How Novels Work, Paperback

Expanding on his popular }Guardian{ column, John Mullan sets out to open our eyes to ways of understanding the writer's craft, and appreciating and...

Reducere. As well as Bennetts novels, his non-fiction work has withstood the test of time, and is widely read today. In the Human Machine, Bennett explores t...

Described as "cultural rocket fuel" by Vanity Fair, Vivek Shraya is a multi-media artist whose art, music, novels, and poetry and children's books ...

Reducere. Suddenly, comics are everywhere: a newly matured art form, filling bookshelves with brilliant, innovative work and shaping the ideas and images of ...

Alessia Ricciardi revisits questions about Elena Ferrante's identity to show how the problem of authorship is deeply intertwined with the novels' l...

Reducere. When Flight BA432 touches down on Heathrow Airport's tarmac, everything changes. All her passengers are either dead or cocooned in a dark fleshy ma...

Reducere. You've written a sensational romance manuscript. Now you need to edit it and turn it into a great novel. Author of seven swoon-filled romance novel...

DescriptionIn this issue of the award-winning magazine, Tasmanian cartoonist Simon Hanselmann discusses how his webcomic -- starring a witch, a cat...

Reducere. When Claire lands the plum assignment of interviewing Hollywood's #1 hottie, she knows better than to mix business with pleasure, yet the next morn...

Reducere. Challenging librarians to rethink some of their traditional practices, Maximizing the Impact of Comics in Your Library provides creative and proven...

DescriptionWritten by Chris Curtis, How to Teach: English: Novels, non-fiction and their artful navigation is jam-packed with enlivening ideas to h...

Reducere. Work In Progress is a collection of excerpts of works in progress by several authors of The International Pulpwood Queen and Timber Guy Book Club R...

The critically lauded memoir about being a john, available in paperback for the first time Paying for It was easily the most talked-about and contr...

The Greek philosopher Diogenes said that when he died his body should be tossed over the city walls for beasts to scavenge. Why should he or anyone...

Reducere. Anne Rice's first work of nonfiction--a powerful and haunting memoir that explores her continuing spiritual transformation. Anne Rice was raised in...

Reducere. In this incisive collection of speeches and essays, Jonathan Franzen returns with renewed vigor to the themes, both human and literary, that have l...

Reducere. In her novels, poetry, and prose, Amber Dawn has written eloquently on queer femme sexuality, individual and systemic trauma, and sex work justice,...

Reducere. The myriad worlds and universes King has created are, in reality, one world, one universe. Here is the guide to that universe. The Complete Stephen...

Reducere. DescriptionTwo full-color illustrated graphic novels from award-winning and bestselling author and cartoonist Terri Libenson "Clever, funny work by...

Reducere. Has Miki fallen too hard? It's summer, and Miki Yoshida is learning all about love. Her senior year has blossomed with promise ever since she gaine...

Reducere. This is a practical guide for practising teachers of English and teachers in training. It offers teachers a rationale and a variety of imaginative ...

Reducere. DescriptionGet your feet wet in developing visual novels and take a guided tour through easy to follow tutorials using three of the most popular to...

DescriptionAn exciting approach to the classics: vibrant, appealing graphic novels that bring beloved stories to a new generation of kids. Shipwrec...

Reducere. One of the most eclectic and distinctive writers currently working in comics, Grant Morrison (b. 1960) brings the auteurist sensibility of alternat...

DescriptionA fantasy/mystery series with a unique Japanese flavor perfect for fans of Noragami: Stray God and Tokyo Ghoul. Ages 13+ A SUPERNATURAL ...

Reducere. "One of America's greatest storytellers." - Stephen King"Winslow, whose work includes a dozen of the finest crime novels written in the last 20 yea...

Rozsika Parker's re-evaluation of the reciprocal relationship between women and embroidery has brought stitchery out from the private world of fema...

Reducere. New York Times bestselling author Omar Tyree's seductive, insightful novel exploring the age-old question: how do people fall in love--and stay in ...

Contributor(s): Text by (Art/Photo Books): G. Willow WilsonText by (Art/Photo Books): Saladin AhmedText by (Art/Photo Books): Rainbow RowellKamala ...

From the winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature, Isaac Bashevis Singer, "The Penitent" is the story of Joseph Shapiro, a disillusioned and aimles...

Reducere. A fun and funny tale of a sex worker's otherworldly adventures! Stranded in a fantasy world inhabited by magical beings and demons, call girl Yuzuk...

Pickles Yin is a final year student at a prestigious art school struggling to live up to her own expectations of how to navigate the transition fro...

You cannot swim for new horizons until you have courage to lose sight of the shore. William Faulkner These short works offer three different approa...

DescriptionThe second arc of Nick Spencer's revitalized series featuring a modern take on Archie Andrews and the whole Riverdale cast of characters...

Reducere. When it comes to writing weapons, most authors shoot from the hip--and miss. The Writer's Guide to Weapons will help you hit your target every time...

