Author: Larry Smith
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 1250067014
Category : Humor
Languages : en
Pages : 242
Book Description
An inspirational gift book full of advice written in six-word installments, building off of Smith's popular Six-Words platform and the success of his previous Six-Word books
The Best Advice in Six Words
Author: Larry Smith
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 1250067014
Category : Humor
Languages : en
Pages : 242
Book Description
An inspirational gift book full of advice written in six-word installments, building off of Smith's popular Six-Words platform and the success of his previous Six-Word books
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 1250067014
Category : Humor
Languages : en
Pages : 242
Book Description
An inspirational gift book full of advice written in six-word installments, building off of Smith's popular Six-Words platform and the success of his previous Six-Word books
Words of Advice
Author: Fay Weldon
Publisher: Open Road Media
ISBN: 1480412570
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 292
Book Description
A weekend in the country goes awry in Fay Weldon’s wickedly entertaining novel of lust, avarice, and murder Nineteen-year-old Elsa is poor in material goods, but rich in looks. Her employer and lover, forty-four-year-old Victor, used to be a tax accountant. Now he’s an antique dealer who gave up his family for Elsa, and together they live in a room behind his shop. For her birthday, Victor is treating Elsa to a weekend in the country, courtesy of his rich friends, Hamish and his wheelchair-bound wife, Gemma, who mistakes Elsa for Victor’s daughter. Not the most propitious way to start the weekend. Things go from bad to worse when Gemma starts treating Elsa like a home wrecker and Victor proposes a partner swap. Elsa is about to discover the darker side of “happily ever after” in this story about love, life, and fairy tales that never come true.
Publisher: Open Road Media
ISBN: 1480412570
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 292
Book Description
A weekend in the country goes awry in Fay Weldon’s wickedly entertaining novel of lust, avarice, and murder Nineteen-year-old Elsa is poor in material goods, but rich in looks. Her employer and lover, forty-four-year-old Victor, used to be a tax accountant. Now he’s an antique dealer who gave up his family for Elsa, and together they live in a room behind his shop. For her birthday, Victor is treating Elsa to a weekend in the country, courtesy of his rich friends, Hamish and his wheelchair-bound wife, Gemma, who mistakes Elsa for Victor’s daughter. Not the most propitious way to start the weekend. Things go from bad to worse when Gemma starts treating Elsa like a home wrecker and Victor proposes a partner swap. Elsa is about to discover the darker side of “happily ever after” in this story about love, life, and fairy tales that never come true.
Advice from My 80-Year-Old Self
Author: Susan O'Malley
Publisher: Chronicle Books
ISBN: 145214673X
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 131
Book Description
“The voices gathered here display incredible wit, sincerity, and generosity; we are lucky to be able to listen to them.” —Artforum If you had the opportunity to meet your eighty-year-old self, what do you think she/he would tell you? That is the question artist Susan O’Malley, who was herself to die far too young, asked more than a hundred ordinary people of every age, from every walk of life. She then transformed their responses into vibrant text-based images. From a prompt to do things that matter to your heart, to a reminder that it’s okay to have sugar in your tea, these are calls to action and words to live by—heartfelt, sometimes humorous, and always fiercely compassionate. This stirring celebration of our collective humanity unveils the wisdom we hold inside ourselves right now. “Everyone, regardless of age, can take something away from this uplifting work.” —Real Simple
Publisher: Chronicle Books
ISBN: 145214673X
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 131
Book Description
“The voices gathered here display incredible wit, sincerity, and generosity; we are lucky to be able to listen to them.” —Artforum If you had the opportunity to meet your eighty-year-old self, what do you think she/he would tell you? That is the question artist Susan O’Malley, who was herself to die far too young, asked more than a hundred ordinary people of every age, from every walk of life. She then transformed their responses into vibrant text-based images. From a prompt to do things that matter to your heart, to a reminder that it’s okay to have sugar in your tea, these are calls to action and words to live by—heartfelt, sometimes humorous, and always fiercely compassionate. This stirring celebration of our collective humanity unveils the wisdom we hold inside ourselves right now. “Everyone, regardless of age, can take something away from this uplifting work.” —Real Simple
Some Final Words of Advice
Author: Saikaku Ihara
Publisher: Tuttle Publishing
ISBN:
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 248
Book Description
Publisher: Tuttle Publishing
ISBN:
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 248
Book Description
Words of Advice to Young Men. Delivered in two sermons, etc
Author: Thomas VINCENT (M.A., Nonconformist Divine.)
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 122
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 122
Book Description
Advice to Writers
Author: Jon Winokur
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN: 0679763414
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 241
Book Description
In Advice to Writers, Jon Winokur, author of the bestselling The Portable Curmudgeon, gathers the counsel of more than four hundred celebrated authors in a treasury on the world of writing. Here are literary lions on everything from the passive voice to promotion and publicity: James Baldwin on the practiced illusion of effortless prose, Isaac Asimov on the despotic tendencies of editors, John Cheever on the perils of drink, Ivan Turgenev on matrimony and the Muse. Here, too, are the secrets behind the sleight-of-hand practiced by artists from Aristotle to Rita Mae Brown. Sagacious, inspiring, and entertaining, Advice to Writers is an essential volume for the writer in every reader.
