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Twentieth Anniversary Edition with Contributions from Joe Hill and Owen King Part memoir, part masterclass by one of the bestselling authors of all time, this superb volume is a revealing and practical view of the writer's craft, comprising the basic...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781590177181Author William H. GassFormat PaperbackPage Count 112Imprint NYRB ClassicsPublisher The New York Review of Books, IncWeight(grams)...

This is one of the wisest books I've read in years...--New York Times Book Review No writer I know of comes close to even trying to articulate the weird magic of poetry as Ruefle does. She acknowledges and celebrates in the odd mystery and mysticism of...

A beautiful illustrated edition of Thoreau's classic treatise on man and nature. "Our life is frittered away by detail. . . . Simplicity, simplicity, simplicity!" Henry David Thoreau built his small cabin on the shore of Walden Pond in 1845. For the next...

HarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved, essential classics. I believe a leaf of grass is no less than the journey work of the stars... First published in 1855, and edited, revised and expanded over...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780374528584Author Vivian GornickFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint Farrar, Straus and GirouxPublisher Farrar, Straus and Giroux

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780358212102Author Ursula K Le GuinFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint Harper PerennialPublisher Harper PerennialWeight(grams) 259gDimensions(mm) 201mm *...

The Fall of the House of Usher and Other Writings is a collection that displays the full force of Edgar Allen Poe's mastery of both Gothic horror and the short story form. This Penguin Classics edition is edited with an introduction and notes by David...

The short story is one of the most varied and exciting genres in American literature. This collection brings together many of its finest examples from the early nineteenth century to the present. It contains a richly diverse cast of characters, including...

Seamus Heaney, Denis Donoghue, William Pritchard, Marilyn Butler, Harold Bloom, and many others have praised Helen Vendler as one of the most attentive readers of poetry. Here, Vendler turns her illuminating skills as a critic to 150 selected poems of...

Some of the most rewarding pages in Henry Miller's books concern his self-education as a writer. He tells, as few great writers ever have, how he set his goals, how he discovered the excitement of using words, how the books he read influenced him, and...

'Conspicuous consumption of valuable goods is a means of reputability to the gentleman of leisure.' In The Theory of the Leisure Class Thorstein Veblen sets out 'to discuss the place and value of the leisure class as an economic factor in modern life'...

In the late 1950s, Random House editor Jason Epstein would talk jazz with Ralph Ellison or chat with Andy Warhol while pouring drinks in his office. By the 1970s, editors were poring over profit-and-loss statements. The electronics company RCA bought...

As a unique feature, the Third Edition includes generous excerpts from Thoreau's journal, reprinted by special arrangements with Princeton University Press from the definitive edition of his writings. Spanning the years 1845-54, these selections vividly...

Volume I of The Cambridge History of American Literature was originally published in 1997, and covers the colonial and early national periods and discusses the work of a diverse assemblage of authors, from Renaissance explorers and Puritan theocrats to...

Brian Lee's study of American fiction from 1865 to 1940 draws on a wealth of material by, amongst others, Twain, James, Dreiser, Hemingway, Fitzgerald and Faulkner. Though the works of these writers have been closely scrutinised by postwar critics in...

This first full-length biography of Anglo- American poet and activist Denise Levertov (1923-1997) brings to life one of the major voices of the second half of the twentieth century, when American poetry was a powerful influence worldwide. Drawing on...

Written during the most eventful years of Benjamin Franklin's life (1771-90), the Autobiography is one of the most influential memoirs in history. This newly edited Norton Critical Edition includes an introduction that explains the history of the...

The first known mystery written by an African-American, set in 1930s Harlem.Book InformationISBN 9780472064922Author Rudolph FisherFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint The University of Michigan PressPublisher The University of Michigan...

Sylvia Plath is widely recognized as one of the leading figures in twentieth-century Anglo-American literature and culture. Her work has constantly remained in print in the UK and US (and in numerous translated editions) since the appearance of her first...

