The improbable story of the birth of modern-day pro basketball in TorontoIn just over 25 years, the Toronto Raptors have evolved from an intrepid expansion team to an NBA champion. But for all the triumphs of the past decade, the beginning looked a bit different. When the franchise began its first season in 1995, a pro basketball team in Toronto was viewed as an experiment. There was no playbook to follow, and very few people gave them a chance to succeed.I...

Declutter your life and enjoy peace of mind with this brilliant 30-day roadmap to minimalism!Do you want to embrace minimalism, but you don’t know where to start? Or are you looking for a practical guide to help you cut down on needless stuff, and enjoy a more fulfilling life?Whether you feel like you waste too much money on things you don’t need, or if you have to downsize and you’re running out of space, the tried-and-tested strategies inside this book wi...

Gingerbread Real EstateA Read-Aloud Picture Book by Alex Wong.Welcome to a delightful, whimsical world where gingerbread people live, play, and dream big-just like us! In Gingerbread Real Estate, join Ginger and Baker as they take on a very important task: building homes for a growing community. Set far away in time and a cozy kitchen in the heart of winter, the Ginger folk are full of life, but they need a place to sleep!From apartments to yurts, c...

Shortlisted for The Seamus Heaney Centre for Poetry First Collection Prize 2017. Shortlisted for The Roehampton Poetry Prize 2017.Alex Wong's debut collection Poems Without Irony is a miscellaneous assemblage of aesthetic experiments with diction, syntax and verse form. They are poems produced in an irony-free environment and designed especially to be read aloud. The subjects and tone range widely: as a whole, it is not a book about anything in particular, but about partic...

Alex Wong's first collection, Poems Without Irony (2016), was a book that took nothing for granted, that broke through to the particularity of things and experiences, distrusting and defying generality. Elaine Feinstein celebrated the 'extraordinarily new rhetoric for his love poetry' whilst David Morley commended his 'linguistic finesse'. Shadow and Refrain presses on, less coyly, with similar themes and a tenacious syntax that gorgeously persists until it has secured its quarry, the long...

Poems without Irony is Alex Wong's first collection. In subject, tone and form it ranges widely. The book as a whole does not address any one paticular theme, but much of it is concerned with the experience of particularity, with the bounds of moral calculation, and with the need for precision – of thought and of speech – as an aim or obligation. Tensions between the 'natural' and the artificial, intention and expression, good faith and bad, are recurrently felt as the poems negotiate thei...

Alex Wong's first collection, Poems Without Irony (2016), was a book that took nothing for granted, that broke through to the particularity of things and experiences, distrusting and defying generality. Elaine Feinstein celebrated the 'extraordinarily new rhetoric for his love poetry' whilst David Morley commended his 'linguistic finesse'. Shadow and Refrain presses on, less coyly, with similar themes and a tenacious syntax that gorgeously persists until it has secured its quarry, the long...

Embrace the art of minimalism and finally declutter your life with this ultimate guide to organizing!Inside this brilliant 3-book bundle, you’ll join best-selling author and minimalist Alex Wong as he reveals a comprehensive decluttering plan that’s specially designed to help you organize your life. Combining step-by-step advice with actionable exercises for decluttering your home, mind, social media, finances, relationships, and much more, this gu...

Master the world of SEO and promote your Airbnb listing like a pro!Airbnb offers a wonderful opportunity for turning your empty space into a year-round source of income. But with so much competition, how can you create an eye-catching presence and promote your vacation rental business?Written by seasoned Airbnb expert Alex Wong, this practical handbook arms you with the must-know advice you need to become an Airbnb Superhost and kickstart y...

Discover how to master Airbnb and become a Superhost in no time!Whether you have a vacation rental, dedicated real estate, or simply part of your house to rent out as a bed and breakfast, Airbnb is a brilliant way to make extra money or even create a full-time career. But with endless competition in an ever-growing market, how can you rise above the crowd and start turning a profit?Inside this practical guide, marketing expert Alex Wong reveals a po...

How to Create Compelling Amazon Book Descriptions That Boost Your Ranking, Sales, and ProfitsAre you an author that is struggling to make an impact?Is the competition strong and eating into your sales?Do you want to learn their secrets and beat them at their own game?Writing books and selling them has never been easier. With online platforms, like Amazon, almost anyone can write a book and...

Attract More Patients and Grow Your Dental Practice with the Ultimate Dental Marketing BlueprintDo you want to:• Attract more patients?• Boost your practice’s revenue?• Ensure YOUR dental practice stands out from the crowd?There's a lot of competition in the dental industry for new patients. Every day new websites appear, offering to make it attractive for potential customers to sw...