Thoughts While Shaving and Assorted Verses
Thoughts While Shaving and Assorted Verses

Author: Donal Beckett

Publisher: Trafford Publishing

Published: 2003

Total Pages: 136

ISBN-13: 1412003865

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Thoughts While Shaving is a collection of observations and anecdotes which originated some years ago when, after he had retired, the author found himself settled in S. Carolina on the East coast, while his family were spread over in the North-West , and, as they were all lousy letter-writers, communication was restricted to an occasional , but welcome, phone call. As a better - than - nothing way of keeping in touch, he started sending out a 'Thoughts While Shaving' letter every month in the hope of provoking some sort of written reaction, and as this seemed to have some success, the prospect of publishing them eventually emerged . The compiling of them for publication has been a welcome labor and it is hoped that, at least for some, this pleasure may be shared.

Your Book of Poems
Your Book of Poems

Author: Sweonardo da Vinci

Publisher: Sweonardo da Vinci

Published: 2007-10

Total Pages: 146

ISBN-13: 9780741439796

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Inspirational, yet practical tips on using your imagination and setting goals to write your own book and achieve your dreams! Fresh new voice in American poetry with a style unlike any other! (Includes 52 poems by the author).

Advanced Creative Nonfiction
Advanced Creative Nonfiction

Author: Sean Prentiss

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

Published: 2021-07-29

Total Pages: 353

ISBN-13: 1350067822

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Advanced Creative Nonfiction: A Writers' Guide and Anthology offers expert instruction on writing creative nonfiction in any form-including memoir, lyric essay, travel writing, and more-while taking an expansive approach to fit a rapidly evolving literary art form. From a history of creative nonfiction, related ethical concerns, and new approaches to revision and publishing, this book offers innovative strategies and ideas beyond what's traditionally covered. Advanced Creative Nonfiction: A Writers' Guide and Anthology also includes: · An anthology of contemporary creative nonfiction by some of today's most inventive and celebrated writers · Advanced explorations into the craft of creative nonfiction across forms · In-depth discussion of truth, ethics, and memory · Practical advice on revision, editing, research, and publishing · Writing prompts and exercises throughout the textbook A companion website is also available for the book at http://www.bloomsburyonlineresources.com/advanced-creative-nonfiction

Reefer Madness
Reefer Madness

Author: Larry "Ratso" Sloman

Publisher: Macmillan + ORM

Published: 1998-11-15

Total Pages: 639

ISBN-13: 1466819413

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Reefer Madness, a classic in the annals of hemp literature, is the popular social history of marijuana use in America. Beginning with the hemp farming of George Washington, author Larry "Ratso" Sloman traces the fascinating story of our nation's love-hate relationship with the resilient weed we know as marijuana. Herein we find antiheroes such as Allen Ginsberg, Robert Mitchum (the first Hollywood actor busted for pot), Louis Armstrong (who smoked pot every day), the Beatles, and more rapscallions standing up for, supporting, smoking, and politicizing the bounties of marijuana. With a new afterword by Michael Simmons, who has written for Rolling Stone, LA Weekly, and High Times, on the progress of the hemp movement and the importance of medical marijuana, Reefer Madness is a classic that goes on.

Dubin's Lives
Dubin's Lives

Author: Bernard Malamud

Publisher: Macmillan

Published: 2003-09-18

Total Pages: 378

ISBN-13: 0374528829

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With a new introduction by Thomas Mallon Dubin's Lives (1979) is a compassionate and wry commedia, a book praised by Christopher Lehmann-Haupt in The New York Times as Malamud's "best novel since The Assistant".

For Mavericks Only
For Mavericks Only

Author: Donal Beckett

Publisher: Trafford Publishing

Published: 2003

Total Pages: 126

ISBN-13: 1412000645

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This is a collection of essays represents an attempt by the author to strike a blow for the freedom of thought and expression- even if its wrong. Anything that smacks of orthodoxy is avoided where possible, and rigidity of thinking and establishing dogma are treated with equal suspicion. No claim is made for scholarship, only for an honest attempt to eliminate some of the prejudices from which we all suffer. "Don't kid yourself" is the goal that is strived for - though it may seldom be reached. Above all, it is hoped that these essays my encourage some people to think for themselves rather than to passively absorb the dubious pronouncements of our self-styled 'authorities', 'religious' and otherwise, who are only too willing to tell us how we should live and what we should believe. This should be our decision only. We betray our birthright when we allow other people to do our thinking for us.

Brutal Need
Brutal Need

Author: Martha F. Davis

Publisher: Yale University Press

Published: 1995-08-01

Total Pages: 204

ISBN-13: 9780300064247

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During the 1960s a group of lawyers - in collaboration with welfare recipient activists - mounted a legal campaign to create a constitutional right to welfare. This book tells the behind-the-scenes story of that campaign - the strategies, successes, failures and frustrations.