Writing the Breakout Novel

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Writing the Breakout Novel by Donald Maass

Take your fiction to the next level!
Maybe you're a first-time novelist looking for practical guidance. Maybe you've already been published, but your latest effort is stuck in mid-list limbo. Whatever the case may be, author and literary agent Donald Maass can show you how to take your prose to the next level and write a breakout novel - one that rises out of obscurity and hits the best-seller lists.
Maass details the elements that all breakout novels share - regardless of genre - then shows you writing techniques that can make your own books stand out and succeed in a crowded marketplace.
You'll learn to:

• establish a powerful and sweeping sense of time and place
• weave subplots into the main action for a complex, engrossing story
• create larger-than-life characters that step right off the page
• explore universal themes that will interest a broad audience of readers
• sustain a high degree of narrative tension from start to finish
• develop an inspired premise that sets your novel apart from the competition

Then, using examples from the recent works of several best-selling authors - including novelist Anne Perry - Maass illustrates methods for upping the ante in every aspect of your novel writing. You'll capture the eye of an agent, generate publisher interest and lay the foundation for a promising career. (From Amazon.com product listing.)

The Smoothies Bible

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The Smoothies Bible by Pat Crocker

A companion reissue to The Juicing Bible with an additional 16 new photographs.
With more than 225,000 copies in print The Smoothies Bible continues to be one of the bestselling smoothies books today. In response to consumer demand, we've decided to reissue this successful seller with an additional 16 color photographs, which takes the total photo count up to 32. As always, smoothies are a fast, easy and great-tasting way to achieve good health.
Home cooks can now introduce even more antioxidant fruits and vegetables into their daily routine. The Smoothies Bible makes it easy.

• More than 400 healthy smoothie recipes that include fruit smoothies like flu fighter #1 and berry bonanza to mango madness and nectar of the gods.
• Get a daily dose of vegetables with peppered beet, squash special, zippy tomato or gazpacho smoothies.
• More than 100 fully illustrated profiles of fruits, vegetables and herbs.
• 80 common health concerns matched with healing smoothies.

In addition to the hundreds of recipes and practical health information, what really sets this book apart is its "The Healthy Body Systems" section, which features information on the seven major body systems as well as diet and lifestyle changes that will help keep these systems working as well as they can. (From Amazon.com product listing.)

Get Real

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Get Real by Mara Rockliff

Can you change the world with your wallet?

You already do.
In this frank, teen-friendly manifesto, Mara Rockliff reveals what you’re really buying when you spend your money on a cell phone, a cheap t-shirt, or fast food—and shows the way to better choices, both for people and the planet.

Start seeing the world for real, and discover how you can make a difference. You’ve got buying power—now let’s see you change the world for good!

GET REAL has been selected as an Honor Book in the Nonfiction category for the 2011 Green Earth Book Award.

(From Amazon.com product listing.)

It's Easy Being Green

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It's Easy Being Green by Crissy Trask

Surveys find that over 80 percent of Americans agree with the goals of the environmental movement. Sadly, most Americans admit to doing little more than basic recycling when it comes to acting on that disposition. What is the reason for this great divide between environmental sentiment in this country and individual actions? Author and environmental consultant Crissy Trask seeks to answer this question-and solve the disparity-with a new book that makes it easy to be an environmentalist, no matter how busy or hectic your lifestyle. This is a day to day guide with simple, practical suggestions that anyone can put into action, like:
Install rain gutters and rain barrels to collect rainwater from your roof to use in the garden.
Shift appliance use to off-peak hours. Some utility companies offer off-peak rates, so you'll save money!
How to make effective household cleaners instead of relying on toxic commercial products.
Submerge a plastic bottle in your toilet tank to save one quart of water per flush and thousands of gallons a year.
This is what the busy person needs to start making changes today. Get informative, comprehensive and practical information for adopting greener buying habits and identifying earth-friendly products; shopping for green products online; participating in online activism; and learning from tips for cultivating a sustainable environment. (From Amazon.com product listing.)

