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Sharon Oard Warner (Author)

Writing the Novella

Editura: UNIV OF NEW MEXICO PR

Anul aparitiei: 2021

Winner of the Bronze Medal for Writing/Publishing in the 2022 Independent Publisher (IPPY) Book Awards "A novella compresses the world with a short story's focus, but it explores that smaller space with a novel's generosity."--Josh Weil, author of The New Valley: Novellas While the novella has existed as a distinct literary form for over four hundred years, Writing the Novella is the first craft book dedicated to creating this intermediate-length fiction. Innovative, integrated journal prompts inspire and sustain the creative process, and classic novellas serve as examples throughout. Part 1 defines the novella form and steers early decision-making on situation, character, plot, and point of view. Part 2 provides detailed directions for writing the scenic plot points that support a strong but flexible narrative arc. Appendix materials include a list of recommended novellas, publishing opportunities, and blank templates for the story map, graphs, and charts used throughout the book. By turns instructive and inspirational, Writing the Novella will be a welcome resource for new and experienced writers alike.

George Bernard Shaw (Author)

Saint Joan

Editura: AMEREON LTD

Anul aparitiei: 2002

The life of fifteenth-century heroine Joan of Arc is the stuff of legend, and her cruel death (burnt at the stake aged just nineteen) led to her being declared a martyr, granting her an extraordinary legacy.Following her canonisation in 1920, and against a history of overly romanticised retellings of the story, Bernard Shaw put pen to paper to give a more accurate account, without resorting to demonising her persecutors; as he writes in his preface, 'there are no villains in the piece'.It was an immediate success, securing him the Nobel Prize for Literature, although critics were initially divided by this frank approach - T.S. Eliot was outraged, saying, 'instead of the saint or the strumpet of the legends... he has turned her into a great middle-class reformer.' Nonetheless - or perhaps even because of this controversy - Saint Joan is considered one of Shaw's finest and most important plays.This edition has an introduction by Simon Mundy, who has spent several years as Vice-President of PEN International's Writers for Peace Committee, and extensive explanatory notes.'He was a Tolstoy with jokes, a modern Dr Johnson, a universal genius who on his own modest reckoning put even ...

Catharine T. Grant (Author)

Elementary Astrology

Editura: AMER FEDERATION OF ASTROLOGY

Anul aparitiei: 2020

American Federation of Astrologers founders Catharine and Ernest Grant created this four volume series of books to help students learn astrology and to share their practical techniques with advanced students and professionals. These books cover the fundamental principles of astrology using clear and concise language while guiding the reader through the steps necessary to horoscope construction and interpretation.Volume I, Elementary Astrology of the Horoscope, explains the fundamentals of the science of astrology, calculation procedures for natal horoscopes, meanings of the houses, zodiacal signs, planets and aspects.Volume II, Analysis of the Horoscope, covers physical descriptions and characteristics for the faces (five-degree divisions of the zodiac), detailed definitions of the nature of the planets along with their influence in houses and the significance of aspects.Volume III, Synthesis of the Horoscope, thoroughly covers delineation in a unique manner and discusses houses and planetary aspects as they affect basic human complexes in human behavior. A method of comparing two or more horoscopes is included.Volume IV, Predictive Astrology, deals with the methods of ...

Catharine T. Grant (Author)

Predictive Astrology

Editura: AMER FEDERATION OF ASTROLOGY

Anul aparitiei: 2020

American Federation of Astrologers founders Catharine and Ernest Grant created this four-volume series of books to help students learn astrology and to share their practical techniques with advanced students and professionals. These books cover the fundamental principles of astrology using clear and concise language while guiding the reader through the steps necessary to horoscope construction and interpretation.Volume I, Elementary Astrology, explains the fundamentals of the science of astrology, calculation procedures for natal horoscopes, meanings of the houses, zodiacal signs, planets, and aspects.Volume II, Analysis of the Horoscope, covers physical descriptions and characteristics for the faces (five-degree divisions of the zodiac), detailed definitions of the nature of the planets along with their influences in houses and the significance of aspectsVolume III, Synthesis of the Horoscope, thoroughly covers delineation in a unique manner and discusses houses and planetary aspects as they affect basic complexes in human behavior. A method of comparing two or more horoscopes is included.Volume IV, Predictive Astrology, deals with methods of progressions, diurnals, solar and ...

