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 :"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 :Impressed into service aboard the seal-hunting Ghost, Humphrey Van Weyden becomes an unwilling participant in a tense shipboard drama. With ... Read More
Overview :The new introduction and afterword bring fresh relevance to this insightful rumination on the act of reading--as a path to critical thinking... 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 :NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER - An insightful look into the mind of a master storyteller--and a unique look at the craft of writing from the be... Read More
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 :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 :Throughout history, nations, peoples, and governments have censored writers and their works on political, religious, sexual, and social grou... Read More
Overview :The idea of Into the Woods is not to supplant works by Aristotle, Lajos Egri, Robert McKee, David Mamet, or any other writers of guides for ... Read More
Overview :Roland McHugh's classic Annotations to Finnegans Wake provides both novice readers and seasoned Joyceans with a wealth of information in an ... 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 :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 :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 :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 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 :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