Tom Chiarella

Will teach you to creat memorable voices, fictianal conversations,  and more!!

Light Paperback (1 lb or less)

California

How to create memorable voices and fictional conversations that crackle with wit tension and nuance.

Whether you're writing an argument, a love scene, a powwow among sixth graders or scientists in a lab, this book demonstrates how to write dialogue that sounds authentic and original.

You'll learn ways to find ideas for literary discussions by tuning in to what you hear every day. You'll learn to use gestures instead of speech, to insert silences that are as effective as outbursts, to add shifts in tone, and other strategies for making conversations more compelling. Nuts and bolts are covered, too - formatting, punctuation, dialogue tags - everything you need to get your characters talking.

Writing Dialogue

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Nnedi Okorafor

Light Hardcover (1 lb or less)

With a brand-new binti story

Includes a brand-new Binti story!

Collected for the first time in an omnibus edition, the Hugo- and Nebula-award-winning Binti trilogy, the story of one extraordinary girl's journey from her home to distant Oomza University.

In her Hugo- and Nebula-winning novella, Nnedi Okorafor introduced us to Binti, a young Himba girl with the chance of a lifetime: to attend the prestigious Oomza University. Despite her family's concerns, Binti's talent for mathematics and her aptitude with astrolabes make her a prime candidate to undertake this interstellar journey.

But everything changes when the jellyfish-like Medusae attack Binti's spaceship, leaving her the only survivor. Now, Binti must fend for herself, alone on a ship full of the beings who murdered her crew, with five days until she reaches her destination.

There is more to the history of the Medusae--and their war with the Khoush--than first meets the eye. If Binti is to survive this voyage and save the inhabitants of the unsuspecting planet that houses Oomza Uni, it will take all of her knowledge and talents to broker the peace.

Collected now for the first time in omnibus form, follow Binti's story in this groundbreaking sci-fi trilogy.

Binti: the Complete Trilogy

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Walter Benjamin

Essays and Reflections

Walter Benjamin was one of the most original cultural critics of the twentieth century. Illuminations includes his views on Kafka, with whom he felt a close personal affinity; his studies on Baudelaire and Proust; and his essays on Leskov and on Brecht's Epic Theater. Also included are his penetrating study "The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction," an enlightening discussion of translation as a literary mode, and Benjamin's theses on the philosophy of history.

Hannah Arendt selected the essays for this volume and introduces them with a classic essay about Benjamin's life in dark times. Also included is a new preface by Leon Wieseltier that explores Benjamin's continued relevance for our times.

Illuminations

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Dick Allen

Julia Alvarez

Thomas M. Disch

Theory, Criticism, History

This long awaited revised edition of Story Line Press's first controversial and influential anthology contains 16 essays by leading poet-critics on the New Narrative and the New Formalism, the most compelling movement in American poetry since Ginsberg and the Beats. New Expansive Poetry also includes ten statements by women poets on the use of form and an up-to-date introduction by editor R.S. Gwynn. Contributors include Rita Dove, Dana Gioia, Marilyn Hacker, Mark Jarman, Mary Jo Salter, and Timothy Steele, among others.

New Expansive Poetry

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Laurie L. Patton

The Bhagavad Gita is an early epic poem that recounts the conversation between Arjuna the warrior and his charioteer Krishna, the manifestation of God. In the moments before a great battle, the dialogue sets out the important lessons Arjuna must learn to change the outcome of the war he is to fight, and culminates in Krishna revealing to the warrior his true cosmic form, counselling him to search for the universal perfection of life. Ranging from instructions on yoga postures to dense moral discussion, the Gita is one of the most important Hindu texts, as well as serving as a practical guide to living well.

The Bhagavad Gita

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Edward Hirsch

English

And Fall in Love with Poetry

A masterful work by a master poet, this brilliant summation of poetry and human nature will speak to all readers who long to place poetry in their lives.



