23 books in Language Arts - Composition & Creative Writing
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Poemcrazy
Freeing Your Life with Words
Written by Susan G. Wooldridge
Format: eBook, 224 pages
On Sale: September 30, 2009
Price: $13.95
Following the success of several recent inspirational and practical books for would-be writers, Poemcrazy is a perfect guide for everyone who ever wanted to write a poem but was afraid to try. Writing workshop leader Susan Wooldridge shows how to think, use one's senses, and practice exercises that will make poems... Read more >
Freeing Your Life with Words
Written by Susan G. Wooldridge
Format: eBook, 224 pages
On Sale: September 30, 2009
Price: $13.95
Following the success of several recent inspirational and practical books for would-be writers, Poemcrazy is a perfect guide for everyone who ever wanted to write a poem but was afraid to try. Writing workshop leader Susan Wooldridge shows how to think, use one's senses, and practice exercises that will make poems... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
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Fifth Grade Reading Success: Complete Learning Kit
Written by Sylvan Learning
Format: Package, 128 pages
On Sale: May 19, 2009
Price: $79.99
This Sylvan Learning kit includes an incredible bonus coupon for $75 off your child’s Skills Assessment® at a Sylvan Learning Center!
The books, CDs, and other resources in this package all work together to teach the core building blocks of effective 5th grade language skills. Concepts that are introduced in the workbooks... Read more >
Written by Sylvan Learning
Format: Package, 128 pages
On Sale: May 19, 2009
Price: $79.99
This Sylvan Learning kit includes an incredible bonus coupon for $75 off your child’s Skills Assessment® at a Sylvan Learning Center!
The books, CDs, and other resources in this package all work together to teach the core building blocks of effective 5th grade language skills. Concepts that are introduced in the workbooks... Read more >
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Fifth Grade Super Reading Success (Sylvan Super Workbooks)
Written by Sylvan Learning
Format: Trade Paperback, 320 pages
On Sale: March 31, 2009
Price: $18.99
Good reading and writing skills are essential not only for fifth-grade academic success, but also for lifelong achievement. The teacher-reviewed, curriculum-based activities and exercises in this 3-in-1 Super Workbook will help your child catch up, keep up, and get ahead. Best of all, they’ll have lots of fun doing it!
Here’s a... Read more >
Written by Sylvan Learning
Format: Trade Paperback, 320 pages
On Sale: March 31, 2009
Price: $18.99
Good reading and writing skills are essential not only for fifth-grade academic success, but also for lifelong achievement. The teacher-reviewed, curriculum-based activities and exercises in this 3-in-1 Super Workbook will help your child catch up, keep up, and get ahead. Best of all, they’ll have lots of fun doing it!
Here’s a... Read more >
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Fifth Grade Writing Success (Sylvan Workbooks)
Written by Sylvan Learning
Format: Trade Paperback, 128 pages
On Sale: March 31, 2009
Price: $12.99
Good writing skills are essential not only for fifth-grade academic success, but also for lifelong achievement. The teacher-reviewed, curriculum-based activities and exercises in this workbook will help your child catch up, keep up, and get ahead. Best of all, they’ll have lots of fun doing it!
WRITING NONFICTION
Exercises on choosing a topic... Read more >
Written by Sylvan Learning
Format: Trade Paperback, 128 pages
On Sale: March 31, 2009
Price: $12.99
Good writing skills are essential not only for fifth-grade academic success, but also for lifelong achievement. The teacher-reviewed, curriculum-based activities and exercises in this workbook will help your child catch up, keep up, and get ahead. Best of all, they’ll have lots of fun doing it!
