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|  | The Scribner-Bantam English Dictionary by Edwin B. Williams
Description not available.A compact lexicon of words in common use, with eighty thousand entries providing concise definitions, clarification of synonyms, usage notes, and additional specific information AUTHOR: Edwin B. Williams
PUBLISHER: Bantam Books
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Reference 
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 | Stein on Writing by Sol Stein
Your future as a writer is in your hands. Whether you are a newcomer or an accomplished professional, a novelist, story writer, or a writer of nonfiction, you will find in this book a wealth of immediately useful guidance not available anywhere else. As Sol Stein, renowned editor, author, and instructor, explains, This is not a book of theory. It is a book of useable solutions - how to fix writing that is flawed, how to improve writing that is good, how to create interesting writing in the first place . You will find one of the great unspoken secrets of craftsmanship in Chapter 5, called Markers: The Key to Swift Characterization . In Chapter 7, Stein reveals for the first time in print the wonderful system for creating instant conflict developed in the Playwrights Group of the Actors Studio, of which he was a founder. In Secrets of Good Dialogue , the premier teacher of dialogue gives you the instantly useable techniques that not only make verbal exchanges exciting but that move the story forward immediately. You won't have to struggle with flashbacks or background material after you've read Chapter 14, which shows you how to bring background into the foreground. Writers of both fiction and nonfiction will relish the amphetamines for speeding up pace, and the many ways to liposuction flab, as well as how to tap originality and recognize what successful titles have in common. You'll discover literary values that enhance writing, providing depth and resonance. You'll bless the day you read Chapters 32 and 33 and discover why revising by starting at page one can be a serious mistake, and how to revise without growing cold on your manuscript. In the pages of this book, nonfictionwriters will find a passport to the new revolution in journalism and a guide to using the techniques of fiction to enhance nonfiction. Fresh, useful, informative, and fun to read and reread, Stein on Writing is a book you will mark up, dog-ear, and cherish. AUTHOR: Sol Stein
PUBLISHER: St. Martin's Press, LLC
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Reference
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 | Hundred & Fifty Years of Harper's Magazine by Ellen Rosenbush, Lewis H. Lapham
This celebration of HARPER'S magazine offers fiction excerpts by several famous writers, including Edith Wharton, Jack London, and Virginia Woolf. It also provides nonfiction essays regarding numerous social issues of the 19th- and 20th-centuries, such as date-rape, women's liberation, and the A.I.D.S. crisis. AUTHOR: Ellen Rosenbush, Lewis H. Lapham
PUBLISHER: Harper's Magazine Foundation
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Reference
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 | French Phrase Book by Jane Wightwick
What a cool way for kids 8 to 14 to master new French phrases! If you despair trying to make French sound hip to kids, here's the answer! Designed for children 8-14 and packed with zany illustrations, Way-Cool French Phrase Book provides useful expressions loaded with street-cred. Young students or travelers will enjoy learning how to gossip, order their favorite junk food, or compliment a friend on her choice of shoes--all in another language. Every phase is accompanied by amusing two-color illustrations Easy-to-read pronunciation for each phrase Entertaining cultural notes help kids get with the in-crowd AUTHOR: Jane Wightwick
PUBLISHER: McGraw-Hill
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Reference
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 | The Rise of Silas Lapham by Don L. Cook, Kermit Vanderbilt, Robert James Dixson, William Dean Howells
A self-made Vermonter rises to the top of his profession with little regard for ethical considerations. His real rise, however, occurs after he decides to follow a stricter moral code--even though this new approach results in the failure of his business. In this novel, Howells introduces the concept of the economy of pain, by which he means that a problem should be solved by calculating what course of action will result in the least pain for the fewest number of people. AUTHOR: Don L. Cook, Kermit Vanderbilt, Robert James Dixson, William Dean Howells
PUBLISHER: N A L
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Reference
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 | Speaking Your Way to the Top by Marjorie Brody
Readers will learn about the homework they should do before they give a presentation. Interested in client meetings? Conference speaking? The author describes what it takes to make each one successful. But that's not all. She also provides dozens of ways to summarize and remember the most important ideas, including planning sheets, quick reviews and lists of tips and techniques. AUTHOR: Marjorie Brody
PUBLISHER: Allyn & Bacon, Incorporated
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Reference
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