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The No Bullshit Guide to Novel Writing: This simple, easy to understand book will give you the motivation and tips to help you get that novel finished - Paperback

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by Mark Gordon (Author)This easy to understand book will give you the confidence and tips to help you write that novel Mark's practical advice and no bullshit approach will blow you away with its simplicity. Each short chapter provides the tools and attitude to get moving and get that novel written. Warning: Not intended for pretentious wannabe writers This is for real people who are ready to get off their butt and write. Mark also shows how you can publish your work for free. Yes, that's r...

The World in a Flash: How to Write Flash-Fiction - Paperback

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by Calum Kerr (Author)An introductory book for new and experienced writers alike, on the wonders of flash-fiction, what it is, what makes it work, and how to write them. Topics include: Using Prompts Crafting Characters Unpicking Plots Using Dialogue Perspective and Structure Experimentation Reflection Editing and RewritingDr Calum Kerr, academic, flash-fiction writer and Director of National Flash-Fiction Day UK, shares the knowledge and experience he has gained from years of writing, readin...

How To Write a Bestseller: World Building - Paperback

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by Jennifer Fallon (Author)Ever wondered what goes into great world building? You'll find the answer here in this great guide for both writers and game designers. "One of Jennifer Fallon's greatest strengths as a writer is her world building. The worlds created for her novels blend the familiar and the alien with a deft hand, conviction and detail convincing the reader not just of the physicality of the world the characters move through, but of its history and politics. There is a genuine sen...

Get it Done! Memoir Workbook - Paperback

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by Val Brennan (Author)There are many different ways to approach writing a memoir or an autobiography. This workbook is mainly intended for those who want to share a personal history with family and friends, but don't want it to be all-consuming. You do not have to be a great writer to do this - just let go of the desire to be perfect and "Get it Done " There is incredible satisfaction in bringing your memories, your stories and your photos together into a book that your loved ones will cheri...

English Grammar- Do, Does, Did: Patterns and Examples - Paperback

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by Manik Joshi (Author)This book covers the following topics: English grammar - 'do' - structure - a - affirmative, structure - b - negative, structure - c - interrogative, structure - d - short answers --- English grammar - 'does' - structure - a - affirmative, structure - b - negative, structure - c - interrogative, structure - d - short answers --- English grammar - 'did' - structure - a - affirmative, structure - b - negative, structure - c - interrogative, structure - d - short answers ...

An Indian Pilgrim: An Unfinished Autobiography. This is the first part of the two-volume original autobiography of Subhas Chandra Bose fi - Paperback

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by Subhas Chandra Bose (Author)Written towards the end of 1937 during his Europe trip, after being nominated the President of the Indian National Congress, An Indian Pilgrim traces Bose's life story from birth till his resignation from the Indian Civil Service. It is an astounding account of his ideological development and his singular focus on India's reconstruction in which Swami Vivekananda played a large part-"I was barely fifteen when Vivekananda entered my life. Then there followed a re...

How to Talk and Debate: Become a Convincing Speaker - Paperback

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by John Stuart Ogilvie (Author)This Is A New Release Of The Original 1902 Edition. Number of Pages: 58 Dimensions: 0.12 x 9.02 x 5.98 IN Publication Date: August 07, 2014

How to Write a Poem: A Beginner's Guide - Paperback

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by Sean O'Neill (Author)This is a practical book. By the time you finish reading it, you will have all the tools you need to write convincing, compelling, and beautiful poetry. Whether someone has asked you to come up with a poem for a special occasion, or you have suddenly been struck by an intense emotion and are looking for a way to articulate it, or you want to express love to your sweetheart on Valentine's day, "How to Write a Poem: A Beginner's Guide" provides all the necessary techniqu...

Expressing Theology: A Guide to Writing Theology That Readers Want to Read - Paperback

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by Jonathan Roach (Author), Gricel Dominguez (Author), Theodore Whapham (Foreword by)Have you ever picked up a volume of theology, read the first page, and decided you would rather scrub the bathroom floor than read another page? Theology does not need to be abstract, dull, boring, tedious, dense, inconsequential, trivial, remote, immaterial, or unimportant. Theology should not leave readers feeling bewildered and lost. Expressing Theology challenges writers of theology to craft engaging, com...

Chirologia: Or the Natural Language of the Hand - Paperback

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by John Bulwer (Author)This Is A New Release Of The Original 1644 Edition. Number of Pages: 378 Dimensions: 0.78 x 9.02 x 5.98 IN Publication Date: March 30, 2014

Visualize Your Vocabulary: Turn Any SAT Word into a Picture and Remember It Forever - Paperback

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by Kris Hagen (Illustrator), Shayne Gardner (Author)This is volume one of a soon-to-be five-volume series that will establish the definitive "How To" permanently memorize SAT and ACT words or any other words. The method in this book makes it fun, easy, fast, and painless to tame tough SAT and ACT vocabulary. Studies show that most of us are visual learners, so the trick to remember an abstract concept is to turn it into a picture. That can take time and effort. This book does all of the work ...

