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Writing

The art and craft of writing comes alive through expert guidance on everything from grammar and screenplays to creative inspiration and marketing your work. Whether you're wrestling with writer's block or polishing your prose, these books offer practical wisdom, time-tested techniques, and encouraging advice from seasoned wordsmiths.

Writing Book Summaries

Reflective Writing
by Kate Williams • 2012
How to write about yourself with academic rigor: the frameworks that make 'personal' credible.
3.94
67
🪞 Reflective Practice✍️ Academic Writing🔄 Experiential Learning🎓 University Students🧠 Metacognition
Reflective Writing Summary
Reflective Writing
How to write about yourself with academic rigor: the frameworks that make 'personal' credible.
by Kate Williams 2012 136 pages
3.94
67 ratings
🪞 Reflective Practice✍️ Academic Writing🔄 Experiential Learning🎓 University Students🧠 Metacognition
The Ultimate Guide To Content Marketing & Digital PR
by Charlie Marchant • 2016
A playbook for earning media coverage, search rankings, and customer trust without a PR budget.
5.00
1
🖋️ Content Marketing📰 Digital Pr📥 Inbound Marketing🤝 Influencer Marketing🏪 Small Business Marketing
The Ultimate Guide To Content Marketing & Digital PR Summary
The Ultimate Guide To Content Marketing & Digital PR
A playbook for earning media coverage, search rankings, and customer trust without a PR budget.
by Charlie Marchant 2016 222 pages
5.00
1 ratings
🖋️ Content Marketing📰 Digital Pr📥 Inbound Marketing🤝 Influencer Marketing🏪 Small Business Marketing
Anatomy of Fake News
by Nolan Higdon • 2020
Censorship backfires against fake news. Tech fixes flop. The only cure is a skill schools abandoned.
4.00
35
📰 Media Literacy📋 News Literacy🔍 Disinformation Studies📢 Propaganda Analysis💰 Attention Economy
Anatomy of Fake News Summary
Anatomy of Fake News
Censorship backfires against fake news. Tech fixes flop. The only cure is a skill schools abandoned.
by Nolan Higdon 2020 247 pages
4.00
35 ratings
📰 Media Literacy📋 News Literacy🔍 Disinformation Studies📢 Propaganda Analysis💰 Attention Economy
The New Orientalists
by Ian Almond • 2007
Postmodernism attacked Orientalism. Then, from Nietzsche to Žižek, it built a subtler one.
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41
🌀 Postmodern Philosophy🕌 Orientalism🌍 Postcolonial Theory🏛️ Continental Philosophy☪️ Islam And The West
The New Orientalists Summary
The New Orientalists
Postmodernism attacked Orientalism. Then, from Nietzsche to Žižek, it built a subtler one.
by Ian Almond 2007 229 pages
3.41
41 ratings
🌀 Postmodern Philosophy🕌 Orientalism🌍 Postcolonial Theory🏛️ Continental Philosophy☪️ Islam And The West
How to Launch a Freelance Copywriting Business
by Jules Horne • 2018
Most copywriters earn a full income from five billable hours. Here's how creative writers can start.
3.75
40
✍️ Freelance Copywriting🎨 Creative Business🤝 Client Acquisition⏰ Time Management💰 Pricing Strategies
How to Launch a Freelance Copywriting Business Summary
How to Launch a Freelance Copywriting Business
Most copywriters earn a full income from five billable hours. Here's how creative writers can start.
by Jules Horne 2018 197 pages
3.75
40 ratings
✍️ Freelance Copywriting🎨 Creative Business🤝 Client Acquisition⏰ Time Management💰 Pricing Strategies
Socrate au pays des process
by Julia Funès (de) • 2017
Your job replaced thinking with process and meaning with metrics. Philosophers saw it coming.
3.50
22
🏢 Corporate Culture🏛️ Workplace Philosophy🧠 Applied Philosophy💼 Meaning At Work🎭 Cultural Criticism
Socrate au pays des process Summary
Socrate au pays des process
Your job replaced thinking with process and meaning with metrics. Philosophers saw it coming.
by Julia Funès (de) 2017 112 pages
3.50
22 ratings
🏢 Corporate Culture🏛️ Workplace Philosophy🧠 Applied Philosophy💼 Meaning At Work🎭 Cultural Criticism
The Baby on the Fire Escape
by Julie Phillips • 2022
Great art demands solitude. Motherhood steals it. The creative women who found a third way.
