Snails and Monkey Tails by Michael Arndt
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A rollicking linguistic ride for fans of Eats, Shoots & Leaves and Just My Type. In this show-stopping guide with more than 75 uniquely designed two-colour spreads, award-winning graphic designer Michael Arndt explores the typographic origins, names, and shapes of both common punctuation marks and ...Show more
Story by Robert Mckee
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Category: Reference | Series: Meuthen Film Classics Ser.
Robert McKee's screenwriting workshops have earned him an international reputation for inspiring novices, refining works in progress and putting major screenwriting careers back on track. Quincy Jones, Diane Keaton, Gloria Steinem, Julia Roberts, John Cleese and David Bowie are just a few of his celebri ...Show more
Language, Literacy and Early Childhood Education by Janet Fellowes; Grace Oakley
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Language, Literacy and Early Childhood Education, Second Edition, helps students understand the nature of oral language, reading, and writing, by providing the essential knowledge needed to guide the language development and learning needs of young children. The book ensures that students have the theo ...Show more
The Novel Project: A Step-by-Step Guide to Your Novel, Memoir or Biography by Graeme Simsion
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The no-drama novel writing method behind Graeme Simsion's global bestsellersSave the drama for the story.'Writing is easy- all you do is sit staring at a blank sheet of paper until drops of blood form on your forehead.' Variously attributed to Thomas Wolfe, Paul Gallico and Ernest Hemingway, the quote p ...Show more
The Bright Book of Life: Novels to Read and Reread by HAROLD BLOOM
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America's most original and controversial literary critic writes trenchantly about forty-eight masterworks spanning the Western tradition--from Don Quixote to Wuthering Heights to Invisible Man--in his first book devoted exclusively to narrative fiction.In this valedictory volume, Yale professor Harold ...Show more
The Hero by Lee Child
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WHAT MAKES A HERO? WHO BETTER TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION THAN LEE CHILD...'It's Lee Child. Why would you not read it?' Karin Slaughter'I don't know another author so skilled at making me turn the page' The TimesIn his first work of nonfiction, the creator of the multimillion-selling Jack Reacher series exp ...Show more
Writing Haiku: A Beginner's Guide to Composing Japanese Poetry — Includes Tanka, Renga, Haiga, Senryu and Haibun by Bruce Ross
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A world of dewAnd within every dewdropA world of struggle The iconic three-line haiku form is increasingly popular today as people embrace its simplicity and grace--and its connections to the Japanese ethos of mindfulness and minimalism. Say more with fewer words. This practical guide by poet an ...Show more
The Illustrated Etymologicon: A Circular Stroll Through the Hidden Connections of the English Language by Mark Forsyth
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A new, beautifully illustrated hardback edition of the bestselling Etymologicon, published on its tenth anniversary. 'Witty and erudite ... stuffed with the kind of arcane information that nobody strictly needs to know, but which is a pleasure to learn nonetheless.' - Independent.The Etymologicon is an ...Show more
Novel in a Year: A Novelist's Guide to Being a Novelist by Louise Doughty
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From the author of APPLE TREE YARD, now a major BBC drama starring Emily Watson Can you write a novel in a year? If you simply sit back and think about the enormity of writing a book, it will seem like a vast and unconquerable task, impossibly daunting. The way to make it less daunting is to break it do ...Show more
Letters of Great Women: Extraordinary correspondence from history's remarkable women by Lucinda Dickens Hawksley
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A collection of the most inspiring, illuminating, poignant and compelling correspondence from remarkable women through history. Letters of Great Women is a collection of the most inspiring, illuminating, poignant and compelling correspondence from remarkable women through history. Including 100 letters ...Show more
Collins World Atlas: Illustrated Edition (PB) by Collins Maps
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A paperback edition of this fully revised general reference atlas in the exciting Collins world atlas range. Highly detailed maps giving balanced worldwide coverage, beautifully illustrated thematic pages and thousands of facts and statistics. Explore our planet;* Highly detailed, updated regional and ...Show more
Letters of Note: Correspondence Deserving of a Wider Audience by Shaun Usher
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Letters of Note, the book based on the beloved website of the same name, became an instant classic on publication in 2013, selling hundreds of thousands of copies. This new edition sees the collection of the world's most entertaining, inspiring and unusual letters updated with fourteen riveting new miss ...Show more