He liked travelling, and he was in no hurry. He liked meeting people, anyone and everyone. He liked the two American girls on the train. They were nice and very friendly. They knew a lot of places. Tom thought they were fun. Tom certainly had a lot to learn about life. This is a collection of short stories about adventures on trains. Strange, wonderful, and frightening things can happen on trains - and all of them happen here.

    Some of these words appeal because of their aptness, some for their obscurity, some for their euphony, and some for their quirkiness.

    But for every group of "living-room players" there is someone who is "at one with the board." In Word Freak, Stefan Fatsis introduces readers to those few, exploring the underground world of colorful characters for which the Scrabble game is life — playing competitively in tournaments across the country. It is also the story of how the Scrabble game was invented by an unemployed architect during the Great Depression and how it has grown into the hugely successful, challenging, and beloved game it is today. Along the way, Fatsis chronicles his own obsession with the game and his development as a player from novice to expert. More than a book about hardcore Scrabble players, Word Freak is also an examination of notions of brilliance, memory, language, competition, and the mind that celebrates the uncanny creative powers in us all.

    Having exhausted nearly every posh Manhattan restaurant, former model Rat suggests they take their buffed bodies to new gastronomic heights via a tour of Europe's Michelin three-star restaurants. Rat's boyfriend will underwrite the trip--but only if they do the twenty-nine restaurants on their list in twenty-nine days. What follows is nothing less than gustatory madness, a wacky dash in a cherry-red 1965 Mustang across England, Belgium, Germany, Italy, and France through Europe's greatest food temples. Filled with hilarious misadventures, priceless exchanges with star chefs, wild excess, breathtaking scenery, and sensual depictions of once-in-a-lifetime meals, Feeding Frenzy will delight travelers and epicures alike.

    This book will inspire readers to use uncommon words in their correct context, to utilize the English language to its full potential, and to test themselves on the words they think they already know. This is a book for the appreciator of correct usage, and contains words you thought you knew (decimate, caveat, nemesis), words you should know (euphemism, diatribe, tautology), and just a few that you might want to know (peripatetic, shibboleth, callipygian). Arranged thematically, each word is dissected, with a brief explanation of etymology, historical, and modern usage, allowing you to fully understand and effectively employ the word in its proper context.

    The authors explore the important relationship between text, learner, and learning. With an array of methods and assignments to establish critical literacy in a discussion-based and reflective classroom, you ll encourage students to find meaning and cultivate thinking from even the most challenging expository texts."

    The Typewriter Revolution documents the movement and provides practical advice on how to choose a typewriter, how to care for it, and what to do with it—from National Novel Writing Month to letter-writing socials, from type-ins to typewritten blogs, from custom-painted typewriters to typewriter tattoos. It celebrates the unique quality of everything typewriter, fully-illustrated with vintage photographs, postcards, manuals, and more. 50 color photographs

    When her concerned parents investigate a neurological treatment that could change her life forever, Hannah must decide who she really is -- and who she wishes to become. Originally published in the March 2011 issue of Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine.

    When you align the wind with your sails, you move effortlessly across the water. When your sails are out of alignment, you flounder and go nowhere. If you align your thinking and actions with these powerful laws of selling, you will be more effective and efficient. You will encounter less friction, require less energy, and get bigger results faster. Here's a sampling of Jeffrey s 21.5 Laws of Selling: Deliver Value First Ask Before Telling Communicate in Terms of Them Become Your Own Brand Earn Referrals and Testimonials without Asking Create Loyal Customers These 21.5 Laws are the rock foundation of selling. They may be invisible but they are undeniable and unbreakable. If you're just getting started in selling, you will find the Laws invaluable. Whether or not you learn them and follow them will make or break your career. If you ve been in sales for a while, you will find yourself saying, "I haven t been doing that." "I knew that! How did forget?" When we break the Laws we pay the price. Our sales suffer. Our bank account takes a hit. It s an effort to get out of bed and make a sales call, to do our best work work that is aligned with the Laws. Use Jeffrey s Laws of Selling to recharge your enthusiasm and redirect your actions back to what really works."

    But this attitude is a relatively recent development in the sweep of history. In The Pun Also Rises, John Pollack — a former Presidential Speechwriter for Bill Clinton, and winner of the world pun championship — explains how punning revolutionized language and made possible the rise of modern civilization. Integrating evidence from history, pop culture, literature, comedy, science, business and everyday life, this book will make readers reconsider everything they think they know about puns.

    In addition to an overhauled design in the 4e, Social Psychology: Goals in Interaction has two elements that continue to set it apart from other social psychology textbooks. A unique integrated approach to social behavior: Rather than providing a laundry list of unconnected facts and theories, the authors organize each chapter around the two broad questions: (1) what are the goals that underlie the behavior in question? (2) what factors in the person and the situation connect to each goal? The book thus presents the discipline as a coherent framework for understanding human behavior. The new subtitle, Goals in Interaction underscores this integrated approach to understanding behavior.

    This is a practical guide for anyone who is interested in detecting deception, written by the author of the international bestseller, "What Every Body is Saying." This is an easy-to-use short guide with a list of over two hundred of the most frequently seen behaviors associated with deception. It is intended for anyone who asks questions to get at the truth or who conducts due diligence. That includes human resource personnel, managers, school administrators, social scientists, law enforcement personnel, students, parents, insurance representatives, or attorneys.This work is not meant to be an investigative manual but rather a quick reference for those who do interviews and would benefit from a ready list of behaviors associated with deception, the concealment of information, hidden issues, or guilty knowledge. It was written with that purpose and intent in mind. Never before have so many key behaviors been gathered together in such a practical way − starting with the head all the way down to the feet. This guide was designed to be easy to use and also easy to access on your smartphone, iPad, iTouch, Kindle, or any other E-reader device. Now you can have this information, developed by world class interviewer and body language expert, at your fingertips any time. Whether it’s the forehead, the eyes, the nose, the lips, the shoulders, the neck, the torso, the hands, the thumbs, or the feet—all the behaviors associated with deception, stress, hidden knowledge or issues can now be quickly accessed as never before.

    It was this ability that led Lale to entrust Heather with his story, which she told as the novel The Tattooist of Auschwitz and its bestselling follow up, Cilka's Journey. Now she shares her inspiring writing journey, exploring how she learned to really listen to the stories people told her, some of which she has shared with millions of readers in her fiction.An essential companion to The Tattooist of Auschwitz and an inspiring manual for life, Stories of Hope will examine and explore Heather's extraordinary writing journey, in the form of a series of tales of the remarkable people she has met, the incredible stories they have shared with her, and the lessons they hold for us all.

    This book teaches people to utilize the enormous power of the brain's creative right side, and learn to strengthen their natural insight, banish negative thoughts, improve relationships, get rid of fatigue and stress, and much more.

    Now, everyone can improve his or her brain's performance with this unique method. The Complete Guide to Memory Mastery provides a unique system of memory builders that unlocks the dormant powers of memorization. Comprised of Harry Lorayne s, bestselling How to Develop a Super Power Memory and Secrets of Mind Power, this book can help the reader learn to accurately recall anything, anytime, anywhere such as prices, phone numbers, names, dates and places. Filled with simple exercises and numerous examples, Memory Mastery will teach everyone to recall information with techniques such as association, the link method, the peg system of recalling numbers, and training powers of observation.