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Piece jigsaw puzzle, falcon deluxe the poets cottagedispatched with hermes trackedin great condition as per the photosall pieces accounted forsame day dispatch including weekendscondition is used
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Falcon deluxe the poets cottage by dominic davison piece jigsaw puzzle completemeasurements 26dispatched with royal mail 2nd classexcellent conditioncondition is usednot for children under 36 monthsbox has some scuff marks please see photos
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1 "the poets of the nineteenth century" by rev robert aris willmott george routledge, london - first thus edition - 394p, 20cmx15cm - condition; good, original binding with some wear and rubbing, some page foxing, some scribbling and inscription endpaperscatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any store"english sacred poetry of the sixteenth seventeenth eighteenth and nineteenth centuries" selected by willmott george routldge, london - new edition - ill by various incl gilbert and engraved by brothers danziel - 419p, 25cmx20cm - condtion: good, gift inscription to ffep, some foxing, complete with all illustrations, housed in mylar cover
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Five go to smugglers cove five run away together - front cover is slightly bent five go off in a caravan five of adventuring again five on a treasure island the mystery of the burnt cottage all in excellent condition, read more
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Ravensburger 100 piece jigsaw puzzle the country station & the country cottage
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Each of the thirty poets gathered here is heard reading his or her own work& ;chicago tribune, on the spoken word: american writers see oxfam website for delivery information read morethese unique broadcasts are a wonderful collector& ;s item for aspiring poets and fans of american poetryoxfam shop herne hill this incredible three-cd set drawn from the archives of the bbc captures the voices of poets from the twentieth century, one of the most prolific and significant periods in american letterscummings, william carlos williams, ezra pound, robinson jeffers, langston hughes,wallace stevens, conrad aiken, archibald macleish, ogden nash, theodore roethke, john berryman, allen ginsberg, john ashbery, anne sexton, adrienne rich, and gregory corsocapturing the enormous energy and variety in american poetry at this time, the compilation includes recordings of robert frost, ethe voices of the women and men who shaped the twentieth century with the written versions of their words& ;after spending a few hours reveling in this diverse collection, there will be voices in the listener's head
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Modernism remains deeply connected to ideas of innovation, and this has created problems for successive generations of writersfor example, how does one create an original work when the 'new' has already been established, marketed and institutionalised? rod rosenquist's study focuses on the writers and poets who emerged after modernism's high-water mark year of , in which ulysses, the waste land and the early cantos were publishedan as new unread copy see oxfam website for delivery information read moreseeking to refine our own understanding of the high modernists through the frequent difficulties encountered by the generation that succeeded them, this study discusses issues of cultural value, the relationship of history to innovation, and the market for new works in an era already dominated by the likes of joyce, eliot and poundcontaining illuminating examinations of wyndham lewis, laura riding and henry miller, this study will be invaluable reading for those interested in modernism and its complicated legacyoxfam bookshop canterbury rod rosenquist cambridge university press (30 aug
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It describes the life of one of 20th-century english literature's greatest poetsthomas is now accepted, along with ted hughes, philip larkin and seamus heaney, as one of the great post-war british poetshere is a man who banned hoovers from his house on grounds of noise, whose first act on moving into an ancient cottage was to rip out the central heating, whose attempts to seek out more authentically welsh parishes only brought him more into contact with loud english holidaymakersoxfam shop dumfries this is the follow-up to the author's previous biography, the critically acclaimed and sales success, "the last englishman"byron rogers' previous books for aurum have twice been radio 4 book of the weekthomas (an english-educated man who set out to become more and more welsh throughout his life)he had a reputation for being an austere, unforgiving, taciturn, wintry man for his second biography rogers - a welshman who moved to england - has found the perfect subject: the great welsh poet rsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreit is a hilarious and extraordinary story of a singular mannow byron rogers has unearthed the amazing story of this man's life, and that of his household - one both comic, absurd and touchingto thomas's many admirers this will be a surprising, sometimes shocking, but at last humanising portrait of someone who wrote truly metaphysical poetryall his life, he was a minister in the church of wales, at a succession of increasingly remote country parishesthomas's poetry published by penguin modern classics, orion and bloodaxe with substantial sales every yearthis is sure to be widely reviewedhe is regarded in wales as the national poet