WRITING NONFICTION
Exercises on choosing a topic... Read more >
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Naming the World
And Other Exercises for the Creative Writer
Edited by Bret Anthony Johnston
Format: eBook, 400 pages
On Sale: December 24, 2008
Price: $15.00
You already have the tools to become a gifted writer; what you need is the spark. Harvard creative writing professor and acclaimed author Bret Anthony Johnston brings you an irresistible interactive guide to the craft of narrative writing. From developing characters to building conflict, from mastering dialogue to setting the scene... Read more >
And Other Exercises for the Creative Writer
Edited by Bret Anthony Johnston
Format: eBook, 400 pages
On Sale: December 24, 2008
Price: $15.00
You already have the tools to become a gifted writer; what you need is the spark. Harvard creative writing professor and acclaimed author Bret Anthony Johnston brings you an irresistible interactive guide to the craft of narrative writing. From developing characters to building conflict, from mastering dialogue to setting the scene... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
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Writing as a Sacred Path
A Practical Guide to Writing with Passion and Purpose
Written by Jill Jepson
Format: Trade Paperback, 256 pages
On Sale: December 1, 2008
Price: $15.95
A supportive guide to approaching writing as a sacred art and to discovering spirituality through the process of writing.
In this inspiring guide, writing teacher and anthropologist Jepson draws on her worldwide travels and studies of spiritual traditions to present a refreshing approach to the art of writing. Through rituals, exercises, dream... Read more >
A Practical Guide to Writing with Passion and Purpose
Written by Jill Jepson
Format: Trade Paperback, 256 pages
On Sale: December 1, 2008
Price: $15.95
A supportive guide to approaching writing as a sacred art and to discovering spirituality through the process of writing.
In this inspiring guide, writing teacher and anthropologist Jepson draws on her worldwide travels and studies of spiritual traditions to present a refreshing approach to the art of writing. Through rituals, exercises, dream... Read more >
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The Virginia Woolf Writers' Workshop
Seven Lessons to Inspire Great Writing
Written by Danell Jones
Format: Trade Paperback, 176 pages
On Sale: November 25, 2008
Price: $14.00
In this brilliantly imagined book, author Danell Jones mines the diaries, essays, correspondence, and fiction of a literary legend to create an unforgettable master class in the art of writing. Using Virginia Woolf’s own words, this inspiring, instructive, and entertaining guide will delight fans, students, and teachers alike—and at last give... Read more >
Seven Lessons to Inspire Great Writing
Written by Danell Jones
Format: Trade Paperback, 176 pages
On Sale: November 25, 2008
Price: $14.00
In this brilliantly imagined book, author Danell Jones mines the diaries, essays, correspondence, and fiction of a literary legend to create an unforgettable master class in the art of writing. Using Virginia Woolf’s own words, this inspiring, instructive, and entertaining guide will delight fans, students, and teachers alike—and at last give... Read more >
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Naming the World
And Other Exercises for the Creative Writer
Edited by Bret Anthony Johnston
Format: Trade Paperback, 400 pages
On Sale: January 8, 2008
Price: $15.00
You already have the tools to become a gifted writer; what you need is the spark. Harvard creative writing professor and acclaimed author Bret Anthony Johnston brings you an irresistible interactive guide to the craft of narrative writing. From developing characters to building conflict, from mastering dialogue to setting the scene... Read more >
And Other Exercises for the Creative Writer
Edited by Bret Anthony Johnston
Format: Trade Paperback, 400 pages
On Sale: January 8, 2008
Price: $15.00
You already have the tools to become a gifted writer; what you need is the spark. Harvard creative writing professor and acclaimed author Bret Anthony Johnston brings you an irresistible interactive guide to the craft of narrative writing. From developing characters to building conflict, from mastering dialogue to setting the scene... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
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The Pen Commandments
Written by Steven Frank
Format: eBook, 336 pages
On Sale: December 18, 2007
Price: $14.00
Thou Shalt Honor Thy Reader, Thou Shalt Not Waste Words, Thou Shalt Not Kill Thy Sentences—these are three of the “pen” commandments through which, with humor and an engaging sense of purpose, Steven Frank inspires his readers not just to write but to write well.
Thou Shalt Take Pleasure in Thy Pen... Read more >
Written by Steven Frank
Format: eBook, 336 pages
On Sale: December 18, 2007
Price: $14.00
Thou Shalt Honor Thy Reader, Thou Shalt Not Waste Words, Thou Shalt Not Kill Thy Sentences—these are three of the “pen” commandments through which, with humor and an engaging sense of purpose, Steven Frank inspires his readers not just to write but to write well.
