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  • How to Write Like a Writer

    A Sharp and Subversive Guide to Ignoring Inhibitions, Inviting Inspiration, and Finding Your True Voice

    The New York Times bestselling author of the beloved classic How to Read Literature Like a Professor teaches you how to write everything from a report for your community association to a meaningful memoir in this masterful and engaging writing guide.Combing anecdotes and hard-won lessons from decades of teaching and writing—and invoking everyone from Hemingway to your third-grade teacher—retired ... Read more

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  • How to Read Literature Like a Professor Revised

    A Lively and Entertaining Guide to Reading Between the Lines

    Thoroughly revised and expanded for a new generation of readers, this classic guide to enjoying literature to its fullest—a lively, enlightening, and entertaining introduction to a diverse range of writing and literary devices that enrich these works, including symbols, themes, and contexts—teaches you how to make your everyday reading experience richer and more rewarding.While books can be ... Read more

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  • The Art of the Novel

    by Milan Kundera ...
    “Incites us to reflect on fiction and philosophy, knowledge and truth, and brilliantly illustrates the art of the essay.” — The New Republic"Every novelist's work contains an implicit vision of the history of the novel, an idea of what the novel is. I have tried to express the idea of the novel that is inherent in my own novels." — Milan KunderaKundera brilliantly examines the evolution, ... Read more

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  • Ex Libris

    100+ Books to Read and Reread

    **Pulitzer Prize–winning literary critic Michiko Kakutani shares 100 personal, thought-provoking essays about books that have mattered to her and that help illuminate the world we live in today—with beautiful illustrations throughout.“A book tailormade for bibliophiles.”—Oprah Winfrey“An ebullient celebration of books and reading.”—Publishers Weekly (starred review)**In the introduction to her new ... Read more

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  • The Pleasure of Reading

    43 Writers on the Discovery of Reading and the Books that Inspired Them

    In this delightful collection, forty acclaimed writers explain what first made them interested in literature, what inspired them to read, and what makes them continue to do so. First published in 1992 in hardback only, original contributors include Margaret Atwood, J. G. Ballard, Melvyn Bragg, A. S. Byatt, Catherine Cookson, Carol Ann Duffy, Germaine Greer, Alan Hollinghurst, Doris Lessing, Candia ... Read more

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  • A BUDDHIST BIBLE

    A Buddhist Bibleby Dwight GoddardDwight Goddard’s collection of translations of a cross-section of Buddhist traditions was a fundamental part of the importation of Buddhism into the USA and then, through the work of the Beat Poets that the book influenced, throughout the West as a whole.Goddard had originally been an engineer but after his wife's death, when he was twenty-nine years old, he ... Read more

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  • Essential Oils Beauty Secrets Reloaded: How To Make Beauty Products At Home for Skin, Hair & Body Care -A Step by Step Guide & 70 Simple Recipes for Any Skin Type and Hair Type

    by Janet Evans ...
    Essential Oils Are a Natural and Effective Way to Look beautiful and claim your perfect health! Do you want to find out how to create a healthier lifestyle for yourself and your family by using essential oils? Essential Oils Beauty Secrets Reloaded: How To Make Beauty Products At Home For Skin, Hair & Body Care Step by Step Guide is one of the most complete book on the subject, especially for the ... Read more

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  • Little Book Of Tips For Descriptive Writing

    by Patti Roberts ...
    This book is a gem, if only for the list of creative words Patti had generously put together, to save the budding writer the time and effort of having to do so.Thanks Patti. Jeremy Poole.Includes Bonus reading includes Writing Tips from Authors.Participating Authors.David Bishop - The WomanSuzy Turner - The Ghost Of Josiah GrimshawElla Medler - Blood Is Power.Kenneth Hoss - Deadly Storm.Patricia ... Read more

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  • Literary Theory: A Complete Introduction

    by Sara Upstone ...
    Literary theory has now become integral to how we produce literary criticism. When critics write about a text, they no longer think just about the biographical or historical contexts of the work, but also about the different approaches that literary theory offers. By making use of these, they create new interpretations of the text that would not otherwise be possible. In your own reading and ... Read more

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  • Aromatherapy and Essential Oils Ultimate Guide (Boxed Set)

    3 Books In 1 Essential Oils and Aromatherapy Guide with Recipes, Uses and Benefits

    Aromathery and Essential oils have a variety of positive uses. Peppermint can help with stomach issues and PMS. Clove oil is used to cure headaches. Inhaling citrus oils has been said to cure cabin fever. Other oils like mint and citrus help people relax during summer. Essential oils are organic and all-natural, so they can be used as replacements for certain harmful medicines and perfumes. ... Read more

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  • The New York Times Book Review

    125 Years of Literary History

    A “delightful” (Vanity Fair) collection from the longest-running, most influential book review in America, featuring its best, funniest, strangest, and most memorable coverage over the past 125 years.Since its first issue on October 10, 1896, The New York Times Book Review has brought the world of ideas to the reading public. It is the publication where authors have been made, and where readers ... Read more

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  • The Secret Garden

    Series series Collins Classics
    HarperCollins is proud to present our range of timeless literary classics.'Where, you tend a rose, my lad, A thistle cannot grow.'Orphaned and sent to live with her uncle in his austere manor on the moors, Mary Lennox is a lonely and unhappy child. A meeting with Dickon, her servant's brother begins her adventure and it is through their friendship and her relationship with her troubled ... Read more

