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Häftad, Engelska, 2010
269 kr
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Häftad, Engelska, 2023
196 kr
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When you are facing down a blank page (or screen), a constraint-based prompt—for example, “you must use the words ‘cloud’ and ‘green’” or “you must set the scene in a crowded grocery store”—can get your brain working in unexpected ways.In this creative writing guide, long-time teacher and novelist Alice LaPlante shares 100 original exercises that will simultaneously push you into a corner and give you the tools to write yourself out of it. LaPlante explains the purpose of each exercise—to sharpen your ear for dialogue, generate surprising images or access intense emotions—and breaks down student examples to reveal how to achieve these goals. Whether you are looking to jumpstart new ideas or find a fresh angle on a work in progress, and whether you write fiction, creative nonfiction or poetry, Write Yourself Out of a Corner will strengthen your imagination and your craft.
Häftad, Engelska, 2025
250 kr
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Writers don’t need formulas; they need encouragement to take risks. The Lab offers a bold, hands-on approach, urging writers to embrace uncertainty, experiment with form, and investigate what haunts them.The Lab features ten chapters and ninety exercises challenging writers to play with fiction, memoir, and poetry—or push toward hybrid or entirely new forms.This is a book for those ready to dig deep and write fearlessly.
E-bok
Engelska, 2011100 kr
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Jennifer White can't remember whether she murdered her best friendDr Jennifer White, a once brilliant surgeon, is slowly losing her mind.Amanda, her best friend, is found stabbed to death. Four of her fingers have been expertly removed.Suspicion immediately falls on Jennifer.How can she prove her innocence when even she doesn't know if she's the murderer?
Ljudbok
Engelska, 2011239 kr
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The New York Times bestseller—a stunning first novel, both literary and thriller, about a retired orthopedic surgeon with dementia.
With unmatched patience and a pulsating intensity, Alice LaPlante brings us deep into a brilliant woman''s deteriorating mind, where the impossibility of recognizing reality can be both a blessing and a curse.
As the book opens, Dr. Jennifer White''s best friend, Amanda, who lived down the block, has been killed, and four fingers surgically removed from her hand. Dr. White is the prime suspect and she herself doesn''t know whether she did it. Told in White''s own voice, fractured and eloquent, a picture emerges of the surprisingly intimate, complex alliance between these life-long friends—two proud, forceful women who were at times each other''s most formidable adversaries. As the investigation into the murder deepens and White''s relationships with her live-in caretaker and two grown children intensify, a chilling question lingers: is White''s shattered memory preventing her from revealing the truth or helping her to hide it?
"An electrifying book. Thought-provoking, humane, funny, tragic, a tour de force that can''t be a first novel—and yet it is." —Ann Packer, New York Times-bestselling author
"This poignant debut immerses us in dementia''s complex choreography... [A] lyrical mosaic, an indelible portrait of a disappearing mind." —People
"LaPlante has imagined a lunatic landscape well. The twists and turns of mind this novel charts are haunting and original." —The New York Times Book Review
Häftad, Engelska, 2019
301 kr
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E-bok
Engelska, 2018195 kr
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“An eerie, tense, and finely written novel…Readers will grip their chairs” (SFGate.com) as they try to unravel this tale of psychological suspense from the award-winning New York Times bestselling author of Turn of Mind.Jane loses everything when her teenage daughter is killed in a senseless accident. Devastated, she manages to make one tiny stab at a new life: she moves from San Francisco to the seaside town of Half Moon Bay. Jane is inconsolable, and yet, as the months go by, she is able to cobble together some version of a job, of friends, of the possibility of peace. And then, children begin to disappear. And soon, Jane sees her own pain reflected in all the parents in the town. She wonders if she will be able to live through the aching loss, the fear all around her. And as the disappearances continue, she begins to see that what her neighbors are wondering is if it is Jane herself who has unleashed the horror of loss. Alice LaPlante’s “well-crafted novel of psychological suspense” is a chilling story about a mother haunted by her past, a “brooding suspense novel…dark, starkly beautiful…LaPlante uses a seductively dangerous landscape to mirror her heroine’s inner life” (Kirkus Reviews).
Ljudbok
Engelska, 2018398 kr
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';An eerie, tense, and finely written novelReaders will grip their chairs' (SFGate.com) as they try to unravel this tale of psychological suspense from the award-winning New York Times bestselling author of Turn of Mind.Jane loses everything when her teenage daughter is killed in a senseless accident. Devastated, she manages to make one tiny stab at a new life: she moves from San Francisco to the seaside town of Half Moon Bay. Jane is inconsolable, and yet, as the months go by, she is able to cobble together some version of a job, of friends, of the possibility of peace. And then, children begin to disappear. And soon, Jane sees her own pain reflected in all the parents in the town. She wonders if she will be able to live through the aching loss, the fear all around her. And as the disappearances continue, she begins to see that what her neighbors are wondering is if it is Jane herself who has unleashed the horror of loss. Alice LaPlante's ';well-crafted novel of psychological suspense' is a chilling story about a mother haunted by her past, a ';brooding suspense noveldark, starkly beautifulLaPlante uses a seductively dangerous landscape to mirror her heroine's inner life' (Kirkus Reviews).
