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9781589880801 | Paul Dry Books Inc, October 16, 2012, cover price $14.95

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Product Description: In the new edition of this deeply felt book, nine American writers and thinkers from different points on the religious compass discuss how their work is nourished by spiritual concerns. Diane Ackerman explains why she calls herself a "messenger of wonder" and how, in her own observations of the natural world, "there is a form of beholding that is a kind of prayer...read more
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9781610970679 | Wipf & Stock Pub, February 1, 2011, cover price $24.00 | About this edition: In the new edition of this deeply felt book, nine American writers and thinkers from different points on the religious compass discuss how their work is nourished by spiritual concerns.

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Miscellaneous:

9780061876622 | Harpercollins, September 12, 2009, cover price $10.99

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Warns against common errors in structure, style, and diction, and explains the fundamentals of conducting interviews and writing travel, scientific, sports, critical, and humorous articles.
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9780060891541 | 30 anv edition (Perennial, May 31, 2006), cover price $14.99 | About this edition: Warns against common errors in structure, style, and diction, and explains the fundamentals of conducting interviews and writing travel, scientific, sports, critical, and humorous articles.
9780060006648 | Harper Resource, September 1, 2001, cover price $14.00 | About this edition: On Writing Well has been praised for its sound advice, its clarity and the warmth of its style.
9780062735232 | Harperreference, April 1, 1998, cover price $14.00 | About this edition: Warns against common errors in structure, style, and diction, and explains the fundamentals of conducting interviews and writing travel, scientific, sports, critical, and humorous articles

CD/Spoken Word:

9780060586119 | Abridged edition (Harperaudio, January 1, 2004), cover price $14.95 | About this edition: Warns against common errors in structure, style, and diction, and explains the fundamentals of conducting interviews and writing travel, scientific, sports, critical, and humorous articles.

Prebinding:

9781439502969 | Reprint edition (Paw Prints, April 9, 2009), cover price $23.00
9781417750573 | 30 anv edition (Turtleback Books, May 9, 2006), cover price $26.95 | About this edition: Warns against common errors in structure, style, and diction, and explains the fundamentals of conducting interviews and writing travel, scientific, sports, critical, and humorous articles.
9781417634330 | Turtleback Books, September 18, 2001, cover price $23.70

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Product Description: “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 ‘the search for memory’ and how certain places have come to symbolize deep American principles...read more
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9781589880344 | Paul Dry Books Inc, April 1, 2007, cover price $14.95 | About this edition: “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.

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Product Description: Written with elegance, warmth, and humor, this highly original "teaching memoir" by William Zinsser—renowned bestselling author of On Writing Well gives you the tools to organize and recover your past, and the confidence to believe in your life narrative...read more
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9781569244685 | Marlowe & Co, April 1, 2004, cover price $23.95 | About this edition: The author shares his insights into memoir writing, using his own life to illuminate the techniques and attitudes necessary for successfully rendering a life in words.

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9781569243794 | Da Capo Pr, March 27, 2005, cover price $14.95 | About this edition: Written with elegance, warmth, and humor, this highly original "teaching memoir" by William Zinsser—renowned bestselling author of On Writing Well gives you the tools to organize and recover your past, and the confidence to believe in your life narrative.

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Product Description: Spring training, a time when every team is in first place, is an American tradition dating back to the early years of the twentieth century. William Zinsser vividly brings to life the unique, once-a-year relationship between Bradenton, Florida, and its adopted team, the Pittsburgh Pirates...read more
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9780060160593 | Harpercollins, March 1, 1989, cover price $16.95 | About this edition: A life-long baseball fan describes spring training with the Pittsburgh Pirates in Bradenton, Florida, in an account filled with interviews, baseball lore, and information on techniques

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9780822958246 | Univ of Pittsburgh Pr, March 1, 2003, cover price $14.00 | About this edition: Spring training, a time when every team is in first place, is an American tradition dating back to the early years of the twentieth century.
9780138378998 | Reprint edition (Prentice Hall Direct, April 1, 1990), cover price $8.95 | About this edition: A life-long baseball fan describes spring training with the Pittsburgh Pirates in Bradenton, Florida, in an account filled with interviews, baseball lore, and information on techniques

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Product Description: An especially timely exploration of American values as embodied in fifteen of our most visited and cherished historical sites. (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)
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9781585790548 | Akadine Pr, August 1, 2002, cover price $18.95 | About this edition: An especially timely exploration of American values as embodied in fifteen of our most visited and cherished historical sites.

