John Gardner
The first and most terrifying monster in English literature, from the great early epic BEOWULF, tells his side of the story. The story of Gilgamesh, an ancient epic poem written on clay tablets in a cuneiform alphabet, is as fascinating and ... [... more]
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John Gardner: Literary Outlaw
 Forgive him, John, he knows not...: I have read almost everything Gardner wrote, and if you're at all like me then you've probably already read this book, JG's first major biography. You probably even enjoyed it, because you love Gardner so much, and [... more]
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Bottled Spider
Bottled Spider, an Exciting and Descriptive Tale of Murder: Bottled Spider is an exciting tale of a serial killer, the likes of Jack-the-ripper, in 1940 war torn London. John Gardner tells the story in a highly descriptive fashion from the perspective of [... more]
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A Stay Against Confusion: Essays on Faith and Fiction
From Amazon.com: Ron Hansen's novels have explored spiritual themes. Atticus was inspired by the story of the prodigal son; Mariette in Ecstasy imagines an American nun who received the stigmata. In A Stay Against Confusion, his first essay collection, [... more]
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Eric Carles Dragons Dragons And Other Creatures That ...
To love a poem: This book provides a good start to teaching children to love poems. It contains the one element necessary to every successful poetic verse: transformation and magic. The book opens with a William Blake epigraph: "O! How I dreamt of [... more]
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Sunlight Dialogues
Unjustly Overshadowed By Grendel-A Truly Fantastic Novel: The Sunlight Dialogues_ is truly John Gardner's magnum opus, equaling and perhaps overshadowing _Grendel_, the book for which he is best known. Grossly over-simplified, it is about the tide of [... more]
CDN$22.50
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Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life
From Amazon.com: Think you've got a book inside of you? Anne Lamott isn't afraid to help you let it out. She'll help you find your passion and your voice, beginning from the first really crummy draft to the peculiar letdown of publication. Readers will [... more]
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The Man with the Golden Gun
hey, it's not THAT bad: Afraid I've got to take issue with a one-star rating for this novel. Sure, it's not the best Bond novel -- that's probably "On Her Majesty's Secret Service," although I've also got a soft spot for the unusual "The [... more]
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Offences and Defences: Selected Essays in the Philosophy ...
Author: John Gardner Binding: Paperback Dewey Decimal Number: 345.001 EAN: 9780199239368 Edition: 1 ISBN: 0199239363 Number Of Pages: 280 Publication Date: 2007-12-19 [... more]
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Never Dream of Dying
From Amazon.com: Raymond Benson continues his string of bracing, true-to-tradition James Bond adventures with Never Dream of Dying. As in his last two outings (High Time to Kill and Doubleshot), Bond is up against the Union, a supersecret international [... more]
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The Power of Minds at Work: Organizational Intelligence ...
Recommended for \oAspiring\c Leaders: Employers are plagued by a dearth of leadership. Too many companies are populated by people who can't think for themselves and, worse, by people who can think but don't. Today, when brainpower is so critical to an [... more]
CDN$26.95
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Letters To A Fiction Writer
From Amazon.com: "As a writer," says Andre Dubus, "you are constantly in training. Day after day, alone at your desk, with no one watching you or even depending on you, you take your position on the playing field." Letters to a [... more]
CDN$19.99
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