Writing & Linguistics
Writing Awesome Book Blurbs
This book is not for dummies, but it is a guide for the modern indie author.
Big Publishing spends big bucks on professional copywriters who…
The Columbian Orator
The Columbian Orator, a collection of political essays, poems, and dialogues first published in 1797, was widely used in American schoolroom…
The Technique of the Mystery Story
For one, I have never been one of those who apologize for my frank and never-ending delight in mystery stories. Their mazes have led me unwe…
Dedications
Dedications is an anthology of the forms used from the earliest days of book-making to the present time. My purpose in the following antholo…
In the Path of the Alphabet
Language: we all use it and few of us think about the form it takes on the page. But how did the transmittal of ideas in written form evolve…
Estudio sobre el arte de hablar en público
El autor de este tratado de oratoria, uno de los individuos mas respetados y que figura entre los tres ó cuatro oradores y pensadores…
Stories That Words Tell Us
A history of English words, written for younger readers.Parental advisory: the text was published in 1918 and includes some ethnicity terms …
The English Language
A description and history of the development of the English Language and reflections on the influences that changed the language. - Summary …
Confessions of a Book-Lover
"I am of the company of book men who read simply for the love of it," confesses E. Walter Walters, in this gently written tome. Wa…
Literature in the Making
This is a collection of 23 essays based on interviews conducted by Joyce Kilmer with some of the most famous authors of the time (1917). Kil…
A Cursory History of Swearing
This is a very readable scientific account of Swearing and Cursing in the English Language. Not only is an enlightening historical account g…
English as She is Wrote
"...Showing Curious ways in which the English Language may be made to convey Ideas or obscure them." A collection of unintentional…
За македонцките работи
„За Македонцките работи“ е најзначајното дело напишано од еден од најголемите македонисти и национални дејци - Крсте Петков Мисирков, а печа…
Cabos sueltos
Publicada en 1907 y dedicada a su “querido discípulo” Ortega y Gasset, esta colección de ensayos consiste en “articulejos” pub…
Dialogo delle lingue
Pubblicato nel 1542, questo dialogo espone le teorie sulla lingua italiana che, già dal secolo precedente, presero forma, cercando di…
Decálogo del perfecto cuentista
I - Cree en un maestro -Poe, Maupassant, Kipling, Chejov- como en Dios mismo.
II - Cree que su arte es una cima inaccesible. No sueñ…
Очерки о национализме
Collection of essays on the subject of interactions between nations. This is a supplement to the "Jews and Russia" LibriVox projec…
The Greek War of Independence
Written in the style and language of Thucydides, and intended for students in the early stages of learning to read Ancient Greek, this brief…