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Daniel gerould's landmark work êtheatre/theory/theatreê collects history's most influential eastern and western dramatic theorists ä poets playwrights directors and philosophers ä whose ideas about theatre continue to shape its futurein complete texts and choice excerpts spanning centuries we see an ongoing dialogue and exchange of ideas between actors and directors like craig and meyerhold and writers such as nietzsche and yeatssee oxfam website for delivery information read moreeach of gerould's introductory essays shows fascinating insight into both the life and the theory of the authorfrom horace to soyinka corneille to brecht this is an indispensable compendium of the greatest dramatic theory ever writtenavailable for the first time in paperback!þfrom aristotle's êpoeticsê to vaclav havel the debate about the nature and function of theatre has been marked by controversyoxfam bookshop hove minor cover wear, appears unread
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Now in its eighth edition, a manual for writers of research papers, theses, and dissertations has been fully revised to meet the needs of today's writers and researchersher manual for writers continues to be the gold standard for generations of college and graduate students in virtually all academic disciplineswith an appendix on paper format and submission that has been vetted by dissertation officials from across the country and a bibliography with the most up-to-date listing of critical resources available, a manual for writers remains the essential resource for students and their teacherspart ii provides an overview of citation practices with detailed information on the two main scholarly citation styles (notes-bibliography and author-date), an array of source types with contemporary examples, and detailed guidance on citing online resourcessee oxfam website for delivery information read moreturabian drafted a set of guidelines to help students understand how to write, cite, and formally submit research writingoxfam bookshop cheltenham a little more than seventy-five years ago, kate lthe manual retains its familiar three-part structure, beginning with an overview of the steps in the research and writing process, including formulating questions, reading critically, building arguments, and revising draftsseven editions and more than nine million copies later, the name turabian has become synonymous with best practices in research writing and stylethe final section treats all matters of editorial style, with advice on punctuation, capitalization, spelling, abbreviations, table formatting, and the use of quotationsstyle and citation recommendations have been revised throughout to reflect the sixteenth edition of the chicago manual of style
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21 volumes in the series poets on poetry: 1) s13) hayden carruth, effluences from the sacred caves, ppcolburn, no evil star, anne sexton, pp8) robert bly, talking all morning, pp11) louis simpson, a company of poets, pp18) robert hayden, collected prose, foreword by william meredith, edited by frederick glaysher, pp21) james wright, collected prose, edited by anne wright, pp4) donald davie, trying to explain, pp20) marvin bell, old snow just melting, essays and interviews, ppcatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available3) richard kostelanetz, the old poetries and the new, ppare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawiki12) marge piercy, parti-colored blocks for a quilts, pp7) william stafford, writing the australian crawl, views on the writer's vocation, pp5) william stafford, you must revise your life, pp6) robert francis, pot shots at poetry, pp2) donald justice, platonic scripts, ppwill be sent by registered and insured mail14) john logan, a ballet for the ear, interviews, essays and reviews (edited by a19) philip levine, don't ask, ppplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki website9) john haines, living off the country, pp10) donald hall, goatfoot milktongue twinbird, pp16) louis simpson, the character of the poet, ppour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any store17) charles simic, the uncertain certainty, ppnims, a local habitation, essays on poetry, pp
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By organizing the poems in chronological order, readers will see poets in a new lightthe authors, both published poets themselves, give an overview of each period of history, while notes to the poems place each one in its historical context and trace the century's poetic developmenthere are poets rescued from oblivion, such as the suffragette who wrote a compelling poem about her mistreatment in holloway prison in or the medical offer who went into belsen with the british troops producing an eye-witness poem of lasting powerconcise biographies for each poet complete the anthologyall the major events of the twentieth century are reflected in the choice of poems within these pages see oxfam website for delivery information read morehouseman, for example, rubs shoulders with tbook is in good conditionthis richly rewarding collection makes invaluable reading for poetry lovers all over the worldsome discolouration on edges from dust and storage wear otherwise sharp copyoxfam shop inverness this ground-breaking anthology presents in chronological order over 400 poems written in the twentieth centuryeliot, showing that traditional forms can hold their own against the modernist orthodoxy