Trabalenguas empeñados en perfeccionar el habla - Paperback

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by Arelys Marylyn Cubero (Author)El diccionario define el trabalenguas como una palabra o frase dif cil de pronunciar, que usualmente se utiliza como pasatiempo en una especie de competencia para confirmar qui n es capaz de memorizarlo sin equivocar una consonante o una vocal. En el presente libro, su autora, Arelys Marylyn Cubero, le concede al trabalenguas una utilidad mayor, a fin de conseguir con su pr ctica el dominio de una correcta pronunciaci n de las palabras, algo que deben procurar...

Hands to Spell-Read-Write: Nonsense Botany - Paperback

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by Edward Lear (Illustrator), Angela M. Foster (Photographer), Angela M. Foster (Author)This is the first book in the series, Hands to Spell-Read-Write. It introduces the American Sign Language (ASL) Manual Alphabet in a fun way of decoding the ASL handsigns into written words in order to learn the Nonsense Botany names. Children learning their ABCs will also have fun decoding the handsigns into letters and coloring the delightful illustrations. If you already know the ASL Manual Alphabet, th...

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by Rayne Hall (Author)Learn to haunt your readers with powerful, chilling tales. Make their spines tingle with anticipation and their skins crawl with delicious fear. Disturb their world-view and invite them to look into the dark corners of their own souls. This book gives you a wealth of tools and techniques for writing great short stories. It is part of the acclaimed Writer's Craft series.Author BiographyRayne Hall has published more than fifty books in several languages under several pen n...

Creative Writing Strategies: Writing Exercises (Creative Writing Series) - Paperback

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by Marjorie J. McDonald (Author)Quickly Find Your Favorite Writing Style You may be surprised when you try a type of writing you had not considered before only to discover you really want to do that type of writing. Writing Benefits In her new book, "Creative Writing Strategies: Writing Exercises" #1 Best-Selling author Marjorie J McDonald shows you: * How to start writing, even if it's your very 1st time * How to accelerate your search for what type of writing you prefer * How to get started...

Strong Verbs Strong Voice: A quick reference to improve your writing and impress readers - Paperback

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by Ann Everett (Author)THE POWER OF VERBS Without verbs, where would a story go? Nowhere. Characters, animals, and nature can't be or do anything without a verb. Characters can't laugh, animals can't attack, and trees can't sway in the breeze. Verbs provide excitement, drive the narrative and paint vivid pictures.Why say she looked, if she can gawk, spy, or examine? The familiar choice offers vague action, where the stronger selection gives action and expression. The right verb choice can sh...

Construcción de textos y técnicas de expresión verbal - Paperback

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by Daniel Antonio Ortega Sanchez (Editor), Jose Luis Espindola Castro (Author)Este manual, dirigido a estudiantes de profesional y de preparatoria, constituye todo un taller para la construcci n l gica de textos y desarrolla competencias pragm ticas, textuales y ling sticas, para elaborar discursos escritos de distinta ndole: descriptivos, evaluativos, argumentativos y otros. En una segunda parte, se ofrecen a los alumnos herramientas y estrategias para que el alumno pueda expresarse correc...

Investment Phrases: Investing Terminology You Need to Know - Paperback

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by Harry Jay (Author)Investment Phrases is 551 page book is the ultimate compendium of investment information, investment phrases, terminology and money-speak for the investing industry. It is a quasi-investment forum of investment idiom phrases and famous sayings and phrases for the online investor as well as the traditional offline investor. If you don't see the phrase or word listed here then some shyster made it up. The author's goal was to compile the most complete listing of investment ...

Dictionary of English Capitonyms: Vocabulary Building - Paperback

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by Manik Joshi (Author)What are "Capitonyms"? --CAPITONYMS ---- [Capital- capital letter; -Onym: Name] --- Capitonym is a word that changes its meaning (and sometimes pronunciation) based on whether or not it is capitalized. --- Capitonym [singular] --- Capitonyms [plural] --- Capitonyms may be nouns, pronouns, verbs, or adjectives. --- Characteristics of Capitonyms: Same spelling except for capitalization; Different meaning when capitalized; Same or different pronunciation --- Examples: Poli...

Dictionary of Combining Forms: Vocabulary Building - Paperback

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by Manik Joshi (Author)What are "Combining Forms"? - Combining form is a form of a word that can combine with free word, root word or another combining form to get a new word. 'Combining form' adds extra meaning to the new word. 'Combining form' is added to the beginning or end of free word, root word or another combining form. --- (A). Examples of "Combining form + Free Word" Agro- + Industry = Agro-industry, Agro- denotes: connected with farming --- (B). Example of "Combining form + Root Wo...

The 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue: (Lexicon Balatronicum) - Paperback

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by Roy a. Sites M. L. a. (Editor), Francis Grose (Author)THIS IS NOT A HASTILY ASSEMBLED SCAN OR "FACSIMILE EDITION" OF THIS WORK. EVERY LETTER AND WORD OF THE ORIGINAL HAS BEEN RESET AND CAREFULLY PROOFED FOR ACCURACY. Description: A Dictionary of Buckish Slang, University Wit, and Pickpocket Eloquence Synopsis: The 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue is a wonderful and hilarious compendium of street jargon, phrases of an indelicate nature, and other expressions of the riff-raff, university...

