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The Way of the Writer: Reflections on the Art and Craft of Storytelling
Charles Johnson · Scribner
Pages: 233
Format: Print book |
From Charles Johnson - a National Book Award winner, Professor Emeritus at University of Washington, and one of America's preeminent scholars on literature and race - comes an instructive, inspiring guide to the craft and art of writing.
An award-winning novelist, philosopher, essayist,... |
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Esoteric Hollywood:: Sex, Cults and Symbols in Film
Jay Dyer · Trine Day
Pages: 300
Format: Print book |
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Like no other book before it, this work delves into the deep, dark and mysterious undertones hidden in Tinsel town's biggest films. Esoteric Hollywood is a game-changer in an arena of tabloid-populated titles. After years of scholarly research, Jay Dyer has compiled his most read... |
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My Country, 'Tis of Thee: My Faith, My Family, Our Future
Keith Ellison · Gallery Books/Karen Hunter Publishing
Pages: 296
Format: Hardcover |
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I raised my right hand and placed my left on the Quran, which was being held by my wife and mom. Suddenly I was blinded by a cascade of camera flashes. Keith Ellison is the first Muslim elected to Congress. In fact, the first nonwhite that Minnesota has ever elected to Congress. That wasn't... |
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Rick Steves Scandinavia
Rick Steves · Avalon Travel Publishing
Pages: 824
Format: Paperback |
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You can count on Rick Steves to tell you what you really need to know when traveling in Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Finland, and Estonia.With this guide, you'll set sail to Europe's most prosperous corner - a smorgasbord of Viking ships, deep green fjords, stave churches, brooding... |
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The Art of Noise: Conversations with Great Songwriters
Daniel Rachel · St. Martin's Griffin
Format: Print book |
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A collection of brand-new, in-depth, and revealing conversations about songwriting with some of the world's most-noted hitmakersTHE ART OF NOISE offers an unprecedented collection of insightful, of-the-moment conversations with twenty-seven of the great songwriters. They discuss everything... |
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The Glass Cage: Automation and Us
Nicholas Carr · W. W. Norton & Company; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover |
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In The Glass Cage, best-selling author Nicholas Carr digs behind the headlines about factory robots and self-driving cars, wearable computers and digitized medicine, as he explores the hidden costs of granting software dominion over our work and our leisure and reveals something we already... |
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Raising the Transgender Child: A Complete Guide for Parents, Families, and Caregivers
Michele Angello · Seal Press
Pages: 272
Format: Print book |
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Written by top experts in the field, Raising the Transgender Child offers much-needed answers to all the questions parents and other adults ask about raising and caring for transgender and gender diverse children: Is this just a phase? Did I do something to cause this? How do we protect... |
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Before You Judge Me: The Triumph and Tragedy of Michael Jackson's Last Days
Tavis Smiley · Little
Pages: 277
Format: Print book |
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A powerful chronicle of the sixteen weeks leading up to King of Pop Michael Jackson's deathMichael Jackson's final months were like the rest of his short and legendary life: filled with deep lows and soaring highs, a constant hunt for privacy, and the pressure and fame that made him socially... |
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Shrinkage: Manhood, Marriage, and the Tumor That Tried to Kill Me
Bryan Bishop · St Martins Pr
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover |
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A New York Times bestseller!An Amazon Best Books of 2014 selection"If you're reading this, it means I'm already dead. Just kidding."In 2009, at thirty years old, Bryan Bishop's life was right on track. Known to millions as "Bald Bryan," the sidekick and soundman... |
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Rabbits
Virginia Parker Guidry · i5 Press
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A Complete Care Made Easy guide to the irresistible rabbit—that big-eared super pet that is “cuddly, quiet, full of personality, affordable…really cute and really soft,” in the inspired words of author Virginia Parker Guidry. Illustrated with the beautiful photography... |
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Gironimo!: Riding the Very Terrible 1914 Tour of Italy
Tim Moore · Pegasus; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover |
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The 1914 Giro d'Italia: The hardest bike race in history. Eighty-one riders started and only eight finished after enduring cataclysmic storms, roads strewn with nails, and even the loss of an eye by one competitor. And now Tim Moore is going to ride it. And he's committed to total... |
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