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500+
🎨 Motherhood And Art📚 Feminist Biography✊ Reproductive Autonomy🌸 Late-Blooming Artists👩‍👩‍👧 Chosen Family
The Baby on the Fire Escape Summary
The Baby on the Fire Escape
Great art demands solitude. Motherhood steals it. The creative women who found a third way.
by Julie Phillips 2022 320 pages
4.27
500+ ratings
🎨 Motherhood And Art📚 Feminist Biography✊ Reproductive Autonomy🌸 Late-Blooming Artists👩‍👩‍👧 Chosen Family
A Story is a Deal
by Will Storr • 2025
Identity is the real currency. Learn the science of making offers that change minds.
3.77
194
📈 Business Storytelling🧠 Persuasion Science🏆 Social Status📖 Narrative Structure🧬 Evolutionary Psychology
A Story is a Deal Summary
A Story is a Deal
Identity is the real currency. Learn the science of making offers that change minds.
by Will Storr 2025 363 pages
3.77
194 ratings
📈 Business Storytelling🧠 Persuasion Science🏆 Social Status📖 Narrative Structure🧬 Evolutionary Psychology
Advertising and Psychology
by Leslie Ernest Gill • 2013
Why readers remember your ad, buy your product, or scroll past: psychology every copywriter needs.
3.50
2
🧠 Advertising Psychology🛒 Consumer Behavior✍️ Copywriting👁️ Attention Capture🔄 Habit Formation
Advertising and Psychology Summary
Advertising and Psychology
Why readers remember your ad, buy your product, or scroll past: psychology every copywriter needs.
by Leslie Ernest Gill 2013 192 pages
3.50
2 ratings
🧠 Advertising Psychology🛒 Consumer Behavior✍️ Copywriting👁️ Attention Capture🔄 Habit Formation
Make Believe
by Mac Barnett • 2026
How the most daring literature ends up for eight-year-olds, and what adults can learn from them.
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4k+
📚 Children's Literature📝 Literary Criticism✍️ Essay Collections🧠 Child Development🎭 Imaginative Play
Make Believe Summary
Make Believe
How the most daring literature ends up for eight-year-olds, and what adults can learn from them.
by Mac Barnett 2026 160 pages
4.38
4k+ ratings
📚 Children's Literature📝 Literary Criticism✍️ Essay Collections🧠 Child Development🎭 Imaginative Play
American Exceptionalism
by Deborah L. Madsen • 1998
How a Puritan theology of chosenness became the alibi for a continent's conquest and distant wars.
3.50
16
🇺🇸 American Studies🗺️ Manifest Destiny✊ Counter-Narratives⛪ Political Theology🌍 Postcolonial Theory
American Exceptionalism Summary
American Exceptionalism
How a Puritan theology of chosenness became the alibi for a continent's conquest and distant wars.
by Deborah L. Madsen 1998
3.50
16 ratings
🇺🇸 American Studies🗺️ Manifest Destiny✊ Counter-Narratives⛪ Political Theology🌍 Postcolonial Theory
Storythinking
by Angus Fletcher • 2023
Story isn't just for communication: it's an ancient intelligence that logic and AI can't touch.
3.57
81
🧠 Narrative Intelligence🧬 Evolutionary Psychology↔️ Logic Vs Narrative💡 Creative Cognition🤖 Limits Of AI
Storythinking Summary
Storythinking
Story isn't just for communication: it's an ancient intelligence that logic and AI can't touch.
by Angus Fletcher 2023 200 pages
3.57
81 ratings
🧠 Narrative Intelligence🧬 Evolutionary Psychology↔️ Logic Vs Narrative💡 Creative Cognition🤖 Limits Of AI
An Essay Concerning Human Understanding
by John Locke • 1690
Words name ideas, not things. Philosophy's longest arguments begin with confusing the two.
