Download or read book The Writer s Practice written by John Warner and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2019-02-05 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Unique and thorough, Warner’s handbook could turn any determined reader into a regular Malcolm Gladwell.” —Booklist For anyone aiming to improve their skill as a writer, a revolutionary new approach to establishing robust writing practices inside and outside the classroom, from the author of Why They Can’t Write After a decade of teaching writing using the same methods he’d experienced as a student many years before, writer, editor, and educator John Warner realized he could do better. Drawing on his classroom experience and the most persuasive research in contemporary composition studies, he devised an innovative new framework: a step-by-step method that moves the student through a series of writing problems, an organic, bottom-up writing process that exposes and acculturates them to the ways writers work in the world. The time is right for this new and groundbreaking approach. The most popular books on composition take a formalistic view, utilizing “templates” in order to mimic the sorts of rhetorical moves academics make. While this is a valuable element of a writing education, there is room for something that speaks more broadly. The Writer’s Practice invites students and novice writers into an intellectually engaging, active learning process that prepares them for a wider range of academic and real-world writing and allows them to become invested and engaged in their own work.

Download or read book Nobody Cares written by Anne T. Donahue and published by ECW Press. This book was released on 2018-09-18 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Witty and painfully honest essays about perfection vs. reality: “Hilarious…[an] incredibly distinctive voice.” —Emma Gannon, bestselling author of Olive From the author of the popular newsletter That’s What She Said, Nobody Cares is a candid personal essay collection about work, failure, friendship, and the messy business of being alive in your twenties and thirties. As she shares her hard-won insights from screwing up, growing up, and trying to find her own path, Anne T. Donahue offers all the honesty, laughs, and reassurance of a late-night phone call with your best friend. Whether she’s giving a signature pep talk, railing against summer, or describing her own mental health struggles, Anne reminds us that failure is normal, saying no to things is liberating, and we’re all a bunch of beautiful disasters—and she wouldn’t have it any other way. “Her essays about the less photogenic moments of her life contain their own sort of beauty, the kind that comes from failing and persevering. From breaking down her anxiety disorder to getting in touch with helpful and well-deserved female rage, Donahue is as inspiring as she is droll.” ―Vulture “Frank, funny, observations.” —Cosmopolitan “I don’t know how anyone could read her and not immediately fall in love.” —Scaachi Koul, author of One Day We’ll All Be Dead and None of This Will Matter

Download or read book Nobody Cares What You Think written by Brian Barton and published by . This book was released on 2018-08-26 with total page 89 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "That's pure genius." -- Alan T. Saracevic of San Francisco Chronicle "Barton knows firsthand." -- Janet Kornblum of USA Today Daniel Velum is a middle-aged studio reader, a low-level employee who reads screenplays for his big-time Hollywood employer. He likes his job, but he's struggling at the bottom and wants to be a real player. One day, Daniel stumbles upon a movie idea of his own. Luck shines upon him, and his idea lands on the desk of a studio big wig. Everyone loves the idea. There's just one problem. Something goes awry for our studio reader and he's sent careening down another path. Note: This is 90 pages and the first part in a series. Brian Barton is an author of books and essays, including Never Going Home, Brooklyn Girls Don't Cuddle, and Words with Steve Jobs. His dramatic series Nobody Cares What You Think has become his most popular book to date. Barton's work has been featured in Esquire and USA Today. Click his name at the top of this page to see all of his writing.

Download or read book Be More written by Todd Putman and published by . This book was released on 2015-10-22 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a straightforward, thoughtful, occasionally irreverent way, BE MORE allows you to better understand your innate skills, values, and passion and to use that self-awareness to guide your career and life in a way that moves you toward something more.

Download or read book No One Cares What You Had for Lunch written by Margaret Mason and published by Pearson Education. This book was released on 2006 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides one hundred suggestions on ways to create a fun and interesting blog.

Download or read book Hola Papi written by John Paul Brammer and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2022-06-07 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The popular LGBTQ advice columnist and writer presents a memoir-in-essays chronicling his journey growing up as a queer, mixed-race kid in America's heartland to becoming the "Chicano Carrie Bradshaw" of his generation.

Download or read book Emo Boy written by Steve Emond and published by SLG Publishing. This book was released on 2006 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Emo Boy is a comic book hero for the world's losers and outsiders.

