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  • Plotto: The Master Book of All Plots

    by William Cook ...
    A classic how-to manual, William Wallace Cook's Plotto is one writer's personal theory--"Purpose, opposed by Obstacle, yields Conflict"--painstakingly diagrammed through hundreds of situations and scenariosA classic how-to manual, William Wallace Cook’s Plotto is one writer’s personal method, painstakingly diagrammed for the benefit of others. The theory itself may be simple—“Purpose, opposed by ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • Dominion

    The Railway and the Rise of Canada

    by Stephen Bown ...
    A thrilling new account of the engineering triumph that created a nationIn The Company, his bestselling work of revisionist history, Stephen R. Bown told the dramatic, adventurous and bloody tale of Canada's origins in the fur trade. With Dominion he continues the nation's creation story with an equally gripping and eye-opening account of the building of the Canadian Pacific Railway.In the late ... Read more

    $14.99 USD $1.99 USD

  • Just Mercy

    A Story of Justice and Redemption

    **#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE STARRING MICHAEL B. JORDAN AND JAMIE FOXX • A powerful true story about the potential for mercy to redeem us, and a clarion call to fix our broken system of justice—from one of the most brilliant and influential lawyers of our time.“[Bryan Stevenson’s] dedication to fighting for justice and equality has inspired me and many others and ... Read more

    $12.99 USD $2.99 USD

  • Tell It Like It Is

    A Guide to Clear and Honest Writing

    America's favorite writing coach and bestselling author returns with an "indispensable" guide (Diana K. Sugg, Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter) to writing clearly and honestly in a world full of lies, propaganda, and misinformation.The darker and more dystopian the future appears, the more influential public writers become. But with so much content vying for our attention, and so much ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • Scribblers, Sculptors, and Scribes

    A Companion to Wheelock's Latin and Other Introductory Textbooks

    An outstanding and enjoyable companion reader to the Wheelock’s curriculum, or any introductory Latin textbook.From one of the country’s leading Latinists, this reader is the perfect complement to any Latin program, and the first collection of entirely authentic classical Latin texts that beginning students, from the very first day of their introduction to Latin, can read and enjoy.Beginning with ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Reading the Constitution

    Why I Chose Pragmatism, Not Textualism

    A provocative, brilliant analysis by recently retired Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer that deconstructs the textualist philosophy of the current Supreme Court’s supermajority and makes the case for a better way to interpret the Constitution.The relatively new judicial philosophy of textualism dominates the Supreme Court. Textualists claim that the right way to interpret the Constitution and ... Read more

    $16.99 USD

  • How Math Explains the World

    A Guide to the Power of Numbers, from Car Repair to Modern Physics

    “Explores the application of math to problem solving in the everyday. . . . [W]ill appeal to both casual and serious fans of math or physics.” —Publishers WeeklyIn How Math Explains the World, mathematician Stein reveals how seemingly arcane mathematical investigations and discoveries have led to bigger, more world-shaking insights into the nature of our world. In the four main sections of the ... Read more

    $12.99 USD $1.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Denied

    Jeffrey Nordella grew up in near poverty, yet he succeeded in earning a medical degree from the UCLA School of Medicine. He married his soulmate, had three beautiful children, and spent each day at his family and urgent care clinic doing what doctors are supposed to do and what he loved: caring for people.He never thought that advocating for his patients would make him the target of a “for profit” ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • Steering The Craft

    A Twenty-First-Century Guide to Sailing the Sea of Story

    From the celebrated Ursula K. Le Guin, "a writer of enormous intelligence and wit, a master storyteller" (Boston Globe), the revised and updated edition of her classic guide to the essentials of a writer's craft.Completely revised and rewritten to address modern challenges and opportunities, this handbook is a short, deceptively simple guide to the craft of writing.Le Guin lays out ten chapters ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • 2023/2024 ASVAB For Dummies (+ 7 Practice Tests, Flashcards, & Videos Online)

    Maximize your ASVAB score and maximize your military job flexibilityIf you want to join the military, you have to take the ASVAB. And if you want the flexibility to apply for a specific job, you'll need right the score to get it! The 2023/2024 edition of ASVAB For Dummies has everything you need to prep for the exam and get the score you need to land the job you want: content review, study ... Read more

    $18.00 USD

  • Strong Passions: A Scandalous Divorce in Old New York

    “In 1864, the nation was riveted by a society divorce trial that had everything: cheating, wealth, feuding brothers and lurid details Weisberg’s sensitive examination reconstructs the trial while giving dimension to the real-life people involved.”—The New York Times Book Review “Editors Choice”Shocking revelations of a wife’s adultery explode in an incendiary nineteenth-century trial, exposing ... Read more

    $19.99 USD

  • The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde: A Quick Read edition

    Discover a new way to read classics with Quick Read.This Quick Read edition includes both the full text and a summary for each chapter.- Reading time of the complete text: about 2 hours- Reading time of the summarized text: 7 minutes"Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde" is a Gothic novella by Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson. The story follows Gabriel John Utterson, a London-based legal ... Read more

    $5.99 USD

  • Grammar Girl's 101 Misused Words You'll Never Confuse Again

    Series series Quick & Dirty Tips
    Millions of people around the world communicate better thanks to Mignon Fogarty, aka Grammar Girl, whose top-rated weekly grammar podcast has been downloaded more than 30 million times. After realizing her fans were asking the same questions over and over, Mignon decided to focus her attention on those words that continuously confound the masses. In Grammar Girl's 101 Misused Words You'll Never ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • The Devil's Dictionary

