On writing well

On writing well

By
William Zinsser
William Zinsser
1976 • 337 pages

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112 books

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A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
Literature and Cartography: Theories, Histories, Genres
The Color of Law
The Lord of the Rings
Achilles in Vietnam: Combat Trauma and the Undoing of Character
Men Like That: A Southern Queer History

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27 books

Linguistique

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Fluent Forever: How to Learn Any Language Fast and Never Forget It
The Etymologicon
Fluent in 3 Months
Woe Is I JR.
Le français au Québec : 400 ans d'histoire et de vie
The Bilingual Brain

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173 books

Mandy Brown A Working Library

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Field Notes from a Catastrophe: Man, Nature, and Climate Change
Aurora
The Companion Species Manifesto: Dogs, People, and Significant Otherness
Thinking Small
The Lathe of Heaven
Ancillary Justice
Ancillary Sword

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9 books

All Time Favorites

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On writing well
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The Anthropocene Reviewed

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The Psychopath Test
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Maybe You Should Talk to Someone: A Therapist, Her Therapist, and Our Lives Revealed

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5 books

Bettering

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How to Break Up with Your Phone: The 30-Day Plan to Take Back Your Life
Run for Your Life
All About Love
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Daily Rituals: How Artists Work

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31 books

Productivity

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Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World
Psycho-Cybernetics, Updated and Expanded
The Art of Communicating
The Defining Decade: Why Your Twenties Matter--And How to Make the Most of Them Now
The Creative Habit
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21 books

Non Fiction

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Eating Wild Japan
The Verge: Reformation, Renaissance, and Forty Years that Shook the World
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The Wild Muir: Twenty-Two of John Muir's Greatest Adventures

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Writing

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Non Fiction

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Why I Write
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Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland
Eichmann in Jerusalem: A Report on the Banality of Evil
Surveillance Valley: The Rise of the Military-Digital Complex
The Missionary Position
Borges, Swedenborg and Mysticism

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Get This

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8 Storytelling Writing

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The Ode Less Travelled: Unlocking the Poet Within
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On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft

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251 books

Self

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A Blueprint for Your Castle in the Clouds: Make the Inside of Your Head Your Favorite Place to Be
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Rules for a Knight
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The Accidental Creative
5 Steps to Reducing Stress: Recognizing What Works

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Own Physical

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Give and Take: A Revolutionary Approach to Success
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Writing

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Writing to Be Understood: What Works and Why
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The Elements of Eloquence: How to Turn the Perfect English Phrase
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