3.86
17k+
🔍 Epistemology🗣️ Philosophy Of Language🧠 Empiricism🏷️ Nominalism💭 Mental Representation
An Essay Concerning Human Understanding Summary
An Essay Concerning Human Understanding
Words name ideas, not things. Philosophy's longest arguments begin with confusing the two.
by John Locke 1690 355 pages
3.86
17k+ ratings
🔍 Epistemology🗣️ Philosophy Of Language🧠 Empiricism🏷️ Nominalism💭 Mental Representation
The Copywriter's Guide To Getting Paid
by Roy Furr • 2015
How to land a copywriting client tomorrow: one low-risk offer, then a career built on royalties.
3.67
3
✍️ Freelance Copywriting📬 Direct Response🤝 Client Acquisition💰 Value-Based Pricing📧 Cold Outreach
The Copywriter's Guide To Getting Paid Summary
The Copywriter's Guide To Getting Paid
How to land a copywriting client tomorrow: one low-risk offer, then a career built on royalties.
by Roy Furr 2015 82 pages
3.67
3 ratings
✍️ Freelance Copywriting📬 Direct Response🤝 Client Acquisition💰 Value-Based Pricing📧 Cold Outreach
The Little Book of Campaign Etiquette
by Stephen Hess • 1998
The unwritten rules campaigns and journalists keep breaking, and the case for writing them down.
1.00
1
⚖️ Campaign Ethics📰 Political Journalism🔍 Media Bias💰 Campaign Finance🗳️ Election Reform
The Little Book of Campaign Etiquette Summary
The Little Book of Campaign Etiquette
The unwritten rules campaigns and journalists keep breaking, and the case for writing them down.
by Stephen Hess 1998 160 pages
1.00
1 ratings
⚖️ Campaign Ethics📰 Political Journalism🔍 Media Bias💰 Campaign Finance🗳️ Election Reform
A Boy Named Shel
by Lisa Rogak • 2007
He drew for Playboy, wrote for Johnny Cash, and authored The Giving Tree. Then he vanished.
3.42
500+
📚 Children's Authors🎵 Songwriters✏️ Creative Process🎭 Countercultural Figures🕶️ Privacy And Fame
A Boy Named Shel Summary
A Boy Named Shel
He drew for Playboy, wrote for Johnny Cash, and authored The Giving Tree. Then he vanished.
by Lisa Rogak 2007 256 pages
3.42
500+ ratings
📚 Children's Authors🎵 Songwriters✏️ Creative Process🎭 Countercultural Figures🕶️ Privacy And Fame
El pequeño libro del lenguaje
by David Crystal • 2012
Grammar runs without a rulebook. Your accent is your signature. And every language remakes itself.
3.75
2k+
🔬 Popular Linguistics👶 Language Acquisition🌱 Language Evolution👥 Sociolinguistics✍️ Writing Systems
El pequeño libro del lenguaje Summary
El pequeño libro del lenguaje
Grammar runs without a rulebook. Your accent is your signature. And every language remakes itself.
by David Crystal 2012 312 pages
3.75
2k+ ratings
🔬 Popular Linguistics👶 Language Acquisition🌱 Language Evolution👥 Sociolinguistics✍️ Writing Systems
The Ghostwriter
by A.R. Torre • 2017
Dying, a novelist hires her rival ghostwriter to write the one story she can't face alone.
4.21
52k+
📖 Literary Thriller✍️ Confession Narrative🖤 Dying Protagonist🤝 Unlikely Friendship🔒 Dark Family Secrets
The Ghostwriter Summary
The Ghostwriter
Dying, a novelist hires her rival ghostwriter to write the one story she can't face alone.
by A.R. Torre 2017 321 pages
4.21
52k+ ratings
📖 Literary Thriller✍️ Confession Narrative🖤 Dying Protagonist🤝 Unlikely Friendship🔒 Dark Family Secrets
The Friend
by Sigrid Nunez • 2018
Her mentor's suicide leaves a solitary writer with his grieving Great Dane and a no-dogs lease.
