Overview :With half a million copies in print, How to Read a Book is the best and most successful guide to reading comprehension for the general read... Read More
Overview :A thoroughly revised and updated edition of Thomas C. Foster's classic guide--a lively and entertaining introduction to literature and liter... Read More
Overview :Information is endlessly available to us; where shall wisdom be found?" is the crucial question with which renowned literary critic Harold B... Read More
Overview :A newly revised and updated guide to the world's best literature--all at your fingertips. For discerning bibliophiles and readers who enjoy ... Read More
Overview :"How often do you begin reading a book that makes you--immediately, urgently, desperately--want to read more books?" (Booklist). Nick Hornby... Read More
Overview :A NYTimes.com Editor's Choice A Los Angeles Times Book Prizes Finalist "A jaunty, insightful new book . . . that] draws from disparate corn... Read More
Overview :Long before there were creative-writing workshops and degrees, how did aspiring writers learn to write? By reading the work of their predece... Read More
Overview :An "Entertainment Weekly" and "BookPage" Best Book of the Year During her treatment for cancer, Mary Anne Schwalbe and her son Will spent ma... Read More
Overview :Throughout history, nations, peoples, and governments have censored writers and their works on political, religious, sexual, and social grou... Read More
Overview :James Russell Lowell (February 22, 1819 - August 12, 1891) was an American Romantic poet, critic, editor, and diplomat. He is associated wit... Read More
Overview :"Doctors don't imitate Galen. Why should writers follow Aristotle? Jane Alison in her fresh, original book about narrative is our new Aristo... Read More
Overview :A light-hearted book about books and the people who write them for all lovers of literature. Do you know: Which famous author died of caffei... Read More
Overview :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 W... Read More
Overview :Learn the critical strategies you can use for reading, analyzing, and writing about literary texts as Digging into Literature teaches you th... Read More
Overview :A Wolfson History Prize FinalistA Sunday Times Book of the Year "If you care about books, and if you believe we must all stand up to the des... Read More
Overview :Now in print for the first time in almost 40 years, The New Lifetime Reading Plan provides readers with brief, informative and entertaining ... Read More
Overview :A beautifully illustrated guide to over seventy-five important journeys in world literature, spanning more than thirty countries and twenty-... Read More