Gardner: 1155 books

This classic guide, from the renowned novelist and professor, has helped transform generations of aspiring writers into masterful writers—and will continue to do so for many years to come.     John Gardner was almost as famous as a teacher of creative writing as he was for his own works. In this...

In this unauthorized collection of film theory essays, author Troy H. Gardner closely examines the history of pop culture icon Chucky the killer doll. With a look at all six films in the series, as well as drawing from the horror genre as a whole, Gardner explores such topics as character studies...

With Obama’s election to the presidency in 2008, many believed the United States had entered a new era: Obama came into office with high expectations that he would end the war in Iraq and initiate a new foreign policy that would reestablish American values and the United States’ leadership role...

La nueva reina del suspense regresa con una nueva y trepidante novela policiaca. Tienes motivos para tener miedo En una sala subterránea de un hospital psiquiátrico abandonado de Massachusetts, el hallazgo de seis cuerpos de mujer momificados resucita la peor pesadilla del agente Bobby Dodge:...

In this magisterial work, one of the English language media's most respected authorities on the Arab world, David Gardner, addresses the urgent question: why does the Middle East keep missing its appointment with modernity? For too long the question has been the preserve of orientalists like Bernard...

To understand China, it is essential to understand Confucianism. First formulated in the sixth century BCE, the teachings of Confucius would come to dominate Chinese society, politics, economics, and ethics. In this Very Short Introduction, Daniel K. Gardner explores the major philosophical ideas...

BE INSPIRED is the follow-up book to Small Change Big Change, the exceptionally popular financial education book by Justin Gardner. This inspiring book explores the fascinating leadership and life journey that Justin has been on since finding God. Homeless at just 14 years old, Justin lived a criminal...

THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER From the bestselling authors of The Motley Fool Investment Guide and its successful, savvy prequel, The Motley Fool's You Have More Than You Think, here's an engaging, humorous, and practical stock-picking guide, packed with Foolish insights, that caps off this...

The Gardnerian Book of Shadows, the first known Book of Shadows, was compiled by Gerald Gardner, a pioneer in the field of Witchcraft.  A Book of Shadows is a book containing religious texts and instructions for magical rituals found within the Neopagan religion of Wicca.  The first Book...

Number one New York Times bestselling author Lisa Gardner thrills readers with her novels of suspense featuring Boston homicide detective D. D. Warren. Hostage standoffs, copycat killers, missing wives, brutal crimes, haunted survivors—Gardner weaves all these elements into compelling fiction. Now...

  A wonderful exploration into the maturation process across the course of human life   Laid to waste by drink, Agathon, a seer, is a shell of a man. He sits imprisoned with his apprentice, Peeker, for his presumed involvement in a rebellion against the Spartan tyrant Lykourgos....

From USA Today bestselling author A. Gardner... When Poppy Peters takes an internship in Paris working for a top pastry chef, she realizes that bakery life isn't all cupcakes and frosting. The sous pastry chef dislikes foreigners, her mentor only speaks French, and to top that all off she finds...

COOL AND LAM RETURN – IN THE CASE OF A LIFETIME Erle Stanley Gardner was not just the creator of PERRY MASON – at the time of his death, he was the best-selling American author of all time, with hundreds of millions of books in print. Among those books were the 29 cases of the brash, irresistible...

Updated edition! Originally published by Avalon Books at 184 print pages. She can’t decide whether to kiss him or argue with him. Michelle Germaine can take care of herself and her twelve-year-old son, thank you very much. She had a man in her life, and it didn’t work out so well....