3.71
61k+
📖 Essayistic Fiction🐕 Human Animal Bond🗽 Literary New York✍️ Writer's Life🕯️ Suicide Grief
The Friend Summary
The Friend
Her mentor's suicide leaves a solitary writer with his grieving Great Dane and a no-dogs lease.
by Sigrid Nunez 2018 212 pages
3.71
61k+ ratings
📖 Essayistic Fiction🐕 Human Animal Bond🗽 Literary New York✍️ Writer's Life🕯️ Suicide Grief
Trust the Process
by Shaun McNiff • 1998
Artist's guide to letting go: let the process steer, feed on mistakes, and start where you resist.
3.90
500+
🎭 Expressive Arts Therapy🎨 Artistic Process🧱 Creative Block💡 Creative Intuition🏗️ Process Over Product
Trust the Process Summary
Trust the Process
Artist's guide to letting go: let the process steer, feed on mistakes, and start where you resist.
by Shaun McNiff 1998 210 pages
3.90
500+ ratings
🎭 Expressive Arts Therapy🎨 Artistic Process🧱 Creative Block💡 Creative Intuition🏗️ Process Over Product
Writing Creativity and Soul
by Sue Monk Kidd • 2025
Strong writing comes from the unconscious first, then craft, then persistence. In that order.
4.29
1k+
✍️ Writing Craft📝 The Writing Life🎤 Finding Your Voice🎨 Creative Process🧠 Jungian Psychology
Writing Creativity and Soul Summary
Writing Creativity and Soul
Strong writing comes from the unconscious first, then craft, then persistence. In that order.
by Sue Monk Kidd 2025 240 pages
4.29
1k+ ratings
✍️ Writing Craft📝 The Writing Life🎤 Finding Your Voice🎨 Creative Process🧠 Jungian Psychology
Anne McCaffrey
by Robin Roberts • 2007
How a failed marriage and a move to Ireland gave science fiction its most beloved dragons.
4.43
4k+
📚 Literary Biography🚀 Women In Science Fiction✍️ Creative Process📝 Women Writers🌿 Ecofeminism
Anne McCaffrey Summary
Anne McCaffrey
How a failed marriage and a move to Ireland gave science fiction its most beloved dragons.
by Robin Roberts 2007 240 pages
4.43
4k+ ratings
📚 Literary Biography🚀 Women In Science Fiction✍️ Creative Process📝 Women Writers🌿 Ecofeminism
The Ultimate Hero's Journey
by Neal Soloponte • 2017
195 steps, four acts: the master structure hidden in every bestseller, and how to use it.
4.11
131
🌀 The Hero's Journey🏗️ Story Structure✍️ Writing Craft💓 Narrative Beats↗️ Character Arcs
The Ultimate Hero's Journey Summary
The Ultimate Hero's Journey
195 steps, four acts: the master structure hidden in every bestseller, and how to use it.
by Neal Soloponte 2017 168 pages
4.11
131 ratings
🌀 The Hero's Journey🏗️ Story Structure✍️ Writing Craft💓 Narrative Beats↗️ Character Arcs
The Strength to Dream
by Colin Wilson • 1962
The crisis of modern literature is a failure of imagination, and the cost is human freedom.
3.93
123
📝 Literary Criticism🎨 Philosophy Of Art🧠 Existentialism🌹 Romanticism🌟 Creative Will
The Strength to Dream Summary
The Strength to Dream
The crisis of modern literature is a failure of imagination, and the cost is human freedom.
by Colin Wilson 1962 277 pages
3.93
123 ratings
📝 Literary Criticism🎨 Philosophy Of Art🧠 Existentialism🌹 Romanticism🌟 Creative Will
The Art of the Poetic Line
by James Longenbach • 2007
The 'line break' is a misnomer. A poet-critic reveals what actually happens where lines end.
4.03
500+
🛠️ Poetic Craft🎵 Prosody🔍 Close Reading🎧 Poetry As Sound🆓 Free Verse
The Art of the Poetic Line Summary
The Art of the Poetic Line
The 'line break' is a misnomer. A poet-critic reveals what actually happens where lines end.
by James Longenbach 2007 120 pages
4.03
500+ ratings
🛠️ Poetic Craft🎵 Prosody🔍 Close Reading🎧 Poetry As Sound🆓 Free Verse
The Inklings
by Humphrey Carpenter • 1978
An Oxford circle drank, argued, and read their stories aloud. Out came Narnia and Middle-earth.
