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The reporter who filed the last dispatch before falling with Custer at his "last stand" against the Sioux.The Honolulu bureau chief who looked up from his ...

“If there are shoulders modern African-American women’s literature stands upon they belong to Ntozake Shange, who revolutionized theatre and literature wit...

In Her Early Thirties, [the Author] Had Everything A Modern American Woman Was Supposed To Want - Husband, Country Home, Successful Career - But Instead Of ...

With a coastline that rivals California’s, Maine attracts millions of visitors each year who come to swim, fish, hike, or just enjoy the views. Many of th...

Thirty years after the epic journey chronicled in his classic work The Great Railway Bazaar, the world’s most acclaimed travel writer re-creates his 25,00...

Moses And Walter Annenberg Built A Vast Publishing Empire And One Of The Nation's Greatest Family Fortunes. ... [eventually Walter] Sold His Publishing Empi...

This critically acclaimed memoir, now in paperback, tells the story of the woman who piloted The Washington Post through the stormy times related to the Pe...

Sometimes it seems like there are as many definitions of poetry as there are poems. Coleridge defined poetry as “the best words in the best order.” St....

Learn the rules of the English language with this easy and engaging style guide.Grammar is complicated. But many textbooks and style guides are often so lon...

Hilarious, cringe-inducing stories about teachers, students and parents, from CBC star of Mr. D, one of Canada's hottest comedic talents. Gerry Dee is a ris...

French Kids Eat Everything is a wonderfully wry account of how Karen Le Billon was able to alter her children’s deep-rooted, decidedly unhealthy North Am...

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

Over six editions, Essay Essentials with Readings has developed a loyal following because of its reputation for being straightforward and practical, providi...

a Passionate And Inspiring Guide To Creating A Life Built Around The Creative Process. this Groundbreaking New Work From The Bestselling Author Of the A...

A storehouse of rhymes and rhythms for poets—as handy a tool for a writer as a thesaurus. Is your ballad a touch pallid? Is you...

A richly textured picture of the world of middle-school students. It describes who these students are, explains why fostering their voice is important, and ...

Part foreign affairs discourse, part humor, and part twisted self-help guide, The Geography of Bliss takes the reader from America to Iceland to India in ...

The Author Describes What She Has Learned About Teaching, Writing, And Reading Over Twenty-five Years As An English Teacher, Focusing On Her Experiences Aft...

"A revelation."--Marc Weingarten, Washington Post Acclaimed film director Billy Wilder's early writings--brilliantly translated into English for the first...

The First Edition Of Garner's Modern American Usage Established Bryan Garner As An American Equivalent Of Fowler (library Journal). With More Than 23,500 Co...

Writing That Works will help you say what you want to say, with less difficulty and more confidence. Now in its third edition, this completely updated clas...

Turn Every Page -- Robert Moses. The City-shaper ; Carbon Footprint ; Sanctum Sanctorum For Writers -- Lyndon Johnson. Lbja ; Why Can't You Do A Biography O...

Spellbinding adventure from Canada's most beloved modern-day explorer. Traverspine is not a place you will find on most maps. A century ago, it stood near t...

When civil war came to Mogadishu, the capital of Somalia, in January 1991, two-thirds of the city’s population fled. Among them was eight-year-old Asad Ab...

They had been there often as tourists. They had cherished the dream of someday living all year under the Provencal sun. And suddenly it happened. Here is ...

Following the triumph of thier trip through France to Carcassonne, these two pensioners (and thier whippet, Jim) now cast off in thier narrowboat down the I...

a Story Is A Living Thing. So Begins way Of The Screenwriter, A Book With A Novel, Refreshing Approach To The Long-practiced Art Of Screenwriting. Amnon B...

Deeply spiritual and profoundly human, this 16th-century masterpiece is the work of a revered saint. Its insights into prayer and meditation as the keys ...

Promote a "can do" attitude with inspiring activities that help students master that very important writing unit--the paragraph. Busy teachers appreciate th...

Parody Is Everywhere In Contemporary Modern Culture. It Runs Through Literature, Theatre And Television, Architecture, Films, And Even Everyday Speech. Draw...

A fill-in book from the San Francisco Writers’ Grotto, authors of the best-selling 642 Things series. Focus on a single aspect of the craft of writing wi...

Gifted artist Gerald Murphy and his elegant wife, Sara, were icons of the most enchanting period of our time; handsome, talented, and wealthy expatriate A...

From the author of Hostage to Fortune; The Letters of Joseph P. Kennedy ("Superb" —Michael Beschloss; "Remarkable" —Arthur Schlesinger), the galvanizin...

In her twenties, journalist Sarah Macdonald backpacked around India and came away with a lasting impression of heat, pollution and poverty. So when an airp...

The 60 Minutes Commentator Brings Together His Greatest Pieces Of Writing Spanning A Half-century. I. The Beginnings Of A Writing Life. Drafted -- Meeting M...

Spanning the globe with dozens of top places to go each season, National Geographic's expert travel writers and photographers invite you to experience the w...

Get to know your grandma with your own investigation! This colorful notebook has double the fun. One side includes tons of questions for Grandma (and you!)...

From The #1 New York Times Bestselling World Almanac® Comes A Full-color, Full-of-fun, Oversize Book Packed With Thousands Of Awesome Facts About Science, ...

Somewhere in the universe, there is the perfect tune for you. It’s almost the end of middle school, and Charlie has to find her perfect song for a music ...

How Did Advertising Come To Seem Ordinary And Even Natural To Turn-of-the-century Magazine Readers? The Adman In The Parlor Explores Readers' Interactions W...

The original CliffsNotes study guides offer expert commentary on major themes, plots, characters, literary devices, and historical background. The latest g...

Culled From 7500 Columns And Spanning Four Decades, From His Early Days To His Last Dispatch, The Writings In This Collection Reflect A Radically Changing A...

The pictures that made history as they traveled around the world on their only exhibition tour: more than a hundred masterpieces of modern French painting ...

'when I Begin To Write, I Open Myself And Wait. And When I Turn Toward An Inner Spiritual Awareness, I Open Myself And Wait.' With That Insight, Pat Schneid...

This Accessible Writer's Guide Provides A Helpful Framework For Creating Poetry And Navigates Contemporary Concerns And Practices. Stephen Dobyns, Author Of...

This In-depth Spelling Rules Workbook For Adults Has All The Key Spelling Rules, Patterns And Strategies To Help Improve Spelling. With Over 200 Pages Of Cl...

In Journeys To Impossible Places, Best-selling Author And Presenter Simon Reeve Reveals The Inside Story Of His Most Astonishing Adventures And Experiences,...

Volume 3 contains the following titles: Ah, Wilderness!, Days Without End, A Touch of the Poet, More Stately Mansions, The Iceman Cometh, Long Day's Journe...