Download or read book No One Cares About Crazy People written by Ron Powers and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2017-03-21 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New York Times-bestselling author Ron Powers offers a searching, richly researched narrative of the social history of mental illness in America paired with the deeply personal story of his two sons' battles with schizophrenia. From the centuries of torture of "lunatiks" at Bedlam Asylum to the infamous eugenics era to the follies of the anti-psychiatry movement to the current landscape in which too many families struggle alone to manage afflicted love ones, Powers limns our fears and myths about mental illness and the fractured public policies that have resulted. Braided with that history is the moving story of Powers's beloved son Kevin -- spirited, endearing, and gifted -- who triumphed even while suffering from schizophrenia until finally he did not, and the story of his courageous surviving son Dean, who is also schizophrenic. A blend of history, biography, memoir, and current affairs ending with a consideration of where we might go from here, this is a thought-provoking look at a dreaded illness that has long been misunderstood. "Extraordinary and courageous . . . No doubt if everyone were to read this book, the world would change." -- New York Times Book Review

Download or read book Nobody Cares written by Ari Gunzburg and published by . This book was released on 2020-08-13 with total page 42 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When you walk down the street, and pretend to be all left feet, do the people around you care? When you sit in your house, and pretend to be a mouse, do the people around you care? Just remember that Nobody Cares, and you will be all right! So many adults base so many things in their life on what others may care about. When the best thing to do is to remember that Nobody Cares!! Join in the wonderful world of imagination with brilliant, bright pictures, as we remember that nobody cares what we pretend to be! The main point is to be happy with who you are, to focus on the good, and to remember to keep the best people around you - your family, friends, and others who care for whatever is the best thing for you. As long as we remember to care about the people around us, and to show our caring, nobody really cares and that is the most amazing thing of all! About The Book, from the writer One day my wife was walking around the house, taking care of things, saying things like 'Nobody cares, not even a bear, ' and other silly things that rhyme with the words 'Nobody Cares.' I grabbed my computer and typed up a bunch of verses before I could lose the idea, and then left it alone for quite some time. As I was going through different book ideas, I came back across this, and pulled up the file. The last few stanzas polished off pretty quickly! And then I created the artwork you see in the book now, and the rest is history!

Download or read book I Don t Have to Make Everything All Better written by Gary Lundberg and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2000-05-01 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In their weekly radio show and in their popular workshops, Gary and Joy Lundberg have already helped thousands of people and their families to communicate more effectively. Now, the Lundbergs address an all too common dilemma that arises when others expect you to solve their problems for them, showing readers how they can shed the no-win role of "fixer" and empower people to solve their own problems through validation--a simple yet profound communication tool that is essential to any healthy relationship. Refreshingly straightforward, this inspiring and entertaining work is poised to become a classic guide for anyone who wishes to improve relationships with their partner, children, colleagues and friends.

Download or read book The Door written by Margaret Atwood and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 2009 with total page 133 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Atwoods first book of poetry since "Morning in the Burned House" in 1995, "The Door" contains 50 lucid yet urgent poems which range in tone from lyric to ironic and meditative to prophetic, and in subject from the personal to the political.

Download or read book Upscale Downhome written by Rachel Hollis and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2016-10-18 with total page 271 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rachel Hollis, blogger and founder of "The Chic Site," delivers a cookbook packed with delicious and easy comfort food that's sure to wow at both family suppers and the fanciest dinner parties. Packed with big flavor and simple enough for a beginner home cook to master, Upscale Downhome focuses on great-tasting food and beautiful presentation, served up with a chic twist.

Download or read book Nobody Cares and What I Did about It the Red Wemette Story of the Chicago Outfit written by Red Wemette and published by . This book was released on 2016-01-23 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If you have ever wanted to see what it is like to live on the wild side-all from the safety and security of your own armchair-then Nobody Cares and What I Did About It! The Red Wemette Story of The Chicago Outfit is for you. It is a veritable proof that truth is sometimes stranger than fiction! A fascinating, firsthand account of events in the life and times of William "Red" Wemette-the longest Organized Crime undercover informant [other than for espionage] for the FBI in U.S. History who spent eighteen years as an FBI mole. This book details how he did what he did, and why. It also settles, once and for all, the question of whether he is an actual person rather than a contrived governmental construct, as some federal agents believed. Take a look through the eyes of a man who has lived the life that most people can hardly imagine. He details his firsthand interactions with hitmen, murderers, thieves, and extortionists [from both sides of the law] in a never-before revealed series of stories that share insights and historical perspectives on the colorful excursions of the Chicago Mafia-more accurately known as "The Outfit." Intriguing details of his role in the Family Secret's Trial, the take down of one of the Outfit's most feared, nationwide hitmen, Frank Schweihs, and the forty-year-old triple homicide that sparked Cold Case files in Cook County and throughout the U.S. This book is a must-have for law enforcement officers, lawyers, politicians, historians, or anyone who wants the truth behind the Hollywood hype found in the many movies or books that cover "The Chicago Way" of doing business across the country."

