Writing, Research & Publishing Guides

The third in the Now Read This series, Pearl & Cords's guide briefly describes and organizes approximately 500 of the most popular and current contempor...

The Southern Singer Recounts His Rise From Being A Member Of A Small Touring Alabama Band To Being The 2006 Winner Of The American Idol Contest And The Impa...

This Companion offers the most comprehensive overview available of modernist poetry, its forms, its major authors and its contexts. The first part explores ...

This remarkable guide illustrates the compassion, empathy, and humanity attainable when sharing stories with another person. At the same time, it encourages...

through Detailed Instruction And Examples From Contemporary Bestsellers And Classic Page-turners, This Book Delineates The Moral Continuum Of Protagonists A...

Originally Created To Help Writers And Editors At The Globe And Mail Present Clear, Accurate, And Concise Stories, This Comprehensive And Entertaining Style...

NONFICTION writers, this is a STEP-BY-STEP guide that walks you through how to write a book. These steps will show you how to develop the good writing routi...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “A delightful sampler plate of our national parks, written with charisma and erudition.”—Nick Offerman, author of Paddle...

From The Tsunami In Sri Lanka To The War In Iraq To The Starvation In Niger And Ultimately To Hurricane Katrina In New Orleans And Mississippi, Cooper Gives...

The Patriot And The Censor's Necklace: An Interview With Bbc Culture Correspondent Madeleine Holt / Dan Rather -- The Memo / Charles Reina -- A Shot Messeng...

You never love a book the way you love a book when you are ten.Writing as Lemony Snicket, Daniel Handler has led several generations of young readers into t...

A cornucopia of comment from Canada’s most opinionated man — a man seen, read, and listened to by millions of Canadians each week.Canada’s most distin...

The Greek writer Lysias is a fascinating source for the study of Athenian law, society and history in the late fifth century B.C. Six of his professional le...

NEW 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...

ALERT: Before you purchase, check with your instructor or review your course syllabus to ensure that you select the correct ISBN. Several versions of Pear...

gotham Writers' Workshop Has Mastered The Art Of Teaching The Craft Of Writing In A Way That Is Practical, Accessible, And Entertaining. Now The Techniques...

Always Get the Name of the Dog is a guide to journalistic interviewing, written by a journalist, for journalists. It features advice from some of the best w...

How to Read (and Write About) Poetry invites students and others curious about poetry to join the critical conversation about a genre many find a little mys...

In The Vein of Gold: A Journey to Your Creative Heart, Cameron again draws from her extensive artistic and teaching experience to lead readers toward ever-...

This Book Is An Account Of The History, Ecology, And Mystique Of The Arctic Region. The Author Offers A Thorough Examination Of This Obscure World, Its Terr...

you Can Quote Lines From sixteen Candles (“last Night At The Dancemy Little Brother Paid A Buck To See Your Underwear”), Your Ipod Playlist Includes More ...

in April 1992 A Young Man From A Well-to-do Family Hitchhiked To Alaska And Walked Alone Into The Wilderness North Of Mt. Mckinley. His Name Was Christophe...

A Writer's Guide To The Craft And Elements Of A ScreenplayCategories: Humor & EntertainmentPerforming Arts

The Gender Reader's fifty-one selections, all related to issues and questions of gender, are organized into five parts that address sub-themes within this...

This essential guide to writing for the screen goes step-by-step through the process of getting the script on paper, and then onto the screen.Categories: Re...

Tom Bower.Categories: Reference Writing, Research & Publishing Guides WritingJournalism & Nonfiction

First Published In 1970, And Now A Canadian Classic, Memoirs Of Montparnasse By John Glassco Portrays Expatriate Life In Paris, Which Began For Him In 1928 ...

Working as a correspondent for 20/20 and Good Morning America, John Stossel confronted dozens of scam artists: from hacks who worked out of their basement...

In this New York Times bestseller, follow the author of The Notebook as he travels the world with his brother learning about faith, loss, connection, and ho...

Noah And His Best Friend Walt Want To Become Cool, Make The Baseball Team, And Win Over Sam, The Girl Noah Has Loved For Years. When Noah Finds Old Love Let...

This classic work explores the vast differences between oral and literate cultures offering a very clear account of the intellectual, literary and social e...

A thought-provoking and concise rebuttal to E.O. Wilson's Consilience In his best-seller Consilience, E.O. Wilson presented a blueprint for the reconciliat...

Meera, Sophia and Olivia, the Princess Dolls, are busy planning their mid-Winter celebration in Dolly Town when they get a call through from Mission Control...

In Paris for a weekend visit, Elizabeth Bard sat down to lunch with a handsome Frenchman—and never went home again. Was it love at first sight? Or was it...

During His Years As An Editor At The Big Five Publishing Houses, As An Independent Publisher, As A Literary Agent Both At A Major Hollywood Talent Agency An...

A revelatory journey on foot exploring Kabul's war-torn past and scarred present\One of the first things I was told when I arrived in Kabul was never to wal...

Intended as a guide to the terms and phrases that partially shape the origins, purpose, logic, meaning, and methods of the practices known as qualitative i...

Perfect for self-studiers or students, this Farsi language education book takes a user-friendly and distinct approach. Farsi is the language of Persia (pre...

The Riveting Tale Of Two Pioneering Botanists And Their Historic Boat Trip Down The Colorado River And Through The Grand Canyon. In The Summer Of 1938, Bota...

With passion, wit, and good common sense, the celebrated poet Mary Oliver tells of the basic ways a poem is built-meter and rhyme, form and diction, sound...

This trade paperback sized thesaurus is a treasury of word choices in alphabetical arrangement for easy lookups. Contains 150,000 synonyms, related words, ...

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 ...

No More Excuses! Anyone Can Write A Novel, Novelist Mosley Advises, And In This Book Of Tips, Practical Advice, And Wisdom, He Promises That The Writer-in-w...

Review This is a book for novices and geeks interested in the significance of California through America's wine history, from the swashbuckling era of ...

The New Tourist: Waking Up to the Power and Perils of TravelCategories: Travel Specialty TravelBusiness Travel

In his most delightful foray into the wonders of Provençal life, Peter Mayle returns to France and puts behind him cholesterol worries, shopping by phone, ...

A completely new guide to writing Latin from scratch, this user-friendly book includes key features such as: broad coverage - all the major grammatical cons...

in This Gem, The Scientist And Noted Essayist Trains A Wry Wit And A Highly Perceptive Eye On His Two-plus Decades Of Observing Baboon Behavior In Kenya. ...