 | Random House Webster's Word Menu (Random House Newer Words Faster) by Stephen Glazier
Buy used from: $8.10 This is my favorite reference book. Invaluable.
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 | Beyond Jennifer & Jason, Madison & Montana: What to Name Your Baby Now by Linda Rosenkrantz
Buy used from: $0.01 Great for coming up with names for fictional characters; more interesting than most baby name books.
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 | The Teachers and Writers Handbook of Poetic Forms by Edited by Ron Padgett
Buy new: $17.05 / Used from: $8.75 Expand your poetic horizons and try to write within a form. Really, it works!
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 | What Every American Should Know About the Rest of the World: Your Guide to Today's Hot Spots, Hot Shots and Incendiary Issues by Melissa L. Rossi
Buy new: $10.88 / Used from: $0.01 Tame your ignorance, you louts! (Also good stuff to know in case you want to go on Jeopardy.)
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 | Reading Lists for Coll Bound Students, 3 (Reading Lists for College-Bound Students) by Arco
Buy used from: $4.17 To help you build a great personal library, for gift recommendations, or just so you can check off the books as you read them. Not only for college students.
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 | A Writer's Book of Days: A Spirited Companion and Lively Muse for the Writing Life by Judy Reeves
Buy new: $10.85 / Used from: $1.26 A new writing exercise for every day of the year. Great when you need an idea for a journal entry.
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 | Ultimate Visual Dictionary by DK Publishing
Buy used from: $0.54 Almost as grand as Word Menu; endless fun.
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 | The Way We Talk Now by Geoffrey Nunberg
Buy new: $11.97 / Used from: $0.01 Commentary on language. Often hilarious;always intelligent.
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 | The Practice of Poetry: Writing Exercises From Poets Who Teach by Robin Behn
Buy new: $11.86 / Used from: $2.89 Poetry exercises. Great to share with workshop members.
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 | The Vintage Book of Contemporary American Short Stories
Buy new: $10.88 / Used from: $2.56 This is an excellent short story collection.
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