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Elements of The Writing Craft

More Than 150 Lessons for Fiction and Nonfiction Writers

by Olmstead Robert ...

Great narratives are built piece by piece, through myriad small tasks and careful moves. In this landmark book, Robert Olmstead shows how distinguished writers past and present have built their fiction and nonfiction. Through this writer's-eye analysis of more than 150 of literature's most finely crafted passages, you'll learn to read like a writer. Then, more than 500 innovative exercises ... Read more

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Great narratives are built piece by piece, through myriad small tasks and careful moves. In this landmark book, Robert Olmstead shows how distinguished writers past and present have built their fiction and nonfiction. Through this writer's-eye analysis of more than 150 of literature's most finely crafted passages, you'll learn to read like a writer. Then, more than 500 innovative exercises
... Read more
Coal Black Horse

by Robert Olmstead ...

A national bestseller. "A riveting tale of the American past and a brilliantly realized journey into the heart of darkness." — The Boston GlobeWinner of the Chicago Tribune Heartland Literary PrizeWhen Robey Childs's mother has a premonition about her husband, a soldier fighting in the Civil War, she does the unthinkable: she sends her only child to find his father on th... ... Read more

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A national bestseller. "A riveting tale of the American past and a brilliantly realized journey into the heart of darkness." — The Boston GlobeWinner of the Chicago Tribune Heartland Literary PrizeWhen Robey Childs's mother has a premonition about her husband, a soldier fighting in the Civil War, she does the unthinkable: she sends her only child to find his father on th...
... Read more

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Pig and Skunk

A Novel

by Robert Olmstead ...

From the award-winning author of Savage Country and The Coldest Night, an audacious novel about Pig and Skunk, two master thieves from a criminal family who agree to take on one last job: a daring heist to steal back a stolen painting and return it to its original owners—for a price.Meet Skunk: officially, he works as a cow hoof trimmer, traveling from farm to farm tending to livestock. But when ... Read more

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From the award-winning author of Savage Country and The Coldest Night, an audacious novel about Pig and Skunk, two master thieves from a criminal family who agree to take on one last job: a daring heist to steal back a stolen painting and return it to its original owners—for a price.Meet Skunk: officially, he works as a cow hoof trimmer, traveling from farm to farm tending to livestock. But when
... Read more

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Far Bright Star

by Robert Olmstead ...

"Gleaming, spellbinding fiction . . . Terrifying and abruptly beautiful, the new novel gleams with a masculine intensity; it is hard to read and hard to put down."— The Cleveland Plain DealerThe year is 1916. The enemy, Pancho Villa, is elusive. Terrain is unforgiving. Through the mountains and across the long dry stretches of Mexico, Napoleon Childs, an aging cavalryman, leads an expedition of ... Read more

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"Gleaming, spellbinding fiction . . . Terrifying and abruptly beautiful, the new novel gleams with a masculine intensity; it is hard to read and hard to put down."— The Cleveland Plain DealerThe year is 1916. The enemy, Pancho Villa, is elusive. Terrain is unforgiving. Through the mountains and across the long dry stretches of Mexico, Napoleon Childs, an aging cavalryman, leads an expedition of
... Read more

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Pig and Skunk

A Novel

by Robert Olmstead ...

Unabridged

9 hours 30 min

From the award-winning author of Savage Country and The Coldest Night, an audacious novel about Pig and Skunk, two master thieves from a criminal family who agree to take on one last job: a daring heist to steal back a stolen painting and return it to its original owners—for a price.Meet Skunk: officially, he works as a cow hoof trimmer, traveling from farm to farm tending to livestock. But when ... Read more

$37.99 CAD

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From the award-winning author of Savage Country and The Coldest Night, an audacious novel about Pig and Skunk, two master thieves from a criminal family who agree to take on one last job: a daring heist to steal back a stolen painting and return it to its original owners—for a price.Meet Skunk: officially, he works as a cow hoof trimmer, traveling from farm to farm tending to livestock. But when
... Read more

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Far Bright Star

by Robert Olmstead ...

Narrated by Ed Sala ...

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Unabridged

6 hours 35 min

Acclaimed author Robert Olmstead's Far Bright Star "packs a potent emotional wallop" (Booklist). In 1916, aging cavalryman Napoleon Childs leads an expedition into Mexico to capture Pancho Villa and bring him to justice. But Childs' troops are wiped out, and he is left to die alone in the Mexican desert. "[This] brilliantly expressive, condensed tale of resilience and dusty determination flows ... Read more

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Acclaimed author Robert Olmstead's Far Bright Star "packs a potent emotional wallop" (Booklist). In 1916, aging cavalryman Napoleon Childs leads an expedition into Mexico to capture Pancho Villa and bring him to justice. But Childs' troops are wiped out, and he is left to die alone in the Mexican desert. "[This] brilliantly expressive, condensed tale of resilience and dusty determination flows
... Read more

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Savage Country

A Novel

by Robert Olmstead ...

Narrated by Danny Campbell ...