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Product Description: In this warm and affectionate book, William Zinsser, author of the best-selling classic On Writing Well, describes his lifelong love affair with American popular song and the American musical theater. These are the words and melodies that are as familiar to us as the flag, so firmly ensconced in our mental topographies that they have become part of our standard literature, songs adopted and adapted by generations of performers, jazz singers, and musicians, deeply lodged in the memory of everyone who has ever heard them...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)
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9781567921472 | David R Godine Pub, March 1, 2001, cover price $35.00 | About this edition: In this warm and affectionate book, William Zinsser, author of the best-selling classic On Writing Well, describes his lifelong love affair with American popular song and the American musical theater.

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Product Description: Jazz came to China for the first time on the afternoon of June 2, 1981, when the American bassist and French-horn player Willie Ruff introduced himself and his partner, the pianist Dwike Mitchell, to several hundred students and professors who were crowded into a large room at the Shanghai Conservatory of Music...read more
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9780966491340 | Paul Dry Books Inc, December 1, 2000, cover price $14.95 | About this edition: Jazz came to China for the first time on the afternoon of June 2, 1981, when the American bassist and French-horn player Willie Ruff introduced himself and his partner, the pianist Dwike Mitchell, to several hundred students and professors who were crowded into a large room at the Shanghai Conservatory of Music.

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In an original audio program, the author of On Writing Well offers helpful guidelines for composing a personal or family reminiscence, with tips on selecting and researching data, compression, focus, voice, tone, and more.
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9780694521661 | Harperaudio, July 1, 1999, cover price $12.00 | About this edition: Warns against common errors in structure, style, and diction, and explains the fundamentals of conducting interviews and writing travel, scientific, sports, critical, and humorous articles.

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Nine distinguished American authors representing a broad spectrum of religious beliefs--including Allen Ginsberg, Mary Gordon, Frederick Buechner, and Daine Ackerman--discuss the role of religion and spirituality in their work and in their personal lives. Reprint. IP.
By Diane Ackerman (editor) and William Knowlton Zinsser (editor)
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9781569246863 | 2 edition (Da Capo Pr, May 30, 1999), cover price $13.95 | About this edition: Nine distinguished American authors representing a broad spectrum of religious beliefs--including Allen Ginsberg, Mary Gordon, Frederick Buechner, and Daine Ackerman--discuss the role of religion and spirituality in their work and in their personal lives.

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Six writers, including Maurice Sendak, Jill Krementz, and Jack Prelutsky, explain how and why they became involved in children's literature
By Maurice Sendak (editor) and William Knowlton Zinsser (editor)
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9780395901519 | 1 edition (Mariner Books, July 23, 1998), cover price $14.95 | About this edition: Six writers, including Maurice Sendak, Jill Krementz, and Jack Prelutsky, explain how and why they became involved in children's literature

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Product Description: A revised and updated edition of one of the most successful guides to writing ever published (one million copies sold).A Classic in its Field, On Writing Well is the Indispensable reference tool for anyone who writes, wants to learn to write, or needs to do some writing to get through the day -- as almost everybody does...read more
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9780809592227 | Borgo Pr, August 1, 1996, cover price $35.00 | About this edition: A revised and updated edition of one of the most successful guides to writing ever published (one million copies sold).
9780062715876 | 5 rev upd edition (Harpercollins, June 1, 1994), cover price $27.50 | About this edition: Warns against common errors in structure, style, and diction, and explains the fundamentals of conducting interviews and writing travel, scientific, sports, critical, and humorous articles

Paperback:

9780673993083 | 5 sub edition (Harpercollins College Div, August 1, 1995), cover price $16.00 | About this edition: Stressing the importance of strong, clear prose that expresses the writer's personality, this text encourages students to develop their individual voices as writers.
9780065000269 | Texas Bookman, December 1, 1991, cover price $11.00
9780060473976 | 3 rev exp edition (Harpercollins College Div, April 1, 1985), cover price $11.05

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Each writer describes his or her specialty, which include features, science, politics, sports, and social issues, and shares personal observations on journalism
By William Knowlton Zinsser (contributor)
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9780062701152 | Harpercollins, October 1, 1995, cover price $20.00 | About this edition: Each writer describes his or her specialty, which include features, science, politics, sports, and social issues, and shares personal observations on journalism

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9780062720641 | Harpercollins, September 1, 1995, cover price $13.00

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Warns against common errors in structure, style, and diction, and explains the fundamentals of conducting interviews and writing travel, scientific, sports, critical, and humorous articles.
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9781559943499 | Harperaudio, October 1, 1994, cover price $12.95 | About this edition: Warns against common errors in structure, style, and diction, and explains the fundamentals of conducting interviews and writing travel, scientific, sports, critical, and humorous articles.

