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  • 1001 Ideas That Changed the Way We Think

    by Arthur Caplan ...
    An elegant addition to the successful “1001” series—a comprehensive, chronological guide to the most important thoughts from the finest minds of the past 3,000 years.1001 Ideas That Changed the Way We Think is a comprehensive guide to the most interesting and imaginative thoughts from the finest minds in history. Ranging from the ancient wisdom of Confucius and Plato to today’s cutting-edge ... Read more

    $1.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Newsletter Ninja 2: If You Give a Reader a Cookie

    Supercharge Your Author Mailing List With the Perfect Reader Magnet

    Series Book 2 - Newsletter Ninja
    You know you need a reader magnet. You know it will help you attract newsletter subscribers, launch to a bigger audience, and find more success as an indie author. You know that a good reader magnet can turn casual readers into superfans, and superfans into evangelists.Everyone says so.But knowing and doing are two different things, especially when all the advice out there is overwhelming and ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

  • Staying Alive in Avalanche Terrain

    by Bruce Tremper ...
    The more you know about snow stability, the better your travel and rescue skills. And the sharper your decision making, the better you’ll be able to avoid avalanche danger and have more fun in the winter backcountry. In Staying Alive in Avalanche Terrain, 3rd Edition, acclaimed snow and avalanche expert Bruce Tremper provides easy-to-understand avalanche safety tips and skills, including the ... Read more

    $16.99 USD

  • Taylor Swift

    In Her Own Words

    by Helena Hunt ...
    Series series In Their Own Words
    Get inside the head of one of the most influential musicians of our time with this collection of her most inspiring and revealing quotes.The quotations in this book have been carefully curated from Taylor Swift’s numerous public statements—interviews, op-eds, social media posts, and more. It’s a comprehensive picture of her meteoric rise to the top, her ever-savvy business sense, and her ... Read more

    $9.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Interior Castle (The Mansions)

    This book comes complete with a Touch-or-Click Table of Contents, divided by each section.Saint Teresa of Ávila, also called Saint Teresa of Jesus, baptized as Teresa Sánchez de Cepeda y Ahumada was a prominent Spanish mystic, Roman Catholic saint, Carmelite nun, and writer of the Counter Reformation, and theologian of contemplative life through mental prayer. She was a reformer of the Carmelite ... Read more

    $0.99 USD

  • Data Stewardship

    An Actionable Guide to Effective Data Management and Data Governance

    by David Plotkin ...
    Data stewards in any organization are the backbone of a successful data governance implementation because they do the work to make data trusted, dependable, and high quality. Since the publication of the first edition, there have been critical new developments in the field, such as integrating Data Stewardship into project management, handling Data Stewardship in large international companies, ... Read more

    $53.99 USD

  • The Wright Guide to Camping With The Corps of Engineers

    This informative guidebook lists all campgrounds in the United States built and operated by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, including summer and winter campground sites. Especially valuable for RV travelers and campers who are boaters and fishermen, the book includes all campsites with fishing and boating access located on or near lakes or streams managed by the Army Corps of Engineers. The ... Read more

    $8.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Write Like Hemingway

    Writing Lessons You Can Learn from the Master

    The bad news is: You have to learn to write. The good news is: Learning to write just became easier.In this book, writers learn to write like they were born that way from one of America’s greatest literary geniuses—Ernest Hemingway. Noted writing teacher Dr. R. Andrew Wilson calls writers to an adventure in writing Hemingway himself would love. Along the way they discover what really makes him a ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Ultimate Guide to Kink

    BDSM, Role Play and the Erotic Edge

    Edited by Tristan Taormino ...
    The Ultimate Guide to Kink is the first major guide to BDSM in a generation—a bold and sexy collection of essays that run the gamut from expert how-to tutorials to provocative essays that delve into complex questions about desire, power, and pleasure. The book brings together diverse voices from the kink community in an unprecedented way: each chapter is written by a different sexuality/BDSM ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • We Did That?

    Buckle up for a very odd ride through history with entertaining trivia about the odd things humans have done . . .This book is packed with fun facts about:Quirky inventions: Everyone knows about mousetraps, but did you know they were originally inspired by burglar alarms?Bizarre beauty and fashion fads: Discover wooden bathing suits, breast enhancers in the shape of toilet plungers, and death ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Unknown Chicago Tales

    Chicago's most famous stories tend to crowd out the competition and shout down alternate perspectives. Visit with the man who founded a 150-year-long Chicago political dynasty. Take a peek at some of the lesser-known Chicago film classics. Review Professor Moriarty's Chicago caper and Annie Oakley's cocaine case. Uncover the lengths to which Chicago's long-celebrated Mr. Pioneer Settler went to ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • The Resilient Farm and Homestead

    An Innovative Permaculture and Whole Systems Design Approach

    by Ben Falk ...
    The Resilient Farm and Homestead is a manual for developing durable, beautiful, and highly functional human habitat systems fit to handle an age of rapid transition.Ben Falk is a land designer and site developer whose permaculture-research farm has drawn national attention. The site is a terraced paradise on a hillside in Vermont that would otherwise be overlooked by conventional farmers as ... Read more