How to Read a Poem is an unprecedented exploration of poetry and feeling. In language at once acute and emotional, National Book Critics Circle award-winning distinguished poet and critic Edward Hirsch describes why poetry matters and how we can open up our imaginations so that its message can make a difference. In a marvelous reading of verse from around the world, including work by Pablo Neruda, Elizabeth Bishop, Wallace Stevens, and Sylvia Plath, among many others, Hirsch discovers the true meaning of their words and ideas and brings their sublime message home into our hearts.



"The answer Hirsch gives to the question of how to read as poem is: Ecstatically."--Boston Book Review

How to Read a Poem

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Will Durant

Pencil marks on bottom of the book but i will earase it so it will look Like New.

A brilliant and concise account of the lives and ideas of the great philosophers--Plato, Aristotle, Bacon, Spinoza, Voltaire, Kant, Schopenhauer, Spencer, Nietzsche, Bergson, Croce, Russell, Santayana, James, and Dewey--The Story of Philosophy is one of the great books of our time. Few write for the non-specialist as well as Will Durant, and this book is a splendid example of his eminently readable scholarship. Durant's insight and wit never cease to dazzle; The Story of Philosophy is a key book for any reader who wishes to survey the history and development of philosophical ideas in the Western world.

Story of Philosophy

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Elizabeth Acevedo

Looks very new, good for poets, and a young adult book!!

A National Book Award Longlist title! Fans of Jacqueline Woodson, Meg Medina, and Jason Reynolds will fall hard for this astonishing New York Times-bestselling novel-in-verse by an award-winning slam poet, about an Afro-Latina heroine who tells her story with blazing words and powerful truth. Xiomara Batista feels unheard and unable to hide in her Harlem neighborhood. Ever since her body grew into curves, she has learned to let her fists and her fierceness do the talking. But Xiomara has plenty she wants to say, and she pours all her frustration and passion onto the pages of a leather notebook, reciting the words to herself like prayers—especially after she catches feelings for a boy in her bio class named Aman, who her family can never know about. With Mami’s determination to force her daughter to obey the laws of the church, Xiomara understands that her thoughts are best kept to herself. So when she is invited to join her school’s slam poetry club, she doesn’t know how she could ever attend without her mami finding out. But she still can’t stop thinking about performing her poems. Because in the face of a world that may not want to hear her, Xiomara refuses to be silent. “Crackles with energy and snaps with authenticity and voice.” —Justina Ireland, author of Dread Nation “An incredibly potent debut.” —Jason Reynolds, author of the National Book Award Finalist Ghost “Acevedo has amplified the voices of girls en el barrio who are equal parts goddess, saint, warrior, and hero.” —Ibi Zoboi, author of American Street

The Poet X

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Herman. Melville

A very new book, it will look like you just got this book from a bookstore!

Paperback (1 to 2 lbs)

Moby Dick or, The Whale

The iconic story of a ship captain's obsessive hunt for a terrible white whale, Moby-Dick is universally regarded one of the most influential novels of the American Renaissance era. The Norton Library edition features the text of the first U.S. (1851) edition, with thorough endnotes that clarify obscure terms and references. A buoyant introduction by Jeffrey Insko (Oakland University) offers the contemporary reader a number of enticing ways into the novel, empowering them to read with understanding and pleasure despite its infamous reputation.

Moby-Dick

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A New Translation by Charles Martin

"A version that has been long awaited, and likely to become the new standard." --Michael Dirda, Washington Post


Ovid's epic poem--whose theme of change has resonated throughout the ages--is one of the most important texts of Western imagination, an inspiration from Dante's times to the present day, when writers such as Salman Rushdie and Italo Calvino have found a living source in Ovid's work. Charles Martin combines a close fidelity to Ovid's text with verse that catches the speed and liveliness of the original. Martin's Metamorphoses will be the translation of choice for contemporary readers in English. This volume also includes endnotes and a glossary of people, places, and personifications.

