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1. Show don't tell: stories

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Sittenfeld, Curtis
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English
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"In her second story collection, Sittenfeld shows why she's as beloved for her short fiction as she is for her novels. In these dazzling stories, she conjures up characters so real that they seem like old friends, laying bare the moments when their long held beliefs are overturned. In "The Patron Saints of Middle Age," a woman visits two friends she hasn't seen since her divorce. In "A for Alone," a married middle-aged artist embarks on a creative...

2. Understanding Show, Don't Tell (And Really Getting It)

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Hardy, Janice
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English
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Do you struggle with show, don't tell? You don't have to. Award-winning author Janice Hardy (and founder of the popular writing site, Fiction University) takes you deep into one of the most frustrating aspects of writing-showing, and not telling. She'll help you understand what show, don't tell means, teach you how to spot told prose in your writing, and reveal why common advice on how to fix it doesn't always work. With in-depth analysis, Understanding...

3. Show, Don't Tell

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Author:
Gerth, Sandra
Series:
Writers Guide
Publisher:
Tantor Media, Inc
Pub. Date:
2022
Language:
English
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Show, don't tell is probably the single most-important piece of advice given to writers. But many writers struggle to understand this powerful principle or have difficulty applying it to their own work. Even experienced authors sometimes don't grasp the finer nuances of showing and telling. In this book, Sandra Gerth draws on her experience as an editor and a best-selling author to show you how to show and tell you when to tell. Each chapter includes...

4. Presto

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Author:
Rush (Musical group)
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5. Chronicles

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Rush (Musical group)
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6. Late last night

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Author:
Scruggs, Joe
Publisher:
Educational Graphics Press Inc
Pub. Date:
1998
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English
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7. Shatter me

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Author:
Mafi, Tahereh
Series:
Shatter me volume 1
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HL: High-Low 650L
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English
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"No one knows why Juliette's touch is fatal, but The Reestablishment has plans for her. Plans to use her as a weapon. But Juliette has plans of her own. After a lifetime without freedom, she's finally discovering a strength to fight back for the very first time -- and to find a future with the one boy she thought she'd lost forever." --

8. Please don't tell

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Author:
Adler, Elizabeth (Elizabeth A.)
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English
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Fen Dexter's quiet life on the idyllic California coast is interrupted one stormy night when a blood-covered man shows up on her doorstep, claiming to have had a car accident. He tells her that he is on his way to San Francisco to help the police solve the murder of his fiancé. Unable to make it to the hospital because of the storm, he stays the night at Fen's, and the attraction between them is obvious. The next morning he heads to the hospital...

9. Pretend you don't see her

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Author:
Clark, Mary Higgins
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880L
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English
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What happens when a young woman, having merely been in the wrong place at the wrong time, is accidentally caught up in a dangerous murder investigation? What happens when she is placed under police protection, forced to give up her identity and move to another part of the country, at least until the killer can be positively identified and apprehended? What happens when in her new life she meets the perfect man, only she can't risk falling in love...

10. Percy Jackson's Greek Gods

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Author:
Riordan, Rick
Series:
Percy Jackson Companion Books
Percy Jackson and the Olympians
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790L
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English
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4.8 stars
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"In Percy Jackson's Greek Gods, the son of Poseidon adds his own magic--and sarcastic asides--to the classics and gives readers his personal take on a who's who of the ancients, from Apollo to Zeus. If you like lots of lying, stealing, backstabbing, and cannibalism, then read on, because it definitely was a Golden Age for all that. Whether you are new to Greek mythology or well versed in it, this highly entertaining volume will make the ancient stories...

11. It's one of us

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Ellison, J. T.
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"Olivia Bender designs exquisite home interiors that satisfy the most demanding clients. But her own deepest desire can't be fulfilled by marble counters or the perfect rug. She desperately wants to be a mother. Fertility treatments and IVF keep failing. And just when she feels she's at her lowest point, the police deliver shocking news to Olivia and her husband, Park. DNA results show that the prime suspect in a murder investigation is Park's son....

12. The sentinel

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Author:
Child, Lee
Series:
Jack Reacher novel volume 25
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English
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"It is close to midnight on a Saturday night when Jack Reacher gets off a bus at the Greyhound station in Nashville. Reacher is in no hurry. He has no appointments to keep. No people to see. No scores to settle. Not yet anyway. But in the early morning hours, under particular circumstances, a familiar thought will be snaking through his sharp, instinctual lizard brain: A voice in his head telling him to walk away. Of course, this wouldn't be the first...

