TED Talks: The Official TED Guide to Public Speaking by Chris Anderson
$32.99 AUD
Category: On Writing
In Ted Talks Chris Anderson, head of TED, reveals the inside secrets of how to give a first-class presentation. Where books like Talk Like TED and TED Talks Storytelling whetted the appetite, here is the official TED guide to public speaking from the man who put TED talks on the world's stage. 'Nobody i ...Show more
Contemporary Australian Literature: A World Not Yet Dead by BIRNS, NICHOLAS
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Category: On Writing
Ten Windows: How Great Poems Transform the World by Jane Hirshfield
$50.00 AUD
Category: On Writing
A dazzling collection of essays on how the best poems work, from the master poet and essayist Poetry, Jane Hirshfield has said, is language that foments revolutions of being. In ten eloquent and highly original explorations, she unfolds and explores some of the ways this is done by the inclusion of hid ...Show more
Horrible Words: A Guide to the Misuse of English by Rebecca Gowers
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Category: On Writing
Nothing inflames the language gripers like a misplaced disinterested, an illogical irregardless, a hideous operationalisation. To purists these are 'howlers' and 'non-words', fit only for scorn. But in their rush to condemn such terms, are the naysayers missing something? In this provocative and hugely ...Show more
Use Your Words: A Myth-Busting, No-Fear Approach to Writing by Catherine Deveny
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Category: On Writing
Want to write? Got a memoir, novel, screenplay or blog in your back drawer? Need to get 'unstuck'? This is the magic pill you've been looking for. In Use Your Words writer and comedian Catherine Deveny reveals the secrets that have made her 'Gunnas' Writing Masterclasses sell-out successes around the co ...Show more
Why We Write About Ourselves: Twenty Memoirists on Why They Expose Themselves (and Others) in the Name of Literature by Meredith Maran
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Category: On Writing
For the many amateurs and professionals who write about themselves - bloggers, journal-keepers, aspiring essayists and memoirists - this book offers inspiration, encouragement and pithy, practical advice. Twenty of America's bestselling memoirists share their innermost thoughts and hard-earned tips with ...Show more
The Books that Changed My Life by Bethanne (editor) Patrick
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Category: On Writing
"One hundred of today's most prominent literary and cultural icons talk about the books that hold a special place in their hearts-that made them who they are today. Leading authors, politicians, CEOs, actors, and other notables share the books that changed their life, why they love them, and their passi ...Show more
The Art of Reading by Damon Young
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Category: On Writing
"In The Art of Reading, philosopher Damon Young delights in the pleasures of this intimate pursuit through a rich sample of literature: from Virginia Woolf's diaries to Batman comics. He writes with honesty and humour about the blunders and revelations of his own bookish life.Devoting each chapter to a ...Show more
The Uses of Enchantment: The Meaning and Importance of Fairy Tales by Bruno Bettelheim
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Category: On Writing
Bruno Bettelheim was one of the great child psychologists of the twentieth century and perhaps none of his books has been more influential than this revelatory study of fairy tales and their universal importance in understanding childhood development. Analyzing a wide range of traditional stories, from ...Show more
Storyteller's Secret: From Ted Speakers to Business Legends, Why Some Ideas Catch on and Others Don't by Carmine Gallo
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Category: On Writing
How did an American immigrant without a college education go from Venice Beach T-shirt vendor to television's most successful producer? How did a timid pastor's son surmount a paralysing fear of public speaking to sell out Yankee Stadium, twice? How did the city of Tokyo create a PowerPoint stunning eno ...Show more
Shakespeare: the Invention of the Human by Harold Bloom
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Category: On Writing
Shakespeare: The Invention of the Human, is the culmination of a lifetime of reading, writing about, and teaching Shakespeare. Preeminent literary critic Harold Bloom leads us through a comprehensive reading of every one of the dramatist's plays, brilliantly illuminating each work with unrivaled warmth, ...Show more
Art Of Dramatic Writing: Its Basis in the Creative Interpretation of Human Motives by Lajos Egri
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Category: On Writing
Learn the basic techniques every successful playwright knows Among the many "how-to" playwriting books that have appeared over the years, there have been few that attempt to analyze the mysteries of play construction. Lajos Egri's classic, The Art of Dramatic Writing, does just that, with instruction t ...Show more