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by John Shirley
Language: English
Release Date: March 30, 2004
Language: English
Release Date: March 30, 2004
A dramatic and literate introduction to one of the twentieth century's most influential and intriguing spiritual teachers.
Born in the shifting border between Turkey and Russia in 1866, G. I. Gurdjieff is a man who would continually straddle borders-between East and West, between man and something...
Now Write! Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror
Speculative Genre Exercises from Today's Best Writers and Teachers
Language: English
Release Date: February 20, 2014
Featuring speculative fiction-writing exercises from Harlan Ellison (R), Piers Anthony, Ramsey Campbell, Jack Ketchum, screenwriters of The Twilight Zone and Star Trek: The Next Generation, and many more.
The fifth volume in the acclaimed Now Write! writing-guide series offers a full toolbox of...
by Heather Shumaker
Language: English
Release Date: August 2, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: August 2, 2012
Parenting can be such an overwhelming job that it’s easy to lose track of where you stand on some of the more controversial subjects at the playground (What if my kid likes to rough house—isn’t this ok as long as no one gets hurt? And what if my kid just doesn’t feel like sharing?). In this...
It's Not About the Broccoli
Three Habits to Teach Your Kids for a Lifetime of Healthy Eating
Language: English
Release Date: January 7, 2014
Stop thinking about nutrition and start thinking about your child’s eating habits instead.
You already know how to give your kids healthy food. But the hard part is getting them to eat it. After years of research and working with parents, Dina Rose, discovered a powerful truth: When parents...
Sorry, Wrong Answer
Trivia Questions That Even Know-It-Alls Get Wrong
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2010
Where were Venetian blinds invented?
What color is the black box on a commercial airplane?
Where did India ink originate?*
Most of us know more than we think we know. We also think we know more than we actually do-because some of what we think we know simply "ain't so." We all harbor...
Everyone Wants to Be Me or Do Me
Tom and Lorenzo's Fabulous and Opinionated Guide to Celebrity Life and Style
Language: English
Release Date: February 4, 2014
Tom and Lorenzo began blogging in 2006 with a fansite for the show Project Runway. In response to demand from their readers, they expanded to cover celebrity fashion, couture, red carpet commentary and other TV shows and TLo (as their "bitter kittens" call them) has become a household name,...
Manuscript Makeover
Revision Techniques No Fiction Writer Can Afford to Ignore
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2008
Professional editor and author Elizabeth Lyon offers aspiring novelists the guidance and instruction they need to write and edit well-crafted and compelling stories that will stand out from the competition and attract the attention of agents and publishers, including:
- Stand-out style techniques,...
Thanks, But This Isn't for Us
A (Sort of) Compassionate Guide to Why Your Writing is Being Rejected
Language: English
Release Date: August 20, 2009
A fun, practical guide that reveals the essentials of good fiction and memoir writing by exposing the most common mistakes literary writers make.
All great works of fiction and memoir are unique-but most bad novels, stories, and memoirs have a lot in common. From clunky dialogue to poorly sketchedout...
by Elizabeth Lyon
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2004
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2004
The second book in the Writer's Compass series from professional writing instructor Elizabeth Lyon offers both aspiring and established authors the fundamentals of writing and selling a great novel or short story. In addition to the basics of characterization, plot, pacing, and theme, A Writer's Guide...
Slinging Mud
Rude Nicknames, Scurrilous Slogans, and Insulting Slang from Two Centuries of Am erican Politics
Language: English
Release Date: September 6, 2011
Two Centuries of Scandalous Rumors, Over-the-Top Insults, and Low-Down Slurs.
We bemoan the loss of civility in public discourse these days, but mudslinging is an American tradition as old as the republic. Not everyone admired the Father of Our Country. President Washington's enemies called...
by Erica Jong
Language: English
Release Date: July 6, 2006
Language: English
Release Date: July 6, 2006
Erica Jong--like Isadora Wing, her fictional doppelganger--was rich and famous, brainy and beautiful, and soaring high with erotica and marijuana in 1977, the year this book was first published. Erica/Isadora are the perfect literary and libidinous guides for those readers who want to learn about-or...
Any Woman's Blues
A Novel of Obsession
Language: English
Release Date: December 28, 2006
Any Woman's Blues, first published in 1990, is a tale of addiction and narcissism-the twin obsessions of ourage. World-famous folk singer Leila Sand emerged from the sixties and seventies with addictions to drugs and booze. Leila's latest addiction is to a younger man who leaves her sexually ecstatic...
Stuck
Why We Can't (or Won't) Move On
Language: English
Release Date: December 26, 2008
"The brilliant mind behind Party of One examines the striking social trend: people are stuck and they want to change, but..." (San Francisco Chronicle)
In this book, Anneli Rufus identifies an intriguing aspect of our culture: Many of us are stuck. Be it in the wrong relationship,...
Miss Jane Austen's Guide to Modern Life's Dilemmas
Answers to Your Most Burning Questions About Life, Love, Happiness (and What to Wear) from the Great Jane Austen Herself
Language: English
Release Date: November 8, 2012
Is the man I’m dating Mr. Darcy in disguise. . . or simply a jerk?
It’s been two centuries since Jane Austen penned Pride & Prejudice and her many other classic novels, yet her adroit observations on the social landscape and profound insights into human nature are as relevant now as...