books by James Frey

books by James Frey

books:

James Frey

James Frey

Harper, 2008

A very powerful book!
I must admit, when I first started reading it, I thought, " What's with the run-on sentences. Will this be some 'arty' attempt at writing?". It turned out to be one of the best books I've read in awhile (and I usually read 3 per week). I have not read the other ...

How to Write a Damn Good Novel: A Step-by-Step No Nonsense Guide to Dramatic Storytelling (How to Write a ...

James N. Frey

St. Martin's Press, 1987

It's like taking a writing course
I really want to write a novel, but of course I am not a writer at all. Therefore, I started searching for a book that could provide me with a little orientation on how to start writing a novel, and I decided to purchase this book. It was the BEST decision I could ...

Fundamentals of Acoustics

Lawrence E. Kinsler, Austin R. Frey, ...

Wiley, 1999

An excellent textbook
This is a classic engineering text on acoustics for upper division college students. It first appeared in 1950. And now it is back fifty years later in a fourth edition. In the meantime, the original two authors have passed away. However, Coppens and Sanders have ...

How to Write a Damn Good Novel, II: Advanced Techniques For Dramatic Storytelling

James N. Frey

St. Martin's Press, 1994

Like a writing class
As I mentioned in my review for How to Write a Damn Good Novel I, this book transports you into a writing class. The way the author lays out the concepts and principles for writing fiction is very easy to understand, and it is backed up with examples that actually ...

Gift of the White Light: The Strange and Wonderful Story of Annette Martin, Psychic

James N. Frey

Quill Driver Books, 2008

A well-written book about a remarkable woman
It's unusual to find a book written in a straightforward, clear, matter-of-fact way on this subject which is so often cloaked in foggy New-Age mysticism. But James Frey's engaging biography of Annette Martin is just that. And the book's style reflects the style of its ...

My Friend Leonard

James Frey

Riverhead Hardcover, 2005

So touching, so good
I have strong feelings about memoirs. I believe that everyone remembers things their own way, and in Frey's case we cannot expect a drug addict to remember things the way it actually happened. This story is amazing and touching and surprising. I am glad I read it after ...

How to Write a Damn Good Mystery: A Practical Step-by-Step Guide from Inspiration to Finished Manuscript

James N. Frey

St. Martin's Press, 2004

How to Avoid Writing a Pot-Boiler
As a self-confessed collector of books on writing, I found this one of the best of a very few such books that I have found merit the title of "most helpful and clear" how-to volumes. Frey is blunt, sometimes funny, always informative, and, for anyone thinking of ...

The Key: How to Write Damn Good Fiction Using the Power of Myth

James N. Frey

St. Martin's Griffin, 2002

Don't be misled by the title....
...this is not a book on writing Myths. Rather, it is a book explaining how humans have for millenia crafted great stories using mythic structure, stories that appeal to countless generations, even into modern times. Did you know that "Columbo" can be explained via ...

A Million Little Pieces
James Frey

Anchor, 2005

A Million Little Pieces

James Frey

Anchor, 2005

Whose the target audience?
I wanted to send an inspiring story to someone I'm trying to mentor from a distance. He's in an Arizona prison where he's spent a fair amount of the last 20 years for non-violent criminal offenses. To preview it, I got a copy from my local small town library. I knew ...

Marc Joseph: American Pitbull

James Frey

Steidl, 2005

Wonderful Book
I read some of the reviews and was a little hesitant to get it, but I am glad I did. I am devoted to the breed and have been for over 10 years, I've owned rescue Bull Dogs and have purchased pups from breeders too. I do everything I can to portray and present these ...

En Mil Pedazos (A Million Pieces)
James Frey

Alfaguara Santillana USA Pub. Company, 2006

Intense, unpredictable, and instantly engaging, A Million Little Pieces is a story of drug and alcohol abuse and rehabilitation as it has never been told before. Recounted in visceral, kinetic prose, and crafted with a forthrightness that rejects goodness, cynicism, and self-pity, it brings us face-to-face with a provocative new understanding of ...

Rachel Feinstein

tarSIZ Publishing, 2008

tarSIZ introduces the first monograph dedicated to the work of artist Rachel Feinstein. Known for her matronly portrait series on mirror and neo-baroque sculpture, Feinstein is perhaps most recognizable, at least by sight, as the subject in the paintings of her husband, John Currin. The book is a comprehensive survey of her sculpture from 1998 to ...

Sociology of Sport

Howard L. Nixon, James H. Frey

Wadsworth Publishing, 1996

shipping takes way too long
I ordered this book on monday march 14th and I was told that I would recieve it by the 17th today is the 19th and I still have yet to recieve this book that I payed 19$$$ for. This also happened to me in January when it took 2 weeks to recieve this book. I was giving ...