Thou Shalt Take Pleasure in Thy Pen... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
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Writing the Fire!
Yoga and the Art of Making Your Words Come Alive
Written by Gail Sher
Format: eBook, 224 pages
On Sale: December 18, 2007
Price: $12.95
Writing the Fire! offers writers a new and visionary practice: using yoga to release the body’s inner intelligence and then support, shape, and inform the creative process.
Indeed, “writing is yoga,” declares Gail Sher, introducing the “writing asana”—an invaluable new tool for every writer’s routine. Her insightful and lyrical book, organized around... Read more >
Yoga and the Art of Making Your Words Come Alive
Written by Gail Sher
Format: eBook, 224 pages
On Sale: December 18, 2007
Price: $12.95
Writing the Fire! offers writers a new and visionary practice: using yoga to release the body’s inner intelligence and then support, shape, and inform the creative process.
Indeed, “writing is yoga,” declares Gail Sher, introducing the “writing asana”—an invaluable new tool for every writer’s routine. Her insightful and lyrical book, organized around... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
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Writing Begins with the Breath
Embodying Your Authentic Voice
Written by Laraine Herring
Format: Trade Paperback, 208 pages
On Sale: September 11, 2007
Price: $14.00
In this distinctive guide to the craft of writing, author Laraine Herring shows us how to tune into our bodies and connect with our emotions so that our writing becomes an expression of our full beings, rather than just an intellectual exercise. With warmth and wisdom, Herring offers a path to... Read more >
Embodying Your Authentic Voice
Written by Laraine Herring
Format: Trade Paperback, 208 pages
On Sale: September 11, 2007
Price: $14.00
In this distinctive guide to the craft of writing, author Laraine Herring shows us how to tune into our bodies and connect with our emotions so that our writing becomes an expression of our full beings, rather than just an intellectual exercise. With warmth and wisdom, Herring offers a path to... Read more >
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Writing the Fire!
Yoga and the Art of Making Your Words Come Alive
Written by Gail Sher
Format: Trade Paperback, 224 pages
On Sale: May 23, 2006
Price: $12.95
Writing the Fire! offers writers a new and visionary practice: using yoga to release the body’s inner intelligence and then support, shape, and inform the creative process.
Indeed, “writing is yoga,” declares Gail Sher, introducing the “writing asana”—an invaluable new tool for every writer’s routine. Her insightful and lyrical book, organized around... Read more >
Yoga and the Art of Making Your Words Come Alive
Written by Gail Sher
Format: Trade Paperback, 224 pages
On Sale: May 23, 2006
Price: $12.95
Writing the Fire! offers writers a new and visionary practice: using yoga to release the body’s inner intelligence and then support, shape, and inform the creative process.
Indeed, “writing is yoga,” declares Gail Sher, introducing the “writing asana”—an invaluable new tool for every writer’s routine. Her insightful and lyrical book, organized around... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
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The Right Letter
How to Communicate Effectively in a Busy World
Written by Jan Venolia
Format: Trade Paperback, 160 pages
On Sale: October 15, 2004
Price: $12.95
Replaces previous edition.In today'¬?s hectic world of cell phones, email, and instant messages, is it still worthwhile to know how to write a good letter? Absolutely! An attractive, well-written letter can grab the reader'¬?s attention and hold it long after someone else'¬?s email has been discarded. It can make a strong... Read more >
How to Communicate Effectively in a Busy World
Written by Jan Venolia
Format: Trade Paperback, 160 pages
On Sale: October 15, 2004
Price: $12.95
Replaces previous edition.In today'¬?s hectic world of cell phones, email, and instant messages, is it still worthwhile to know how to write a good letter? Absolutely! An attractive, well-written letter can grab the reader'¬?s attention and hold it long after someone else'¬?s email has been discarded. It can make a strong... Read more >
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The Pen Commandments
Written by Steven Frank
Format: Trade Paperback, 336 pages
On Sale: September 14, 2004
Price: $14.00
Thou Shalt Honor Thy Reader, Thou Shalt Not Waste Words, Thou Shalt Not Kill Thy Sentences—these are three of the “pen” commandments through which, with humor and an engaging sense of purpose, Steven Frank inspires his readers not just to write but to write well.
