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Bird by Bird

By: Anne Lamott

Price: $6.95

Publisher: 0405-NA-01: 1994

Seller ID: 10926

ISBN: 0385480016

Binding: Paperback

Has some heavy wear/page tanning, but still a good useable copy. ; 5 x 10 x 5 Inches; 239 pages; "Thirty years ago my older brother, who was ten years old at the time, was trying to get a report on birds written that he'd had three months to write. It was due the next day. We were out at our family cabin in Bolinas, and he was at the kitchen table close to tears, surrounded by binder paper and pencils and unopened books on birds, immobilized by the hugeness of the task ahead. Then my father sat down beside him, put his arm around my brother's shoulder, and said, 'Bird by bird, buddy. Just...
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How to Read Novels like a Professor A Jaunty Exploration of the World's Favorite Literary Form

By: Foster, Thomas C

Price: $7.95

Publisher: Harper Perennial: 2017

Seller ID: 27347

ISBN: 0061340405

Binding: Paperback

Eats, Shoots & Leaves The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation

By: Lynne Truss

Price: $7.95

Publisher: Gotham: 2006

Seller ID: 8095

ISBN: 1592402038

Binding: Paperback

0.7 x 7.2 x 4.9 Inches; 240 pages; A bona fide publishing phenomenon, Lynne Trusss now classic #1 New York Times bestseller Eats, Shoots & Leaves makes its paperback debut after selling over 3 million copies worldwide in hardcover.

We all know the basics of punctuation. Or do we? A look at most neighborhood signage tells a different story. Through sloppy usage and low standards on the Internet, in e-mail, and now text messages, we have made proper punctuation an endangered species.

In Eats, Shoots & Leaves, former editor Truss dares to say, in her delightful...
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The Sense of Style The Thinking Person's Guide to Writing in the 21St Century

By: Pinker, Steven

Price: $7.95

Publisher: Penguin Books: 2015

Seller ID: 26623

ISBN: 0143127799

Binding: Paperback

Has some cover wear/reading wear, otherwise, clean and unmarked. Nice Copy!
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On Writing A Memoir of the Craft

By: Stephen King

Price: $9.95

Publisher: Scribner: 2000

Seller ID: 8954

ISBN: 0684853523

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+

Nice clean copy with minimal signs fo wear with only issue being a sticker on cover. ; 1.2 x 8.5 x 5.8 Inches; 288 pages;

"If you don't have the time to read, you don't have the time or the tools to write."

In 1999, Stephen King began to write about his craft -- and his life. By midyear, a widely reported accident jeopardized the survival of both. And in his months of recovery, the link between writing and living became more crucial than ever.

Rarely has a book on writing been so clear, so useful, and so revealing. On Writing begins with a mesmerizing account of ...
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