The Oregon Trail is the gripping account of Francis Parkman's journey west across North America in 1846. After crossing the Allegheny Mountains by coach and continuing by boat and wagon to Westport, Missouri, he set out with three companions on a...

Winner of the 2016 Goodreads Choice Award, the princess saves herself in this one is a collection of poetry about resilience. It is about writing your own ending. From Amanda Lovelace, a poetry collection in four parts: the princess, the damsel, the...

How is a nation brought into being? In a detailed examination of crucial texts of 18th-century American literature, Christopher Looby argues that the United States was self-consciously enacted through the spoken word. Historical material informs and...

This Norton Critical Edition is based on the 1985 corrected text and is accompanied by newly updated and expanded explanatory annotations and an introduction by Michael Gorra. "Backgrounds and Contexts" is divided into three sections, each of which...

WINNER OF THE 2020 PULITZER PRIZE FOR BIOGRAPHYSelected as a Book of the Year 2019 by the SPECTATOR, TELEGRAPH, NEW STATESMAN and FINANCIAL TIMES 'Definitive and delightful' Stephen Fry 'There can be no doubting the brilliance - the sheer explanatory...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780988689596Author David R ThorneFormat PaperbackPage Count 270Imprint 27bslash6Publisher 27bslash6Weight(grams) 308gDimensions(mm) 203mm * 133mm * 15mm

Dad Jokes: the good, the bad, and the terrible, a perfect gift for dads and pun-lovers alike!With over 600 knee-slappers, head-shakers, and groan-makers, Dad Jokes is packed with enough witty quips and cheesy-but-grate jokes for even the most...

Dorothy Parker, more than any of her contemporaries, captured the spirit of the Jazz Age in her poetry and prose, and The Collected Dorothy Parker includes an introduction by Brendan Gill in Penguin Modern Classics.Dorothy Parker was the most...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781911187059Author Tessa RoynonFormat PaperbackPage Count 40Imprint Connell GuidesPublisher CONNELL PUBLISHING LTD

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780996639439Author Fitz Hugh LudlowFormat HardbackPage Count 378Imprint LogosophiaPublisher LogosophiaWeight(grams) 708gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 25mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780873515412Author Richard R. LingemanFormat PaperbackPage Count 659Imprint Minnesota Historical Society Press,U.S.Publisher Minnesota Historical Society...

This Norton Critical Edition includes: The New York Edition text of the novel-the one that had James's final authority-newly and fully annotated by Jonathan Warren.A full introduction, compositional history and textual notes by Jonathan Warren.Revised...

Sally Rooney: 'High intelligence and beauty.'Margo Jefferson: 'Extraordinary'Rediscover a lost American classic in this kaleidoscopic scrapbook of one woman's memories, with a new introduction by Eimear McBride. I am alone here in New York, no longer a...

Critical introductions to a range of literary topics and genres. The literature written by Americans during the twentieth century encompasses a wide variety of voices; voices that attempt to capture the breadth and diversity of American experience in a...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780486489230Author Mark TwainFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint Dover Publications Inc.Publisher Dover Publications Inc.Weight(grams) 205gDimensions(mm)...

This Norton Critical Edition includes: The 1925 first American edition text of the novel.A full introduction, a note on the text and explanatory annotations by David J. Alworth.An unusually rich selection of contextual materials, including Fitzgerald's...

The history America never wanted you to read. 'The narrative took my breath away' Philippe Sands 'An extraordinarily and shockingly powerful read' Peter Frankopan 'One of the must-reads of the year' Suzannah Lipscomb 'Brilliant and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780995716223Author Reni Eddo-LodgeFormat PaperbackPage Count 220Imprint Silver PressPublisher Silver Press

The author of "The Barracks Thief" and "Hunters in the Snow" recreates his boyhood experiences, relating how he and his mother travelled throughout the United States, and tracing his experiences and changes from young boy to manhood against the...

Over the course of a fifty-year career, Donald Westlake published nearly one hundred books, including not one - but two - long-running series, starring the hard-hitting Parker and the hapless John Dortmunder. In the six years since his death, Westlake's...