acclaim for Structuring Your Novel “I have long wished for a book like this. Structuring Your Novel is so much more than a writing craft book—it’s a ...

New revised and updated edition of the bestselling book on writing memoir. Publishers Weekly In 1963, when poet Barrington was 19, an event sliced her li...

In the Extraordinary Business Book Club podcast, Alison Jones goes under the hood of successful business books to discover how they’re put together and ho...

National Bestseller  When prize-winning war correspondent Tony Horwitz leaves the battlefields of Bosnia and the Middle East for a peaceful corner of the ...

A National Book Critics Circle Finalist for Criticism A deeply Malcolmian volume on painters, photographers, writers, and critics. Janet Malcolm's In the F...

By Laura Bellamy, Michelle Carey, Jenifer Schlotfeldt.Categories: Reference Writing, Research & Publishing Guides WritingTechnical

Writing That Works The #1 guide to excellence in documentation—now completely updated! A systematic, proven approach to creating great documentation ...

A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice PickNamed a Best Book of 2022 by The New Yorker\“Paul Tran’s debut collection of poems is indelible, this r...

"In many ways, I was an independent woman," writes Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist Alice Steinbach. “For years I’d made my own choices, paid my own bills...

A Writer's ReferenceCategories: Reference Writing, Research & Publishing Guides WritingFiction

Technical Report Writing Today provides thorough coverage of the technical writing basics, techniques, and applications students are likely to encounter in ...

Designed For Use In Two Consecutive Police Foundations Program (pfp) Courses: Pfp 104, A Generic College English Course; And Pfp 204, A Course Geared Toward...

Learning Hiragana and Katakana is a systematic and comprehensive Japanese workbook that is perfect for self-study or use in a classroom setting. Written Ja...

The real story of the crash began in bizarre feeder markets where the sun doesn't shine and the SEC doesn't dare, or bother, to tread: the bond and real es...

A reissue of a classic work originally published in 1934 on writing and the creative process, Becoming a Writer recaptures the excitement of Dorothea Brand...