Language Arts / Linguistics / Literacy
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The Art & Craft of Playwriting
$27.00 Add to cartJeffrey Hatcher knows the nuts and bolts of writing for the theater. Here, he shares his views on it all–from building tension and plotting a scene, right down to moving a character from one side of … [more below]
- Author: Hatcher, Jeffery
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: March 01 2000
- ISBN10: 1884910467
- Language: English
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Writing and Selling Your Mystery Novel: The Complete Guide to Mystery, Suspense, and Crime
$17.99 Add to cartA Mystery Writers of America Edgar Award Finalist for Best Critical/Biographical Work
Discover the secrets to crafting an unforgettable mystery To piece together the puzzle of your mystery novel, y- Author: Ephron, Hallie
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: January 13 2017
- ISBN10: 1440347166
- Language: English
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The Outlaw’s Journey: A Mythological Approach to Storytelling for Writers Behind Bars
$20.99 Add to cartYou live in a 6 x 8 foot cell. You’re watched 24 hours per day. You seldom get one moment to yourself to think a thought, take a leak, make a private phone call. You have little control over anything
- Author: Kempton, Gloria
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 186
- Publish Date: November 20 2022
- ISBN10: 1609441524
- Language: English
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Centipede: Poems
$8.00 Add to cart“It is rather fitting, I think, that Centipede is a collection of poems which takes its title from a small creature known and named for its many legs; this is a book with all manner of instruments on
- Series: Maine Chapbook #17
- Author: Goodwin, Sasha
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 50
- Publish Date: September 01 2023
- ISBN10: 1735673269
- Language: English
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Women, Fire, and Dangerous Things: What Categories Reveal about the Mind
$28.00 Add to cart“Its publication should be a major event for cognitive linguistics and should pose a major challenge for cognitive science. In addition, it should have repercussions in a variety of disciplines, rangi… [more below]
- Author: Lakoff, George
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 632
- Publish Date: April 15 1990
- ISBN10: 0226468046
- Language: English
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How to Write a Letter: Find the Words for Every Occasion
$15.00 Read moreThe go-to resource for creative ideas and helpful tips for writing thank you notes, addressing envelopes, cover letters, and everything in between, from the creators of Sugar Paper
Feeling like sending… [more below]- Series: How to
- Author: Shukov, Chelsea
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: October 19 2021
- ISBN10: 1984825909
- Language: English
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Elements of Fiction
$17.95 Add to cartFollowing his essential writing guide, This Year You Write Your Novel, award-winning author Walter Mosley delivers an eloquent treatise on the craft of fiction writing–part writing guide, part study
- Author: Mosley, Walter
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: September 22 2020
- ISBN10: 802157351
- Language: English
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How to Speak Midwestern
$18.95 Add to cart“A dictionary wrapped in some serious dialectology inside a gift book trailing a serious whiff of Relevance.”―The New York Times
In this book on Midwestern accents and sayings, Edward McClelland
- Author: McClelland, Edward
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 152
- Publish Date: December 01 2016
- ISBN10: 0997774274
- Language: English
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Is That a Fish in Your Ear?: Translation and the Meaning of Everything
$26.99 Add to cartAn NBCC Award and Los Angeles Times Book Award finalist
People speak different languages, and always have. The Ancie
A New York Times Notable Book for 2011
One of The Economist‘s 2011 Books of the Year- Author: Bellos, David
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: October 16 2012
- ISBN10: 0865478767
- Language: English
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Religious Signing: A Comprehensive Guide for All Faiths
$23.00 Add to cartSince the fourth century, when Spanish monks first started signing to communicate during their vows of silence, sign language has been used in religious communities of all faiths. Present-day American… [more below]
- Author: Costello, Elaine
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 360
- Publish Date: September 29 2009
- ISBN10: 0553386190
- Language: English
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Do I Make Myself Clear?: A Practical Guide to Writing Well in the Modern Age
$24.99 Add to cartA wise and entertaining guide to writing English the proper way by one of the greatest newspaper editors of our time.
