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By Stephen P. Kelner Jr.. 2005
Energize and organize your writing life by tapping into your fundamental motivators.Note: This second edition has been substantially revised and…
updated, including 10% more content than the first edition.Aspiring and professional writers alike struggle to stay motivated; in the face of distractions, obligations, and procrastination, the desire to write often fails to become the act of writing. Motivated writers, notes the author, are those who have learned to identify their fundamental emotional drives and who have established a writing routine that satisfies those drives. Kelner draws on the research and insights of motivational psychology to show writers how to harness the energy of these fundamental motivators. With a degree in motivational psychology, Kelner applies not only his training in the field but also his own original research into the motivational patterns typical of writers. Depending on their motivational profile, different writers will respond best to different kinds of feedback and rewards and will function best in different kinds of environments. Kelner explains the basic drives of power, affiliation, and achievement; he shows how these drives are manifested in a wide variety of behaviors; and he provides self-assessment tools to construct your own motivational profile. In clear and accessible terms, and with numerous examples and anecdotes, Kelner shows writers how they can identify their own primary motivations and use that knowledge to arrange their work habits and energize their writing lives.By Federico García Lorca. 1936
La totalidad de los textos escritos por Federico García Lorca para ser leídos en voz alta: conferencias, alocuciones e intervenciones…
públicas. Federico García Lorca es uno de los poetas y dramaturgos más célebres de nuestra literatura, y su amplia obra ha sido representada, leída, editada y estudiada desde que el poeta fue asesinado en 1936. Sin embargo, son poco conocidas sus conferencias y presentaciones en público, un conjunto que se ha publicado de forma muy dispersa. Este volumen presenta por primera vez la totalidad de esas charlas y alocuciones, e incluye algunos textos inéditos de su madurez. Escritos para ser léidos en voz alta, todos tienen la particularidad de mostrarnos las preocupaciones estéticas y sociales del gran autor granadino, acercándonos a su pensamiento de un modo fresco y directo. La edición está a cargo de Jesús Ortega y Víctor Fernández, quien ha editado de 2017 en adelante la biblioteca Lorca en Debolsillo, con una mirada renovadora de obras que parecían ya muy conocidas.By Francisco Moreno-Fernández, Inmaculada Penadés-Martínez, Clara Ureña-Tormo. 2020
Gramática fundamental del español abarca una amplia gama de temas relacionados con la morfología, la sintaxis y la escritura del…
español. Usando ejemplos contextualizados y atendiendo a la dimensión cognitiva, esta gramática presenta diferentes maneras de entender numerosos aspectos básicos del uso y el significado de la gramática, incluyendo: frases, cláusulas y oraciones clases de palabras y tipos de oraciones gramática de la palabra construcción y análisis de oraciones gramática y escritura Esta obra incluye información gramatical sobre las variedades más generales del español. También proporciona un amplio conjunto de ejercicios, las soluciones a los ejercicios y un índice de materias y términos gramaticales. Esta gramática es una lectura clave para los estudiantes de español y de estudios hispánicos entre los niveles intermedio-bajo y avanzado-alto de ACTFL o bien entre los niveles B1 y C2, si se sigue el CEFR.By Michele Serros. 1993
From the white boy who transforms himself into a full-fledged Chicano, to the self-assured woman who effortlessly terrorizes her Anglo…
boss, to the junior-high friend who berated her "sloppy Spanish" and accused her of being a "Chicana Falsa," the people and places that Michele Serros brings to vivid life in this collection of poems and stories introduce a unique new viewpoint to the American literary landscape. Witty, tender, irreverent, and emotionally honest, her words speak to the painful and hilarious identity crises particular to the coming of age of an adolescent caught between two cultures.By Ryka Aoki. 2012
This book invites the reader on a fragile and furious journey along the highways and skyways of discovery, retribution, and…
resolve. The writer has consistently challenged, informed, and enthralled queer audiences across the United States, through her poetry, essays, stories, and performances.By Premchand. 1936
मुंशी प्रेमचंद ने जो कुछ भी लिखा है, वह आम आदमी की व्यथा कथा है, चाहे वह ग्रामीण हो या…
शहरी। गांवों की अव्यवस्था, किसान की तड़प, ग्रामीण समाज की विसंगतियां, अंधविश्वास, उत्पीड़न और पीड़ा की सच्ची तस्वीर प्रस्तुत करता है - गोदान। मुंशी प्रेमचंद की चिर-परिचित शैली का जीता-जागता उदाहरण है गोदान, जो जमीन से जुड़ी हकीकतों को बेनकाब करता है। विश्व की सर्वाधिक भाषाओं में अनुवाद होकर बिकने का गौरव केवल गोदान को ही प्राप्त है। ‘गोदान’ का सर्वाधिक प्रमाणिक संस्करण एक संपूर्ण उपन्यास।By Joan Didion. 2003
In this moving and unexpected book, Joan Didion reassesses parts of her life, her work, her history, and ours. Where…