Richard Zenith (Author)

Pessoa: A Biography

Editura: LIVERIGHT PUB CORP

Anul aparitiei: 2021

Nearly a century after his wrenching death, the Portuguese poet Fernando Pessoa (1888-1935) remains one of our most enigmatic writers. Believing he could do "more in dreams than Napoleon," yet haunted by the specter of hereditary madness, Pessoa invented dozens of alter egos, or "heteronyms," under whose names he wrote in Portuguese, English, and French. Unsurprisingly, this "most multifarious of writers" (Guardian) has long eluded a definitive biographer--but in renowned translator and Pessoa scholar Richard Zenith, he has met his match.Relatively unknown in his lifetime, Pessoa was all but destined for literary oblivion when the arc of his afterlife bent, suddenly and improbably, toward greatness, with the discovery of some 25,000 unpublished papers left in a large, wooden trunk. Drawing on this vast archive of sources as well as on unpublished family letters, and skillfully setting the poet's life against the nationalist currents of twentieth-century European history, Zenith at last reveals the true depths of Pessoa's teeming imagination and literary genius.Much as Nobel laureate José Saramago brought a single heteronym to life in The Year of the Death of Ricardo Reis, Zenith ...

Blaine C. Readler (Author)

Earth Log

Editura: FULL ARC PR

Anul aparitiei: 2019

One morning a pet ferret wakes up a self-aware sentient being. He has no memory of what came before, but understands that he is far different than any other ferret. He quickly bumps up against built-in restraints such as an inability to harm people or to sleep during the day as other ferrets would do, and, most peculiarly, he is compelled each evening to review the day's events. Perhaps the strongest inherent taboo, however, is against doing anything that would reveal his abnormal intelligence, and against this he struggles as he finds trouble, and trouble finds him and his faithful owner, Joanne.

Abdenal Carvalho (Author)

Arc

Editura: BLURB INC

Anul aparitiei: 2020

Mi martirio bajo el poder de las tinieblas que me atormentaron durante toda mi infancia, adolescencia y juventud fue terrible, me tocaron por todo el cuerpo, sus manos heladas se deslizaron sobre mí de la cabeza a los pies. Me hicieron cosquillas en las costillas, debajo de mis pies, soplaron en mis oídos. Parecías divertirte escuchando mis llamadas de auxilio en un sonido que solo ellos podían oír, me convertí en una especie de diversión para esos malditos seres oscuros que parecían haber salido de las profundidades del abismo para atormentarme. Los vi claramente, había cinco seres demoníacos que me visitaban todas las noches.

Abdenal Carvalho (Author)

Arc

Editura: BLURB INC

Anul aparitiei: 2020

Mi martirio bajo el poder de las tinieblas que me atormentaron durante toda mi infancia, adolescencia y juventud fue terrible, me tocaron por todo el cuerpo, sus manos heladas se deslizaron sobre mí de la cabeza a los pies. Me hicieron cosquillas en las costillas, debajo de mis pies, soplaron en mis oídos. Parecías divertirte escuchando mis llamadas de auxilio en un sonido que solo ellos podían oír, me convertí en una especie de diversión para esos malditos seres oscuros que parecían haber salido de las profundidades del abismo para atormentarme. Los vi claramente, había cinco seres demoníacos que me visitaban todas las noches.

