The Art and Craft of Feature Writing: Based on the Wall Street Journal Guide
8 best books like The Art and Craft of Feature Writing: Based on the Wall Street Journal Guide (William E. Blundell): Parasite Rex: Inside the Bizarre World of Nature's Most Dangerous Creatures, Toms River: A Story of Science and Salvation, The Drunken Botanist: The Plants That Create the World's Great Drinks, Bloodchild and Other Stories, Writing for Story: Craft Secrets of Dramatic Nonfiction, The Monk in the Garden: The Lost and Found Genius of Gregor Mendel, the Father of Genetics, Follow the Story: How to Write Successful Nonfiction, The Philadelphia Chromosome: A Mutant Gene and the Quest to Cure Cancer at the Genetic Level
Parasite Rex: Inside the Bizarre World of Nature's Most Dangerous Creatures
For centuries, parasites have lived in nightmares, horror stories, and in the darkest shadows of science. Now award-winning writer Carl Zimmer takes us on a fantastic voyage into the secret parasite universe we actually live in but haven't recognized. He reveals not only that parasites are the most...
Toms River: A Story of Science and Salvation
For the readers of A Civil Action, The Emperor of all Maladies and The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks; Toms River melds hard-hitting investigative reporting, a ripping scientific detective story, deep historical research and an unforgettable cast of characters into a riveting narrative that...
The Drunken Botanist: The Plants That Create the World's Great Drinks
| Author | Amy Stewart |
| ISBN | 1616200464 |
Every great drink starts with a plant. Sake began with a grain of rice. Scotch emerged from barley. Gin was born from a conifer shrub when a Dutch physician added oil of juniper to a clear spirit, believing that juniper berries would cure kidney disorders. "The Drunken Botanist" uncovers the enlightening...
Bloodchild and Other Stories
| Author | Octavia E. Butler |
| ISBN | 1583226982 |
A perfect introduction for new readers and a must-have for avid fans, this New York Times Notable Book includes "Bloodchild," winner of both the Hugo and the Nebula awards and "Speech Sounds," winner of the Hugo Award. Appearing in print for the first time, "Amnesty" is a story of a woman named Noah who...
| Author | Jon Franklin |
| ISBN | 0452272955 |
The new "nonfiction"—the adaptation of storytelling techniques to journalistic articles in the manner of Truman Capote, Tom Wolfe, and John McPhee—is an innovative genre that has been awarded virtually every Pulitzer Prize for literary journalism since 1979. And now Jon Franklin, himself...
| Author | Robin Marantz Henig |
| ISBN | 0618127410 |
In THE MONK IN THE GARDEN, award-winning author Robin Marantz Henig vividly evokes a little-known chapter in science, taking us back to the birth of genetics, a field that continues to challenge the way we think about life itself. Shrouded in mystery, Gregor Mendel's quiet life and discoveries make...
| Author | James B. Stewart |
| ISBN | 0684850672 |
An indispensable guide to nonfiction writing from the Columbia Journalism School professor and Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist behind the bestsellers Blind Eye, Blood Sport, and Den of Thieves.
In Follow the Story, bestselling author and journalist James B. Stewart teaches you...
The Philadelphia Chromosome: A Mutant Gene and the Quest to Cure Cancer at the Genetic Level
| Author | Jessica Wapner |
| ISBN | 1615190678 |
One of Publishers Weekly’s Top Ten Spring 2013 Science Books
Philadelphia, 1959: A scientist scrutinizing a single human cell under a microscope detects a missing piece of DNA. That scientist, David Hungerford, had no way of knowing that he had stumbled upon the starting point of modern...
