Come, take a walk in the mountains with this beautiful companion for outdoor adventures.If you’ll be exploring the Sierra Nevada range with kids, be sure to bring along this slender, illustrated book featuring a collection of commonly found natural wonders in their mountain habitat.This highly visual, place-based natural history weaves together simple identification keys and whimsical, factual insights, clearly organized by trees, wildflowe...

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Are you ready to take the next step in your author journey?Art for the sake of art is important. Writing for the love of it, or to create something beautiful on the page, is absolutely worthwhile and critical to expand the sum of human expression.But I’m not here to talk about creativity or the craft of writing in this book.My aim is to take the result of your creativity into the realm of actually paying the bills.To take you from be...

JANE AUSTEN BUT ADD A LITTLE BIT OF SPICE ️ The BRAND NEW fun and flirty Regency romance from bestselling author Emma Orchard! Must-read for fans of The Other Bennet Sister, Lex Croucher and Bridgerton ✨'If you're girding your loins for Bridgerton, you may want to indulge in this Regency romp' THE TIMES ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️'Hot stuff. I loved it!' FERN BRITTON ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️It is a truth universally acknowledged that a single wo...

Want to self-publish your book but don't know where to start? Worried it's too complex or you don't have the right skills?This updated and expanded Fourth edition of Successful Self-Publishing provides everything you need to successfully self-publish your book in ebook, print, and audio formats, plus proven marketing strategies to reach more readers.Written by award-winning, New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Joanna (J.F.) Penn, this practical guide shares th...

Are you ready to share your expertise, tell your story, or build a thriving author career?Do you want to write a non-fiction book but don’t know where to start?Writing a book can change your life. It can help you share your unique knowledge and experience with the world, build authority in your field, and even generate multiple streams of income.But writing a book can also be hard.You might get paralyzed by writer’s block or...

Taking on law's old boys club can have deadly results ... A gripping thriller from a bold new voice about misogyny, corruption and the legal industry.'Keeps you gripped ... The perfect tonic for anyone who has had a difficult client.' RICHARD BEASLEY SC and author of Hell Has Harbour Views'Everyone is going to say what a great guy and a great lawyer he was. He wasn't. He was a prick ... And a shithouse lawyer.'Gavin Jones is dead a...

From the widely acclaimed HOW TO TALK series, discover tried and tested communication strategies to survive - and thrive - with kids ages 2-7The all-new content in this book deals with struggles familiar to every parent, relative, teacher and childminder. How do you respond to the toddler who won't brush his teeth? The preschooler who pinches the baby? The child who throws everything she can reach?It's hard to be a little kid. It's hard to be an adult responsible for that l...

Writing a novel will change your life.It might not be in the way that you expect, but when you hold your book in your hand and say, “I made this,” something will shift.The process of getting to that point will light a spark in your creative soul and help you discover unexpected aspects of yourself. It will be one of the things you are most proud of in your life.I’m Joanna (J.F.) Penn, award-nominated, New York Times and USA Today bestselling autho...

Since the nineties, platforms have invited users to create in return for connection. From blogs to vlogs, tweets to memes: for the first time in history, making art became the fundamental form of communication.What started as fun soon became currency, something vital to finding friends, work, and love. Then, as 'meatspace' job security eroded, online creativity became work itself. Now an internet presence is no longer optional, platforms increasingly charge users. Whatever it is we...

Do you want to sell more books and reach more readers?Do you want to discover how to build an author career for the long-term as well as spike your book sales right now?If you don’t know much about marketing, don’t worry. We all start with nothing.I’m Joanna Penn and back in 2008, I had no book sales, no audience, no website, no social media, no podcast, no email list. No nothing.Now I’m a New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of t...

Are you ready to share your expertise, tell your story, or build a thriving author career?Do you want to write a non-fiction book but don’t know where to start?Writing a book can change your life. It can help you share your unique knowledge and experience with the world, build authority in your field, and even generate multiple streams of income.But writing a book can also be hard.You might get paralyzed by writer’s bloc...