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Storycraft, Second Edition

The Complete Guide to Writing Narrative Nonfiction

by Jack Hart ...

Series series Chicago Guides to Writing, Editing, and Publishing
Jack Hart, master writing coach and former managing editor of the Oregonian, has guided several Pulitzer Prize–winning narratives to publication. Since its publication in 2011, his book Storycraft has become the definitive guide to crafting narrative nonfiction. This is the book to read to learn the art of storytelling as embodied in the work of writers such as David Grann, Mary Roach, Tracy ... Read more

$15.99 USD

Jack Hart, master writing coach and former managing editor of the Oregonian, has guided several Pulitzer Prize–winning narratives to publication. Since its publication in 2011, his book Storycraft has become the definitive guide to crafting narrative nonfiction. This is the book to read to learn the art of storytelling as embodied in the work of writers such as David Grann, Mary Roach, Tracy
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Wordcraft

The Complete Guide to Clear, Powerful Writing

by Jack Hart ...

Series series Chicago Guides to Writing, Editing, and Publishing
Legendary writing coach Jack Hart spent twenty-six years at the Oregonian and has taught students and professionals of all stripes, including bloggers, podcasters, and more than one Pulitzer Prize winner. Good writing, he says, has the same basic attributes regardless of genre or medium. Wordcraft shares Hart’s techniques for achieving those attributes in one of the most broadly useful writing ... Read more

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Legendary writing coach Jack Hart spent twenty-six years at the Oregonian and has taught students and professionals of all stripes, including bloggers, podcasters, and more than one Pulitzer Prize winner. Good writing, he says, has the same basic attributes regardless of genre or medium. Wordcraft shares Hart’s techniques for achieving those attributes in one of the most broadly useful writing
... Read more

Also available as: Audiobook
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Wordcraft

The Complete Guide to Clear, Powerful Writing

by Jack Hart ...

Narrated by Paul Bellatoni ...

Unabridged

10 hours 42 min

Legendary writing coach Jack Hart spent twenty-six years at The Oregonian and has taught students and professionals of all stripes, including bloggers, podcasters, and more than one Pulitzer Prize winner. Good writing, he says, has the same basic attributes regardless of genre or medium. Wordcraft shares Hart’s techniques for achieving those attributes in one of the most broadly useful writing ... Read more

$24.99 USD

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Legendary writing coach Jack Hart spent twenty-six years at The Oregonian and has taught students and professionals of all stripes, including bloggers, podcasters, and more than one Pulitzer Prize winner. Good writing, he says, has the same basic attributes regardless of genre or medium. Wordcraft shares Hart’s techniques for achieving those attributes in one of the most broadly useful writing
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... Life in a Northern Town

Small Places in a Big World. Big Worlds in Small Places.

by Jack Hart ...

Life in a Northern Town takes the reader on a trip down Nostalgia Lane and veers off, at times, to move in and out of all its nooks and crannies, creeks and fields, metes and bounds, longitudes and latitudes to discoverand be saturated inthe joy of its peripheral travels. The author lingers for mere minutes at a time before moving on to a continuous tour where the rich textured anecdotes ... Read more

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Life in a Northern Town takes the reader on a trip down Nostalgia Lane and veers off, at times, to move in and out of all its nooks and crannies, creeks and fields, metes and bounds, longitudes and latitudes to discoverand be saturated inthe joy of its peripheral travels. The author lingers for mere minutes at a time before moving on to a continuous tour where the rich textured anecdotes
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Storycraft

The Complete Guide to Writing Narrative Nonfiction (Chicago Guides to Writing, Editing, and Publishing)

by Jack Hart ...

Narrated by Christopher Grove ...

