“Unique and thorough, Warner’s handbook could turn any determined reader into a regular Malcolm Gladwell.” —BooklistFor anyone aiming to improve their skill as a writer, a revolutionary new approach to establishing robust writing practices inside and outside the classroom, from the author of Why They Can’t WriteAfter a decade of teaching writing using the same methods he’d experienced as a student many years before, writer, editor,...

Questo libro non poteva arrivare in un momento più critico. L'intelligenza artificiale è ormai entrata nelle nostre vite e nelle nostre scuole e ne subiamo sempre di più il fascino, la velocità, la comodità d'uso. Ci permette di avere tra le mani in pochi secondi uno scritto di qualsiasi genere, che sia una comunicazione commerciale, un tema, un saggio, una traduzione… John Warner, da scrittore ma anche da docente di scrittura, coglie appieno il punto chiedendosi: cosa siamo dispos...

An important challenge to what currently masquerades as conventional wisdom regarding the teaching of writing.There seems to be widespread agreement that—when it comes to the writing skills of college students—we are in the midst of a crisis. In Why They Can't Write, John Warner, who taught writing at the college level for two decades, argues that the problem isn't caused by a lack of rigor, or smartphones, or some generational character defect. Instead, h...

Returning to Alberta, wounded from the First World War battlefields, Canadian immigrant Tom Edmunds finds himself jilted by the love of his life. His drive to succeed renewed, he founds a family business empire against the backdrop of early twentieth century Alberta. From the death and suffering on the battlefields of Europe in two wars, to family rivalry and bitter feuding with enemies, the eventual success of the memebrs of the Edmunds family is steeped in the Province's history....

The stories in John Warner's Tough Day for the Army move from hilarious and biting to unsettling and sad -- sometimes within the span of a few pages. Mining the absurdities, confusions, and hypocrisies of our contemporary times, these stories raise questions such as: What would happen if Jesus Christ played minor league hockey before he became the Son of God ("Second Careers")? What would you do if a group of poets in search of inspiration appeared on your farm ("Poet Farmers")?Man...

A boring 1990 magazine assignment in Germany as the Iron Curtain falls unexpectedly makes Raymond Barton deadly prey as he is pursued by multinational secret agencies. Sought by the police for a chain of murders, he turns for aid to his beautiful German ex-lover, Astrid. Joined by his insanely jealous and profane British fiancée, Mandy, this unlikely trio resolves to recover the apparent prize: a cache of Nazi gold. Time-driven, hunted with murderous intent, they are dismayed to discover t...

The funny man is a middling comic in an unnamed city. By day he takes care of his infant son, by night he performs in small clubs, sandwiched between other aspiring comics. His wife waits tables to support the family. It doesn't sound like much, but they're happy, more or less. Until the day he comes up with it. His thing. His gimmick. And everything changes. He's a headliner, and the venues get bigger fast. Pretty soon it's Hollywood and a starring role in a blockbuster, all thanks to the...

Award-winning author Sandy Silverthorne and John Warners first collection of one-minute mysteries has sold more than 100,000 copies, and now the two offer more fun thinking puzzles for super-sleuths of all ages. Its an entertaining book for the whole family. Each one-page mystery is illustrated with a hilarious cartoon that presents an obvious (and obviously incorrect!) solution. Readers can turn to a page of clues, each one revealing more information until the a-ha! moment finally arrives...

Sharpen Your Sleuthing Skills with These Super Brain-StrainersMystery:A burglar robs many homes throughout the day. At the last house, he breaks in through the back door. This house has more valuables than any of the other houses, and nothing is there to stop him from taking them, but he doesn't take anything. How come?Put on your detective hat and prepare to solve the best mindbenders from the popular puzzle book series One-Minute M...

Wie fernes Donnergrollen waren die Hufschläge zu vernehmen. John Warner biss die Zähne zusammen. Seine Züge wurden kantig. In seine Augen trat ein entschlossener Ausdruck. Wes Osborne hatte sein Versprechen wahrgemacht und schickte ein hartbeiniges Rudel Reiter. Warner griff nach der Winchester und repetierte. Er war nicht bereit, seinen Platz am Bow Creek kampflos zu räumen. Er baute sich am Fenster des Ranchhauses auf. Es war aus Baumstämmen und Brettern errichtet und besaß nur einen ein...

‘Old John of Gaunt, time-honour’d Lancaster’ John of Gaunt (1340-1399) was the son of one king and the father of another. He claimed a Spanish kingdom via his wife, daughter of King Pedro the Cruel. He was the wealthiest, most powerful and most hated man in England for decades. He had a famous and enduring love affair with his mistress Katherine Swynford, whom he later married. He was sometimes the ally and sometimes the enemy of his capricious nephew Richard II. His descendants battled fo...

In this volume, John Warner grapples with one of Jean-Jacques Rousseau’s chief preoccupations: the problem of self-interest implicit in all social relationships. Not only did Rousseau never solve this problem, Warner argues, but he also believed it was fundamentally unsolvable—that social relationships could never restore wholeness to a self-interested human being.This engaging study is founded on two basic but important questions: what do we want out of human relationships, and ar...