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From Idea to Story in 90 Seconds: A Writer's Primer [Kindle Compatible (MOBI)]
by Ken Rand
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In plain, unambiguous prose, writers will learn where all writers from Shakespeare to J.K. Rowling get story ideas. Theory is married to practice as writers learn how to generate compelling--salable--story ideas instantly, repeatedly and effortlessly in any circumstances. Time needed: less than 90 seconds. Equipment needed: not even a pencil! Designed primarily for new writers of genre (plot-driven) short fiction, the notions presented here may also benefit advanced writers, writers of literary ... more info>> (Published: 2005)
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On Killing: The Psychological Cost of Learning to Kill in War and Society (Revised and Updated) [Kindle Compatible (MOBI)]
by Dave Grossman
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The good news is that the vast majority of soldiers is loath to kill in battle. Unfortunately, modern armies, using Pavlovian and operant conditioning, have developed sophisticated ways of overcoming this instinctive aversion. The psychological cost for soldiers, as witnessed by the increase in post-traumatic stress, is devastating. The psychological cost for the rest of us is even more so: contemporary civilian society, particularly the media, replicates the army's conditioning techniques and, ... more info>> (Published: 1995)
Words: 115659 - Reading Time: 330-462 min.
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Over There [Kindle Compatible (MOBI)]
by Robert Vaughan
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Volume two of Robert Vaughan's stunning American Chronicles follows the tumult of American during the second decade of the twentieth century. The indestructible Titanic goes down in the cold arctic sea, millions of immigrants flood into the country, a bloody worker's revolution occurs in Russia, and in Sarajevo an assassination quickly ignites the flames of the First World War. It is 1912, and the Lady Lucinda Chetwynd-Dunleigh can hear the final strains of the ship's orchestra as the famous Tit... more info>> (Published: 1992)
Words: 131401 - Reading Time: 375-525 min.
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A Steady Trade: A Boyhood at Sea [Kindle Compatible (MOBI)]
by Tristan Jones
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Tristan Jones vividly and colorfully describes his childhood as a Welsh boy growing up by the sea. The story of his boyhood in pre-World War II England is strikingly charming and nostalgic. The challenges and adventures he encounters will have you seeing, smelling, feeling, hearing, and tasting the sea as you travel with him through this coming-of-age story. (Published: 1982)
Words: 101487 - Reading Time: 289-405 min.
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Charlie Chan's Words of Wisdom [Kindle Compatible (MOBI)]
by Howard M. Berlin
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A selection of more than 600 proverbs spoken by the cinema's favorite Chinese detective. Also includes a selection of proverbs spoken by Mr. Moto (Peter Lorre) in the cinema. (Published: 2001)
Words: 13877 - Reading Time: 39-55 min.
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Cold River: A Survivor's Story [Kindle Compatible (MOBI)]
by Jozef Imrich
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Cold River: A Survivor's Story is about a man's desire for freedom at a time when none existed. Jozef describes the village in which he grew up with such emotion and sadness that the reader can hear the snow crunching beneath his expectant mother's feet as she makes her way through the snow drifts. This story is fact, not fiction, when you are finished you will know what it is like to taste freedom for the first time. And perhaps feel pain of its cost. (Published: 2002)
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Crystal Legends [Kindle Compatible (MOBI)]
by Moyra Caldecott
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Crystals and gemstones have been a source of fascination since Neolithic times; they endure when the bones of those they have adorned have turned to dust. Such was the profundity of crystal lore that ancient peoples incorporated crystals and gemstones as dynamic and potent symbols in their legends and myths. In Crystal Legends Moyra Caldecott approaches crystals from a new angle, retelling stories drawn from world mythology which show the significance of crystals and precious stones as symbolic ... more info>> (Published: 1990)
Words: 66303 - Reading Time: 189-265 min.
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Dangling [Kindle Compatible (MOBI)]
by Yeva Wiest
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What's wrong with the Religious Right? The Archangel Michael and his transgender sidekick Gabriel are on a mission. If they can find just one righteous man, the world will be saved. It might take a miracle to unearth such a rare creature in Washington, but the angels have a little fun with the arrogant, the hypocritical and sometimes downright absurd politicos they encounter along the way. Ms. Wiest is at her politically incorrect best in this follow-up to Practical Purposes. (Published: 2009)
Words: 27690 - Reading Time: 79-110 min.