Thou Shalt Take Pleasure in Thy Pen... Read more >
Written by Steven Frank
Format: Trade Paperback, 336 pages
On Sale: September 14, 2004
Price: $14.00
Thou Shalt Honor Thy Reader, Thou Shalt Not Waste Words, Thou Shalt Not Kill Thy Sentences—these are three of the “pen” commandments through which, with humor and an engaging sense of purpose, Steven Frank inspires his readers not just to write but to write well.
Thou Shalt Take Pleasure in Thy Pen... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
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Words That Stick
A Guide to Short Writing with Big Impact
Written by Rix Quinn
Format: Trade Paperback, 104 pages
On Sale: March 1, 2004
Price: $9.95
Winston Churchill'¬?s famous "blood, sweat, and tears" oration to British Parliament was only 627 words long and lasted about 6 minutes. Lincoln'¬?s Gettysburg address was only 286 words; Martin Luther King Jr.'¬?s "I have a dream" speech lasted only 16 minutes. The words that mean the most are often delivered in... Read more >
A Guide to Short Writing with Big Impact
Written by Rix Quinn
Format: Trade Paperback, 104 pages
On Sale: March 1, 2004
Price: $9.95
Winston Churchill'¬?s famous "blood, sweat, and tears" oration to British Parliament was only 627 words long and lasted about 6 minutes. Lincoln'¬?s Gettysburg address was only 286 words; Martin Luther King Jr.'¬?s "I have a dream" speech lasted only 16 minutes. The words that mean the most are often delivered in... Read more >
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Screenplay Workbook
The Writing Before the Writing
Written by Jeremy Robinson and Tom Mungovan
Format: Trade Paperback, 208 pages
On Sale: October 1, 2003
Price: $18.95
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The Writing Before the Writing
Written by Jeremy Robinson and Tom Mungovan
Format: Trade Paperback, 208 pages
On Sale: October 1, 2003
Price: $18.95
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Sometimes the Magic Works
Lessons from a Writing Life
Written by Terry Brooks
Format: eBook
On Sale: March 4, 2003
Price: $13.95
In 1977, the New York Times Trade Paperback Bestseller list—back then the exclusive province of self-help guides, cartoon collections, and any number of cat books—played host to its very first work of fiction: The Sword of Shannara, an epic quest through a mythical land, by first-time author Terry Brooks. Nineteen New... Read more >
Lessons from a Writing Life
Written by Terry Brooks
Format: eBook
On Sale: March 4, 2003
Price: $13.95
In 1977, the New York Times Trade Paperback Bestseller list—back then the exclusive province of self-help guides, cartoon collections, and any number of cat books—played host to its very first work of fiction: The Sword of Shannara, an epic quest through a mythical land, by first-time author Terry Brooks. Nineteen New... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
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The Rock That Is Higher
Story as Truth
Written by Madeleine L'Engle
Format: Hardcover, 320 pages
On Sale: March 19, 2002
Price: $14.99
We are all strangers in a strange land, longing for home, but not quite knowing what or where home is. We glimpse it sometimes in our dreams, or as we turn a corner, and suddenly there is a strange, sweet familiarity that vanishes almost as soon as it comes… –Madeleine L’Engle... Read more >
Story as Truth
Written by Madeleine L'Engle
Format: Hardcover, 320 pages
On Sale: March 19, 2002
Price: $14.99
We are all strangers in a strange land, longing for home, but not quite knowing what or where home is. We glimpse it sometimes in our dreams, or as we turn a corner, and suddenly there is a strange, sweet familiarity that vanishes almost as soon as it comes… –Madeleine L’Engle... Read more >
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Thunder and Lightning
Cracking Open the Writer's Craft
Written by Natalie Goldberg
Format: Trade Paperback, 240 pages
On Sale: October 30, 2001
Price: $17.00
In this long-awaited sequel to her bestselling books Writing Down the Bones and Wild Mind, Natalie Goldberg, one of the most sought-after writing teachers of our time, takes us to the next step in the writing process.