Metamorphoses

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The Biggest Christmas Tree Ever

Hardcover (1 to 2 lbs)

Written specifically for parents to share with their baby or toddler in those quiet moments, this collection of Bible stories comes with an audio CD featuring narration by acclaimed Christian recording artist Marty Magehee of 4Him. Full color.

Special Times Bible Stories for Toddlers

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Collected Prose Poems

What Have I Ever Lost by Dying?

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Selected Later Poems

This long-awaited volume, a new selection of his later poems, spans ten major collections by one of America's most visionary and influential poets. Chosen by the author himself, the poems in Notes from the Air represent John Ashbery's best work from the past two decades, from the critically acclaimed April Galleons and Flow Chart to the 2005 National Book Award finalist Where Shall I Wander.

While Ashbery has long been considered a powerful force in twentieth-century culture, Notes from the Air demonstrates clearly how important and relevant his writing continues to be, well into the twenty-first century. Many of the selections found here are regularly taught in university classrooms across the country, and critics and scholars vigorously debate his newest works as well as his classics. He has already published four major books since the turn of the new millennium, and, although 2007 marked his eightieth birthday, this legendary literary figure continues to write fresh, new, and vibrant poetry that remains as stimulating, provocative, and controversial as ever.

Notes from the Air reveals, for the first time in one volume, the remarkable evolution of Ashbery's poetry from the mid-1980s into the new century, and offers an irresistible sampling of some of the finest work by a poet the New York Times has called a "national treasure."

Notes from the Air

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Winner Of The Booker Prize For Fiction 

The Famished Road

Sofia The First A Brand New Princess

Cyndy Szekeres

Eileen Cook

Fourth Grade Fairy

When ten-year-old Jonathan gets lost on a mysterious mountain that is being threatened by a Great Shadow, his magical adventures lead him to discover that he has special abilities and give him courage to face his fear of the dark.

Jonathan's Journey to Mount Miapu

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Heavy Paperback (2 to 4 lbs)

The Complete Grimms Fairy Tales

Horrible Harry In Toom 2B

Grandma Loves You

What Writers Need to Know about What Editors Do

Since 1962 Editors on Editing has been an indispensable guide for editors, would-be editors, and especially writers who want to understand the publishing process. Written by America’s most distinguished editors, these 38 essays will teach, inform, and inspire anyone interested in the world of editing. Editors on Editing includes essays on the evolution of the American editor; the ethical and moral dimensions of editing; what an editor looks for in a query letter, proposal, and manuscript; line editing; copyediting; the freelance editor; the question of political correctness; making the most of writers’ conferences; and numerous other topics

Editors on Editing

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Painting in her grandmother's studio and riding her favorite horse, Georgia, helps fourth-grader Saige cope with missing Mimi and sparks an idea for funding the school art program, but more creativity will be needed to keep Georgia from being sold.

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Tom Chiarella

Writing Dialogue

Nnedi Okorafor

Binti: the Complete Trilogy

Walter Benjamin

Illuminations

Dick Allen; Julia Alvarez; Thomas M. Disch

New Expansive Poetry

Laurie L. Patton

The Bhagavad Gita

Edward Hirsch

How to Read a Poem

Will Durant

Story of Philosophy

Elizabeth Acevedo

The Poet X

Herman. Melville

Moby-Dick

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Metamorphoses

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The Biggest Christmas Tree Ever

Stephen Elkins

Special Times Bible Stories for Toddlers

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What Have I Ever Lost by Dying?

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The Famished Road

Rose Christopher

Sofia The First A Brand New Princess

Cyndy Szekeres

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Fourth Grade Fairy

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The Complete Grimms Fairy Tales

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Grandma Loves You

Gerald C. Gross (Editor)

Editors on Editing

Jessie Haas; Sarah Davis (Illustrator)

Saige Paints the Sky

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