Writing
Palimpsest: A History of the Written Word
Hardback
A profound, eloquent meditation on the history of writing, from Mesopotamia to multimedia.
Between You & Me: Confessions of a Comma Queen
Hardback
From a thirty-year veteran of The New Yorker comes the most irreverent and helpful book on language since Eats, Shoots & Leaves
The Culinary Imagination: From Myth to Modernity
Hardback
From the recipe novel to the celebrity chef, renowned scholar Sandra Gilbert explores the poetics and politics of food.
Vex, Hex, Smash, Smooch: Let Verbs Power Your Writing
Paperback
"Vex, Hex, Smash, Smooch is more than just a writing handbook; it’s a key to unlocking every writer’s innate creativity by offering countless paths to verbal expressiveness." —San Francisco Chronicle