Abdenal Carvalho (Author)

Arc

Editura: BLURB INC

Anul aparitiei: 2020

Mi martirio bajo el poder de las tinieblas que me atormentaron durante toda mi infancia, adolescencia y juventud fue terrible, me tocaron por todo el cuerpo, sus manos heladas se deslizaron sobre mí de la cabeza a los pies. Me hicieron cosquillas en las costillas, debajo de mis pies, soplaron en mis oídos. Parecías divertirte escuchando mis llamadas de auxilio en un sonido que solo ellos podían oír, me convertí en una especie de diversión para esos malditos seres oscuros que parecían haber salido de las profundidades del abismo para atormentarme. Los vi claramente, había cinco seres demoníacos que me visitaban todas las noches.

Ryan Hastings (Author)

Rituals: Wars, Words, and Wards, Volume 3

Editura: BOOKBABY

Anul aparitiei: 2020

The 3rd book of the series but certainly not the last, continuing a portion of the story arc through

Dennis Jung (Author)

States of Exile, Volume 4

Editura: BOOKBABY

Anul aparitiei: 2021

The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees estimates that 5.6 million Syrians have fled their country since 2011. Another 6.2 million have been displaced within their own country. Half of these refugees are children. Against the backdrop of this crisis, I chose to continue the arc of the story of one of my favorite protagonists, Harper Harris. Some of you may have read my previous trilogy featuring her as the main character. I initially chose her because her profession as a foreign correspondent lent itself to both exotic settings and interesting story lines. Harris considers it her duty to bear witness and record the stories that might otherwise be forgotten by our society's tendency to both trivialize and sensationalize the plight of those less fortunate than ourselves. The refugees in this story, while nameless and not the main actors in this drama, provide the backdrop for the personal stories of my characters. They are a constant off-screen presence that cannot be ignored.The inspiration for this story began with my visit to a museum in Ljubljana, Slovenia that was featuring a retrospective of the work of a renowned Slovenian photojournalist. Much of his work portrayed ...

Amanda Hocking (Author)

The Ever After: The Omte Origins (from the World of the Trylle)

Editura: WEDNESDAY BOOKS

Anul aparitiei: 2021

Amanda Hocking, the New York Times bestselling author of The Kanin Chronicles, returns to the magical world of the Trylle Trilogy with The Ever After, the final novel in The Omte Origins arc. Buried memories... Ulla Tulin has lost a month of her life. Her journey to learn who her parents are has brought her to the attention of the Älvolk sect--and a man claiming to be her father. But instead of a long lost family reunion, Ulla has forgotten her time there, and fears something terrible happened. Sacred flower... The Älvolk released Ulla alive for one reason only, to exchange her for a rare flower with mystical properties. Determined to break her amnesia, Ulla risks her life against a dark enchantment capable of killing her to remember the Älvolk's secrets--to use the flower as part of an incantation that will open the bridge to Alfheim, the First City. Blood prophecy... But opening the bridge will unleash a menagerie of monstrous creatures upon Earth that will consume everything in their path. Knowing she may lose Pan Soriano, the love of her life, Ulla nevertheless gathers an army of Trylle to stand with her and defend humanity as well as her own kind. And it is Ulla's very ...

Ty Seidule (Author)

Robert E. Lee and Me: A Southerner's Reckoning with the Myth of the Lost Cause

Editura: ST MARTINS PR

Anul aparitiei: 2021

Ty Seidule scorches us with the truth and rivets us with his fierce sense of moral urgency. --Ron ChernowIn a forceful but humane narrative, former soldier and head of the West Point history department Ty Seidule's Robert E. Lee and Me challenges the myths and lies of the Confederate legacy--and explores why some of this country's oldest wounds have never healed.Ty Seidule grew up revering Robert E. Lee. From his southern childhood to his service in the U.S. Army, every part of his life reinforced the Lost Cause myth: that Lee was the greatest man who ever lived, and that the Confederates were underdogs who lost the Civil War with honor. Now, as a retired brigadier general and Professor Emeritus of History at West Point, his view has radically changed. From a soldier, a scholar, and a southerner, Ty Seidule believes that American history demands a reckoning. In a unique blend of history and reflection, Seidule deconstructs the truth about the Confederacy--that its undisputed primary goal was the subjugation and enslavement of Black Americans--and directly challenges the idea of honoring those who labored to preserve that system and committed treason in their failed attempt to ...