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In the Beginning: Science Faces God in the Book of Genesis [Kindle Compatible (MOBI)]
by Isaac Asimov
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Creation.The beginning of time.The origin of life. In our Western civilization, there are two influential accounts of beginnings. One is the Biblical account, compiled more than two thousand years ago by Judean writers who based much of their thinking on the Babylonian astronomical lore of the day. The other is the account of modern science, which, in the last century, has slowly built up a coherent picture of how it all began. Both represent the best thinking of their times, and in this line-by... more info>> (Published: 1980)
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Junk Fiction [Kindle Compatible (MOBI)]
by S.T. Joshi
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Bestsellers have been with us for more than a century, ever since the first bestseller list appeared in 1895. But they have received surprisingly little attention from critics. What kind of books become bestsellers? Why do people read them? Do they have literary value or are they merely the literary equivalent of crossword puzzles? S. T. Joshi, a leading critic of horror, fantasy, and mystery fiction, devotes his attention to these and other issues, showing that bestsellers emerged only with the... more info>> (Published: 2009)
Words: 126745 - Reading Time: 362-506 min.
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Language for Time Travelers [Kindle Compatible (MOBI)]
by L. Sprague de Camp
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A non-fiction essay on the nature of change in the English language. Mr. de Camp's examples include a fictional account of a time traveler's communication difficulties 500 years into the future. (Published: 1938)
Words: 5066 - Reading Time: 14-20 min.
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Made Up Mayhem [Kindle Compatible (MOBI)]
by Pauline Baird Jones
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Award-winning author Pauline Baird Jones has been committing fictional murder for almost ten years. This author of eight novels of action-adventure, suspense, romantic suspense and comedy-mystery now shares her expertise in a series of writer's handbooks. Made Up Mayhem gives writers the basic tools needed to craft a successful suspense novel. From a book's initial concept to plot, characters and setting, Pauline gives many examples from her own best-selling novels. This handbook also includes g... more info>> (Published: 2008)
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Memos From Purgatory [Kindle Compatible (MOBI)]
by Harlan Ellison
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Hemingway said, "A man should never write what he doesn't know." In the mid-fifties, Harlan Ellison--kicked out of college and hungry to write--went to New York to start his writing career. It was a time of street gangs, rumbles, kids with switchblades and zip guns made from car radio antennas. Ellison was barely out of his teens himself, but he took a phony name, moved into Brooklyn's dangerous Red Hook section and managed to con his way into a "bopping club." What he experienced (and the time ... more info>> (Published: 1961)
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Seagulls In My Soup [Kindle Compatible (MOBI)]
by Tristan Jones
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Join Tristan Jones as he tells tales of the humorous and fascinating adventures that his Saga of a Wayward Sailor began. Discover more anecdotes and unexpected adventures aboard a converted lifeboat ketch cruising the coasts of the Balearic region with Tristan, his one-eyed, three-legged dog, Nelson and the prim Bishop's sister, Sissie St. John. It's a prolific prose journey of surprising arrivals, machine gun-thwarting and ship-saving escapades of a wayward sailor and his motley crew. (Published: 1991)
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The Children of the Law of One and the Lost Teachings of Atlantis [Kindle Compatible (MOBI)]
by Jon Peniel
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This is the account of an American teenager who discovered a monastery in Tibet that was the inspiration for the legend of "Shangri La". It might be categorized as a 'new age' or philosophy book, like the Celestine Prophecy, since it focuses on his spiritual training and their teachings in a novel-like format. Hard to believe, but interestingly, the sub-tropical region amongst the Himalayas that he describes finding, was later documented by explorers from National Geographic but was 'covered up'... more info>> (Published: 1998)
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The Manhattan Madam: Sex, Drugs, Scandal and Greed Inside America's Most Successful Prostitution Ring [Kindle Compatible (MOBI)]
by Kristin Davis
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Kristin Davis, a.k.a. The Manhattan Madam, owned New York's most successful prostitution ring, with over $5 million in annual sales and a roster of 10,000 rich, powerful, and famous clients. In 2008, Kristin closed her business--and spent four months in prison--and now she's ready to tell her story. In The Manhattan Madam, Kristin takes readers on a whirlwind trip through the sex industry and reveals many exciting and surprising facts. You'll learn her compelling life story, from her stint wo... more info>> (Published: 2009)
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a cop's eye view of the world in poetry [Kindle Compatible (MOBI)]
by Anne Wingate