    Bierce's classic work of satirical wit and Steadman's pointed pen redefine the way we see even the seemingly simplest of terms.Acquaintance, n.: A person whom we know well enough to borrow from but not well enough to lend to. Bride, n.: A woman with a great future behind her. Consult, v: To seek another's approval of a course already decided on.Ambrose Bierce's "dictionary" of epigrams, essays, ... Read more

    $10.99 USD

  • The One-Year Novelist

    A Week-By-Week Guide To Writing Your Novel In One Year

    by L. M. Lilly ...
    Series series Writing As A Second Career
    Writing and finishing a novel can feel overwhelming.If you're like most writers, you need to fit writing around other responsibilities and goals.Maybe you're working at a separate job or profession, raising a family, or pursuing a degree (or all of the above).But there's good news.No matter what else is happening in your life, you can write a novel in a year.The One-Year Novelist walks you through ... Read more

    $4.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Workbook on Complex PTSD: From Surviving to Thriving: A Guide and Map for Recovering from Childhood Trauma by Pete Walker | Discussions Made Easy

    Workbook on Complex PTSD: From Surviving to Thriving: A Guide and Map for Recovering from Childhood Trauma by Pete Walker | Discussions Made Easy**Please Note: This is an unofficial companion guide mean to enhance your appreciation of Complex PTSD: From Surviving to Thriving: A Guide and Map for Recovering from Childhood Trauma by Pete Walker and does not contain any text of the original book ... Read more

    $3.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Grammar Girl's Punctuation 911

    Your Guide to Writing it Right

    Series series Quick & Dirty Tips
    Previously published as part of Grammar Girl's Quick and Dirty Tips for Better Writing.Online sensation Grammar Girl makes punctuation fun and easy in Grammar Girl's Punctuation 911.Mignon Fogarty, a.k.a. Grammar Girl, is determined to wipe out bad punctuation—but she's also determined to make the process as painless as possible. A couple of years ago, she created a weekly podcast to tackle some ... Read more

    $0.99 USD

  • Nonconformity

    Writing on Writing

    The struggle to write with deep emotion is the subject of this extraordinary book, the previously unpublished credo of one of America's greatest 20th-century writers."You don't write a novel out of sheer pity any more than you blow a safe out of a vague longing to be rich," writes Nelson Algren in his only longer work of nonfiction, adding: "A certain ruthlessness and a sense of alienation from ... Read more

    $8.99 USD

  • The Tropoholic's Guide to Internal Romance Tropes

    by Cindy Dees ...
    Series Book 1 - The Tropoholic's Guides
    NYT and USAT bestselling author and screenwriter, Cindy Dees, brings her formidable skills as a master storyteller and master writing teacher to this encyclopedic series analyzing the major tropes used in modern commercial fiction. In this volume, Cindy explores 33 iconic internal romance tropes, the stories of personal affliction, wounds, fears, and personality traits that form obstacles to love ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • NEBOSH IGC

    International General Certificate In Occupational Health and Safety

    by Subhash Kumar ...
    This is a book in regards to Health and Safety Management, designed with the syllabus of NEBOSH IGC Qualification.NEBOSH IGC, International General Certificate 2018 (IG1, IG2) June 2020 is one of the leading and most recommended international qualification and certification courses in 'Occupational Health and Safety' globally and is recommended by most organizations. The syllabus and content of ... Read more

    $3.99 USD

  • Attached: The New Science of Adult Attachment and How It Can Help YouFind - and Keep - Love: Discussion Prompts

    by bestof.me ...
    Readers of Attached: The New Science of Adult Attachment and How It Can Help YouFind - and Keep - Love****seeking engagement for all reading groups can gain further insight with this essential resource as a guide to aid your discussions.Psychiatrist and neuroscientist Dr. Amir Levine writes the bestselling book on the science of love.In his book Attached: The New Science of Adult Attachment‎, ... Read more

    $3.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Modern Library Writer's Workshop

    A Guide to the Craft of Fiction

    by Stephen Koch ...
    “Make [your] characters want something right away—even if it’s only a glass of water. Characters paralyzed by the meaninglessness of modern life still have to drink water from time to time.” —Kurt Vonnegut“‘The cat sat on the mat’ is not the beginning of a story, but ‘the cat sat on the dog’s mat’ is.” —John Le CarréNothing is more inspiring for a beginning writer than listening to masters of the ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • Applied Psychometrics using SPSS and AMOS

    The book will be designed primarily for graduate students (or advanced undergraduates) who are learning psychometrics, as well as professionals in the field who need a reference for use in their practice. We would assume that users have some basic knowledge of using SPSS to read data and conduct basic analyses (e.g., descriptive statistics, frequency distributions). In addition, the reader should ... Read more

    $61.99 USD

  • Rick Steves Portuguese Phrase Book and Dictionary

    by Rick Steves ...
    Series series Rick Steves Travel Guide
    Olá! From ordering vinho verde in the Douro Valley to making new friends in Lisbon, it helps to speak some of the native tongue in Portugal. Rick Steves offers well-tested Portuguese words and phrases that come in handy in a variety of situations. Inside you'll find:Key phrases for use in everyday circumstances, complete with phonetic spellingAn English-Portuguese and Portuguese-English dictionary ... Read more

    $9.99 USD