Including selected essay topics, sample outstanding essays, and insider advice from college admissions counselors and committee members, How to Write Your College Application Essay simplifies this dau
Christopher Keane has spent 20 years in the business, learning the truths--and the tricks--of writing a selling screenplay. In How to Write a Selling Screenplay, he takes writers through the entire pr
Whenever we worry about what to eat, how to love, or simply how to be happy, we are worrying about how to lead a good life. No goal is more elusive. In How to Be a Stoic, philosopher Massimo Pigliucci
Have you ever wanted to become a spy? This book reveals how to stay in the shadows and break secret codes-all while avoiding detection by the enemy. From "How to Set Up a Spy Ring" to "How to Write in
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Most books about film production assume that you have an idea and a script to shoot. Most screenwriting books are geared to how to write a script that you can sell to Hollywood (as though the authors
This book is a complete course in digital filmmaking. It tells you how to write, plan, and cast your movie, then how to shoot, edit, and distribute it. Learn how to tell stories the Hollywood way, ho
McKeown and Piercy's book shows how to write code with Visual Basic.Net, and gives readers the tools they need to gain a fundamental understanding of traditional programming logic, concepts, and techn
When parenting authorities Adele Faber and Elaine Mazlish sat down to write the national bestseller How to Talk So Kids Will Listen & Listen So Kids Will Talk, they found that they couldn't contain t
Create wonderful dialogue to give your characters a voice! Write conversations and reported speech with Matilda. These fun activities and writing tasks help to develop language and vocabulary skills,
An irreverent but heartfelt memoir by the top-rated YouTube celebrity describes his youth in Hawaii and how he became a social media star as well as the frequent holder of the "Most Subscribed to Channel on YouTube" title, in an account complemented by personal photos. Simultaneous eBook. 150,000 first printing.
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From the creative duo behind the bestselling Me Without You and Happiness Is... comes How to Be a Cat, a lighthearted illustrated guide to living life as a feline. Distinctive artwork and quirky capti
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Shark Tank Jump Start Your Business (Book 1) was all about the high-level process of starting a venture: how to assess an idea, how to start a business, how to grow a company. The natural extension wo
Offers advice on using Elance for both employeers looking for freelancers and for job hunters looking for work, covering how to set up a profile, navigate the Web site, write project proposals, and ma
The next exciting installment in the popular DK How to… series is How to…Horseback Riding, an enthralling guide to every facet of horseback riding, packed with tips, pointers, and practical advice to
How to Do Everything: Google+ shows you how to get started with the setup and use of the brand- new social network launched in July 2011 by Google. You’ll learn how to share content with specific soci
The know-it-all narrator from the New York Times Bestselling How to Be a Baby is back with the third book in the series. This time, she knows all about how to get a job, and she walks readers through
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A beautiful boxed set: the definitive examination of how Tolkien came to write his original masterpiece, including the complete unpublished draft and little-known illustrations and unpublished maps, a
Part of "The How To Draw" series, this work teaches you how to draw a variety of robots and machines, and combine them to make your own sci-fi and fantasy scenes. It includes background detail on each
Part of "How to Draw" series, this book shows how to draw a variety of cars - from Le Mans winners to urban racers. It includes background information on each car.
Arthur is a university professor of archaeology and anthropology. For years, he has been trying to write the perfect book about ancient cultures. But no matter how hard he tries, he can’t write a book
Long before there were creative-writing workshops and degrees, how did aspiring writers learn to write? By reading the work of their predecessors and contemporaries, says Francine Prose. In Reading
Offers a practical approach to drawing. This title helps you learn how to draw a variety of planes, from easy aviation to supersonic flying machines. It includes background information on the subject
VGM's top-selling resume guide has been thoroughly updated and revised to reflect trends in resume production, presentation, and submission. Step-by-step instructions tell the reader how to compose t
Writing with Pictures is a step-by-step guide to creating children’s books. It offers advice covering a book's preliminary stages through publication, and describes how to tell a story visually, devel
Putting on a play is easy when your using How to Do Plays with Children. This "how-to" resource gives teachers the opportunity to incorporate a play into many areas of their curriculum.A few features
Shows how to write commercially successful songs, make a demo, obtain a copyright, submit songs, and negoiate a sale, and explains the roles of music publishers, record producers, and arrangers
An urgent call to action from one of Europe’s most well-regarded political thinkers. How to Lose a Country: The 7 Steps from Democracy to Dictatorship is a field guide to spotting the insidious patter
