The Glamour of Grammar: A Guide to the Magic and Mystery of Practical English
By: Roy Peter Clark
3.71
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Early in the history of English, the words "grammar" and "glamour" meant the same thing: the power …
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1. Pilgrim at Tinker Creek
By: Annie Dillard
4.08
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
An exhilarating meditation on nature and its seasons—a personal narrative highlighting one year's e… read more
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"Innocence is a better world."-Annie Dillard, Pilgrim at Tinker Creek
"The creatures I seek do not want to be seen."-Annie Dillard, Pilgrim at Tinker Creek
"I never saw a tree that was no tree in particular."-Annie Dillard, Pilgrim at Tinker Creek
"I am a fugitive and a vagabond, a sojourner seeking signs."-Annie Dillard, Pilgrim at Tinker Creek
2. The Divine Conspiracy: Rediscovering Our Hidden Life in God
By: Dallas Willard , Richard J. Foster
4.22
Format: 448 pages, Hardcover
The Divine Conspiracy has revolutionized how we think about the true meaning of discipleship. In th… read more
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"Genius, it is said, is the ability to scrutinize the obvious."-Dallas Willard, The Divine Conspiracy: Rediscovering Our Hidden Life in God
"The idea of having faith in Jesus has come to be totally isolated from being his apprentice and learning how to do what he said."-Dallas Willard, The Divine Conspiracy: Rediscovering Our Hidden Life in God
"Jesus, Willard says, “does not call us to do what he did, but to be as he was, permeated with love. Then the doing of what he did and said becomes the natural expression of who we are in him."-Dallas Willard, The Divine Conspiracy: Rediscovering Our Hidden Life in God
"(God's) nature, identity, and overarching purposes are no doubt unchanging. But his intentions with regard to many particular matters that concern individual human beings are not. This does not dimin…"-Dallas Willard, The Divine Conspiracy: Rediscovering Our Hidden Life in God
3. Sin and Syntax: How to Craft Wickedly Effective Prose
By: Constance Hale , Karen Elizabeth Gordon
4.14
Format: None pages, Paperback
Today's writers need more spunk than Strunk: whether it's the Great American e-mail, Madison Avenue… read more
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4. What a Plant Knows: A Field Guide to the Senses
By: Daniel Chamovitz
3.97
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
How does a Venus flytrap know when to snap shut? Can an orchid get jet lag? Does a tomato plant fee… read more
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5. The Writing Life
By: Annie Dillard
3.26
Format: 212 pages, Paperback
Annie Dillard has written eleven books, including the memoir of her parents, An American Childhood;… read more
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6. Dear Committee Members
By: Julie Schumacher
4.00
Format: 158 pages, Hardcover
Finally, a novel that puts the "pissed" back into "epistolary." Jason Fitger is a beleaguered profe… read more
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7. The Glamour of Grammar: A Guide to the Magic and Mystery of Practical English
By: Roy Peter Clark
3.71
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Early in the history of English, the words "grammar" and "glamour" meant the same thing: the power … read more
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8. To Show and to Tell: The Craft of Literary Nonfiction
By: Phillip Lopate
3.64
Format: None pages, Paperback
A long-awaited new book on personal writing from Phillip Lopate--celebrated essayist, the director … read more
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9. The Elements of Style
By: E.B. White , William Strunk Jr.
4.18
Format: 105 pages, Hardcover
This style manual offers practical advice on improving writing skills. Throughout, the emphasis is … read more
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"He owned"-E.B. White, The Elements of Style
"To achieve style, begin by affecting none."-E.B. White, The Elements of Style
"Writers will often find themselves steering by stars that are disturbingly in motion."-E.B. White, The Elements of Style
"When you say something, make sure you have said it. The chances of your having said it are only fair."-E.B. White, The Elements of Style
10. Writing to Learn: How to Write--And Think--Clearly about Any Subject at All
By: William Zinsser
3.78
Format: 438 pages, Paperback
This is an essential book for everyone who wants to write clearly about any subject and use writing… read more
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11. Never Eat Alone: And Other Secrets to Success, One Relationship at a Time
By: Keith Ferrazzi
3.72
Format: 640 pages,
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12. The Great Depression: America 1929-1941
By: Robert S. McElvaine
3.87
Format: 252 pages, Paperback
One of the classic studies of the Great Depression, featuring a new introduction by the author with… read more
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13. Lingo: A Language Spotter's Guide to Europe
By: Gaston Dorren , Alison Edwards
4.03
Format: 325 pages,
Welcome to Europe as you've never known it before, seen through the peculiarities of its languages … read more
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14. Into the Silent Land: A Guide to the Christian Practice of Contemplation
By: Martin Laird
3.55
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Sitting in stillness, the practice of meditation, and the cultivation of awareness are commonly tho… read more
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15. The Devil's Element: Phosphorus and a World Out of Balance
By: Dan Egan
4.23
Format: 228 pages, Hardcover
The New York Times best-selling author on the source of great bounty—and now great peril—all over t… read more
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16. Origins of The Wheel of Time: The Legends and Mythologies that Inspired Robert Jordan
By: Michael Livingston
4.13
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
“Jordan has come to dominate the world Tolkien began to reveal.” ― The New York Times on The Wheel … read more
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17. Writing for Busy Readers: Communicate More Effectively in the Real World
By: Todd Rogers
3.89
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
Writing well is for school. Writing effectively is for life . Todd Rogers and Jessica Lasky-Fink o… read more
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18. Lands of Lost Borders: Out of Bounds on the Silk Road
By: Kate Harris
3.88
Format: 300 pages, Paperback
"Every day on a bike trip is like the one before--but it is also completely different, or perhaps y… read more
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"I’m not sure where I go when I spin wheels for hours on end like that, except into the rapture of doing nothing deeply—although ‘nothing,’ in this case, involves a tantrum of pedal strokes on a burde…"-Kate Harris, Lands of Lost Borders: Out of Bounds on the Silk Road
19. End Times: Elites, Counter-Elites, and the Path of Political Disintegration
By: Peter Turchin
4.04
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
“Peter Turchin brings science to history. Some like it and some prefer their history plain. But eve… read more
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20. Semicolon: The Past, Present, and Future of a Misunderstood Mark
By: Cecelia Watson
3.67
Format: 213 pages, Hardcover
A page-turning, existential romp through the life and times of the world’s most polarizing punctuat… read more
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"The semicolon was born in Venice in 1494"-Cecelia Watson, Semicolon: The Past, Present, and Future of a Misunderstood Mark
"At times I've felt less like a punctuation theorist than like a punctuation therapist"-Cecelia Watson, Semicolon: The Past, Present, and Future of a Misunderstood Mark
21. Three Simple Lines: A Writer’s Pilgrimage into the Heart and Homeland of Haiku
By: Natalie Goldberg
4.23
Format: 161 pages, Hardcover
A haiku is three simple lines. But it is also, as Allen Ginsberg put it, three lines that “make the… read more
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