Slips of Speech by John Hendricks: Delve into the fascinating world of linguistics and communication with "Slips of Speech" by John Hendricks. In this insightful book, Hendricks explores the intricacies of human language and the curious phenomena of slips of speech that often lead to humorous or revealing moments. Through a blend of anecdotes, research, and linguistic analysis, the author uncovers the underlying mechanisms...

A helpful book for everyone who aspires to correct the everyday errors of speaking and writing.

On a cold February day in 1979, when most of the Northeast was snowed in by a blizzard, NASCAR entered the American consciousness with a dramatic telecast of the Daytona 500. It was the first 500-mile race to be broadcast live on national television and featured the heroes and legends of the sport racing on a hallowed track. With one of the wildest finishes in sports history -- a finish that was just the start of the drama -- everything changed for what is now America's second most popular...

Where do you go when your heart is breaking, when your life is crushed with loses that can never be replaced here on earth? Where do you go to find comfort and strength to make it through the lonely days and wearisome nights? Where do you find light to guide you through the dark valley of the shadow of death? God and His Word supply the comfort, strength, courage, and light to keep on living when life makes no sense. This book is for those who have lost or for those who desire to relate to...

He was complex, quirky, pugnacious, and difficult. He seemed to create enemies wherever he went, even among his friends. A fireplug of a man who stood only five feet eight inches in his stocking feet, he had an outsized ambition to make his mark on the world. And he did. William Temple Hornaday (1854-1937) was probably the most famous conservationist of the nineteenth century, second only to his great friend and ally Theodore Roosevelt. Hornaday's great passion was protecting wild things a...

From magic swords to burnt popcorn and battlesuits, there's a weapon here for every fight! Have a Muse who's gone on vacation and left you staring at blank pages? Sometimes all a story need is a bit of firepower to get the words rolling again, so swing on by this month-long armory and load up!This eBook contains 31 prose prompts, which are one or more sentences of story. This type of prompt is meant to invoke a setting, emotion, or plot idea. They can be used in multiple ways and I...

Pick up your laptops and pens and join the fight for galaxies, kingdoms, suburbs, and farms! There's always room for one more plot bunny on the frontlines (or the homefront), so join them on a month-long journey through the preparations, battles, and aftermath of war!This eBook contains 31 prose prompts, which are one or more sentences of story. This type of prompt is meant to invoke a setting, emotion, or plot idea. They can be used in multiple ways and I've included examples of t...

Like the deadly tornadoes it documents, this potent combination of high adventure and hard science is terrifyingly timely in our era of global warming and climate change. The Weather Channel, now America's most watched programming, has in recent years shown us a relentless series of hurricanes, tsunamis, earthquakes, and eruptions killing thousands, turning millions into refugees, and leaving whole cities in shocked, shattered ruins. Of nature's weapons, tornadoes are among the most unforg...

"An ill wind that bloweth no man to good."A pleasant afternoon: the sky is blue, the grass is green, the company — although to each of them Drew and June had been strangers — willing to share their good humor along with cole slaw, ears of corn and hamburgers, when suddenly the news arrives.And the news is not good.Somebody killed Willa Maes.Worse, the talented, young ballplayer had been lynched.Maybe the right place, wrong time, but Drew Nolan has la...

Some days you eat the bear, some days the bear eats you.That's what other people might think, but Nolan sees something in the half-eaten corpse lying on an outcrop to a Montana mountain that says differently. And what it says is, "Nolan, you've gotten yourself in some kind of mess… again."Follow Drew Nolan as he tries to figure out three things:Who's the dead guy, and why is he dead?Who are these mysterious women that seem to be in the middle of the ...

Love to wonder what's lurking among the stars? A sucker for colony worlds with crazy new environments? Enraptured by spaceship AIs that think digital watches are a neat idea? Then break out your pencils and snag one of these interstellar plot bunnies!This eBook contains 31 prose prompts, which are one or more sentences of story. This type of prompt is meant to invoke a setting, emotion, or plot idea. They can be used in multiple ways and I've included examples of those at the end o...

There's nothing like a pet to warm your heart or lay waste to your enemies! From loyal labradors to less terrestrial critters, there's something about having an animal sidekick that makes a Fictive pick up the wordcount. So swing by the pound (or the summoning circle), gas up the spaceship, and get ready to play some interstellar fetch!This eBook contains 31 prose prompts, which are one or more sentences of story. This type of prompt is meant to invoke a setting, emotion, or plot i...