Literary

Front cover of Books to Die For by John Connolly and Declan Burke
Books to Die For - John Connolly and Declan Burke

Books 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
Front cover of Infographic Guide to Literature by Joanna Eliot
Infographic Guide to Literature - Joanna Eliot

Infographic Guide to Literature by Joanna Eliot presents 80 infographics showing you all you've ever wanted to know about literature.

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Front cover of Good Prose by Tracey Kidder and Richard Todd
Good Prose - Tracey Kidder and Richard Todd

Good 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.

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Front cover of Get Your Book Published by Katherine Lapworth
Get Your Book Published - Katherine Lapworth

Get 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?

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Front cover of Lives in Writing by David Lodge
Lives in Writing - David Lodge

Lives 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.

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Front cover of The Lexicographers Dilemma by Jack Lynch
The Lexicographers Dilemma - Jack Lynch

The 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.

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Front cover of The Late American Novel by Jeff Martin & C Max Magee
The Late American Novel - Jeff Martin & C Max Magee

The 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.

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Front cover of The Millionaire and the Bard by Andrea Mays
The Millionaire and the Bard - Andrea Mays

The 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.

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Front cover of The Rights of the Reader by Daniel Pennac
The Rights of the Reader - Daniel Pennac

The 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.

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Front cover of How Reading Changed My Life by Anna Quindlen
How Reading Changed My Life - Anna Quindlen

How 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'.

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Front cover of The Paris Review 211 edited by Lorin Stein
The Paris Review 211 - Lorin Stein

The 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.

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Front cover of The Best American Essays 2013 by Cheryl Strayed
The Best American Essays 2013 - Cheryl Strayed

The 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.

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Front cover of 19th Century American Writers on Writing edited by Brenda Wineapple
19th Century American Writers on Writing - Brenda Wineapple

19th 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.

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