Unabridged

8 hours 46 min

In September 1873, Elizabeth Coughlin, a widow bankrupted by her husband's folly and death, embarks on a buffalo hunt with her estranged and mysterious brother-in-law, Michael. With no money, no family, no job or security, she hopes to salvage something of her former life and the lives of the hired men and their families who depend on her. The buffalo hunt that her husband had planned, she now ... Read more

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In September 1873, Elizabeth Coughlin, a widow bankrupted by her husband's folly and death, embarks on a buffalo hunt with her estranged and mysterious brother-in-law, Michael. With no money, no family, no job or security, she hopes to salvage something of her former life and the lives of the hired men and their families who depend on her. The buffalo hunt that her husband had planned, she now
... Read more
Stay Here with Me

A Memoir

by Robert Olmstead ...

Series Book 14 - Nonpareil Books
Novelist Robert Olmstead journeys back to his youth on his grandfather’s New Hampshire dairy farm to confront the ghosts that continue to afflict him in this coming-of-age memoir.Robert Olmstead has peopled his fiction with the rough-hewn farmers, loggers, and hired hands of rural New England mountain towns where getting drunk, getting into fights, and getting thrown out of bars are the normal ... Read more

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Novelist Robert Olmstead journeys back to his youth on his grandfather’s New Hampshire dairy farm to confront the ghosts that continue to afflict him in this coming-of-age memoir.Robert Olmstead has peopled his fiction with the rough-hewn farmers, loggers, and hired hands of rural New England mountain towns where getting drunk, getting into fights, and getting thrown out of bars are the normal
... Read more
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Coal Black Horse

by Robert Olmstead ...

Narrated by Ed Sala ...

Unabridged

7 hours 8 min

Author Robert Olmstead's work has been called "brilliant and compelling" by the Chicago Tribune. Here, he takes us back to the Civil War. Robey Child, only 14, must go to the battlefield to bring his injured father home. Clad in a homemade uniform-gray on one side, blue on the other-and riding a powerful coal black horse, Robey sets out on a journey that will make him a man. "... a powerful, ... Read more

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Author Robert Olmstead's work has been called "brilliant and compelling" by the Chicago Tribune. Here, he takes us back to the Civil War. Robey Child, only 14, must go to the battlefield to bring his injured father home. Clad in a homemade uniform-gray on one side, blue on the other-and riding a powerful coal black horse, Robey sets out on a journey that will make him a man. "... a powerful,
... Read more

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The Coldest Night

by Robert Olmstead ...

Narrated by Richard Poe ...

Unabridged

8 hours 15 min

The recipient of a Guggenheim fellowship and the Heartland Prize for his fiction, Robert Olmstead crafts riveting prose about love, war, and the human condition. Set in 1950, The Coldest Night follows Henry, a marine who arrives in Korea just before the devastating Chosin Reservoir battle. Days of brutal fighting leave Henry forever haunted by what he's seen, but the true depth of his scars doesn ... Read more

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The recipient of a Guggenheim fellowship and the Heartland Prize for his fiction, Robert Olmstead crafts riveting prose about love, war, and the human condition. Set in 1950, The Coldest Night follows Henry, a marine who arrives in Korea just before the devastating Chosin Reservoir battle. Days of brutal fighting leave Henry forever haunted by what he's seen, but the true depth of his scars doesn
... Read more
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Classic Starts®

The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

by Robert Louis Stevenson, Kathleen Olmstead ...

Narrated by Rebecca K. Reynolds ...

Series Audiobook 31 - Classic Starts
Unabridged

2 hours 9 min

Following Sterling's spectacularly successful launch of its children's classic novels (240,000 books in print to date),comes a dazzling new series: Classic Starts. The stories are unabridged and have been rewritten for younger audiences. Classic Starts treats the world's beloved tales (and children) with the respect they deserve.A single person—but with two personalities: one that’s noble and kind ... Read more

$25.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Following Sterling's spectacularly successful launch of its children's classic novels (240,000 books in print to date),comes a dazzling new series: Classic Starts. The stories are unabridged and have been rewritten for younger audiences. Classic Starts treats the world's beloved tales (and children) with the respect they deserve.A single person—but with two personalities: one that’s noble and kind
... Read more
Classic Starts®: The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

by Robert Louis Stevenson, Kathleen Olmstead ...

Series series Classic Starts®
An abridged and illustrated chapter book retelling of The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, part of the bestselling Classic Starts series that has sold more than 8 million copies!Set in the foggy streets of Victorian London, Robert Louis Stevenson’s tale depicts Dr. Jekyll's transformation into the evil, amoral Mr. Hyde, after drinking a serum that he created in his laboratory.While at ... Read more

$11.99 CAD

An abridged and illustrated chapter book retelling of The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, part of the bestselling Classic Starts series that has sold more than 8 million copies!Set in the foggy streets of Victorian London, Robert Louis Stevenson’s tale depicts Dr. Jekyll's transformation into the evil, amoral Mr. Hyde, after drinking a serum that he created in his laboratory.While at
... Read more

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