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Published to commemorate the centenary of , this stunning set of books, with specially commissioned covers by leading print makers, is an essential gathering of our most beloved war poets introduced by leading poets and biographers of our present dayoxfam bookshop cheltenham no poetry has touched readers' hearts more deeply than the soldier poets of the first world warsee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Packed with personal information, contentious views and humorous anecdotes, this is both an exploration of the writer's craft and a who's who of the hottest comics' talent around today, for fans, professionals, would-be writers and for anyone who's ever wondered exactly how the writer's mind workssee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam shop kendal paperback in vgc condition, spine unbroken/ the biggest names in comics scriptwriting talk candidly and frankly about their profession, their approach to writing and the comics industry as a wholethrough a series of interviews, these luminaries in the comics field reveal the mechanics of writing for comics and, in the process, a great deal about themselvesgathers together a supergroup of the best comics writers, including todd mcfarlane (spawn), garth ennis (preacher), frank miller (dark knight returns, sin city), grant morrison (invisibles, jla) and neil gaiman (sandman), plus kurt busiek, peter david, chuck dixon, warren ellis, devin grayson, dan jurgens, joe kelly, jeph loeb and mark waid, with extracts from the writers' original scripts
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Lily king's writers & lovers follows casey in the last days of a long youth, a time when everything - her family, her work, her relationships - comes to a crisissuddenly casey finds herself at the point of a love triangle, torn between two very different relationships that promise two very different futuresbut only a few weeks later, oscar walks into her restaurant, his two boys in towthe new york times bestseller'captivating, potent, incisive, and wise' - madeline miller, author of circe'writers & lovers made me happy' - ann patchettcasey has ended up back in massachusetts after a devastating love affairand then, one evening, she meets silashe is kind, handsome, interestedit is a novel about love and creativity, and ultimately it captures the moment when a woman becomes an artistsee oxfam website for delivery information read morehugely moving and impossibly funny, it is a transfixing novel that explores the terrifying and exhilarating leap between the end of one phase of life and the beginning of anotherhe is older, grieving the loss of his wife, and wrapped up in his own creativityher one constant is the novel she has been writing for six years, but at thirty-one she is in debt and directionless, and feels too old to be that way - it's strange, not be the youngest kind of adult anymoreoxfam books & music salisbury very good condition copy of this special signed edition with "signed by the author" pageher mother has just died and she is knocked sideways by grief and loneliness, moving between the restaurant where she waitresses for the harvard elite and the rented shed she calls home
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But as he becomes more personally involved with the writers and their work he starts questioning the system that is driving these writers undergroundset during the early fifties at the time of joseph mccarthy's communist witch-hunt, howard prince (allen) is a restaurant cashier who is asked to 'front' for several blacklisted television writers by submitting their scripts under his namesee oxfam website for delivery information read moreat first, being politically uninterested, howard does this in order to pay off his gambling debtsoxfam bookshop st albans drama directed by martin ritt and starring woody allen, zero mostel and andrea marcovicci
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But as he becomes more personally involved with the writers and their work he starts questioning the system that is driving these writers undergroundset during the early fifties at the time of joseph mccarthy's communist witch-hunt, howard prince (allen) is a restaurant cashier who is asked to 'front' for several blacklisted television writers by submitting their scripts under his namesee oxfam website for delivery information read moreat first, being politically uninterested, howard does this in order to pay off his gambling debtsdrama directed by martin ritt and starring woody allen, zero mostel and andrea marcoviccioxfam shop kendal case and disc in very good condition
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The writers tool box used once as new. read more
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Oxfam bookshop hexham first known for his war-time poems written from a german labour camp - notably his sombre reworkings of the myth of the magi - andre frenaud () is one of the most searching of french poetspoetry book society recommended translationsee oxfam website for delivery information read morehis work is structured by a sense of quest, which gives it its labyrinthine patterns, underground tensions and fractured, inventive formstranslation by keith bosely - a bilingual editiona brand new book from the bloodaxe "contemporary french poets" serieshis poetry has an epic and tragic dimension: spurred by an urge for transcendence, it refuses false paradises, arrivals and notions of reconciliationrome the sorceress () is frenaud's richest and most disturbing confrontation with the hidden life of myths and the sacred, probing the themes of time, inheritance, revolt, illusions of divinity, father-?gures, mother-?gures, and the insatiable monuments of language which pretend to grapple with this weight of experience
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Oxfam shop scarborough poets of the english languagesee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe books are in excellent conditioneach book has a decorated spine and a gold ribbon bookmarkthese books would make an excellent gift for yourself or any poetry lovers in your lifethese faux-leather hardcover books contain countless pages of gorgeous poetry spanning from the 14th to the 20th centuriesthe spine is detaching from the front cover on the second volume, but all other copies are perfectly intact, and free from any marks or damage except on the fourth volume as photographedcomplete collection, includes all five volumes: 'langland to spenser', 'marlowe to marvell', 'milton to goldsmith', 'blake to poe' and 'tennyson to yeats'