3.94
3k+
📚 Literary Biography👥 Group Biography🏛️ Oxford Literary Circles🐉 Myth And Faith✝️ Christian Apologetics
The Inklings Summary
The Inklings
An Oxford circle drank, argued, and read their stories aloud. Out came Narnia and Middle-earth.
by Humphrey Carpenter 1978 287 pages
3.94
3k+ ratings
📚 Literary Biography👥 Group Biography🏛️ Oxford Literary Circles🐉 Myth And Faith✝️ Christian Apologetics
Success Secrets of the Social Media Marketing Superstars
by Mitch Meyerson • 2010
Authenticity over promotion: how the first wave of social media marketers built audiences that buy.
3.00
1
📱 Social Media Marketing💻 Digital Marketing📝 Content Marketing🤝 Brand Authenticity💬 Relationship Marketing
Success Secrets of the Social Media Marketing Superstars Summary
Success Secrets of the Social Media Marketing Superstars
Authenticity over promotion: how the first wave of social media marketers built audiences that buy.
by Mitch Meyerson 2010 336 pages
3.00
1 ratings
📱 Social Media Marketing💻 Digital Marketing📝 Content Marketing🤝 Brand Authenticity💬 Relationship Marketing
Adorning the Dark
by Andrew Peterson • 2019
Your creative restlessness points home, and your calling is sustained by community, not solitude.
4.50
7k+
✝️ Faith And Art📖 Theology Of Art⏳ Creative Discipline📝 Spiritual Memoir✍️ Writing Craft
Adorning the Dark Summary
Adorning the Dark
Your creative restlessness points home, and your calling is sustained by community, not solitude.
by Andrew Peterson 2019 224 pages
4.50
7k+ ratings
✝️ Faith And Art📖 Theology Of Art⏳ Creative Discipline📝 Spiritual Memoir✍️ Writing Craft
Storytelling for Lawyers
by Philip N. Meyer • 2013
Courtrooms run on stories. The craft tools borrowed from film and fiction that decide who wins.
3.71
101
📚 Legal Storytelling⚖️ Trial Advocacy🗣️ Narrative Persuasion🏗️ Story Structure🎭 Character Development
Storytelling for Lawyers Summary
Storytelling for Lawyers
Courtrooms run on stories. The craft tools borrowed from film and fiction that decide who wins.
by Philip N. Meyer 2013 256 pages
3.71
101 ratings
📚 Legal Storytelling⚖️ Trial Advocacy🗣️ Narrative Persuasion🏗️ Story Structure🎭 Character Development
The Peregrine
by J.A. Baker • 2004
One man's decade of chasing peregrines to see an English estuary through their hunting eyes.
4.15
6k+
🏕️ Nature Memoir🦅 Avian Obsession🌿 Lyrical Naturalism⚔️ Predator And Prey🌧️ Environmental Elegy
The Peregrine Summary
The Peregrine
One man's decade of chasing peregrines to see an English estuary through their hunting eyes.
by J.A. Baker 2004 191 pages
4.15
6k+ ratings
🏕️ Nature Memoir🦅 Avian Obsession🌿 Lyrical Naturalism⚔️ Predator And Prey🌧️ Environmental Elegy
Barbara Kingsolver's The Poisonwood Bible
by Linda Wagner-Martin • 2001
Nathan Price never narrates: inside the five-woman chorus that indicts a missionary's arrogance.
4.31
308
📚 Literary Criticism📖 Study Guides🌍 Postcolonial Fiction✊ Feminist Criticism🗣️ Narrative Voice
Barbara Kingsolver's The Poisonwood Bible Summary
Barbara Kingsolver's The Poisonwood Bible
Nathan Price never narrates: inside the five-woman chorus that indicts a missionary's arrogance.
by Linda Wagner-Martin 2001 96 pages
4.31
308 ratings
📚 Literary Criticism📖 Study Guides🌍 Postcolonial Fiction✊ Feminist Criticism🗣️ Narrative Voice
Deleuze and the Schizoanalysis of Feminism
by Cheri Carr • 2019
Deleuze meets feminism: anxiety and not fitting in become creative forces, not symptoms.
