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What If?: Writing Exercises for Fiction Writers by Anne Bernays Publisher Comments Part One. Beginnings Chapter 1. First Sentences: Beginning in the Middle Chapter 2. The Story's History Chapter 3. Pairs of Beginning Sentences (From Alexandra Marshall) Chapter 4. Begin a Story with a Given First Line (From William Kittredge) Chapter 5.... (read more) List Price $13.99 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper 
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Grammar Girl's Quick and Dirty Tips for Better Writing by Mignon Fogarty Publisher Comments Online sensation Grammar Girl makes grammar fun and easy in her print debut Are you stumped by split infinitives? Terrified of using “who” when a “whom” is called for? Do you avoid the words “lay” and “lie”... (read more) List Price $14.00 Your price: $9.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Naming the World: And Other Exercises for the Creative Writer by Bret Anthony Johnston Publisher Comments You already have the tools to become a gifted writer; what you need is the spark. Harvard creative writing professor and acclaimed author Bret Anthony Johnston brings you an irresistible interactive guide to the craft of narrative writing. From... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $7.95 Used - Trade Paper
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I Used to Know That: Stuff You Forgot from School by Caroline Taggart Publisher Comments This small but mighty collection will trigger your memory with fun facts you learned in school-from adverbs to the Pythagorean Theorem. Witty, engaging, entertaining-a book you'll pick up again and again. Author Caroline Taggart discovered two things... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $7.95 Used - Hardcover
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Show Me How: 500 Things You Should Know: Instructions for Life from the Everyday to the Exotic by Lauren Smith and Derek Fagerstrom Publisher Comments Show Me How is a revolutionary reimagining of the reference genre, one part how-to guide, one part graphic art showpiece, and one part pure inspiration.In a series of 500 nearly wordless, highly informative step-by-step procedurals, readers learn how to... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $16.95 Used - Flexible
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Oxford Picture Dictionary by Oxford Publisher Comments Illustrates over 3,700 words in full-color, each clearly labeled and defined in context for easy identification Offers 140 key topics targeted to meet the vocabulary needs of adults and young adults for real communication Features topics grouped into... (read more) List Price $13.50 Your price: $7.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Acing the College Application: How to Maximize Your Chances for Admission to the College of Your Choice by Michele Hernandez Publisher Comments Now newly revised, this must-have guide to getting into college by a true admissions insider includes up-to-date information on all aspects of the application process, with a new chapter on the Why paragraph in college essays and more relevant and... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $8.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity, and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary (P.S.) by Simon Winchester Publisher Comments The Professor and the Madman, masterfully researched and eloquently written, is an extraordinary tale of madness, genius, and the incredible obsessions of two remarkable men that led to the making of the Oxford English Dictionary — and literary... (read more) List Price $13.99 Your price: $5.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life by Anne Lamott Publisher Comments "Thirty years ago my older brother, who was ten years old at the time, was trying to get a report on birds written that he'd had three months to write [it] was due the next day. We were out at our family cabin in Bolinas, and he was at the kitchen table... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $8.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Eats, Shoots and Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation by Lynne Truss Publisher Comments 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 internet, in email, and now text messages, we have made proper punctuation an endangered species... (read more) List Price $19.95 Your price: $5.50 Used - Hardcover
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In the Palm of Your Hand: The Poet's Portable Workshop by Steve Kowit Publisher Comments 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) List Price $14.95 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The elements of style by William Strunk Jr. and E. B. White Publisher Comments The hardcover version of the most indispensable writing resource! Features a new Glossary of grammatical terms Includes a new Foreword by Roger Angell Retains the classic principles of English style You know the authors' names. You recognize the title... (read more) List Price $6.95 Your price: $3.50 Used - Mass Market
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Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation by Lynne Truss Publisher Comments 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 internet, in email, and now text messages, we have made proper punctuation an endangered species... (read more) List Price $12.00 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Merriam Websters Collegiate Dictionary 10TH Edition by Websters Merriam Web Synopsis Merriam Webster, America's foremost dictionary publisher, continues its 150-year tradition of excellence with a new edition of America's bestselling dictionary.... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $14.95 Used - Hardcover
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Langenscheidt Pocket Merriam-Webster English Dictionary by Langenscheidt Synopsis This modern monolingual dictionary contains: over 60,000 entries; comprehensive vocabulary; pronunciation and full syllabification; brief etymologies; and appendices covering population figures, signs and symbols.... (read more) List Price $12.95 Your price: $7.95 Used - Flexible
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A Gentle Madness: Bibliophiles, Bibliomanes, and the Eternal Passion for Books by Nicholas A. Basbanes Publisher Comments The passion to possess books has never been more widespread than it is today; indeed, obsessive book collecting remains the only hobby to have a disease named after it. A Gentle Madness, finalist for the 1995 National Book Critics Circle award, is an... (read more) List Price $22.00 Your price: $11.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Ex Libris: Confessions of a Common Reader by Anne Fadiman Publisher Comments Anne Fadiman is — by her own admission — the sort of person who learned about sex from her father's copy of Fanny Hill, whose husband buys her 19 pounds of dusty books for her birthday, and who once found herself poring over her roommate's 1974... (read more) List Price $12.00 Your price: $5.00 Used - Trade Paper
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The writer's guide to everyday life in the 1800s by Marc Mccutcheon Publisher Comments Writers will save hours of valuable research time and bring a richness and historical accuracy to their work as they reference the slice-of-life facts depicted for each of these major time periods. Each book contains descriptions of the period's food and... (read more) List Price $18.95 Your price: $11.50 Used - Hardcover
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Of Mice and Men (Sparknotes) - Study Notes by John Steinbeck Publisher Comments "Get your "A" in gear!They're today's most popular study guides-with everything you need to succeed in school. Written by Harvard students for students, since its inception "SparkNotesTM has developed a loyal community of dedicated users and become a... (read more) List Price $4.95 Your price: $2.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Elements of Style by William Strunk Jr. and E. B. White Publisher Comments You know the authors' names. You recognize the title. You've probably used this book yourself. This is The Elements of Style, the classic style manual, now in a fourth edition. The revisions to the new edition are purposely kept minimal in order to... (read more) List Price $9.95 Your price: $3.95 Used - Trade Paper
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