Imagine knowing what the brain craves from every tale it encounters, what fuels the success of any great story, and what keeps readers transfixed. Wired for Story reveals these cognitive secrets-and it's a game-changer for anyone who...
Language arts
- Author:Cron, LisaSummary:
- Author:Batko, AnnSummary:
Ever stumble when choosing between who and whom, affect and effect, "lay” and "lie?" Are you worried that how you speak or write is holding you back at work? Do you fear you’re making frequent conversational errors, but...
- Author:Kilpatrick, James J., Buckley, William F.Summary:
"Writing comes in grades of quality in the fashion of beer and baseball games," says James J. Kilpatrick, "good, better and best." With the experience of a lifetime of writing, he tells us, he wants to make a few...
- Author:Abram, DavidSummary:
For a thousand generations, human beings viewed themselves as part of the wider community of nature, and they carried on active relationships not only with other people but with other animals, plants, and natural objects (including...
- Author:Hirsch, EdwardSummary:
"An instant classic that belongs on the bookshelf of every serious poet and literature student."-Washington Post A Poet's Glossary was an extraordinary achievement, a definitive source for poets and poetry lovers alike....
- Author:Chomsky, NoamSummary:
For the past forty years Noam Chomsky's writings on politics and language have established him as a preeminent public intellectual and as one of the most original and wide-ranging political and social critics of our time. Among the...
- Author:Levinson, Jay Conrad, Hancock, David L., Frishman, RickSummary:
A Blueprint For Success Without Stress, Now and In The Future. The face of publishing has changed drastically in recent years, and the twenty-first century promises to bring the most dramatic alterations to the publishing paradigm to...
- Author:Tapply, William G.Summary:
The Elements of Mystery Fiction: Writing the Modern Whodunit has guided and inspired mystery writers, veterans as well as beginners, for nearly a decade. Here William G. Tapply, with more than 20 popular mystery and suspense novels...
- Author:Lebo, LauriSummary:
Local newspaper reporter Lauri Lebo was handed the story of a lifetime when the Dover (Pennsylvania) School Board adopted a measure to require its ninth-grade biology students to learn about intelligent design. In a case that recalled...
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The latest addition to the acclaimed series showcasing the best sports writing from the past year For over twenty-five years, The Best American Sports Writing has built a solid reputation by showcasing the greatest sports journalism of...
- Author:Hodge, RogerSummary:
This year's Best American Magazine Writing features outstanding writing on contentious issues including incarceration, policing, sexual assault, labor, technology, and environmental catastrophe. Selections include Paul Ford's...
- Author:Demarinis, RickSummary:
The Art & Craft of the Short Story explores every key element of short fiction, including story structure and form; creative and believable characters; how to begin and where to end; and the generation of ideas; as well as technical...
- Author:Safari, J. F.Summary:
This handy book is a beginner's complete course in the Swahili language, designed especially for foreigners. The book is a result of the author's many years of teaching experience. It is divided into two parts: part one covers...
- Author:Booth, DavidSummary:
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Say It Plain is a vivid, moving portrait of how black Americans have sounded the charge against injustice, exhorting the country to live up to its democratic principles. In "full-throated public oratory, the kind that can stir the soul...
- Author:Faulkner, GrantSummary:
Every writer knows that as rewarding as the creative process is, it can often be a bumpy road. Have hope and keep at it! Designed to kick-start creativity, this handbook from the executive director of National Novel Writing Month...
- Author:Carlo, ElíasSummary:
Much as one would define a garden, designed according to patterns of flowers, colors and other sensory effects, the formalist quality of parterre becomes the garden itself. Conceived as a “curated” experience, elías carlo’s Parterre is...
- Author:Schraff, Anne E.Summary:
Written for young adults, the Urban Underground series confronts issues that are of great importance to teens, such as friendship, loyalty, drugs, gangs, abuse, urban blight, bullies and self-esteem to name a few. More than...
- Author:George, ElizabethSummary:
As the author of twenty-four novels, Elizabeth George is one of the most successful—and prolific—novelists today. In Mastering the Process , George offers readers a master class in the art and science of crafting a novel. This is a...
- Author:Bullard, LisaSummary:
Marco loves the food, parades, and fun of Cinco de Mayo. This year he's one of the dancers. As he listens to the mariachi music, Marco thinks of the brave Mexicans at the first Cinco de Mayo. Find out the different things people...