"The second most common question a writer is asked is, 'where do your ideas come from?' (The first is, 'Do you make any money from it?') Experienced writers don't go looking for ideas; ideas come to them. An experienced writer just has the knack of spotting what makes a good story or what will make a good story once it's been given the right spin, because none of us, if we're honest, will let reality get in the way of a saleable piece of work. Editors...

Simple text and repetition of the letters "sh" help readers learn how to use the sound.

Uses humorous rhyming text and colorful illustrations to explain the concept of prefixes and show how they affect words and their meanings.

Designed for adults with limited learning time, this concise and easy-to-use guide enables language students to grasp the fundamentals of Russian quickly and easily. Focusing on the grammar needed to speak and understand the language, the text emphasizes comprehension rather than memorization of grammatical constructions. Author Brian Kemple uses an efficient and systematic approach to instructing students in the use of all the grammar that's needed...

Describes what adjectives are and provides examples of them in sentences about animals.

Words are essential to our everyday lives. An average person spends his or her day enveloped in conversations, e-mails, phone calls, text messages, directions, headlines, and more. But how often do we stop to think about the origins of the words we use? Have you ever thought about which words in English have been borrowed from Arabic, Dutch, or Portuguese? Try admiral, landscape, and marmalade, just for starters. The Secret Life of Words is a wide-ranging...

Moving to a volatile Texas border town after his mother's death, a Mexican-American boy discovers a young illegal immigrant taking shelter in his godmother's home before their shared desire for independence puts them both at risk. Una deslumbrante novela sobre una familia mexicano-americana en Brownsville, Texas, que, por un acto de compasión, acaba involucrada en el tráfico de inmigrantes mexicanos a los Estados Unidos. A distancia, muchas ciudades...

The road to rejection is paved with bad beginnings. Agents and editors agree: Improper story beginnings are the single biggest barrier to publication. Why? If a novel or short story has a bad beginning, then no one will keep reading. It's just that simple.
In Hooked, author Les Edgerton draws on his experience as a successful fiction writer and teacher to help you overcome the weak openings that lead to instant rejection by showing you how...

If you were a noun, you would be a person, place or thing. You could answer the questions who, when and where. You could be singular or plural.

"Can't quite come up with the right French quip or four-letter word? With Talk Dirty: French, you'll be able to put your (middle) finger on it. Each entry provides an individual foreign gem, a useful French sentence employing the word, the expression's English counterpart, and its literal translation, comme �a: Whether you're a native-speaker, world traveler, or just looking to tell off those brash Parisians, these naughty words and risqu Z slang...