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Language
English
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"The Anthropocene is the current geological age, in which human activity has profoundly shaped the planet and its biodiversity. In this remarkable symphony of essays adapted and expanded from his groundbreaking podcast, John Green reviews different facets of the human-centered planet-from the QWERTY keyboard and Staphylococcus aureus to the Taco Bell breakfast menu-on a five-star scale. John Green's gift for storytelling shines throughout this artfully...
Author
Publisher
Writer's Digest Books
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
Blogging is one of quickest and most effective ways to amass a body of work and build your platform. But how do you hone your blog content into a uniquely positioned book that will be noticed by an agent or a publisher?
How to Blog a Book is the first-ever guide to writing and publishing a saleable nonfiction book based on blog content. Written by expert author and blogger Nina Amir, this comprehensive resource guides you through the process of developing...
Author
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
2018
Language
English
Description
This new collection from the legendary editor Robert Gottlieb features twenty or so pieces he's written mostly for The New York Review of Books, ranging from reconsiderations of American writers such as Dorothy Parker, Thornton Wilder, Thomas Wolfe ("genius"), and James Jones, to Leonard Bernstein, Lorenz Hart, Lady Diana Cooper ("the most beautiful girl in the world"), the actor-assassin John Wilkes Booth, the scandalous movie star Mary Astor, and...
Publisher
DK Publishing
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"Developed in collaboration with We Need Diverse Books, The Reading Adventure features reviews and recommendations alongside exclusive author interviews to help you choose your next read. So whether you're looking for true stories of incredible bravery, or a tale to make your spine tingle, you're sure to find something that will keep you up way past lights out"--
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Series
Publisher
Get Creative 6, a division of Mixed Media Resources
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"Teen entrepreneur Sidney Keys III of Books N Bros spreads his love of literacy. In Books N Bros, Sidney Keys III shares the story of his mission to encourage reading among boys, advice for how other kids can do it too, and reviews of over 40 of the best books to empower boys of color-from classics to fantasy and more. After an introductory story about Sidney's journey to become an entrepreneur and literacy advocate, his book recommendations are divided...
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Language
English
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After posting a one-star review for a poorly written--but gruesome--horror novel, Emma Carpenter is dragged into an online argument with the author himself, but when disturbing incidents start happening at night, Emma digs into his life and work, discovering a sadistic man who is capable of anything.
After posting a negative book review, a woman living in a remote location begins to wonder if the author is a little touchy -- or very, very dangerous...
Author
Publisher
Plaza Janes, Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
Español
Description
"El Antropoceno es la era geologica actual, una epoca caracterizada por el profundo impacto que el ser humano esta teniendo sobre el planeta. Con su especial sensibilidad para lo extrano, lo importante y lo sorprendente, John Green reune en esta extraordinaria coleccion de textos distintas facetas de nuestro presente y las puntua en una particular escala del uno al cinco. Deteniendo su mirada en temas tan variados como el teclado QWERTY, internet,...
Publisher
Clarkson Potter/Publishers
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"From the longest-running, most trusted book review in America comes a celebration of The New York Times Book Review, including reviews, essays, and interviews, showcasing the best, worst, funniest, strangest, and influential literary coverage since its beginnings in 1896"--
Author
Publisher
G. P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Once upon a time, if you wanted to know if a movie was worth seeing, you didn't check out Rotten Tomatoes or IMDB. You asked whether Siskel & Ebert had given it 'two thumbs up'"--
When Gene Siskel, a film critic for the Chicago Tribune, and Roger Ebert, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for his work at the Chicago Sun-Times, reluctantly agreed to collaborate on a new movie review show with PBS, there was at least as much sparring off-camera as on. Their...
Author
Pub. Date
2020
Language
English
Formats
Description
"New York Times opinion writer and best-selling author Lindy West was once the in-house movie critic for Seattle's alternative newsweekly The Stranger, where she covered film with brutal honesty and giddy irreverence. In Shit, Actually, Lindy returns to those roots, reexamining beloved and iconic movies from the past 40 years with an eye toward the big questions of our time: Is Twilight the horniest movie in history? Why do the zebras in The Lion...
Author
Publisher
Twelve
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Hip-hop (and other things) is about, as it were, rap, but also some other things. It spends the entirety of its time celebrating what has become the most dominant form of music these past two and a half decades. Tupac is in there. Jay Z is in there. Missy Elliott is in there. Drake is in there. Pretty much all of the big names are in there, as are a bunch of the smaller names, too. There's art from illustrator Arturo Torres, there are infographics...
20) Music is history
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Language
English
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Description
Music Is History combines Questlove's deep musical expertise with his curiosity about history, examining America over the past fifty years.
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