Carbondale: Southern Illinois University Press, 1981. Richard Neal (book design). First U.S. Edition. Hardcover. Translated with an Introduction by Giovanni Gullace Benedetto Croce KOCI, COSML (Italian: [beneˈdetto ˈkroːtʃe]; 25 February 1866 – 20 November 1952) was an Italian idealist philosopher, historian and politician, who wrote on numerous topics, including..... More
London: Routledge, 2002. Second Edition. Paperback. The experience of colonization and the challenges of a post-colonial world have produced an explosion of new writing in English. This diverse and powerful body of literature has established a specific practice of post-colonial writing in cultures as various as India, Australia, the West..... More
Avon, MA: Adams Media, 2007. Paperback. As every writer knows, keeping the faith isn't always easy. On those days when you find yourself literally at a loss for words, you may long for a little writer's TLC. In A Cup of Comfort for Writers, you'll meet more than fifty writers..... More
London: Hodder Headline, 2003. Second Edition. Paperback. Teach Yourself Travel Writing gives you the tools to parlay your passion for visiting faraway places into a lucrative career. It explores the markets for travel writing and schools you in the business fundamentals, from writing irresistible proposals to negotiating fees. The book..... More
London: Harvill Secker, 2018. First U.K. Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Signed and dated by author. Luck, good or bad, plays an important part in a writer’s career. In 1976 Lodge was pursuing a ‘twin-track career’ as novelist and academic but the balancing act was increasingly difficult, and he became..... More
New York: Jeremy P. Tarcher/Penguin, 2006. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Signed by the author. Erica Jong’s memoir-a national bestseller-was probably the most wildly reviewed book of 2006. Critics called it everything from “brutally funny,” “risqu? and wonderfully unrepentant,” and “rowdy, self-deprecating, and endearing” to “a car wreck.” Throughout..... More
New York: Warner Books, Inc., 1985. Reprint. Mass Market Paperback. 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 to the shaping not only of her personality but of her..... More
New York: Warner Books, 1985. Max Ginsburg (cover art). First Warner Books Edition. First Printing. Paperback. More
Hong Kong: The Commercial Press, Ltd, 1973. Reprint. Softcover. More
London: Penguin Books, 2020. Paperback. 'A problem of space first of all, then a problem of order' One of the most singular and extravagant imaginations of the twentieth century, the novelist and essayist Georges Perec was a true original who delighted in wordplay, puzzles, taxonomies and seeing the extraordinary..... More
New York: Scribner, 2000. Susan Mitchell (jacket design). Third Printing. Hardcover. "Information is endlessly available to us; where shall wisdom be found?" is the crucial question with which renowned literary critic Harold Bloom begins this impassioned book on the pleasures and benefits of reading well. For more than forty years..... More
New York: Vintage International, 2009. Philip Gabriel (tr.). 24th Printing. Paperback. An intimate look at writing, running, and the incredible way they intersect, What I Talk About When I Talk About Running is an illuminating glimpse into the solitary passions of one of our greatest artists. While training for..... More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., 2005. First Edition (stated). Hardcover. Smiley explores–as no novelist has before her–the unparalleled intimacy of reading, why a novel succeeds (or doesn’t), and how the novel has changed over time. She describes a novelist as “right on the cusp between someone who knows everything..... More
London: Vintage Books, 2012. Trade Paperback. As a young man, Haruki Murakami played records and mixed drinks at his Tokyo Jazz club, Peter Cat, then wrote at the kitchen table until the sun came up. He loves music of all kinds - jazz, classical, folk, rock - and has more..... More
New York: Farrar, Strauss and Giroux, 2018. Seventh Printing. Trade Paperback. Draft No. 4 is a master class on the writer’s craft. In a series of playful, expertly wrought essays, John McPhee shares insights he has gathered over his career and has refined while teaching at Princeton University, where he..... More
New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 2016. Third Edition. Paperback. The Seagull Reader: Essays brings together a mix of 56 essays--13 new to the Third Edition--by a variety of writers, from established authors (Dwight Eisenhower, David Brooks, and Barbara Ehrenreich) and rising voices (Atul Gawande and Ta-Nehisi Coates) to authors..... More
Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1996. Sixth Edition. Paperback. More
Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1996. Sixth Edition. Paperback. More
New York: Atria Paperback, 2019. Reprint. Paperback. From one of the most esteemed American poets of the twenty-first century comes a celebration of poetry and an invitation for anyone to experience its beauty and wonder. Full of fresh and exciting insights, Making Your Own Days illuminates the somewhat mysterious subject..... More
New York: Seven Stories Press, 2020. First Edition. Trade Paperback. The art and craft of writing by one of the few grandmasters of American literature, a bonanza for writers and readers co-written by Kurt Vonnegut's former student. Here is an entirely new side of Kurt Vonnegut, Vonnegut as a...... More
New York: The Modern Library, 1999. Paperback. From Kirkus (July 10, 2013): This portrait of Hemingway is a "Profile" which was originally done for The New Yorker in 1947, introduced by a prologue touching on the continuity of their friendship which began at that time, his generosity towards her..... More
New York: Counterpoint, 2003. Trade Paperback. For nearly 50 years, Lillian Ross has been writing remarkable literary journalism for The New Yorker. Her unerring Talk pieces and her incisive profiles have won her a legion of admirers. Many credit The New Yorker for inspiring the refinement of literary journalism, and..... More
New York: Macmillan Publishing Company, 1986. Paperback. The essential guide to refining and improving grammar – from the basics of sentence structure to the art of composing written works. A concise, comprehensive handbook of the basic rules of grammar and usage that presents invaluable tips on how to implement these..... More
New York: Scribner, 1996. First Edition (presumed), First Printing. Hardcover. Correspondence between Ernest Hemingway and his longtime editor, Maxwell Perkins. More
UK: Penguin Books, 2011. Cardboard box with 100 postcards inside. To celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of Penguin Modern Classics we are publishing an incredibly desirable and collectable postcard collection of 100 Modern Classics authors. Following the success of Postcards from Penguin this is a must-have box of beautifully..... More
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