Platinum award-winning singer, songwriter, and lyricist Mark Winkler provides a handbook on writing great lyrics, chock full of songwriting exercises and engaging personal vignettes. This book crosses a variety of genres andteaches the craft of modern commercial songwriting as practiced by the likes of Taylor Swift, Ed Sheeran, and Bruno Mars.The book includes:- Highlights of great songwriters and their songs- Exercises that focus on storytelling and rhyming while add...

Nathan Lucius est un jeune homme ordinaire.Il dort avec la lumière allumée. Il collectionne les vieilles photos anonymes. Il vend des encarts publicitaires dans un journal. Il s’entend plutôt bien avec sa chef. Parfois ils vont boire des bières. Il a une amie plus âgée, Madge, une antiquaire un peu fantasque. Il aime que chaque jour ressemble exactement à la veille. Il déteste les souvenirs. Un type banal. Parfois, il ne se souvient plus de rien. Il est un peu conf...

After his father’s violent death on a hot November day in the drought-stricken Free State, a young man leaves the derelict family farm with no plan, and with no way of knowing that his life will soon be changed for ever by two strangers he encounters on his journey south: a mute little girl who bears a striking resemblance to his late niece, and a troubled lawyer who detests the Cape wine estate she’s inherited from a father she despised.Set in South Africa against the backdrop of ...

How far would you go for your best friend? If she begged you to, would you kill her?Nathan Lucius, 31, is an ad salesman at a Cape Town newspaper. Disaffected, hard-drinking and plagued by blackouts, Nathan lives alone and has only one true friend, a woman named Madge. But Madge is dying slowly of cancer, and when she asks Nathan to end her pain, she sets off a shocking string of events.A modern-day answer to Crime and Punishment, My Name Is Na...

When Dr Thomas Browne accepts the role of both inquisitor and witness in one of England’s last witch trials, he embarks on what his biographer later calls ‘the most culpable and stupid action of his life’.In Bury St Edmonds, 1662, two widows are charged with acts of witchcraft. Doctor Browne is known as a philosopher, natural scientist, logician and medical doctor, yet despite his best efforts, the trial hinges on the admissibility of ‘spectral evidence’: the accused women are deem...

“Tracy lifts a Botoxed lip, shakes her head, minces off on her Louboutins, descends the stairs like a cautious antelope. Gabe is lying on his unmade bed with his arms crossed, glaring at the ceiling, iPod pummelling those so-fragile, once-perfect membranes in his ears. If you look at the maths of it, 3(½) ≠ us. Somewhere, there’s more, has to be more than the pieces of ourselves which we present to each other.” Chris Hayes is a Capetonian architect about to turn 40. He’s built up a lucrati...

A modern-day Crime and Punishment, this American debut is a glittering noir gem that will appeal to readers of Irvine Welsh, Chuck Palahniuk, Thomas Harris and Dennis Lehane How far would you go for your best friend? If she begged you to, would you kill her? Nathan Lucius, 31, is an ad salesman at a local Cape Town newspaper. Disaffected, hard-drinking and plagued by nightmares, Nathan lives alone with only one true friend, a woman named Madge. But Madge is dying slowly of cancer, and when...

Welche Vorstellungen machen sich Lernende spontan von Autor*in, Genre und Entstehungszeit eines literarischen Textes, den sie gerade lesen, oder von den Reaktionen, die er ausgelöst hat und noch auslösen wird? Auf welches Wissen greifen sie dabei zurück, wenn ihnen keine zusätzlichen Informationen angeboten werden? Diesen bisher unbeachteten Fragen geht die vorliegende Laut-Denk-Studie mit Schüler*innen zehnter Klassen und Lehramts-Studierenden im Fach Deutsch zu drei Kurzprosatexten von H...

How to Build Kingdom-Minded OrganizationsBy Mark A. Griffin — Author, Speaker, and HR ConsultantIn today’s challenging and often “politically correct” business world, how can Christian leaders build organizations that honor God while achieving excellence? In How to Build “Kingdom-Minded” Organizations, author and seasoned HR consultant Mark A. Griffin offers a powerful roadmap for integrating faith and leadership in prac...

Rita: Do we have any boxes?Mom: Sure, Why do you need a box?Rita: My teacher says I have to think outside the box!Approaching her daily life with enthusiasm and humour, Rita rides public transit to her job working at a university coffee shop. She takes yoga and folk dance classes and enjoys drama and music at a day program, and she practices using sign language. In My Art, My World, Rita shows us her love f...

Orgasmen statt Excel-Listen, Lustkicks statt Langeweile und Quickies statt Quartalszahlen - Sex im Büro ist einfach geil! Egal ob als scharfer Spontanfick aufm Schreibtisch, zwischen zwei Meetings im Konferenzraum, wild und hemmungslos zwischen Lagerregalen oder als prickelnde Nummer beim nächsten Betriebsfest: Diese 26 Storys zeigen, was es heißt, für die Chefin das letzte Hemd zu geben und sich tief in die Materie einzuarbeiten …

We live in an era rife with cultural conflict. The 21st century is by no means free of wars, terrorism, riots, famine, nor epidemics. We may attempt to solve the challenges of our times by uniting the humanistic disciplines of philosophy, science, and technology. Our modern reality requires a fundamental understanding of the problems beleaguering our existence. Science and literature are key tools for gaining this insight. The wisdom accumulated throughout the centuries by scientists, phil...