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A Very Nice Rejection Letter: Diary of a Novelist
'Like all good diarists Paling's musings are funny, tender and uncensored' Sunday Times 6 April 2007 Writing income for the year so far: minus 300 'I feel that this might...
The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2024
A collection of the year's best science fiction and fantasy short fiction selected by New York Times bestselling author of the Silo series Hugh Howey and series editor John Joseph...
The Republic of Imagination: America in Three Books
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Writing Chicago: Modernism, Ethnography, and the Novel
"Writing Chicago" uncovers the deep connections between the renowned Chicago school of sociology - exemplified by William Thomas, Robert Park and Robert Redfield - and the great Chicago novelists of...
America's Literary Legends: The Lives and Burial Places of 50 Great
'America's Literary Legends' is a concise, yet truly distinctive and comprehensive review of 50 authors and poets who shaped American literature from the 1600s through the mid-twentieth century. Fully grounded...
American Wife: The acclaimed word-of-mouth bestseller
The acclaimed word-of-mouth bestseller about the marriage of an American First Lady- A rich, utterly absorbing, powerful story of how an ordinary girl from an unremarkable town grows up to...
Rural Hours: The Country Lives of Virginia Woolf, Sylvia Townsend
A joyful, rule-breaking experiment in biography, which celebrates 'country life' as a state of mind 1917. Virginia Woolf arrives at Asheham, on the Sussex Downs, immobilized by nervous exhaustion and...
The Realistic Movement In American Writing
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Condition remarks: Condition: Good. Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears. Page Condition: Yellowed. Markings: No markings confirmed. Binding condition: Intact. An essential anthology for students of American literary history, The Realistic Movement...
The Ghost Writer
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Edition: First UK EditionCondition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Very goodPages: Good Markings: No markingsCondition remarks: Usual wear from aging but otherwise still in very good condition with bright jacket (negligible fading...
Character Matters: And Other Life Lessons from George Herbert Walker
Former Chief of Staff to President George H.W. Bush and New York Times bestselling author of THE MAN I KNEW, Jean Becker shares touching and pivotal life lessons from a...
The Best American Magazine Writing 2018
In a time of reckoning, this year's National Magazine Awards finalists and winners focus on abuse of power in many forms. Ronan Farrow's Pulitzer Prize-winning revelation of Harvey Weinstein's depredations...
How to Be a Writer: Baths, Biscuits and Endless Cups of Tea
Author: Marcus Berkmann Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 208 Marcus Berkmann has been a freelance writer since 1988, working for newspapers and magazines and occasionally writing a book, like this...
The Selected Letters Of Norman Mailer
Mailer wrote almost 50,000 letters over the course of his life, keeping a copy of almost every one of them. He corresponded with presidents and politicians, artists and athletes, writers...
The Science of Baking: Everything You Need to Know to Create Perfect
Discover the elements of ingredients, master core techniques, and explore the fascinating science of baking with expert pastry chef and baker, Matt Adlard \"An essential book for anyone looking to...
The Authority by Ed Brubaker and Dustin Nguyen
Author, Ed Brubaker Format, Paperback / softback Number of Pages, 168 The Authority has saved Earth from annihilation over and over again. Now they want to rule the world. From...
U AND I: A True Story
When Nicholson Baker, one of the most linguistically talented writers in America, set out to write a book about John Updike, the result was no ordinary biography. Instead Baker's account...
The Democrat Party Hates America
INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER The eight-time #1 New York Times bestselling author, radio host, and Fox News star returns to the page to reveal the radically dangerous Democrat...
On the Other Side of Freedom: Race and Justice in a Divided America
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Looking for the Perfect Beat: Remixing and Reshaping Hip-Hop, Rock and
Beginning his career as a club DJ and disco producer in the early-70s in his native Boston, Arthur Baker moved to New York City in 1981 and in the summer...
