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The B Side: The Death of Tin Pan Alley and the Rebirth of the Great American Song

By Ben Yagoda

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Hardcover:

9781594488498 | Riverhead Books, January 22, 2015, cover price $27.95

Paperback:

9781594634093 | Riverhead Books, December 1, 2015, cover price $16.00

How to Not Write Bad: The Most Common Writing Problems, and the Best Ways to Avoid Them

By Ben Yagoda

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9781594488481, titled "How to Not Write Bad: The Most Common Writing Problems and the Best Ways to Avoid Them" | Riverhead Books, February 5, 2013, cover price $15.00

Memoir: A History

Product Description: From a critically acclaimed cultural and literary critic, a definitive history and analysis of the memoir. From Saint Augustine?s Confessions to Augusten Burroughs?s Running with Scissors, from Julius Caesar to Ulysses Grant, from Mark Twain to David Sedaris, the art of memoir has had a fascinating life, and deserves its own biography...read more

By Ben Yagoda

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9781594488863 | Riverhead Books, November 12, 2009, cover price $25.95 | About this edition: From a critically acclaimed cultural and literary critic, a definitive history and analysis of the memoir.

When You Catch an Adjective, Kill It: The Parts of Speech, for Better and/or Worse

The author of The Sound on the Page offers an irreverent but insightful look at the nine parts of speech in the English language, with whimsical guidelines on how to use adjectives, adverbs, articles, conjunctions, interjections, nouns, prepositions, pronouns, and verbs appropriately. 35,000 first printing.

By Ben Yagoda

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Hardcover:

9780767920773 | 1 edition (Broadway Books, February 13, 2007), cover price $21.95 | About this edition: The author of The Sound on the Page offers an irreverent but insightful look at the nine parts of speech in the English language, with whimsical guidelines on how to use adjectives, adverbs, articles, conjunctions, interjections, nouns, prepositions, pronouns, and verbs appropriately.

Paperback:

9780767920780 | Reprint edition (Broadway Books, December 26, 2007), cover price $13.99 | About this edition: The author of The Sound on the Page offers an irreverent but insightful look at the nine parts of speech in the English language, with whimsical guidelines on how to use adjectives, adverbs, articles, conjunctions, interjections, nouns, prepositions, pronouns, and verbs appropriately.

Miscellaneous:

9780767929318 | Broadway Books, February 12, 2008, cover price $13.99

The Sound On The Page: Great Writers Talk about Style And Voice In Writing

Draws on interviews with forty leading contemporary authors to discuss the importance of individual style on literature, citing the distinguishing practices of today's top writers while making recommendations to serious readers and aspiring writers. Reprint. 15,000 first printing.

By Ben Yagoda

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9780060938222 | Reprint edition (Perennial, July 1, 2005), cover price $14.99 | About this edition: Draws on interviews with forty leading contemporary authors to discuss the importance of individual style on literature, citing the distinguishing practices of today's top writers while making recommendations to serious readers and aspiring writers.

Writer's Digest Handbook Of Magazine Article Writing

Presents a host of original material as well as articles taken from the pages of the best-selling Writer's Digest, providing coverage of such topics as finding the right magazine to submit one's work, composing a professional and eye-catching query letter, and maximizing one's chances for repeat assignments. Original.

By Michelle Ruberg (editor) and Ben Yagoda (introduced by)

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9781582973340 | 2 edition (Writers Digest Books, December 26, 2004), cover price $16.99 | About this edition: Presents a host of original material as well as articles taken from the pages of the best-selling Writer's Digest, providing coverage of such topics as finding the right magazine to submit one's work, composing a professional and eye-catching query letter, and maximizing one's chances for repeat assignments.

Writers Notes Magazine: Issue #2

Product Description: Contemporary stories, essays, interviews, poetry, and visual arts. Edited by award-winning writer and journalist Christopher Klim, author of Everything Burns, Jesus Lives in Trenton, and Write to Publish.

