The critically acclaimed author of Race, Crime, and the Law provides an incisive analysis of the word "nigger" and its...
The Seattle librarian who created the popular program "If All of Seattle Read the Same Book" organizes readers' interests into 150...
In THE YEAR OF MAGICAL THINKING, Joan Didion writes an account of her life since the 2003 death of her husband, John Gregory...
The Second Edition of this complete collection of Shakespeare's plays and poems features two essays on recent criticism and...
Provides advice for aspiring screenwriters on how to write scripts that will be accepted, not rejected, by Hollywood executives.
Written for anyone who teaches reading, The Reading Teacher's Book of Lists is the thoroughly revised edition of the best-selling...
Joseph Campbell, the worlds foremost authority on mythology, and Bill Moyers, one of most distinguished journalists, offer a...
A leading authority on children's literature examines the dramatic changes that occurred in the field during the twentieth...
In a title based on the best-selling adult edition, lively, subversive illustrations show how misplacing or leaving out a comma...
A guide for hearing parents demonstrates how they can teach their hearing infants to communicate with simple sign language...
This warmhearted but clear-eyed memoir by Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist J.R....
After its invention in 1877, diagramming sentences became a staple of English cl...
An award-winning resource for students in grades three through six features more than 13,000 updated main entries, more than 1,000...
"Draws on the author's interviews with famous, accomplished, and everyday people who have lived happily into their senior years to...
Biographer, memoirist, and professor Louise DeSalvo discusses the therapeutic aspects of writing. She examines writers for whom...
We all know the basics of punctuation. Or do we? A look at most neighborhood signage tells a different story. Through sloppy usage...
A National Book Critics Circle Award-winning classic documents the career of the...
Everyone loves a children's book. And many dream about writing one. But is it actually possible for an unpublished writer-armed...
An anthology of the finest nonfiction writings by leading contemporary writers features contributions by Malcolm Gladwell, Chuck...
According to the authors, each child expresses and receives love through one of five different communication styles. A parent's...