Whisper Network: A Reese Witherspoon x Hello Sunshine Book Club Pick
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U AND I: A True Story
When Nicholson Baker, one of the most linguistically talented writers in America, set out to write a book about John Updike, the result was no ordinary biography. Instead Baker's account...
Hemingway: The Writer As Artist
In this fourth edition of the best-known critical study of Hemingway's work Carlos Baker has completely revised the two opening chapters, which deal with the young Hemingway's career in Paris,...
The Husbands: An utterly addictive page-turner from the New York Times and Reese Witherspoon Book Club bestselling author
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Author: Chandler Baker Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 352 'A howl of feminist rage, but also one that is pure fun' Stylist The wives here are different. They are living...
The Literature of the United States
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This new edition updates the study of American literature with the inclusion of poets from Hart Crane and E.E.Cummings to John Ashbery and A.R. Ammons and novelists from William Burroughs...
Written by Herself: v. 1: Autobiographies of American Women - An
From Harriet Jacobs and Jane Addams to Gloria Steinem and Maxine Hong Kingston, 25 American women tell the stories of their lives. Jill Ker Conway, author of "The Road from...
Culture and Anarchy and Other Selected Prose
A collection of controversial and galvanizing essays on literature, culture and politics from Matthew Arnold, one of the greatest Victorian thinkers 'One has often wondered whether upon the whole earth...
Whiskey in a Teacup: What Growing Up in the South Taught Me About Life, Love, and Baking Biscuits
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Whisper Network: A Reese Witherspoon x Hello Sunshine Book Club Pick
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Poverty, by America
A searing study of American poverty from the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Evicted The United States is the richest country on earth, yet has more poverty than any other advanced...
True Nature: The Lives of Peter Matthiessen
Author: Lance Richardson Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 736 The first major biography of Peter Matthiessen, celebrated author of The Snow Leopard, founder of the Paris Review, towering figure of...
Romantic Comedy: The bestselling Reese Witherspoon Book Club Pick by the author of RODHAM and AMERICAN WIFE
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The The Sea-Ringed World: Sacred Stories of the Americas
Now in paperback -a collection of stories from nations and cultures across our two continents-the Sea-Ringed World, as the Aztecs called it-from the Andes all the way up to Alaska....
The Lost Continent: Travels in Small Town America
Following an urge to rediscover his youth, Bill Bryson left his native Des Moines, Iowa, in a journey that would take him across 38 states. Lucky for us, he brought...
Writers' Journeys That Shaped Our World: In the Footsteps of the
Follow in the footsteps of some of the world's most famous authors on the journeys which inspired their greatest works in this beautiful illustrated atlas. Some truly remarkable works of...
Eat Your Mind: The Radical Life and Work of Kathy Acker
"It's shocking to learn that this is McBride's first book... Eat Your Mind does everything a good biography should and more" -Los Angeles Times The first full-scale authorized biography of...
Drive Thru America
From New York to San Francisco, Sean Condon investigates the legendary people, places and TV programmes that sustained him through his difficult pre-pubescent years, providing a shrewd and funny take...
Down in the Valley: A Writer's Landscape
From the author of Cider With Rosie, this is a moving, lyrical portrait of the landscape of Laurie Lee's world 'Living in our valley was like broad beans in a...
Lebanese Baking: More Than 100 Recipes for Sweet and Savory Baked
Maureen Abood's authoritative cookbook celebrates the delicious baked goods of Lebanon with traditional recipes and Lebanese American innovations. Indulge in Baklawa Diamonds, Triple Chocolate Baklawa, and even Baklawa Cheesecake. Treat...
Amis & Son: Two Literary Generations
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How Not to be American: Misadventures in the Land of the Free
This new American uniform - the baseball cap, t-shirt, shorts and trainers (why not a scooter?) is not about looking good. It's about disappearing into a new, unofficial, global army...
Release the Bats: A Pocket Guide to Writing Your Way Out Of It
Part biography, part reflection and part practical guide, Release the Bats explores the mysteries of why and how we tell stories, and the craft of writing fiction. DBC Pierre reveals...