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Description: We Combine Shipping We Ship Daily Located In Ohio Contact us with any questions Christian Living Fiction Family Bibles Bible Study Ministry Wonderworks: Literary Invention and the Science of Stories $8.98 $19.99 New -- New with remainder mark. Buy multiples from our store to save on shipping. paperback | Fletcher, Angus ISBN: 1982135980 | 9781982135980 Publisher: Simon & Schuster Ready to Buy? Buy it now or add to cart above Want to Browse? Add this item to your cart, then visit our store Save on Shipping More books means less shipping per book! Shop our store Description Shipping FAQ Wonderworks: Literary Invention and the Science of Stories This ?fascinating? (Malcolm Gladwell, New York Times bestselling author of Outliers) examination of literary inventions through the ages, from ancient Mesopotamia to Elena Ferrante, shows how writers have created technical breakthroughs?rivaling scientific inventions?and engineering enhancements to the human heart and mind.Literature is a technology like any other. And the writers we revere?from Homer, Shakespeare, Austen, and others?each made a unique technical breakthrough that can be viewed as both a narrative and neuroscientific advancement. Literature?s great invention was to address problems we could not solve: not how to start a fire or build a boat, but how to live and love; how to maintain courage in the face of death; how to account for the fact that we exist at all.Wonderworks reviews the blueprints for twenty-five of the most significant developments in the history of literature. These inventions can be scientifically shown to alleviate grief, trauma, loneliness, anxiety, numbness, depression, pessimism, and ennui, while sparking creativity, courage, love, empathy, hope, joy, and positive change. They can be found throughout literature?from ancient Chinese lyrics to Shakespeare?s plays, poetry to nursery rhymes and fairy tales, and crime novels to slave narratives.A ?refreshing and remarkable? (Jay Parini, author of Borges and Me: An Encounter) exploration of the new literary field of story science, Wonderworks teaches you everything you wish you learned in your English class, and ?contains many instances of critical insight....What?s most interesting about this compendium is its understanding of imaginative representation as a technology? (The New York Times). Items purchased by 9:00am each business day will ship that day from Ohio. The speed on media mail depends on your proximity to us with many orders arriving in a week. Media mail can take up to ten business days in the continental US, and longer for Alaska and Hawaii. USPS Media Mail (4-10 business days) $3.50 for first item plus $0.50 each additional item 1 item: $3.50 2 items: $4.00 3 items: $4.50 4 items: $5.00 How can you sell books so cheaply? The books we sell are known as bargain books. They are books that either are overstocks from the publishers or ones that went out to a Christian bookstore or major department store and were returned to the publisher when they did not sell. They are not used, though sometimes have cover wear. The publishers sell these at a great discount in bulk. We buy these and sort through them to grade their condition. You will note that many of the books are in new condition, but others have other conditions noted. We try to describe them as accurately as possible. What is a remainder book? A remainder book is a brand new book that the publisher would like to get rid of because of overstock, discontinuing the book, etc. The publisher will sell these books in bulk to bargain book dealers at a low cost, allowing us to sell to you. Some publishers will put a line or dot on the on the bottom outside page edges to indicate that it is a remainder book. This keeps the "new" book prices higher and does not allow retailers to return them to the publisher. Other publishers do not mark them in any way. Some of the books we sell have a remainder mark, but many do not. Please complete the eBay checkout process within 5 days. To order multiple items and save on shipping, add each item to your cart, then checkout once when you are done shopping. We cannot refund excess shipping after you complete checkout. See More From Our Ebay Store Shop Now Frugal Fiction Shop Now Scratch & Dent Shop Now Coloring Books Shop Now Kids Books About Us Feedback Our Store Contact Us ChristianBookbag is a small business, run by two sisters. We have sold books on eBay for 15 years, and are proud of our 99.9% positive feedback. We have over 70,000 happy customers with positive reviews. Thanks for choosing us as your book resource. We Combine Shipping Ships from Ohio Daily Contact us with any questions Addtowatchlist © 2017 All Rights Reserved

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