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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: $4.50 Used - Hardcover 
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A Room of One's Own by Virginia Woolf Publisher Comments Virginia Woolf's landmark inquiry into women's role in society In A Room of One's Own, Virginia Woolf imagines that Shakespeare had a sister—a sister equal to Shakespeare in talent, and equal in genius, but whose legacy is radically... (read more) List Price $13.00 Your price: $4.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Art of Fiction: Notes on Craft for Young Writers by John Gardner Publisher Comments John Gardner was almost as famous as a teacher of creative writing as he was for his own works. In this practical, instructive handbook, based on the courses and seminars that he gave, he explains, simply and cogently, the principles and techniques of... (read more) List Price $14.00 Your price: $5.95 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... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $9.95 Used - Trade Paper
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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: $10.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Bartlett's Familiar Quotations (Bartlett's Familiar Quotations) by John Bartlett Publisher Comments First published in 1855, BARTLETT'S FAMILIAR QUOTATIONS has been completely updated and revised for the seventeenth edition by Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer Justin Kaplan. This 17th edition, under Kaplan's splendid direction, contains over 20,000... (read more) List Price $50.00 Your price: $35.00 Used - Hardcover
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The Essential Guide to Getting Your Book Published: How to Write It, Sell It, and Market It . . . Successfully (Essential Guide to Getting Your Book Published: How to Write) by Arielle Eckstut Publisher Comments The best, most comprehensive book for writers is now completely revised and updated to address ongoing changes in publishing. Published in 2005 as Putting Your Passion Into Print, this is the book that"s been praised by both industry professionals... (read more) List Price $15.95 Your price: $10.95 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 by Simon Winchester From Powells.com Erudite noir. "A tale of murder, insanity, and the making of the Oxford English Dictionary," as the book's subtitle explains, The Professor and the Madman tells the true story of Dr. W. C. Minor, a convicted murderer who from his book-lined cell at... (read more) List Price $13.95 Your price: $1.95 Used - Trade Paper
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On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft by Stephen King Publisher Comments "Long live the King" hailed Entertainment Weekly upon the publication of Stephen King's On Writing. Part memoir, part master class by one of the bestselling authors of all time, this superb volume is a revealing and practical view of the writer's craft... (read more) List Price $25.00 Your price: $10.50 Used - Hardcover
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The Writing Life by Annie Dillard Publisher Comments Annie Dillard has written eleven books, including the memoir of her parents, An American Childhood; the Northwest pioneer epic The Living; and the nonfiction narrative Pilgrim at Tinker Creek. A gregarious recluse, she is a member of the American... (read more) List Price $12.99 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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How to Become a Famous Writer Before You're Dead by Ariel Gore Publisher Comments This may come as a shock, but brilliant writing and clever wordplay do not a published author make. True, you'll actually have to write if you want to be a writer, but ultimately literary success is about much more than putting pen to paper (or fingers... (read more) List Price $14.99 Your price: $8.00 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 Toyota... (read more) List Price $12.00 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Real ACT Prep Guide: The Only Official Prep Guide from the Makers of the ACT (Real ACT Prep Guide) by Petersons Publisher Comments The Real ACT Prep Guide is the only book with insider test-taking tips and strategy, practice, and insight from the makers of the ACT.... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $9.95 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: $16.50 Used - Hardcover
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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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The History of Reading by Alberto Manguel Publisher Comments At one magical instant in your early childhood, the page of a book—that string of confused, alien ciphers—shivered into meaning. Words spoke to you, gave up their secrets; at that moment, whole universes opened. You became, irrevocably, a... (read more) List Price $20.00 Your price: $9.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Breaking Boundaries by Carol Comfort Publisher Comments Breaking Boundaries offers an important and significant alternative to most other developmental reading/writing books by providing instruction, readings, and activities that more closely resemble “college-level” work. Rather than offering... (read more) List Price $89.75 Your price: $10.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Steering the Craft: Exercises and Discussions on Story Writing for the Lone Navigator or the Mutinous Crew by Ursula K Le Guin Publisher Comments An exhilarating workout for writers of narrative fiction or nonfiction. With her sharp mind and wit and a delightful sense of playfulness, Le Guin has turned a successful workshop into a self-guided voyage of discovery for a writer working alone or for a... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $9.95 Used - Trade Paper
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A Pocket Guide to Writing in History by Mary Lynn Rampolla Publisher Comments A portable and affordable reference tool, A Pocket Guide to Writing in History provides reading, writing, and research advice useful to students in all history courses. Concise yet comprehensive advice on approaching typical history assignments... (read more) List Price $28.75 Your price: $9.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Woe is I: The Grammarphobe's Guide to Better English in Plain English by Patricia T Oconner Publisher Comments The witty, bestselling grammar book that taught a nation better English is revised, updated, and e x p a n d e d for the new millennium, with fresh dos and don'ts in every chapter. Plus a word to the wired-a whole new chapter on language in the age of e... (read more) List Price $16.95 Your price: $4.95 Used - Hardcover
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