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The B Side
From an acclaimed cultural critic, a narrative and social history of the Great American Songwriting era. Everybody knows and loves the American Songbook. But it s a bit less widely …
Memoir: A History
From Augustine's Confessions to Augusten Burroughs's Running with Scissors, from Julius Caesar to Ulysses S. Grant, from Mark Twain to David Sedaris, the art of memoir has had a …
Will Rogers
Will Rogers was a true American icon. His newspaper column was read daily by 40 million people, and as radio entertainer, lecturer, movies star, and homespun sage, he was one of …
About Town
For more than seven decades, the New Yorker has been the embodiment of urban sophistication and literary accomplishment, the magazine where the best work of virtually every prose …
The Sound on the Page: Great Writers Talk about Style and Voice in Writing
In writing, style matters. Our favorite writers often entertain, move, and inspire us less by what they say than by how they say it. In The Sound on the Page, acclaimed author, …
Gobsmacked!
A spot-on guide to how and why Americans have become so bloody keen on Britishisms—for good or illThe British love to complain that words and phrases imported from America—from …
When You Catch an Adjective, Kill It: The Parts of Speech, for Better And/Or Worse
The author of The Sound on the Page offers an irreverent but insightful look at the nine parts of speech in the English language, with whimsical guidelines on how to use …
O. Henry: 101 Stories (LOA #345)
The ultimate O. Henry: an annotated edition of classic tales by America's master storyteller O. Henry, born William Sidney Porter, is best known today for his short story The Gift …
When You Catch an Adjective, Kill It
What do you get when you mix nine parts of speech, one great writer, and generous dashes of insight, humor, and irreverence? One phenomenally entertaining language book.In his …
O. Henry: 101 Stories (LOA #345)
The Value of Family
The challenge is great. Despite all the talk about "family values", the family is besieged. The percentage of children living below the poverty line rose 49 percent from 1973 to …