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A special 10th anniversary edition of Roy Peter Clark's bestselling guide to writing, featuring five bonus tools. Ten years ago, Roy Peter Clark, America's most influential writing teacher, whittled down almost thirty years of experience in journalism, writing, and teaching into a series of...

Conversations and never ending laughter about the lives of 9 to 5 workers and the foolishness that we are up to.

In our opinion, movies can be found in one of two realms. The realm of The Renown: Those active in the minds of pop culture, your masterpieces, your witty comedies, your impactful horror. There are even those so bad they’re good: cult classics. This is not a show about those movies. Instead we bravely venture into the realm of The Forgotten. We plummet the depths of cinema, searching amidst the left behind, the 7th at the box office and bottom of the bargain bin. We seek out neglected films to find the ones worth salvaging from oblivion and banish the unworthy back to the abyss. What hidden ...

Das Jahr 3587: Kosmische Geschichte und das Schicksal der Menschheit verbinden sich in unterschiedlichen Regionen des Universums. In der Milchstraße sind alle Welten von zerstörerischen Weltraumbeben bedroht - der Schlüssel zur Lösung der Gefahr liegt in der fernen Galaxis Erranternohre. Dort ringen Perry Rhodan und die Besatzungsmitglieder der BASIS um die Zukunft ihrer Heimat. Erranternohre ist ein kosmisches Wunder, denn nur in dieser Sterneninsel existieren sowohl eine Materiensenke als auch eine Materienquelle.

Be afraid. Be very afraid. That noise in the dead of night. The shadow that slips by almost unnoticed. The fear that pulverizes your sense of reasoning and pushes you deep down under seven layers of covers. There is no escaping it, and when the dark forces of the universe come after you, the world will know exactly what you are made of. Will you run? Will you fight? Maybe you’ll join forces with the darkness that rips through your quiet little life. Everyone’s dying to find out.

A fresh and fascinating reappraisal of the first half of the 20th century from one of our foremost historians. 'War, comrades,' declared Trotsky, 'is a great locomotive of history.' He was thought to be acknowledging the opportunity the First World War had offered the Bolsheviks to seize power in Russia in 1917. Peter Clarke explores the crucial ways in which war can be seen as a prime mover of history in the 20th century through the eyes of five major figures.

Two overtired boys find they cannot sleep and choose to explore the reaches of their imagination instead. While sneaking out of their beds one night, they find adventure in the most ordinary of places: their kitchen.

Everyone has heard of the French and Indian War and the American Revolution. However, they have not heard about them this way! The American Founding Fathers had a lot more to deal with at the end of the 18th century than tariffs and tea; avoiding hurled trees from wendigos and gargoyles falling from the sky took a lot of patience. How is Samuel Prescott supposed to hunt the leader of the Rippers when the British keep infringing upon the colonists' rights?

Lhoreda schlüpfte ins Bett. Als sie nach dem Kopfkissen griff, erstarrte sie. Unter dem Kissen lag ein Messer: ein unterarmlanger Dolch, dessen scharfgeschliffene Schneide gleißend schimmerte... Die Kriminalistin Lhoreda Machecoul kann in letzter Sekunde das Attentat eines Psychopathen vereiteln und rettet so vielen Menschen das Leben. Zur Belohnung darf sie an einer Kreuzfahrt durch die Milchstraße teilnehmen.

Six stories continuing the search for treasure and the questions of the Old West as seen through various perspectives. Total of 28K words, this is part 2 in the series, and the stories are interconnected.

Fifteen tales of horror, fantasy, science fiction, and the supernatural.

In 1953, Winston Churchill received the Nobel Prize - for Literature. In fact, Churchill was a professional writer before he was a politician, and published a stream of books and articles over the course of two intertwined careers. Now historian Peter Clarke traces the writing of the magisterial work that occupied Churchill for a quarter century, his four-volume History of the English-Speaking Peoples. As an author, Churchill faced woes familiar to many others - chronically short of funds, late on deadlines, scrambling to sell new projects....

The craft of writing offers countless potential problems: The story is too long; the story's too short; revising presents a huge hurdle; writer's block is rearing its ugly head. In Help! For Writers, Roy Peter Clark presents an "owner's manual" for writers, outlining the seven steps of the writing process, and addressing the 21 most urgent problems that writers face. In his trademark engaging and entertaining style, Clark offers 10 short solutions to each problem.

Early in the history of English, glamour and grammar were the same word, linked to enchantment and magical spells. Now grammar brings to mind language bullies and bored-out-of-their-skulls students. Roy Peter Clark, one of America’s most influential writing teachers, wants to change that by putting the glamour back into grammar.

Seit 15 Jahren steht die Milchstraße unter der Herrschaft der Ewigen Krieger. Diese stammen aus der Mächtigkeitsballung Estartu und unterdrücken die Menschen sowie ihre Verbündeten mithilfe ihrer schier übermächtigen Technologie. Gegen den Widerstand setzen die Besatzer eine Geheimwaffe in – die verlorenen Geschenke der Hesperiden bedrohen die große Nation der Blues. Die Welt Gatas wird zum Schauplatz einer Auseinandersetzung, die über das Schicksal der Milchstraße entscheiden kann. Auch in anderen Regionen des Kosmos streben die Ereignisse einem Höhepunkt zu.