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book list for uni 2010-2011
Hey everyone...
Our booklist for some of our modules is up... so same question as last year... does anyone have any of these books they are willing to give/lend/sell to me?
Joyce Carol Oates ed. Telling Stories: An Anthology for Writers. New York: Norton, 1998
Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak (picture book)
Skellig by David Almond
The Suitcase Kid by Jacqueline Wilson
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time by Mark Haddon
How I Live Now by Meg Rosoff
Mr Gum and the Biscuit Millionaire by Andy Stanton
Pig Heart Boy by Malorie Blackman
(also mentioned is Northern Lights but i have that... its holding up a bookshelf along with some other books i don't ever want to see again :D They're covered in a dish towel :D :D )
So if anyone has any of these I would be greatful... I will also be searching local charity shops :)
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I have How I live now. Whisper me your address and I'll send it.
Thanks again kateyanne
The first book on the list is very expensive, even ln amazon, so if anyone knows of it or has seen it somewhere cheap please let me know
Can you contact the department and ask, explaining the problem?
This superlative collection of over a hundred stories ranging from work by Ovid to Margaret Atwood, and covering everything from miniature narratives to dramatic narratives to poems-that-tell-stories, will be the major source of stories your workshop tutor will ask you to read and bring to class. It is available new and used on Amazon.com; used on Amazon.co.uk, 111.alibris.co.uk, and Abe.com, and perhaps elsewhere. The cheapest copies are currently available from £25, with new copies at around £40-£50. But this is the only book you are asked to buy and will be an invaluable source to you for years to come. The task of locating books/stories/sources is an essential skill for all professional writers, so this is your first test. Please bring this book to your first class. If you can read some, most or all the stories in the anthology over the summer you, and write some stories of your own, you will be well positioned to make the most of the module.
The reading list for our daughter doing English at Cardiff was nearly £300 worth of books, each year. She had two Norton Anthologies to get... not that one though!
i'm gonna hope i can find it in some charity shop first :D
just need the Joyce Carol Oates book... fun...
Good luck with the search.
and went to Mr B's... ordered the Telling Stories book and they beat Amazon prices anyday!! especially with my student discount... so i now have or will have all the books i need in time for uni :)