13. Supercommunicators: how to unlock the secret language of connection

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Duhigg, Charles
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"We all know people who seem capable of connecting with almost anyone. They are the ones we turn to for advice, the ones who ask deep questions but also seem to hear what we are trying to say. What do they know about conversation that makes them so special? And what can they tell us about how communication really works? Supercommunicators, Charles Duhigg argues, understand--some by intuition, some by hard-won experience--that there is a science to...

14. Paris: the memoir

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Hilton, Paris, 1981-
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English
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In this deeply personal memoir, the ultimate It Girl shares, for the first time, the hidden history that traumatized and defined her and how she rose above a series of heart-wrenching challenges to find healing, lasting love, and a life of meaning and purpose.

15. The crossover

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Author:
Alexander, Kwame
Series:
Crossover volume 1
Lexile measure:
750L
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English
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"A bolt of lightning on my kicks ... The court is sizzling. My sweat is drizzling. Stop all that quivering. Cuz tonight I'm delivering," raps basketball phenom Josh Bell. Thanks to his dad, he and his twin brother, Jordan, are kings on the court, with crossovers that make even the toughest ballers cry. But Josh has more than hoops in his blood. He's got a river of rhymes flowing through him - a sick flow that helps him find his rhythm when everything's...

16. Show your work!: 10 ways to share your creativity and get discovered

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Author:
Kleon, Austin
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Austin Kleon
Publisher:
Workman Publishing Company
Pub. Date:
2014
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English
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3 stars
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In his New York Times bestseller "Steal Like an Artist", Austin Kleon showed readers how to unlock their creativity by "stealing" from the community of other movers and shakers. Now, in an even more forward-thinking and necessary book, he shows how to take that critical next step on a creative journey, getting known. Show Your Work! is about why generosity trumps genius. It's about getting findable, about using the network instead of wasting time...

17. Girl, wash your face: stop believing the lies about who you are so you can become who you were meant to be

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Author:
Hollis, Rachel (Event planner)
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Thomas Nelson on BrillianceAudio
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English
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Drawing from her life experiences as a lifestyle guru, the author presents a guide to becoming a joyous, confident woman by breaking the cycle of negativity and burnout and pursuing a life of exuberance. With unflinching faith-- and rock-hard tenacity-- Hollis shows readers how to give yourself grace without giving up.

18. Cook like a pro: recipes & tips for home cooks

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Author:
Garten, Ina
Publisher:
Clarkson Potter/Publishers
Pub. Date:
2018
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English
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"A home cook at heart, Ina knows that cooking and entertaining can be difficult, so to make her recipes simple and streamlined, she tests and retests each recipe until it's as straightforward and delicious as possible. Although Ina is completely self-taught and doesn't consider herself to be a "professional" cook, she has spent decades working with chefs and learning the techniques that take their cooking to the next level. In Cook Like a Pro, Ina...

19. The picture of Dorian Gray and other stories

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Author:
Wilde, Oscar, 1854-1900
Series:
Vintage classics
Marvel illustrated
Barnes and Noble classics
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970L
Language:
English
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4 stars
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The novel tells of a young man named Dorian Gray, the subject of a painting by artist Basil Hallward, who is greatly impressed by Dorian's physical beauty and becomes strongly infatuated with him, believing that his beauty is responsible for a new mode in his art. Talking in Basil's garden, Dorian meets Lord Henry Wotton, a friend of Basil's, and becomes enthralled by Lord Henry's world view. Espousing a new kind of hedonism, Lord Henry suggests that...

20. How hard can it be?

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Author:
Pearson, Allison, 1960-
Series:
Kate Reddy volume 2
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English
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"Allison Pearson's brilliant debut novel, I Don't Know How She Does It, was a New York Times bestseller with four million copies sold around the world. Called "the definitive social comedy of working motherhood" (The Washington Post) and "a hysterical look--in both the laughing and crying senses of the world--at the life of Supermom" (The New York Times), I Don't Know How She Does It introduced Kate Reddy, a woman as sharp as she was funny. As Oprah...
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