    $28.99 USD

  • Inside a U.S. Embassy

    by Shawn Dorman ...
    Who works in an embassy? What do diplomats actually do? Inside a U.S. Embassy offers an up-close and personal look into the lives of the diplomats and specialists who make up the U.S. Foreign Service, taking readers inside embassies and consulates in more than fifty countries, providing detailed descriptions of Foreign Service jobs and first-hand accounts of diplomacy in action. Gain a sense of ... Read more

    $22.95 USD

  • How To Write A Series

    A Guide to Series Types and Structure plus Troubleshooting Tips and Marketing Tactics

    by Sara Rosett ...
    Series Book 2 - Genre Fiction How To
    Struggling to structure your book series? Learn how to make a series work for you: increase reader engagement and take advantage of the built-in marketing potential a series gives you.Are you unsure which series structure is best for you? Or are you several books into a series, but you’re stuck? Do you want to expand your literary universe but aren’t sure how to do it? Perhaps you have a series ... Read more

    $5.99 USD

  • The Emotion Thesaurus: A Writer's Guide to Character Expression

    Second Edition

    Series Book 1 - Writers Helping Writers Series
    The bestselling Emotion Thesaurus, often hailed as “the gold standard for writers” and credited with transforming how writers craft emotion, has now been expanded to include 55 new entries!One of the biggest struggles for writers is how to convey emotion to readers in a unique and compelling way. When showing our characters’ feelings, we often use the first idea that comes to mind, and they end up ... Read more

    $6.99 USD

  • The Emotional Wound Thesaurus: A Writer's Guide to Psychological Trauma

    Series Book 6 - Writers Helping Writers Series
    Readers connect to characters with depth, ones who have experienced life’s ups and downs. To deliver key players that are both realistic and compelling, writers must know them intimately—not only who they are in the present story, but also what made them that way. Of all the formative experiences in a character’s past, none are more destructive than emotional wounds. The aftershocks of trauma can ... Read more

    $6.99 USD

  • Living with Bipolar Disorder

    A Handbook for Patients and Their Families

    Series series McFarland Health Topics
    "Bipolar" means more than mood swings and chemical imbalances. It is a genetic brain regulation malfunction causing not only mood but behavioral symptoms. Severity and symptoms vary along a spectrum of disease presentations, from a happy, positive personality, to a moody temperament, to chronic and recurrent depressions, to classic manic-depressive illness. It is a chronic disease with periods of ... Read more

    $16.99 USD

  • Oxford Guide to Effective Argument and Critical Thinking

    How do you approach an essay or discussion question? How do you review what claims others have made and offer counter-claims? And how do you weigh up the strengths and weaknesses of your own argument before putting together a persuasive conclusion? This accessible book takes you step by step through the art of argument, from thinking about what to write and how you might write it, to how you may ... Read more

    $20.99 USD

  • Southpaws & Sunday Punches and Other Sporting Expressions

    Some 600 words and phrases from the world of sports that are now part of the vernacular. Terms from baseball, boxing, football, basketball, hockey, cricket and rugby pepper the English language, whether the subject is war (a maneuver in the Gulf War was called a "hail Mary play") to love (she's on the rebound). Baseball has given us southpaw, go to bat, coming out of left field, playing hardball. ... Read more

    $2.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Complete Guide to High-End Audio

    by Robert Harley ...
    An updated edition of what many consider the “bible of high-end audio”In this newly revised and updated fifth edition, Robert Harley, editor in chief of the Absolute Sound magazine, tells you everything you need to know about buying and enjoying high-quality hi-fi. With this book, discover how to get the best sound for your money, how to identify the weak links in your system and upgrade where it ... Read more

    $28.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Beneath a Scarlet Sky - Summarized for Busy People: A Novel: Based on the Book by Mark Sullivan

    This book summary and analysis was created for individuals who want to extract the essential contents and are too busy to go through the full version. This book is not intended to replace the original book. Instead, we highly encourage you to buy the full version.Pino Lella is an Italian teenage boy who spends his days doing what typical teenagers do: frolicking with friends and fawning over girls ... Read more

    $2.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Paper Hearts, Volume 2: Some Publishing Advice

    by Beth Revis ...
    Series Book 2 - Paper Hearts
    When you’re reading to take your book to the next stage, Paper Hearts Volume 2 serves as a guide. With unbiased information on multiple possible publishing paths, this book provides practical resources to determine whether your book should be traditionally or self published and gives specific examples on successful practices for both paths. Go from query to interviewing agents to working with ... Read more

    $5.99 USD

  • Land and Freedom

    The MST, the Zapatistas and Peasant Alternatives to Neoliberalism

    The Zapatistas of Chiapas and the Landless Rural Workers' Movement (MST) of Brazil are often celebrated as shining examples in the global struggle against neoliberalism. But what have these movements achieved for their members in more than two decades of resistance and can any of these achievements realistically contribute to the rise of a viable alternative?Through a perfect balance of grassroots ... Read more

    $28.99 USD

  • 100 Preguntas Y Respuestas Del Examen De Ciudadania Americana

    100 preguntas y respuestas de examen de ciudadana Amrica Este libro fue escrito con un propsito: y es darle al lector ms informacin de como pasar el examen de ciudadana americana. El concepto principal y elaboracin del material en este libro consiste en cuatro reas que podran ayudarle a prepararse en tomar el examen de ciudadana americana: en primer lugar, hay 100 preguntas y respuestas que fueron ... Read more

    $3.99 USD