Novel Shortcuts - Ten Techniques that Ensure a Great First Draft
Proven techniques for writing a high-quality first draft fast! Novel Shortcuts shows you how to quickly write a first draft that's also rich and engrossing. (It's really possible!) Through detailed instruction and valuable exercises, award-winning novelist Laura Whitcomb addresses everything from premise development to foreshadowing to tone and beyond.
Bringing together the best of the series, Everything on Earth is an absorbing survey of our planet and its wildlife, with an emphasis on the extremefrom hurricanes to coral reefs, glaciers to crocodiles. Providing just enough detail to fascinate children without confusing or overloading them, each section supplies a solid grounding in its subject, picks out the most awe-inspiring details, and inspires readers to explore further.
Everything Is Obvious: Once You Know the Answer (Audiobook, MP3)
Why is the Mona Lisa the most famous painting in the world? Why did Facebook succeed when other social-networking sites failed? Did the surge in Iraq really lead to less violence? How much can CEO's impact the performance of their companies? And does higher pay incentivize people to work hard? If you think the answers to these questions are a matter of common sense, think again. As sociologist and network science pioneer Duncan Watts explains in this provocative book, the explanations that we give for the outcomes that we observe in life - explanation that seem obvious once we know the answer - are less useful than they seem.
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mental_floss - November/December 2011
mental_floss magazine is where knowledge junkies get their fix. It takes the chore out of learning and blurs the line between education and entertainment with its hip, quirky content. Covering everything from black holes to the Dead Sea Scrolls, mental_floss is guaranteed to make you feel smart again.
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Chock full of lists and quips, stats and quotes, Ask Me Everything will keep readers of all ages asking questions for hours. No topic is left unquestioned; no question is left unanswered. In this brilliant follow-up to Ask Me Anything thousands of facts, incredible photographs, hilarious information, and hours of family fun are packed into one vibrant book.