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Product Description: An indispensable book by writers who have experienced firsthand the rewards and challenges of crafting a memoir   Anyone undertaking the project of writing a memoir knows that the events, memories, and emotions of the past often resist the orderly structure of a book...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)
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9780395445266 | Houghton Mifflin, July 1, 1987, cover price $16.95 | About this edition: First published in 1987, Inventing the Truth quickly grew into the best-selling compendium of the Writer's Craft series and continues to be a lasting hit.

Paperback:

9780395901502 | Rev sub edition (Mariner Books, May 20, 1998), cover price $13.95 | About this edition: An indispensable book by writers who have experienced firsthand the rewards and challenges of crafting a memoir   Anyone undertaking the project of writing a memoir knows that the events, memories, and emotions of the past often resist the orderly structure of a book.
9780395483718 | Reprint edition (Houghton Mifflin, May 1, 1994), cover price $10.95 | About this edition: First published in 1987, Inventing the Truth quickly grew into the best-selling compendium of the Writer's Craft series and continues to be a lasting hit.

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Product Description: A noted writer reports on his pilgrimage to 15 of the USA's most visited and cherished historic sites and brings us an inspiring and moving account of what he has discovered. "This inspiring guide includes places everyone means to go to some day."--New York Times.
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9780060166380 | Harpercollins, May 1, 1992, cover price $20.00 | About this edition: Recounts the author's journey to Mount Rushmore, Kitty Hawk, Disneyland, Niagara Falls, Mount Vernon, and other places

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9780060924263 | Reprint edition (Perennial, May 1, 1993), cover price $11.00 | About this edition: A noted writer reports on his pilgrimage to 15 of the USA's most visited and cherished historic sites and brings us an inspiring and moving account of what he has discovered.

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Product Description: This is an essential book for everyone who wants to write clearly about any subject and use writing as a means of learning.
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9780060473983 | Addison-Wesley, May 1, 1990, cover price $8.25 | About this edition: This is an essential book for everyone who wants to write clearly about any subject and use writing as a means of learning.
9780062720405 | Perennial, March 1, 1989, cover price $14.99 | About this edition: The author demonstrates the importance of clear writing in every subject, discussing writing as a means to access knowledge, and surveys the growing emphasis on writing in American education

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Six prominent writers, including Maurice Sendak, Jill Krementz, and Jack Prelutsky, explain how and why they became involved in children's literature
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9780395514252 | Houghton Mifflin, April 1, 1990, cover price $13.00 | About this edition: Six prominent writers, including Maurice Sendak, Jill Krementz, and Jack Prelutsky, explain how and why they became involved in children's literature

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Six writers discuss the novel-like structure of the Catholic mass, the history of religious writing, self-discovery, Biblical language, and the influence of Eastern religions
By Mary Gordon (editor) and William Knowlton Zinsser (editor)
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9780395486160 | Houghton Mifflin, September 1, 1988, cover price $16.95 | About this edition: Six writers discuss the novel-like structure of the Catholic mass, the history of religious writing, self-discovery, Biblical language, and the influence of Eastern religions

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Six biographers describe what they learned about biography while working on the lives of Truman, Adams, Dickinson, Lippmann, Alice James, and Lyndon Johnson
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9780756751999 | Diane Pub Co, January 1, 1986, cover price $25.00 | About this edition: Six illustrious biographers describe their work, using as examples their mostrecent book or the one they're currently writing.

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9780395486177 | Reprint edition (Houghton Mifflin, September 1, 1988), cover price $7.95 | About this edition: Six biographers describe what they learned about biography while working on the lives of Truman, Adams, Dickinson, Lippmann, Alice James, and Lyndon Johnson

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Profiles the jazz duo of Willie Ruff and Dwike Mitchell, following their careers from the small Southern towns where they were born, through the years of study with caring teachers, to their ultimate success
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9780060152758 | Harpercollins, June 1, 1984, cover price $13.95 | About this edition: Profiles the jazz duo of Willie Ruff and Dwike Mitchell, following their careers from the small Southern towns where they were born, through the years of study with caring teachers, to their ultimate success

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Briefly describes how word processors work, identifies problems writers may experience adjusting to the new technology, and gives tips on how to take advantage of the system's capabilities
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9780060910600 | Harpercollins, March 1, 1983, cover price $6.95 | About this edition: Briefly describes how word processors work, identifies problems writers may experience adjusting to the new technology, and gives tips on how to take advantage of the system's capabilities

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