MFA Vs NYC
MFA Vs NYC

Author: Chad Harbach

Publisher: Macmillan

Published: 2014-02-25

Total Pages: 321

ISBN-13: 0865478139

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Writers write—but what do they do for money? In a widely read essay entitled "MFA vs NYC," bestselling novelist Chad Harbach (The Art of Fielding) argued that the American literary scene has split into two cultures: New York publishing versus university MFA programs. This book brings together established writers, MFA professors and students, and New York editors, publicists, and agents to talk about these overlapping worlds, and the ways writers make (or fail to make) a living within them. Should you seek an advanced degree, or will workshops smother your style? Do you need to move to New York, or will the high cost of living undo you? What's worse—having a day job or not having health insurance? How do agents decide what to represent? Will Big Publishing survive? How has the rise of MFA programs affected American fiction? The expert contributors, including George Saunders, Elif Batuman, and Fredric Jameson, consider all these questions and more, with humor and rigor. MFA vs NYC is a must-read for aspiring writers, and for anyone interested in the present and future of American letters.

Worth It
Worth It

Author: Amanda Steinberg

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2017-02-07

Total Pages: 245

ISBN-13: 1501141015

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From the founder and superstar CEO of DailyWorth.com, the go-to financial site for women with more than one million subscribers, comes a fresh book that shows women how to view money as a source of personal power and freedom—and live life on their own terms. Millions of women want to create financial stability and abundance in their lives, but they don’t know how. They are stuck in overwhelming confusion and guilt, driven by internalized “money stories” that have nothing to do with what is really possible. As the founder of DailyWorth.com, a financial media and education platform, Amanda Steinberg encounters these smart, ambitious women every day. With this book, she helps them face their financial situations head on and wake up to the prosperity that awaits them. Worth It outlines the essential financial information women need—and everything the institutions and advisors don’t spell out. Steinberg gets to the bottom of why women are stressed and anxious when it comes to their finances and teaches them to stay away from strict budgeting and other harsh austerity practices. Instead, she makes money relatable, while sharing strategies she uses herself to build confidence and ease in her own financial life. Through her first-hand experiences and the stories from other women who’ve woken up, Steinberg’s powerful and encouraging advice can help women of any age and income view money as a source of freedom and independence—and create bright financial futures.

Machine Learning
Machine Learning

Author: Hugh Howey

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Published: 2017

Total Pages: 355

ISBN-13: 1328767531

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A new collection of stories, including some that have never before been seen, from the New York Times best-selling author of the Silo trilogy Hugh Howey is known for crafting riveting and immersive page-turners of boundless imagination, spawning millions of fans worldwide, first with his best-selling novel Wool, and then with other enthralling works such as Sand and Beacon 23. Now comes Machine Learning, an impressive collection of Howey's science fiction and fantasy short fiction, including three stories set in the world of Wool, two never-before-published tales written exclusively for this volume, and fifteen additional stories collected here for the first time. These stories explore everything from artificial intelligence to parallel universes to video games, and each story is accompanied by an author's note exploring the background and genesis of each story. Howey's incisive mind makes Machine Learning: New and Collected Stories a compulsively readable and thought-provoking selection of short works--from a modern master at the top of his game.