I Was From, in Didion’s words, “represents an exploration into my own confusions about the place and the way in which I grew up, confusions as much about America as about California, misapprehensions and misunderstandings so much a part of who I became that I can still to this day confront them only obliquely. ” The book is a haunting narrative of how her own family moved west with the frontier from the birth of her great-great-great-great-great-grandmother in Virginia in 1766 to the death of her mother on the edge of the Pacific in 2001; of how the wagon-train stories of hardship and abandonment and endurance created a culture in which survival would seem the sole virtue. InWhere I Was From,Didion turns what John Leonard has called “her sonar ear, her radar eye” onto her own work, as well as that of such California writers as Frank Norris and Jack London and Henry George, to examine how the folly and recklessness in the very grain of the California settlement led to the California we know today–a state mortgaged first to the railroad, then to the aerospace industry, and overwhelmingly to the federal government, a dependent colony of those political and corporate owners who fly in for the annual encampment of the Bohemian Club. Here is the one writer we always want to read on California showing us the startling contradictions in its–and in America’s–core values. Joan Didion’s unerring sense of America and its spirit, her acute interpretation of its institutions and literature, and her incisive questioning of the stories it tells itself make this fiercely intelligent book a provocative and important tour de force from one of our greatest writers.By Jeff Testerman, Daniel M. Freed. 2021
When Lt. Commander Bobby Thompson surfaced in Tampa in 1998, it was as if he had fallen from the sky,…
providing no hint of his past life. Eleven years later, St. Petersburg Times investigative reporter Jeff Testerman visited the rundown duplex Thompson used as his home and the epicenter of his sixty-thousand-member charity, the U.S. Navy Veterans Association. But something was amiss. Thompson&’s charity&’s addresses were just maildrops, his members nonexistent, and his past a black hole. Yet, somehow, the Commander had stood for photos with President George W. Bush, Senator John McCain, and other political luminaries. The USNVA, it turned out, was a phony charity where Thompson used pricey telemarketers, savvy lawyers, and political allies to swindle tens of millions from well-meaning donors. After Testerman&’s story revealed that the nonprofit was a sham, the Commander went on the run. U.S. Marshals took up the hunt in 2011 and found themselves searching for an unnamed identity thief who they likened to a real-life Jason Bourne. When finally captured in 2012, Thompson was carrying multiple IDs and a key to a locker that held nearly $1 million in cash. But, who was he? Eventually, investigators discovered he was John Donald Cody, a Harvard Law School graduate and former U.S. Army intelligence officer who had been wanted since the 1980s on theft charges and for questioning in an espionage probe. As Cody&’s decades as a fugitive came to an end, he claimed his charity was run at the behest of the Central Intelligence Agency. After reporting on the story for CNBC&’s American Greed in 2014, Daniel M. Freed dug into Cody&’s backstory—uncovering new information about his intelligence background and the evolution of his con. Watch a book trailer at callmecommander.net.By Giovanni Boccaccio. 2020
About Wayne Rebhorn’s translation “The Decameron has had numerous English translations, most of them bowdlerized or reliant on corrupt texts. The challenge…
is to move gracefully between the widely varying idioms employed for different tales and Rebhorn is notably successful in handling this, avoiding both an excess of slack colloquialism and the pish-tush-forsooth faux-antique of earlier renderings. The achievement genuinely honors its original.” —JONATHAN KEATES, The TelegraphBy Georgia Richter, Deborah Hunn. 2021
If you dream of being published, this book will teach you the nuts and bolts of what it means to…
be an author. In a friendly, informative and practical way, Georgia Richter and Deborah Hunn share all you need to know about inspiration and research, preparing to submit to a publisher, creating an author brand, legal, ethical and moral considerations, pitching, effective social media and much more. Practical advice and top tips from Liz Byrski, Alan Carter, Nandi Chinna, Tim Coronel, Amanda Curtin, Daniel de Lorne, Deb Fitzpatrick, James Foley, Alecia Hancock, Stephen Kinnane, Ambelin Kwaymullina, Natasha Lester, Brigid Lowry, Caitlin Maling, Meg McKinlay, Claire Miller, Brendan Ritchie, Rachel Robertson, Holden Sheppard, Sasha Wasley, David Whish-Wilson and Anne-Louise Willoughby.By Liz Byrski. 2016
This book is the result of what happened when Liz Byrski asked 20 women from widely different backgrounds, races, beliefs…
and identities to take up the challenge of writing about rage.The honesty, passion, courage and humour of their very personal stories is engergising and inspiring. If you have ever felt the full force of anger and wondered at its power, then this book is for you.By Edited by Reader's Digest. 2021
A beautiful guided journal for anyone interested in making a difference in the community and in the worldNow more than…
