Writing Comedy - How to use funny plots and characters,...
Learn how to write comedy that makes people laugh. Mastercl...
The New Diary - How to Use a Journal for Self-Guidance ...
Diary keeping is presented as a form of therapy leading to s...
The Mindful Way to a Good Night's Sleep - Discover How ...
This accessible guide to cultivating deep, restful sleep – ...
Healing Spices - How to Use 50 Everyday and Exotic Spic...
This is an in-depth look at 50 different spices and their cu...
Creative Writing: How to Unlock Your Imagination and De...
Creative Writing: How to Unlock Your Imagination and Develop...
Writing True Stories - The complete guide to writing au...
Writing True Stories is the essential book for anyone who ha...
Tiny Garden, Huge Harvest - How to Harvest Huge Crops F...
When you plant the right varieties of heirloom vegetables, y...
Just Write - Everything you need to know about creative...
This beautiful gift is for writers at any stage, whether you...
The Art of X-Ray Reading - How the Secrets of 25 Great ...
Where do writers learn their best moves? They use a techniqu...
The Writing Experiment - Strategies for Innovative Crea...
‘A systematic and engaging approach to creative writingÂ’ Â...
Beginner's Guide to Sketching - Characters, Creatures a...
The ability to sketch confidently is an integral part to the...
The Cambridge Introduction to Creative Writing
This pioneering book introduces students to the practice and...
Writing Comedy - How To Use Funny Plots And Characters, Wordplay
The Writing Experiment - Strategies for Innovative Creative Writing
‘A systematic and engaging approach to creative writing’ – Carla Harryman, Wayne State University By suggesting that students who are not born poets can yet learn to become good ones, Smith performs a very important service.’ – Professor Susan M. Schultz, University of Hawaii This is an impressive book, because it covers areas of creative writing practice and theory that have not been cov...
Beginner's Guide to Sketching - Characters, Creatures and Concepts
The ability to sketch confidently is an integral part to the beginning of any concept artist’s workflow! “The Beginner’s Guide to Sketching: Characters, Creatures and Concepts” will teach the fundamentals of sketching, showing how important concept sketching is to artists of all levels. Established artists such as Justin Gerard, Nick Harris, Karl Kopinski, and Rebeca Puebla will explain how an...
Moon Spells - How to Use the Phases of the Moon to Get What You Want
Achieve Your Desires—Tap Into the Hidden Power of the Moon! At any given moment, the moon shines down on half the world. Now, through the magick of Moon Spells, you can learn how to use its energies to achieve your desire—whether it’s a joyful romance, a successful career, or superb physical and emotional health. Magickal practitioner Diane Ahlquist guides you on a journey to attuning your sp...
The Mindful Way to a Good Night's Sleep - Discover How to Use Dreamwork, Meditation, and Journaling to Sleep Deeply and ...
This accessible guide to cultivating deep, restful sleep – naturally – combines author Tzivia Cover’s expertise in both mindfulness and dreamwork. Accompanied by a healthy dose of encouragement, Gover presents practical lifestyle advice, simple yoga poses, 10-minute meditations, and easy breathing exercises, along with visualization and journaling activities. You’ll also learn howto cultivate ...
Manga Workshop Characters - How to Draw and Color Faces and Figures
Create your own manga characters! The manga universe is diverse—full of cute chibis, soulful romantics, cunning villains and sassy schoolgirls. Whether you want to tell love stories, create fantasy worlds or explore the drama of everyday life, you can do it with the help of self-taught manga artist and YouTube celebrity Sophie-Chan. You’ll learn to draw personality-filled characters and create ...
How to Use Evernote for Genealogy - A Step-by-Step Guide to Organize Your Research and Boost Your Genealogy Productivity...
Maximize Your Research Progress! Harness the powerful, timesaving organization features of Evernote’s free software and mobile apps to manage your genealogy research. This comprehensive user guide explains how to organize all kinds of genealogy clues—from notes and e-mails to vital records and audio files—so the information is easily searchable, accessible on any device, and automatically back...
Healing Spices - How to Use 50 Everyday and Exotic Spices to Boost Health and Beat Disease
This is an in-depth look at 50 different spices and their curative qualities. It offers spice ‘prescriptions’ to match the right spice to a specific ailment. It is written by the world’s foremost expert of the therapeutic use of culinary spices. Breakthrough scientific research is finding that spices, even more than herbs, fruits and vegetables, are loaded with antioxidants and other unique hea...
Verdi's Operas - An Illustrated Survey of Plots, Characters, Sources, and Criticism
Giuseppe VerdiÂ’s operas have a special place in the hearts of audiences and in music history. They are grand in scale and yet intensely human in their ability to convey the joys and sorrows of ordinary people. Celebrated as a national treasure and venerated for his civic, historical, and musical influence, Verdi enjoyed an enviable and almost uninterrupted success with the public throughout his l...
Just Write - Everything you need to know about creative writing, self-publishing and getting published
This beautiful gift is for writers at any stage, whether youÂ’re just starting out or know exactly what you want to write. ItÂ’s a full writing course, packed with information, support, advice, ideas and tools to help you focus your writing and share it with the world. It includes a 6-month subscription to Writing Magazine and a beautiful notebook in which to record your thoughts and ideas on the ...