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This is not "moon" and "June" poetry. There is some formal rhyme and meter, but there is a lot more free verse. I wrote them when I needed to write them. I rewrote them as necessary after I got my Ph.D. in English with a specialty in creative writing. (Published: 2005)
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A Dog named Slugger [Kindle Compatible (MOBI)]
by Leigh Brill
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The heartwarming true story of Slugger, author Leigh Brill's trained service dog, who transformed Brill's college years as she struggled with congenital cerebral palsy. Brill is now a counselor and motivational speaker involved in the service dog community. She travels with Slugger's successor, Kendie. In the tradition of Marley & Me, and Dewey the Library Cat. (Published: 2010)
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A Small Journal of Heroin Addiction [Kindle Compatible (MOBI)]
by Robin Marchesi
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Robin Marchesi's brilliant autobiographical book is at once a fine work of literature, and an uplifting if grim inspirational work to encourage those grappling with drug addiction. In any case, it is fascinating reading for the poetically minded in general. Mr. Marchesi's journal intermingles equally powerful threads of pure poetry and stream of consciousness prose. In Part I (Rosales), Mr. Marchesi vividly and richly captures the true story of his travels across Europe in 1979 and the epiphany ... more info>> (Published: 2000)
Words: 32897 - Reading Time: 93-131 min.
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Across the Plains in the Donner Party [Kindle Compatible (MOBI)]
by Karen Zeinert
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This tragic story of Virginia Reed's journey west is told through her memoirs of the twelve years old girl, with supplementary accounts based on her father's letters and the diary of another traveller. Given the sensitive nature of aspects of the journey, young readers will find the background notes and explanatory comments helpful. (Published: 2003)
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Adapting Your Novel for Film [Kindle Compatible (MOBI)]
by Pauline Baird Jones
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Think your novel would make a great movie? Want to try your hand at writing the screenplay? Award-winning author Pauline Baird Jones now shares her years of expertise in a series of writer's handbooks, including Adapting Your Novel for Film, a helpful guide for turning your book into a film. A book and a movie are two entirely different mediums. Successful adaptation requires trimming down a story--it's not always easy! Strict formatting guidelines also must be followed or your script won't even... more info>> (Published: 2008)
Words: 19715 - Reading Time: 56-78 min.
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After the Madness: A Judge's Own Prison Memoir [Kindle Compatible (MOBI)]
by Sol Wachtler
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Driving down the Long Island Expressway in November of 1992, Sol Wachtler was New York's Chief Judge and heir apparent to the New York Governorship. Suddenly, three van loads of FBI agents swerved in front of him--bringing his car and his legal career to a halt. Wachtler's subsequent arrest, conviction and incarceration for harassing his longtime lover precipitated a media feeding frenzy, revealing to the world his struggles with romantic obsession, manic-depression and drug abuse. In this, his ... more info>> (Published: 1997)
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Alien Conscious: Sixty Years of Abduction Experiences [Kindle Compatible (MOBI)]
by Leonard Diamond, Ph.D.
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Based on fact! Four kids abducted at separate times. They finally meet and learn they endured similar procedures during their abduction experiences. The benevolent aliens who abducted them encouraged the children to develop special talents and skills to benefit humanity. However, even these well-intentioned ETs overstepped the boundaries of trust. Read how these children's lives were changed forever. (Published: 2004)
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Alternative Diabetic [Kindle Compatible (MOBI)]
by Jim Lavene, Joyce Lavene
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Joyce and Jim Lavene are romance and mystery authors with forty novels to their credit. They have also lived with diabetes for the past nine years. Jim is active in promoting new awareness of diabetes and Joyce is an herbalist and holistic healer. They will happily answer questions about Alternative Diabetic or diabetes in general to the best of their ability. (Published: 2001)
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America's Longest War: Rethinking Our Tragic Crusade Against Drugs [Kindle Compatible (MOBI)]
by Stephen Duke
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America's war on drugs. It makes headlines, tops political agendas and provokes powerful emotions. But is it really worth it? That's the question posed by Steven Duke and Albert Gross in this groundbreaking book. They argue that America's biggest victories in the war on drugs are the erosion of our constitutional rights, the waste of billions of dollars and an overwhelmed court system. After careful research and thought, they make a strong case for the legalization of drugs. It's a radical idea,... more info>> (Published: 1982)
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