Ron Darling (Author)

108 Stitches: Loose Threads, Ripping Yarns, and the Darndest Characters from My Time in the Game

Editura: GRIFFIN

Anul aparitiei: 2021

This is New York Times bestselling author and Emmy-nominated broadcaster Ron Darling's 108 baseball anecdotes that connect America's game to the men who played it. In 108 Stitches, Ron Darling offers his own take on the "six degrees of separation" game and knits together a collection of wild, wise, and wistful stories reflecting the full arc of a life in and around our national pastime. Darling has played with or reported on just about everybody who has put on a uniform since 1983, and they in turn have played with or reported on just about everybody who put on a uniform in a previous generation. Through relationships with baseball legends on and off the field, like Yale coach Smoky Joe Wood, Willie Mays, Bart Giamatti, Tom Seaver and Mickey Mantle, Darling's reminiscences reach all the way back to Babe Ruth and other turn-of-the-century greats. Like the 108 stitches on a baseball, Darling's experiences are interwoven with every athlete who has ever played, every coach or manager who ever sat in a dugout, and with every fan who ever played hooky from work or school to sit in the bleachers for a day game. Darling's anecdotes come together to tell the story of his time in the game, ...

Justin Deabler (Author)

Lone Stars

Editura: ST MARTINS PR

Anul aparitiei: 2021

Desperately affecting. -- The New York Times " Generous and epic...takes us through generations of a singular family, whose loves and losses also tell us a story about America itself. -- Eliot Schrefer, National Book Award finalist, author of Endangered Justin Deabler's Lone Stars follows the arc of four generations of a Texan family in a changing America. Julian Warner, a father at last, wrestles with a question his husband posed: what will you tell our son about the people you came from, now that they're gone? Finding the answers takes Julian back in time to Eisenhower's immigration border raids, an epistolary love affair during the Vietnam War, crumbling marriages, queer migrations to Cambridge and New York, up to the disorienting polarization of Obama's second term. And in these answers lies a hope: that by uncloseting ourselves--as immigrants, smart women, gay people--we find power in empathy.

Jonathan Rauch (Read by)

The Happiness Curve: Why Life Gets Better After 50

Editura: MACMILLAN AUDIO

Anul aparitiei: 2018

This audiobook will change your life by showing you how life changes.Why does happiness tend to get harder in your 40s? Why do you feel in a slump when you're successful? Where does this malaise come from? And, most importantly, will it ever end?Drawing on cutting-edge research, award-winning journalist Jonathan Rauch answers all these questions. He shows that from our 20s into our 40s, happiness follows a U-shaped trajectory, a "happiness curve," declining from the optimism of youth into what's often a long, low slump in middle age, before starting to rise again in our 50s.This isn't a midlife crisis, though. Rauch reveals that this slump is instead a natural stage of life--and an essential one. By shifting priorities away from competition and toward compassion, it equips you with new tools for wisdom and gratitude to win the third period of life. And Rauch can testify to this personally because it was his own slump, despite acclaim as a journalist and commentator that compelled him to investigate the happiness curve. His own story and the stories of many others from all walks of life--from a steelworker and a limo driver to a telecoms executive and a philanthropist--show how the ...

