Review:I highly recommend this book. It was written beautifully and brings up very important issues that many people would rather ignore. Annette's words are captivating and touch your heart and soul. We read this for our book club and were fortunate enough to meet her. She is an incredibly sincere and genuine woman. Pure Land is a must read! Read more

Review:The essential business guide for writers, this book offers a step by step account of anything and everything you need to know about getting published that you never thought of. David and Arielle put together an incredibly easy to read and useful guide for all things in the world of publishing. From how to find and woo an agent to what to do after you've sold your book, this is the essential how-to to getting published. The writing is succinct and to the point and they don't pull punches. I l... Read more

Review:One of the most interesting things about how this author writes is her intimacy. Often written in narrow minded ways, this book is so ideal for those wanting to write compelling, emotion scenes regardless of sex or not happening. Read more

Review:I have been teaching writing and using this book for over five years. It has been beyond invaluable for me and my students, and I don't know how I am going to live without it.
The earlier, brown version is not the greatest, but the "Revised and Expanded" 1995 edition (blue cover) is fabulous. We were supposed to get a new 2000 edition in January, but now I heard that Prentice-Hall has decided not to do the new edition. So "What If?" is now out of print. NO! Read more

Review:I am going through Ann Whitford Paul's book, "Writing Picture Books," now, and I love it. It's teaching me more about writing rich, layered books that I ever could've learned on my own. I'm actually using it as a textbook, taking notes, making the signs to post by my computer as she suggests, reading the books she refers to, and doing the homework "before you go on" activities at the end of each chapter.

I've been struggling with two historical fiction stories that aren't all rainbows and... Read more

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Review:I find that Write Great Fiction's layout is easier to comprehend - the outlines, the charts, the lists, the illustrations. My favorite part of this book is when Nancy Kress goes through with the list of traits for your characters: What are their values, what do they look like, what do they fear, what organizations do they affiliate themselves with? This helped me illustrate my characters more.

Unlike Orson Scott Card's books which are a conglomeration of paragraphs that lack visual aids, ... Read more

Review:Bhagavad-Gita or, The Song Celestial (From the Mahabharata).

This is an excellent treatment of millenia-old Hindu religious thought for the modern day thinking man. The main body of the book is Lord Krishna's explanation to his life-long friend and champion archer Arjun of life's purpose. I heartily recommend it to any reader interested in obtaining an overview of one of India's greatest philosophical works! Read more

Review:This is slightly shorter and thicker than New World Pocket Dictionary, which my 11 year-old son claimed "perfect size". It has some distinct features that we liked: 1. Pronunciations provided 2. Words with self-evident prefix are listed separately at the bottom of pages, which make true "new" words easier to spot. 3. Pages have rounded corners (think of iPhone), thus less prone to being creased. 4. It does have 40000 words, about 100 per page, a good overall size. 5. Less words on one page make... Read more