Mouthful of Air : Language, Languages...Especially English
Harpercollins, October 1994. Trade Paperback.
Harpercollins, October 1994. Trade Paperback.
William Morrow & Co, August 1993. Hardcover. Yeats once wrote of a poem, saying he had made it out of a mouthful of air. Burgess advances this point by presenting a fascinating survey of language--how it operates, and how it will develop in the future--that ranges from Shakespearean pronunciation to.....
Walker & Company, November 2009. Hardcover. One of America's foremost language experts presents an annotated edition of A mbrose Bierce's classic catalog of correct speech. Ambrose Bierce is best known for The Devil's Dictionary, but the prolific journalist, satirist, and fabulist was also a usage maven. In 1909, he published.....
Pearson P T R, December 2000. Trade Paperback. Very good paperback copy. The essential guide to writing clear, concise proposals, reports, manuals, letters, memos, and other documents in every technical field. Includes a section with examples and text that address the specialized writing problems of systems analysts and software engineers.".....
Inner Traditions, August 2010. Trade Paperback. Very good in wrappers (paperback). The first comprehensive work on nonfiction as an art form - Shows how nonfiction, especially how-to and self-help, can take on the same power and luminosity as great fiction - Develops processes to reliably induce the dreaming state from.....
Thomas Y. Crowell Company, 1965. First Edition. Hardcover. 186 pages. 'I have a feeling that many other people whose trade is with words are not sufficiently concerned with finding out what words are. They are happy to join words together but not, in my view, interested in analyzing their sounds.....
Little, Brown Spark, January 2021. Trade Paperback. A new copy. From one of America's most influential teachers, a collection of the best writing advice distilled from fifty language books -- from Aristotle to Strunk and White. With so many excellent writing guides lining bookstore shelves, it can be hard to.....
Little, Brown and Company, January 2008. Trade Paperback. A new copy. A special 10th anniversary edition of Roy Peter Clark's bestselling guide to writing, featuring five bonus tools. Ten years ago, Roy Peter Clark, America's most influential writing teacher, whittled down almost thirty years of experience in journalism, writing, and.....
Random House, January 2019. Hardcover. Dreyer (a Random House V.P. and Editor) gives us his practical and humorous guidelines for the age of emails and blogs plus classic quotes such as: A sentence is alright but a number of sentences make a paragraph and that is not alright. - Gertrude.....
Harvard University Press, February 1984. Hardcover. Now available as an audio CD, in Eudora Welty's own voice, or as a book. Eudora Welty was born in 1909 in Jackson, Mississippi. In a continuous thread of revelation she sketches her autobiography and tells us how her family and her surroundings contributed.....
New Directions, 1946. First Edition. Trade Paperback. [32] pages. First edition (first printing). Very good in stapled orange wrappers (paperback). Inscribed by the author to scholar and author Harry Levin on the cover, 'with regards, James T. Farrell.'.
New Directions, 1946. First Edition. Trade Paperback. [32] pages. First edition (first printing). A near fine copy in stapled orange wrappers (paperback).
Union College Press, 1973. First Edition. Trade Paperback. 159 pages. First edition (first printing). A fine copy in a dust jacket with minor loss to the front corner of the spine foot and a short closed tear to the head.
Frances Lincoln, August 2010. Trade Paperback. A delicious compendium of literary feuds, slights, spleen and venom, drawn from the Guardian newspaper column 'Writers on Writers'.
Shambhala, February 2016. Trade Paperback. A new copy. The all-time best-selling writer's handbook turns thirty. With insight, humor, and practicality, Natalie Goldberg inspires writers and would-be writers to take the leap into writing skillfully and creatively. She offers suggestions, encouragement, and solid advice on many aspects of the writer's craft.....
Harvard University Press, August 1995. Hardcover. A very good copy in a very good dust jacket. In this deeply resonant book, Gordimer examines the tension for a writer between life's experiences and narrative creations. She asks first, where do characters come from - to what extent are they drawn from.....
Harcourt Brace Jovanovich Publishers, January 1987. Hardcover. A very good copy in a very good dust jacket.
Frank V. Irish, 1984. Hardcover. 128 pages. Later printing. Near fine copy in dark green embossed cloth covers with black lettering. No dust jacket as issued Mild edge wear.
Scribner, June 2020. Trade Paperback. A new copy. Twentieth Anniversary Edition with Contributions from Joe Hill and Owen King ONE OF TIME MAGAZINE'S TOP 100 NONFICTION BOOKS OF ALL TIME Immensely helpful and illuminating to any aspiring writer, this special edition of Stephen King's critically lauded, million-copy bestseller shares the.....
HarperCollins Publishers Canada, Limited, January 1997. Hardcover.
Texas Christian University Press, 1999. First Edition. Hardcover. 404 pages. First edition (first printing). A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. Signed by the author and dated in the year of publication. From the archives of the Southwestern Writers Collection at Southwest Texas State University, former curator Richard Holland.....
Mariner Books, October 2019. Trade Paperback. A new copy. A collection of essays on life and literature, from one of the most iconic authors and astute critics in contemporary letters. Words Are My Matter is essential reading: a collection of talks, essays, and criticism by Ursula K. Le Guin, a......
Writers Digest Books, February 1994. Hardcover. Poet will find help from the masters of the past and the present in fostering their own poetry-writing skills, from generating ideas to considering the whole poem.
Vintage, November 2023. Trade Paperback. A new copy. 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 beloved and best-selling author of 1Q84, Norwegian Wood, and What I Talk About When I Talk.....
Viking Books, May 2023. Hardcover. A new copy. The nonfiction debut by #1 New York Times bestselling and Carnegie Medal-winning author Ruta Sepetys. Perfect for fans of Burn After Writing and Bird by Bird. Life is story in motion. Each day, you add to your story, revise it, and view.....