Download or read book White Fragility written by Dr. Robin DiAngelo and published by Beacon Press. This book was released on 2018-06-26 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The New York Times best-selling book exploring the counterproductive reactions white people have when their assumptions about race are challenged, and how these reactions maintain racial inequality. In this “vital, necessary, and beautiful book” (Michael Eric Dyson), antiracist educator Robin DiAngelo deftly illuminates the phenomenon of white fragility and “allows us to understand racism as a practice not restricted to ‘bad people’ (Claudia Rankine). Referring to the defensive moves that white people make when challenged racially, white fragility is characterized by emotions such as anger, fear, and guilt, and by behaviors including argumentation and silence. These behaviors, in turn, function to reinstate white racial equilibrium and prevent any meaningful cross-racial dialogue. In this in-depth exploration, DiAngelo examines how white fragility develops, how it protects racial inequality, and what we can do to engage more constructively.

Download or read book Life Force written by Tony Robbins and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2022-02-08 with total page 720 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Transform your life or the life of someone you love with Life Force—the newest breakthroughs in health technology to help maximize your energy and strength, prevent disease, and extend your health span—from Tony Robbins, author of the #1 New York Times bestseller Money: Master the Game. What if there were scientific solutions that could wipe out your deepest fears of falling ill, receiving a life-threatening diagnosis, or feeling the effects of aging? What if you had access to the same cutting-edge tools and technology used by peak performers and the world’s greatest athletes? In a world full of fear and uncertainty about our health, it can be difficult to know where to turn for actionable advice you can trust. Today, leading scientists and doctors in the field of regenerative medicine are developing diagnostic tools and safe and effective therapies that can free you from fear. In this book, Tony Robbins, the world’s #1 life and business strategist who has coached more than fifty million people, brings you more than 100 of the world’s top medical minds and the latest research, inspiring comeback stories, and amazing advancements in precision medicine that you can apply today to help extend the length and quality of your life. This book is the result of Robbins going on his own life-changing journey. After being told that his health challenges were irreversible, he experienced firsthand how new regenerative technology not only helped him heal but made him stronger than ever before. Life Force will show you how you can wake up every day with increased energy, a more bulletproof immune system, and the know-how to help turn back your biological clock. This is a book for everyone, from peak performance athletes, to the average person who wants to increase their energy and strength, to those looking for healing. Life Force provides answers that can transform and even save your life, or that of someone you love.

Download or read book The Chimp Paradox written by Steve Peters and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2013-05-30 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Your inner Chimp can be your best friend or your worst enemy...this is the Chimp Paradox Do you sabotage your own happiness and success? Are you struggling to make sense of yourself? Do your emotions sometimes dictate your life? Dr. Steve Peters explains that we all have a being within our minds that can wreak havoc on every aspect of our lives—be it business or personal. He calls this being "the chimp," and it can work either for you or against you. The challenge comes when we try to tame the chimp, and persuade it to do our bidding. The Chimp Paradox contains an incredibly powerful mind management model that can help you be happier and healthier, increase your confidence, and become a more successful person. This book will help you to: —Recognize how your mind is working —Understand and manage your emotions and thoughts —Manage yourself and become the person you would like to be Dr. Peters explains the struggle that takes place within your mind and then shows you how to apply this understanding. Once you're armed with this new knowledge, you will be able to utilize your chimp for good, rather than letting your chimp run rampant with its own agenda.

Download or read book Finding God When You Need Him Most written by Chip Ingram and published by Baker Books. This book was released on 2007-02-01 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this encouraging book, Chip Ingram reveals how readers can meet God in the midst of their most difficult circumstances. Chip's candid discussion, personal stories, and solid guidance will allow readers to move from "knowing about God" to profoundly experiencing his presence and power in their lives. Whether they're struggling with rocky relationships, unexpected crises, depression, or injustice, Finding God When You Need Him Most will remind readers that the Lord is faithful to hear their heart's cry and will be there for them, time and again.