Drawing on previously unavailable Russian, German and American archives and dossiers, author Stephen Koch leaves no stone unturned in this comprehensive, eye-opening account of German-Soviet collaboration.

Double Lives: Stalin, Willi Munzenberg and the Seduction of the Intellectuals

Politics & Social Sciences

Koch,Stephen

Politics & Government

HARPER/COLLINS

“Make [your] characters want something right away—even if it’s only a glass of water. Characters paralyzed by the meaninglessness of modern life still have to drink water from time to time.” —Kurt Vonnegut “‘The cat sat on the mat’ is not the beginning of a story, but ‘the cat sat on the dog’s mat’ is.” —John Le Carré Nothing is more inspiring for a beginning writer than listening to masters of the craft talk about the writing life. But if you can’t get Vladimir Nabokov, Virginia Woolf, and Gabriel García Márquez together at the Algonquin, The Modern Library Writer’s Workshop gives you the next best thing. Stephen Koch, former chair of Columbia University’s graduate creative writing program, presents a unique guide to the craft of fiction. Along with his own lucid observations and commonsense techniques, he weaves together wisdom, advice, and inspiring commentary from some of our greatest writers. Taking you from the moment of inspiration (keep a notebook with you at all times), to writing a first draft (do it quickly! you can always revise later), to figuring out a plot (plot always serves the story, not vice versa), Koch is a benevolent mentor, glad to dispense sound advice when you need it most. The Modern Library Writer’s Workshop belongs on every writer’s shelf, to be picked up and pored over for those moments when the muse needs a little help finding her way.

The Modern Library Writer's Workshop: A Guide to the Craft of Fiction

Literature & Fiction

Random House Publishing Group

Night Watch

Harpercollins

Andy Warhol's World and His Films. No dust jacket. Cover discoloured.Hardback, ex-library, with usual stamps and markings, in fair all round condition.

Stargazer: Andy Warhol's World and His Films

Marion Boyars

Biographies & Memoirs

Contemporary

Marion Boyars Publishers Ltd

The Bachelor's Bride: A Novel

United States

After a long, critical appraisal of Warhol’s career and social presence up to the time of his death, Koch examines the cultural vortex in which the artist first existed: his old sixties studio, the Factory. It was here, that Warhol produced his films, notorious underground classics whose radical esthetics are discussed in depth—from the silent marathon, Sleep, to Chelsea Girls.

Stargazer: The Life, World and Films of Andy Warhol

Arts & Literature

Hitler's Scapegoat: The Boy Assassin and the Holocaust

History

Military

Amberley Publishing

Though you may not know the man, you probably know his music. Arkansas-born Louis Jordan's songs like Baby, It's Cold Outside," "Caldonia" and "Ain't Nobody Here But Us Chickens" can still be heard today, decades since Jordan ruled the charts. In his five-decade career, Jordan influenced American popular music, film and more and inspired the likes of James Brown, B.B. King, Chuck Berry and Ray Charles. Known as the "King of the Jukeboxes," he and his combo played a hybrid of jazz, swing, blues and comedy music during the big band era that became the start of R&B. In a stunning narrative portrait of Louis Jordan, author Stephen Koch contextualizes the great, forgotten musician among his musical peers, those he influenced and the musical present."

Louis Jordan: Son of Arkansas, Father of R&B

History Press Library Editions

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