5.00
4
⛰️ Continental Philosophy📖 Literary Theory💔 Feminine Anxiety🌊 Affect Theory🔄 Poststructuralism
Deleuze and the Schizoanalysis of Feminism Summary
Deleuze and the Schizoanalysis of Feminism
Deleuze meets feminism: anxiety and not fitting in become creative forces, not symptoms.
by Cheri Carr 2019 256 pages
5.00
4 ratings
⛰️ Continental Philosophy📖 Literary Theory💔 Feminine Anxiety🌊 Affect Theory🔄 Poststructuralism
The Writers Journey
by Petros Eshetu • 2020
Every unwritten book begins with self-doubt. This is the system for writing yours anyway.
4.63
8
✍️ Aspiring Authors🧱 Writer's Block⏰ Creative Habits🎭 Imposter Syndrome✅ Perfectionism
The Writers Journey Summary
The Writers Journey
Every unwritten book begins with self-doubt. This is the system for writing yours anyway.
by Petros Eshetu 2020 144 pages
4.63
8 ratings
✍️ Aspiring Authors🧱 Writer's Block⏰ Creative Habits🎭 Imposter Syndrome✅ Perfectionism
Copywriting Mastery
by Anthony Udo Ekanem • 2016
Why customers need to hear your message seven times, and the words that finally sell.
5.00
1
🖋️ Online Copywriting✍️ Persuasive Writing📊 Digital Marketing🧠 Marketing Psychology🗣️ Neurolinguistic Programming
Copywriting Mastery Summary
Copywriting Mastery
Why customers need to hear your message seven times, and the words that finally sell.
by Anthony Udo Ekanem 2016 66 pages
5.00
1 ratings
🖋️ Online Copywriting✍️ Persuasive Writing📊 Digital Marketing🧠 Marketing Psychology🗣️ Neurolinguistic Programming
A Little History of Literature
by John Sutherland • 2013
Myths, money, and modernism: how literature got from campfire tales to your e-reader.
3.82
2k+
📚 Literary History🗣️ Storytelling Traditions🏛️ Western Canon⚖️ Literature And Society✍️ Author Studies
A Little History of Literature Summary
A Little History of Literature
Myths, money, and modernism: how literature got from campfire tales to your e-reader.
by John Sutherland 2013 276 pages
3.82
2k+ ratings
📚 Literary History🗣️ Storytelling Traditions🏛️ Western Canon⚖️ Literature And Society✍️ Author Studies
A Million Little Ways
by Emily P. Freeman • 2013
You are a living work of art. Uncover your design and release it into your ordinary world.
4.17
3k+
🎨 Christian Creativity✝️ Identity In Christ☕ Everyday Sacredness🖌️ Creative Calling🌱 Inner Life
A Million Little Ways Summary
A Million Little Ways
You are a living work of art. Uncover your design and release it into your ordinary world.
by Emily P. Freeman 2013 220 pages
4.17
3k+ ratings
🎨 Christian Creativity✝️ Identity In Christ☕ Everyday Sacredness🖌️ Creative Calling🌱 Inner Life
Hard News
by Seth Mnookin • 2004
The New York Times's worst wound: how autocracy, not one fraudster, tore the newsroom apart.
3.91
274
🗞️ Media Ethics📰 Newsroom Culture🏛️ Institutional Failure📝 Journalistic Fraud✍️ Newsroom Leadership
Hard News Summary
Hard News
The New York Times's worst wound: how autocracy, not one fraudster, tore the newsroom apart.
by Seth Mnookin 2004 368 pages
3.91
274 ratings
🗞️ Media Ethics📰 Newsroom Culture🏛️ Institutional Failure📝 Journalistic Fraud✍️ Newsroom Leadership
American Mermaid
by Julia Langbein • 2023
Her mermaid novel sold to Hollywood. Her disabled heroine has other plans for the adaptation.
