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DIVERGENT, INSURGENT and ALLEGIANT were major blockbuster movies in 2014, 2015 and 2016. Illustrated with more than 100 photographs – many never before seen – this eye-catching volume takes you insi……続きを見る

Publishing a book in any genre is an exciting but daunting undertaking for first-time authors. Self-publishing even more so. With over 60 ebooks published online, the husband and wife team of Findla……続きを見る

You’ve heard the advice “show, don’t tell” until you can’t stand to hear it anymore. Yet fiction writers of all levels still seem to struggle with it. There are three reasons for this. The first is ……続きを見る

The Ultimate Guide to choosing character names, with over 25,000 first names and surnames, and their meanings. The Character Naming Sourcebook includes reverse lookup of names by their meaning, an a……続きを見る

Twenty four years after investment managers decided to implement Standard & Poor's 500 indexing strategy, the verdict is in. The first indexers beat more than 99% of all actively managed stock funds……続きを見る

This workbook combines methodology and practice for beginning translators with a solid proficiency in French. It assumes a linguistic approach to the problems of translation and addresses common pit……続きを見る

High stakes tests are the gatekeepers to many educational and professional goals. As such, the incentive to cheat is high. This Handbook is the first to offer insights from experts within the testin……続きを見る

In recent years there has been significant investment by policy makers in the potential of technological tools to transform learning and teaching across a range of professional practitioner groups; ……続きを見る

In my continuing effort to promote, what I consider to be an underutilized visual resource of historical importance, I share with you this short volume (a primer if you will) about the motion pictur……続きを見る

'Be short, be simple, be human.' When Sir Ernest Gowers first wrote Plain Words, it was intended simply as a guide to the proper use of English for the Civil Service. Within a year, however, its hum……続きを見る

The Oxford Companion to English Literature has long been established as the leading reference resource for students, teachers, scholars, and general readers of English literature. It provides unriva……続きを見る

This is not about writing technique. "Violence: A Writer's Guide" is an introduction to the world of violence. To the parts that people don’t understand. The parts that books and movies get wrong. N……続きを見る

Have you tried to take your writing skills to the next level but don’t know where to begin? Do you dread the thought of writing narrative description because as a reader you skip over it when you re……続きを見る

Learn to use Setting to quickly anchor the reader into the world of your story. Use Setting as movement through space effectively. Explore Setting in a series. Learn the most common Setting pitfalls……続きを見る

Imagine, if you would, that a single simple change could radically improve not just the quality of your (short) fiction, but - oh, why not? - the rest of your life, as well. It's a nice dream, isn't……続きを見る

Would you like to know how to write faster? How about being able to write 1,000 words in 90 minutes - every day? The tips and tricks in this short book may sound simple, but when you apply them to y……続きを見る

Are you a new Samsung Galaxy S4 owner who wants to get the most out of your new smartphone? This guide book will help you learn how to get the most out of your Samsung Galaxy S4. Here’s just some of……続きを見る

Available for the first time as an ebook, this acclaimed 180,000-word A-Z dictionary is a comprehensive and highly readable guide to witchcraft, revealing the historical reality beneath the popular ……続きを見る

Most online dating guides are misguided attempts to teach the same principles that lead to success in real life. But online dating is a completely different challenge, and there’s finally a book wri……続きを見る

Updated Sept. 2013 with iOS 7 Tips Are you an iPad Mini owner looking to get the most out of your tablet? Perhaps you're looking for solutions to certain questions you've had about the new tablet su……続きを見る

Are you a new Google Nexus 7 owner who wants to get the most out of your new tablet? This guide book from best-selling Amazon author Shelby Johnson will help you learn how to get the most out of you……続きを見る

The renaissance in urban theory draws directly from a fresh focus on the neglected realities of cities beyond the west and embraces the global south as the epicentre of urbanism. This Handbook engag……続きを見る

From Western Europe to Asia, from the Middle East to the Horn of Africa, societies are finding themselves under growing assault from radical Islamist forces. In some countries, such as Spain and Fra……続きを見る

Brenda Ueland stresses the idea that "Everyone is talented, original, and has something important to say." Drawing heavily on the work and influence of William Blake, she suggests that writers shoul……続きを見る

The critical importance of interpretation to the enterprise of constitutional adjudication has been highlighted recently by several cases out of the Commonwealth Caribbean. In Reading Text and Polit……続きを見る

IS YOUR CHARACTER WORTHY OF YOUR READER? Often we think of sympathetic characters as those we love or envy or pity, but character sympathy runs deeper than simply liking or feeling sorry for a chara……続きを見る

WHY DOES YOUR STORY MATTER? CHARACTER ARCS show the events of our story are worth reading about. In most works of fiction, the major characters don’t just experience the events of the plotーthe stor……続きを見る

Christopher Burgess brings his voice to Senior Online Safety with a practical guide for safety and security, both online and off. Regardless of age, you will find value in the content, as device con……続きを見る

Align Your Creative Energy with Nature’s “Everything we know about creating,” writes Tina Welling, “we know intuitively from the natural world.” In Writing Wild, Welling details a three-step “Spirit……続きを見る

First published in 1930. 'The Broadway Travellers consolidates its already high reputation by issuing this volume...' Spectator This is the first translation of the Commentarios since original publi……続きを見る