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The Art of Nonfiction: A Guide for Writers and Readers
The Art of Nonfiction: A Guide for Writers and Readers
by Ayn Rand
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A remarkable series of lectures on the art of creating effective nonfiction by one of the 20th century's most profound writers and thinkers--now available for the first time in print. Culled from sixteen informal lectures Ayn Rand delivered to a select... (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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The Bedford Reader
The Bedford Reader
by X J Kennedy
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Writing with Your Senses VISUAL IMAGE: Doug and Mizans House, East River, 1993, photograph by Margaret Morton FATHERS Brad Manning (student), Arm Wrestling with My Father Brad Manning on Writing Sarah Vowell, Shooting Dad Sarah Vowell on Writing ]Yiyun... (read more)

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On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft (10th Anniversary Edition)
On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft (10th Anniversary Edition)
by Stephen King
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Whether or not you read Stephen King's fiction, if you're interested in writing, you'll love this book. Now in a handsome paperback anniversary edition.... (read more)

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The Writer's Workplace with Readings: Building College Writing Skills
The Writer's Workplace with Readings: Building College Writing Skills
by Sandra Scarry
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For more than 20 years, THE WRITER'S WORKPLACE has served the needs of more than half a million two-and four-year students as they have worked their way toward rewarding careers in a variety of fields. Sandra Scarry and John Scarry present writing... (read more)

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Write for College: A Student Handbook
Write for College: A Student Handbook
by Write Source
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- MLA and APA documentation and research paper styles- Student models of critical college writing forms- Clear guidelines for citing print and electronic sources- Writing process and Proofreading... (read more)

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Writer's Reference With 2009 Mla Update (6TH 09 - Old Edition)
Writer's Reference With 2009 Mla Update (6TH 09 - Old Edition)
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 Elements of Style Illustrated
The Elements of Style Illustrated
by William Strunk
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Every English-language writer knows Strunk and White's famous little writing manual, The Elements of Style. Many people between the ages of seventeen and seventy can recite the book's mantra — make every word tell — and still refer to their... (read more)

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Writing Ethnographic Fieldnotes (Chicago Guides to Writing, Editing, and Publishing)
Writing Ethnographic Fieldnotes (Chicago Guides to Writing, Editing, and Publishing)
by Robert M Emerson
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In this companion volume John van Maanen's Tales of the Field, three scholars reveal how the ethnographer turns direct experience and observation into written fieldnotes upon which an ethnography is based. Drawing on years of teaching and field research... (read more)

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Art of Time in Memoir (08 Edition)
Art of Time in Memoir (08 Edition)
by Sven Birkerts
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Sven Birkerts is the author of Reading Life: Books for the Ages, Readings, The Gutenberg Elegies, and a memoir, My Sky Blue Trades. He teaches at Harvard University and at the Bennington Writing Seminars and is the editor of AGNI. He lives in Arlington... (read more)

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The Forest for the Trees: An Editor's Advice to Writers
The Forest for the Trees: An Editor's Advice to Writers
by Betsy Lerner
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Personal inspiration and practical advice from an expert in the field who delivers.... (read more)

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Writing Your Journal Article in Twelve Weeks: A Guide to Academic Publishing Success
Writing Your Journal Article in Twelve Weeks: A Guide to Academic Publishing Success
by Wendy Laura Belcher
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This book is a wonderful addition to a graduate course on professional writing, to a writers' group in need of some structure, or even to the lone writer who needs assistance becoming an academic writer.-Chronicle of Higher Education Wendy Laura Belcher... (read more)

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AMA Manual of Style: A Guide for Authors and Editors (AMA Manual of Style)
AMA Manual of Style: A Guide for Authors and Editors (AMA Manual of Style)
by JAMA and Archives Journals
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For decades indispensable, the AMA Manual of Style continues to provide editorial support to the medical and scientific publishing community. Since the 1998 publication of the 9th edition, however, the world of medical publishing has rapidly modernized... (read more)

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Practice of Creative Writing : a Guide for Students (08 Edition)
Practice of Creative Writing : a Guide for Students (08 Edition)
by Heather Sellers
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The Practice of Creative Writing is designed for all students in the introductory course, including those who may never take another writing class. Its message is, simply put: you can do this, and it's worthwhile to try. Heather Sellers, who writes in... (read more)

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In the Palm of Your Hand: The Poet's Portable Workshop
In the Palm of Your Hand: The Poet's Portable Workshop
by Steve Kowit
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An illuminating and invaluable guide for beginners wary of modern poetry, as well as for more advanced students who want to sharpen their craft and write poems that expand their technical skills, excite their imaginations, and engage their deepest... (read more)

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Take Joy: A Writer's Guide to Loving the Craft
Take Joy: A Writer's Guide to Loving the Craft
by Jane Yolen
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Are you a writer longing to rediscover the joy that you once had in the craft (or even find it for the first time)? In this inspiring guide, Jane Yolen, an author who has been called America's Hans Christian Andersen, shows writers how to focus on... (read more)

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What If? : College Edition (3RD 10 Edition)
What If? : College Edition (3RD 10 Edition)
by Anne Bernays
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Organized by the elements of fiction and comprised primarily of writing exercises, this text helps students hone and refine their craft with a practical, hands-on approach to writing fiction.... (read more)

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Writing Poetry 2ND Edition
Writing Poetry 2ND Edition
by Barbara Drake
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Writing Poetry is intended to be an all-purpose poetry writing textbook, a fount of inspiration and informtion on the writing process, a solid first step for beginners, and a source of ideas for writers and teachers at all levels. Taken from the Greek... (read more)

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The Eye of the Story
The Eye of the Story
by Eudora Welty
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Much like her highly acclaimed One Writer's Beginnings, The Eye of the Story offers Eudora Welty's invaluable meditations on the art of writing. In addition to seven essays on craft, this collection brings together her penetrating and instructive... (read more)

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Ordinary Genius: A Guide for the Poet Within
Ordinary Genius: A Guide for the Poet Within
by Kim Addonizio
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Inspired by the gratifying success of Companion, Kim Addonizio presents exciting new insights into the creative process, craft, and the lessons of her own creative subjects — love, loss, identity, community — are here, along with a heady... (read more)

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