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Writing Down the Bones
Writing Down the Bones
by Natalie Goldberg
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For more than twenty years Natalie Goldberg has been challenging and cheering on writers with her books and workshops. In her groundbreaking first book, she brings together Zen meditation and writing in a new way. Writing practice, as she calls it, is no... (read more)

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Characters and Viewpoint (88 Edition)
Characters and Viewpoint (88 Edition)
by Orson Scott Card
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Vivid and memorable characters aren't born: they have to be made. This book is a set of tools: literary crowbars, chisels, mallets, pliers and tongs. Use them to pry, chip, yank and sift good characters out of the place where they live in your memory... (read more)

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A Writer's Reference with 2009 MLA and 2010 APA Updates
A Writer's Reference with 2009 MLA and 2010 APA Updates
by Diana Hacker
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Click here to find out more about the 2009 MLA Updates and the 2010 APA Updates. A Writers Reference is the most widely adopted college handbook ever published. The new edition is available in a classic version that provides more help with... (read more)

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The Norton Field Guide to Writing, with Readings and Handbook
The Norton Field Guide to Writing, with Readings and Handbook
by Richard Bullock
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The Norton Field Guide to Writing--in three versions: a brief rhetoric (The Norton Field Guide to Writing); a rhetoric and reader (The Norton Field Guide to Writing with Readings); and a rhetoric, reader, and handbook.... (read more)

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Backwards and Forwards: A Technical Manual for Reading Plays
Backwards and Forwards: A Technical Manual for Reading Plays
by David Ball
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This guide to playreading for students and practitioners of both theater and literature complements, rather then contradicts or repeats, traditional methods of literary analysis of scripts. Ball developed his method during his work as Literary Director... (read more)

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Reading the World (2ND 10 Edition)
Reading the World (2ND 10 Edition)
by Michael Austin
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'From Lao Tzu to Aristotle, Charles Darwin to Jomo Kenyatta, Reading the Worldis a collection of 79 texts by some of the world\'s great thinkers. And because ideas have long been expressed visually as well as verbally, the collection includes 15 drawings,... (read more)

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Finding What You Didn't Lose (Inner Work Book)
Finding What You Didn't Lose (Inner Work Book)
by John Fox
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Poetry discovers and speaks a truth ordinary language cannot express. And the passionate message in Finding What You Didn't Lose is that we're all poets--capable of giving voice to such truth. Poet-teacher John Fox reveals how imagery, sound, metaphor... (read more)

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Self-Editing for Fiction Writers, Second Edition: How to Edit Yourself Into Print
Self-Editing for Fiction Writers, Second Edition: How to Edit Yourself Into Print
by Renni Browne
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"A superb tutorial for anyone wanting to learn from pros how to polish fiction writing with panache."--"Library Journal."... (read more)

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College Writing Skills with Readings
College Writing Skills with Readings
by John Langan
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College Writing Skills with Readings offers students a practical guide to becoming better writers. From mastering the traditional five-paragraph essay and its variations to learning about the finer points of grammar and punctuation, College Writing... (read more)

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The Little Seagull Handbook
The Little Seagull Handbook
by Richard Bullock
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The Little Seagull Handbook is easy to use, contains complete documentation guidelines, and is the only pocket handbook to include thorough coverage of paragraphs. This new handbook is an indispensable and affordable tool for all students who write.... (read more)

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The Mindful Writer: Noble Truths of the Writing Life
The Mindful Writer: Noble Truths of the Writing Life
by Dinty W. Moore
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Going a step beyond typical "how to write" books, Moore illuminates the creative process: where writing and creativity originate, how mindfulness plays into work, how to cultivate good writing habits, how to grow as a writer — and a person... (read more)

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Home Ground: Language for an American Landscape
Home Ground: Language for an American Landscape
by Barry Lopez
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Published to great acclaim in 2006, the hardcover edition ofHome Ground: Language for an American Landscapemet with outstanding reviews and strong sales, going into three printings. A language-lover's dream,Home Groundrevitalized a descriptive language... (read more)

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The Writer's Home Companion: An Anthology of the World's Best Writing Advice, from Keats to Kunitz
The Writer's Home Companion: An Anthology of the World's Best Writing Advice, from Keats to Kunitz
by Joan Bolker
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A Boston Globe Bestseller Writing is a solitary sportbut none of us can do it without good company at crucial moments. This spirited collection of inspiring and useful essays and exercises on the craft of writing is the next best thing to having an... (read more)

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LB Brief with Tabs
LB Brief with Tabs
by Little Brown
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LB Brief offers the authority and currency of its best-selling parent, The Little, Brown Handbook, in two briefer, spiral-bound formats (one with tabs and one without tabs) at affordable prices.   As in its previous edition, LB Brief provides... (read more)

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Bullies, Bastards and Bitches: How to Write the Bad Guys of Fiction
Bullies, Bastards and Bitches: How to Write the Bad Guys of Fiction
by Jessica Page Morrell
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Get to Know Your Character's Sinister Side A truly memorable antagonist is not a one-dimensional super villain bent on world domination for no particular reason. Realistic, credible bad guys create essential story complications, personalize conflict, add... (read more)

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The Chicago Manual of Style
The Chicago Manual of Style
by University of Chicago Press
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The 14th edition of The Chicago Manual of Style has now been superseded by the 15th edition. See below for a link to the new edition. The ISBN of the new 15th edition is 0-226-10403-6.... (read more)

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A Manual for Writers of Term Papers, Theses, and Dissertations (Manual for Writers of Term Papers, Theses, & Dissertations)
A Manual for Writers of Term Papers, Theses, and Dissertations (Manual for Writers of Term Papers, Theses, & Dissertations)
by Kate L Turabian
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For close to sixty years Kate L. Turabian's Manual for Writers has offered comprehensive and detailed guidance to authors of research papers—term papers, theses, and dissertations. Now the editors of The Chicago Manual of Style have revised... (read more)

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Writing Analytically
Writing Analytically
by David Rosenwasser
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The popular, brief rhetoric that treats writing as thinking, WRITING ANALYTICALLY, Fifth Edition, offers a series of prompts that lead you through the process of analysis and synthesis and help you to generate original and well-developed ideas. The book... (read more)

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Style: Lessons in Clarity and Grace (10TH 10 Edition)
Style: Lessons in Clarity and Grace (10TH 10 Edition)
by Joseph M. Williams
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Engaging and direct, Style: Lessons in Clarity and Grace is the guidebook for anyone who wants to write well.Engaging and direct, Style: Lessons in Clarity and Grace is the guidebook for anyone who wants to write well.... (read more)

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On Writing Well, 25th Anniversary: The Classic Guide to Writing Nonfiction
On Writing Well, 25th Anniversary: The Classic Guide to Writing Nonfiction
by William K Zinsser
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On Writing Well has been praised for its sound advice, its clarity and the warmth of its style. It is a book for everybody who wants to learn how to write or who needs to do some writing to get through the day, as almost everybody does in the age of e... (read more)

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