ever, it&’s important to find new ways to connect and make the world a kinder place. But finding meaningful ways to make change can be daunting. Enter Inspired to Make a Difference Every Day, a guided journal full of easy ideas for spreading kindness to friends, family and strangers; helping the environment; giving back to your community; and focusing on what unites instead of divides us. Inside the journal, you&’ll find small yet effective ways to change the world every day, such as: Smile at a stranger. Donate unused credit card points or airline miles to charity. Write a glowing online review of a local business. Volunteer for a shift at a soup kitchen. Praise a colleague&’s hard work to their boss. Forgive someone who hurt you. Offer to grocery shop or pet sit for a doctor or nurse. Attend a service for a faith that is not your own Give your family the gift of your presence—go screen-free for a day. In addition, the journal includes space to record and reflect on your actions, as well as resources for learning more and doing more. Featuring colorful artwork, inspiring quotes, and true stories of compassion from the pages of Reader&’s Digest, this journal is the perfect way to make a difference.By Rochelle Riley, Cristi Smith-Jones. 2021
In February 2017, Rochelle Riley was reading Twitter posts and came across a series of black-and-white photos of four-year-old Lola…
dressed up as different African American women who had made history. Rochelle was immediately smitten. She was so proud to see this little girl so powerfully honor the struggle and achievement of women several decades her senior. Rochelle reached out to Lola’s mom, Cristi Smith-Jones, and asked to pair her writing with Smith-Jones’s incredible photographs for a book. The goal? To teach children on the cusp of puberty that they could be anything they aspired to be, that every famous person was once a child who, in some cases, overcame great obstacles to achieve. That They Lived: African Americans Who Changed the World features Riley’s grandson, Caleb, and Lola photographed in timeless black and white, dressed as important individuals such as business owners, educators, civil rights leaders, and artists, alongside detailed biographies that begin with the figures as young children who had the same ambitions, fears, strengths, and obstacles facing them that readers today may still experience. Muhammad Ali’s bike was stolen when he was twelve years old and the police officer he reported the crime to suggested he learn how to fight before he caught up with the thief. Bessie Coleman, the first African American female aviator, collected and washed her neighbors’ dirty laundry so she could raise enough money for college. When Duke Ellington was seven years old, he preferred playing baseball to attending the piano lessons his mom had arranged. That They Lived fills in gaps in the history that American children have been taught for generations. For African American children, it will prove that they are more than descendants of the enslaved. For all children, it will show that every child can achieve great things and work together to make the world a better place for all. That They Lived was made possible through a grant provided by the Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan.This book explores the concept of cultural chauvinism as the sense of superiority that ethnic or national groups have of…
themselves relative to others, particularly in the context of international relations. Minabere Ibelema shows the various ways that academics, statesmen, and especially journalists, express their cultural groups’ sense of superiority over others. The analysis pivots around the notion of “Western values” given its centrality in international relations and diplomacy. To the West, this stands for an array of largely positive political and civic values; to a significant portion of the global community, it embodies degeneracies. Ibelema argues that often the most routine expressions go under the radar, even in this age of hypersensitivity. This book throws a unique light on global relations and will be of particular interest to scholars in international relations, communication studies and journalism studies.Social Networking Approach to Japanese Language Teaching is a timely guide for Japanese language teachers and anyone interested in language…
pedagogy. The book outlines an innovative approach to language instruction which goes beyond the communicative approach and encourages a global view of language education and curriculum development through the use of social networking. It showcases diverse examples of how social networking can be harnessed and incorporated into everyday language classes to increase learners’ curiosity and engagement in real cultural and global interactions. While the focus is on Japanese language teaching, the concepts explored can be applied to other languages and teaching contexts. This book will benefit teachers of any language as well as linguists interested in language pedagogy.By Josephine F. Coleman. 2021
This book offers an in-depth analysis of how local community radio practitioners have embraced the digital revolution. Digital Innovations and…
