One reason public speaking is such a nightmare for so many people is that they think they have to be “perfect.” They drive themselves crazy trying to conform to all sorts of handed-down rules that tie
Jeff Herman Is Every Writer's Best FriendMore than 500,000 copies sold!Writers, agents and editors agree that Herman's Guide is in a league of its own. It unravels and clarifies a complicated and inti
Your heart, my heart, everyone's heart, is a noisy room full of voices. These voices can come deep from childhood, or from our culture, or from habits embraced in adulthood. These voices run our liv
Here is the ultimate writer’s and illustrator’s reference to hundreds of publishers, editors, and agents in the world of children’s publishing. Inside is an up-to-date collection of names, addresses,
Lauded by new and veteran writers, publishing professionals, and critics alike, this is the authoritative guide for getting writing read, represented, and published. Jeff Herman, a highly successful l
This is a book about a gambling system that works. It tells the story of how the author used computer simulations and mathematical modeling techniques to predict the outcome of jai-alai matches and bet on them successfully - increasing his initial stake by over 500% in one year! His results can work for anyone: at the end of the book he tells the best way to watch jai-alai, and how to bet on it. With humour and enthusiasm, Skiena details a life-long fascination with computer predictions and sporting events. Along the way, he discusses other gambling systems, both successful and unsuccessful, for such games as lotto, roulette, blackjack, and the stock market. Indeed, he shows how his jai-alai system functions just like a miniature stock trading system. Do you want to learn about program trading systems, the future of Internet gambling, and the real reason brokerage houses don't offer mutual funds that invest at racetracks and frontons? How mathematical models are used in political poll
Legends of the Guardian King Book 3- Karen Hancock has created a beautiful and powerful fantasy series that continues to win new readers and remind them of who holds their hopes and victories in His
Can you win life’s battles without losing yourself?Life is full of trials, and sometimes you need a warrior spirit to overcome them. Award-winning attorney Heather Hansen has spent over twenty years f
Why do poor people often vote against their material interests? This puzzle has been famously studied within wealthy Western democracies, yet the fact that the poor voter paradox also routinely manifests within poor countries has remained unexplored. This book studies how this paradox emerged in India, the world's largest democracy. Tariq Thachil shows how arguments from studies of wealthy democracies (such as moral values voting) and the global south (such as patronage or ethnic appeals) cannot explain why poor voters in poor countries support parties that represent elite policy interests. He instead draws on extensive survey data and fieldwork to document a novel strategy through which elite parties can recruit the poor, while retaining the rich. He shows how these parties can win over disadvantaged voters by privately providing them with basic social services via grassroots affiliates. Such outsourcing permits the party itself to continue to represent the policy interests of their p
Over the last decade, Tim Watkins has raised more than ￡600,000 for small charities. He has helped them to develop systems for running their charity effectively. And helped them to win awards in recog
IT WAS a crazy way to win World War II in the Pacific---All the United States had to do was to attach small incendiary bombs to millions of bats and release them over Japan's major cities. As the bats
The second collection of the funniest, silliest and most accessible series, School of Monsters.Bat-Boy Tim Says BOO! Bat-Boy Tim loves to play pranks on the other monsters - but they don't like it at all! Can he use his sneaky abilities to show how good a friend he can be?William Is a Star William wants to be in the school play, but there's a problem. When he's nervous, he farts! How can he possibly audition, let alone win a part?Luna Boo Has Feelings Too Luna's a ghost, so her classmates can't see how she feels when they accidentally leave her out of their games. Will showing her true colours help her - or scare them away for good?Frank Is a Big Help Frank always feels like he's in the way. How will he ever be able to help out at school?Jess Makes a Mess Jess can slip and slide all over the school - but when it's too hot, things get a little sticky. Will she find a way to keep cool?
The second collection of the funniest, silliest and most accessible series, School of Monsters.Bat-Boy Tim Says BOO! Bat-Boy Tim loves to play pranks on the other monsters - but they don't like it at all! Can he use his sneaky abilities to show how good a friend he can be?William Is a Star William wants to be in the school play, but there's a problem. When he's nervous, he farts! How can he possibly audition, let alone win a part?Luna Boo Has Feelings Too Luna's a ghost, so her classmates can't see how she feels when they accidentally leave her out of their games. Will showing her true colours help her - or scare them away for good?Frank Is a Big Help Frank always feels like he's in the way. How will he ever be able to help out at school?Jess Makes a Mess Jess can slip and slide all over the school - but when it's too hot, things get a little sticky. Will she find a way to keep cool?
"Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler are the Lennon and McCartney of children's publishing" Sunday Times The brand-new picture book from superstar author and illustrator Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler is a riot of slapstick fun and silliness. The Baddies are the meanest, nastiest ghost, witch and troll in the land. They just adore being bad, and fight over who is the worst.When a little girl moves into a nearby cottage, the Baddies can't wait to scare her out of her wits. But the little girl quickly shows them that you don't have to be big to be brave, and baddies don't always win. Perfect read-aloud rhyming text and stunning pictures on every page with lots of details to spot Julia and Axel are the team that have created picture book favourites such as The Gruffalo, Stick Man, Zog and Highway Rat - all of which have been made into animated films premiering on BBC1 Christmas Day.The Smeds and the Smoos is on BBC One at Christmas with voice artists including Bill Bailey (comedian and
Complete the Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba experience with these exciting novels featuring original stories.Revisit the Demon Slayer Corps in these novels that each contain five tales of love, friendship, and courage!A mystical flower offers Tanjiro, Zenitsu, and Inosuke a prosperous future for its bearer. Determined to find the flower for Nezuko, Tanjiro makes a harrowing journey up a mountain―but Inosuke reveals the flower’s true worth.In other tales, Zenitsu recalls the day he battled a demon to save a crying girl. A fortune-teller warns Zenitsu that death awaits the girl who falls for him. Kanao helps Aoi learn her value apart from killing demons. And Kimetsu Academy students search for the recipe to win over Mr. Tomioka, but Mr. Rengoku ropes them into cooking!
An irresistible comedy of manners about three generations of a Chicago restaurant family and the deep-fried, beer-battered, cream cheese-frosted love that feeds them all.Here are the three things the Sullivan family knows to be true: the Chicago Cubs will always be the underdogs; historical progress is inevitable; and their grandfather, Bud, founder of JP Sullivan’s, will always make the best burgers in Oak Park. But when, over the course of three strange months, the Cubs win the World Series, Trump is elected president, and Bud drops dead, suddenly everyone in the family finds themselves doubting all they hold dear. Take Gretchen for example, lead singer for a ’90s cover band who has been flirting with fame for a decade but is beginning to wonder if she’s too old to be chasing a childish dream. Or Jane, Gretchen’s older sister, who is starting to suspect that her fitness-obsessed husband who hides the screen of his phone isn’t always “working late.” And then there’s Teddy, their stead
Why do poor people often vote against their material interests? This puzzle has been famously studied within wealthy Western democracies, yet the fact that the poor voter paradox also routinely manifests within poor countries has remained unexplored. This book studies how this paradox emerged in India, the world's largest democracy. Tariq Thachil shows how arguments from studies of wealthy democracies (such as moral values voting) and the global south (such as patronage or ethnic appeals) cannot explain why poor voters in poor countries support parties that represent elite policy interests. He instead draws on extensive survey data and fieldwork to document a novel strategy through which elite parties can recruit the poor, while retaining the rich. He shows how these parties can win over disadvantaged voters by privately providing them with basic social services via grassroots affiliates. Such outsourcing permits the party itself to continue to represent the policy interests of their p