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Oxfam bookshop sevenoaks a volume of poems by various poets including byron,longfellow,burns,lamb,milton and wordsworth, illustrated from original designs by fgold edges to blockin very good condition for agesee oxfam website for delivery information read morebound in green cloth with gold design to front and to spinecorners bumped, and marks to boards from age and usegroombridge & sons appears at the bottom of the illustrated title pagepublished by charles griffin and company undatedthe spine material has been retained and the repair is very neatly donethe volume has been rebacked and has new headbands and endpapers
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Oxfam shop colne road michael winterbottom directs this documentary following entertainers steve coogan and rob brydon as they travel to italy to retrace the steps of the legendary romantic poets byron and shelleysee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe poets, who left england following persistent outrage and threats relating to their social and political views, found refuge in italy and particularly pisa, where they often dined, hunted and discussed poetry togetherthis time the pair enjoy italian cuisine as they visit sites relating to the experiences of byron and shelley in the countrythe programme follows on from 'the trip' (), in which coogan and brydon travelled around the north of england sampling local hospitality and conversing on matters of interest
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"golden leaves from the works of the poets and painters" edited by robert bell griffin bohn, london - first uk edition - 480p, 25cmx20cm - condition: good, in deluxe leather binding with flower motive on spine and boards in gilding, with some wear and rubbing to boards and spine, some paper loss to front endpapers, some foxingcatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any store
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Lives of the poetsdoctorow on the title pagewe specialize in fine books in the categories of art, architecture, photography, cinema, nature, literature, including poetry and many anthologies
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It stresses the common orientation which justifies us in identifying a specifically 'romantic' criticism; but not, i trust, at the cost of overlooking the many important diversities among the writers who concern themselves with the nature of poetry or art, its psychological genesis, its constitution and kinds, its major criteria, and its relation to other original and enduring critics of the time, rather than with the run-of-the-mill reviewers who often had more immediate, though shorter-lived influence on the general reading public the primary concern of this book is with the english theory of poetry, and to a lesser extent of the other major arts, during the first four decades of the nineteenth centurythis continuity was broken by the theories or romantic writers, english and german; and their innovations include many of the points of view and procedures which make the characteristic differences between traditional criticism and the criticism of our own time, including some criticism which professes to be anti-romanticsee oxfam website for delivery information read morejohnston, but there was also a discernible continuity in premises, aims and methodsoxfam bookshop byres road the development of literary theory in the lifetime of coleridge was to a surprising extent the making of the modern critical mindthere were many important differences between, let us say, horace's art of poetry and the criticism of dr
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Birds figure charmingly and tellingly in the work of such nature writers as gilbert white, peter matthiessen, farley mowat and barry lopezbirds appear again and again in mythology and folk tales, and in literature by writers as diverse as ovid, thomas hardy, kafka, thoreau and tfrom the book: "stevenson remembered the story of a monk who had been distracted from his copy-work by the song of a birdnor does gibson forget the fascination they hold for science, as the galapagos finches did for darwinsee oxfam website for delivery information read moregorgeously illustrated, woven from centuries of human response to the delights of the feathered tribes, the bedside book of birds is for anyone who is aware of birds, and for everyone who is intrigued by the artistic forms that humanity has created to represent its soulwas the same true of time in hell, stevenson asked himselfhe went into the garden to listen more closely, and when he returned, after what he thought were only a few minutes, he discovered that a century had gone by, that his fellow monks were dead and his ink had turned to dustthey've been omens, allegories, disguises and guides; they've been worshipped, eaten, feared and lovedoxfam bookshop knutsford in this stunning assemblage of words and images, novelist and avid birdwatcher graeme gibson has crafted an extraordinary tribute to the venerable relationship between humans and birdsas divine messengers, symbols of our yearning for the heavens, or avatars of glorious song and colour, they have stirred our imaginations from the moment we first looked into the skywith the passion of a birdwatcher and hoarder of words, gibson has spent fifteen years collecting the literary and artistic forms our affinity for birds has taken over the centuriesthe song of the bird had given him a taste of paradise, where an instant is as a hundred years of earthly timewhether as the christian dove, or quetzalcoatl the aztec plumed serpent or in plato s vision of the human soul growing wings and feathers, religion and philosophy have looked to birds as representatives of our better selves that part of us not bound to the earthbirds have ever been the symbols of our highest aspirations