the Production of Local Content in Community Radio contextualizes the UK model of community radio, before focussing on specific case studies to examine how the use of digital technologies has affected local radio production practices. The book offers an overview of the new technologies, media forms, and platforms in radio production, shedding light on how digitalization is impacting the routines and experiences of a predominantly volunteer-based workforce. The author presents the argument that despite the benefits of digital media, traditional aspects of programme production continue to be of vital importance to the interpersonal relationships and values of community radio. This book will appeal to academics and researchers in the areas of communication, culture, journalism studies, media, and creative industries.By Shaun Usher. 2021
Cartas memorables es una celebración del poder de la correspondencia tradicional que capta, con un humor e ingenio, las grandezas…
y las miserias de nuestras vidas. Desplazada por alternativas virtuales que irrumpen fugazmente en nuestra conciencia y se volatilizan casi sin dejar rastro, la carta ha sido siempre esa cápsula de tiempo y espacio que mantiene vivas las constantes vitales del ser humano y se manifiesta como parte inherente de nosotros mismos. En este libro tan delicioso, sorprendente y adictivo como una caja de bombones, Shaun Usher ha agrupado una selección de misivas fascinantes y entrañables que desmenuzan y celebran el carácter tan singular de nuestros amigos felinos. Con cartas de Raymond Chandler, John Cheever, Charles Dickens, T. S. Eliot, Ana Frank, Jack Lemmon, Katherine Mansfield, Florence Nightingale, Elizabeth Taylor y María Zambrano, entre otros.By David Gistau. 2021
El libro que nos devuelve la voz de un escritor y periodista brillante, impredecible, libre. David Gistau gozó desde muy…
temprano de una libertad inusual, y supo hacer uso de ella como nadie. Esta antología da cuenta de un universo amplio y rico en contrastes (en el que tenían cabida la crónica política, la historia, el fútbol, el boxeo, la literatura, el cine y Los Simpson), cubre sus distintas etapas y registros, y nos redescubre a un escritor honesto, comprometido, independiente, inimitable, elegante y mordaz. Reseñas:«En este libro se encuentra una parte fundamental de David Gistau, aquella que desgranó en las páginas de los periódicos. Su mejor luz, la que abarca un tiempo en el que su capacidad de observación llega adonde no llega casi nadie para explicar un tiempo que corrió tan deprisa que él mismo lo apuró como si fuera el último.»Manuel Jabois «David Gistau fue nuestro Hemingway: artículos brillantes, boxeo, vida. Leerlo es una aventura fascinante.»Arturo Pérez-Reverte «Gistau sabía que para disfrutar de ciertas cosas en la vida hay que excederlas. Y aplicó esa certeza al periodismo y a la literatura.»Antonio Lucas «Nadie podrá llenar el vacío que ha dejado su ausencia. Era un brillante columnista, un creador de lenguaje y un espíritu independiente.»Pedro García Cuartango «Una mirada tan poderosa y cultivada como ingenua hace de Gistau el perfecto cronista de un mundo donde los políticos son los sonados y los boxeadores los tipos con cabeza.»Rosa BelmonteBy Shaun Usher. 2020
Cartas memorables es una celebración del poder de la correspondencia tradicional que capta, con un humor e ingenio, las grandezas…
y las miserias de nuestras vidas. Desde tiempos inmemoriales hasta finales del siglo XX, las cartas fueron el medio por excelencia de que disponían las personas para expresar sus ideas, razones y sentimientos. Shaun Usher, auténtico «arqueólogo» de la comunicación epistolar, ha reunido en este librito conmovedor algunas de las misivas más románticas, líricas, trágicas y divertidas de los últimos dos siglos sobre el amor. Desde los primeros aleteos pasionales y los placeres de la carne hasta los reproches y los sentimientos no correspondidos, una lectura deliciosa que expone sin rubor la amplia y variadísima gama de recursos disponibles para gestionar los asuntos del corazón. Con cartas de Simone de Beauvoir, Ludwig van Beethoven, Napoleón Bonaparte, Jorge Luis Borges, Johnny Cash, Frida Kahlo, Nelson Mandela, Vladimir Nabokov, John Steinbeck y Evelyn Waugh, entre otros.By Federico García Lorca. 2012
La obra poética completa de uno de los escritores más influyentes de la literatura española. La figura de Federico García…
Lorca abarca, tanto en España como en el exterior, mucho más que su literatura. Su poesía, traducida a infinidad de lenguas, recorre paisajes, hurga en tradiciones y denuncia injusticias con la maestría de un escritor que utilizó la pluma como pocos, y sus libros continúan leyéndose sin atender al paso del tiempo ni a las arbitrariedades de la moda. En esta deslumbrante colección, el lector podrá recorrer el tramo completo de su obra poética: empezando con el joven Lorca en Libro de poemas, Canciones y Juego y teoría del duende, pasando por clásicos lorquianos como Romancero gitano, Poema del cante jondo, el impresionante poemario Poeta en Nueva York, así como Tierra y luna, Sonetos y Llanto por Ignacio Sánchez Mejías, entre muchos otros. La edición y los prólogos otorgan al lector las herramientas necesarias para comprender y contextualizar alpersonaje, para acercarse a la complejidad de su obra y para disfrutar, en un sólo volumen, de uno de los autores españoles más relevantes del siglo XX.