By Thomas E. Kennedy, Christopher Klim and Ben Yagoda

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9780972690669 | Hopewell Pubns Llc, October 30, 2004, cover price $9.95 | About this edition: Contemporary stories, essays, interviews, poetry, and visual arts.

The Sound on the Page: Style and Voice in Writing

By Ben Yagoda

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Hardcover:

9780066214177 | Harper Resource, June 1, 2004, cover price $23.95 | About this edition: Draws on interviews with forty leading contemporary authors to discuss the importance of individual style on literature, citing the distinguishing practices of today's top writers while making recommendations to serious readers and aspiring writers.

The Scott Arboretum of Swarthmore College: The First 75 Years

Product Description: Book by Yagoda, Ben

By Ben Yagoda

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9781578642076 | Walsworth Pub Co, May 1, 2003, cover price $55.01 | About this edition: Book by Yagoda, Ben

About Town: The New Yorker and the World It Made

Offers a critical and cultural history of 'The New Yorker' from its founding in 1919 through 1987, discussing the evolution of the magazine's content over the years and its role in American cultural life (view table of contents)

By Ben Yagoda

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Hardcover:

9780684816050 | Scribner, February 1, 2000, cover price $30.00 | About this edition: Offers a critical and cultural history of 'The New Yorker' from its founding in 1919 through 1987, discussing the evolution of the magazine's content over the years and its role in American cultural life

Paperback:

9780306810237 | Da Capo Pr, March 4, 2001, cover price $20.00

Will Rogers: A Biography

Drawing on previously unavailable letters this biography brings out Rogers' hidden depths, showing his humor and political savvy, as well as his insecurity and moments of despair (view table of contents)

By Ben Yagoda

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Hardcover:

9780394585123 | Alfred a Knopf Inc, September 1, 1993, cover price $27.50 | About this edition: Drawing on previously unavailable letters this biography brings out Rogers' hidden depths, showing his humor and political savvy, as well as his insecurity and moments of despair

Paperback:

9780806132389 | Subsequent edition (Univ of Oklahoma Pr, April 1, 2000), cover price $24.95

9780062585554 | Harper San Francisco, September 1, 1994, cover price $16.00

The Art of Fact: A Historical Anthology of Literary Journalism

Historical and international in scope, an anthology traces the course of literary journalism and nonfiction prose from its origins in the eighteenth century to today, from Daniel Defoe to Joseph Mitchell to Richard Ben Cramer

By Kevin Kerrane (editor) and Ben Yagoda (editor)

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Hardcover:

9780684830414 | Scribner, August 1, 1997, cover price $35.00 | About this edition: Historical and international in scope, an anthology traces the course of literary journalism and nonfiction prose from its origins in the eighteenth century to today, from Daniel Defoe to Joseph Mitchell to Richard Ben Cramer

Paperback:

9780684846309 | Scribner, August 3, 1998, cover price $20.00

9789990102369 | Simon & Schuster, August 1, 1998, cover price $0.02

The Value of Family: Blueprint for the 21st Century

Drawing on the experiences of her own family, the sex therapist diagnoses the ailments of the contemporary family, explains how the composition of the family has changed, and presents ideas for rejuvenating the family. Reprint.

By Ruth K. Westheimer and Ben Yagoda

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9780446673365 | Grand Central Pub, August 1, 1997, cover price $18.99 | About this edition: Surveys the history of family practices and beliefs, discusses the current breakdown of family in America, and offers recommendations for restoring the bonds of family and marriage

The Value of Family: A Blueprint for the 21st Century

Surveys the history of family practices and beliefs, and discusses the current decline of the family in America using several case studies

By Ruth K. Westheimer and Ben Yagoda

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Hardcover:

9780786208371 | Large print edition (Thorndike Pr, December 1, 1996), cover price $25.95 | About this edition: Surveys the history of family practices and beliefs, and discusses the current decline of the family in America using several case studies

9780446518758 | Grand Central Pub, June 1, 1996, cover price $27.99 | About this edition: Surveys the history of family practices and beliefs, discusses the current decline of the family in America using several case studies, and offers recommendations for restoring the bonds of family and marriage

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