Literary
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Books to Die For - John Connolly and Declan BurkeBooks to Die For: The World's Greatest Mystery Writers on the World's Greatest Mystery Novels by John Connolly and Declan Burke helps the reader through the forest of who-done-its. With so many mystery novels to choose from and so many new titles appearing each year, where should the reader start? What are the classics of the genre? Which are the hidden gems? |
ZAR 120.00 |
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Infographic Guide to Literature - Joanna EliotInfographic Guide to Literature by Joanna Eliot presents 80 infographics showing you all you've ever wanted to know about literature. |
ZAR 95.00 |
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Good Prose - Tracey Kidder and Richard ToddGood Prose: Stories and advice from a lifetime of writing and editing by Tracey Kidder and Richard Todd is a succinct, authoritative, and entertaining arbiter of standards in contemporary writing, offering guidance for the professional writer and the beginner alike. This wise and useful book is the perfect companion for anyone who loves to read good books and longs to write one. |
ZAR 135.00 |
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Get Your Book Published - Katherine LapworthGet Your Book Published: Creative writing masterclass: Teach Yourself by Katherine Lapworth is a comprehensive and foolproof guide to perfecting a publishing pitch. Do you have a completed manuscript ready for submission? Are you looking to successfully publish or self-publish your work? Do you have the level of understanding of the publishing industry? |
ZAR 115.00 |
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Lives in Writing - David LodgeLives in Writing: Essays by David Lodge is a collection of essays on writers and writing by the Booker-shortlisted novelist and critic. Writing about real lives takes various forms, which overlap and may be combined with each other: biography, autobiography, biographical criticism, biographical fiction, memoir, confession, diary. |
ZAR 110.00 |
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The Lexicographers Dilemma - Jack LynchThe Lexicographers Dilemma: The Evolution of 'Proper' English, from Shakespeare to South Park by Jack Lynch offers the first narrative history of those who have tried to regulate, or otherwise organise, the way we speak showing clearly that what we now regard as the only "correct" way to speak emerged out of specific historical and social conditions over the course of centuries. |
ZAR 130.00 |
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The Late American Novel - Jeff Martin & C Max MageeThe Late American Novel: Writers on the Future of Books edited by Jeff Martin & C Max Magee gathers some of today's finest writers to consider the sea change that is upon them. The way we absorb information has changed dramatically. Edison's phonograph has been reincarnated as the iPod. Celluloid went digital. But books, for the most part, have remained the same--until now. |
ZAR 70.00 |
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The Millionaire and the Bard - Andrea MaysThe Millionaire and the Bard: Henry Folger's Obsessive Hunt for Shakespeare's First Folio by Andrea Mays tells the miraculous and romantic story of the making of the First Folio, and of the American industrialist whose thrilling pursuit of the book became a lifelong obsession. When Shakespeare died in 1616 half of his plays died with him. |
ZAR 195.00 |
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The Rights of the Reader - Daniel PennacThe Rights of the Reader by Daniel Pennac is a witty, refreshing and passionate defense of reading - just for the joy of it. First published in 1992 and even more relevant now, Daniel Pennac's quirky ode to reading has sold more than a million copies in his native France. |
ZAR 85.00 |
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How Reading Changed My Life - Anna QuindlenHow Reading Changed My Life by Anna Quindlen features in the series 'Library of Contemporary Thought". In it Qindlen writes 'I read because I loved it more than any other activity on earth'. |
ZAR 45.00 |
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The Paris Review 211 - Lorin SteinThe Paris Review 211 edited by Lorin Stein is a literary magazine which contains 3 interviews, a couple of first rate stories plus an intelligent and satisfying mix of poetry. |
ZAR 110.00 |
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The Best American Essays 2013 - Cheryl StrayedThe Best American Essays 2013 edited by Cheryl Strayed showcases the best short fiction and nonfiction from the US. Selected and introduced by Cheryl Strayed, the New York Times best-selling author of Wild and the writer of the celebrated column “Dear Sugar,” this collection is a treasure trove of fine writing and thought-provoking essays. |
ZAR 110.00 |
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19th Century American Writers on Writing - Brenda Wineapple19th Century American Writers on Writing edited by Brenda Wineapple features essays, letters, poems, prose, and excerpts of interviews by fifty-seven leading authors of the century. Each had to figure out what it meant to be a writer within the context of the relatively new nation they spoke to, for, and about. Each meditated on craft and style and form, as writers do. |
ZAR 110.00 |