Books written by Barnaby Conrad
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Mark Stock: Paintings
A butler steals a moment to treasure lipstick left on a glass by the woman who employs him. Stock's paintings tell the story of each character with remarkable subtlety and, in many cases, with humor.
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Les Chats de Paris
This is a collection of black and white photographs by master photographers of the twentieth century, accompanied by whimsical words of French intellectuals.".--front cover matter.
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The Martini: An Illustrated History of an American Classic
The martini was and still is more than just a cocktail.
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101 Best Sex Scenes Ever Written: An Erotic Romp Through Literature for Writers and Readers
This sensibly suggestive guide demonstrates how to advance plots and reveal truths about characters through their romantic tableaus.
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101 Best Beginnings Ever Written: A Romp Through Literatary Openings for Writers and Readers
Barnaby Conrad follows up his acclaimed ""101 Best Scenes Ever Written"" with ""101 Best Beginnings Ever Written."" Readers will continue their delightful romp through literature guided and instructed by Conrad's insights and annotations.
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Learning to Write Fiction from the Masters
Barnaby Conrad’s brilliantly organized examples of how fiction is fashioned will be turned to again and again for inspiration and advice.”—Sol Stein “Barnaby Conrad’s Learning to Write Fiction from the Masters is as lively and ...
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Ghost Hunting in Montana: A Search for Roots in the Old West
In the summer of Montana's 1989 centennial of statehood, the questing young writer bought a used Jeep; packed a tent, a pistol, and a fly rod; and hit the trail....
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Name Dropping: Tales from My San Francisco Nightclub
Name dropping has a bad name . Pushy , say some . Last resort of the socially insecure . Reflected glory . A pathetic attempt to appear important through the accident of propinquity . A cheap way to become the cynosure of all ears at ...
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Ghost Hunting in Montana: A Search for Roots in the Old West
An unforgettable tour through Montana's past and present.
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101 Best Scenes Ever Written: A Romp Through Literature for Writers and Readers
THE BRILLIANT HUMORIST CHRISTOPHER BUCKLEY WRITES SHORT pieces for the New Yorker and best-selling novels like No Way To Treat a First Lady, the prologue of which starts with this attention grabbing first paragraph: Babette Van Anka had ...
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Ghost Hunting in Montana
Ghost Hunting in Montana
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Famous Last Words
Famous Last Words
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Snoopy’s Guide to the Writing Life
Presents a collection of Peanuts comic strips that revolve around writers and the art of writing along with advice and insights from such authors as Elmore Leonard, Elizabeth George, Sue Grafton, Ray Bradbury, Julia Child, and Danielle ...
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The Death of Manolete
Conrad recounts Manolete’s extraordinary life in The Death of Manolete, for the first time in English.
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Absinthe: History in a Bottle
One hundred forty-four proof, notoriously addictive, and the drug of choice for 19th-century poets, absinthe is gaining bootleg popularity after almost a century of being banned. Due to popular demand,...
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The World of Herb Caen: San Francisco 1938-1997
Illustrated with scores of archival photographs, this collection gathers the most memorable passages, best anecdotes, and zippiest one-liners from Caen's sixty-year career, selected by his lifelong friend Barnaby Conrad.
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Pan Am: An Aviation Legend
Filled with stunning photographs and artifacts, this book evokes the golden age of air travel, when boarding a Pan Am Clipper bound for Pago Pago or Macao meant an adventurous journey in unprecedented style.
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The Second Life of John Wilkes Booth
An historical thriller based on the often-advanced theory that Lincoln's assassin was not killed in the barn in Virginia but escaped to a second life in the Wild West.
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Matador
The story of the comeback of a famous matador who has announced his retirement due to lack of courage.
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Santa Barbara
Summerland, and Carpinteria. A poignant, personal essay by author Barnaby Conrad describes the magic of Santa Barbara.