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The New York Times bestselling author of Elevator Pitch andmaster of psychological suspense returns with a riveting thriller in which the possible heirs of ...

A lovely small-trim edition of the award-winning Atlas of Remote IslandsThe Atlas of Remote Islands, Judith Schalansky’s beautiful and deeply personal ac...

Written in a style similar to that of Nigel Slater’s multi-award-winning food memoir ‘Toast’, this is a celebration of the glory, humour, eccentricit...

Since 1978, Soundview Executive Book Summaries has offered its subscribers condensed versions of the best business books published each year. Focused, insig...

IF YOU'RE TIRED OF REJECTION, THIS IS THE BOOK FOR YOU. Whether you are a novice writer or a veteran who has already had your work published, rejection i...

This title is available in a new editionThe Act of Writing is a classic Canadian text that is known for its ability to interest students and generate discus...

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This memoir of the French provincial capital of Aix-en-Provence is, as the author tells us, "my picture, my map, of a place and therefore of myself...just ...

culled From National Geographic's Vast Photographic Archive As Well As Other Important Collections, This Fascinating, Wide-ranging Volume Presents A Wonde...

The Modern Language Association, The Authority On Research And Writing, Takes A Fresh Look At Documenting Sources In The Eighth Edition Of The Mla Handbook....

A Wise, Passionate Account Of The Pleasures Of Traveling Solo In Our Increasingly Frantic Daily Lives, Many People Are Genuinely Fearful Of The Prospect Of ...

Fiction/Non-Fiction: A Reader and Rhetoric acquaints students with the basic principles of good writing and is organized in three parts: Part One discusses ...

remember That Time You Bumped Into Stephen Hawking At The Clambake And His Monologue On String Theory Went Completely Over Your Head? Man, Was That Awkwar...

A classic from the New York Times bestselling author of A Short History of Nearly Everything and The Body.Back in America after twenty years in Britain, Bi...

The cover is the face of any magazine, the first thing readers see, the place where the editors declare their intentions. At Sports Illustrated the cover h...

The new edition of this popular course in translation from French into English offers a challenging practical approach to the acquisition of translation sk...

Award-winning sportswriter Steve Craig shows young adults all the tricks of the trade. Beginning with the basics of good reporting, note-taking and intervie...

A completely revised new edition! This best-selling language reference covers the core vocabulary of everyday life. More than 75,000 definitions. Includes p...

The classic guide to writing screenplays, by screenplay guru Syd Field. A step-by-step guide from concept to finished script. Third edition. Library Journa...

From the #1 New York Times bestselling World Almanac comes a full-color book celebrating the world's most breathtaking, exciting, and astonishing attraction...

a Perfect Core Text For Introduction To Communication Or Communication Theory Classes, questions Of Communication Puts Theory Into Context By Using An Acc...

Writing That Works is unique among business and professional writing textbooks. The book's advice on the writing process, abundant workplace samples, guida...

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Where would we be without conversation? Throughout history, conversations have allowed us to see different perspectives, build ideas, and solve problems. C...

Product Description From Chloé Cooper Jones—Pulitzer Prize finalist, philosophy professor, Whiting Creative Nonfiction Grant recipient—a groundbre...

The Complete Writer's Guide to Heroes and Heroines reveals the sixteen literary archetypes that have starred in fiction for millennia. This resource offers ...

Larry McMurtry criscrosses America -- driving in search of the present, the past, and himself -- as he shares his fascination with this nation's great trai...

This volume celebrates the 100th anniversary of the Philadelphia Orchestra. It describes some its most reknowned musical directors such as Stotowski and Mut...

Collects The Author's Best New Yorker Pieces, Including Essays On Such Topics As Why There Are So Many Kinds Of Mustard But Only One Type Of Ketchup, A Surp...

In the Skin of a Lion is a love story and an irresistible mystery set in the turbulent, muscular new world of Toronto in the 20s and 30s. Michael Ondaatje e...

Danny L. Jorgensen's book certainly provides a good handbook to supplement the more general comments on participant observation found in other texts. . . ...

From Homer to Plato, Thackeray to Kafka, Proust to Twain, Freud to Whitman--an introduction to more than 100 classics of Western literature and thought.Cate...

After her husband died of cancer, 57-year-old Rosie set off to run around the world, raising money in memory of the man she loved. Followed by wolves, knoc...

This is Henri Nouwen's "secret journal." It was written during the most difficult period of his life, when he suddenly lost his self-esteem, his energy to...

Poems Deal With The Seasons, City Life, An Abandoned Child, Famine, Rape, Masculinity, Religion, Childhood, Parents, Love, And MortalityCategories: Referenc...

the Celebrated Author Of the Last American Man Creates An Irresistible, Candid, And Eloquent Account Of Her Pursuit Of Worldly Pleasure And Spiritual Devo...

A concise handbook, THE PR STYLEGUIDE: FORMATS FOR PUBLIC RELATIONS PRACTICE serves as a complete style guide and reference tool. Learn to present messages ...

From one of our most interesting literary figures – former editor of Granta, former fiction editor at The New Yorker, acclaimed author of Among the Thugs...

Need to find more time to write--without sacrificing the important things? Looking to consistently discover great book ideas? Wish you could generate a ste...

Ghosting the News tells the most troubling media story of our time: How democracy suffers when local news dies. Reporting on news-impoverished areas in the...

Join David and Leigh Eddings on a fascinating behind-the-scenes tour of the extensive background materials they compiled before beginning the masterpiece of...

We All Know The Basics Of Punctuation. Or Do We? A Look At Most Neighborhood Signage Tells A Different Story. Through Sloppy Usage And Low Standards On The ...

Describes Travel Experiences In Vanuatu And Fiji, Which Include Coping With Mother Nature--typhoons, Earthquakes, Volcanoes--and Observing The Relaxed Lifes...

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

Flirtin' with the Monster pulls back the curtain on Ellen Hopkins' smart and daring books Crank and Glass and explores their appeal and originality through ...

Ever since October 1967, when he set off in a battered motor home to explore America and talk to its people, Charles Kuralt has been one of our premier chr...

The Controversial Conservative Radio Personality Presents A Collection Of His Observations On The Clinton Administration, Liberals, And Other TopicsCategori...

The #1 New York Times bestseller: a brilliant account—character-rich and darkly humorous—of how the U.S. economy was driven over the cliff. The Barnes &am...