Häftad, Engelska, 2018
126 kr
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Jane O’Malley loses everything when her teenage daughter is killed in a senseless accident. Devastated, she makes one tiny stab at a new life and moves from San Francisco to the tiny seaside town of Half Moon Bay. As the months go by she is able to cobble together some possibility of peace. Then children begin to disappear, and soon Jane sees her own pain reflected in all the parents in the town. She wonders if she will be able to live through the aching loss, the fear once again surrounding her, but as the disappearances continue, fingers of suspicion all begin to point at her.
E-bok
Engelska, 201886 kr
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A smart, haunting tale of psychological suspense from the award-winning New York Times bestselling author of Turn of Mind.Jane O''Malley loses everything when her teenage daughter is killed in a senseless accident. Devastated, she makes a stab at a new life and moves from San Francisco to the tiny seaside town of Half Moon Bay. As the months go by she is able to cobble together some possibility of peace. Then children begin to disappear, and soon Jane sees her own pain reflected in all the parents in the town. She wonders if she will be able to live through the aching loss, the fear once again surrounding her, but as the disappearances continue, fingers of suspicion all begin to point at her.
E-bok
Engelska, 2017318 kr
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Engineers, musicians, psychologists, culinary students—in just about every field, sooner or later it's likely someone will start a business. This major new book is the first to teach the fundamentals of entrepreneurship regardless of the industry. Packed with business essentials and real-world advice, this unique book breaks down everything from start to finish. You'll learn how to choose, start, run, and grow your business.You're good at what you do, but you don't know how to turn your skills into a profitable business. Passion to Profits serves the needs of people whose primary skill is not business and outlines the fundamentals that will help you become a successful entrepreneur. Each page is packed with business essentials and real-world advice from start to finish. From finding sources of start-up cash, to creating a captivating company identity, to money-management tips, this comprehensive guide shows you how to turn your dreams into reality.
E-bok
Finska, 2016365 kr
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Käsikirurgi Jennifer White joutuu jäämään varhaiseläkkeelle sairastuttuaan Alzheimerin tautiin. Hän kärsii jo pahasta muistihäiriöstä, kun hänen paras ystävänsä Amanda O'Toole murhataan.Poliisin epäilykset kohdistuvat Jenniferiin. Hänet on nähty viimeisenä rikospaikalla, ja uhrin sormet on leikattu kirurgin tarkasti irti.Jennifer ei muista mitään murhapäivästä, eikä hän muista enää edes ystäväänsä - yhteys ympäröivään maailmaan katoaa vähitellen. Hän yrittää saada selvyyttä tapahtumiin apunaan muistikirja, jota myös hänen aikuiset lapsensa täydentävät, ja johon murhattu Amanda on tehnyt muutaman merkinnän ennen kuolemaansa.Vähitellen esiin alkaa nousta tarkoin varjeltuja perhesalaisuuksia. Ja kaiken yllä leijuu hyytävä kysymys: estääkö Jenniferin sirpaleinen muisti totuuden paljastamisen, vai suojeleeko se häntä siltä?Tämä sähkökirja toimii ePub-formaattia tukevilla lukuohjelmilla.
Häftad, Engelska, 2015
155 kr
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* An Indie Next Pick * A LibraryReads Selection * An Amazon Best Book of the Month (Mysteries & Thrillers) * A Daily Candy Best Book of March * One of More Magazine's "Five Thrillers Not to Read After Dark" When Dr. John Taylor turns up dead in a hotel room, the local police uncover enough incriminating evidence to suspect foul play. Detective Samantha Adams, whose Palo Alto beat usually covers petty crimes, is innocently thrown into a high-profile case that is more complicated than any she has faced before. A renowned reconstructive surgeon and a respected family man, Dr. Taylor was beloved and admired. But beneath his perfect facade was a hidden life--in fact, multiple lives. Dr. Taylor was married to three very different women in three separate cities. As the circumstances surrounding his death emerge, Detective Adams finds herself tracking down a murderer through a tangled web of marital deception and revenge. New York Times bestselling author Alice LaPlante's haunting and complex novel of family secrets dissects--with scalpel-like agility--the intricacies of desire and commitment, trust and jealousy.
Häftad, Engelska, 2016
167 kr
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From New York Times bestselling author Alice LaPlante comes a mesmerizing novel of destruction and renewal as a headstrong young woman joins a doomsday cult only to find salvation on an unexpected journey. LaPlante's acclaimed psychological thrillers are distinguished by their stunning synthesis of family drama and engrossing suspense, and Coming of Age at the End of Days delves even deeper into the creases of domestic life. As an earnest young girl, Anna learned to fit in by hiding her quirks from her parents and friends. But at sixteen, a sudden depression takes hold of her life, and she loses her sense of self and purpose as well as the will to conform. Then the Bible-touting Goldschmidts move in next door. Anna is awestruck by both their charismatic son, Lars, and their fervent violent prophecies for the Tribulation at the End of Days. Within months, Anna's life--her family, her home, her very identity--will undergo profound change.Yet when her newfound beliefs and misguided convictions bear irrevocable consequences, she must find the strength to persevere with the help of unlikely friends: Jim, a childhood crush wading through a quarter-life crisis in his parents' basement, and Clara, her compassionate chemistry teacher desperate for adventure. Coming of Age at the End of Days is a deeply affecting portrait of love and faith, grief and redemption, and family legacies. LaPlante brilliantly parses an altered mind on the brink, exploring the often perilous, always challenging journey to become the people we want to be at the end of our days.