Everyday American Idioms for ESL Learners - Paperback

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by Stephen Lau (Author)Idioms are words and phrases in a language that have come into existence for a variety of reasons, some obvious enough, some inexplicable, but most of them appropriately and delightfully characteristic of the race that created them. American idioms are no exception; they reflect American culture at every social level. They are used in everyday life, in speaking and in writing, in movies and on television, and by people from all walks of life. Some of them may be unfamil...

How to Write a Bestseller: Writing a Series - Paperback

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Highbrow, Lowbrow, Brilliant, Despicable: Fifty Years of New York Magazine - Hardcover

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by The Editors of New York Magazine (Author)New York, the city. New York, the magazine. A celebration. The great story of New York City in the past half-century has been its near collapse and miraculous rebirth. A battered town left for dead, one that almost a million people abandoned and where those who remained had to live behind triple deadbolt locks, was reinvigorated by the twinned energies of starving artists and financial white knights. Over the next generation, the city was utterly tr...

The Art of Proofreading & Editing Your Manuscript: The Importance of Perfection - Paperback

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by Treat Preston (Author)Proofreading and Editing: The Art of Proofreading & Editing Your Manuscript. This author's guidebook describes in simple terms the necessity of proofreading and editing your book's contents and the Importance of Perfection. The book discusses topics such as everyday editing, editors on editing; editing made easy, self editing for writers, proofreading vs. copyediting, and checking your manuscript. Written by bestselling author Dr. Treat Preston, his goal is to pro...

Merchants of Truth: The Business of News and the Fight for Facts - Paperback

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by Jill Abramson (Author)Former executive editor of The New York Times and one of our most eminent journalists Jill Abramson provides a "valuable and insightful" (The Boston Globe) report on the disruption of the news media over the last decade, as shown via two legacy (The New York Times and The Washington Post) and two upstart (BuzzFeed and VICE) companies as they plow through a revolution that pits old vs. new media. "A marvelous book" (The New York Times Book Review), Merchants of Truth i...

Independent TOEFL Essay Strategies: With Exercises and 90 Essays Scored by an ETS Reader - Paperback

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by Roberta G. Steinberg (Author)Independent TOEFL Essay Strategies, With Exercises and Essays Scored by an ETS Reader gives you the skills, strategies, practice, and confidence to score your best on the Independent Writing Section. The text includes 90 scored student essays with score explanations, numerous strategies for writing the essay, page after page of exercises with a complete Answer Key, and actual TOEFL prompts.Author BiographyRoberta (Robby) Steinberg is Professor of English and ES...

A to Zed of Aussie Slang 2015: Understanding What Aussies Are Saying - Paperback

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by Ian McKenzie (Author)Australian English like all other languages being used is a living entity and is constantly changing. Many slang terms used by my parent's generation are infrequently used now. Likewise, the language used by Aussie teenagers today is different from the language I feel comfortable using. With the internet, television and the globalisation of almost everything, cultures are being influenced by other cultures and many slang terms are now almost universal. However, we do n...

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by Remo Nannetti (Author)French Grammar Practice is a collection of 45 worksheets which cover the basic areas of French grammar. The book assumes that you have already learned the particular grammar point you intend to practise and for this reason no explanations of the various grammar points are provided. It is therefore recommended that you have to hand the particular French grammar or course book that you have been using for reference purposes.Answer keys are provided for all the exercises...

Superior Powers: The Red Umbrella/In the Gothic House - Paperback

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by Hartmut Heyck (Author), Hartmut Heyck (Editor), Hartmut Heyck (Foreword by)The two novellas by Wilhelm Jensen (1837-1911), "The Red Umbrella" ("Der rote Schirm") and "In the Gothic House" ("Im gotischen Hause") were originally published by Verlag Emil Felber, Berlin in 1892 under the title BERM CHTE SUPERIOR POWERS]. They have not been reprinted since, nor have they to the best of my knowledge ever been translated into English. They play a role in the history of psycho-analysis, because ...

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by Andrew Younan (Author), Sarhad Y. Jammo (Author)An Introduction to the Chaldean-Aramaic language, including progressive exercises in the Alphabet and vowels, basic conversation, common phrases, introductory vocabulary, reading exercises, samples of literature, and a 2000-word glossary. Number of Pages: 154 Dimensions: 0.36 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN Publication Date: November 23, 2014

A Body of Language: Revealing the Common Mind of Mankind: Second Edition: Revised and Condensed - Paperback

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by Matt a. Ellsworth (Author)Before words were were formed, each consonant had its own meaning. Words were molecules of thought--composites of the consonants that formed them. This book provides the meanings of the consonants at the roots of the Semitic and Indo-European language families. It establishes a new basis for etymology and opens new fields of study for anthropology and linguistics, both historical and applied. Number of Pages: 258 Dimensions: 0.54 x 9.02 x 5.98 IN Publication Date:...