Unabridged

11 hours 11 min

From the work of the New Journalists in the 1960s, to the New Yorker essays of John McPhee, Susan Orlean, Atul Gawande, and a host of others, to narratives such as Mary Roach’s Stiff, narrative nonfiction has come into its own. Yet writers looking for guidance on reporting and writing true stories have had few places to turn for advice. Now in Storycraft, Jack Hart, a former managing editor of the ... Read more

$24.99 USD

From the work of the New Journalists in the 1960s, to the New Yorker essays of John McPhee, Susan Orlean, Atul Gawande, and a host of others, to narratives such as Mary Roach’s Stiff, narrative nonfiction has come into its own. Yet writers looking for guidance on reporting and writing true stories have had few places to turn for advice. Now in Storycraft, Jack Hart, a former managing editor of the
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Skookum Summer

A Novel of the Pacific Northwest

by Jack Hart ...

As Skookum Summer begins, the year is 1981, and reporter Tom Dawson slinks back to his tiny Puget Sound hometown after making a disastrous mistake at the LA Times. Working reluctantly at the local weekly, the Big Skookum Echo, Tom is drawn into investigating a powerful logger’s murder.As the mystery deepens, the murder exposes the strains on the community as pollution, development, and global ... Read more

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As Skookum Summer begins, the year is 1981, and reporter Tom Dawson slinks back to his tiny Puget Sound hometown after making a disastrous mistake at the LA Times. Working reluctantly at the local weekly, the Big Skookum Echo, Tom is drawn into investigating a powerful logger’s murder.As the mystery deepens, the murder exposes the strains on the community as pollution, development, and global
... Read more
Audiobook

Realm of Thieves

by Karina Halle ...

Narrated by Jack Hart, Saskia Maarleveld, Chris Tester ...

Series Audiobook 1 - Thieves of Dragemor
Unabridged

12 hours 28 min

**One of Paste’s Best Fantasy Books of June 2025!Two thieves vie for dominance in the illegal dragon egg trade, putting both their lives and their hearts on the line in this scorching romantasy from New York Times bestselling author Karina Halle.**For Brynla Aihr, crime and survival have always gone hand in hand. Ever since she escaped the fanatical dragon-worshipping cult that controls her ... Read more

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**One of Paste’s Best Fantasy Books of June 2025!Two thieves vie for dominance in the illegal dragon egg trade, putting both their lives and their hearts on the line in this scorching romantasy from New York Times bestselling author Karina Halle.**For Brynla Aihr, crime and survival have always gone hand in hand. Ever since she escaped the fanatical dragon-worshipping cult that controls her
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War of the Classes

Enriched edition. A Powerful Exploration of Societal Inequality and Class Struggle

by Jack London, Zoe Hart ...

In "War of the Classes," Jack London presents a provocative examination of class struggle in the early 20th century, blending incisive social criticism with eloquent prose. Through a series of essays, London dissects the inherent conflict between the working class and the capitalist elite, illuminating the economic disparities that pervade human society. His literary style is marked by its ... Read more

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In "War of the Classes," Jack London presents a provocative examination of class struggle in the early 20th century, blending incisive social criticism with eloquent prose. Through a series of essays, London dissects the inherent conflict between the working class and the capitalist elite, illuminating the economic disparities that pervade human society. His literary style is marked by its
... Read more
The People of the Abyss

Enriched edition. Unveiling the Underbelly of Urban Poverty: A Raw Look at London's Working Class Struggles

by Jack London, Zoe Hart ...

In "The People of the Abyss," Jack London embarks on a harrowing exploration of London's East End, immersing himself in the stark reality of the impoverished lives within this grim urban landscape. Written in a style that weaves vivid descriptive passages with powerful social commentary, the book serves as both a personal narrative and a trenchant indictment of systemic inequality. London'Äôs ... Read more

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In "The People of the Abyss," Jack London embarks on a harrowing exploration of London's East End, immersing himself in the stark reality of the impoverished lives within this grim urban landscape. Written in a style that weaves vivid descriptive passages with powerful social commentary, the book serves as both a personal narrative and a trenchant indictment of systemic inequality. London'Äôs
... Read more
Ethics, Literature, and Theory

An Introductory Reader

by Dudley Barlow, Orson Scott Card, Anthony Cunningham, John Gardner, Marshall Gregory, John J. Han, Jack Harrell, Richard E. Hart, Barbara A. Heavilin, Marianne Jennings, Bernard Malamud, Toni Morrison, Georgia A. Newman, Joyce Carol Oates, James Phelan, Mary R. Reichardt, Nina Rosenstand, Stephen L. Tanner, John Updike, John H. Wallace, Abraham B. Yehoshua, Bruce Young, Charles Johnson, Jay Parini, David R. Parker, Richard A. Posner ...