DescriptionA teenage loner gets transported into a fantasy world with his two scary female classmates. The girls find themselves as a wizard and a ...

Reducere. At long last, Deborah Vandermark is preparing for her own wedding...but the groom suddenly goes absent. Tragedy has befallen Christopher's family i...

Description"An excellent addition to libraries seeking graphic novels, especially those looking for hi-lo titles for teens interested in paranormal...

DescriptionAn eclectic collection of fiction, essays, poetry, and graphic work selected by high school students with the help of New York Times bes...

Reducere. Includes "Crime 101, " "Broken, " and "The Last Ride" - all soon to be major motion pictures!"One of America's greatest storytellers." - Stephen Ki...

Selina Kyle might think everything is going purrfectly...but riddle us this, Catwoman! Catwoman knows there's only one person she can turn to for h...

This new critical biography provides a complete picture of German novelist, playwright, and poet Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. Offering fresh, though...

Joseph Conrad is widely recognized as one of the greatest writers of the early twentieth century. Robert Hampson traces Conrad's life from his chil...

Reducere. In this book, Amy K. King examines how violence between women in contemporary Caribbean and American texts is rooted in plantation slavery. Analyzi...

DescriptionAre you terrified of marketing your book? Do you have it ready to go (or already published), but you feel stuck because you don't know w...

"He who would teach men to die would teach them to live, " writes Montaigne in Essais, and in How to Die: A Book on Being Alive, Ray Robertson take...

Reducere. In this collection, "How Much Land Does a Man Need? And Other Stories, " Russian born Leo Tolstoy (1828-1910) demonstrates his varied subject matte...

DescriptionThey were the breakout stars of WAR OF THE REALMS: NEW AGENTS OF ATLAS, now learn their origin tales White Fox is many things: a spy, a ...

Get ready for EMPYRE - the cosmic saga set to rock the Avengers, the Fantastic Four and the entire Marvel UniverseA mysterious murder brings togeth...

DescriptionNumerology: Dancing the Spirals of Time is a book for people interested in how to work with numbers. The ways of working come from the a...

Reducere. This accessible writer's guide provides a helpful framework for creating poetry and navigates contemporary concerns and practices. Stephen Dobyns, ...

A maternity leave murder mystery, complete with postpartum physiotherapy and suspicious grocery store footage Rebecca's got an eight-month-old baby...

Josh Tierney and Agroshka's sci-fi adventure follows Lucas Densen, a 16-year-old high schooler who suddenly finds himself protecting an Earth that ...

Reducere. DescriptionWhat do worms do all day? How do they see? And why are they so cold and squishy? Find out by going on an underground tour through the hi...

Reducere. Myne has finally started to adjust to her new life... but once a bookworm, always a bookworm. As winter sets in, there are historical methodologies...

Reducere. What's Georgiana Darcy's story? Jane Austen tells us so little in "Pride and Prejudice" that we're left to wonder. How did the early loss of her pa...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Michael NollLiterary Nonfiction. THE WRITER'S FIELD GUIDE offers a refreshing approach to the craft of fiction writing. It ...

DescriptionAbandon all hope... as the most infamous villain in the Turtles' universe, Shredder, returns Oroku Saki's death is just the beginning, a...

Reducere. What is the secret of the Cube? Ian and Rin used to just see spirits. Now Ian is one. Using the Fairy Cube, Ian must figure out how to stop the liz...

Reducere. All fiction is character-driven, according to William Bernhardt, despite what you might have heard elsewhere. If your characters don't interest rea...

Reducere. What If We Were Somewhere Else is the question everyone asks in these linked stories as they try to figure out how to move on from job losses, brok...

Reducere. DescriptionIt's Christmas once again. But this year, Dumpster Dog and Flat Cat have decided they're going to celebrate in a house instead of their ...

Reducere. DescriptionMadam surprises Shiro with a gift that he quickly puts to good use. Shino asks Shiro for advice on how to keep her new husband fit and h...

DescriptionAJIN combines super-natural themes with sci-fi action for a very modern high-paced yarn that should compete with most popular current ma...

Reducere. Many know of Horatio Hornblower's exploits during the Napoleonic Wars through the novels of C.S. Forester, but how many know the true Hornblower--t...

Whether it's a Middle East oil crisis in the 1970s or the London Blitz during WWII, world events have a way of breeding trouble on the home front, ...

Reducere. "Keeps you pegging away, page after page, unwilling to put the book down." - New York Times "Mr. Shute knows how to pick astonishing stories and ho...

Reducere. My husband, James. The house on the lake. Our perfect life. And then Alex came to visit. The first time I saw my husband's best friend, I didn't li...

Reducere. Each year thousands of fiction writers, from beginners to bestselling author, benefit from Sol Stein's sold-out workshops, featured appearances at ...

Discover the New 52 origin of the Dark Knight in BATMAN: ZERO YEAR! Witness the twists and turns as Bruce Wayne takes the final steps toward his de...