A Woman's Worth
A Woman's Worth

Author: Tracy Price-Thompson

Publisher: One World

Published: 2008-12-30

Total Pages: 306

ISBN-13: 0345512618

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Embracing the shattered pieces of the soul and championing the resilient nature of the heart, A Woman’s Worth takes readers on a journey of startling depth. From a speakeasy whorehouse in the bottoms of Alabama to a luxurious high-rise apartment in Kenya, acclaimed author Tracy Price-Thompson crosses boundaries of sexuality, gender, and culture to accentuate the core of black identity: the enormous strength of family. “Ain’t nothing like a Black man. No other man on the face of the earth can hold a light up to him, coming or going. Why do you think women are all the time chasing behind them? Smooth game and all, when a brotha loves you, he loves you right.” —from A Woman’s Worth Abeni Omorru is a stunning Kenyan woman who is haunted by piercing memories. Although her father’s wealth ensures her a life of prestige, childhood trauma has left her emotionally damaged and sexually promiscuous. While Abeni takes on many lovers, none come close to healing the wounds of her heart—and only a man who understands her worth can truly claim her soul. Bishop Johnson is also haunted by his past. Raised by prostitutes in a rural Alabama town, he is a promising teenage boxer—until his dreams are shattered when his parents are murdered during a violent robbery and he takes revenge on the perpetrators. Bishop goes to jail, and when he is released he has a volatile temper and a mean left hook to back it up. Trouble continues to find Bishop, and he is forced to leave Alabama and travel to Kenya with the Peace Corps. There he falls in love with Abeni, and they marry. When Bishop learns the secret of Abeni’s past, he is force to make a decision that may cost him more than one man should ever have to sacrifice.

Worth Any Price
Worth Any Price

Author: Lisa Kleypas

Publisher: Harper Collins

Published: 2009-10-13

Total Pages: 333

ISBN-13: 0061793345

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Waking Up Tomorrow
Waking Up Tomorrow

Author: jonathan marritt

Publisher:

Published: 2019-09-17

Total Pages: 125

ISBN-13: 9781693810008

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Waking up tomorrow, chronicles my struggles against anxiety disorder and depression, its a no holds bard account of how I have coped with anxiety related issues over the years and the methods I adopt to continue to move forward day after day.I share my analysis on what I perceive to help readers progress more positively with their lives and what I also found does not help and can be counterproductive.I let the reader into my journey hopefully drawing parallels with their own, offering logical solutions in a world of psychobabble and overload when trying to find some peace from this often crippling disorderI would describe this book as easy to read and understand moving away from the often wordy narrative of the more tradition self help books that are penned by psychologists and the like.My ultimate aim for this work is for the reader to understand that there is a very simple solution hiding in a very complex issue, and it's the peruser job to with my help to uncover this, own it and make it there own.

Flood
Flood

Author: Andrew Vachss

Publisher: Vintage Crime/Black Lizard

Published: 1998-03-10

Total Pages: 369

ISBN-13: 0679781293

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Burke's newest client is a woman named Flood, who has the face of an angel, the body of a high-priced stripper, and the skills of a professional executioner. She wants Burke to find a monster for her—so she can kill him with her bare hands. In this cauterizing thriller, Andrew Vachss's renegade investigator teams up with a lethally gifted avenger to follow a child's murderer through the catacombs of New York, where every alley is blind and the penthouses are as dangerous as the basements. Fearfully knowing, crackling with narrative tension, and written in prose as forceful as a hollow-point slug, Flood is Burke at his deadliest—and Vachss at the peak of his form.

He's So Not Worth It
He's So Not Worth It

Author: Kieran Scott

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2012-05

Total Pages: 371

ISBN-13: 141699954X

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Includes sample chapter of This is so not happening.

Knowing Your Value
Knowing Your Value

Author: Mika Brzezinski

Publisher:

Published: 2011-04-26

Total Pages: 208

ISBN-13: 160286134X

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From the rising star of MSNBC's "Morning Joe" and "New York Times"-bestselling author of "All Things at Once" comes a timely and powerful look at women's value in the workplace.

Write to Market
Write to Market

Author: Chris Fox

Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform

Published: 2016-02-06

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781548220396

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Many authors write, then market. Successful authors write TO market Have you written a book that just isn't selling? Would you like to write a book that readers eagerly devour? Many authors write, then market. Successful authors write TO market. They start by figuring out how to give readers what they want, and that process begins before writing word one of your novel. This book will teach you to analyze your favorite genre to discover what readers are buying, to mine reviews for reader expectations, and to nail the tropes your readers subconsciously crave. Don't leave the success of your novel up to chance. Deliver the kind of book that will have your fans hounding you for the next one.