Ethics, Literature, and Theory: An Introductory Reader brings together the work of contemporary scholars, teachers, and writers into lively discussion on the moral role of literature and the relationship between aesthetics, art, and ethics. Do the rich descriptions and narrative shapings of literature provide a valuable resource for readers, writers, philosophers, and everyday people to imagine ... Read more

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Ethics, Literature, and Theory: An Introductory Reader brings together the work of contemporary scholars, teachers, and writers into lively discussion on the moral role of literature and the relationship between aesthetics, art, and ethics. Do the rich descriptions and narrative shapings of literature provide a valuable resource for readers, writers, philosophers, and everyday people to imagine
... Read more
Audiobook

50 Short Story Masterpieces you have to listen before you die (Golden Deer Classics)

by F. Scott Fitzgerald, O.Henry, Mark Twain, Kahlil Gibran, W.W. Jacobs, Anonymous, Thomas Jefferson, Founding Fathers, Plato, Lord Alfred Tennyson, T.S. Eliot, William Dean Howells, Karl Marx, Friedrich Engels, Leo Tolstoy, Washington Irving, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Bram Stoker, Sun Tzu, Edgar Allan Poe, Lao Tzu, Oscar Wilde, William Blake, Patrick Henry, H.G. Wells, Saki, Herman Melville, Clement Clarke Moore, Bret Harte, Immanuel Kant, Jack London, Henry Ford, G.K. Chesterton, Charles Perrault, Anton Chekhov, D.H. Lawrence, Fyodor Dostoevsky, Franz Kafka, James Joyce, John Muir ...

Narrated by Michael Scott ...

Unabridged

32 hours 31 min

F.Scott Fitzgerald - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button 02. O.Henry - The Gift of the Magi 03. Mark Twain - On The Decay of the Art of Lying 04. Sun Tzu - The Art of War 05. E.A. Poe - The Raven 06. Kahlil Gibran - The Madman 07. W.W. Jacobs - The Monkey's Paw 08. Anonymous - Aladdin 09. The Founding Fathers - The Declaration of Independence 10. Plato - The Apology of Socrates 11. Lord Alfred ... Read more

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F.Scott Fitzgerald - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button 02. O.Henry - The Gift of the Magi 03. Mark Twain - On The Decay of the Art of Lying 04. Sun Tzu - The Art of War 05. E.A. Poe - The Raven 06. Kahlil Gibran - The Madman 07. W.W. Jacobs - The Monkey's Paw 08. Anonymous - Aladdin 09. The Founding Fathers - The Declaration of Independence 10. Plato - The Apology of Socrates 11. Lord Alfred
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7 short stories that Sagittarius will love

by Thomas Bulfinch, Bret Harte, Jack London, Oscar Wilde, Edgar Allan Poe, Kate Chopin, Stephen Leacock, August Nemo ...

Series Book 9 - 7 short stories for your zodiac sign
Curious and energetic, the optimistic Sagittarius is open-minded and philosophical by nature. On the negative side, they may be crude and unrealistic in their projections. In this book you will find seven short stories specially selected to illustrate the different aspects of the Sagittarius personality. For a more complete experience, be sure to also read the anthologies of your rising sign and ... Read more

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Curious and energetic, the optimistic Sagittarius is open-minded and philosophical by nature. On the negative side, they may be crude and unrealistic in their projections. In this book you will find seven short stories specially selected to illustrate the different aspects of the Sagittarius personality. For a more complete experience, be sure to also read the anthologies of your rising sign and
... Read more