3.24
4k+
🪞 Metafiction✍️ Writer Protagonist🔥 Female Rage💔 Maternal Sacrifice🌊 Climate Exploitation
American Mermaid Summary
American Mermaid
Her mermaid novel sold to Hollywood. Her disabled heroine has other plans for the adaptation.
by Julia Langbein 2023 336 pages
3.24
4k+ ratings
🪞 Metafiction✍️ Writer Protagonist🔥 Female Rage💔 Maternal Sacrifice🌊 Climate Exploitation
El infinito en un junco
by Irene Vallejo • 2019
Papyrus rots. Libraries burn. The improbable survival story of the books you still read.
4.24
26k+
📚 Book History🏛️ Ancient Libraries✍️ Writing Systems🗣️ Orality And Literacy📜 Textual Transmission
El infinito en un junco Summary
El infinito en un junco
Papyrus rots. Libraries burn. The improbable survival story of the books you still read.
by Irene Vallejo 2019 452 pages
4.24
26k+ ratings
📚 Book History🏛️ Ancient Libraries✍️ Writing Systems🗣️ Orality And Literacy📜 Textual Transmission
Analyser un film, de l'émotion à l'interprétation
by Laurent Jullier • 2012
Great films work on you before you understand them. The method for closing that gap.
3.33
21
🎬 Film Analysis🎨 Film Aesthetics🎥 Visual Storytelling📖 Narrative Theory🧠 Media Psychology
Analyser un film, de l'émotion à l'interprétation Summary
Analyser un film, de l'émotion à l'interprétation
Great films work on you before you understand them. The method for closing that gap.
by Laurent Jullier 2012 432 pages
3.33
21 ratings
🎬 Film Analysis🎨 Film Aesthetics🎥 Visual Storytelling📖 Narrative Theory🧠 Media Psychology
Mad at the World
by William Souder • 2020
He wrote the great novel of collective suffering, then fled the collective embrace of fame.
4.07
1k+
🖋️ Literary Biography🇺🇸 American Writers🏭 Social Realism🎭 Fame And Privacy👥 Group Psychology
Mad at the World Summary
Mad at the World
He wrote the great novel of collective suffering, then fled the collective embrace of fame.
by William Souder 2020 464 pages
4.07
1k+ ratings
🖋️ Literary Biography🇺🇸 American Writers🏭 Social Realism🎭 Fame And Privacy👥 Group Psychology
Sold into Egypt
by Madeleine L'Engle • 1989
Joseph didn't triumph despite his suffering. He became fully human through it.
4.03
343
📖 Biblical Reflection🌱 Growth Through Suffering🌫️ Divine Mystery📚 Story And Truth🌍 Creation Care
Sold into Egypt Summary
Sold into Egypt
Joseph didn't triumph despite his suffering. He became fully human through it.
by Madeleine L'Engle 1989 240 pages
4.03
343 ratings
📖 Biblical Reflection🌱 Growth Through Suffering🌫️ Divine Mystery📚 Story And Truth🌍 Creation Care
Stories at Work
by Indranil Chakraborty • 2018
Dry facts are forgotten. A retrieval system and four patterns that make ideas stick and spread.
4.04
383
🎙️ Business Storytelling📚 Story Structure🧠 Narrative Neuroscience🔁 Change Communication🤝 Rapport Building
Stories at Work Summary
Stories at Work
Dry facts are forgotten. A retrieval system and four patterns that make ideas stick and spread.
by Indranil Chakraborty 2018 198 pages
4.04
383 ratings
🎙️ Business Storytelling📚 Story Structure🧠 Narrative Neuroscience🔁 Change Communication🤝 Rapport Building
The Rock That Is Higher
by Madeleine L'Engle • 1993
Story is truer than fact, and the God who can't be explained can still be trusted.
