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42) A quieter story
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1 volume (unpaged) : chiefly color illustrations ; 27 cm
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A girl pens an adventure for her pet kitten, but after his fearful reaction she realizes her next story should probably have a little less pizzazz.
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71 pages ; 22 cm
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As a group of refugees huddles together in a rubber dinghy in the middle of the sea at night, one of them uses his violin to tell a story of how the instrument was invented and of a white stallion that ran like the wind, weaving their stories together and giving them hope for freedom in the future.
44) The hero
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"In his first work of nonfiction, the creator of the multimillion-selling Jack Reacher series explores the endurance of heroes from Achilles to Bond, showing us how this age-old myth is a fundamental part of what makes us human. He demonstrates how hero stories continue to shape our world - arguing that we need them now more than ever. From the Stone Age to the Greek Tragedies, from Shakespeare to Robin Hood, we have always had our heroes. The hero...
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Hollywood is in the business of selling stories. And those stories generate over $10 billion each year. Think what you could do with your own writing if you knew the secrets behind writing stories that people want to buy. Think what a nice living you could make from your writing if you knew those secrets. It doesn't matter if you are writing a novel, a short story, a feature film, TV, a live stage show, or video game script. Nor does it matter what...
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There are a million YouTube videos available for learning technical skills, but those skills are meaningless if you don't know how to assemble a compelling story. "You Gotta See This!" doesn't just offer up Paul Steven Forrest's best tips and tricks for making better videos, but this book delivers practical direction and tested techniques for more effective storytelling through all visual formats. His passion for sharing his vast experience in unscripted...
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It's time for you to raise your vibration! Do you have an amazing idea for a novel but you struggle to stay in the story?
Do you ever find yourself struggling for creative inspiration?
When the moon has aligned and your muse is dancing beneath the stars as your fingers pulse along the keyboard, life is glorious to the writer. But what happens when you glance up and notice that the moon has shifted, your muse has left you high and dry, and the steady...
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Museums, historical societies, schools, libraries, senior centers, festivals, community gatherings, marketing, corporate events... you name it. They're all hungry for a unique way to engage their patrons, clients and customers. You can be just the solution to their needs, and this guide will help you prepare and market yourself to do so. As a re-enactor you are a living, breathing conduit for a legacy or an era gone by. A legacy that NEEDS to be told...
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A veritable artist, Maillet becomes a "creator of sounds, of colours, of forms and words." As she speaks, she paints a vast landscape of mountains and oceans, history and story, using the tools on her palette: blending the colours of myths and those of contemporary issues, creating an epic poem in a profoundly personal voice. This country she portrays is both young and old, speaks two languages, has a rich subconscious, and aspirations. She ends her...
56) Telephone tales
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202 pages : color illustrations ; 25 cm
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A collection of nearly seventy short and surreal stories told by Signor Bianchi, a traveling salesman, to his daughter over the telephone nightly.
Every night, at nine o'clock, wherever he is, Mr. Bianchi, an accountant who often travels for work, calls his daughter and tells her a bedtime story. Set in the 20th century era of pay phones, each story has to be told in the time that a single coin will buy. One night, it's the story of a carousel so...
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
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A father relates to his son the tale of his encounter--and friendship--with a gigantic trout whose enormous jaw is covered with so many lures and fish hooks that he jangles when he swims, but who has never been caught.
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