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A veteran Merriam-Webster editor celebrates the world’s biggest language through the dictionary In this engaging narrative lexicographer Peter Sokolowski uncovers the history of our language in the dictionary definitions written from Shakespeare’s time to ours. English is always changing...

A practical craft guide for romance writers from KJ Charles, former editor and author of over 30 novels—including The Secret Lives of Country Gentlemen—focused on writing, revising, polishing, and publishing emotionally satisfying romance novels. Think, Write, Edit, Romance is a smart...

From the oral tradition of campfire tales to today's immersive, serialized audio dramas, the horror genre has found a natural home in the podcasting form. With its ability to tap into the listener's imagination and provoke visceral responses, podcasting has reinvigorated horror storytelling. This book traces the lineage of sound-based horror, examining the rise of hit shows like Welcome to Night Vale, The Black Tapes Podcast, A Scottish Podcast, and One by One, which adopt the serialized format popularized by true crime podcasting post-2014.

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Brought to you by Penguin. In Future Words, Dominique Chen invites readers into a life shaped by multiple languages, cultures and disciplines. Born in Tokyo, Chen grew up moving between Japan, France and the United States, speaking several languages in overlapping ways. Here his journey – from...

A guide to getting (and staying) unblocked Every artist—or aspiring creator—knows the sting of being stuck. Blasting Through Blocks is a “good news” book: yes, you will find yourself in its pages. You’ll recognize the resistance, the internal critic, the fear of failure, the...

An inspiring and eminently useful guide to the art of letter writing, including prompts and exercises to help deepen our most important connections and heal old wounds, by a beloved "letter midwife." We all have unfinished business: thank-you notes we meant to write, goodbyes we never spoke...

A step-by-step practical guide to all types of comedy writing, filled with invaluable advice, exercises, interviews, tools, and jokes that will turn anyone into a funnier writer and person, from authors/editors/teachers/perfect 10s Elissa Bassist and Caitlin Kunkel. Comedy writing is hard. Or is...

In 1984, Marvel's Editor-In-Chief Jim Shooter brought Marvel's heroes and villains together for an epic battle that became the template for comic book crossovers and impacted Marvel's storylines for decades, including major changes to the Spider-Man mythos and the introduction of a new villain. Within the 12-part storyline, characters who had never met before would find themselves thrown together to achieve a common goal. They formed shaky alliances. There were tremendous power struggles. Teams within teams would form.

Marvel Explodes tells the story year-by-year, exploring this decisive period from a creative standpoint – the expanded mythology, the new titles, and the writers and artists who would join to fuel the explosion – as well as a business one: the key transitions, including new distributor, owners, and opportunities.

The global history of the rise and transformation of bookstores, from medieval book merchants to today’s neighborhood indies Whether it’s a local indie bookshop, an online megaretailer, or a chain bookstore, the place we buy books is an essential part of our reading lives. Bookstores connect...

The Book of Lost Languages is part detective story, part history, part linguistic adventure. It traces the epic journeys of decipherment, from the international strife that unearthed the Rosetta Stone, key to Egypt's hieroglyphs, to the drunken wager that unsealed Old Persian, and from the malaria cure that revealed China's most ancient writing to the proof by chocolate that Mayan writing had been unlocked behind the Cold War's Iron Curtain. From earliest victories to latest findings, Harbour chronicles the remarkable mental feats that have restored forgotten worlds.

From one of the world’s most celebrated literary publishers, a beautiful and candid meditation on the art of being a partner to creative greatness For 40 years, Companhia das Letras, the Brazilian publishing house founded by Luiz Schwarcz, has stood for a steadfast and imaginative commitment...

Brought to you by Penguin. Part deeply personal memoir, part masterclass in storytelling, Plot Twist is a refreshingly honest look at the life of a writer whose stories have thrilled us for decades. With 100 million books in print worldwide and over twenty blockbuster television and film...

What a Time to be Alive! So lettuce remember Liz Truss, relive the last days of the Tories, meet the guy they called No-Drama Starmer, and succumb to hyper-resistant superbug Nigel Farage. Travel stateside to meet our supranational Silicon Valley overlords, Donald Trump and his cavalcade of henchmen - then head for infinity and beyond with Lauren Sanchez and Jeff Bezos. Experience testing times for misunderstood men in television, create wonder in every moment with Meghan, and relive the horror of the Gwyneth Paltrow ski massacre trial.

Bookshops are a comforting sight on our high streets, warm and welcoming spaces in which to browse, meet friends and occasionally buy books. They may feel timeless, yet their history is a restless and turbulent one, filled with as many entrepreneurial street hawkers and illicit trades as with...

A profound exploration of the art and magic of writing by New York Times bestselling author Isabel Allende. In this deeply personal and insightful book, Isabel Allende delves into her creative process, reflecting on nearly half a century of writing that has captivated millions of readers...

#1 New York Times bestselling author Harlan Coben offers a look behind the curtain at his own writing process in an inspiring, candid memoir filled with indispensable insights and techniques. With 100 million books in print world-wide and over twenty blockbuster television and film adaptations...

The world we knew is passing away and nothing will ever be the same again. Welcome to the post-literate society. Books are dying. Across the world the number of people reading is in free fall. Literacy is declining or stagnating in most developed countries. At universities, students are unable...

The laboratory came to be a space to study 'facts' as natural phenomena, isolated and separated from emotions and biases. Yet the laboratory is also intertwined with the messy ambiguity of the world and embodies the power and privilege of resources, expertise, and innovation. Laboratory examines the contemporary laboratory and its relation to a host of existential concerns about science, technology, and the environment.