http://www.visualthesaurus.com/cm/dogeared/?utm_source=rss Books we love Copyright 2008, Thinkmap Inc. All Rights Reserved. en Wed, 01 Oct 2008 14:58:31 EDT http://www.visualthesaurus.com/images/common/logo_on_white.gif http://www.visualthesaurus.com/cm/dogeared/?utm_source=rss Search for a word in the Visual Thesaurus word http://www.visualthesaurus.com Dog Eared http://www.visualthesaurus.com/cm/dogeared/1547?utm_source=rss The art of comics isn't just kid's stuff. Graphic novels bring together storytelling and visual artistry in exciting new ways. Graphic Storytelling and Visual Narrative (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0961472820?ie=UTF8&tag=thevisualthes-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0961472820) Graphic Novels: Everything You Need to Know (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0060824255?ie=UTF8&tag=thevisualthes-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0060824255) Writing and Illustrating the Graphic Novel (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0764127888?ie=UTF8&tag=thevisualthes-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0764127888) Wed, 01 Oct 2008 14:58:31 EDT http://www.visualthesaurus.com/cm/dogeared/1547 Dog Eared http://www.visualthesaurus.com/cm/dogeared/1539?utm_source=rss We asked David Crystal, author of Txtng: The Gr8 Db8, to suggest a reading list about new forms of electronic communication and how they're shaping our language. Here are his recommendations. Wed, 24 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EDT http://www.visualthesaurus.com/cm/dogeared/1539 Dog Eared http://www.visualthesaurus.com/cm/dogeared/1531?utm_source=rss The late David Foster Wallace (http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/15/books/15wallace.html) will be remembered as a master of many literary forms: novel, short story, essay. Here's some of his best work. Infinite Jest (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0316066524?ie=UTF8&tag=thevisualthes-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0316066524 target=) Girl With Curious Hair (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0393313964?ie=UTF8&tag=thevisualthes-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0393313964) Consider the Lobster (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0316013323?ie=UTF8&tag=thevisualthes-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0316013323) Wed, 17 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EDT http://www.visualthesaurus.com/cm/dogeared/1531 Dog Eared http://www.visualthesaurus.com/cm/dogeared/1525?utm_source=rss Want to get your poetry published, but you don't know where to start? Take some advice from these books. Ordering the Storm (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1880834707?ie=UTF8&tag=thevisualthes-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1880834707) How to Publish Your Poetry (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0757000010?ie=UTF8&tag=thevisualthes-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0757000010) Poet Power (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1591810027?ie=UTF8&tag=thevisualthes-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1591810027) 2009 Poet's Market (http://www.visualthesaurus.com/<a href=) Wed, 10 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EDT http://www.visualthesaurus.com/cm/dogeared/1525 Dog Eared http://www.visualthesaurus.com/cm/dogeared/1515?utm_source=rss Long before Twitter (http://www.visualthesaurus.com/cm/candlepwr/1516/), writers have been trying to write fiction as tersely as possible. The World's Shortest Stories (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0762403004?ie=UTF8&tag=thevisualthes-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0762403004) Micro Fiction (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0393314324?ie=UTF8&tag=thevisualthes-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0393314324) Flash Fiction (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0393308839?ie=UTF8&tag=thevisualthes-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0393308839) Sudden Fiction (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000F7BPG6?ie=UTF8&tag=thevisualthes-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B000F7BPG6) Wed, 03 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EDT http://www.visualthesaurus.com/cm/dogeared/1515 Dog Eared http://www.visualthesaurus.com/cm/dogeared/1508?utm_source=rss While the presidential nominating conventions are in full swing, here are some readings on the fine art of political spin and doubletalk. Unspeak (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0802118259?ie=UTF8&tag=thevisualthes-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0802118259) Weasel Words (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1933102071?ie=UTF8&tag=thevisualthes-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1933102071) (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0802118259?ie=UTF8&tag=thevisualthes-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0802118259)Talking Right (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1586485091?ie=UTF8&tag=thevisualthes-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1586485091) What Orwell Didn't Know (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1586485601?ie=UTF8&tag=thevisualthes-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1586485601) Wed, 27 Aug 2008 00:00:00 EDT http://www.visualthesaurus.com/cm/dogeared/1508 Dog Eared http://www.visualthesaurus.com/cm/dogeared/1502?utm_source=rss It's Bulwer-Lytton Contest (http://www.bulwer-lytton.com/) time! Catch up on "the funniest opening sentences from the worst novels never written." It Was a Dark and Stormy Night (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0140075569?ie=UTF8&tag=thevisualthes-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0140075569) Son of It Was a Dark and Stormy Night (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0140088393?ie=UTF8&tag=thevisualthes-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0140088393) Bride of Dark and Stormy (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/014010304X?ie=UTF8&tag=thevisualthes-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=014010304X) Dark and Stormy Rides Again (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0140254900?ie=UTF8&tag=thevisualthes-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0140254900) Wed, 20 Aug 2008 00:00:00 EDT http://www.visualthesaurus.com/cm/dogeared/1502 Dog Eared http://www.visualthesaurus.com/cm/dogeared/1494?utm_source=rss Continuing the cross-cultural Olympic spirit, here are a few books about Chinese language and writing that help separate myth from reality. Chinese Language: Fact and Fantasy (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0824810686?ie=UTF8&tag=thevisualthes-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0824810686) Speaking of Chinese (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0393321878?ie=UTF8&tag=thevisualthes-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0393321878) Ideogram (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0824826566?ie=UTF8&tag=thevisualthes-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0824826566) Wed, 13 Aug 2008 00:00:00 EDT http://www.visualthesaurus.com/cm/dogeared/1494 Dog Eared http://www.visualthesaurus.com/cm/dogeared/1486?utm_source=rss Doing research, scholarly or otherwise, increasingly requires acumen with online resources. Here are some books to help sharpen your Internet search skills. Librarian's Guide to Online Searching (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1591583268?ie=UTF8&tag=thevisualthes-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1591583268) The Extreme Searcher's Internet Handbook (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0910965765?ie=UTF8&tag=thevisualthes-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0910965765) Mastering Online Research (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1582974586?ie=UTF8&tag=thevisualthes-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1582974586) Internet Research Skills (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1412911133?ie=UTF8&tag=thevisualthes-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1412911133) Wed, 06 Aug 2008 00:00:00 EDT http://www.visualthesaurus.com/cm/dogeared/1486 Dog Eared http://www.visualthesaurus.com/cm/dogeared/1478?utm_source=rss The technique of mass collaboration pioneered 150 years ago by the Oxford English Dictionary is now all the rage in our wikified world. The Wisdom of Crowds (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0385721706?ie=UTF8&tag=thevisualthes-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0385721706) Here Comes Everybody (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1594201536?ie=UTF8&tag=thevisualthes-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1594201536) Wikinomics (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1591841933?ie=UTF8&tag=thevisualthes-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1591841933) Infotopia (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0195189280?ie=UTF8&tag=thevisualthes-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0195189280) Wed, 30 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EDT http://www.visualthesaurus.com/cm/dogeared/1478