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The writing life
Annie Dillard, 1990
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Catalogued under Creative practice. Published by HarperPerennial in 1990; paperback, 135 × 203 × 7.4 millimetres. ISBN 9780060919887.
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Zen in the Art of Writing
Ray Bradbury, 2025
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Catalogued under Creative practice. Published by Simon & Schuster in 2025; paperback, 140 × 216 × 12.5 millimetres. ISBN 9781668095836.
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Story
Robert McKee, 1999
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Catalogued under Creative practice. Published by Methuen in 1999; paperback, 136 × 217 × 38.1 millimetres. ISBN 9780413715609.
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Save the Cat!
Blake Snyder, 2013
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Catalogued under Creative practice. Published by Michael Wiese Productions in 2013; paperback, 152 × 229 × 14.2 millimetres. ISBN 9781615931712.
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The anatomy of story
John Truby, 2008
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Catalogued under Creative practice. Published by Faber and Faber in 2008; paperback, 141 × 208 × 20.3 millimetres. ISBN 9780865479937.
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Wonderbook: The Illustrated Guide to Creating Imaginative Fiction
Jeff VanderMeer, 2013
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Catalogued under Creative practice. Published by Harry N. Abrams in 2013; paperback, 178 × 254 × 25.4 millimetres. ISBN 9781419704420.
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Steering the craft
Ursula K. Le Guin, 1998
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Catalogued under Creative practice. Published by Eighth Mountain Press in 1998; paperback, 146 × 216 × 19 millimetres. ISBN 9780933377479.
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The art of fiction
John Gardner, 1985
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Catalogued under Creative practice. Published by Vintage Books in 1985; paperback, 109 × 183 × 17.8 millimetres. ISBN 9780394725444.
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Aspects of the novel
E. M. Forster, 1993
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Catalogued under Creative practice. Published by Hodder & Stoughton in association with Edward Arnold in 1993; paperback, 144 × 224 × 15 millimetres. ISBN 9780340552339.
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Art & Fear Observations on the Perils (and Rewards) of Artmaking
David Bayles, 2001
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Catalogued under Creative practice. Published by Image Continuum Press in 2001; paperback, 140 × 203 × 10.2 millimetres. ISBN 9780961454739.
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Daily Rituals
Mason Currey, 2020
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Catalogued under Creative practice. Published by Pan Macmillan in 2020; paperback, 130 × 196 × 21.1 millimetres. ISBN 9781529059960.
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The art of memoir
Mary Karr, 2015
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Catalogued under Creative practice. Published by Harper in 2015; paperback, 147 × 206 × 27.9 millimetres. ISBN 9780062223067.
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Working
Robert Caro, 2019
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Catalogued under Creative practice. Published by Knopf in 2019; hardcover, 151 × 216 × 23.4 millimetres. ISBN 9780525656340.
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The Pragmatic Programmer
Andrew Hunt, 2008
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Catalogued under Creative practice. Published by PEARSON INDIA in 2008; paperback, 152 × 229 × 5.1 millimetres. ISBN 9788131722428.
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Clean Code: Guida per diventare bravi artigiani nello sviluppo agile di software (Maestri di programmazione Vol. 2) (Italian Edition)
Robert C. Martin, 2018
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Catalogued under Creative practice. Published by Apogeo in 2018; paperback, 172 × 173 × 25.9 millimetres. ISBN 9788850334384.
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Code Complete
Steve McConnell, 2004
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Catalogued under Creative practice. Published by Microsoft Press in 2004; paperback, 140 × 216 × 60 millimetres. ISBN 9780735635074.
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Refactoring
Martin Fowler, 1999
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Catalogued under Creative practice. Published by Addison-Wesley Professional in 1999; paperback, 191 × 235 × 25.4 millimetres. ISBN 9780201485677.
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Design patterns
Erich Gamma, 2002
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Catalogued under Creative practice. Published by Ji xie gong ye chu ban she in 2002; paperback, 140 × 216 × 30 millimetres. ISBN 9787111095071.
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The Clean Coder
Robert C. Martin, 2011
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Catalogued under Creative practice. Published by Prentice Hall in 2011; paperback, 178 × 232 × 14 millimetres. ISBN 9780137081073.
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Working Effectively with Legacy Code
Michael Feathers, 2004
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Catalogued under Creative practice. Published by Prentice Hall in 2004; paperback, 178 × 235 × 30.5 millimetres. ISBN 9780131177055.
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Structure and interpretation of computer programs, second edition
Harold Abelson, 1996
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Catalogued under Creative practice. Published by MIT Press in 1996; paperback, 159 × 235 × 38.1 millimetres. ISBN 9780262011532.
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Programming Pearls
Jon Bentley, 2016
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Catalogued under Creative practice. Published by Pearson Education, Limited in 2016; paperback, 152 × 229 × 19.6 millimetres. ISBN 9780134498034.
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The Practice of Programming (Addison-Wesley Professional Computing Series)
Brian Kernighan, 1999
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Catalogued under Creative practice. Published by Addison-Wesley Professional in 1999; paperback, 194 × 228 × 13.2 millimetres. ISBN 9780201615869.
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The elements of programming style
Brian Kernighan, 1978
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Catalogued under Creative practice. Published by McGraw-Hill in 1978; paperback, 152 × 210 × 12.7 millimetres. ISBN 9780070342071.
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