false 64019 53343 0060891548 9780060891541 147 <![CDATA[On Writing Well, 30th Anniversary Edition: The Classic Guide to Writing Nonfiction]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170422156m/53343.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170422156s/53343.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/53343.On_Writing_Well_30th_Anniversary_Edition_The_Classic_Guide_to_Writing_Nonfiction 4.16 837 On Writing Well has been praised for its sound advice, its clarity and the warmth of its style. It is a book for everybody who wants to learn how to write or who needs to do some writing to get through the day, as almost everybody does in the age of e-mail and the Internet. Whether you want to write about people or places, science and technology, business, sports, the arts or about yourself in the increasingly popular memoir genre, On Writing Well offers you fundamental priciples as well as the insights of a distinguished writer and teacher. With more than a million copies sole, this volume has stood the test of time and remains a valuable resource for writers and would-be writers.

]]> 64019 4.07 1214 218 1976 222899 0395901502 9780395901502 13 <![CDATA[Inventing the Truth: The Art and Craft of Memoir]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172851285m/222899.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172851285s/222899.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/222899.Inventing_the_Truth_The_Art_and_Craft_of_Memoir 3.80 66 Inventing the Truth appears in a new edition, editor William Zinsser can't help but add to it. The first edition (1987) evolved from a series of New York Public Library talks, for which the mandate was not to lecture about the genre of the memoir but to explain how a specific memoir came to be written. In the book's 1995 edition, Russell Baker, Annie Dillard, Alfred Kazin, and Toni Morrison were joined by Jill Ker Conway, Eileen Simpson, Henry Louis Gates Jr., and Ian Frazier. This time around, Zinsser has added a rich and charming reminiscence by Frank McCourt (Angela's Ashes).

The authors do stick to their assignment: Russell Baker credits his huge family with helping him "learn a lot about humanity from close-up observation"; Jill Ker Conway talks about her desire to write a female memoir that was not a romantic happily-ever-after; and Henry Louis Gates Jr. discusses "want[ing] to write a book that imitated the specialness of black culture when no white people are around." But there is also plenty of advice for writers here, and some general thoughts about the genre. Conway addresses the difficulty of "going back as a historian" and trying to understand "all the things you took as a given when you were a child." Gates warns us to "be prepared for the revelation of things you don't even dream are going to come up." And Annie Dillard contemplates the strangeness of spending "more time writing about [a scene or an event] than you did living it." --Jane Steinberg

]]> 64019 4.07 1214 218 1987 585474 0062720406 9780062720405 14 <![CDATA[Writing To Learn]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1176036901m/585474.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1176036901s/585474.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/585474.Writing_To_Learn 3.80 54 64019 4.07 1214 218 1989 222900 1569243794 9781569243794 7 <![CDATA[Writing About Your Life: A Journey into the Past]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172851286m/222900.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172851286s/222900.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/222900.Writing_About_Your_Life_A_Journey_into_the_Past 3.32 28 On Writing Well gives you the tools to organize and recover your past, and the confidence to believe in your life narrative. His method is to take you on a memoir of his own: 13 chapters in which he recalls dramatic, amusing, and often surprising moments in his long and varied life as a writer, editor, teacher, and traveler. Along the way, Zinsser pauses to explain the technical decisions he made as he wrote about his life. They are the same decisions you’ll have to make as you write about your own life: matters of selection, condensation, focus, attitude, voice, and tone.</div>]]> 64019 4.07 1214 218 2004 1087066 0395901510 9780395901519 0 <![CDATA[Worlds of Childhood: The Art and Craft of Writing for Children]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1180881531m/1087066.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1180881531s/1087066.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1087066.Worlds_of_Childhood_The_Art_and_Craft_of_Writing_for_Children 3.73 11 Worlds of Childhood, "as the books that we met in our childhood." Reproduced here are essays by six celebrated children's book authors that came into being as a series of talks at the New York Public Library in 1989. Children's book writing is often deceptively simple, and perhaps the one overriding theme here is the seriousness with which these writers approach their work. "Writing for very young children is the most difficult discipline I know," says Rosemary Wells, whose Max and Ruby books were the first board books. (Does Wells find it so difficult in part because, as she says, "all really good picture books are written to be read five hundred times"?) Poet Jack Prelutsky, inventor of the "gloopy gloppers" and the "addle-pated paddlepuss," says he never condescends when he write for children. And Maurice Sendak, best known for his fantastically fuzzy wild things, says he's "never spent less than two years on the text of one of my picture books, even though each of them is approximately 380 words long. Only when the text is finished ... do I begin the pictures." --Jane Steinberg ]]> 64019 4.07 1214 218 1998 1215054 158988034X 9781589880344 2 <![CDATA[American Places: A Writer's Pilgrimage to Sixteen of This Country's Most Visited and Cherished Sites]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1181942691m/1215054.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1181942691s/1215054.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1215054.American_Places_A_Writer_s_Pilgrimage_to_Sixteen_of_This_Country_s_Most_Visited_and_Cherished_Sites 4.17 6 "This inspiring guide includes places everyone means to go to some day, all described with the usual clarity of the author of On Writing Well."-The New York Times