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  • Essential Oils & Aromatherapy Reloaded: The Complete Step by Step Guide

    by Janet Evans ...
    Essential Oils Are a Natural and Effective Way to Look beautiful and claim your perfect health! Do you want to find out how to create a healthier lifestyle for yourself and your family by using essential oils? Essential Oils & Aromatherapy Reloaded: The Complete Step by Step Guide is a book containing practical and easy-to-understand form, detailing every conceivable use for essential oils and ... Read more

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  • The Art of Memoir

    by Mary Karr ...
    Credited with sparking the current memoir explosion, Mary Karr’s The Liars’ Club spent more than a year at the top of the New York Times list. She followed with two other smash bestsellers: Cherry and Lit, which were critical hits as well.For thirty years Karr has also taught the form, winning teaching prizes at Syracuse. (The writing program there produced such acclaimed authors as Cheryl Strayed ... Read more

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  • The Devil's Dictionary (Illustrated + Audiobook Download Link + Active TOC)

    FEATURES:• Includes beautiful artworks and illustrations• A link of a FREE audio book to download at the end of the book• Active Table of Contents for an easy navigation within the book• Manually coded and crafted by professionals for highest formatting quality and standardsCheck out ngims Publishing's other illustrated literary classics. The vast majority of our books have original illustrations, ... Read more

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  • How to Read Literature Like a Professor 3E

    A Lively and Entertaining Guide to Understanding Literature, from The Great Gatsby to The Hate You Give

    Thoroughly revised and expanded for a new generation of readers, this classic guide to enjoying literature to its fullest—a lively, enlightening, and entertaining introduction to the tools of literary analysis, covering a diverse range of writing and literary devices, including symbols, themes, and contexts—teaches you how to improve your reading comprehension and make your everyday reading ... Read more

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  • The A to Z of Modern Japanese Literature and Theater

    Series series The A to Z Guide Series
    With the Meiji Restoration in 1868, Japan opened its doors to the West and underwent remarkable changes as it sought to become a modern nation. Accompanying the political changes that Western trade ushered in were widespread social and cultural changes. Newspapers, novels, poems, and plays from the Western world were soon adapted and translated into Japanese. The combination of the rich ... Read more

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  • Byron & Shakespeare - Wils Kni

    by Wilson Knight ...
    In this volume, G. Wilson Knight deals with the "superabundance of analogies between Byron and Shakespeare" through analysis and literarty criticism of poetry, sonnets and essays. ... Read more

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  • Das Blut der Farben – Frida Kahlo

    Ein Leben zwischen Schmerz und Schöpfung

    by Rosa Stern ...
    Was bleibt von einem Leben, das von Schmerz durchzogen ist – und dennoch in Farben explodiert? Als ein verheerender Unfall die junge Frida Kahlo aus ihrem bisherigen Leben reißt, beginnt eine Reise nach innen: in den Körper, in den Schmerz, in die Wahrheit. Gefangen zwischen Korsetts und Einsamkeit entdeckt sie die Malerei – und macht sich selbst zu ihrem radikalsten Motiv. Ihre Bilder zeigen ... Read more

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  • La Duchesse de Langeais

    Le général de Montriveau est épris de la duchesse Antoinette de Langeais, une coquette qui se refuse à lui et qui disparaît. Aidé par les puissants Treize, sorte de franc-maçonnerie aux pouvoirs occultes comme Balzac aime à mettre en scène, il la poursuit jusqu’à un monastère espagnol où elle s’est réfugiée sous le nom de sœur Thérèse.À PROPOS DE L'AUTEURHonoré de Balzac est un écrivain français. ... Read more

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  • Si le grain ne meurt

    by André Gide ...
    Si le grain ne meurt est un récit autobiographique de l'écrivain français André Gide. Il décrit la vie de l'auteur depuis sa première enfance à Paris jusqu'à ses fiançailles avec sa cousine Madeleine Rondeaux (appelée ici Emmanuèle) en 1895. Le texte a fait l'objet de publications partielles hors commerce dès 1920-1921 ; en 1924 l'œuvre est publiée en intégralité ; en 1926 l'édition définitive est ... Read more

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  • Lélia

    Analyse complète de l'oeuvre

    Cette fiche de lecture sur Lélia de George Sand propose une analyse complète de l'oeuvre :• un résumé de Lélia• une analyse des personnages• une présentation des axes d'analyse de Lélia de George SandNotre fiche de lecture sur Lélia de George Sand a été rédigée par un professeur de français.À propos de FichesDeLecture.com :FichesdeLecture.com propose plus 2500 analyses complètes de livres sur t... ... Read more

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  • Pépé la Boulange

    Analyse complète de l'oeuvre

    Cette fiche de lecture sur Pépé la Boulange d'Yvon Mauffret propose une analyse complète de l'oeuvre :• un résumé de Pépé la Boulange• une analyse des personnages• une présentation des axes d'analyse de Pépé la Boulange d'Yvon MauffretÀ propos de FichesDeLecture.com :FichesdeLecture.com propose plus 2500 analyses complètes de livres sur toute la littérature classique et contemporaine : des résumés ... Read more

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