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Unforgettable characters, a plot that kept me guessing, non-stop action and the kind of in-depth storytelling that makes me admire a writers' work' terry brooks'weeks has truly cemented his place among the great epic fantasy writers of our time' british fantasy society books by brent weeksnight angel the way of shadowsshadow's edgebeyond the shadowsperfect shadow (novella)lightbringerthe black prismthe blinding knifethe broken eyethe blood mirrorthe burning white see oxfam website for delivery information read morebrett'weeks has a style of immediacy and detail that pulls the reader relentlessly into the storysuccess will cost him everything he's ever lovedbut they are playing with volatile powers, and trigger conflict on a vast scalekylar stern plans to reinstate his closest friend logan as king, but can he really get away with murder?in the north, the godking's death has thrown khalidor into civil warhe doesn't allow you to look away' robin hobb'i was mesmerised from start to finishthe country has become a broken realm with a threadbare army, little food, and no hopeseven armies will converge to save - or destroy - an entire continent'brent weeks is so good it's beginning to tick me off' peter vkylar has finally learnt the bitter cost of immortality, and is faced with a task only he can completeto gain the upper hand, one faction attempts to raise the goddess khali herselfto save his friends, and perhaps his enemies, he must assassinate a goddessfailure will doom the southoxfam shop colne road the nail-biting conclusion to the night angel trilogy, from international bestseller brent weeksa new queen has usurped the throne and is leading cenaria into disaster
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This collection of caribbean short stories features both authors born in the 19th century and much younger writers of more recent generationstheir work, in all its diversity of style, theme, and linguistic energy, provides a context for the work of an exciting new generation of caribbean writers like edwidge danticat, robert antoni, astrid roemer, and jamaica kincaida celebration of regional creativity, the collection contains sufficient surprises to keep even the most avid student of west indian writing turning the pages, while reminding readers that the caribbean is a multilingual, multicultural spacesee oxfam website for delivery information read morea clean unmarked copy stories by major figures in the english language tradition such as vnaipaul, sam sevlon, and jean rhys are set alongside their spanish- and french-speaking contemporaries like alejo carpentier, jan bosh, and gabriel garcia marquezoxfam bookshop st albans the caribbean is the source of one of the richest, most accessible, and yet technically adventurous traditions of contemporary world literatureit is also pan-caribbean, including stories from the four main languages of the region: english, spanish, french, and dutch
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' james patterson 'one of my favourite writers many of the world's greatest thriller writers are huge fans of her work: 'kathy reichs writes smart - no, make that brilliant - mysteries that are as realistic as nonfiction and as fast-paced as the best thrillers about jack reacher, or alex cross' clive cussler see oxfam website for delivery information read morethey're filled with riveting twists and turns - and no matter how many books she writes, i just can't get enough!' lisa scottoline 'nobody writes a more imaginative thriller than kathy reichs' david baldacci 'each book in kathy reichs's fantastic temperance brennan series is better than the lastshe's the real dealbut to find justice for the dead, she must be more courageous - and take more extreme action - than ever beforeoxfam shop clitheroe  a gripping temperance brennan novel from world-class forensic anthropologist kathy reichs, the international no1 bestselling crime thriller writer and the inspiration behind the hit tv series bonesdr kathy reichs is a professional forensic anthropologistwho was the girl? and was she murdered?dr temperance brennan, forensic anthropologist, must find the answersshe soon learns that a gulf war veteran stands accused of smuggling artefacts into the country' lee child 'nobody does forensics thrillers like kathy reichscould there be a connection between the two cases? convinced that the girl's death was no accident, tempe soon finds herself at the centre of a conspiracy that extends from south america to afghanistanthe body of a teenage girl is discovered along a desolate highway on the outskirts of charlotteshe has worked for decades with chief medical examiners, the fbi, and even a united nations tribunal on genocide' karin slaughter 'i love kathy reichs? - always scary, always suspenseful, and i always learn somethinginside her purse is the id card of a local businessman who died in a fire months earlierhowever, she is best known for her internationally bestselling temperance brennan novels, which draw on her remarkable experience to create the most vividly authentic, true-to-life crime thrillers on the market and which are the inspiration for the hit tv series bones
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The writers bureau comprehensive writing coursea fun set of books for help and guidance for any budding writerwith an aim towards being able to get published13 books to help you become a skilled writer
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