Hundreds of books have been written on the art of writing. Here at last is a book by two professional editors to teach writers the essential editing techniques of the trade that turn promising manuscripts into published novels and short stories.In this completely revised and updated second edition, Renni Browne and Dave King teach you, the writer, how to apply the professional book editing techniques they have developed to your own work. Chapters on dialogue, expos...

A revealing look inside the Russian Super League by its first Canadian coach.Until now no Canadian had penetrated the coaching ranks of Russian hockey, but the year after the NHL lockout, Dave King became head coach of the Metallurg Magnitogorsk. From the beginning, King, Canada’s long-time national coach and former coach of both the Flames and Blue Jackets, realized he was in for an adventure. His first meeting with team officials in a Vienna hotel lobby included six fast-talking ...

Howard Kapostash has not spoken in thirty years. The small repertory of gestures and simple sounds that he uses to communicate lead most people to assume he is disturbed. No one understands that Howard is still the same man he was before his tragic injury. But when he agrees to help an old girlfriend by opening his home to her nine-year-old son, the presence of this nervous, resourceful boy in his life transforms Howard utterly. He is afforded a rare glimpse of life outside his shell? With...

The Land of Betrovia is the compilation of the three novels that make up The Land of Betrovia trilogy

In this fun, friendly primer, The Mountain Bike Experience, Dave King, acknowledged as a mountain biking "guru" by Sports Illustrated, opens the sport to everyone--young or old, athletic or not. Along the way, you'll discover how to keep fit, enjoy the great outdoors, and even change your outlook on life's everyday challenges.With an approach the New York Times dubbed "Zen and the art of mountain biking," King has helped thousands of ride...

"Dave King and Richard Ekins are the leading world sociologists in this field. The book brings together a brilliant synthesis of history, case studies, ideas and positions as they have emerged over the past thirty years, and brings together a rich but always grounded account of this field, providing a state of the art of critical concepts and ideas to take this field further during the twenty first century."- Ken Plummer, University of Essex"An out...

Superbly illustrated with over 70 full colour photographs Written by the club historian A full A-Z off all things Cherry and White from the triumphant and legendary to the deliciously trivial. Dave King, known throughout Gloucestershire as THE expert on everything to do with the Cherry and Whites, and a regular fixture in the Club programme for many years, presents his complete A-Z companion to the Club. Providing the sort of essential detail that every fan of the Club should know, plus pl...

During his time with Jesus Christ, the Apostle John knew Jesus love and was prepared for the mission that he was to have in his life. In this study of I, II, and III John, we can see how his time with Jesus affected what he communicated to churches some sixty years later, encouraging them to continue to follow Christ and avoiding the dangers of other philosophies of the day.

In a land where the horrors of war are as common as snow and ice in winter...Patrik, a newly-married young man, turns down the safety of small town life to help his uncle manage a road-side inn many miles away. But before he can learn even the basics of running an inn, the uncle suddenly dies. If he had stayed where he was born, Patrik could have become a successful hunter, fur trapper, or even a successful artist. So why did he leave the comforts of home?Not long after the...

This introductory text combines study skills and research methods to provide students with an invaluable guide to the techniques, practical skills and methods of study that will enable them to achieve success in their academic courses and become effective 'students of society'. It covers key topics such as:asking questions – how to formulate questions and think about essay and exam questionslooking for answers – the strengths and limitations of different information...

Lycentia … the City of Light … the city where finance, fellowship and faith are being blended together to produce a rosy future for all Betrovians.Patrik, the recalcitrant innkeeper and Galena, his younger daughter, load up the wagon, lock up The Lonely Fox Inn and head east for Lycentia. The goal? To hand-deliver Harrak's scrolls, the ones Patrik discovered in a musty cave, to Oliver III, the Netherene High Priest. The problem? The scrolls are not what Patrik thinks they are! But ...

Ahnak, the ancient city of the Dark Lords ...Great Desert Muads and Haarigoian plainsmen have long savaged Betrovian forests, being controlled from that gray stone fortress. Now, General Demirain of Lycentia intends to make Ahnak his platform for imperial incursions into the Plains of Dreut and the Great Desert.Patrik and his daughter Galena survived the brutal late-night attack in Lycentia but the priest Teophelus was not so fortunate. He implores Patrik to deliver Harrak'...