4.14
500+
🕊️ Christian Spirituality🎨 Art And Faith📖 Narrative Theology💔 Grief And Healing🤝 Interdependence
The Rock That Is Higher Summary
The Rock That Is Higher
Story is truer than fact, and the God who can't be explained can still be trusted.
by Madeleine L'Engle 1993 320 pages
4.14
500+ ratings
🕊️ Christian Spirituality🎨 Art And Faith📖 Narrative Theology💔 Grief And Healing🤝 Interdependence
Dear Senthuran
by Akwaeke Emezi • 2021
An Igbo spirit's memoir of body modification, betrayal, and the rage that saved its life.
4.27
4k+
🕯️ Igbo Spirituality🧘 Embodied Spirituality🎨 Creative Practice💊 Chronic Pain Memoir🖤 Black Queer Memoir
Dear Senthuran Summary
Dear Senthuran
An Igbo spirit's memoir of body modification, betrayal, and the rage that saved its life.
by Akwaeke Emezi 2021 240 pages
4.27
4k+ ratings
🕯️ Igbo Spirituality🧘 Embodied Spirituality🎨 Creative Practice💊 Chronic Pain Memoir🖤 Black Queer Memoir
A Circle of Quiet
by Madeleine L'Engle • 1971
A farmhouse, a brook, an hour of silence: what a writer found when she finally stopped.
4.21
7k+
🖊️ Writing Life🙏 Contemplative Faith🎨 Creative Process🤫 Solitude And Stillness❓ Paradox And Mystery
A Circle of Quiet Summary
A Circle of Quiet
A farmhouse, a brook, an hour of silence: what a writer found when she finally stopped.
by Madeleine L'Engle 1971 246 pages
4.21
7k+ ratings
🖊️ Writing Life🙏 Contemplative Faith🎨 Creative Process🤫 Solitude And Stillness❓ Paradox And Mystery
Last Words
by George Carlin • 2009
Seven words got him arrested, fired, and all the way to the Supreme Court.
3.97
14k+
🎤 Stand-Up Comedy🗣️ Free Speech🚫 Taboo Language🎯 Political Satire☮️ Counterculture
Last Words Summary
Last Words
Seven words got him arrested, fired, and all the way to the Supreme Court.
by George Carlin 2009 316 pages
3.97
14k+ ratings
🎤 Stand-Up Comedy🗣️ Free Speech🚫 Taboo Language🎯 Political Satire☮️ Counterculture
Become A Better Business Blogger in 30 Days!
by Sarah Arrow • 2014
The 30-day challenge that turns sporadic business blogging into a consistent source of leads.
3.49
51
🎯 Content Marketing✍️ Blogging How-To📅 Editorial Strategy🖊️ Content Creation⏰ Writing Routine
Become A Better Business Blogger in 30 Days! Summary
Become A Better Business Blogger in 30 Days!
The 30-day challenge that turns sporadic business blogging into a consistent source of leads.
by Sarah Arrow 2014 51 pages
3.49
51 ratings
🎯 Content Marketing✍️ Blogging How-To📅 Editorial Strategy🖊️ Content Creation⏰ Writing Routine
Journalism and PR
by John Lloyd • 2014
PR is bypassing the newsroom and speaking directly to you. Journalism hasn't caught up.
3.78
9
📢 Public Relations📺 Media Studies💻 Digital Disruption🔍 Corporate Transparency🛡️ Reputation Management
Journalism and PR Summary
Journalism and PR
PR is bypassing the newsroom and speaking directly to you. Journalism hasn't caught up.
by John Lloyd 2014 160 pages
3.78
9 ratings
📢 Public Relations📺 Media Studies💻 Digital Disruption🔍 Corporate Transparency🛡️ Reputation Management
The Age of Defeat
by Colin Wilson • 1959
Why the hero vanished: affluence, conformity, and philosophy all taught us we don't matter.
4.00
59
🧠 Existentialism📰 Cultural Criticism⚔️ The Heroic Ideal🏢 Conformity Critique🔓 Inner Freedom
The Age of Defeat Summary
The Age of Defeat
Why the hero vanished: affluence, conformity, and philosophy all taught us we don't matter.
by Colin Wilson 1959
4.00
59 ratings
🧠 Existentialism📰 Cultural Criticism⚔️ The Heroic Ideal🏢 Conformity Critique🔓 Inner Freedom
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