What A Young Boy Ought to Know

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What A Young Boy Ought to Know by Sylvanus Stall

Out of print hardcover. From the dedication page: "Dedicated to boys whose honest inquiries concerning the origin of life and being deserve such a truthful, intelligent, and satisfactory answer as will save them from ignorance, enable them to avoid vice and deliver them from solitary and social sins. (From Amazon.com product listing.)

Does Everyone Have ADHD?

Does Everyone Have ADHD? by Christine Petersen (Contains Affiliate Link)

- A comprehensive examination of the risks and physical and emotional effects of ADHD, especially among today's youth.
- Offers a To Find Out More section, glossary, and index.
Curriculum Standards: Grades 9-12 Health
Health: IV
- Knows strategies for coping with and overcoming feelings of rejection, social isolation, and other forms of stress.
- Understands the role of denial as a negative influence on mental and emotional health, and ways to overcome denial and seek assistance when needed.
- Knows skills used to communicate effectively with family, friends, and others, and the effects of open and honest communication.
- Understands how the prevention and control of health problems are influenced by research and medical advances.
(From Amazon.com product listing.)

Blended Medicine

Blended Medicine by Michael Castleman (Contains Affiliate Link)

This work profiles 21 mainstream and alternative therapies, including naturopathy, yoga, and biofeedback. Each method is explained and reasons for its use and level of success, are given. An A to Z reference of 106 health conditions, with the most effective complimentary remedies, is included. (From Amazon.com product listing.)

You Can Conquer Pain

You Can Conquer Pain by Leon Chaitow (Contains Affiliate Link)

Conquer pain without resorting to harmful medicines! That's the promise of this guide written by an internationally recognized expert on holistic health. It offers a wide range of natural approaches, including meditation, hypnotherapy, light and color therapy, herbalism, and more. A special directory lists advice on common problems such as headache, neck and shoulder pain, and backache, while self-help exercises and illuminating diagrams take readers on a step-by-step journey to a pain-free life. (From Amazon.com product listing.)

Healing ADHD

Healing ADHD by Daniel G. Amen, M.D. (Contains Affiliate Link)

Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD) is a national health crisis that continues to grow—yet it remains one of the most misunderstood and incorrectly treated illnesses today. Now, using breakthrough diagnostic techniques, Dr. Daniel Amen has discovered that there are six distinct types of ADD, each requiring a different treatment.

With recommendations for prescription drugs, nutraceutical therapy, cognitive reprogramming, parenting and educational strategies, biofeedback, self-hypnosis and more, Dr. Amen’s revolutionary approach provides a treatment program that can lead sufferers of ADD to a normal, peaceful, and fully functional life.

Sufferers from ADD often say, The harder I try, the worse it gets."  Dr. Amen tells them, for the first time, how to get well. (From Amazon.com product listing.)

Chicken Soup for the Woman's Soul

Chicken Soup for the Woman's Soul by Jack Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen, Jennifer Read Hawthorne, Marci Shimoff (Contains Affiliate Link)

There are many ways to define a woman: daughter, mother, wife, professional, friend, student... We are each special and unique, yet we share a common connection. What bonds all women are our mutual experiences of loving and learning: feeling the tenderness of love; forging lifelong friendships; pursuing a chosen career; giving birth to new life; juggling the responsibilities of job and family, and more.
This shining collection brings you inspiration and comfort in special chapters on marriage, motherhood, aging, bridging the generations, attitude, self-esteem and higher wisdom. Stories honor the strength and reveal the beauty of the feminine spirit. Included are incredible stories from Oprah Winfrey, Leo Buscaglia, Linda Ellerbee, Robert Fulghum, Kathie Lee Gifford and many others.
Whether you are a career woman or a stay-at-home mom, a teenager or a senior, a young woman just starting out or a woman of the world, this delightful book will be a treasured companion for many years to come. (From Amazon.com product listing.)