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New Ways to Kill Your Mother: Writers...
New Ways to Kill Your Mother: Writers...Colm Toibin

In pieces that range from the importance of aunts (and the death of parents) in the English 19th-century novel to the relationship between fathers and sons in the...

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Distrust That Particular Flavor
Distrust That Particular FlavorWilliam Gibson

Insight on contemporary culture and autobiographical sketches from the noir prophet.

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How is the Internet Changing the Way...
How is the Internet Changing the Way...John Brockman

A lively and eclectic sequence of more than 150 concise and intellectually challenging essays in which the world's leading thinkers reflect on how the internet has...

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The Wonderbox: Curious Histories of...
The Wonderbox: Curious Histories of...Roman Krznaric

Showing the lessons that can be learned from the cultural historian, this title explores twelve universal topics, from work and love to money and creativity, and...

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Unpacking My Library: Writers and...
Unpacking My Library: Writers and...Leah Price

As words and stories are increasingly disseminated through digital means, the significance of the book as object - whether pristine collectible or battered relic - is...

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Death in a Cold Climate: A Guide to...
Death in a Cold Climate: A Guide to...Barry Forshaw

Barry Forshaw, the UK's principal crime fiction expert,presents a celebration and analysis ofthe Scandinavian crime genre, from Sjowall and Wahloo's Martin Beck series...

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Stop What You're Doing and Read This!
Stop What You're Doing and Read This!Mark Haddon; Michael Rosen; Zadie...

Reading provides a unique kind of pleasure and no-one should live without it. This title tells us about the experience of reading, why access to books should never be...

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Arguably: Selected Prose
Arguably: Selected ProseChristopher Hitchens

The best of 40 years of writing on politics, literature and religion from the finest English essayist since George Orwell.

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The Etymologicon: A Circular Walk...Mark Forsyth

What does organised crime have to do with church organs? And what's the connection between blank cheques and check mate?

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Arthur Miller: v. 2: 1962-2005
Arthur Miller: v. 2: 1962-2005Christopher Bigsby
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Autobiography of Mark Twain: The...
Autobiography of Mark Twain: The...Mark Twain; Lin Salamo; Benjamin...
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Tretower to Clyro: Essays
Tretower to Clyro: EssaysKarl Miller; Seamus Heaney; Andrew...
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Adonis to Zorro: Oxford Dictionary of...
Adonis to Zorro: Oxford Dictionary of...Andrew Delahunty; Sheila Dignen
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The Well Read Play
The Well Read PlayStephen Unwin
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Granta 112: Pakistan: Issue 112
Granta 112: Pakistan: Issue 112John Freeman
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Believe in People: The Essential ...John Carey; Karel Capek; Earka...
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FiresRaymond Carver
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Charles Dickens: A Life
Charles Dickens: A LifeClaire Tomalin
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P.G. Wodehouse: A Life in Letters
P.G. Wodehouse: A Life in LettersP. G. Wodehouse
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Essays and Writing

It is not just philosophers who like to ponder on life, the universe and everything. Our Essays and Writing books category features non-fiction observations by novelists and writers from a wide range of disciplines and covering a multitude of topics. How to write and what to write about, are themselves the subject of endless fascination. In this selection you will find reference guides for writers, covering the actual writing process, from coming up with ideas to honing your style, and how to go about getting your work into print. To refine your selection further just use the browse option on the left.

 

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