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Language and Silence
Essays on Language, Literature, and the Inhuman
Language: English
Release Date: April 16, 2013
The evolution and manipulation of language from the celebrated author of After Babel. “A keenly discriminating literary mind at work on what it loves” (The New York Times Book Review).
Language and Silence is a book about language—and politics, meaning, silence, and the future of literature....
Hit Lit
Cracking the Code of the Twentieth Century's Biggest Bestsellers
Language: English
Release Date: April 10, 2012
DISCOVER THE SECRETS OF WHAT MAKES A MEGA-BESTSELLER IN THIS ENTERTAINING, REVELATORY GUIDE
What do Michael Corleone, Jack Ryan, and Scout Finch have in common? Creative writing professor and thriller writer James W. Hall knows. Now, in this entertaining, revelatory book, he reveals how bestsellers...
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Language: English
Release Date: December 24, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: December 24, 2013
The Tracks Study Guide contains a comprehensive summary and analysis of Tracks by Louise Erdrich. It includes a detailed Plot Summary, Chapter Summaries & Analysis, Character Descriptions, Objects/Places, Themes, Styles, Quotes, and Topics for Discussion.
Judging a Book By Its Lover
A Field Guide to the Hearts and Minds of Readers Everywhere
Language: English
Release Date: October 2, 2012
“Leto is as funny as she is well-read; a delight for bibliophiles and wannabes alike.”
—Wylie Overstreet, author of The History of the World According to Facebook
Lauren Leto, humor blogger and co-author of Texts from Last Night, now offers a fascinating field guide to the hearts and...
by BookRags
Language: English
Release Date: December 24, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: December 24, 2013
The No Matter How Loud I Shout Study Guide contains a comprehensive summary and analysis of No Matter How Loud I Shout by Edward Humes. It includes a detailed Plot Summary, Chapter Summaries & Analysis, Character Descriptions, Objects/Places, Themes, Styles, Quotes, and Topics for Discussion.
by BookRags
Language: English
Release Date: December 24, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: December 24, 2013
The Screw the Roses, Send Me the Thorns: The Romance and Sexual Sorcery of Sadomasochism Study Guide contains a comprehensive summary and analysis of Screw the Roses, Send Me the Thorns: The Romance and Sexual Sorcery of Sadomasochism by Philip Miller and Molly Devon. It includes a detailed Plot Summary,...
The Sackett Companion
The Facts Behind the Fiction
Language: English
Release Date: February 19, 2009
Little did Louis L'Amour realize back in 1960 when he published The Daybreakers, a novel about two brothers who came west after the Civil War, that he had begun creating what would become perhaps North America's most widely followed literary family: the Sacketts. The stories of ten generations of...
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Language: English
Release Date: December 23, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: December 23, 2013
The Family Study Guide contains a comprehensive summary and analysis of Family by Pa Chin. It includes a detailed Plot Summary, Chapter Summaries & Analysis, Character Descriptions, Objects/Places, Themes, Styles, Quotes, and Topics for Discussion.
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Language: English
Release Date: December 24, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: December 24, 2013
The Rain of Gold Study Guide contains a comprehensive summary and analysis of Rain of Gold by Victor Villasenor. It includes a detailed Plot Summary, Chapter Summaries & Analysis, Character Descriptions, Objects/Places, Themes, Styles, Quotes, and Topics for Discussion.
The Storytelling Animal
How Stories Make Us Human
Language: English
Release Date: April 10, 2012
A NYTimes.com Editor's Choice
A Los Angeles Times Book Prizes Finalist
“A jaunty, insightful new book . . . [that] draws from disparate corners of history and science to celebrate our compulsion to storify everything around us.”
—New York Times
Humans live in landscapes...
The Tattooed Girl
The Enigma of Stieg Larsson and the Secrets Behind the Most Compelling Thrillers of Our Time
Language: English
Release Date: May 10, 2011
The fascinating stories behind what have been rightly called the "hottest books on the planet": The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, The Girl Who Played with Fire, and The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest
Through insightful commentary and revealing interviews, you will enter the unique...
John Gardner on Writing
On Becoming a Novelist, On Writers & Writing, and On Moral Fiction
Language: English
Release Date: December 10, 2013
Three books in one volume: Advice and reflections on modern fiction from “one of the greatest creative writing teachers we’ve ever had” (Frederick Busch).
In On Becoming a Novelist, John Gardner advises the aspiring fiction author on such topics as the value of creative writing workshops,...
An Informal History of the Hugos
A Personal Look Back at the Hugo Awards, 1953-2000
Language: English
Release Date: August 7, 2018
Engaged, passionate, and consistently entertaining, An Informal History of the Hugos is a book about the renowned science fiction award for the many who enjoyed Jo Walton's previous collection of writing from Tor.com, the Locus Award-winning What Makes This Book So Great.
The Hugo Awards, named...
The Complete Stephen King Universe
A Guide to the Worlds of Stephen King
Language: English
Release Date: May 30, 2006
The myriad worlds and universes King has created are, in reality, one world, one universe. Here is the guide to that universe.
The Complete Stephen King Universe is the only definitive reference work that examines all of Stephen King's novels, short stories, motion pictures, miniseries, and teleplays,...