"A fascinating take on â€~the search for memory' and how certain places have come to symbolize deep American principles."-Kirkus Reviews

Setting out in the spring of 1990 "to look for America," when patriotic travel was suddenly back in fashion, William Zinsser made first-time pilgrimages to some of our nation's most cherished and visited historic sites: Mount Rushmore, Rockefeller Center, Yellowstone National Park, Pearl Harbor, even the "corny and obvious" Niagara Falls. At these and his other iconic destinations, Zinsser unlearned clichéd assumptions and rediscovered fundamental truths about America. Originally published in 1992, American Places and the ideals that Zinsser discovers these places represent will never go out of fashion.

I like the idea of pilgrimages, and when I thought about those pilgrims I realized that I had a deprived childhood. My sisters and I were never hauled around America and shown the great monuments and parks that were our heritage. . . . Nor did I attend schools that organized class trips to historic sites . . . I went through life history-illiterate, loving my country in principle but wanting to be spared the boring details.

William Zinsser is a writer, editor, and teacher. His seventeen books include the best-selling classic On Writing Well. He now teaches at The New School in New York, his hometown, and at the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.

]]> 64019 4.07 1214 218 1992 6346179 0061729027 9780061729027 3 <![CDATA[Writing Places: The Life Journey of a Writer and Teacher]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6346179-writing-places 4.00 7 64019 4.07 1214 218 2009 35371 1567921477 9781567921472 5 <![CDATA[Easy to Remember: The Great American Songwriters and Their Songs]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168587707m/35371.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168587707s/35371.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/35371.Easy_to_Remember_The_Great_American_Songwriters_and_Their_Songs 3.67 6
All the Things You Are, Star Dust, Over the Rainbow, Laura, Stormy Weather, Some Enchanted Evening, Someone to Watch Over Me, My Funny Valentine the tunes are as "easy to remember" as breathing, but how were they written? What stars and what shows were they written for? Who were the men and women who wrote them? What makes the songs so good? Zinsser answers these questions. Starting with Show Boat in 1927, he provides a comprehensive overview, telling his story through the lives and careers of the great composers and lyricists: Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein, George and Ira Gershwin, Rodgers & Hart, Irving Berlin, Harold Arlen, Cole Porter, Dorothy Fields, Hoagy Carmichael, Johnny Mercer, Harry Warren, Jule Styne, Frank Loesser, Stephen Sondheim, and many more.

Zinsser writes from an intimate knowledge of the songs, as a scholar of the American musical theater, and as a pianist-performer himself. The result is a book unlike any other in its authority, insight, and detail. Written with the author's usual elegance and humor, supported by lyrics that instantly bring back the songs and their emotional associations, Easy to Remember is handsomely illustrated with rare photographs of the songwriters and with sheet music covers of the songs they wrote one of America's gaudiest forms of poster art. With indices, song lists, and an extensive bibliography for show-tune aficionados, this is going to be the standard bedside reference for anyone who has ever found themselves seduced by this great American art form.]]> 64019 4.07 1214 218 2001 1215053 0966491343 9780966491340 1 <![CDATA[Mitchell & Ruff: An American Profile in Jazz]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1181942690m/1215053.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1181942690s/1215053.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1215053.Mitchell_Ruff_An_American_Profile_in_Jazz 5.00 2 "In this account of the world adventures of two splendid jazz artists, Bill Zinsser has given us one of the most exciting books about America's original art form that I've ever read. It's a revelation."-Studs Terkel

"A thoughtful, adept, and satisfyingly unusual book…It constantly suggests improvisation."-The New York Times Book Review

"Highly recommended."-Library Journal

]]> 64019 4.07 1214 218 2000 222901 0694521663 9780694521661 0 <![CDATA[How to Write a Memoir]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172851286m/222901.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172851286s/222901.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/222901.How_to_Write_a_Memoir 4.50 2 64019 4.07 1214 218 1999 222903 0822958244 9780822958246 0 <![CDATA[Spring Training]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172851287m/222903.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172851287s/222903.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/222903.Spring_Training 3.00 2 In 1988 the Pirates were an unproven yet promising bunch with high hopes of competing for the National League pennant. Given rare access to players, management, scouts and umpires, Zinsser sought to discover how a team prepares for the longest season in professional sports.
As valid today as it was when first published, Spring Training reveals how the fundamentals of baseball are taught and learned. The author has added a new introduction and postscript, which includes a lengthy interview with manager Jim Leyland about the lessons that can be learned from losing.
</div>]]> 64019 4.07 1214 218 1989 720954 0060152753 9780060152758 0 <![CDATA[Willie and Dwike: An American Profile]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1177623518m/720954.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1177623518s/720954.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/720954.Willie_and_Dwike_An_American_Profile 5.00 1 64019 4.07 1214 218 1984 6076784 0 <![CDATA[Any Old Place with You]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1235064162m/6076784.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1235064162s/6076784.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6076784.Any_Old_Place_with_You 3.00 1
One August evening, on a park bench in Manhattan, William K. Zinsser turned to a willowy blonde at his side and suggested that darkest Africa would make a rather challenging spot for a honeymoon.