You’ve filled your notebooks, done your writing practice, discovered your original voice. Now what? How... Read more >
Cracking Open the Writer's Craft
Written by Natalie Goldberg
Format: Trade Paperback, 240 pages
On Sale: October 30, 2001
Price: $17.00
In this long-awaited sequel to her bestselling books Writing Down the Bones and Wild Mind, Natalie Goldberg, one of the most sought-after writing teachers of our time, takes us to the next step in the writing process.
You’ve filled your notebooks, done your writing practice, discovered your original voice. Now what? How... Read more >
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Beyond the Writers' Workshop
New Ways to Write Creative Nonfiction
Written by Carol Bly
Format: Trade Paperback, 400 pages
On Sale: April 17, 2001
Price: $12.95
An innovative new approach to teaching and writing creative nonfiction from veteran teacher and critically acclaimed author Carol Bly.
Teachers and writers everywhere are facing the limits imposed by the prevailing models of teaching: community or MFA “workshops” or, at the high-school level, “peer review.” In Beyond the Writers' Workshop Carol Bly... Read more >
New Ways to Write Creative Nonfiction
Written by Carol Bly
Format: Trade Paperback, 400 pages
On Sale: April 17, 2001
Price: $12.95
An innovative new approach to teaching and writing creative nonfiction from veteran teacher and critically acclaimed author Carol Bly.
Teachers and writers everywhere are facing the limits imposed by the prevailing models of teaching: community or MFA “workshops” or, at the high-school level, “peer review.” In Beyond the Writers' Workshop Carol Bly... Read more >
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Walking on Water
Reflections on Faith and Art
Written by Madeleine L'Engle
Format: Hardcover, 256 pages
On Sale: April 17, 2001
Price: $13.99
In this classic book, Madeleine L'Engle addresses the questions, What makes art Christian? What does it mean to be a Christian artist? What is the relationship between faith and art? Through L'Engle's beautiful and insightful essay, readers will find themselves called to what the author views as the prime tasks of... Read more >
Reflections on Faith and Art
Written by Madeleine L'Engle
Format: Hardcover, 256 pages
On Sale: April 17, 2001
Price: $13.99
In this classic book, Madeleine L'Engle addresses the questions, What makes art Christian? What does it mean to be a Christian artist? What is the relationship between faith and art? Through L'Engle's beautiful and insightful essay, readers will find themselves called to what the author views as the prime tasks of... Read more >
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Effective Magazine Writing
Let Your Words Reach the World
Written by Roger Palms
Format: Trade Paperback, 160 pages
On Sale: July 18, 2000
Price: $10.99
Let your words reach the World
If you are a writer who wants to have an impact with your words in the Christian magazine market, this book is for you. The former editor of Decision magazine, Palms helps you take stock of your gifts and use the to creatively minister to others... Read more >
Let Your Words Reach the World
Written by Roger Palms
Format: Trade Paperback, 160 pages
On Sale: July 18, 2000
Price: $10.99
Let your words reach the World
If you are a writer who wants to have an impact with your words in the Christian magazine market, this book is for you. The former editor of Decision magazine, Palms helps you take stock of your gifts and use the to creatively minister to others... Read more >
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Editing Canadian English - Second Edition - Revised, Updated, and Redesigned
Written by Editors' Assoc Of Canada
Format: Hardcover, 272 pages
On Sale: May 15, 2000
Price: $29.95
The essential Canadian guide – and reference shelf companion to The Chicago Manual of Style and The Canadian Encyclopedia.
The first edition (published in 1987 and selling over 7000 copies) established itself as an indispensable tool for editors, writers, journalists, government employees, students, teachers, librarians, copywriters, and marketing and public relations... Read more >
Written by Editors' Assoc Of Canada
Format: Hardcover, 272 pages
On Sale: May 15, 2000
Price: $29.95
The essential Canadian guide – and reference shelf companion to The Chicago Manual of Style and The Canadian Encyclopedia.
The first edition (published in 1987 and selling over 7000 copies) established itself as an indispensable tool for editors, writers, journalists, government employees, students, teachers, librarians, copywriters, and marketing and public relations... Read more >
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