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Eats, Shoots and Leaves
Eats, Shoots and Leaves by Lynne Truss

This is a book for those who take their punctuation seriously :  and I do mean seriously! "Punctuation really does matter, even if it is only occasionally a matter of life or death." So says the author! Who, after all, would want to get shot by a panda? -- and if you don't get the panda joke* after which this book is titled, then this book .... (See the whole review)

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The Art of Nonfiction: A Guide for Writers and Readers
The Art of Nonfiction: A Guide for Writers and Readers by Ayn Rand

A remarkable series of lectures on the art of creating effective nonfiction by one of the 20th century's most profound writers and thinkers-now available for the first time in print. Culled from sixteen informal lectures Ayn Rand delivered to a select audience in the late 1960s, this remarkable work offers indispensable guidance to the aspi... (See the whole review)

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The Art of Fiction: A Guide for Writers and Readers
The Art of Fiction: A Guide for Writers and Readers by Ayn Rand

In 1958, Ayn Rand, already the world-famous author of such bestselling books as "Atlas Shrugged" and "The Fountainhead", gave a private series of extemporaneous lectures in her own living room on the art of fiction. Tore Boeckmann and Leonard Peikoff for the first time now bring readers the edited transcript of these exciting personal statements. "... (See the whole review)

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