Energy Medicine - How to use your body's energies for optimum health and vitality
Donna Eden is a pioneer in the field of energy medicine. In this important book she shows you how to work with you bodyÂ’s energy to create physical, psychological and spiritual health and wellbeing. Discover how to: * Bring more energy and vitality into your everyday life* Use simple techniques to overcome tiredness and lethargy* Cure common complaints and prevent disease* Work with the eight ma...
Creative Courage - Leveraging Imagination, Collaboration, and Innovation to Create Success Beyond Your Wildest Dreams
Achieve more, do more, create more with the power of creative courage Creative Courage challenges you to step outside of your comfort zone and truly make an impact. Set aside the same old routine and break the status quo because you can only rise to new heights if you first smash the ceiling. Written by the former Executive Creative Director of Creations at Cirque du Soleil, this book shows you ...
How to Draw and Paint Science Fiction Art - A Complete Course in Building Your Own Futurescapes and Characters, from Sci...
Aspiring art students who have a special interest in science fiction-inspired graphic novels, computer games, book illustrations, and posters will find the help theyÂ’re looking for in this comprehensive self-teaching course. The author instructs on ways to blend the exotic with the familiar in order to create believable yet dramatic future cityscapes, vehicles, extraterrestrial creatures, and mor...
How to Use, Adapt and Design Sewing Patterns - From Store Bought Patterns to Drafting Your Own
Making clothes is fun, fashionable & thrifty but how can you find a pattern that fits you just right? And how can you adjust it if it doesnÂ’t? This book shows you how to get the most from sewing patterns from choosing the right size to understanding all the different markings and translating flat shapes into wearable garments. You will learn how to change the shaping, length, and detailing to sui...
Crystals - How to Use Crystals and Their Energy to Enhance Your Life
A practical, step-by-step guide to working with crystals for healing, protection and spiritual development. Judy Hall is an internationally recognized crystal expert with over 45 yearsÂ’ experience in crystal healing. In this illuminating guide, she shares the immense benefits that working with crystals can bring to your life. She explains how to use crystals to increase your energy, enhance your...
The Encyclopedia of Crystals, Herbs, and New Age Elements - An A to Z Guide to New Age Elements and How to Use Them
Your essential guide to the power of New Age elements! From crystals and herbs to flowers and essential oils, this comprehensive guide shows you how to use a variety of New Age elements to enhance your life. Each page includes information on their attributes, healing properties, and how they can be applied in any situation. With detailed descriptions and an informative glossary, you can quickly d...
Draw to Win - A Crash Course on How to Lead, Sell, and Innovate with Your Visual Mind
Get ready for the ultimate crash course in communicating and solving problems through simple pictures.Thirty-two thousand years ago, your many-times-great-grandparents Oog and Aag drew pictures on the wall of a cave. They had an innate need to communicate, but no written language. So they found an easy and natural way to share their thoughts and stories. Today, after so many years when speaking an...
Badass Babe Workbook - Creative Exercises, Drawing Activities, Empowering Stories, and Fuel for Your Personal Revolution...
This interactive and empowering book highlights the accomplishments and messages of over 100 badass babes, including historical as well as contemporary figures, with prompts, art activities, and writing exercises that will encourage you to unearth, fuel, and cultivate your own inner superpowers, unleash your creativity, and find your voice. As this engaging book shares interesting details about t...
Rewire Your Anxious Brain - How to Use the Neuroscience of Fear to End Anxiety, Panic and Worry
Do you ever wonder what is happening inside your brain when you feel anxious, panicked, and worried? In Rewire Your Anxious Brain, psychologist Catherine Pittman and author Elizabeth Karle offer a unique, evidence-based solution to overcoming anxiety based in cutting-edge neuroscience and research. In the book, you will learn how the amygdala and cortex (both important parts of the brain) are ess...
RHS How to Plant a Garden - Design tricks, ideas and planting schemes for year-round interest
Evening Standard The Best Gardening Books of 2016 Confused by the bewildering range of plants on offer at your local garden centre? How do you choose, use and create beautiful planting schemes like the professionals? The book takes you on a structured journey through the design process, from the initial assessment of your existing space, through choosing a theme or style, to putting it all toge...
Email Essentials - How to Write Effective Emails and Build Great Relationships One Message at a Time
Reading, writing and managing e-mail is taking up an increasing amount of our time. But are we using it right? Just as body language helps you to make an impression in person, what you write and how you write it affects what people think of you and your organisation. Be it a thank you note, a meeting reminder, a proposal or a sales pitch, a well-written message that looks and sounds professional w...
Crystal Connections - A Guide to Crystals and How to Use Them
Crystals have been used around the world for thousands of years to attract love, promote luck, banish evil, ensure protection and restore health. Now you can learn how to easily access the power of crystals too. CRYSTAL CONNECTIONS explores your favourite crystals and the potential they hold to change your life. Furthermore, CRYSTAL CONNECTIONS provides you with hundreds of techniques on how to ap...