A step-by-step guide to writing and managing the writer's life covers each portion of a written project, addresses such concerns as writer's block and getting published, and offers awareness and survival tips. Reprint. Tour. K. NYT.

For a quarter century, more than a million readers—scribes and scribblers of all ages and abilities—have been inspired by Anne Lamott’s hilarious, big-hearted, homespun advice. Advice that begins with the simple words of wisdom passed down from Anne’s father—also a writer—in the iconic passage that gives the book its title: “Thirty years ago my older brother, who was ten years...(展开全部)

A step-by-step guide to writing and managing the writer's life covers each portion of a written project, addresses such concerns as writer's block and getting published, and offers awareness and survival tips. Reprint. Tour. K. NYT.

For a quarter century, more than a million readers—scribes and scribblers of all ages and abilities—have been inspired by Anne Lamott’s hilarious, big-hearted, homespun advice. Advice that begins with the simple words of wisdom passed down from Anne’s father—also a writer—in the iconic passage that gives the book its title: “Thirty years ago my older brother, who was ten years...(展开全部)

A harrowing story that follows the wanderings of a boy abandoned by his parents during World War II, this classic novel, originally published in 1965, is a dark masterpiece that examines the proximity of terror and savagery to innocence and love. It is the first, and the most famous, novel by one of the most important and original writers of this century.

Something is out there, something terrifying that must not be seen. One glimpse of it, and a person is driven to deadly violence. No one knows what it is or where it came from. Five years after it began, a handful of scattered survivors remains, including Malorie and her two young children. Living in an abandoned house near the river, she has dreamed of fleeing to a place where...(展开全部)

The Bird King is a collection of various sketches: random jottings, preliminary designs for book, film and theatre projects, sketchbook pages and drawings from life. Each of these represent some aspect of a working process, whereby stories generally evolve from visual research and free-wheeling doodles. They are also 'unfinished' pieces created in a single sitting, not original...(展开全部)

There is more to a bird than simply feathers. And just because birds evolved from a single flying ancestor doesn't mean they are structurally all the same. With over 385 stunning drawings depicting 200 species, "The Unfeathered Bird" is a richly illustrated book on bird anatomy that offers refreshingly original insights into what goes on beneath the feathered surface. Each exqu...(展开全部)

华莱士·斯特格纳（Wallace Stegner，1909—1993），美国著名作家、环保主义者、历史学家，普利策奖、美国国家图书奖得主。 斯特格纳于1909年出生于艾奥瓦州米尔斯湖，在蒙大拿州、犹他州等地长大，曾在美国和加拿大多地生活，1930年毕业于犹他大学，在艾奥瓦大学获得硕士和博士学位后，先后任教于威斯康星大学和哈佛大学，期间曾指导诺曼·梅勒等人写作。1945年，为指导、扶持更多青年写作者从事文学创作，他转入斯坦福大学创立创意写作项目，并长期在此任教直至退休，二十余年间培养了爱德华·艾比、罗伯特·斯通、戈登·利希等众多知名作家，被称为美国“西部作家的教务长”。1971年斯特格纳退休，斯坦福大学将他设立的创意写作奖学金项目正式命名为“斯特格纳奖金”以示敬意。 斯特格纳一生著有十多部长篇小说、五部史学著作、五十多篇短篇小说及大量散文作品。他曾三度...(展开全部)