She agreed without a whimper.

And so William and Caroline were married. Love and travel were thus joined together, as they are throughout this book, for the Zinssers feel that you can't have one without the other.

They sailed for Lisbon on the Bahama, a vessel of ambiguous nationality, which began to deteriorate just outside New York Harbor. First the deck chairs disappeared, followed by the deck steward. Then the ping-pong table was dismantled. When the ship began bypassing ports where it was scheduled to stop, the passengers vented their anguish in petitions denouncing the captain. At last, the Bahama faltered toward land. One man said it looked like Dakar; another said Miami; Mr. Zinsser ventured Melbourne, Australia. To everyone's surprise -especially the captain's - it was Lisbon. The Zinssers fled down the gangplank and set out for their next stop: the Belgian Congo.

They traveled through Ruanda-Urundi in a car until, in the middle of nowhere, the muffler and exhaust pipe fell off; in Kenya, they spent a night a mere knife's throw (Mau Mau knife, not Zinsser knife) from a terrorist encampment; they fearlessly tracked a lion until they discovered the lion was tracking them; they crossed the Sudanese desert where Kitchener once fought the Dervishes; and they did a lot of other things not recommended by marriage counselors.

But Zinsser brought his bride back alive - and the following year they ventured even farther. They found the long lost ruins of Angkor in the Cambodian jungle, and they flew to rural Siam on a one-horse airline (they saw the very horse). In Hong Kong, they sought out fabled Mr. Cheung, tailor to Kelly Glant, the famous Amelican movie star. Again they lived to tell the tale. In fact, Mr. Zinsser tells it in this book, with an exemplary combination of wit, merriment, and fascinating detail that might have escaped all but his practiced reporter's eye.
]]> 64019 4.07 1214 218 1957 3421573 0062720643 9780062720641 1 <![CDATA[Speaking of Journalism: 12 Writers and Editors Talk About Their Work]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1241407310m/3421573.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1241407310s/3421573.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3421573.Speaking_of_Journalism_12_Writers_and_Editors_Talk_About_Their_Work 3.00 1 64019 4.07 1214 218 52247 3.56 78 23 86039 3.20 765 131 97818 3.48 48 8 100795 3.75 40 6 198786 3.00 1 1 277647 3.55 101 15 485392 4.24 678 231 2919786 3.00 1 1 2919787 3.00 1 1 2919788 3.00 1 1 2919789 3.00 1 1 1994 3292463 0060150556 9780060150556 1 <![CDATA[Writing with a word processor]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3292463.Writing_with_a_word_processor 2.00 1 64019 4.07 1214 218 1983 2479364 0395486165 9780395486160 0 <![CDATA[Spiritual Quests: The Art and Craft of Religious Writing]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2479364.Spiritual_Quests_The_Art_and_Craft_of_Religious_Writing 1.00 1 2125 3.50 1091 206 64019 4.07 1214 218 1988 1006297 0789306867 9780789306869 0 <![CDATA[Peterson's Birds: The Art and Photography of Roger Tory Peterson]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1180166150m/1006297.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1180166150s/1006297.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1006297.Peterson_s_Birds_The_Art_and_Photography_of_Roger_Tory_Peterson 0.0 0 Peterson's Birds: The Art and Photography of Roger Tory Peterson presents an extraordinary body of work profiling the artwork of one of America's greatest birders. Originally available as a deluxe hardcover, this condensed edition is affordably accessible to birders of all levels. Peterson's Birds celebrates Dr. Peterson's artistic career in its entirety and in all media-oil painting, acrylics, watercolors, prints, book illustrations, photography, and filmmaking. Peterson's Birds is an essential visual companion for serious and armchair birders alike.
</div>]]> 322221 0.0 0 0 64019 4.07 1214 218 2002 2699140 0395486173 9780395486177 0 <![CDATA[Extraordinary Lives: The Art and Craft of American Biography]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2699140.Extraordinary_Lives_The_Art_and_Craft_of_American_Biography 0.0 0 64019 4.07 1214 218 1986 570331 0517685159 9780517685150 0 <![CDATA[Inventing the Truth: Art and Craft of Memoir]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/570331.Inventing_the_Truth_Art_and_Craft_of_Memoir 0.0 0 1392861 3.83 4831 431 64019 4.07 1214 218 1989