Emily March (Author)

Boone: Eternity Springs: The McBrides of Texas

Editura: ST MARTINS PR

Anul aparitiei: 2020

In Eternity Springs: The McBrides of Texas, New York Times bestselling author Emily March presents a brand new arc set in the Lone Star State that features a family-linked trilogy within the author's romantic series.With his smooth talk, rugged good looks, and deep pockets, native Texan Boone McBride appears to be a man who has it all. Few people know about the heartbreak behind his decision to leave home, family, and career for the isolation of a small town in the Colorado Rockies. Luckily, time and life in Eternity Springs has worked its healing magic upon his wounded soul, so when he meets obviously troubled Hannah Dupree, Boone sees a chance to pay his good fortune forward. The last thing he anticipates is tumbling into love. Tragedy has taken everything Hannah loves, and her will to keep going is failing. So when Boone strides into her life determined to save her, it's easier to go along with him than to resist. Soon she is drawn into the fabric of life in Eternity Springs, and as her spirit begins to heal, her strength returns, and she's able to go toe-to-toe with this hardheaded, big-hearted Texan. But just when love blooms and happiness is within their grasp, shadows from ...

Janna MacGregor (Author)

A Duke in Time

Editura: ST MARTINS PR

Anul aparitiei: 2021

"If...looking for something new with Austen's spirit, humor, and dashing heroes, they can't do better than MacGregor." - Entertainment Weekly A Duke in Time is the first book in a three-story arc that will have you rooting for leading heroines, searching for lost dowries, and falling for swoon-worthy heroes. Katherine Vareck is in for the shock of her life when she learns upon her husband Meri's accidental death that he had married two other women. Her entire business, along with a once-in-a-lifetime chance to be a royal supplier, is everything she's been working for and now could be destroyed if word leaks about the three wives. Meri's far more upstanding brother, Christian, Duke of Randford has no earthly clue how to be of assistance. He spent the better part of his adult years avoiding Meri and the rest of his good-for-nothing family, so to be dragged back into the fold is...problematic. Even more so is the intrepid and beautiful Katherine, whom he cannot be falling for because she's Meri's widow. Or can he? With a textile business to run and a strong friendship forming with Meri's two other wives, Katherine doesn't have time for much else. But there's something about the warm, ...

Lilian Pestre de Almeida (Author)

A Arc

Editura: LULU PR

Anul aparitiei: 2016

Um original jardim histórico português retoma e desenvolve, no século XVIII, o tema renascentista, ao mesmo tempo poético e pictórico, em que pastores da Arcádia descobrem a morte: et in Arcadia ego. Episcopal e provinciano, a meio caminho das realizações do Norte e do Sul do país, o jardim de Castelo Branco possui vários eixos de significação, históricos e religiosos. Buscando analisar a trama complexa de significados de um discurso coerente e por vezes enigmático, o texto propõe ainda a revisão crítica da bibliografia mais recente. Apresenta, como anexo, duas cartas pastorais inéditas do Arquivo da Misericórdia, de Lisboa.

Adam Rogers (Author)

Full Spectrum: How the Science of Color Made Us Modern

Editura: HOUGHTON MIFFLIN

Anul aparitiei: 2021

"Informative and entertaining...Rogers is a seasoned raconteur, unreeling an eons-spanning tale with skill." --Wall Street Journal A lively account of our age-old quest for brighter colors, which changed the way we see the world, from the best-selling author of Proof: The Science of Booze From kelly green to millennial pink, our world is graced with a richness of colors. But our human-made colors haven't always matched nature's kaleidoscopic array. To reach those brightest heights required millennia of remarkable innovation and a fascinating exchange of ideas between science and craft that's allowed for the most luminous manifestations of our built and adorned world. In Full Spectrum, Rogers takes us on that globe-trotting journey, tracing an arc from the earliest humans to our digitized, synthesized present and future. We meet our ancestors mashing charcoal in caves, Silk Road merchants competing for the best ceramics, and textile artists cracking the centuries-old mystery of how colors mix, before shooting to the modern era for high-stakes corporate espionage and the digital revolution that's rewriting the rules of color forever. In prose as vibrant as its subject, Rogers ...