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★Great Dialogue Can Mean the Difference Between a Bestseller and a Bomb!★ Sharpen your storytelling by learning How to Craft Killer Dialogue. Ever wonder what techniques Elmore Leonard and Quentin Tarantino use to master the dialogue for their slick and highly quotable crime stories? Want to create the heart-warming introspection often found in the minds of characters like the ones in books by Judy Blume? Or maybe, you prefer to plumb the depths of layered subtext as powerfully displayed in the works of artists like Toni Morrison? With this comprehensive guide, you will find all those ...

Black fathers play a pivotal role in the lives of our Black children. According to the 2011 US Census, nearly two in three (64 percent) African American children live in father-absent homes. However, we know all fathers are not absent. Society would have us to believe that black fathers are either in jail or on drugs and are no good to the community. The Black Father Perspective is a collaboration of men who have come together to give voice to a population that is often overlooked and underappreciated.

Twenty-five-year-old Victoria Justice has never really gotten over a near drowning at the hands of a high school bully, but has attempted to build her confidence and career as a court stenographer under the mentorship of The Honorable Frederica Scott Wannamaker, the county's first African American Superior Court judge. But when her old nemesis appears on the court docket, Victoria's carefully crafted world implodes - evidence goes missing, a potential mistrial abounds, and the judge winds up drowned in the courthouse bathroom.

This extensive book uncovers the deception of feminism, an infestation of privileged, whining women, who, in their foolish ignorance, have caused immeasurable suffering to men, women, and children. Inside, you will learn... 🍎The American woman is the most privileged creature in the world. 🍎Men endure more abuse and rape than women. 🍎The feminist "wage gap" is a lie. Women earn more for less work. 🍎There is no such thing as "emotional abuse." 🍎Family courts turn men into slaves for women via unjust laws. 🍎Repealing the 19th Amendment would solve many problems. 🍎Feminism ...

Hunted by the man who swore to protect her. Desired by the monster she swore to escape.

Islandia had been without a High King for a generation. Eloy, the last High King, embarked upon a journey shrouded in mystery after a cryptic warning found from a long lost prophet promised a return of ancient dark forces. Eloy had placed the rule of Islandia and the five kingdoms in the hands of his closest friend, King Richard. After 30 years most have long since stopped looking for Eloy's return or the darkness foretold. Many under Richard's rule have grown discontent and jealous of his appointment.

This book describes and demystifies the factors that have helped accomplished schools generate successful and equitable outcomes for all their students, regardless of racial/ethnic background, language, or income. Grounded in observations of award-winning schools and high-functioning teams that have achieved impressive results, this practical resource explores success from the perspective of leadership teams. As a K-12 educator at any level of leadership or within a leadership team, you can influence the success of all groups of students!

Merging ancient healing techniques and cutting-edge science, Drs. Johnson and Plant team up to reveal new groundbreaking science of essential oils, including synergistic actions with cells, genes, and human health. The discoveries revealed in this book will revolutionize the essential oil space, further unlock the unlimited benefits of essential oils, and increase the capacity of humans to live long and healthy lives to their fullest potential. You will discover: • Synergies between essential oils, cells, genes, carrier oils, and medications. • Blending tips to create synergistic ...

Kent Hovind was the first teacher I had after I was born again in the Lord Jesus Christ in the fall of 2002, but after many years of investigation into his false doctrines, deceptive statements, and lies to cover his criminal activity, I thought it my duty in service to Christ's church, namely, for the sake new Christians, to write and publish this book. In this book, you will learn about Kent's false doctrines on salvation, his endorsement of new-age heresies, his yoke together with false preachers, the real reasons he was arrested and thrown in jail (which he hides from his listeners), ...

Fairies have fluttered through popular fairy tales for many years. Have you ever wondered what fairies look like, where they live, or what kinds of tricks they play? Fly through this book to find out the truth about fairies.

Crafting a killer cozy can be perilous. Fans of the genre expect authors to forego explicit gore and violence while at the same time creating a mind-boggling murder mystery with pulse-pounding tension and a twisty plot. But how is a writer supposed to satisfy such disparate demands? How to Craft a Killer Cozy Mystery tackles this exact problem by providing an actionable roadmap for starting (and completing!) a manuscript that will leave readers dying for more. Packed with charts and questionnaires designed to streamline the writing process, this comprehensive step-by-step guide will help ...

This book draws from the successes of award-winning schools, teachers, students, and parents to help leaders understand how they can positively change the educational experience of Black students. When Black Students Excel offers real-life examples of outstanding elementary, middle, and high schools where teachers and school leaders have rejected policies and practices built upon deficit perceptions about the capacity of Black students.

Iggy Risner is your typical wise-cracking 12-year-old. When his younger brother, Oz, wakes him in the middle of the night claiming he heard a monster in the attic, Iggy takes him upstairs to prove him wrong. But instead of a flesh-eating beast, they discover hundreds of their plastic toy dinosaurs that have mysteriously come to life.

When Lee Miller moves to Florida from New York City, she seeks a clean slate. Wanting to leave her dark past behind her, she attends Deerfield Academy, where she meets Annie Lapointe, Bradley Gilbert, Sawyer Weldon, and Griffin Dell. Her new friends give her a sense of normalcy as she secretly copes with the trauma within herself, until a very observant Griffin starts to catch on.

Nightmares slither from the shadows in Scare Street’s latest spine-tingling collection. Thirteen tales of the macabre await in this chilling new volume - a never-ending stream of ghosts, ghouls, and other horrors to haunt your dreams.

The Los Angeles Times Festival of Books began in 1996 with a simple goal: to bring together the people who create books with the people who love to read them. The festival was an immediate success and has become the largest and most prestigious book festival in the country, attracting more than 130,000 book lovers each year.

Can prosperity economics be the answer you need? Typical financial advice - what you listen to and hear in the mainstream financial media - will get you typical results. But what if you want better-than-typical results? If your goal is wealth and prosperity, not just safety and security, then you want the financial advice wealthy and prosperous people follow. The mission of the Prosperity Economics Movement is to share exactly this - making it available not just to the wealthy, but anyone who truly seeks wealth.

A Dark Descent continues the Kingdoms of Islandia story. The High King Eloy has returned and with him a dire warning. Darkness permeates every corner of Islandia. Rumors of the Felled Ones return are whispered in the streets. Can the Kingdoms of Islandia unite under their returned King? Or will they fall into a dark descent?

Unearth the wonders of composting with agronomist James, in this hands-on guide, a companion to his previous bestseller "Compost The Right Way: Everything About Good Management Practices, Control and Some Common Sense". Born from the science and intricate nuances explored in his first book, this guide goes beyond the theory, inviting you to roll up your sleeves and delve into the practical world of composting. Whether you're a beginner just dipping your toes into the world of composting, or an experienced composter seeking to broaden your knowledge, this guide covers the full composting ...

Fear is primal. Instinctive. Unavoidable. And right now, there is something you fear - and you can feel it. Creeping up behind you. Lurking in the darkness that lives under your bed, or in your closet. A nameless dread. In Undercurrents: An Anthology of What Lies Beneath, 23 talented authors, including New York Times best sellers Kevin J. Anderson, Rebecca Moesta, and Jody Lynn Nye, have stood on the shores of their psyches and looked out over the ocean of possibility and wondered "What lies beneath?"