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN: 0679763414
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 241
Book Description
In Advice to Writers, Jon Winokur, author of the bestselling The Portable Curmudgeon, gathers the counsel of more than four hundred celebrated authors in a treasury on the world of writing. Here are literary lions on everything from the passive voice to promotion and publicity: James Baldwin on the practiced illusion of effortless prose, Isaac Asimov on the despotic tendencies of editors, John Cheever on the perils of drink, Ivan Turgenev on matrimony and the Muse. Here, too, are the secrets behind the sleight-of-hand practiced by artists from Aristotle to Rita Mae Brown. Sagacious, inspiring, and entertaining, Advice to Writers is an essential volume for the writer in every reader.
Don't Forget: Little Pearls of Wisdom and Words of Advice, from a teacher to his students
Author: Philip Cheung
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1329162897
Category : Self-Help
Languages : en
Pages : 69
Book Description
This is a work that is meant to give advice and words of wisdom and encouragement, especially for graduating students. The book goes through a series of ""Don't Forget's"" and encourages readers to remember to believe in themselves. From the back cover: ""This book is written as a guidebook that offers small words of advice to students, young adults, and even adults and that reminds people to remember about the important things in life. The book is structured in a series of ""Don't Forget's"" in life, such as ""Don't Forget to Smile"" and ""Don't Forget to Say I Love You."" Each ""Don't Forget"" offers an explanation to as why we should not forget whichever topic is presented. This can act as a guide for graduating students, a reminder for young adults, and a read to look back on their lives for adults of all ages.""
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1329162897
Category : Self-Help
Languages : en
Pages : 69
Book Description
This is a work that is meant to give advice and words of wisdom and encouragement, especially for graduating students. The book goes through a series of ""Don't Forget's"" and encourages readers to remember to believe in themselves. From the back cover: ""This book is written as a guidebook that offers small words of advice to students, young adults, and even adults and that reminds people to remember about the important things in life. The book is structured in a series of ""Don't Forget's"" in life, such as ""Don't Forget to Smile"" and ""Don't Forget to Say I Love You."" Each ""Don't Forget"" offers an explanation to as why we should not forget whichever topic is presented. This can act as a guide for graduating students, a reminder for young adults, and a read to look back on their lives for adults of all ages.""
The Dad Advice Project
Author: Craig Kessler
Publisher: Savio Republic
ISBN: 1642939455
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 119
Book Description
In early 2019 while in search of parenting advice, father of three young boys, Topgolf Chief Operating Officer, and author, Craig Kessler, asked a handful of friends to write him a letter on “how to be a good dad.” The responses he received inspired him, in turn, to begin compiling additional letters for a work which would come to be known as The Dad Advice Project. Now, a little more than two years later, the completed book includes stories and advice from dads and granddads. As a former Boys & Girls Club member, Craig Kessler is proud to support the mission of Boys & Girls Clubs of America to help every young person reach their full potential. DadAdviceProject.com
Publisher: Savio Republic
ISBN: 1642939455
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 119
Book Description
In early 2019 while in search of parenting advice, father of three young boys, Topgolf Chief Operating Officer, and author, Craig Kessler, asked a handful of friends to write him a letter on “how to be a good dad.” The responses he received inspired him, in turn, to begin compiling additional letters for a work which would come to be known as The Dad Advice Project. Now, a little more than two years later, the completed book includes stories and advice from dads and granddads. As a former Boys & Girls Club member, Craig Kessler is proud to support the mission of Boys & Girls Clubs of America to help every young person reach their full potential. DadAdviceProject.com
For Girls Only
Author: Carol Weston
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0061756709
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 210
Book Description
Looking for some words of wisdom? for girls only is here to help with tips, advice, and tons of fun, clever quotes about friends, family, school, life, and love. Carol Weston, advice columnist, novelist, and best-selling author of girltalk, adds her own spin to over five hundred carefully chosen quotations. You'll find insight and inspiration in the words of Socrates and Seinfeld, Queen Elizabeth and Queen Latifah, Mark Twain and Halle Berry -- and in proverbs and quotations from around the world and throughout history that are still perfect for here and now.
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0061756709
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 210
Book Description
Looking for some words of wisdom? for girls only is here to help with tips, advice, and tons of fun, clever quotes about friends, family, school, life, and love. Carol Weston, advice columnist, novelist, and best-selling author of girltalk, adds her own spin to over five hundred carefully chosen quotations. You'll find insight and inspiration in the words of Socrates and Seinfeld, Queen Elizabeth and Queen Latifah, Mark Twain and Halle Berry -- and in proverbs and quotations from around the world and throughout history that are still perfect for here and now.