Harry Evans has edited everything from the urgent files of battlefield reporters- Author: Evans, Harold
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 448
- Publish Date: September 04 2018
- ISBN10: 0316509191
- Language: English
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An Illustrated Book of Loaded Language: Learn to Hear What’s Left Unsaid
$16.95 Add to cartPublic discourse? More like public discord. The battle cries of our culture wars are rife with “loaded language”–be it bias, slant, or spin. But listen closely, or you’ll miss what Ali Almossawi find… [more below]
- Series: Bad Arguments
- Author: Almossawi, Ali
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 96
- Publish Date: November 09 2021
- ISBN10: 1615198407
- Language: English
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Writing Your Dissertation in Fifteen Minutes a Day: A Guide to Starting, Revising, and Finishing Your Doctoral Thesis
$20.99 Add to cartExpert writing advice from the editor of the Boston Globe best-seller, The Writer’s Home Companion
Dissertation writers need strong, practical advice, as well as someone to assure them that their stru- Author: Bolker, Joan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: August 15 1998
- ISBN10: 080504891X
- Language: English
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Ordinary Genius: A Guide for the Poet Within
$17.95 Add to cart“The creative process is just that,” maintains Kim Addonizio. “Not a means to an end, but an ongoing participation.” A widely acclaimed poet and finalist for the National Book Award, Addonizio meditat… [more below]
- Author: Addonizio, Kim
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: February 01 2009
- ISBN10: 0393334163
- Language: English
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GACE English Study Guide: 2 Practice Tests and Exam Prep for GACE English 020, 021, 520
$49.99 Add to cartIntroducing our GACE English Study Guide: 2 Practice Tests and Exam Prep for GACE English 020, 021, 520!
Cirrus Test Prep’s GACE English Study Guide includes everything you need to pass the GACE Engli
- Author: Cox, J. G.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: July 12 2023
- ISBN10: 1637985460
- Language: English
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Plotting and Writing Suspense Fiction
$18.00 Add to cartPatricia Highsmith, author of Strangers On a Train, The Talented Mr.Ripley, Found In The Street, and many other books, is known as one of the finest suspense novelists. In this book, she analyzes the
- Author: Highsmith, Patricia
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: September 08, 2001
- ISBN10: 031228666X
- Language: English
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The Art of Language Invention: From Horse-Lords to Dark Elves to Sand Worms, the Words Behind World-Building
$20.00 Add to cartAn insider’s tour through the construction of invented languages from the bestselling author and creator of languages for Legendary’s Dune, the HBO series Game of Thrones and the Syfy series Defiance
- Author: Peterson, David J.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: September 29 2015
- ISBN10: 0143126466
- Language: English
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Beautiful Words: A Celebration for Word Lovers
$19.99 Add to cartExplore the beauty and intrigue of the English language through this collection of the most fascinating words in the dictionary.
Close your eyes for a moment and think of the word “solitude”. What do y
- Author: Cider Mill Press
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: December 26 2023
- ISBN10: 1951511549
- Language: English
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Craft and Conscience: How to Write about Social Issues
$19.95 Read moreThe first major book for writers to more effectively engage with complex socio-political issues–a critical first step in creating social change
Writers are witnesses and scribes to society’s conscien- Author: Das, Kavita
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 344
- Publish Date: October 04 2022
- ISBN10: 0807046493
- Language: English
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Home Ground: A Guide to the American Landscape
$19.95 Read moreHailed by book reviewers as a “masterpiece,” “gorgeous and fascinating,” and “sheer pleasure,” Home Ground: A Guide to the American Landscape was published in fall 2006 in hardcover. It was met with o… [more below]
- Author: Lopez, Barry
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 578
- Publish Date: August 20 2013
- ISBN10: 1595341757
- Language: English
