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The Element: How Finding Your Passion Changes Everything

Ken Robinson, Lou Aronica

From one of the world's leading thinkers and speakers on creativity and self-fulfillment, a breakthrough book about talent, passion, and achievement. The element is the point at which natural talent meets personal passion. When people arrive at the element, they feel most themselves and most inspired and achieve at their highest levels. The Element draws on the stories of a wide range of people, f

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The Portable MFA in Creative Writing

The New York Writers Workshop · 282 pages

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On Writing Well: The Classic Guide to Writing Nonfiction

William Zinsser · 288 pages

In addition to exploring the techniques of nonfiction writing, Zinsser discusses sexism in writing, jargon, and psychological writing blocks.

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Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association

American Psychological Association · 398 pages

The Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association is the style manual of choice for writers, editors, students, educators, and professionals in psychology, sociology, business, economics, nursing, social work, and justice administration, and other disciplines in which effective communication with words and data is fundamental. In addition to providing clear guidance on grammar, the

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Outlining Your Novel: Map Your Way to Success

K.M. Weiland · 186 pages

Explores how to choose the right type of outline for your novel, brainstorm plot ideas, discover characters, structure scenes, and format and finish an outline.

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Getting to Maybe: How to Excel on Law School Exams

Richard Michael Fischl · 328 pages

ETHS graduate in 1970, Fischel has had a successful and quite varied career in law. Here he presents a clear and engaging study-aid designed to get prospective lawyers to quit regurgitating course outlines and to think in terms of legal analysis.

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The Art of Public Speaking

Stephen E. Lucas · 449 pages

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The 38 Most Common Fiction Writing Mistakes

Jack M. Bickham · 128 pages

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The Copyeditor's Handbook: A Guide for Book Publishing and Corporate Communications, With Exercises and Answer Keys

Amy Einsohn · 564 pages

The Copyeditor's Handbook is a lively, practical manual for newcomers to publishing and for experienced editors who want to fine-tune their skills or broaden their understanding of the craft. This book may be used for self-instruction or as a textbook in copyediting classes. The exercises are accompanied by answer keys and detailed line-by-line explanations. The third edition features: Updates ref

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Write Away: One Novelist's Approach to Fiction and the Writing Life

Elizabeth George · 296 pages

Bestselling author Elizabeth George has spent years teaching writing, and in Write Away she shares her knowledge of the creative process. George combines clear, intelligent, and functional advice on fiction writing with anecdotes from her own life, the story of her journey to publication, and inside information on how she meticulously researches and writes her novels. George's solid understanding

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Write Your Novel From the Middle: A New Approach for Plotters, Pantsers and Everyone in Between

James Scott Bell · 91 pages

A powerful secret and a fresh approach to writing bestselling fiction! What's the best way to write a next level novel? Some writers start at the beginning and let the story unfold without a plan. They are called pantsers, because they write by the seat of the pants. Other writers plan and outline and know the ending before they start. These are the plotters. The two sides never seem to agree with

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Teach Like a Pirate: Increase Student Engagement, Boost Your Creativity, and Transform Your Life as an Educator

Dave Burgess · 203 pages

***Pirates are daring and adventurous.***They sail into uncharted territories with no guarantee of success. They reject the status quo and refuse to conform to any society that stiffles creativity and independence. They are entrepreneurs who take risks and are willing to travel to the ends of the earth for that which they value. Pirates don't much care about public perception; they proudly fly the

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The Screenwriter's Bible: A Complete Guide to Writing, Formatting, and Selling Your Script

David Trottier · 424 pages

The Screenwriter's Bible is six books in one. --Publisher.

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Making it as a Teacher

Victoria Hewett · 198 pages

Teaching is a delightfully rewarding, wonderfully enlightening and diverse career. Yet, at present, teacher recruitment and retention are in crisis, with some of the most at risk of leaving the profession being those in their early years of teaching. Making it as a Teacher offers a variety of tips, anecdotes, real-life examples and practical advice to help new teachers survive and thrive through t

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Teach Like a Champion: 49 Techniques that Put Students on the Path to College

Doug Lemov · 332 pages

Offers easy-to-apply ideas for becoming an outstanding teacher.

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Outliers: The Story of Success

Malcolm Gladwell · 320 pages

In this stunning new book, Malcolm Gladwell takes us on an intellectual journey through the world of "outliers"--the best and the brightest, the most famous and the most successful. He asks the question: what makes high-achievers different? His answer is that we pay too much attention to what successful people are like, and too little attention to where they are from: that is, their culture, their

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Emotional Intelligence: Why It Can Matter More Than IQ

Daniel Goleman · 352 pages

¿Por qué algunas personas parecen dotadas de un don especial que les permite vivir bien, aunque no sean las que más se destacan por su inteligencia? ¿Por qué no siempre el alumno más inteligente termina siendo el más exitoso? ¿Por qué unos son más capaces que otros para enfrentar contratiempos, superar obstáculos y ver las dificultades bajo una óptica distinta? El libro demuestra cómo la inteli

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