Where Do You Get Your Ideas?: A Writer's Guide to Transforming Notions Into Narratives

9 best books like Where Do You Get Your Ideas?: A Writer's Guide to Transforming Notions Into Narratives (Fred White): Winesburg, Ohio, The Last Book Party, More Than a Carpenter, Lost and Wanted, Buzz: The Nature and Necessity of Bees, The Case of Madeleine Smith, Superbugs: The Race to Stop an Epidemic, Don't Stop Believin', Flight or Fright: 17 Turbulent Tales

Winesburg, Ohio

Author	Sherwood Anderson
ISBN	0192839772

zut, alors! i don't even know where to begin. i had such a complicated reaction to this book. am i the only person who didn't find this depressing?? this book is life - it is tender and gentle and melancholy and real. not everything works out according to plan here, but what ever does? that's not necessarily...

The Last Book Party

Author	Karen Dukess
ISBN	1250225477

A propulsive tale of ambition and romance, set in the publishing world of 1980’s New York and the timeless beaches of Cape Cod.

In the summer of 1987, 25-year-old Eve Rosen is an aspiring writer languishing in a low-level assistant job, unable to shake the shadow of growing up with her brilliant...

More Than a Carpenter

Author	Josh McDowell
ISBN	0842345523

Someday, in heaven, I am going to thank the kind stranger who handed me this book one day. I was at the height of skepticism, embittered with religion and disillusioned with humanity in general. Christianity was the religion of optimistic but ignorant fools, in my opinion. I didn't even want to talk to...

Lost and Wanted

Author	Nell Freudenberger
ISBN	0385352689

'In the first few months after Charlie died, I began hearing from her much more frequently.'

Helen Clapp is a physics professor. She doesn't believe in pseudo-science, or time travel and especially not in ghosts. So when she gets a missed call from Charlie, her closest friend from university...

Buzz: The Nature and Necessity of Bees

Author	Thor Hanson
ISBN	0465052614

From the award-winning author of The Triumph of Seeds and Feathers, a natural and cultural history of the buzzing wee beasties that make the world go round.
Bees are like oxygen: ubiquitous, essential, and, for the most part, unseen. While we might overlook them, they lie at the heart of relationships...

The Case of Madeleine Smith

Author	Rick Geary
ISBN	1561634670

What connects this maybe could be murderess Madeleine Smith



who maybe could be poisoned her now-surplus-to-requirements wouldn’t-take-no-for-an-answer boyfriend Emile L’Anglier with arsenic



which she said she had purchased as a cosmetic intending...

Superbugs: The Race to Stop an Epidemic

Author

Matt McCarthy

Physician, researcher, and ethics professor Matt McCarthy is on the front lines of a groundbreaking clinical trial testing a new antibiotic to fight lethal superbugs, bacteria that have built up resistance to the life-saving drugs in our rapidly dwindling arsenal. This trial serves as the backdrop...

Don't Stop Believin'

Author	Olivia Newton-John
ISBN	0143788930

THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

With candour, humour and warmth, legendary musician, actress, activist, and icon Olivia Newton-John reveals her life story – from her unforgettable rise to fame in the classic musical Grease to her passionate advocacy for health and wellness in light...

Flight or Fright: 17 Turbulent Tales

Author	Stephen King
ISBN	1587676796

Fasten your seatbelts for an anthology of turbulent tales curated by Stephen King and Bev Vincent. This exciting new anthology, perfect for airport or airplane reading, includes an original introduction and story notes for each story by Stephen King, along with brand new stories from Stephen King...