Wing Tang Wong

author: Declan McGrath Felim MacDermott asin: 0240805127 binding: Paperback list price: $41.95 USD amazon price: $31.88 USD

The 13 screenwriters gathered together in this book are world-class storytellers, whose skill at delineating plot and capturing character make them internationally renowned and respected. The contributors speak directly to the reader, allowing a rare insight into the creative process of the screenwriter. The interviews are illustrated with script excerpts, hand-written notes, storyboards, film stills, and photographs from the screenwriters' own personal collections.  read more »

author: Stephen Brown asin: 1412902665 binding: Paperback list price: $51.95 USD amazon price: $51.95 USD

Marketing is a very diverse discipline, dealing with everything from the costs of globalization to the benefits of money-back guarantees. However, there is one thing that all marketing academics share. They are writers. They publish or perish. Their careers are advanced, and their reputations are enhanced, by the written word. Despite its importance, writing is rarely discussed, much less written about, by marketing scholars. It is one of the least understood, yet most significant, academic competencies. It is a competency in need of careful study.  read more »

author: Vickie Stringer Mia Mcpherson asin: 097678940X binding: Paperback list price: $20.00 USD amazon price: $13.60 USD

Best-selling author and world-renowned publisher Vickie Stringer began her empire with one book – Let That Be the Reason. After enduring 26 rejection letters from mainstream publishers, Stringer began to explore the promising world of self-publishing. Stringer has distinguished herself as a Literary Renaissance Woman, boasting titles such as best-selling author, leading publisher, prominent literary agent and motivator to aspiring authors and self-publishers.  read more »

author: Bill Brooks asin: 0071495894 binding: Paperback list price: $9.95 USD amazon price: $9.95 USD

The Right Phrase for Every Situation…Every Time Prospecting for new customers is a key part of every salesperson's job-and perhaps the most challenging part. Your leads, your approach, your timing, everything needs to be perfect. That's why you need Perfect Phrases for Lead Generation by renowned sales guru Bill Brooks. He's assembled a winning collection of proven sales strategies for the 21st century-each linked with appropriate phrases for every customer scenario. Using his surefire selection of targeted phrases, you'll learn how to:  read more »

author: Benjamin Franklin asin: 1402737890 binding: Hardcover list price: $9.95 USD amazon price: $9.95 USD

Presenting pearls of wisdom on wealth from Benjamin Franklin. Franklin compiled and self-published his own venerated advice and proverbs on personal finance from Poor Richard’s Almanack. Since its appearance as a pamphlet in 1758, it has been reprinted and translated countless times. This new edition includes not only his counsel on financial planning, investment, prudence, and retirement strategies, but also essays and annotations about the legendary American entrepreneur himself.  read more »

asin: 1861979169 binding: Hardcover list price: $26.95 USD amazon price: $17.79 USD

An essential tool for those who seek to write with the clarity, style, and precision for which The Economist is renowned. This greatly expanded ninth edition gives advice on effective writing, points out common errors and cliches, offers guidance on consistent use of punctuation, abbreviations, and capital letters, and contains a comprehensive range of reference material?covering everything from accountancy ratios and stock market indices to laws of nature and science. There have been more than a half million copies sold worldwide of previous edtions.

asin: 0738207853 binding: Paperback list price: $9.95 USD amazon price: $9.95 USD

From the editors at the world-renowned Associated Press, a guide to the proper use of punctuation--from the apostrophe to the semicolon. More people write for the Associated Press than for any other news service, and more writers take their style and word-usage cues from this world-famous institution than from any other journalism source. In the no-nonsense, authoritative tradition of the best-selling AP Stylebook, the top editors at the AP have now written the definitive guide to punctuation.  read more »

author: Paul Bodine asin: 0071452990 binding: Paperback list price: $11.95 USD amazon price: $9.56 USD

Expert guidance to help you write the essay that gets you accepted by the best business schools If you're applying to a business school these days, you need more than good grades, high GMAT scores, and an impressive resume. You need to write attention-grabbing essays that express your individuality, identify your goals, and play up your talents and strengths.  read more »